Tears For Fears - "The Working Hour"

Amazing song, SftBC is great but I wish they could have made a whole record that had the same kinda resonance as that tune.

"The Working Hour" has that leisurely intro. The sound they got for those pianos and keyboards!

I love the Bo Diddley riff too.

I have a strange perspective on this band: I'm always expecting them to reveal some sort of "big secret" behind the songs, as if there's a decoder or backstory that will unlock them. I get this feeling even from the songs that I enjoy without reservations, like "I Believe" or "Pale Shelter". This song and "Listen" are prime examples.
It could be Orzabal's vague, inflated lyrics, but that never got in the way of appreciating early Simple Minds, for instance.

there kind of is a decoder ring behind all their stuff: arthur janov (the primal scream guy) and his philosophy

I think that's it - 38 years ago, I read somewhere that this was a Serious Album dealing with Heavy Ideas taken from an Actual Book, and that's still the frame in which I see the band. Yet it doesn't explain why a talented songwriter who makes bold compositional choices and plays with good musicians leaves me scratching my head more often than getting into the music.