hi
― DJ U OK Hun? (jed_), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 19:08 (six years ago) link
i can't believe only three people voted for shout
― austinb, Tuesday, 27 March 2018 19:53 (six years ago) link
i know, wtf?
― DJ U OK Hun? (jed_), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 22:40 (six years ago) link
let it all out, guys
― stormzy daniels (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 23:10 (six years ago) link
lol what austinb said
what's the general consensus re best tff album
― ya done (Ross), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 15:05 (five years ago) link
feel like ppl are generally split between this and the hurting
i think big chair is literally perfect but i like the seeds of love more if that makes any sense
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 15:08 (five years ago) link
i've only heard elemental, sowing, raoul and this - when i get some money gonna plunk down on hurting.
feels good to see the tff revival here, when i was growing up in the 90s i felt weird about liking them as everyone else was into whatever else was cool like salt n pepa, tlc etc
(which are cool ofc)
― ya done (Ross), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 15:10 (five years ago) link
sad but not surprised that nobody voted for Mothers Talk. the three singles really do tower over this album, even though MT, The Working Hour, and I Believe are all fantastic too
― paul mccartney & whinge (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 15:12 (five years ago) link
i'm sure i voted for 'head over heels' and would probably do so again, but man 'everybody wants to rule the world' is just perfect
i hate that noodle vague and i will have to fite about it, but so it goes
― mookieproof, Sunday, 5 August 2018 02:05 (five years ago) link
sad but not surprised that nobody voted for Mothers Talk. the three singles really do tower over this album, even though MT, The Working Hour, and I Believe are all fantastic too― paul mccartney & whinge (voodoo chili), Tuesday, June 19, 2018 3:12 PM (one month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― paul mccartney & whinge (voodoo chili), Tuesday, June 19, 2018 3:12 PM (one month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
'Mothers Talk' was a single! 'I Believe' was released as a single, too.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Sunday, 5 August 2018 07:46 (five years ago) link
right, but I Believe was never released in the US and Mothers' Talk was a moderate hit, while the three big songs spent weeks upon weeks in the top 5 (or at #1 in the case of Shout and Everybody Wants to Rule the World)
― ant banks and wasp (voodoo chili), Sunday, 5 August 2018 12:41 (five years ago) link
Same.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Sunday, 5 August 2018 13:53 (five years ago) link
^^yes
― brimstead, Sunday, 5 August 2018 16:38 (five years ago) link
This is fun...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsjhSm4YCfw
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 30 October 2018 20:48 (five years ago) link
thanks, i enjoyed the hell out of that.
― Hunt3r, Tuesday, 30 October 2018 21:13 (five years ago) link
Bbc Classic Albums documentary this Friday! First new episode of Classic Albums for a while.
https://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/tears-for-fears-celebrate-35-years-of-songs-with-classic-album-doc/
― piscesx, Monday, 10 February 2020 23:55 (four years ago) link
^ Will have to find that somewhere.
Sometimes this seems like the best record I liked as a 9-year-old. The tracks receiving no votes definitely feel like the least best, but I dig them all.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 00:55 (four years ago) link
I'm old enough to remember when this came out. "Shout" was the first single and it sounded very cool to me at the time, not like anything else on the radio. Nowadays I'd go for "Everyone Wants to Rule the World", which has somehow managed not to become overplayed.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 01:15 (four years ago) link
All of the singles on this album rank among the best songs ever written.
― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 14:26 (four years ago) link
I like everything on this album, and especially in context. Never have a problem just throwing it on start to finish.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 14:47 (four years ago) link
DJP extremely OTM
― brimstead, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 18:57 (four years ago) link
sometimes i think Head Over Heels is the absolute pinnacle of '80s new wave pop music
― omar little, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 19:01 (four years ago) link
Listen is almost 7 minutes long and still seems far too short
― doug watson, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 20:19 (four years ago) link
Really, the entire second side of this album is perfect
― doug watson, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 20:29 (four years ago) link
"Shout" was the first single and it sounded very cool to me at the time, not like anything else on the radio. Nowadays I'd go for "Everyone Wants to Rule the World", which has somehow managed not to become overplayed.
My experience is the opposite - "EWTRTW" is way way overplayed and "Shout" still retains its primal power.
Also note that "Mothers Talk" was the first single released in August 1984 and it caused a sensation at my college radio station. TFF were still quite underground in the US at the time, I viewed their stadium climb with bemusement.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 20:36 (four years ago) link
I remember them suddenly bursting fully-formed into the US pop scene with "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" and knowing they had a previous album but not knowing much about it at the time; decades later, when I went back to The Hurting, I discovered I already knew half the songs on it (I have conscious memory of my first encounter with "Mad World" but I knew "Pale Shelter" and "Change" almost by heart and never knew they were Tears For Fears songs until some time in the 00s, the first time I played the album).
― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 20:40 (four years ago) link
Then it got that single remix in spring 1986.
xpost
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 20:40 (four years ago) link
I don't think I knew they had a previous album until I saw some live broadcast of a Knebworth concert, when they played "Change."
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 20:47 (four years ago) link
When the album hit "Change" I actually shouted "WAIT THAT WAS THEM??? I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS SONG FOR YEARS"
― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 20:48 (four years ago) link
I place SFTBC in the category of Big British Summer Crossover Album, as [Dare/i] did in 1982 and So would in 1986
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 20:50 (four years ago) link
I enjoyed that, it really is one of the most 'classic album-y' docs I've seen for a while, it has nearly all the hallmarks.
― Maresn3st, Tuesday, 18 February 2020 19:57 (four years ago) link
What a wonderful documentary. I'm not sure what it did differently from many of the others, but at least tonight it felt like one of the better ones. Not just nuts and bolts and pulling away the curtain, but telling a good story. And I never would have guessed that the album was so influenced by Talking Heads, let alone Ryuichi Sakamoto or Robert Wyatt. And never knew (or noticed) that Chris Hughes was "Merrick," the drummer/producer for Adam and the Ants. Good (er) talking heads, too. Sylvie Simmons and even the dude from Disturbed.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 20 February 2020 04:59 (four years ago) link
aaaaa i NEED to SEE this
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 20 February 2020 05:05 (four years ago) link
It can be found easily if you f/w torrents
― Maresn3st, Thursday, 20 February 2020 14:35 (four years ago) link
I was thinking wow Roland Beelzebub is looking quite old all of a sudden then a friend pointed out that he lost his wife suddenly a couple of years ago, poor guy :(
― Maresn3st, Thursday, 20 February 2020 14:37 (four years ago) link
thank u for putting me on the path maresnest
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 20 February 2020 14:44 (four years ago) link
it's on YouTube.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 February 2020 14:46 (four years ago) link
watching now while air drumming to "The Working Hour."
No mention of The Way You Are, oddly, a very definite nod to Japan and stepping stone between the first two records, perhaps they just didn't have time to fit it in.
― Maresn3st, Thursday, 20 February 2020 15:07 (four years ago) link
boy, Roland and Curt always boasted regrettable hair, eh
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 February 2020 15:11 (four years ago) link
they were among the few 80s stars who had even worse hair in the 00s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9Z1zZkSpQk
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Thursday, 20 February 2020 15:18 (four years ago) link
I never would have guessed that the album was so influenced by Talking Heads, let alone Ryuichi Sakamoto or Robert Wyatt
'i believe' proudly wears the wyatt influence on its sleeves imo.
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Thursday, 20 February 2020 15:20 (four years ago) link
omigod just heard Oleta Adams' live version of "I Believe."
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 February 2020 15:24 (four years ago) link
I never get tired of the Oleta Adams story. Just think about that, a huge pop band hears a singer in a lounge in Kansas, then has her not only sing lead on the first song on the next album, but more or less get a solo showcase to open the subsequent tour.
Absolutely. I just never made the connection, honestly, given I always listened to this album in a different context.
I love the tales of collaboration in the doc, who contributed or encouraged what. Songs that would have been discarded or ignored had someone not stepped in, often independently, with a good idea.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 20 February 2020 15:37 (four years ago) link
"Sea Song" is one of the B-sides iirc
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 February 2020 15:44 (four years ago) link
Despite 'Sea Song', I never made the connection either, I don't really hear much of Wyatt in the vocal, unlike the producers.
― Maresn3st, Thursday, 20 February 2020 15:47 (four years ago) link
I think the chunky knitwear is a bigger crime than the hair, it's almost its own genre.
― Maresn3st, Thursday, 20 February 2020 15:48 (four years ago) link
Also, Roland (and others in the doc) OTM that one reason the album has stood the test of time, despite being so "'80s," is the depth of his lyrics. As he says, it's pretty remarkable that at 57 he isn't embarrassed singing songs written by his 20-year old self 35 (!) years earlier.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 20 February 2020 16:54 (four years ago) link
The use of grand piano + synths was striking at the time too, and the sax solos aren't grueling.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 February 2020 16:56 (four years ago) link
wold love a Seeds of Love doc too tbh