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Sep 15, 2026
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Kenny Hyslop passed away in 2024 at the age of 73 from prostate cancer.
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Scottish drummer famous for playing with Midge Ure in the group Slick and also for his 1981 tenure with Simple Minds where he was the guy who hit the beat for the single Promised You a Miracle.
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Probably my favorite song.
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Yeah, I would say it's my favorite Simple Minds song.
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Don't You Forget About Me is one that I and the band, honestly, really just don't like that much.
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I know, that's a hot take.
Dwayne RussellHOST
High Pipe and A-Rod, yes, Sick of Sweet Caroline.
Dwayne RussellHOST
Bring on some Simple Minds.
Dwayne RussellHOST
Cheers, Chris.
Dwayne RussellHOST
Another one here, Sick to Death of Sweet Caroline, especially the stupid So Good, So Good chant that's not even in the original lyrics.
CraigHOST
backed out
RobHOST
for Simple Minds, right? He backed out at the last minute to go produce the album by the band Simple Minds, you know, of Don't You Forget About Me fame, and left them high and dry.
RobHOST
So they were desperately looking for a producer.
RobHOST
And the months before they started recording, and they settled on a guy named Peter Henderson.
Carol McGiffinHOST
Where did you stay?
Nick AbbotHOST
stay?I stayed in the hotel that is owned by the bloke that sings, uh, for Simple, Simple Minds.
Carol McGiffinHOST
Jim Kerr, yes.
Nick AbbotHOST
Yeah.
Dan CumminsHOST
Uh, bands like Oasis, The Cure, Radiohead, The Clash, uh, Foo Fighters, and on and on.
Dan CumminsHOST
Loads of homegrown, uh, Glasgow bands like Simple Minds, Franz Ferdinand, uh, Biffy Clyro.
Dan CumminsHOST
I fucking love Biffy, uh, Clyro.
Dan CumminsHOST
I love a little-known Biffy Clyro song called Weird Leisure.
Dan CumminsHOST
A little town is where they got, you know, got started.
Dan CumminsHOST
But then, you know, all their early gigs were Glasgow.
Dan CumminsHOST
And then Simple Minds, which were, uh, huge in the '80s, they filmed a music video for Waterfront in the Barrow- uh, a song called Waterfront, uh, in the Barrowland Ballroom in 1983, and it was, it was pretty cool.
Dan CumminsHOST
The venue wasn't doing well.
Paul FletcherHOST
Massive.
Paul FletcherHOST
Uh, Simple Minds have announced their first studio album in five years.
Paul FletcherHOST
It's called Sacrosanct.
Paul FletcherHOST
Uh, it'll be due out January 27th.
Paul FletcherHOST
First single, Beginner Boys, is available now.
Paul FletcherHOST
Uh, but the band also just released a Simple Minds memoir, Our Secrets Are The Same, last week on September 8th.
Steve GormanHOST
Okay.
RyderHOST
All right, Bob.
Fred ToucherHOST
And the song was Don't You Forget About Me.
HardyHOST
Oh, so Simple Minds was that Scottish band? Correct.
HardyHOST
Do you know Simple Minds, Mike Reese?
Mike ReissGUEST
I do, and that's a great story, Hardy.
Mike ReissGUEST
Well, I like that.
Ian CanfieldHOST
It was kind of like a British invasion of '80s acts.
Ian CanfieldHOST
Right? 'Cause, uh, Soft Cell came through with, um, I think it was Simple Minds and Modern English.
Ian CanfieldHOST
Anyway, in, uh, forthcoming Soft Cell news, there's one last album.
Ian CanfieldHOST
It's called Danceteria, and it's coming out a week on Friday.
LouisHOST
Another little David Bowie story.
LouisHOST
So David Bowie in Berlin and Iggy Pop, they invaded a Simple Minds recording session.
LouisHOST
They did.
LouisHOST
And they turned up with what? David Bowie rocked up in like a black trench coat and a black top and stuff, but he was holding...
Clara ParkHOST
Uh, back to the movie.
Clara ParkHOST
It has, of course, one of the most famous and enduring songs ever to be featured in a film, Don't You, parent, Forget About Me, by Simple Minds.
Jenn de la VegaHOST
Which was a highlight of Pitch Perfect, both in the song and the movie.
Jenn de la VegaHOST
Uh, you know, brings this cinematic classic to a whole new generation of viewers.
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