next up: "Shout" & "Seeds of love" & "Mad World" & "Head over heels" & "Woman in chains". Some of the greatest hits in my youth.

Severally underrated musicians just because they're from the 80's. They are actually extremely intelligent.

The first two lines of this song pretty much sum up the human experience: "Welcome to you life. There's no turning back." The song is about wanting to have more control over our own lives.

It was the 80s. We enjoyed what we were given. Radio, stereo systems, walkmans and music television was it. No Internet, smart phones or streaming services. It was a simpler time when we enjoyed some of the best music in history, along with what came before. I'm not knocking anything after the 80s, but the 90s began to usher in the Net, and everything started to become a blur with instant information and gratification. It seems like we had more time to realize who we were back then. But all will be well. Every generation faces its obstacles.

This is one of the most iconic songs from the 80's. They came out from England and many bands had that particular sound, that production style that immediately bring you back to those years.

They opening riff is so iconic

This song is about the lunacy of the 1980s policy of mutually assured destruction of the arms race. Our generation thought we would never see the year 2000. The verse that says " there's a room where the lights won't find you, holding hands while walls come tumbling down, when they do I 'll be right behind you, so glad we almost made it, so sad they had to fade it, everybody wants to rule the world." The message we took from this song then was enjoy life while you can ❤

when you don't have power, most people are chill. But when you give even a chill person power, 99% will trip. Power is a drug that very few individuals can handle.

Curt Smith, the song's lead singer, said the themes were "quite serious - it's about everybody wanting power, about warfare and the misery it causes." "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" was first released on 22 March 1985 through Phonogram, Mercury and Vertigo Records as the third single from Songs from the Big Chair.

Tears for Fears are one of the most underrated Bands to have come out of the UK..awesome music.. meaningful songs ..and still relevant to today

"I can't stand this indecision married with a lack of vision" - One of the most profound statements EVER put to music!!

the lead singer has one of the greatest voices i’ve ever heard tbh

Tears for Fears "HEAD OVER HEALS" and "SHOUT" (original videos) are awesome!!! 🔥🔥🔥

Every time I hear this song, it always takes me back to 1985 and being a 14/15-year old teenager experiencing the best decade of music.

Tears for fears are amazing, and their songs have deep meaning. Few of their song: Shout, sowing the seeds of love, pale shelter, mad world, woman in chain.

I remember walking down the hallway on the last day of school, 5 teenage girls, arms linked, singing this song. I know everyone probably thinks it, but we really had the best music and the best generation. No smart phones, no pagers, news was on 2x a day or in the newspaper so we only really heard the "big" stuff. We got to be young, and grow up with an innocence that is impossible today.

My son is 10 and this is his FAVORITE song. Listens to it multiple times a week and knows every word.

One of the final lines in the song - "So glad we almost made it. So sad they had to fade it" is a reference to when they were in the studio with a previous album. I believe it was the song 'Shout', and the record execs were telling them in the studio that the song would be a failure unless they faded the end 5 seconds earlier. They refused to compromise over such a ridiculous request... and on the next album, when writing this song, they made a subtle sarcastic comment about that situation, because Shout had become their best performing song. Looking back with that info from the band themselves.... I do believe this entire song was inspired more from a viewpoint that the record label was trying to control their music, their vision, and their direction. Everyone should be in charge of their own lives, and I think this song is a critique of the entities in this world that strive to control all of our lives.

Depeche Mode Naked Eyes, Tears For Fears ,Flock Of Seagulls, The Fix...and more all came out of Britain in the same decade. Things became less heavy for the most part, more poppy and synthesized but still good...I owned all music from these groups.

A lot of 80s music is exactly like this... It has the hook, It has a vibe. It feels like an anthem. It makes you want to move your body.... Then the actual lyrics hit you like a drop kick of "WTF was that?" Deep lessons in a sweet package.

The songs of my teen years. Tears for Fears were unique. This song fits with that "cruising with the top down" vibe. Their song "Shout" was another hit & definitely a "stop & sing along" song.

I was a teenager in the 80’s. This was a banger back then and hopefully still..oh well. Love this band and showed how much chill we had and just as teens engulfed Ourselves in the Music of the Times! 80’s were the Best

The guitar work on this song is sublime

One of the best songs EVER. just a whole ass VIBE.

This has been on my playlist for decades. A great and iconic song.

Love Tears for Fears!! They have mad bangers but Sowing the seeds of love, Shout, and Head over heels are a few of their more popular songs! Definitely listen to more!!

These guys are top notch. Their hits are great but they were/are not just another 80's band. A lot of depth to their catalog and their compositions are phenomenal.

Pure British Synth pop. A huge wave of British sound we loved every minute of it. Almost every band I loved back then❤❤❤

My grandpa died in 1980, his mom died when he was three of the 1918 flu epidemic. She was 35. He was kicked out of the house when his dad got remarried when he was 14! I can't imagine that today! His wife, my grandma died in 1984. The never owned a house their entire lives, always rented. My dad bought a trailer and put it on his lot and moved them so they wouldn't have to rent anymore in the late 70's. After my grandma died, my dad rented the trailer out to my cousin and his friend. I remember they were having a BBQ, and me and my brother walked over there. Tears for Fears was playing on the radio! Shout was the song. I've loved them ever since!

"Welcome To Your Life… There's No Turning Back"! One of the most powerful, true to life lyrics in any song of any era!

This song was huge. Saw them live recently. They are soooo good.

Love this song. Maybe the best opening line ever with "Welcome to your life there's no turning back."

This will forever be a song of summer for me... the same way that as soon as I start hearing Don Henley's "The Boys of Summer" I start thinking about the end of summer... the end of the good times. This song hits me as a build up to summer in the opposite way.

SHOUT is an awesome cut from them

You'll also Love Tears for Fears- Mad World - Head Over Heals - Shout - Sowing the Seeds of Love

Tears For Fears were huge during my teenage years! My absolute favorite song from their hit album "Songs From The Big Chair" is "Head Over Heels." Great accompanying video too! 😀

Yes, you could say Tears for Fears, Depeche Mode, The Cure, The Smiths, Echo and the Bunnymen, etc, were all British bands that put their unique mark on the '80's. And when I hear their music it takes me back to very specific places in time. Thank you for the reaction. 🙂

Your comparison to Depeche Mode (and INXS?) is spot on. “Head over Heels” has a great sound too but is totally different. Try Joe Jackson’s “stepping out” for vibes in this family.

It was the 80's baby! It has that 80"s vibe that can't be denied!

"Nothing ever lasts forever" as he drives past dinosaurs. Such great imagery. Loving your reactions

Met them summer 1985 after a show in Philly. A friend and I were hanging in the hotel bar where they were staying and the came down. Roland and Curt signed my concert tickets. We actually hung out with Manny the drummer for a while after and gave him a quick tour of the city. He was nice enough to send me a postcard after thanking us for showing him around. My favorite songs are Mad World, Pale Shelter, Memories Fade, Head over Heels.

This song is sooo good. Vocals are awesome, lyrics and music are awesome. Never gets old!

It was the Nuclear age in the 80's and that's what I took from this song back then. It's a masterclass in pop!

This is a great cruising song. Windows down and sun shining. A great group with a lot of great songs!

"Mothers Talk" and "Working Hours" and "Pale Shelter" are great TFF songs.

One of the most iconic tunes from the 80s.

For the kids… this was the 80’s and that thing he went in was called a telephone booth🙂. If you ran out of gas for instance and couldn’t find one of those, then you had to walk for help or hope someone stopped, No cell phones back then! If you were out and about and your friend or anyone else wanted to speak with you, they were outta luck. They had to call your home phone and hope you were there to answer it. It was a lot less convenient back then, but it was also nice in a kind of way. You weren’t connected to a device 24/7 and if you didn’t want to be found or talk to someone, you didn’t have to be.

A certain number of these 80's groups were what we called "New Wave". DP was definitely one of those groups, but Tears For Fears, even though they were technically considered part of New Wave, they had that same "sound" in many of their songs, they were more on the main stream, like Billie Idol, Culture Club, Duran Duran. A lot of the 80's British invasion groups were considered "New Wave" and had a lot of similarities in their songs. Check out their song "Mad World". A lot, and I mean A LOT of people have done covers of it.

My Mom's favorite 80's song. RIP. 😎❤ Its a GOOD song! 💯

They did an incredibly under rated song with Oleta Adams - Woman in Chains - well worth checking out...

Holy shit, your channel was already a 10 out of 10 but playing 80s classics like this makes you an 11. Banging tune.

I arrived in the US in 1986 from France. First thing I did when I walk up the stairs from the subway station in Manhattan, was to blast this song in my walkman and looked up the highrise buildings of the city!!! I never left 😊

Mad World, Sowing The Seeds Of Love and Woman In Chains another 3 epics

OMG what a song this was! I remember the days. Max Headroom and the whole biz!

I was a 7 year old little boy growing up in Southern California and had lived in Palm Springs for a year when this came out. I got the album on vinyl for my birthday that year, and rode along all the highways in this video many times. Welcome to your life, there's no turning back. You keep bringing the bangers bro.

This song just puts me in summertime mode. Was a young kid mowing lawns with my Sony Walkman when this song came out. Whenever I hear this song, it takes me right back there.

TEARS FOR FEARS! They’re the absolute best!❤ My loves, Roland, Curt, Ian and Manny! The most incredible, talented musicians!!!!❤

I was 16 when released, 2 yrs left to graduate. Lyrics HIT my heart "welcome to your life","help me make the most of freedom".As teens, all we wanted was to "rule the world". Such an awesome song!

Depeche Mode, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, The Cure, Electronic - all new wave groups that used primarily synth (with a few exceptions) Tears For Fears is one of those bands that does embrace synth from the same era, but crossed over to more radio main stream... much like Duran Duran did. I think the 'common' sound you hear is the instrumentation..... back in the early days of synth, there as a few main keyboard manufacturers, and a limited collection of sounds you could generate. Some artists were innovating new sounds (like Phil Collins developing the 80's unique 'gated drum' technique of modulating the sound a drum made). As the decade went on, more and more variety was heard, as computers and synth just exploded... but the early 80's did have a more homogenous sound overall. FYI, the drums on this song use Phil's 'gated' technique, and all through the 80's it was overused, lol.

Tears for Fears have a fantastic catalogue of music, some tracks to check out are:- Pale Shelter, Mad World, Shout, Sowing the Seeds of Love, Change, Woman in Chains,

Great song, never gets old and everyone loves it,even in this day and age 😊

What a GREAT chill song. Takes me back to my teen years in the 80s. Class of 86.

That feeling and sound is called the 80's.

80s, the music, the fashion, clean fun, simple times.

I believe the "sound" you're recognizing was nicknamed either "British Synth-Pop" or "Electropop." It was dominated by Duran Duran, but qualifiers include: Tears For Fears, Depeche Mode, Thompson Twins, A Flock of Seagulls, Spandau Ballet, Bananarama, Culture Club, The Eurythmics, Simple Minds, Wham!, the Psychadelic Furs, and Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark."

Best band of the eighties and still brilliant now.

The 80’s to 90’s were the shit and I feel really bad for anyone that couldn’t feel it first hand.

Tears For Fears Shout is a good song.

When you said most people want to sit back and enjoy the work from others. I couldn't say it any better.

Another group I liked a lot back, then was the simple minds. Check out a few of their songs called “ She’s a river “. & “ don’t you forget about me “

One of my favourite bands growing up here in the UK…..they don’t make them like that anymore…..great times!!

This was one of my late uncle's favorite songs. He said it was about everyone wanting control over their own lives, power being simply a means to that end. It's a very simple song and very deep at the same time.

A great song. I love the rhythm and the guitar riffs. 🎶🎶🎶🥁🎸🎸

Great roadtrip song! And youʻre right about a British sound and time similar to Motown having a recognizable sound and era. Other groups to try in this style: New Order "Bizarre Love Song," Haircut 100 "Love Plus One," Modern English "I Melt With You," The Cure "Boys Donʻt Cry" or "Love Song," The Church "Under the Milky Way," Depeche Mode "Just Canʻt Get Enough" or "Master and Servant," Psychedelic Furs "Love My Way," Simple Minds "Donʻt You Forget About Me," Duran Duran "Hungry Like the Wolf" or "Save a Prayer," Echo and the Bunnymen "Lips Like Sugar." Thereʻs a lot more, but these will keep you busy for awhile :)

🇬🇧 This was the sound of the 80s, and summer. And i feel blessed & honoured to have been in my teens and early 20s back then. ❤🎶🎼

This was such a huge song and I still love it today.

The Fixx was another great band! Love their songs Red Skys at Night and One Thing Leads to Another.❤

One Hell of a song right there!! Best of the Best of the Magnificent 80's, no garbage was produced back then, barely, at best, just 2 seconds into the song and you know what a masterpiece that is. Now, if you really loved Tears for Fears, I strongly suggest to react to "Head Over Heels" it's a must-do, and one of the signature songs from this band too right at top with this reaction song, seriously dude it'll draw more viewers / views to your excellent chanel man, guaranteed.

I love the closing guitar riff-I love those guitar players who show that you don't have to shred the guitar just to be a good player. The ending to Hotel California is another one-it's just a cool riff and two guitars playing in perfect harmony. -Keith Richards is another one who plays cool riffs but doesn't wreck/ shred the guitar. Don Felder of the Eagles was a master of cool riffs IMO

"Everybody wants to rule the world" does not necessarily need LITERALLY "the" world. It could be...YOUR world....your job...your relationship. Wanting to be in control of things that are around you. Hold on too tight and that is where "nothing lasts forever" comes into play.

In the 80s we were more about peace than what younger people give us credit for being. We came so close to nuclear conflict a few times, and survived. We wanted to save the world. And now we are the most misunderstood generation. This song is our testament.

These guys were in every office Job Radio elevator space station for 24/7 that year. A vibe but in our Day was a cool song. Shout. Was another great song about verbal abuse but was made for a plea with a great sound

These guys are still performing and writing music today. If you want to hear one of their recent songs do a search for "Tipping Point". One of my favorites from them is "Woman in Chains".

Great band with an extensive playlist and they still sound great live. Saw them in Austin last year and they blew the roof off the place. The band that most sounds like, to my ears, is Talk Talk. They had a huge hit with It's My Life, which Gwen Stefani did an excellent cover of and well worth adding to your reaction list if you haven't covered them yet.

I remember sitting in front of the TV watching MTV and them teasing about the premiere of the next video and then WAITING WAITING WAITING WAITING ugh...i just love this song

In the headspace of the 80's, these lyrics were totally in sync with the times. SE also Nena - 99 Red Balloons

Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys (more than West End Girls), Erasure, New Order, etc

This song is in the 80’s movie “Real Genesis”. Their song “Head over Heels” is in my top ten fav songs ever.

yet another musically ambitious and lyrically thoughtful set of artists from the 80s... made you move and made you think

They are so awesome in concert! One of my faves.

I've seen them recently and their just as good as they were back in the day. Roland Orzabal has long gray hair & still plays like he did. Curt Smith has short gray hair & can belt out their song's like he did when he was young. Love these guy's. They came out in 1981,from Bath.

Here's a fun little story: "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" is a line from the 1980 Clash song "Charlie Don't Surf." Joe Strummer of The Clash thought that Tears for Fears took the line from this song. He recounted a story to Musician magazine about confronting Roland Orzabal in a restaurant, informing Orzabal that "you owe me a fiver." Strummer said that Roland reached in his pocket and produced a five pound note, ostensibly as compensation for poaching the line for his hit title. 🤩

My all time favorite song... EVER...

That 80s sound was called (New Wave) The new wave of British Rock- Pop bands!

I have never seen this video before. Because when this song was big, I was out in the clubs every night dancing to it. How times change.

"Shout" is the big one that put them on the map. a must to react to.

"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" , is often interpreted as a commentary on the nature of power and the consequences of ambition. The song reflects on the desire for control and dominance, both on a personal and political level, highlighting the human craving for authority and the lengths people will go to achieve it. The lyrics address themes of power struggles, manipulation, and the impact of these pursuits on individuals and society. Lines like "Help me make the most of freedom and of pleasure / Nothing ever lasts forever" suggest a fleeting nature of power and the ultimate impermanence of worldly pursuits. The song captures a sense of anxiety and disillusionment prevalent during the Cold War era, touching on issues such as political conflict, the arms race, and societal changes. Overall, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" serves as a poignant reminder of the costs associated with the relentless quest for power and the often overlooked value of freedom and happiness.

Love this song so much. It’s one of those songs that played in the background of my life ❤ Happy memories.

Great Song from the best Music Decade 😊

Amazing band indeed! Yes, they were part of the 80's British invasion and you're right when you say there was a sound to that era. They're still making great music and touring. They sold over 30 million albums and have a ton of hits. Also, Curt Smith who sings this song also plays bass and Roland Orzabal not only plays guitar sings. In fact they share lead vocals and many of their hits sang by Roland. They are a unique band well worth exploring.