Don’t You (Forget About Gen X) I’ll be alone, dancing, you know it, baby Tell me your troubles and doubts Giving me everything inside and out Don’t You (Forget About Me), Simple Minds (1985) Note: Depending on the mix, this song runs about five minutes. Set it on repeat as you read the following. It’ll help, plus it’s a cool song from a cool movie. The year 1985 was a milestone marker in the lives of many Generation Xers. Born between 1965 and 1980 (so now between 56 and 41 years old), Gex Xers in 1985 witnessed the second presidential term of Ronald Reagan, the last Soviet Union leader to take power (Mikhail Gorbachev) and the hijacking of TWA flight 847. In pop culture,