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This is amazing, thanks for putting it together.
I absolutely love Simple Minds, huge fan. Which I suppose doubles down on it being weird that I hadn't ever gotten in to Tears for Fears, being vaguely similar.
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Tears For Fears is pretty good huh
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This is amazing, thanks for putting it together.
I absolutely love Simple Minds, huge fan. Which I suppose doubles down on it being weird that I hadn't ever gotten in to Tears for Fears, being vaguely similar.
Songs from the Big Chair is the best album of the 80s imo
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The Working Hour
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And then when it goes straight to the chorus "so glad we almost made it". Absolutely sublime.
It's probably my most listened to song of all time after MJ's Thriller.
I respect their work, but they were ruined for me because when I was a kid, my mom would work out on the treadmill every single evening, playing Songs from the Big Chair from end to end on full blast - at least 500 times over a few years. I've heard every song on that album far more times than just about anyone, and I'd be perfectly fine not hearing it again.
This is me. Only it's my mom blasting Jon Secada on road trips
Pale *clap* Shelter *clap*
Anecdote:
I had just started to date my most recent girlfriend (now wife), we were long distance and I had driven in to her town for the weekend. She wanted me to meet her best friend in town and friend's boyfriend and expected us to hit it off.
It was the usual of "what do you do?" small talk but wasn't really going anywhere friend-wise.
The bar had a karaoke set up and the girls sang a song that is lost in my memory. They pushed me and new friend to sing something. After scrolling through the book I said "I can sing 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World'"
We bonded on that song. Each word and pitch was perfect. We both bobbed to the music like Roland in the video. It was a an unusual synchronization of personalities. If the crowd boo'd I didn't notice.
We are still good friends with them and Brandon and I still talk at length about New Wave tunes.
Tears For Fears brings folks together.
I got into them thanks to the Gary Jules cover of Mad World. One of my favorite bands since then. I love their b-sides too, specially
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Johnny Panic And The Bible Of Dreams (Fluke Remix)
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupJohnny Panic And The Bible Of Dreams (Fluke Remix) · Tears For FearsSaturnine Martial & Lunatic℗ 1991 Mercury Rec...
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Yeah, this stays on the 80s playlist and I frequently play it twice in a row. That and hall and oat's out of touch ( yes, I know the joke writes itself). Both are 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
First two albums are pop classics.
Personally I think Mothers Talk is their most under-rated track. Listen to those monstrous drums on the album version.
Personally I think Mothers Talk is their most under-rated track. Listen to those monstrous drums on the album version.
They're an incredible band. They put out their first original song called I Love You but I'm Lost in like eleven years back in October of 2017 to promote their greatest hits album and it's a fucking amazing track. It also hits me really hard lyrically, so it's extra poignant to me.
One of those bands where I always knew their songs, but it took until the past two years for me to really discover how great they are.
They have the classic 80s sound aesthetic that makes the first two albums a delight.
They have the classic 80s sound aesthetic that makes the first two albums a delight.
Check out the Halt and Catch Fire character and season playlists on Spotify. There are more 80s gems there.
"This song makes me feel nostalgia for a time that I wasn't even born in." The best way to describe their music. They are one of the staples of the 80s.
A bit to poppy to be one of my all time greatest 80's bands, but still: they've made some amazing songs and great albums (especially The Hurting). Donnie Darko was my introduction to them (I'm guessing it's like that for many people my age), which also introduced me to Joy Division, The Church and Echo & The Bunnymen.
I like Sowing the Seeds of Love, but it's ridiculously overproduced.
I did see them live years ago when they were touring with Spandau Ballet. Tears played first and did a good set, just the band in front of a painted backdrop. good show. Then there was the intermission and Spandau Ballet came on. We noticed that the people in front of us changed so somwhere along the line 2 couples managed to split the cost of the ticket to see their favourite band and not the one they didn't like. I was glad to see both.
I remember reading some amazing stuff about how some of the albums came together when the guys weren't talking to each other but had a contractual obligation to deliver an album
can only think of about 4 songs of theirs, but Shout and Everybody Wants to Rule the World were huge hits back in the day (i.e. my youth)
I remember reading some amazing stuff about how some of the albums came together when the guys weren't talking to each other but had a contractual obligation to deliver an album
can only think of about 4 songs of theirs, but Shout and Everybody Wants to Rule the World were huge hits back in the day (i.e. my youth)
First audio cassette and cd I bought as a kid!
saw them live a couple of years, they were great. I have to listen to Song from the Big chair at least once a month :)
saw them live a couple of years, they were great. I have to listen to Song from the Big chair at least once a month :)
