Ogletree joined Simple Minds for rehearsals in a large converted barn in Perthshire, Scotland, where he wrote and played the drum parts for the songs that were to become what is considered the band's watershed album, New Gold Dream ( 81 – 82 – 83 – 84 ).

However, the two groups were well-acquainted with one another, and Bono joined Simple Minds on-stage at the Barrowlands in Glasgow in 1985 for a live version of " New Gold Dream ".

On 22 October 2011, Simple Minds took part in the 600 Sounds Festival in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, their last show for 2011.

To coincide with the " 5x5 Live " tour, EMI Music will release on 20 February 2012 the Simple Minds X5 box set featuring the 5 first albums over 6 discs, Life in a Day, Real to Real Cacophony, Empires and Dance, Sons and Fascination / Sister Feelings Call and New Gold Dream ( 81 – 82 – 83 – 84 ) ( with Sons and Fascination and Sister Feelings Call as separate discs in a gatefold sleeve as well as bonus material on each disc including rare and previously unavailable CD, B-sides and remixes ).

* 1982 " New Gold Dream 81-82-83-84 ( Simple Minds )

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* Simple Minds – " Ghost Dancing ", " Don't You ( Forget About Me )", " Promised You A Miracle " ( JFK 19: 07 );

Simple Minds were offered the song ' Don't You ( Forget About me ) only after it was turned down by Billy Idol & Bryan Ferry.

Released in early 1985, it also broke Simple Minds into the US market almost overnight, when the band achieved their only No. 1 U. S. pop hit in April 1985 with the film's closing track, " Don't You ( Forget About Me )".

Giblin made his debut with Simple Minds at Live Aid in Philadelphia, where the band performed " Don't You ( Forget About Me )", a new track called " Ghostdancing " and " Promised You a Miracle ".

The duo played versions of " Alive And Kicking ", " Belfast Child " and " Don't You ( Forget About Me )" backed by a full orchestra and were billed as Simple Minds — something which emphasised the degree to which the band remained a Kerr / Burchill project with backing musicians.

* A Simple Government: Twelve Things We Really Need from Washington ( and a Trillion That We Don't!

* 1988, Song of the year, Best Pop Vocal Performance, male, Record of the year, " Don't Worry, Be Happy " in the album Simple Pleasures

Music !," " Till I Waltz Again With You ," " Ricochet ( Rick-O-Shay )"), Doris Day (" Secret Love ," " Whatever Will Be Will Be ( Que Sera Sera )," " Teacher's Pet "), Guy Mitchell (" My Heart Cries for You ," " The Roving Kind ," " Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ," " Singing the Blues "), Bing Crosby (" Play a Simple Melody with son Gary Crosby, " True Love with Grace Kelly ), Dinah Shore (" Lavender Blue "), Kitty Kallen (" Little Things Mean a Lot "), Joni James (" Have You Heard ," " Wishing Ring ," " Your Cheatin ' Heart "), Peggy Lee (" Lover ," " Fever "), Julie London (" Cry Me a River "), Toni Arden (" Padre "), June Valli (" Why Don't You Believe Me "), Arthur Godfrey (" Slowpoke "), Tennessee Ernie Ford (" Sixteen Tons "), Les Paul and Mary Ford (“ Vaya Con Dios ,” “ Tiger Rag ”), and vocal groups like The Mills Brothers (" Glow Worm "), The Weavers "( Goodnight Irene "), The Four Aces (" Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing ") ("( It's No ) Sin ", The Chordettes (" Mister Sandman "), Fontane Sisters (" Hearts of Stone "), The Hilltoppers (" Trying ," " P. S.

Under the Lobo alias, he released Of a Simple Man in 1972, which included back-to-back U. S. Top 10 hits, including " I'd Love You to Want Me " (# 2, 18-25 November 1972 ) and " Don't Expect Me To Be Your Friend " (# 8, 17-24 February 1973 ).

" Two of their songs appeared in chase scenes: " I'd Do Anything " in the episode " It's Mean, It's Green, It's the Mystery Machine ", and " You Don't Mean Anything " in " Simple Plan and the Invisible Madman ".

Morison made her stage debut at the Provincetown Playhouse in the musical revue Don't Mind the Rain, in which she sang a song entitled " Simple Silly I.

(“ Simple ”) As the extended musical sequence ends, the lights black out except for a spotlight on Hapgood, who announces to the audience, “ You are all mad !” Seconds later, the stage lights are restored.

They each provided well known songs during this period, in addition to the singles, Pinder's songs " A Simple Game " ( 1968 ) & " So Deep Within You " ( 1969 ) were successfully covered by The Four Tops, Pinder winning an Ivor Novello Award for " A Simple Game ", Elkie Brooks later covered Hayward's " Nights in White Satin ".

Dembo is the author of three books: Seeing Tomorrow: Rewriting the Rules of Risk, co-authored with Andrew Freeman, published in April 1998 ; Upside Downside: Simple Rules of Risk Management for the Smart Investor, co authored with Daniel Stoffman, published in March 2006 ; and Everything You Wanted to Know About Offsetting But Were Afraid to Ask, co-authored with Clive Davidson and released in May 2007.

He sang " Sing a Simple Song " and " If You Want Me to Stay ," and walked off stage before the end of " Higher.

He performed " Stand ", " I Want To Take You Higher ", " Sing A Simple Song ", " If You Want Me To Stay ", and " Thank You ( Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin )", ( which at one point morphed into " Thank you For Talkin ' To Me Africa ", a track rarely performed in public ).

Notable guest appearances include vocals on Simple Plan's single " I'd Do Anything ", vocals on Box Car Racer's track " Elevator ", and " In Transit " with Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy, recorded for Almost Alice ( 2010 ), as well as vocals in Tonight Alive's " Thank You & Goodnight " on their 2012 release " What Are You So Scared Of?

In 2008, Koivu was featured in the Simple Plan music video for the song Save You, which was originally written for the lead singer's brother.

Yorn's song, " Lose You " can be heard just before the ending credits of the episode " Simple Explanation " during Kutner's funeral on the Fox show House, MD.

The ratings continued to climb during the season, and Fox was quick to announce heading into production on Season 3, not before airing a special episode titled The Simple Life-The Stuff We Weren't Allowed To Show You on November 17, 2004.

He appeared in the video for Simple Plan's " Save You " as a survivor of cancer.

ABC Family currently offers a slate of mostly reruns of contemporary comedies, such as Full House, 8 Simple Rules, Grounded For Life, Still Standing, Friends, What I Like About You, America's Funniest Home Videos, That ' 70s Show and My Wife and Kids, with the only off-network drama series on the schedule being Friday Night Lights ( since moved to ESPN Classic due to low ratings and better audience compatibility ) and Gilmore Girls ( which resumed airing weekdays at 5pm ET in February 2012 as reruns of Secret Life performed under expectations ).

She pursued her favorite subject-the female experience-in a number of films, including Street Corner ( 1953 ) about women police officers, Somerset Maugham's The Beachcomber ( 1954 ), with Glynis Johns as a resourceful missionary, and a series of comedies about the battle of the sexes, including The Passionate Stranger ( 1957 ), The Truth About Women ( 1958 ) and her final film, Rattle of a Simple Man ( 1964 ).

* Elgin has written a number of blogs for Huffington Post on the theme of simplicity and sustainability ; including: Simplicity is Not Sacrifice !, 6 / 7 / 11, Thriving in a Post-Consumerist Society, 6 / 12 / 11, Eight Expressions of Simplicity for Healthy Living, 8 / 15 / 11, and Four Misconceptions About the Simple Life, 8 / 27 / 11.

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Janet Jackson " Son of a Gun ( I Betcha Think This Song Is About You )", Britney Spears " Overprotected ", and Simple Plan " Shut Up!

He was also featured in The WB television series What I Like About You in a recurring role as Vic, Val's boss, from 2002 to 2003 a role he reprised as a series regular from 2005 to 2006 during the fourth and final season, which he directed one episode and in two episodes of 8 Simple Rules in 2004, playing Bridget's tennis coach.

and Light at the End, although songs such as " About a Kid ", " Simple Song ", " Long Division " and " Pop Trash " are still occasionally played.

He is best known for directing cult horror / comedy films the Evil Dead series, the action / superhero film Darkman, crime thriller A Simple Plan and supernatural horror Drag Me to Hell, as well as the blockbuster Spider-Man films and the producer of the successful TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess, Legend of the Seeker ( also the creator ) and Spartacus: Blood and Sand.

In other shows, celebrities are put on location and given a specific task or tasks ; these include Celebrity Big Brother, The Simple Life, Tommy Lee Goes to College, The Surreal Life, and I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me out of Here !.

Later, as a guest on NBC's The Gisele MacKenzie Show, Karloff sang " Those Were the Good Old Days " from Damn Yankees, while Gisele MacKenzie performed the solo, " Give Me the Simple Life ".

He has received numerous entertainment industry awards and additional Grammy nominations including Best Engineered Recording for his work on the James Taylor album " JT " and Linda Ronstadt's " Simple Dreams ," a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year for Kim Carnes " Mistaken Identity ," a Grammy nomination for Producer of the Year, an Emmy nomination for Best Engineered Recording of a TV Special for Neil Diamond's " Glad You're Here With Me Tonight ," as well as dozens of gold and platinum records.

The song has been featured in many movies, including 1970's The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart, 1983's Heart Like a Wheel, 1987's Making Mr. Right, 1987's Ernest Goes to Camp, 1989's Happy Together, 1990's The Naked Gun, 1994's Muriel's Wedding, 1997's Happy Together, 2000's Sorted, 2002's Adaptation., 2002's Cherish, 2002's S1m0ne, 2002's Bubble Boy, 2003's Freaky Friday featured " Happy Together ," as well as a cover by Simple Plan, 2004's Ma Mère, 2005's Imagine Me and You, 2006's documentary Blindsight, 2007's The Simpsons Movie, 2008's 27 Dresses, and 2009's The Stepfather.

She then appeared in Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop production of Make Me An Offer in 1959, and her other early West End appearances included the revue One Over the Eight with Kenneth Williams in 1961, and starring in Rattle of a Simple Man in 1962.

A long-exposure image of the bridge was also featured on the rear album cover of Deacon Blue's album, Raintown, as well as on the music video for the Simple Minds single Speed Your Love to Me.

) It also influenced scenes in Hal Hartley's Simple Men and Martin Hynes ' The Go-Getter The entire dance scene was also used as the music video for the song " Dance with Me ", by the music group Nouvelle Vague from their 2006 album Bande à Part.

*" Give Me The Simple Life " ( dated 1 / 12 / 62 )) / " Say it Isn't So " ( not a Four Freshman cut ) USAF presents Music in the Air

The song used during the closing credits of the show is " Speed Your Love to Me " by Simple Minds.

* " Give Me The Simple Life "

*" Give Me the Simple Life "-with Harry Ruby

After this brief stint on reality television, Donaldson turned to acting, appearing on such shows as Curb Your Enthusiasm, Reba, Just Shoot Me !, 8 Simple Rules, Bones, and several episodes of Joey.