Love for Tears For Fears

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White Discussion Melissa Texas Posts: 2,818
edited January 2012 in Other Music
This 80's band seems to be one of my guilty pleasures. I think their songs stand the test of time, does anyone else like them?

Mad World
I believe
Woman in chains
Everybody wants to rule the world
Shout
Head over heels
Sowing the seeds of love
Pale Shelter
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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Despise would be the word that reflects my level of appreciation for these guys.

    Was bombarded with them in nightclubs in my late teens. Nearly drove me to the brink of insanity.

    I will admit to liking a few 80s songs- but only in the closet (I would lose my friends if I ever conceded to them what I just did to you!).
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  • Staffan
    Staffan Posts: 606
    White Discussion wrote:
    This 80's band seems to be one of my guilty pleasures. I think their songs stand the test of time, does anyone else like them?

    Mad World
    I believe
    Woman in chains
    Everybody wants to rule the world
    Shout
    Head over heels
    Sowing the seeds of love
    Pale Shelter

    I for one really like the album "the seeds of love", the intro to Badmans's song is so f***ing great !!
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  • Mamasan23
    Mamasan23 Posts: 16,390
    YES!!! So funny, I was blasting them while cleaning last weekend.
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,312
    saw them in the 90s....they were phenomenal.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • BinauralJam
    BinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU5K_ZDnYyM

    Nice Cover!
  • SatansFuton
    SatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    I loved Curt Smith's appearance on Psych, but that's about it.

    curt_smith_psych1.jpg

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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,315
    Ahh, they were the scourge of my childhood! MTV inflicted psychological damage upon me with the repeat play of Shout.

    :mrgreen:

    But their songs do take me back in time when I only cared about running around and swimming and didn't have a care in the world.
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,312
    Seeds of Love, Elemental, Raoul and the Kings of Spain :thumbup:
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    oh yeah ... I love them

    Mad World one of my all time favorite songs from any band
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    shout kick ass..
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  • thefixer9
    thefixer9 Posts: 9,376
    SatansFuton wrote:
    I loved Curt Smith's appearance on Psych, but that's about it.

    curt_smith_psych1.jpg

    Declan: "Will you do me a huge favor? Will you check in on Curt and make sure he isn't throwing a bender? 'Cause I think he and that dude from Crowded House... I think they're plotting something."

    You like Psych!?!?! Best. Show. EVER!!! Loved that episode and made me almost like Tears for Fears. :lol:
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  • SatansFuton
    SatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    thefixer9 wrote:
    You like Psych!?!?! Best. Show. EVER!!! Loved that episode and made me almost like Tears for Fears. :lol:

    Oh yeah, been one of my favorite shows since it first came on. Shawn mentions Tears For Fears quite a bit over the course of the series. Of course there's the episode where he and Gus sing "Shout" on the American Idol type show.

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  • veddertown
    veddertown Scotland Posts: 5,260
    I wish them no physical harm.... good nostalgia for my youth but they never lit my fire like Deep Purple, Iron Maiden or AC/DC to name only a few. I remember liking them more than most of the shit that littered the top 40.
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  • thefixer9
    thefixer9 Posts: 9,376
    SatansFuton wrote:
    thefixer9 wrote:
    You like Psych!?!?! Best. Show. EVER!!! Loved that episode and made me almost like Tears for Fears. :lol:

    Oh yeah, been one of my favorite shows since it first came on. Shawn mentions Tears For Fears quite a bit over the course of the series. Of course there's the episode where he and Gus sing "Shout" on the American Idol type show.

    tumblr_l4u0euEltc1qcvojdo1_400.jpg

    I gotta say, I have alot of respect for you now. Love that episode as well, they are always making 80's references.
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  • Mamasan23
    Mamasan23 Posts: 16,390
    pandora wrote:
    oh yeah ... I love them

    Mad World one of my all time favorite songs from any band

    Have you ever heard the Alex Parks version? So beautiful!

    http://youtu.be/fZ1bK_EDCBQ
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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    I'm seriously stunned that people are speaking to the value of Tears for Fears on Pearl Jam's website.

    I would have thought that fan club fans of a band like PJ would have very little time or appreciation for a band like this. Bands such as Tears, Duran Duran, Culture Club, Hall and Oates, etc. were very tough to take back in the 80s. Created much friction at parties when the rockers wanted Zeppelin, Rush, Stones, Who, etc. and the disco people wanted the lame music.

    The rockers seemed to transition to PJ, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains... while the disco people transitioned to techno stuff.

    I'm not trying to knock anyone- I have a playlist of closet 80 songs that I would never admit to liking to my friends (Jessie's Girl, the Outfield, to name a few). I just can't believe that a legitimate appreciation thread can sprawl within the contents of PJ's website!

    Have I been duped? Is this more of a joke or is this legit?
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  • Dr. Delight
    Dr. Delight Posts: 11,210
    One of my favorite 80's bands. Their early stuff was before its time..just listen to Mad World or Change.
    Songs from the Big Chair is classic as is Sowing.
    Their later albums became more pop oriented(Sowing) and then Roland went the electronica pop route. The albums Elemental and Raoul.... are solid. I would suggest also checking out the 'Tomcats Screaming Outside' album as well. Pretty good effort that was completely overlooked because it had the unfortunate luck to be released on 9/11.
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  • nuffingman
    nuffingman Posts: 3,014
    Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:
    I'm seriously stunned that people are speaking to the value of Tears for Fears on Pearl Jam's website.

    I would have thought that fan club fans of a band like PJ would have very little time or appreciation for a band like this. Bands such as Tears, Duran Duran, Culture Club, Hall and Oates, etc. were very tough to take back in the 80s. Created much friction at parties when the rockers wanted Zeppelin, Rush, Stones, Who, etc. and the disco people wanted the lame music.

    The rockers seemed to transition to PJ, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains... while the disco people transitioned to techno stuff.

    I'm not trying to knock anyone- I have a playlist of closet 80 songs that I would never admit to liking to my friends (Jessie's Girl, the Outfield, to name a few). I just can't believe that a legitimate appreciation thread can sprawl within the contents of PJ's website!

    Have I been duped? Is this more of a joke or is this legit?
    No you haven't been duped and no it's not a joke and it's a shame you have songs you won't admit to liking. There are all sorts of tastes on here, visit the "rate the song above" thread to see what I mean. I think if i sat and listened to one narrow stream of music I'd die of boredom.

    As for Tears for Fears they did some great songs that will stand the test of time. Last year we saw Muse at Wembley Stadium and one of the support acts was lame with a capital "L". For their last song they did "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" and the crowd loved it. I think it saved the bands day. :D

    My fave by them
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYwyjwFg ... re=related
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    [/quote]
    No you haven't been duped and no it's not a joke and it's a shame you have songs you won't admit to liking. There are all sorts of tastes on here, visit the "rate the song above" thread to see what I mean. I think if i sat and listened to one narrow stream of music I'd die of boredom.

    As for Tears for Fears they did some great songs that will stand the test of time. Last year we saw Muse at Wembley Stadium and one of the support acts was lame with a capital "L". For their last song they did "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" and the crowd loved it. I think it saved the bands day. :D

    My fave by them
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYwyjwFg ... re=related[/quote]

    Fair enough. Still not a Tears For Fears fan, but I get what you're saying. Remember, I wasn't judging here... I was sincerely surprised! Good on all of you.
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