Tears for Fears: C or D?

"Listen" is classic beyond belief.

TFF are one of those bands where I have minimal objectivity - I love it all (except Curt's solo work, arf!). _The Hurting_ and _Songs From The Big Chair_ expressed everything I felt at 17 and were one of the introductory points to a whole world of music beyond Casey Kasum.

The reunion album was genuinely fantastic - and I had pretty low expectations. Roland's solo album is a louder and more aggressive than TFF stuff, good stuff.

Annoying note about the recent deluxe Big Chair - it left off "The Conflict" found only on the 99 remaster!

Yes, "Listen" is especially good.

a whole world of music beyond Casey Kasum

I love this phrase, we really do think alike, Mr. Odd.

CLASSIC to the 1 x 10^150th degree.

The Hurting_ and _Songs From The Big Chair_ expressed everything I felt at 17 and were one of the introductory points to a whole world of music beyond Casey Kasum.

Except: Casey counted down all those Big Chair singles.

Except: Casey counted down all those Big Chair singles.

Oh, the irony! I was totally stunned the first time I heard "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" in a mall or someplace.

Oh I know, man, I never expected any of that album to break in the States. I was pretty certain they were going to stay a British phenomenon! It's just freaky the way some things cross over and some don't.

Such an odd album too! Bedsit miserabilism sits comfortably beside arena rockism.

The only huge album of its era to which I can compare it is So.

Playing "The Hurting" now in its entirety, and feeling weird.

I mean I bought that LP back when but I really don't remember a damn thing about it, so this is just downright weird.

No one's mentioned Pharoahs yet. Really surprised.

i've been fascinated by this band the last month or so.
some really compelling tracks and some fantastic lyrics.
essentially a wonderful singles band, i guess. i find it hard to connect with a number of the songs as they play out on the albums.

Yeah, I really never get over these guys. Pulled out a bunch of remixes and single versions someone gave me recently. "The Way You Are" is a fun track.

I just bought a ticket to see Tears For Fears at a winery just outside of Seattle in July. Am I happy and in shock? You better fucking believe it.

Winery?

What is that, an offlicense?

Hahah no, I've actually been there, they grow the freaking grapes there and everything. If you take a tour, they'll show you the oak barrels where they age their Chardonnay.

I don't think they make any pink wine, though, which in my opinion is an awful strike against them, but I do believe I had a pink champagne of theirs once.

My mom's an "American Idol" addict who called me last week raving about Adam Lambert's "Mad World" ("I'm sure I've heard it before, it sounds so familiar") and even got me to d/l and email her a copy

Tears For Fears at a winery

Well, they are a very whiney band.

Sorry.

*bah dum dum* **crash**

Anybody seen them live recently? I'll probably go see them Saturday night because it's a free show and all, but I was wondering how they're managing these days.

just saw them last night and it was a pretty great show, did all the songs you'd expect about as well as you could hope for

Last week I actually heard "God's Mistake" at a CVS.

they played my 2 favorite songs at the end of the main set and i just took out my earplugs and felt total euphoria for a few minutes

Good to know, thanks!

I have a friend whose last name is 0yarzaba1, and I always wanted her to marry Roland of this band so she could be Mrs. Orzabal-0yarzaba1.

Saw them in Boston and they ruled! Played a surprising amount of stuff from "The Hurting" and at one point Roland said, "We're not just known for our 80s hits you know... OK, we are!".

haha he did that EXACT same patter at the Baltimore show

Any album tracks worth noting? I'd flip if they played "The Working Hour."

i love the last song on big chair i wonder if theyd ever play that one live

Their Robert Wyatt cover is great, sea song. Not as good as the original but what is?

i see they are playing in september (that is some planning ahead for them) around here. too bad bimble isn't around to weigh in on the show he saw ...

but all the youtubes of their shows in 2010 point to it being a good time. maybe a little bit too much of a good time.

Go see them! They killed last year, and who knows how long they'll keep going. No idea if a new album is in the works but I'd welcome it.

i heard a couple of their classic songs like shout etc. in an early 90s film and immediately it was like the music of a long gone era, the 80s. they are about as far from 90s as the 1910s are from the 1920s.

That's true.

total classic, i just bought their songs from the big chair dvd

too bad they're only doing a west coast tour /:

Dug out The Seeds Of Love for a listen this afternoon, and 'The Year Of The Knife' just blew my fucking mind all over the place. Yeah, it's totally overdone and overproduced in every possible way, but my god the track just gets me so amped up in the best way possible.

"Advice For the Young at Heart" is so pretty: this reflecting pool of sound.

Is it really overproduced if it's so fucking great? Love these guys and can overlook almost everything. The reunion album is ridiculously fun.

Let us not forget that Jennifer Lynch scored one of Julian Sands' scenes in Boxing Helena to "Woman in Chains."

I loved that song so much I bought the first solo album from Oleta Adams. Which I promptly sold.

The reunion album is ridiculously fun.

― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, November 26, 2012 3:22 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

IS it?? i have to check that out cause i used to LOVE these guys.

Oh yes - it's great to hear Curt sing again and the Beatles homage are flying left and right, all with Roland's unique sense of sound. It's on Spotify so get to checking!

I still own the Adams album; it ain't bad.

Soto otm re: 'Advice For The Young At Heart', it's a gorgeous Curt vocal - and the piano on it sounds incredibly beautiful. Lovely chorus, too.

I listened to The Seeds Of Love again in bed last night with the headphones on, and I found the album was absolutely perfect for that setting. The first side of the album is impeccable, in my humble opinion - as for the second side, the only track I'm not too keen on is 'Standing On The Corner Of The Third World'... but the closing three are again absolutely wonderful. There's some great live versions of these tracks floating around Youtube as well! The production style on it is often criticised, and yes, it IS overdone and overproduced - however, I'm finding that this is one of the reasons I'm enjoying the album!?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UcE36uNvoA

"Elemental" is their weakest album, and yet it still has KILLER bits like the epic "Goodnight Song". The next album, "Raoul And The Kings Of Spain", is underrated in their catalog, it's really strong all the way through.

Everybody Loves A Happy Ending is definitely worth a listen - especially anyone here likes later period XTC, although it reminds me quite a great deal of the Boo Radley's Kingsize album in places too, weirdly.

And yeah, McBoing-Boing, I completely agree about Raoul And The Kings Of Spain and prefer that one over Elemental myself, too :)

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