Did you know that the video for the Simple Minds song "Alive and Kicking" was filmed here in New York? Simple Minds first hit big with "Don't You (Forget About Me)". The video alone has been viewed more than 176 Million times and that particular song played over the opening scenes and closing credits of the movie The Breakfast Club. On the success of "Don't You (Forget About Me)" Simple Minds were invited to play Live Aid in Philadelphia in 1985. The day after the legendary festival the band drove North to New York do the final mixing of their next album Once Upon A Time and that took place at Bearsville Studios on Spear Road in Bearsville. That is when the band fell in love with Upstate New York.