Tears For Fears - POLLing The Seeds of Love (1989)

I wish "Woman in Chains" had been overplayed in the States.

i don't think it would be possible for a song as good as "woman in chains" to be overplayed

unreleased demo version of "rhythm of life," which they eventually gave to oleta adams for her album: https://youtu.be/1Asyb8IY2hw

My intro to her. VH-1 loved it.

i know the tff version is just a demo, but i think they made the right call in letting her have it.

A....lot of music on this box set. The interesting stuff consists of jams that loosen the shackles from "Badman's Song" and "Standing on the Corner..."

if you feel like polling the seeds once more, consider pulling the trigger for roland and oleta

Match E4!

1 Tears For Fears/Oleta Adams! https://t.co/ZBLvBkddXt
2 David Bowie/Pet Shop Boys! https://t.co/rHzr43VrOb
3 Womack And Womack! https://t.co/rGYaMETfOF
4 Positive K! https://t.co/Hu3O6BhX8H

— World Cup Of Duets (@peoples_pop) October 13, 2020

"Love Wars," man.

ha yes, that song is also excellent. so is positive k. a shame that name recognition is pushing the pet shop bowies ahead

The super deluxe reissue of "Seeds Of Love" arrived the other day, haven't spun it yet but the preview tracks have been intriguing. I'm most interested in the Townhouse jams and demos.

They're worth a listen.

The original CD issue sounds so incredible, don't think I could remotely handle the new version

'Advice' just came up on shuffle, and...huh. Wow. They never really did much for me in my youth but anytime I hear the singles these days I'm a little taken aback. Think I might be ready to give the albums a go.

it's a world gone crazy, old lunch in chaaains

For a band whose records seemed freighted with so much "significance" in the 80s, they've kind of vaporized since. If they didn't deserve the hype then, they don't deserve the indifference now.

every time I play this album I like it more

(at the time I vividly remember being appalled by the Seeds of Love single/video and wouldn't go anywhere near the album)

My brothers and I used to sing it as 'sewing machines of love'.

Who am I kidding, 'used to', we did this as recently as our xmas zoom call.

SEWING MA-CHINES (yup, works for me)

new curt smith interview where he intimated that a major inspiration for “woman in chains” was alice cooper’s “only women bleed”: https://www.spin.com/2021/11/curt-smith-tears-for-fears-5-albums-i-cant-live-without/

also reveals other things lol, but i can’t say i expected that

lol wow