This 1985 Song Maybe the GREATEST #3 Hit EVER, But What The HELL Does It Mean?

This 1985 Song Maybe the GREATEST #3 Hit EVER, But What The HELL Does It Mean? | Professor of Rock

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Following on the heels of two gigantic #1 Hot 100 hits in 1985, today’s featured song the 80s classic Head Over Heels, written by iconic synth rock pioneer Roland Orzabal and sung with his partner Curt Smith of Tears for Fears, was in line to make it three in row…but would it happen? Ambitious and anthemic, this song boasts some highly intelligent lyrics that take many listens to unriddle. It came From a record that was named after a bad TV movie. Songs from the Big Chair with a music video that defined the 80s. It’s one of the most under-appreciated songs of the neon decade. So good a cult movie Donnie Darko based an entire sequence on the song and filmed it without knowing if they’d even get the song rights. We solve this mysterious 80s song riddle next.
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So, it’s time for another edition of #1 in Our Hearts. This show honors songs that were so unbelievably great, they absolutely should've been #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. But for whatever reason, be it radio play, lack of marketing, label support or just sheer stupidity, the song came up short. On previous episodes, we have covered Just Like Heaven by the Cure, True by Spandau Ballet, and In Your Eyes by Peter Gabriel.
Today we are giving you the story behind Head Over Heels, a #1 near miss from Tears for Fears’ seminal 1985 album Songs from the Big Chair and for my money it might be their greatest song.
You know, of all the synth-pop sensations to come out of the Second British Invasion, Tears For Fears are one of the few left standing.
Over the course of the past 40 years, there may only be seven studio albums under the Tears for Fears banner, but the quality of their catalog is a massive cut above the rest. And it’s safe to say that the iconic duo of Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith have risen to become global superstars. With the recent release of their latest record The Tipping Point, a brilliant modern offering, it’s clear that these two statesmen of synthesized rock have transcended the decade they towered over…
Their voice today is just as critical as it has ever been. So with today’s episode, I want to honor their legacy, especially since Head Over Heels is one of my favorite songs in their brilliant catalog. Just for a quick primer, Smith and Orzabal both grew up in Bath, England and became friends in their early teen years. Both boys came from broken homes, with Curt flirting with juvenile delinquency as a result. Roland, however, turned to books to alleviate his trauma. And at 17 he discovered psychologist Arthur Janov's primal scream therapy. Orzabal turned Smith on to Janov as well. That would become a common thematic element early on.

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@ProfessorofRock Жыл бұрын

Poll: What is your pick for the greatest song from the 2nd British Invasion?

@mournblade1066 Жыл бұрын

"Last Chance on the Stairway" by Duran Duran.

@Code.Name.V Жыл бұрын

Joy Division: Love Will Tear Us Apart

@RBS_ Жыл бұрын

...Duran Duran may have a word with you, for asking this question, Prof.!! ..ha-HAA!! "...duh-duh-duh-DUH-DUH-DUH..The RE-FLEX!! ...fle-fle-fle-fle-FLEX!"

@christineml1476 Жыл бұрын

Joe Jackson "Steppin' Out" kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hrCnp5WV3d6dqZs.html

@TheSlowoldman Жыл бұрын

Fields of Fire by Big Country

@stephenhanft1226 Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you spotlighted this song. While "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" and "Shout" were their #1 hits, "Head Over Heels" has always been my favorite Tears For Fears song.

@RBS_ Жыл бұрын

....mine, was "I Believe"....but the WHOLE Album, was just NUTS! ....Me Best Bed has FIVE re-issues, I kid you NOT....and, he won't GIMME any of 'em! ...ha-HAA!!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Жыл бұрын

Mine too.

@notyourfallguydaddyorson6835 Жыл бұрын

Agreed! It's so captivating. I love they used it in Donnie Darko. There's a live version on youtube I believe they're in Germany or Switzerland from back in the 80s and the quality is really good. Im so impressed how they sound live. Stellar musicians.

@notyourfallguydaddyorson6835 Жыл бұрын

@@RBS_it's crazy right?

@ericgoss5223 Жыл бұрын

The lovely, almost wordless "Listen" is my favorite album track and even beats "Shout" IMO.

@emmanuelvillacrusis511 10 ай бұрын

Tears For Fears should have been in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame long time ago,what a timeless group and its songs,full of meaning and messeges

@WHATISUTUBE 7 ай бұрын

that Hall doesn't mean anything. Tupac and Biggie are in it. Apparently his music is rock😂

@nickyalousakis3851 6 ай бұрын

the hurting was my absolute favourite record back then. more so than songs from the big chair. such a great band.

@ebarteldes 5 ай бұрын

They've been eligible for a while. But now they seem to want to nominate more recent acts as soon as they reach eligibility, and this makes it more difficult for artists from the 50s to the 80s to get in. But I fully agree with you.

@Boddissatva 4 ай бұрын

Yes. They changed our ears. Such great writing, melody, groove and lyrics

@Frankie5Angels150 3 ай бұрын

NEWS FLASH: Because YOU like them is not a valid RnRHoF criterion. Very little of the MTV era is worthy of the Hall of Fame. Tears for Fears is no exception. They were good but not great.

@chuckehrlich 6 ай бұрын

Songs From the Big Chair is one of my favorite albums from the 80’s. So glad I graduated in 88 and got to enjoy the best music in the last 50 years.

@TonBB2019 4 ай бұрын

Ditto. I graduated in 88, too. Music will never be as awesome as it was in the 80s.

@daviddominguez7545 4 ай бұрын

Wow thats the year I graduated, '88' your statement is mutual. Great times better times. I can still remember orange county california. The nostalgia 😔😁

3 ай бұрын

‘89 here, and the feeling is mutual.

@ML-lw4zf 3 ай бұрын

89 too❤️.

@stephaniechaffin1154 3 ай бұрын

88 here as well. Best time for music ever!

@JanesDough855 Жыл бұрын

Rick Beato did a wonderful job explaining the musical breakdown of this song. Its truly awesome. Again, the 80s music was happy and upbeat, and at times mystical. You always knew a better day was just around the corner.

@alrivers8458 Жыл бұрын

Right On.

@JoniSare Жыл бұрын

Oooh, thanx! Will definitely check it out. I learn so much from Rick Beato’s “What makes this song great”. Isolating the tracks is incredibly helpful-it helps me hear what I know yet can’t identify.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Жыл бұрын

I agree with Rick. You guys were so lucky to live in such awesome times, even if you didn’t really know it at the time. As Joni Mitchell once said, you don’t know what you got til it’s gone.

@jenx5870 Жыл бұрын

Then the 90s happened, and the 2000s...

@JanesDough855 Жыл бұрын

@@jenx5870 Yep! I'm surprised (c)rap music has been around this long. Horrible junk to try and listen to, but its the record companies that control everything. Give me the big hair bands and rock n roll ANY DAY!

@deniellejohnson9089 Жыл бұрын

I always thought Sowing the Seeds of Love sounded like a Beatles song. It's one of my favorites from a band that's pure genius and totally underrated. Intelligent lyrics and genius composition - they are completely unique!

@Code.Name.V Жыл бұрын

To top it off, their music gets better with age.

@ProfessorofRock Жыл бұрын

@@Code.Name.V So true.

@Whisper_292 Жыл бұрын

People keep saying that, but I never noticed that. Maybe I'll go listen to it on repeat and see if it comes to me.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Жыл бұрын

One of the few songs I wish went on forever and ever because I cannot seem to get sick and tired of it!

@tomsext1634 Жыл бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock When I read the per-description of this video and linked to the Beatles, Sowing the Seeds of Love was my thoughts too. Very much Beatles inspired! Regardless, great video, thanks!

@ponzo1967 Жыл бұрын

Songs from the big chair is timeless, it sounds as good and as relevant as it did in 1985.

@ProfessorofRock Жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Жыл бұрын

I saw a person wearing a Songs from the Big Chair shirt the other day. 👕

@martezberry3164 Жыл бұрын

Forever 🎵🎶

@littlewing6231 Жыл бұрын

One of the best albums you can go back and listen to start to finish and then start over again and not get sick or burned out from it. ❤️❤️

@jayrough3383 Жыл бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock are you from the north east?

@Rorobins 4 ай бұрын

It’s too bad that, as a young adult, I didn’t know the 80s would be as good as the world would get.

@LivingInAnInverseReality Ай бұрын

We peaked. Now what?

@bullpup33 20 күн бұрын

Those of us growing up in that decade thought this was how the world is supposed to be. Maybe it is...

@gta-6837 19 күн бұрын

Ditto

@richatlarge462 10 күн бұрын

There was so much optimism heading into the 90s, that wasn't realized, even though technology gave us new stuff.

@spawntez Жыл бұрын

Tears for Fears takes me to 1984-1986, when I was in high school Southern California. Then I joined the Marines and jammed to TFF while stationed in Spain. Thank God for the juke box in the E Club. I'm 55 and still loving the 80s

@BalakeHart-nh4xh 10 ай бұрын

Was in my 20s but loved the 80's...

@IsmaelEYEINTHESKY 14 күн бұрын

Wow I'm 56 remember this song in high school in nj

@dsbeautygroupie8693 Жыл бұрын

Roland Orzibal is a musical genius! One of the best Male vocalists ever!

@Whisper_292 Жыл бұрын

Agreed. I think Curt Smith's voice us actually better, but Roland does so much more with his voice. He doesn't just sing; he performs, even when it's just the audio.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Жыл бұрын

I love both of their voices.

@waterfallhunter634 Жыл бұрын

Roland's vocals are amazing.

@erichbrough6097 Жыл бұрын

Decade-defining - he's a voice indelibly linked to the 80s in my mind.

@tiddiesattic Жыл бұрын

Lol

@klingonsexy Жыл бұрын

The line, "In my mind's eye, one little boy, one little man, funny how time flies," still brings tears to my eyes. It makes me so nostalgic about watching my oldest son grow up...

@lanie9823 Жыл бұрын

Me too that ending will shake your soul!!

@MissTXTee Жыл бұрын

Admittedly, I never knew the "one little boy, one little man" part...I usually belt out "In my miiiiiinnnnd's eye", mumble the middle part and go back yelling "funny how timmmmmmmme fliiiiiiiiiiesssss"! LOL LOL 😅

@waldoparsnip1025 Жыл бұрын

Sort of like Pink Floyds' " Comfortably Numb " , " The Child is Grown , The Dream is Gone "

@rhondaparks-gutierrez7010 Жыл бұрын

@@waldoparsnip1025 excellent choice of comparisons

@rhondaparks-gutierrez7010 Жыл бұрын

@@waldoparsnip1025 ❤❤❤

@ablanccanvas Жыл бұрын

Some bands are simply ‘epic’. Tears for Fears is one of them.

@jenosborne965 Жыл бұрын

My favorite band of all time. 1st time I saw them was in 1985 and have seen them 5 times, ending with the tipping point world tour part 2 in Atlantic city in june 2023. They never disappoint.

@tammylusk7332 3 ай бұрын

Saw them in AC too and in Philadelphia before that.

@Carrie-tm5so Ай бұрын

Awesome 👌

@egoequus6263 Жыл бұрын

The true test of a song's greatness is not the charts or popularity when it's released, it is how artists and audience keep coming back to it over time.

@robvermeulen 10 ай бұрын

So only old songs are great? 😉

@egoequus6263 10 ай бұрын

@@robvermeulen No. We can't tell which songs are great until the passage of time proves it.

@robvermeulen 10 ай бұрын

@@egoequus6263 I don't think "we" need time to decide on the greatness of a song. Good songs have instant awesomeness, but it is not directly noticed by many of us.

@egoequus6263 10 ай бұрын

@@robvermeulen The last words of your reply contradict your first ones, and agree with my point.

@alyceclover 4 ай бұрын

Greatness is in the ear of the listener. Some people might think popular 1950s songs are still great, but how many born in the 60's, 70s. 80s and so on would agree and seek them out? Truly great songs would cut across all genres and generations ~ that is many seek them out, long after their charted years are history,.

@john-paulsilke893 Жыл бұрын

Not sure if this is an insult or compliment, but almost every time I get about 5-10 minutes in any video released by this guy I have to pause it and go and listen to the song and the band he’s talking about. He just unlocks the memories and it’s a rare episode I don’t have to pause a few times.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Жыл бұрын

I do it right before watching.

@mr2skeeter Жыл бұрын

Tears For Fears does nothing for me either 😂

@DaGretschguy Жыл бұрын

I do too!!

@karencordoba Жыл бұрын

Yes! I had forgotten "I believe" and listening to the first seconds of the song in this video (probably for the first time in decades) made me realized how much I love the song. Precious music and memories.

@danielh377 10 ай бұрын

Same

@akiuliano Жыл бұрын

Songs from the Big Chair, to me, has not one filler song on it. A masterpiece.

@IrelandLochlin 5 ай бұрын

EXACTLY 💯

@paulchandler9241 3 ай бұрын

Absurdly false. The hits are awesome, and the non-hits are godawful bad. It's like the hits were ghostwritten or something.

@riblo72 Ай бұрын

The Hurting is even better

@richatlarge462 10 күн бұрын

@@paulchandler9241 I have to agree. The three hits were fantastic to all be on the same album, and they made the band's career. There was one more decent song on the album, but the rest really was quite like filler IMO.

@joeytribiani9779 4 күн бұрын

The Working Hour is beautiful

@denlec_24 Жыл бұрын

Amazing song and incredible album! I remember the summer of '85 vividly and being 6-7 years old at my aunt's swimming pool with the radio playing Tears for Fears, Prince, The Police, Crowded House, Big Country, Howard Jones, A-Ha, Duran Duran, Wang Chung, INXS, Joe Jackson, Huey Lewis & the News, Phil Collins, and so many more. It was a great time to grow up/be a kid and an amazing time to be alive. Life was so good! Amazing music, movies, tv shows, etc.. I'd give anything to go back to 1980-1989! The greatest decade!

@DIAMONDGIRL57 Ай бұрын

Yes! I have many of the same great memories. I was a young mother growing up with my children listening to the great music of the 80s.

@redghost3170 Жыл бұрын

I was a heavy metal dude in high school and wouldn’t get caught dead listening to Tears for Fears. At 55, I fell in love with this song and Tears for Fears. These guys are the epitome of artists/musicians.

@prestachuck2867 Жыл бұрын

I think there are a lot guys like you and I who feel that way. I still listen to a lot of the music that I was into in my youth, but mostly the blues oriented and folk based stuff. Most of the metal that I thought was cool back then, just sounds ridiculous to me today, but I now have an appreciation for a lot of the new wave and synth-rock music like this that I didn’t like at all back then.

@googlyeyedcat Жыл бұрын

Bible. I had to chuckle reading your comment, in 85 I was 4 years into married life and a new mother I was into Pop and New Age music and now a few days from being 67 I am finding myself rather enjoy Heavy Metal. The old Metal over the newer stuff.

@shawnmorrison8116 Жыл бұрын

Old metal for sure! I’m fifty seven and I liked all kinds of music; T4F was and still is a favorite band that still lifts me up! Cheers!

@sandygrimes7196 Жыл бұрын

I see to buy the metal shirt like Metallica, Iron Maiden, poison, those were the days

@rhondacoulter111 Жыл бұрын

I he assad ya I'm 57 and I find myself listen to music and watching tv show I would have never done in the 80s it's a trip.

@Scottocaster6668 Жыл бұрын

Head over Heels and EWTRTW never gets old for me. Every time Heels starts, it immediately takes me back. Every time. The bass line in that song never gets the love it deserves, it's awesome.

@uncledonnie7556 Жыл бұрын

ICONIC BASS 🔊👌✨🙌👏😎🔊 LINE!!!

@jasonbennett5914 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!!

@suzymarshall4898 Жыл бұрын

It’s such a good feeling when it starts. Nostalgia overload. ♥️

@triffid68 Жыл бұрын

@@suzymarshall4898 Yes not many songs give you the chills like that. Takes me back to the 80s every time with random Eighties memories. I always liked the song, but liked it even more after it was used on Donnie Darko. One of those songs where the opening is seared into your mind.

@Scottocaster6668 Жыл бұрын

@@uncledonnie7556 absolutely 👍

@brianf3207 9 күн бұрын

I’m English in my 50s, from Mad World to the present have always loved Tears for Fears, Head Over Heels was always my favourite song from the moment I heard it, criminally underrated and under appreciated. I remember my cousins in the States obsessing over the band and I felt proud they were English. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇺🇸

@pondpro 8 ай бұрын

One highlight of my life was going to Tears For Fears with my 10 year old son this year. He sang every word of EWTRTW 5ft from the stage.

@trinaq Жыл бұрын

"Head over Heels" was the perfect song to set the school montage to in "Donnie Darko." The camera pans over each character who poses some relevance to the story, without a single cut, introducing us to them without a single word being uttered, and we feel like we know them already.

@ProfessorofRock Жыл бұрын

Love that scene.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Жыл бұрын

Donnie Darko immortalized the song.

@DDKaraokeOutlaw Жыл бұрын

The song I always think of from that movie is "Mad World"-Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules.

@verdeazul333 Жыл бұрын

Mad World is their best song for me. "The dreams in which I'm dying Are the best I've ever had." One of the best lyric lines ever!

@amybly1400 Жыл бұрын

Great lyrics and melody, but I have to admit to liking the covers and acoustic takes better than the original. It relied too much on the drum machine and synthesizer, and sounds dated, IMO.

@patriciafoster9337 Жыл бұрын

You might like a line from Dark Sarah 's Dance with the Dragon, " We will die another day, another way", the quintessential gothic metal lyric. But I like yours, too.

@thornbird6768 Жыл бұрын

The Working Hour is a brilliant track , should have been released as a single .

@susanmacdonald4288 Жыл бұрын

I'm thinking that they used a cover of Mad World in a scene set in the morgue on CSI, and while I don't quite recall the circumstances of the scene, it was a perfect choice.

@deanframe9095 Жыл бұрын

YES!

@kestrelhawkins8728 Жыл бұрын

I was in... 4th grade. This whole album is so good. My dad was in radio and would take me to the record store every Friday to pick out a record to buy. I remember when this one came out. I could not wait to buy this record! My aunt was really into "Shout". She was about 22 at the time and we would sing that together at the top of our lungs. Lots of great memories with this record.

@elmengh 7 ай бұрын

LOL Im on same boat. forced my dad to drive me across town just to buy this vinyl. OMG was so fkg pumped to get home. Checked out Shout Im like ok whats next then Saxophone rolls into track 2 Im like WTF is this crap...didnt like it but got used to it then The Working hr transformed into a masterpiece!! now in 2023 is when I realized the song "Listen" is not Roland but its Curt. I had no clue for 38 yrs lol

@jeanwilson717 3 ай бұрын

Sounds like a wonderful Dad you have! I hope you managed to keep all your records.

@Inequities 10 ай бұрын

Hahaha I love that Roland said Head over Heels was “the simplest song in their whole catalog” 😂😂😂 The song has multiple counter melodies, it’s written in lydian and mixolydian mode (rare for pop music), it changes key several times without even being noticeable, and multi satisfying crescendos… and to Roland and Kurt, nothing gets simpler 😂😂 two bonafide GENIUSES

@plane_guy6051 7 ай бұрын

I think you're over complicating it because it really is a simple song. As for lydian and mixolydian, it sounds like you've been listening to too many Rick Beato song breakdowns. Rick is a great musician, but he's able to tear things completely apart, and therefor over-complicates things -- like he brought Sting in, and was going on about lydian modes etc., and Sting just essentially said to him "I don't know what you're talking about -- I just write the songs"

@Inequities 7 ай бұрын

@@plane_guy6051 hahaha fair point. I absolutely do watch Rick’s videos, and think they’re great (at least the ones where he used to break songs down, not the ones that he makes every other week bragging about how big his channel is). But ultimately, you’re misconstruing the point in my comment. I was simply pointing out that what may seem simple to a genius songwriter like Roland (and Sting too), is funny because 99.99% of music today, (and a large percentage even back then), showed little complexity at all by comparison. Throw out the Lydian and Mixolydian part; subtle key changes and countermelodies have become pretty much extinct in music in the last 20 years. And what seems simple to creative geniuses can still be seen by us regular folk as impressive beyond belief, that’s all.

@thechops2000 6 ай бұрын

There was a study done on music from 1955 to 2010 (running 500,000 songs through an AI) to find out if music is getting worse. It was, is. There is a steady decline in the overall complexity and diversity of music. There’s a reason why songs like this are mind blowing to younger generations! I’ve heard them almost my entire life (born in 73) and I still discover things I hadn’t heard before…that is amazing to me! My kids are 21 and 23, they are discovering 80’s synth, Nirvana, Tool…lots of 70’s/80’s/90’s bands. So are millions of others. It gives me hope of inspired musicians on the horizon 💛

@Inequities 6 ай бұрын

@@thechops2000 you’re kids are amazing, awesome!! Thank you for raising them with great taste in music, it gives hope that great music may not be dead for long!!

@larrydavid6852 6 ай бұрын

Music theory has entered the chat! 😊

@camkin Жыл бұрын

There’s just something about Tears For Fears that makes you want to sing their songs at the top of your lungs!

@GoldenfoxxPrime Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. It makes me want to just shout. Shout, and... let it all out. 😄

@TheStandardBearer Жыл бұрын

Always during karaoke. 👍

@danielvalleduarte Жыл бұрын

Tears for fears is one of the unsung heroes for people my age....its insane how good they were and no one really knows their name

@mariajukejax9649 Жыл бұрын

Their songs are kind of anthemic so yes, singing them at the top of your voice is definitely required

@roseizsvd12 Жыл бұрын

Yes!

@markglabinski526 Жыл бұрын

Head Over Heels is simply great. Tears gave me hope for the 80’s that great music wasn’t lost.

@ProfessorofRock Жыл бұрын

I hear that. The best of 85

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Жыл бұрын

They’re sublime. So is the song.

@markglabinski526 Жыл бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 I couldn’t agree more. It’s funny, this is the only site where I can’t wait to see what’s next. Always nice to look forward to.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Жыл бұрын

@@markglabinski526 Professor is a true master in music nostalgia.

@lashadow8 5 ай бұрын

So much nostalgia and meaningful memories listening to these Tears for Fears tapes in the mid 80s....I miss those times, that version of me, and the simplicity and beauty of life at that time. A melancholy tear is shed when listening to these songs still today. Thanks for the history behind these masterpieces.

@thephalkon6140 6 ай бұрын

I was born in 84, but my dad was a radio DJ, so i ALWAYS had music playing as a kid. My dad bought me my first keyboard when i was 15, and i taught myself how to play the intro by ear. This album is TOP TIER 80s album. The whole thing, start to finish. TFF was a huge influence on me, and now fast forward 2024, i do vocals, keys, and drums in a band and we're working on oud secind album. All heavily influenced by the 80s, and personally, i give a huge credit of my love of songwriting to TFF. They are just amazing. Love it.

@the1masao Жыл бұрын

When I was in high school, the DJ used this song to calibrate his system in the gym before a school dance. As part of the student council I was there with the dance committee helping to organize the event. I stood alone in the open space as the song washed over me from all sides. That moment still lives vividly in my mind whenever I hear this song. It is one of my favorites.

@dreamquests Жыл бұрын

Without question, Woman in Chains is one of the group’s greatest songs. It's absolute mastery by Roland, Curt, & Oleta.

@latoyatyson4685 Жыл бұрын

Yes, can we get a back story on this song??? I’d love to hear what prompted them to write such a masterpiece.

@azcherid Жыл бұрын

Oleta Adams voice is mesmerizing

@dreamquests Жыл бұрын

@@latoyatyson4685 Orzabal spoke about the song in a 1990 Washington Post interview: "When I sing 'Woman in Chains,' I'm singing about the oppression of women around the world, but I'm also singing about the repression of the female anima within myself, and I'm also singing about my mother. At the end when I sing, 'Free her,' I'm also saying, 'Free me.'"

@ryrythefryguy4645 Жыл бұрын

roland and curt met oleta in kansas city. i was at the TFF show in kc last weekend, and roland had a good story about meeting her.

@zimriel 10 ай бұрын

for me it was always Start Of The Breakdown

@user-mm5sc4lf4p 3 ай бұрын

Curt and Roland are amazing artists. Timeless. I saw them in 2022 and 2023. They were solid and the new songs were incredible. Hope we see some more new material from them.

@timladd8162 4 ай бұрын

Songs from the Big Chair was one of my favorites in the mid 80s and then again in the mid 90s when I got the CD. These songs still hold up for me.

@EmiliaJay Жыл бұрын

Tears for Fears immediately transports me back to being a kid in the 80s. Great decade!!

@MadScientist267 Жыл бұрын

Indeed. Give anything to flip the tape and do it all over again 🤣

@lawrencenjawe9875 Жыл бұрын

The MAGIC 🪄🎩 YEARS❤

@bbtrainerfish7124 Жыл бұрын

Same! And the funny thing is that I was about 10 in the mid 80's and didnt necessarily like them back then, but absolutely love them now!

@mookyyzed2216 Жыл бұрын

My best friend and I used to go to a local quarry that struck water and flooded. We'd see who had the guts to dive the deepest. Proof of the deepest dive was what we pulled from the bottom. This song was always playing from someone's boom box on the beach. Best days of my life. Lots of bikinis too. Ladies didn't wax a lot back then either😏

@amantedelcane420 Жыл бұрын

Same. Great memories of my teenage years. ✌️

@toddhill1465 Жыл бұрын

I saw them in concert last year in Charlotte, NC along with Garbage. It was an epic event! Curt and Roland sound just as good as they did back on SFTBC.

@tiltingwindmill Жыл бұрын

Saw their concert last year, too, kinda on a lark, not having listened to them since 1985's SFTBC. Perhaps one of my more favored shows in recent memory.

@Brecamp Жыл бұрын

I was there in Charlotte too.

@toddhill1465 Жыл бұрын

@@Brecamp Wonderful concert, but gawdawful hot...

@keshamico1 Жыл бұрын

I saw them last year at an outdoor concert in Denver. Cold and rainy. One of the best concerts I've been to.

@joelscottarnold3262 Жыл бұрын

I was at the same show!! They were INCREDIBLE!!

@polythenepam6461 11 ай бұрын

I finally got to see TFF in concert for the first time last year and they still sound incredible ❤🙌Woman in Chains is my favorite song of theirs, and hearing it live was absolutely life changing for me ❤ The Tipping Point is a fantastic album and blends seamlessly with the rest of their catalog

@arcarchivist2638 8 ай бұрын

I love this songs, I lovethis band, I love "Donnie Darko," and I love how well the lyrics actually kind of reference a number of events / the overarching plot of the movie. Reference is probably the wrong word, but if you've seen the movie it gives the song a whole new meaning.

@sisloan Жыл бұрын

In the 80's. You would go to peoples houses and regardless of their music taste, looking through their record collection you would find this album so often. It's an absolute classic of the 80's. The songs are still strong today and I still play the album.

@franknbery Жыл бұрын

records were the best i miss them

@Rob_Kates 10 ай бұрын

Yep, 10 million albums sold, diamond status!

@alloralou4722 Жыл бұрын

Tears for Fears and Crowded House were to me 2 bands of the 80’s that still feel timely and beautiful now.

@ElPradoGirl Жыл бұрын

So happy they are touring..and I have tickets for both. I'm in heaven.

@whitters1980 Жыл бұрын

Crowded House need more love!

@alloralou4722 Жыл бұрын

@@whitters1980 yes! Their albums are works of art. They are underrated.

@thebigeasye77 Жыл бұрын

YES! Two of my all time favorite bands. Crowded House and Neil Finn have genius lyrics and so many great songs that don't get near enough love.

@alloralou4722 Жыл бұрын

@@thebigeasye77 thank you, it’s so good to hear from someone who agrees with me about Crowded House! I bought their first album and it was my top favorite summer album and takes me right back to that time. Crowded House is so underrated as is Neil Finn. Another favorite from waaay back then is Big Country. They at least did get a lot of love and they deserved it as well. It’s sad about Stuart Adamson though. I guess there are certain bands that define my younger years and despite the fluff music of the 80’s there were also some really great bands.

@NotoriousPND429 Ай бұрын

Anytime this song comes on- anywhere- I *have* to stop and experience it in all its glory ❤

@SeanOConnor-sr6ph Ай бұрын

This album was the highlight of my 1985. I turned 18 years of age; a cliched pained teenager, who listened to radio Luxembourg under the covers at night: I was addicted to this decade of electronica and big hair. A lot of it banal, but then this album dropped and I was transfixed by every single track on it. I still am! Possibly my favourite album of all time. Head over Heels gave me goosebumps and although I didn’t get the theme - you have encapsulated it perfectly, by the way - I knew it was layered in a way that made it completely stand-out from other music of the time. As for The Working Hour, possibly my favourite track of the album, but then how can you single out one song on this work of art? A protest at authority, a finger at the leaders in the corporate space. Just sublime and so meaningful. Live Aid was a significant event of the year. This album spoiled us for choice ❤️

@kimdawcatgirl Жыл бұрын

Ian Stanley played a bigger role in their success than he's given credit for. His writing and arranging ability, plus his iconic keyboard contributions are the most recognizable elements to their first two albums, and a bit of their 3rd. The song Listen on Big chair is my personal favorite. It was his contribution that is the icing on the cake. Manny's drumming is also highly underrated. They were the backbone of TFF.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Жыл бұрын

Exactly. We love TFF, but Ian is an incredible musician.

@aenima1 Жыл бұрын

HA! beat me to it, I literally commented this then read yours. There would be NO TFF without Ian. He literally wrote some of the greatest synth lines in music history.

@oldirtydawson Жыл бұрын

Same thing with Mick MacNeil from Simple Minds. Totally agree with Ian.

@phillylifer Жыл бұрын

Yup. Him and Chris Hughes made a huge difference.

@ANPC-pi9vu Жыл бұрын

Yeah... Still a great band, but the music it's self changed dramatically without his involvement.

@vinnynj78 Жыл бұрын

"Shout", "Head over Heels", and "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" have been part of my A-list 80s soundtrack since I was a kid. They will always be there.

@mcw8900 Жыл бұрын

Shout and Rule the world are monster tracks, unforgettable songs

@dilandreafinley119 6 ай бұрын

This entire album gave me life. I loved all the songs. The Working Hour was one of my favorites too!

@Dustin-cs3ep 2 ай бұрын

Seeking therapy for my childhood trauma led me to becoming a true fan of this band. Before, these songs were just anthems to my childhood and I had no clue they were perfectly narrating my story at the time.

@jeffwagner7946 Жыл бұрын

As an 80’s kid, I agree, “Head Over Heels” is my favorite Tears for Fears song. Also, every time I hear it it reminds me of the movie “Donnie Darko” which is another plus.

@ryrythefryguy4645 Жыл бұрын

best scene in that movie.

@michelleper5065 11 ай бұрын

why is he saying it is one of.... it is literally one of the best songs in history.... everything they touched.... they are top 3 bands in history along side beegees and queen..... everyone knows this

@djkenny1202 8 ай бұрын

That was Mad World

@xamyx725 8 ай бұрын

@@djkenny1202Memories Fade to round out the top three

@MidnightAndLuna 2 ай бұрын

Same here

@ronharlan665 Жыл бұрын

As a musician, music buff, and child of the 70’s / 80’s, I LOVE YOUR SHOWS! You always hit the nail right on the head.

@RBS_ Жыл бұрын

...I'm a child of ALL THREE DECADES, and Prof. shocks ME, with the nail -hittin'! ....He EDUCATES, and I'm all for it.... ; )

@ProfessorofRock Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ron!

@ProfessorofRock Жыл бұрын

Thanks RBS!

@jenroeglin3090 7 ай бұрын

I was lucky enough to grow up in the 80's. Head over heels is still 1 of my favorite songs. I have had a thing for Tears for Fears since I first heard them over 35 years ago.

@1AllenBlack 4 ай бұрын

I hear and see these songs and you talking about them. Makes me realize how much I really do miss the 80's. I was 20 in 1985 and I never realized or thought about those were the best years of my life.

@brenturquhart7090 Жыл бұрын

If you asked me yesterday, I would have said this was a #1 song on the billboard charts. It’s unfathomable to me that it was not. Seriously, it’s one of the best songs from the eighties. It is one of those decade defining songs. I’m still shaking my head over this one, my mind is about to implode.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Жыл бұрын

It should have been #1. Totally. But Jan Hammer’s Miami Vice theme song was at #1. No offense to Crockett.

@jamessherosick2747 Жыл бұрын

Hey Brent, take a deep breath, it's OK, Good song, great music. Everything will be fine.

@brenturquhart7090 Жыл бұрын

@@jamessherosick2747 don’t worry, I breathing fine. I was just surprised, that’s all. Lol

@QueenOfTheNorth65 Жыл бұрын

I think “Sowing The Seeds of Love” is their absolute best. A masterpiece.

@ProfessorofRock Жыл бұрын

My 2nd favorite. Great song.

@Whisper_292 Жыл бұрын

I called it the exact same thing.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Жыл бұрын

It’s an alluring song.

@davidhealy4534 Жыл бұрын

Head over heels. Brilliant

@Jantonov1 Жыл бұрын

That's my favourite too but I think, Everybody Wants to Rule the World is their best.

@dopenerd 9 ай бұрын

I was in middle school, when Big Chair debuted. This album will always bring me back to 1985 and I’m ok with that.

@joeechegaray827 4 ай бұрын

Great job on the video and going in deep on the song. Love TFF, all I can say it was summer of "85" and it was my freshman year in high school! Great memories imprinted in me forever. 80"s Always!!

@MattLovesVinyl Жыл бұрын

Anyone else think it hilarious that the good Professor is wearing a Go Go's t-shirt while talking about "Head Over Heels" by Tears for Fears?

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Жыл бұрын

How coincidental is that? 😂 I bet pretty soon we’ll see him interview some of the gals.

@laceyr_8322 Жыл бұрын

Ha! Good one!

@bruinsrulz Жыл бұрын

I was going to point out the same thing since they had their own Head over heals right around the same time!! 👍

@Songsofourown23 Жыл бұрын

Genius 💜

@martinboyle9163 Жыл бұрын

Good eye! :)

@shawnwithers7773 Жыл бұрын

Dude,. The Working Hour is the most overlooked, and arguably, the best piece of music on the album... I realize this is a big statement considering the other great songs on the album. Looking back, it's hard to understand how such young guys could create such an artistically mature song.

@garynixon9035 8 ай бұрын

👌👌👌👌👌

@jameshollyoak8230 6 ай бұрын

Absolutely stunning song ❤

@williambattle9668 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely agree with you friend! Nobody ever talked about that song except in passing! Underrated to the max!

@ilovethe80slovesongs21 5 ай бұрын

I love that song! The arrangement is amazing!

@VulpineDani 5 ай бұрын

I love The Working Hour! It made me want to become a sax player. 🎷

@cathyjankowski3997 6 ай бұрын

I was out in the workforce in the 80's Trying to make a career and a future for myself. I met this incredible guy that I married in 1981. We listened to Tears for Fears music all the time. Our favorite "Everybody wants to Rule the World" We owned an MGB convertible and would cruise the East Coast with top down and blasting their songs. Such great memories. Great band and songwriters. We r in our 70's now, but still enjoy the music of the 80's. Hope generations to come will enjoy this music too! Music brings us together and speaks love. 😊😊

@freddierodriguez3036 9 ай бұрын

I’m a cultural anthropologist majored in linguistics with a passion for etymology. I love this song so much that I’ve never gone through the lyrics. It’s irresistible to get taken away by the synth, voices, and bass line. It’s like riding a roller coaster with one’s eyes closed (clothes). (Welcome to my brain) 😂 Awesome video. 🫶🏼

@freddierodriguez3036 9 ай бұрын

Finally went over the lyrics, without the trancing effects of the music and here are some conclusions. The song is generally about TIME, SUN, and Moon. I’ll comeback to update once I get a chance to get into it. 🤗

@davesipsy7587 Жыл бұрын

I was 22 when this album came out and was just about to get married. I also came from a dis-functional, violent & unstable home life and had been on my own since age 17. As such, the album (and especially this song) spoke to me in a way that I had never experienced before... and yet I was ridiculed by some close friends and family because this type of music and this band in particular was, as my brother informed me; "f*ggot college boy music". I guess that was in comparison to the good old boy southern rock and country that all the "real men" in my bible belt culture listened to. I drove a pickup, hunted and fished and worked hard for a living,.... and this music was apparently NOT what good folks expected someone like me to enjoy. But I couldn't get enough of this album and it helped me realize that I didn't give a damn if I fit in with people who loved to criticize and shame others into compliance with their preconceived notions. And now, at age 60, I'm still not fitting in and my life has been much richer for it. And I'm still loving TFF!!!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Жыл бұрын

Their masterpieces are still very relevant in pop culture today. I would ignore the haters and keep listening to the Chair, because it is so good.

@blueforest2927 Жыл бұрын

You simply didn't want to fall into the misery crowd...thats a good thing, live and love ! !

@hectorlabbe Жыл бұрын

You did good by listening to what you loved and not being influenced by others. Still a big TFF fan at 49 as well!!! Cheers 😊

@hopek7033 Жыл бұрын

Rock on 🖤

@hectorlabbe Жыл бұрын

@@hopek7033 Thanks! Have a great day 😉

@ElSantoLuchador Жыл бұрын

The way these guys harmonize with each other is insane. They're like Everly Brothers from another mother.

@christianmoya5268 Жыл бұрын

I'm so happy you point this out. As somebody else in this thread pointed out, Roland's solo TFF albums are great, missed the ones with Kurt are just that much more amazing. I love them together and really enjoy their voices meshing as one. Kurt has a brilliant voice. Him singing Everybody Wants To Rule The World is why I like the song. I felt his absence in the albums not featuring him.

@atomicbluehistorya.b.h2961 8 ай бұрын

I went with my mom and grandma to Las Vegas in 85 and I had my walkman with only one cassette and yes it was songs from the big chair.....i listened to it for the whole journey to and fro and learned the whole album .....my fav song was i believe and the working hour ....as a musician I still play working hour

@natthebratster 6 ай бұрын

I am a Depeche Mode die hard. They could do no wrong back in the 80's-still love the band. Ask me what the best album to come out of that period I, without hesitation, will say Songs from the Big Chair. These guys are so incredibly talented, influential, and beyond underrated to the point its tragic. As soon as someone mentions Donnie Darko this song cues up in my head. Sowing the Seeds, less play time or recognition, is also a Monster track.

@MakeLifeExtraordinary Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite songs from them to this day, that I can listen to on rotation, nonstop without getting sick of it is: Woman In Chains. There is something just so haunting and beautiful about it. I wish it would’ve gotten released as a single. As I think it would’ve been a hit for them. Goes to show that the record companies don’t know everything.

@AlfonsoApolloCortes Жыл бұрын

Ah yes. "Woman in Chains"! I so love this song. Great music video. Then there's Oleta Adams. Just pure poetry. -TFF fan from the Philippines.

@MrTedCheese Жыл бұрын

Pretty sure it was a single as I think I have it!

@zubileegluckgluck Жыл бұрын

woman in chains was a single. i had the cassingle.

@cotie2920 Жыл бұрын

Can't agree with you more. I've seen them live twice. Love TFF!

@cotie2920 Жыл бұрын

Mr. Pessimist is a really good song too. 😊

@timothyhouck9500 9 ай бұрын

“The Killing Moon” is pure naked poetry. The music of Donnir Darko alone make it a must watch for any sentient beings.

@Ryanhwelton 4 ай бұрын

Over and over, never got tired of this album.

@stevelanemusic4463 Жыл бұрын

There was a time in my life where the world revolved around Songs From the Big Chair. Every single on every format, every B-side, every poster, shirt, VHS, all things TFF ruled my life 😂

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Жыл бұрын

ALL of us at some point had to be completely enamored with these two handsome dudes. And I’m Gen Z!

@FirstLast-iv2tc Жыл бұрын

Their music was so unbelievably mature and sophisticated for their young ages then. It blew my mind. The songs you never heard on Mtv or the radio were pure genius. Masterpieces. They have always been my favorite band of all time. Roland's TFF albums are amazing. But they are best together.

@mipmipmipmipmip Жыл бұрын

This made it to MTV in Europe

@growthandunderstanding Жыл бұрын

Excellent point. i keep thinking the same thing again and again.

@elizabethbowie9753 Жыл бұрын

I heard them on the radio. College radio, where they played Great songs, B4 they got on top 40 charts. My kids were teens & preteens. I'd sing along with the latest New songs!! They'd say, "Mom!! How do you Know this song already ???!!!" 😂😂😂

@8rickey Жыл бұрын

I love them. I just saw them in concert in Virginia Beach and they still sound so great live!!

@michelleper5065 11 ай бұрын

tears for fears is top 3 bands in history

@TheGreatGig73 11 ай бұрын

@@michelleper5065 Amazing how their popularity is up again after all these years. Best band of the 80's

@michelleper5065 11 ай бұрын

@@TheGreatGig73 top 5 in history yes arguably top 3

@charlie74bos51 Ай бұрын

757 ✊🏼😎

@joeperez3520 6 күн бұрын

In 1982 I was working at as a nightclub DJ in NYC, and I heard "Mad World," "Pale Shelter" and "Change" on Long Island's WLIR, the "new wave" station. That was all I needed.

@jasonpoletta1797 Жыл бұрын

Quality over quantity. The way each of their albums evolved from the last is a true testament to their greatness.

@ProfessorofRock Жыл бұрын

I agree Good call.

@Green-eyedGirl19 Жыл бұрын

I totally agree, also!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Жыл бұрын

When music MADE you want to listen.

@madsatyr Жыл бұрын

The Tipping Point is a MUST LISTEN!!!!! Music hasn't been this musically, lyrically, and sonically good in decades.

@armyants01 Жыл бұрын

I just saw them on tour at MSG a few weeks ago for my birthday and they were AMAZING!!

@kellyanndevine262 Жыл бұрын

Just saw them at Bethel Woods.. they were so incredible. They sounded great! Took me back to the 80’s. ❤

@thomasoconnell2150 Жыл бұрын

Saw them in St. Louis a couple of days ago. Have never seen a crowd more involved in a concert and having so much fun.

@jenniferlaynemusic Жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@user-jl7jf8kc6s Жыл бұрын

@@kellyanndevine262 The second they started playing Everybody Wants to Rule the World, I was transported right back to our kitchen in my 80s childhood.

@NotAsTraceable Жыл бұрын

No f'n way that was almost 40 years ago. It went by so fast. At the time I didn't really like TFF because I was into heavier metal rock. About 5 years ago out of the blue I heard Head over Heels and was blown away by it. It's a beautiful song with deep meanings. Since then I've listened to that song a hundred times and watched countless studio videos and live performances. Such talent.

@juliebessett8127 10 ай бұрын

Where have you been all of my 55yrs of life!!! I just discovered you!!! You are someone who covers music to the depths of my heart for the songs of my past! ♥️🎵70’s & 80’s ♾️

@RC32Smiths01 Жыл бұрын

Synth and New Wave are both an absolute giant of music history. Defining artists that defined a genre that defined a decade, can't get better than that.

@littlecatfeet9064 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Жыл бұрын

British New Wave rocks!

@Code.Name.V Жыл бұрын

Songs From the Big Chair is a masterpiece. Ian Stanley deserves some credit for his contributions to it, as he co-wrote and arranged many of the songs. Chris Hughes also.

@elyuw Жыл бұрын

Especially for the EBWTRTW b-side Pharaohs which is a phenomenal track.

@kevinfisher5492 Жыл бұрын

@@elyuw "Saturnine, Martial and Lunatic" is worth picking up as it has many of the TFF B-sides. Pharaohs is awesome, but so is "When In Love With a Blind Man" (which is a prototype of what would become The Working Hour).

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Жыл бұрын

Shoutout to all the behind the scenes people in the making of the Chair.

@williamlavagna1096 Жыл бұрын

@@kevinfisher5492 That is being released for Record Store Day next month!

@jasonj8470 18 күн бұрын

Heard this on my way home from work today. Gets better every time I hear it.

@magicskyway 10 ай бұрын

This song and The System's Don't Disturb This Groove are my two 80s "shoulda been number 1" picks.

@williamj.dovejr.8613 Жыл бұрын

Advice for the Young at Heart holds a special place in my heart...I was about to graduate, one last summer before my dear friends and I went to college...a magic time...a magical year.

@josephdarkhelmet9494 Жыл бұрын

The Hurting. An essential album. Not a bad song on that phenomenal album. Pure genius. Haunting, melancholy, empathetic, divine sadness. Brilliant.

@cyncty666 Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@peggyweber6845 Жыл бұрын

My favorite album, period!

@cyncty666 Жыл бұрын

@@peggyweber6845 yes. Up there in my top 3 for sure!

@nilobeebee Жыл бұрын

Agree. As one of the earlier takers, I feel a lot of ownership for this album. The rest of the public can go head over heels with the later albums, The Hurting stays with me. Kinda like U2, Sunday Bloody Sunday (War) was the best, the rest.....yall can have it.

@josephdarkhelmet9494 Жыл бұрын

@Nilo Baranda it's a sad affair, When there's no one there. He calls out in the night And it's so unfair, At least it seems that way When you gave him life And all this time he's been getting you down, You ought pick him up when there's no one around Convince him Just talk to him.... Suffer the children. The lyrics, the melody. One of 10 perfect songs. When I'm sad or overwhelmed, I turn to this criminally underrated & nearly forgotten album and realize I'm not alone when I have emotional, spiritual, and psychological pain. I'm glad there are people like you who appreciate this brilliant, overlooked masterpiece. Today's music is absolute garbage when you compare it to music like this. I turned my 18 year old son onto this. Better than a $300 session with a psychologist. Peace

@FiGNewtonWilliamsJr 9 ай бұрын

Always loved this song as a kid, because my parents listened to them some, honestly, Donnie Darko re-sparked my love for it, and caused me to really get into TFF as a young adult.

@wnsnavigator73 7 ай бұрын

I am very much with you on your interpretation of the song. I’m a therapist and human development expert by trade, and your insight has helped me really understand this song better, and I absolutely love what it represents! It’s been my favorite TFF song since its release. I went thru a TFF obsession in the mid 90s when Break It Down Again came out, and I played the hell out Head Over Heels, along with Sowing The Seeds of Love. Thank you for helping me better understand just how meaningful Head over Heels really is!

@bobdc13 Жыл бұрын

I love these guys.Been a big fan since 1985.The CDs these guys put out are rare CDs that can be played from the first song til the last song..Not many artists put out CDs like that anymore..Even in the 90s when Roland was on his own,the Cds he put are perhaps the best of the tears for fears library...Glad you featured these guys professor....

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Жыл бұрын

The CD has faded from our collective consciousness it seems.

@lionheartroar3104 Жыл бұрын

" Sowing The Seeds Of Love" is the most Beatleish of all Tears for Fears tracks. Sounds like 1/2 Lennon & 1/2 McCartney written .

@TheSlowoldman Жыл бұрын

without question.

@JPMJPM Жыл бұрын

It’s a work of art.

@jaytrace1006 Жыл бұрын

That’s what I’ve always thought. Little bit of Sgt. Pepper’s in that tune.

@chrisjohnson3694 Жыл бұрын

@@jaytrace1006 I'd say a lot of bit....which is great....

@edreid7872 Жыл бұрын

Agreed, but if you haven't listened to the album Everbody Loves a Happy Ending, you'll have a change of heart.. the entire playlist, especially Who killed Tangerine..

@richatlarge462 10 күн бұрын

This song coming on the radio hot on the heels of "Shout" and "EWTRTH" made this band legendary.

@carmijok1 Жыл бұрын

This and 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World', takes me back to a very happy time in my life.

@Avenger24601 Жыл бұрын

I was 14 when I discovered Tears for Fears. Back then, I had very little money of my own, but I bought Songs From the Big Chair on cassette to listen to on my knock-off Walkman. The more I listened to it, the more profoundly it shaped my musical taste. To date, it’s one of my all-time favorite, most influential albums.

@Season4Reason1 10 ай бұрын

I could have written this. My exact experience at 14. The 80s were awesome.

@joannerothwell6016 10 ай бұрын

I also had a similar experience but instead of buying me SFTBC my Dad mistakenly bought The Hurting and at first I was so disappointed 😢but played and played that album and eventually getting SFTBC. I had to listen to music in our living room at the time so had to fit it into the family schedule. 😂 Music in general seemed so precious to experience back then- love this band then and now x

@thewheelers2525 5 ай бұрын

So many songs impacted my youth, yet I didn't appreciate them until I was older with children and understood the history and lore of those songs.

@thejackal007 9 ай бұрын

This isn't just my favorite song from them. Decades of searching and this is actually my favorite song, period. Even though Tears for Fears isn't even in my top 5 of favorite groups, something about this song is magical enough to stand at the very top of my list.

@scottieray Жыл бұрын

The flood of nostalgia I get from this song is deep. I used to listen to this on my Walkman cassette player on the bus ride from school. Im most amazed that after all these years this song hasn't aged...it's truly one of the best pop songs ever recorded.

@levisguy53 Жыл бұрын

i had it on cassette in the late 90's, one of those yard sale pickups. i remember blasting in while i was watching dishes or just in my room. finally got the 99 remastered version on CD in the early 00's. have 3 copies right now - a 90's pressing of the original recording, the 99 remastered version and the 2014 reissue.

@michelleper5065 11 ай бұрын

he forgot to mention they were and are great musicians.... roland is literally top 5-6 musician in history of rock/pop... this is not just a great band but the musician within are amazing

@bartsimpson9748 Жыл бұрын

Tears for fears' songs are timeless. They never get rusted as other songs that got frozen in time. There is something about T4F that keeps their sounds alive.

@Kyle_The_Mighty Жыл бұрын

Songs from the big chair was the first album I ever bought for myself. Some of my tastes at that age are questionable (at best) all these years later but not that one. It’s just as good today as it was then

@40aterules Жыл бұрын

They were mediocre ar best! Glad I never have to hear them Again!

@Abolitionista Жыл бұрын

Yep, it's called serfdom and slavery.

@karenmelikian4403 Жыл бұрын

AND... Still my favorite group!!

@ANPC-pi9vu Жыл бұрын

@@40aterules I guess you're careful to avoid the radio. Their classics still get a lot of rotation.

@MsAuburnluv Жыл бұрын

Brings me back. I loved TFF, along with my fave Depeche Mode. I had TFF records and just loved and still love their sound. I’m so lucky to have grown up in SoCal where their music was readily available. There’s never been music like it, and never will be. Thank you for keeping the best music alive.

@bradleyking9851 5 ай бұрын

I was 8 and came about at the same time as my first big crush. It never happened, she knew and made me chase. From that moment i knew she would always be in my mind. The album came out in 85 what a magic year for music

@jessicaherring1507 Жыл бұрын

TFF = glorious !!! Their music is intelligent, dark, beautiful and nostalgic

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Жыл бұрын

Brooding, haunting, ethereal, CLASSIC.

@MsTruthseeker999 Жыл бұрын

Elegantly put and totally agree!

@sunshine3914 Жыл бұрын

You forgot: most unique.

@elizabethorsillo7187 Жыл бұрын

I saw them in concert in 1990, which was the first concert I’ve ever been to! They were amazing!

@ProfessorofRock Жыл бұрын

A great time to see them!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Жыл бұрын

They were fantastic live.

@Green-eyedGirl19 Жыл бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 I have seen them four times. The first in 1990, too. They only get better. Have you listened to the Tipping Point?

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Жыл бұрын

@@Green-eyedGirl19 Yes I did, last year. I had no idea until turning on the TV one night and these two old guys were singing in a studio. Guess who? I was so fascinated and a few weeks later I checked out Tipping Point. It’s amazing!

@losendos8963 Жыл бұрын

That was the first tour I saw them on as well....the Seeds of Love tour, with Oleta Adams becoming one of the band for the tour. Fantastic sound and the band was great.

@maryohara1224 6 күн бұрын

I got hold of a cassette of The Hurting album in about 1983 and just LOVED IT. I played it and played it until the tape got eaten by a breaking tape deck 😢. I still miss the whole album, and the lovely flow of the compositions. My favorite song is The Hurting

@Cicilo1983 Жыл бұрын

I agree that the lyrics of this AMAZING song always had me scratching my head. However, even though it didn't reach # 1, I wouldn't call it an under-appreciated song. It's a milestone of their career and a well-remembered hit single of the 80s.

@Alliespapa Жыл бұрын

I have to say, of all the great songs by Tears For Fears, the one that I really enjoy is "Everybody Wants To Rule The World". Then to hear it in the Val Kilmer movie "Real Genius", just made the song even better. Tears For Fears is a great talent. And after all these years, hearing them in concert recently, I am awe struck that their voices have not diminished at all. Love this group!

@celieboo Жыл бұрын

Yes! "Real Genius" is an underrated movie, and I, too, will forever think of that movie when I hear "everybody wants to rule the world."

@christineml1476 Жыл бұрын

Every single song from "Songs from the Big Chair" is solid, still holds up very well today. I saw them live right after "Songs" came out, they were phenomenal.

@Code.Name.V Жыл бұрын

They still are. They sound as good as ever.

@RBS_ Жыл бұрын

"....this is the working HOURRRR....." ...I say that everytime me Z-OOM meetings happen! ...ha-HAA!! ...even after all those Years ago.....

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Жыл бұрын

It’s one of the greatest albums of all time, no doubt.

@tvav69 3 ай бұрын

Head Over Heels is such a gorgeous song!! 😊

@patamuslo69 Ай бұрын

i had the honour and pleasure, to get in a two full day masterclass in Buenos Aires, with Dave Bascombe, the mixing engineer of this masterpiece, i feel happiness, and learned a lot

@jperryhal Жыл бұрын

The use of Tear For Fear's song "Head Over Heels" in Donnie Darko is one of those movie scenes (sequences really) that stays in my mind. It speaks about Donnie Darko's life at that moment precisely without using a single word. All the people central to the plot appear and reveal themselves through the lyrics and music. The stop and fast motion of the sequence gives it a "playing it back in my mind" type of feeling that is haunting in the film. It's pure genius and it's one of the reasons (among many) I keep watching that film over and over, over the years since its' release.

@roustance Жыл бұрын

And that sequence ends right at the lyric "Funny how....TIME FLIIIEEESSSS!" which is a HUGE bit of foreshadowing. Genius.

@Janzer_ Жыл бұрын

ew donnie darko lol

@worldschoolmanatees Жыл бұрын

I always think of Donnie Darko when I hear this

@ryrythefryguy4645 Жыл бұрын

great film and great soundtrack! joy division, duran duran, echo and the bunnymen and of course TFF

@lynda74 11 ай бұрын

One of my favorite movies!