Few bands have jumped the shark quite so spectacularly as Simple Minds did around 1985. What killed it for me was 'Don't you forget about me' - soundtrack of John Hughes 'The Breakfast Club.' The songwriters were disco producer Keith Forsey (who won an Oscar for "Flashdance... What a Feeling" - nuff said...) and Steve Schiff (guitarist/songwriter from the Nina Hagen band.)
Bryan Ferry and Billy Idol were asked by Forsey to record the song but both declined, although Idol later covered it on his 2001 greatest hits compilation. Schiff suggested Simple Minds, who initially refused as well, but then agreed under the (ahem) encouragement of A&M. According to one account, the band rearranged and recorded the track in three hours in a north London studio and promptly forgot about it...
Later in 1985 came the uber-commercial 'Once upon a time' but for me the story was already over...
I don't usually watch muso crap on YouTube but for the best bass-line ever I'm willing to make an exception...
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Amazing bassline brilliantly played,
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