Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) (Live Aid 1985)
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2018
- Simple Minds performing at Live Aid in front of 100,000 people in the John F. Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia USA on the 13th July, 1985. The event was organised by Sir Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for the Ethiopian famine disaster. Broadcast across the world via one of the largest satellite link-ups of all time, the concerts were seen by around 40% of the global population.
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On that day in 1985 I woke up at 6AM and recorded the entire 18 hrs of Live Aid on VHS. Took up 3 tapes. Still have them.
Me too! Then I spent the rest of the summer watching them back!
Man I would love a copy, mine was destroyed years back during a hurricane
Except mine was on Betamax! No really!
Would apprciate it lots if you can send a copy to me...
Did the same. Unfortunately don't have the tapes anymore
Man that drummer the way he plays it's truly amazing.
TheSpartanboy, yes that drummer is really earning his money, so into it. Dusty the 2nd.
True! He's fantastic!
@@mateusjuniobarrosdossantos4034 THe name of the drummer is Mel Gaynor....he also played with Joan Armtrading in mid-80s
@@dreamattack69 thanks!
he's good AF!
The 80s were the best years to be a teen ever!
AMEN!
Yes!
That's right!
Amen brother!!
❤🥰🙏
It’s crazy how good he sounds live.
Dude can’t sing….
@@AceDeclan How's that?
? I was just thinking how ropey this is!
@@AceDeclan IDK that was some impressive vibrato in his voice.
@@AceDeclan It's amazing how you get people criticising a live performance BEFORE autotune came along and made it impossible to sing REAL live.
I remember 1985, I am close to 70 years old. I remember 1985.😊❤ love this song, I will love it forever!
If you remember this song and Live Aid, you are the Gen X nation!
Breakfast Club, Live Aid, and good music. The 80s! Miss those days
I think that every generation is blessed to have access to all these amazing things you mentioned. So let’s make today special in our own special way cause we still can.
i’m gen z and i’m all for this music 🥰
Same here
Miss this times
And Futurama!
So glad to be born in '69....the 80's was amazing for music as a teenager...
Even better I was born in 57 and got the hear all the 60s music!
Back when it didn't matter that you looked like a high school teacher, as long as you had talent.
This
Facts!
People don't remember how BIG Simple Minds were in the 80's. Absolutely massive,
That's a Trump style claim if ever I heard it - people never forget about them.
They were amazing! I still have all their albums! Yes, i said "albums"😎
Was it true Billy Idol turned down the chance of doing this song?
@@robertathey8504 hmmmm, don't know. Never heard that before but i can't imagine billy idol singing that song. I've always like him but i don't think that song would fit his musical style.
@@robertathey8504 the songwriters wanted Simple Minds in the first instance but they turned it down so they approached Bryan Ferry who declined, they went back to SM and they declined again, then they approached Billy Idol and he did record a demo but the producers decided to go back and REALLY persuade SM to do it, and they succeeded on the third calling. Billy himself said the song didn't fit his style.
Man that drummer is on 🔥 raw power and precision, amazing pocket and feel
Mel Gaynor
I think the original was programmed by a drum machine making it more impressive that he got the vibe down
The tempo is way too high
@@gtripmusic2906 The original is Mel Gaynor too
No cellphones. No fear of a terrorist threat or of someone shooting into the crowd. Such an innocent time.
I worked in London, and there was a lot of fear of bombs. I remember trains being stopped every day because of suspect parcels. 2 years previous to this, the IRA bombed a big store in London, killing 6 and injuring 90.
I can guarantee you, no one in the future will call the 20's a golden age of anything. This was it and forever.
It's the golden age of cannabis. We don't have flying cars, but we can catch a buzz pretty easily these days.
LOL this is part of the problem.@@schneir5
@@schneir5 I have stock in flying cars , cant wait to take off , ha.
RIP to John Giblin, bassist of Simple Minds in 1985. He died the 14 may 2023, aged 71 years old. 😢😢🎸
Mel Gaynor pounding us into the Unseen Realm with his drums !!!!
Drums were invented for this beautiful song 🎵!!
Priceless , outstanding, incredible, awesome performance, and a massive amazing audience !!!!
The 80’s were a golden age. This song has such a groove and catchy progression. Simple Minds pulled this off great live in that forum. I love when frontmen get involved and close with the fans!
It's just full with love.
I was one of the lucky 90,000 in the crowd that day. At age 17, I didn’t realize that it would be the concert of my life.
Oct. 2023 update: I’ll share my personal insanity of that day. My four friends and I got tickets (they were $35 which was around 3x the cost of most big concerts then). But the weekend fell on the same time another trip I had planned with other friends who were going to Wildwood, NJ. So it worked out I’d be dropped off at the concert by those guys on Saturday morning and I’d meet my concert friends at our nosebleed seats.
Only problem was, when I got there around 9 am, the seats were empty because my friends had worked their way onto the field. Problem was, they were my ride home, back to the Poconos, which is two hours away).
So I snuck past security and wandered through a crowd of 90,000 teenagers looking for my “friends.” Bear in mind Cel phones didn’t exist. If I didn’t find them, I’d be stuck in Philadelphia at age 17. My mother didn’t even know I was at the concert!
I found my friends about 40 yards from the stage. Right in front of that big television monitor in the middle of JFK. It only took less than a half hour to find them. It was a miracle.
omg i would love to hear abt it!!! i’m 14 and i love all the 70s and 80s music , i wish i was alive for this
mya rae, it’s almost hard to believe it’s been so long. I’m roughly the same age as Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall (the other “students” were actually years older.) We saw “The Breakfast Club” at the movies the same summer as Live Aid. At no time did we think it was some big cultural movement or whatever, but 35 years later, I guess it was. Bravo for liking the old songs by the way!
Tom Raski oh wow that’s amazing!!! i’ve always loved the breakfast club grease dirty dancing footloose....etc. what was the most memorable performance at live aid??
mya rae, for my friends and I, it was Led Zeppelin, but The Cars, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty, George Thorogood, The Pretenders and even Madonna were some of our favorites. There were so many that day, just keep surfing UA-cam. They’re all on there.
Tom Raski ill go watch them all!! thank you for sharing
I remember sharing a taxi with a young man many many years ago on Crete we chatted a lot and when he got out off the taxi he said to me don’t you forget about me. I never saw him again but I’ve never forgotten him. Hope he had a blessed life.
Hope both of you got a happy life
That's lovely mate!
I hope he wasn't a serial killer lol
I hope he wasn't a serial killer lol
Between Queen and Simple Minds they were the best bands for that 1985 concert!
You're not lying they were the best!
Does anyone remember when Simple Minds was one of the best bands ever??? This performance at Live Aid in Philadelphia was awesome. There was no politics; just some of the best bands of that time coming together to perform, rock out and raise awareness of the extreme famine affecting a large portion of the African continent in the mid 1980's. I would say these concerts in Philadelphia and London are on a higher plane than Woodstock. What a time!
Whenever this song comes on my car radio I guarantee the volume goes up.
Of course no matter where I am and no matter my age. Instantly just takes me back to the 80's.
me too!
Mine too
Me too. 😀
Same same!! :-)
One of the best bands ever. Didn't get enough credit here in U.S. Love Jim Kerrs vocals.
USA dejo de lado a los mejores talentos de otros paises, como esta gran banda
Jim all the way from a Toryglen high rise flat in Glasgow, near the world famous Hampden Park. 1985.
A ginormous leap from Toryglen to Philadelphia, PA. The guy in the pink shirt, Charlie Burchill, was a joiner in the Nitshill, south west Glasgow, Glasgow District Council Building and Works Department.
at least one of the best HC bands from NYC showed them tribute:
ua-cam.com/video/p4429AFjAFE/v-deo.html
💯! Excellent musicianship all around. This song, performance, and this footage, it's all for the ages. I think as long as humans are around, it will be playing on the radio, streaming, or whatever medium of the future. Regarding credit or somewhat related to it, I've seen them described as the Scottish answer to U2. Not making a judgement on how they compare or not to U2, but IMO an interesting observation. I think they are more dynamic and melodic than U2.
Recently, someone asked me "If you could pick just one song that exemplifies the 80's sound, what would it be..?" I thought about it for a moment, and then named this one. It's iconic.
great vocals, percussion, guitar and keyboards,...I agree. There is so much going on with this song musically.
@@christiansoldier1968 what about I ran flock seagull
This song is indeed brilliant and almost unbeatable in every regard. I'd throw into the mix "Everybody wants to rule the world" and "People are people" as worthy contenders.
@@arminius301 I would say Macarena is better
@@CaveManOogaBooga You're mistaken! DaDaDa is a whole lot better than that Macarena shizznit!
No concert now or in the future will ever beat this one, period!😊80’s for life.
Live Aid, put together by Bob Geldof and, this is never mentioned anything like enough, by Scotsman Midge Ure, who I strongly feel never got the credit he deserved. Without Midge Ure, who performed at the Wembley end of Live Aid, there would have been no Band Aid - there would have been no legendary song for all the ages - Do They Know Its Christmas?, which can easily rank alongside John Lennon's War Is Over and Imagine, because it is absolutely timeless. Midge Ure may not have been the PUBLIC face of Live Aid, but he did make an enormous contribution to this event, and that should never be forgotten. While Geldof was all about how great am I doing this, Midge Ure was the exact opposite and just quietly got on with it in the background most of the time.
Really , yes they're good. I was in Seattle RUSH 40 concert. Awesome
You're right!!!
We should organise another Live Aid to be honest
@@blackman5867 It will be a disaster, there is not enough good music, quality singers or bands to make that concert a classic one like this one.🙄
The 80's had something which we dont have today.....spirit, passion, creativity and the marvelous, delirious sounds of the synth.
Yes you are so right there too really of course-alas now then in a way-but back then very much so then too indeed!
👍
Absolutely
Without a doubt!
I live in Philadelphia. I was 13 years old. I remember I was out riding my bike and it had to be 130 degrees outside. I came home into our air conditioned living room and sat on the floor for 13 hours and watched this. My father taped (we still have the tapes) on VHS. Such a memorable day.
Is bengaljam
bengaljam your father?
After they tore JFK Stadium down, what replaced it?
Ken Costlow it was torn down for years and then they built Lincoln Financial Field. Probably like 20 years later.
But the new field is nowhere near where Jfk was
Nebojša Mickov huh?
One of Scotlands greatest bands , still going strong today ...wonderful .
Yes
Now minus the great Mel gabor on drums who joined during the making glittering prize album in 1982
i understand now where that "r" comes from , lovely ;-)
Them and Nazareth
They're still together??
I never hear about them. Where are they ???
Charlie and Jim were IMMENSE that day.
Jim Kerr looks so comfortable on stage great front man great voice timeless
Agent kennedy Glasgow’s finest
One of the best LIVE singers ever, not running out of breath...legendary
A fricking athlete! I'm so impressed. I've never seen this done live before.
He is incredibly comfortable. Even with the draining humidity.
He is a natural. Been doing live gigs forever and kills it every time.
Drummer is in energizer mode
@Donald and Hillary Trump Nah, more likely simply expending 100 minutes plus of energy into a 3 song set.
@@desperatemohammedantheworl5833 ...and also performance enhancing drugs
@@magg93 Yeah, everyone who so much as looked at musical instrument circa 1967 through 1992 where off their tits. Whatever.
MY teenage crush
I miss the 80's and early 90's really bad and am not kidding either. Something is very wrong.
Yes, the w0rld iz wrong. And N the grip of the evil 0ne
We've complied too often to nonsense. I'm pushing 70 and I'm not caving yet.
RIP John Giblin - this was his first appearance with them on bass guitar. He's superb on their 1986 live album.
Love Simple Minds 🎙🎶🎸👍👏♥️♥️♥️my Favorit is Belfast Child 🙏greetings from München
Jim Kerr is such an awesome, energetic, charismatic frontman, always moving all over the stage and usually ending up right in front of the audience. You can tell he loves what he does. Simple Minds is such an underrated band!
He is really the best
When I watch the original video of this song I get such a crush on him. He was such a cutie-pie. Big, beautiful voice too, of course. 😏
Was lucky enough to go to a Simple Minds concert. Then saw The Edge in the wings listening in. Miss the 80s.
Yeah, I've seen them live in 1987 and Jim Kerr was all over the stage, still one of the best live shows I've experienced, they had that sort of The Clash energy back then on some of their tunes (Waterfront possibly).
Look up their chart stats, sales, and accolades; they're hardly underrated.
1984 during my travel to South Italy, at the gas Station I met young people who play in his Car this song and sing it very loud.....................sweet memory
What a song. … Became my “anthem’’ for the Pandemic from …. Wherever. I sent it to all the folks i couldn’t see when were confined to our island in 2020. But thanks to my brother, and my memory i remembered it … from the eighties. I was in my thirties then. Love the drum-line too.
This song has been written for big stadium concerts like this.
So is Alive n Kickin
I believe it was written for the movie The Breakfast Club.
@@jimziemer474 Yep, written for the film, which is easily one of the most definitive teen films ever.
The number 1 song of the entire 1980's! I've watched the ending of The Breakfast Club a hundred times just to watch Johnny Bender put the earing in his ear, raise his fist in the air and then have Don't You Forget About Me start blazing away as he crosses the football field....
Thanks for making me cry :')
They offered it to Billy Idol first. I can totally hear that, but it's the definitive Simple Minds song. Great drummer.
TheElectricBallroom That drummer is going ham
@@TheElectricBallroom I'd love to hear Billy Idol sing this...
Now Bumblebee :')
This guy's FREAKING voice!
how have I never realized how great of a singer he is???
Probably cause I've never heard a live show.
looks like a pleasure to have lived that time... the vibes, the feelings, the creativity these artists showed... i'm 23 and honestly, no music thats being released today comes even close to the quality/value this (and other 80's music )has to me
Right there with ya 21 and haven’t seen any new age concerts that have anything close to the feeling I get from watching concerts from the 80s
@@itzajordan glad to know i'm not the only one! it's up to us to keep these bands/music alive for the next generations bro!
X3. Im 22 not that far away from 23. Wish I was around in that era. Everything was awesome in the 80s.
No music will ever ever ever be like the late 70's and the 80s !
This is one of many great acts who performed at Live Aid in 1985. Today's kids should watch it & learn because it was all about the music & the cause for famine relief. No nudity, no foul language & no politics. Just an awesome day full of talented musicians.
And no cel phones up in the air blocking your view.
That was a tme before the entire planet became so cynical, when it was all about celebrities really wanting to do good things to make the world a better place, and it was in their lyrics.
Almost 40 years, I saw a small part of this music show in Brazil, and to see now is wonderful
I never get tired of this song. Wish I was a teen in the 80s.
It was an amazing time
Top demais.
The front man is really putting his all into the vocals. It raises the quality of the song as a whole and the energy of the performance.
🦈🏥🏢🍻🐖👇🤍💙📂⏱️💄🥊🎿🥅⚕️
Um...that's what good singers do.
@@r.p.mcmurphy6623 clearly
he's a good singer, he actually sounds like he does on the audio track
Jim Kerr was and still is a great singer. 😃
Ropey in parts.
@@irielion3748 it's a pretty difficult song I can't imagine it being any easier live.
That is just so powerfully charged with positive energy and joy. The 80’s were a great time. The 60’s and 70’s hippies gave way to a more mature and responsible young generation.
Yes. We grew up appreciating great music and respecting others. Took it for granted at the time. But glad I experienced it!
Omg the best!! He's so endearing!!😍 I loved being a child in the 80s, there was no decade like it!! People loved and cared for one another, and especially came together for causes like live aid for Africa!! We used music and love not violence!!!
My homies 🤣. I was 17 and at the London concert in 85. What a great day! Such a great cause. I'm now 55🤣. Wot happened 🤣? It's 2023? What? 🇬🇧🇨🇮🇨🇵🇩🇪🇵🇭🇺🇸
At the time I don't think anyone knew how big this was, I woke up early that day to record it on my Beta VCR and watched as MTV went back and fourth from London, England to Philadelphia USA with what turned out to be THE BEST CONCERT IN HISTORY! I'm telling you that if you got to grow up in the 50's through the 80's in that golden era that will never be repeated with all the classic movies & music, YOU were blessed!
Even though his stamina has never been near great, he was still in control of his voice, at that time. Listening to Jim Kerr nowadays can be quite a job, and there have been many, many concerts when he clearly didn´t hit a single note. That´s why they´re heavily backing him up with supporting singers so that he hasn´t got to do very much on stage. Charlie Burchill is and alway has been spot on with his performances, and Mel Gaynor on drums is also a real treat. I also really do appreciate the actual band roster with Ged Grimes on bass :)
To all aspiring drummers out there put all your heart and soul to that sticks and every human heart will acknowledge you! Like this drummer did.
Still one of the most iconic songs thanks to the Breakfast a club ❤😂
This is 'Real' music, sang Live. Long live the 80's!
msfigy thank you! After the 80's music went down hill, sharply.
Millie007....or maybe you just got old. Just a thought.
Alas, the 80s only survived to the age of 10
Croke park, Dublin, Ireland -1986.
Simple minds. Lloyd cole and the commotions etc.
My first and best concert ever .
I had a boyfriend that was a fan of Simple Minds. We parted company , his love of this band rubbed off on me. To this day they are still my favorite band. My husband and I saw them in concert. They were awesome!
Yeah look at the humanity there, the love. When both my partner and I deployed to two different conflict in the 2000's we celebrated our own humanity with a sendoff themed on Live Aid. "Erina Aid", family from all over and others who had done it before us. Yes, a great time when we gave of ourselves and were really part of something, global and historic, we can say we did our bit. Thank you to those artist in '85 when I was a young man you all served to inspire us.
Man, the vibrato in his voice at 0:50 and throughout the song is absoloutly unreal and such an iconic part of this tune.
Nothing compares to the talent of the 80s bands.
And here 4:53
Is a Crazy
so good
O mais interessante é que o cara estava cantando sem o retorno
That's what u called singing live.
Still sounds great
right !?! and the drummer !!!
Midge Ure's performance was also fantastic! Phil Collins, Queen, David Bowie,... Incredible live performances! No cell phones, no selfie sticks, no careless apathic people, only the joy of watching legendary bands perform live!
that is rigth baby, live singing
Exactly!!!! ♥️🎶👍
Got the box set of the concert on dvd will treasure it forever. never gonna see anything like this again in my lifetime I'm 65
Live Aid was a celebration of 1980s music. Best of the Best. It was truly one of the greatest concerts ever.
This country could use a good dose of the 80’s about now.
Not if your in coal
*AIDS*
#TRUTH
@BLOODY FACE yes 80s were good music but heavy metal ruined it
@@24afleck *you're
The eightie's, the best time of my life!!!! This is a great song, from Pretty in Pink!!!! 🎶🎶🎶👍👍👍......
All time best concert ever. No more to say! In Germany we saw it at TV and we call it "Straßenfeger" - there were none on the streets more.
Un-believable voice..and the drumming is Epic!
Mel Gaynor on the drums. Criminally underrated drummer. Not an easy song either
IKR!!!!
I dig your style, “criminally underrated “….may you live to be 1000 years old! Now, name that movie!
Noise
YES... he shines on this performance and is full of enthusiasm
I'm from 2000 but I would have loved to be in that time
I am 64 love the 80s music. Unbelievable how many great bands during that time. When life was great. 😊❤. Really miss those days
The best part: No cell phones. Just people enjoying kickass live music for a good cause. Long live the 80s and all those who made good music. Bring this back NOW.
Simple Minds was one of the best bands at live AID . They Rocked the place .
Don't forget about The Breakfast Club!😘
Yeeeeeee forever in our hearts
@@carlacavalcanticavalcanti4614 true!
Proud to have been a teenager in the 80’s. Great music was released daily it seemed. This song represents the era exceptionally.
Look at that sea of people... not sure how Sir Bob Geldof and Midge Ure ever pulled this off, but was it ever amazing at the time and still great stuff today.
Here in 2020, showing one of my millenial coworkers what music we grew up to in the 80's. He was much more appreciative than most his age.
Totally iconic song! Don't get me wrong! But the drum coordination and vocal it's what makes this incredibly emotional
THIS HAD TO BE THE VERY BEST DAY OF MY LIFE ❤🎉
80’s fashion and music were great! Best ever ever ever! Nostalgia makes me cry..i was 17, now 54.. 1985…❤
One of the greatest bands to ever do it.
They didn’t want to do this cover, and were the 3rd or 4th choice.
Smart enough to say yes.
Made them bazillions..
Such a difficult song to sing, this was the very first live performance of DYFAM.
Europeans know how incredible this band is, for some reason The US never caught on.
Well, looking at what passes for today’s top 40, it’s not shocking is it.
Hope they come to the US one more time. They are a world class live act to say the very least. What a career. Thank you guys!
After the pandemic they NEED to do this again in 2021!! Harvey Goldsmith, Bill Graham and Bob Geldof, yeah I'm calling you out..love the 80's
nahhh with drake, milley cyrus and billie eilish.. no thanks
Sadly, Bill Graham has since passed. At least we still have Geldof.
What pandemic?
Sigh...I miss the '80's
I always feel a melancholy when I hear this music. Even when I was a teenager and couldn't understand the lyrics. It is like the time is passing and I am not able to follow it.
that drummer is giving it some - legend
IMAGINE being here ! peak 80s with the greatest 80s anthem LIVE with 100,000's fans going crazy ! NO phones , NO bullshit ! goose bumps !
I’m so grateful that UA-cam is available so that we older folks can relive some great memories. 🙏🏼
Who is listening this masterpiece 💚
Queen and U2 get a lot of praise for their Live Aid performances which is well deserved however two groups that don’t get enough credit are Simple Minds and INXS (Oz For Africa)
I was 13 years old and was glued to the TV all day. Simple Minds were one of my favorite bands and still are to this day. God I miss those days so much......
...................I get so emotional watching UA-cam; the best time machine!
RIP, John Giblin. 😢
Highly polished Band.....and the drummer takes you to school on the art of drumming.....
Mel Gaynor is destroying it on the drums.
Mel Gaynor is one of the most overlooked drummers ever
I totally agree!Mel’s a fantastic drummer.One of the best from that period.
@greg oscar yes, for sure. The bassist and keyboards also sound spot on, but I don't know their names.
@@windk100 Mick MacNeil on Keyboards and either Derek Forbes or John Giblin on Bass Guitar. Not sure which.
@@minty_Joe It's John
One of the best voices of the 80s.
Class of 2020 had COVID. Class of 1985 had Live Aid. We were lucky. I was 85 and my son was ‘20.
This song makes me feel nostalgic for a time in which I had not yet been born. Is incredible
Jim Kerr es increíble,uno de los mejores frontmans del mundo ❤
Fantastic Mr. Jim Kerr👍❤️
Happy Birthday today(November 27) to Simple Minds guitarist Charlie Burchill. Cheers!
I was in basic training at NTC San Diego and didn't learn about it until weeks later. This is the quintessential Gen X / 80's song, IMO.
Best Rock/music from the 70s, 80s without a doubt. I love this song!!!
That day was nirvana no doubt. All those great rockers on two continents in the same day for the same cause. Never EVER will be repeated. Not that level of talent
Authentic compromise, beauty, genuine, genius, love, good music, a young voice in its best form,creal artists. Good music from the 80s. Times that seem not to return. I'm crying.
That drumming sounds awesome