http://excellentonline.com/taxonomy/term/389/0 en http://excellentonline.com/story/death-cab-cover-simple-minds-john-hughes-tribute-2738 <p>At the <a href="http://www.vh1.com/shows/events/critics_choice/_2010/">Critics Choice Movie Awards</a>, Death Cab For Cutie covered the classic Simple Minds Track <em>(Don't You) Forget About Me</em>. If you somehow didn't know, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000455/">John Hughes</a> is the iconic director of the 80's who made such films as Sixteen Candles, Weird Science, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and of course, The Breakfast Club which the track is from. He became disenfranchised with the whole Hollywood scene in the 90's and stopped directing but kept writing until 2008. He passed away last year. He's also a <a href="http://wellknowwhenwegetthere.blogspot.com/2009/08/sincerely-john-hughes.html">totally awesome person</a>.</p> <p>Click "Read More" to view their performance</p> <p><a href="http://excellentonline.com/story/death-cab-cover-simple-minds-john-hughes-tribute-2738" target="_blank">read more</a></p> death cab for cutie News simple minds Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:07:41 +0000 theajaysharma 2738 at http://excellentonline.com