This song is one of my strongest memory of my dad. He loved this music, he had great taste in music. When I was young we watched together concert of Tears for Fears and once he told me "please, let this music play on my own funeral". Unfortunately that day came, I lost my dad. This song accompanied him to heaven. Miss you Edson.
Adam Burdej iam a big fan off tears for fears and this is great son i was thinking the same as you dad i want this song when mi time comes i hope you dad rest in peace Good bless
The song is very beautiful from beginning to end and it sends to give you a special meaning or a spiritual message and some kind of way shape or form of this you will see your dad but right now you have a lot of living to do and when that time comes you'll know so just live for yourself your wife and your kids and most of all your family is the most important thing right there and like I said just enjoy life okay God bless sorry for your life all the best😊❤🎶🎵🎼🎸
I discovered this track when I first started listening to tears for fears I would go on long walks sometimes 5-7 miles and just put on there albums and pretty Soon I listened to everything these guys have put out but when I heard this, I can still remember the chills and goosebumps I get from how well the backing vocals are layered in with the synth
I think I love you, lol My fav song hands down and you’re right, most people only know their hits. This is a hidden gem I used to sleep to this when I first moved to America (1992) and it just activates that certain feeling in me like I was 15 all over again
I remember buying this entire album just for "Head Over Heels", but back then, I was only looking for songs I remembered from my childhood that played on the radio. Anything that I hadn't heard before, or anything modern that had just come out, I pretty much just automatically shunned it because I wasn't familiar with it. Then I heard this song and that entire mentality of mine just burned like a cane field in a high wind.
My mom loved this album....just hearing this song puts me back in my childhood home watching her cook and sway to the rhythm...this was one of my favorite songs on that album....RIP mom ❤
When you think about how young they were when they wrote so many of their songs, it is hard to comprehend. Such gifted and talented singers/songwriters. Soul touching and timeless treasures.
It's a shame that their hit songs got played to death on the Radio, they were not just a Pop band, they were THE BEST sounding British band ever !! even the filler tracks like this and Mothers Talk are still sonic masterpieces, listen to Big Chair, Seeds of Love on a good player with some decent headphones, these albums still sound better than anything that's been recorded or mixed in over 25 yrs, absolute perfection. !!
This song on a breezy sunny day, with headphones on, laying in the grass, watching it blow in the breeze with the music, almost like it was meant to be... zen!
Nice. I personally associate it more to autumn, sitting on a bench in a park in front of a misty lake and leaves falling from trees on a grey and windy day... :)
My dad introduced me to Tears for Fears when I were young. The first time I heard this track was when he pulled out his vinyl collection and put it on for me. I stared at the turntable throughout the whole song, I was entranced watching it spin. It's probably the first song I ever listened to that took me somewhere, my first lesson in music production and beautifully crafted music.
yet another example of the beautiful tones that can be squeezed out of a Stratocaster. Those friggin sustained notes and the harmonics..... breathtaking even after 30 years.
Honestly, this album as a 14yr old child set me on the path to discover more music, especially this song. Now almost 50, this song still gives me Goosebumps..xxx
the first time the keyboard hook kicks in, it's goosebump inducing. An absolute musical masterpiece that's criminally underrated, and definitely one of my favorite songs of all time.
Finest absolutely, but not quite his last. He was involved with Sowing the Seeds of Love but the boys, mostly Roland, wanted to prove that they didn't need his writing and arranging skills (massive mistake) so out he went. Stanley was vital to their success and with his sacking their drawn out descent into almost interestingness began . . . Cheers!
@@helencybercafe7969 Cheers Helen. Orzabal's ego pretty much sums it up. Chris Hughes was the first to go during the recording of The Seeds of Love and that, as I understand, got a bit messy. There were loads of rumors that Orzabal and Nikki Holland were having an affair and that he wanted her, not Stanley and/or Hughes, to be his collaborator (to the extent he even wanted one at that time). Stanley hung on into the recording of that album but was finally sacked when the boys, again, mostly Roland, decided they didn't need him and said "Toodles . . ." But Orzabal wasn't done. After the incredibly brainless sacking of Stanley he forced Curt (who was freighted with personal issues) out of the band a year or so later and then proceeded to run this once magnificent band into the dirt in the following years. To be fair, Orzabal does seem to have finally gained some perspective on all this and now does, at least to some small extent, acknowledge Stanley's importance to their success . . . but some small, tossed off acknowledgement from Orzabal hardly does Stanley the credit he deserves. Cheers!
@@kw19193 Thank you for that. I always wondered what happened to both Ian and Manny. I read/heard a few interviews where Roland and Curt referred to Ian as "the rich kid" kind of implying that they liked using his kit but that he was never really part of the gang. I'd heard stuff about Nicky Holland before so what you're saying makes sense. I always thought Ian was supremely talented (but obviously a bit uncomfortable being in the spotlight which made me like him even more). In Scenes From the Big Chair he talks about "Listen" being 'his baby'. To think what they could've created if they'd stayed together. But hey, all bands have issues don't they? Thanks for your reply.
I remember buying this album with my first wage packet in 1985 and played it to death and still have it to this day albeit a little worse for wear now but I always remembered this ending track as being something so spiritual whilst being so sad too and always had a soft spot for this masterpiece and just listening to it now literally transported me back to 1985 when I first listened to this album the day I bought it… This isn’t just a song to me its part of my past and the memories from that time I will take when I leave this world
The musicianship on this song is brillant! they were very slept on, while people were on U2, Depeche Mode and Simple Minds, they were right up there with them!
First time I heard this song was on a local radio station that played not only hit songs but album tracks (97.5 WPST in Trenton, NJ). Thanks to them playing this song, I bought the album. Excellent song & album!
I like Tears For Fears. I’ve grown up with their music since 1985. I like almost all their music, but, when I’m in a mellow mood, I like Listen and The Working Hour.
So I had to move out of my home due to family dispute with my disabled brother (learning disability) and while packing I was playing this song. I WAS EMOTIONAL. There was no turning back nor mending relationship.. I had that song on repeat. It helped me pack, made my peace and help me through the transition.. I just can't believe these boys created and recorded such a beautiful piece of music. Their work is phenomenal! This song is now my lifeline. I have to listen everyday. So many likes Yes people we like good stuff, good music. Be safe out there guys! 😊 😘 ❤️♥️💕
Those first few Tears For Fears albums are so damn good. Listen, Memories Fade, Swords And Knives.. Fair to say they were a cut above most other bands from that time, with their production and songwriting in general.
R.I.P to my uncle Joey F. Bradsher. He listened to this group all the time. I use to tell him this shit was gay asf. until I actually listened to it.😥😥😢😢 , I miss u uncle Joey.....
Listening to this on my birthday during Corona virus lockdown. 2 uncles passed away in a week. Pain and stress relief personified in TFF magic .Haunting!
Tears for fears. What a band of the unmistakeable eighties. Great music great times. When I think back to then I get a tear listening to tracks like this. Proper meaningful music that sends shivers down the spine. Roland and curt were impressive no doubt with the content they produced never equalled in today's Mish mash of dull music.
This song continues to sink deeply into my reverie. The synthesized arrangement is astonishing. I remember every indescribable emotion that it evokes. Like Billy Joel's "Goodnight Saigon," Tears For Fears' "Listen" affects everyone differently. These unadulterated masterpieces pierce the human psyche and linger in one's memory: timelessly.
I remember when this album came out. Most of my friends only listened to one or 2 songs from albums but I listened to every single song and memorized them all. "Listen" was always one of my favorite songs of the 80's and even now. There is something about the background vocals (Marylin something or other I think) that is ghostly and when he says... "listen"....I get goose bumps just knowing that their hearts and souls POURED into this song. The few lyrics are so powerful. This song definitely was one of the popular happy days of living life in the 80's.
Tears for Fears music and 80s music nothing not even today's music in 2020 can defeat the 80s or touch the 80s and I feel sorry for today's generation so my friend you couldn't be more right well said and spot on thumbs up for you buddy yes this song does or should I say has a way of taking you into a trance it's beautiful from beginning to end thanks👍🏻❤🇺🇸👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
.. when I heard this song for the first time, I had to cry ..... tears came to me every time. The music just gets under your skin and creeps into your soul .....
I used to listen to this song as a teen when my life was trashed. But this song for some reason gave me faith for the future, if the world shuts its door on you then their is always music and nature like a rushing river or a forest or a ponderosa pine swaying in the wind or leaves of a sunflower falling to the ground. Nature will always be there when nothing else will be.
TEARS FOR FEARS "Listen" Mother Russia, badly burned Your children lick your wounds Your wounds Pilgrim father sailed away Found a brave new world New world Listen... Soothe my feeling (Cumpleaños chica, no hay que preocuparse) (Cumpleaños chica, no hay que preocuparse) Soothe my feeling (Cumpleaños chica, no hay que preocuparse) (Cumpleaños chica, no hay que preocuparse) I feel it, soothe my feeling (Cumpleaños chica, no hay que preocuparse) Soothe it, soothe it, soothe my feeling, now I feel it (Cumpleaños chica, no hay que preocuparse) Oh, just how I hope the people to say, soothe my feeling (Cumpleaños chica, no hay que preocuparse) I feel it, hold me, take a look at my chance (Cumpleaños chica, no hay que preocuparse) Take a look at my mercy, take a look at my feeling (Cumpleaños chica, no hay que preocuparse) (Cumpleaños chica, no hay que preocuparse) (Cumpleaños chica, no hay que preocuparse) (Cumpleaños chica, no hay que preocuparse) (Cumpleaños chica, no hay que preocuparse) (Cumpleaños chica, no hay que preocuparse)
The synth, the guitars, hook after hook enough can not be said about this. I dont care too much for the hurting or any of their other albums except for a few tracks here and there, woman in chains is one of those . But this one is unique, whether by mistake or deliberate they made something that was perfect. Literally almost 40 years and every couple of months I go back to it especially the deep cuts: listen, working hour and broken. They stand up just as well as their hits.
Beautiful memories of first moving to America in ‘92 Used to go to sleep to Songs from the Big Chair. When this song came on, I sat up and listened. Love it 💜💜🙏🏻🤘 I can’t find any live footage or interviews where they discuss this song. It’s so nice to see all the comments talking about what a masterpiece it is.
Much in the vein of the late great Ruychi Sakamoto..Certain moments of Forbidden Colours in this track..Pity he had a falling out with the boys over the change of direction with Sowing The Seeds Of Love..If only time heals all wounds while their is still time.
UM DOS MELHORES DISCOS DE TODA A HISTÓRIA DA MÚSICA POP, UMA OBRA DE ARTE DO TEARS FOR FEARS, JÁ OUVI ESSE DISCO TODO MAIS DE 100 VEZES, GRANDE BANDA......
I‘m ashamed, but I don’t know this masterpiece before. Now it has changed and I can’t stop to hear it again and again! I love tears for fears till „Mad world“ in the 80s, the best time ever to be a teenager!
Una obra maestra,de una de las grandes bandas de la New Wave. Junto a Durán Durán,ABC y otras,fueron estigamtizadas como"comerciales".... Jaaaaaa,como si algo no lo fuera hoy por hoy!! Vivan los 80´s!!
they've always been my fav genre, and a great inspiration to my music. I'm mostly Chill/New Age/ Film Music and when I mention Tears for Fears as one of my main influences people nod and say... really? so I have to point them to tracks like this. still brilliant.
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This song is one of my strongest memory of my dad. He loved this music, he had great taste in music. When I was young we watched together concert of Tears for Fears and once he told me "please, let this music play on my own funeral". Unfortunately that day came, I lost my dad. This song accompanied him to heaven. Miss you Edson.
Sorry for your lost! You will see him again bro!!
Thank you for sharing your story. God bless you and your father!
Adam Burdej iam a big fan off tears for fears and this is great son i was thinking the same as you dad i want this song when mi time comes i hope you dad rest in peace Good bless
this is so powerful thankyou
The song is very beautiful from beginning to end and it sends to give you a special meaning or a spiritual message and some kind of way shape or form of this you will see your dad but right now you have a lot of living to do and when that time comes you'll know so just live for yourself your wife and your kids and most of all your family is the most important thing right there and like I said just enjoy life okay God bless sorry for your life all the best😊❤🎶🎵🎼🎸
It's sad how tears for fears are mostly known for their big hits but then masterpieces like this exist and don't get enough recognition
Time change things change.
I agree 100%
Sometimes when I can't sleep,I play this song .it's a montra
I mean, it's not a single, so obviously it's not going to get a lot of recognition outside of people who own and have listened to the full album.
Chills every time.
this song is an unknown treasure. I believe that many have never heard about it. Certainly it is a masterpiece that deserves more recognition.
Just discovered this track after years listening to TFFs bigger hits... what a gem!
Glad to see young people like me who feel this way about this music
I discovered this track when I first started listening to tears for fears I would go on long walks sometimes 5-7 miles and just put on there albums and pretty
Soon I listened to everything these guys have put out but when I heard this, I can still remember the chills and goosebumps I get from how well the backing vocals are layered in with the synth
Ela é realmente linda ouço todos os dias não da pra parar de ouvir
I think I love you, lol
My fav song hands down and you’re right, most people only know their hits. This is a hidden gem
I used to sleep to this when I first moved to America (1992) and it just activates that certain feeling in me like I was 15 all over again
When this plays, the world stops. A spiritual masterpiece.
M hm!
My biggest heartbreak was tempered by this song. A masterpiece if there ever was one. And my heartbreak was over 20 years ago
Totally agree.
So true ...... most appropriate song in the silence of the pandemic 2020
Yes!
I remember buying this entire album just for "Head Over Heels", but back then, I was only looking for songs I remembered from my childhood that played on the radio. Anything that I hadn't heard before, or anything modern that had just come out, I pretty much just automatically shunned it because I wasn't familiar with it. Then I heard this song and that entire mentality of mine just burned like a cane field in a high wind.
I love your comparison. For sure, this îs a band that stands out, their music is timeless and beautiful just as a diamond.
My mom loved this album....just hearing this song puts me back in my childhood home watching her cook and sway to the rhythm...this was one of my favorite songs on that album....RIP mom ❤
That's a lovely memory! I bet she does this in heaven too. Bless her 🙏🏻
❤
When you think about how young they were when they wrote so many of their songs, it is hard to comprehend. Such gifted and talented singers/songwriters. Soul touching and timeless treasures.
It's a shame that their hit songs got played to death on the Radio, they were not just a Pop band, they were THE BEST sounding British band ever !! even the filler tracks like this and Mothers Talk are still sonic masterpieces, listen to Big Chair, Seeds of Love on a good player with some decent headphones, these albums still sound better than anything that's been recorded or mixed in over 25 yrs, absolute perfection. !!
Incredibly beautiful music.
Filler track?
@d indeed, the guy’s a bit confused , not a single TFF song deserves to be called a ‘filler’ no fuckin way!
Along with Duran Duran
Talk talk were similar much greater than the hits
This album is a true masterpiece!
This song on a breezy sunny day, with headphones on, laying in the grass, watching it blow in the breeze with the music, almost like it was meant to be... zen!
Nice. I personally associate it more to autumn, sitting on a bench in a park in front of a misty lake and leaves falling from trees on a grey and windy day... :)
I associate with chilly breezes on a quiet and calm overcast day in an open field or beach
My dad introduced me to Tears for Fears when I were young. The first time I heard this track was when he pulled out his vinyl collection and put it on for me. I stared at the turntable throughout the whole song, I was entranced watching it spin. It's probably the first song I ever listened to that took me somewhere, my first lesson in music production and beautifully crafted music.
Cool?
+Ollie OJ “OJ” Fowler Same here. SFTBC was m first LP given by my step dad when I was 11.
Same, I'm glad my dad had a great taste in music
One of the greatest albums of the 80's. Every song is good
I can relate to what you lived. My parents introduced that to me when we traveled Montreal to Gaspésie in Quebec/Canada. Peace out.
My favorite track on the album!!!! Very enigmatic, mysterious, and beautiful all at the same time!!!!
Damn rights
2:37-2:52 just melts my heart ..
the whole song is mesmerizing .. songs like this make life worth living ..
💕
62 now still love it
I've got this on vinyl, purchased during my teenage years. I never got bored of this album. A under-rated band in my opinion.
I love Tears for Fears!!!😍
Never under rated. They had thousands of fans.
@@marionfitness5509 the meaning of their music was often overlooked and the media forced them to become just another pop band.
AN underrated . . . .
This song reminds me of when my wonderful Dad first had cancer, in 1985. He passed away in 1999. Such a brave man! 💖💖💖💖😪😪😪😪😪😪
Sorry for your loss.
@@Skykid99 Thank you 💕
You dad had great taste. 💯
My deepest condolences
❤
This entire album is amazing! No filler songs.
80s in the blood forever......BEST decade to enjoy it all.......
MultiMrMiles Damn Skippy😍😍
i agree, apart from every other decade of the 20th century
The 70s were the best... Closely followed by the 80s
In the DNA, brother!
That's right my Friend, i was born on 82 .
yet another example of the beautiful tones that can be squeezed out of a Stratocaster. Those friggin sustained notes and the harmonics..... breathtaking even after 30 years.
Honestly, this album as a 14yr old child set me on the path to discover more music, especially this song.
Now almost 50, this song still gives me Goosebumps..xxx
I'm witya on that girl 🙂
the first time the keyboard hook kicks in, it's goosebump inducing. An absolute musical masterpiece that's criminally underrated, and definitely one of my favorite songs of all time.
Pure 80’s vibe
The album was a masterpiece. I enjoyed the tunes that most wouldn’t remember, this one in particular.
Ian Stanley's finest (and final) moment with TFF.
Finest absolutely, but not quite his last. He was involved with Sowing the Seeds of Love but the boys, mostly Roland, wanted to prove that they didn't need his writing and arranging skills (massive mistake) so out he went. Stanley was vital to their success and with his sacking their drawn out descent into almost interestingness began . . . Cheers!
@@kw19193 I didn't know he was sacked. You seem to know a lot of background - what was the story?
@@helencybercafe7969 Cheers Helen. Orzabal's ego pretty much sums it up. Chris Hughes was the first to go during the recording of The Seeds of Love and that, as I understand, got a bit messy. There were loads of rumors that Orzabal and Nikki Holland were having an affair and that he wanted her, not Stanley and/or Hughes, to be his collaborator (to the extent he even wanted one at that time). Stanley hung on into the recording of that album but was finally sacked when the boys, again, mostly Roland, decided they didn't need him and said "Toodles . . ." But Orzabal wasn't done. After the incredibly brainless sacking of Stanley he forced Curt (who was freighted with personal issues) out of the band a year or so later and then proceeded to run this once magnificent band into the dirt in the following years. To be fair, Orzabal does seem to have finally gained some perspective on all this and now does, at least to some small extent, acknowledge Stanley's importance to their success . . . but some small, tossed off acknowledgement from Orzabal hardly does Stanley the credit he deserves. Cheers!
@@kw19193 Thank you for that. I always wondered what happened to both Ian and Manny. I read/heard a few interviews where Roland and Curt referred to Ian as "the rich kid" kind of implying that they liked using his kit but that he was never really part of the gang. I'd heard stuff about Nicky Holland before so what you're saying makes sense. I always thought Ian was supremely talented (but obviously a bit uncomfortable being in the spotlight which made me like him even more). In Scenes From the Big Chair he talks about "Listen" being 'his baby'. To think what they could've created if they'd stayed together. But hey, all bands have issues don't they? Thanks for your reply.
Un genio con el sintetizador.
With tears in my eyes, I listen to this song today....!
Dana D Agree totally. This song enters your soul shakes you up and leaves you totally captivated.
Remarkable track from an incredible 80's album, timeless and simply wonderful.
This song gives me goosebumps all the time...
Pure genius arrangement on this song. It can draw all kinds of different emotions out of your soul. Thanks for sharing!
There is something magical, mythical, mysterious,dreamy about this song.
Last track on side 2 of the album.
Never tire of listening to this.
I remember buying this album with my first wage packet in 1985 and played it to death and still have it to this day albeit a little worse for wear now but I always remembered this ending track as being something so spiritual whilst being so sad too and always had a soft spot for this masterpiece and just listening to it now literally transported me back to 1985 when I first listened to this album the day I bought it…
This isn’t just a song to me its part of my past and the memories from that time I will take when I leave this world
this entire album is fabulous and sheer extasy for your ears
I used to go to sleep to this in high school. Beautiful ambient sculpture.
I did the same in university back in 1985! Your description of it is spot on!
The musicianship on this song is brillant! they were very slept on, while people were on U2, Depeche Mode and Simple Minds, they were right up there with them!
Yes indeed
Real talk.
Truth
This is a hauntingly beautiful song!! Takes me to another place.
First time I heard this song was on a local radio station that played not only hit songs but album tracks (97.5 WPST in Trenton, NJ). Thanks to them playing this song, I bought the album. Excellent song & album!
Oh my God, I just flew back to my bedroom in the 80's!!! Time warp! Brilliant....
My feeling exactly.
I like Tears For Fears. I’ve grown up with their music since 1985. I like almost all their music, but, when I’m in a mellow mood, I like Listen and The Working Hour.
So I had to move out of my home due to family dispute with my disabled brother (learning disability) and while packing I was playing this song. I WAS EMOTIONAL. There was no turning back nor mending relationship.. I had that song on repeat. It helped me pack, made my peace and help me through the transition.. I just can't believe these boys created and recorded such a beautiful piece of music. Their work is phenomenal! This song is now my lifeline. I have to listen everyday. So many likes Yes people we like good stuff, good music. Be safe out there guys! 😊 😘 ❤️♥️💕
I‘m also disabled because of MS. That I can’t dance to music like this is the hardest thing! 😢
This song is a big part of my life.
Haunting , soothing and amazing all in one.
Those first few Tears For Fears albums are so damn good. Listen, Memories Fade, Swords And Knives.. Fair to say they were a cut above most other bands from that time, with their production and songwriting in general.
They are the three songs I really love too.
I never knew this band would play very soothing songs like this. Excellent!
In 1985 I bought "Songs From The Big Chair" for its other songs. This one overtook all the others on the album with just one "listen". It's amazing!
I can’t get enough of this song 💞
I dunno how I ended up here, but for God's sake I appreciate it with my life...
You were always one of us!
@John Campbell Great band
What I would give to have heard this live ❤🥰😍
The music in this song is amazing. So beautiful.
This song is and will forever be one of the most epic songs! If I have a bad day I will go to the gym and listen to this on repeat!
R.I.P to my uncle Joey F. Bradsher. He listened to this group all the time. I use to tell him this shit was gay asf. until I actually listened to it.😥😥😢😢 , I miss u uncle Joey.....
Absolute masterpiece, I never understood that line ‘your children lick your wounds’ till I had my own children ❤️
The song is about a train explosion that happened in Russia
My grandfather being in the army was sent to Russia to help with the humanitarian aid
1985. This song will forever remind me of two sisters, my age, that died in a car accident in my neighborhood. They should have lived long happy lives
Listening to this on my birthday during Corona virus lockdown. 2 uncles passed away in a week. Pain and stress relief personified in TFF magic .Haunting!
Condolences!
god bless
"Cook me up a chicken and I think I'll stay"...
1:25 is some sort of minor chord that gives me chills every time
I forgot how much I loved tears for fears. Still do
September 17th 2019 and STILL my favourite piece of music, takes me to a completely different place, a very happy place. So calming and relaxing.
Yes and Now It's July 22, 2020 & this song is so CoooL even with the COVID-19...is SOoo Relaxing. d((~___~))b
March the 4th, 2022 and it's still great song for me.
Feb 23rd 2023,still great.
the song listen is 95% instrumental and its one of my all time fav ,s good for driving too
Or clearing your "mind" .
A musical masterpiece
Tears for fears. What a band of the unmistakeable eighties. Great music great times. When I think back to then I get a tear listening to tracks like this. Proper meaningful music that sends shivers down the spine. Roland and curt were impressive no doubt with the content they produced never equalled in today's Mish mash of dull music.
@@royaljelly1722 Thank you for your kind words.
This is simply..... SPECTACULAR. TALENT WAS IN THEIR DNA.
This song continues to sink deeply into my reverie. The synthesized arrangement is astonishing. I remember every indescribable emotion that it evokes. Like Billy Joel's "Goodnight Saigon," Tears For Fears' "Listen" affects everyone differently. These unadulterated masterpieces pierce the human psyche and linger in one's memory: timelessly.
I remember when this album came out. Most of my friends only listened to one or 2 songs from albums but I listened to every single song and memorized them all. "Listen" was always one of my favorite songs of the 80's and even now. There is something about the background vocals (Marylin something or other I think) that is ghostly and when he says... "listen"....I get goose bumps just knowing that their hearts and souls POURED into this song. The few lyrics are so powerful. This song definitely was one of the popular happy days of living life in the 80's.
You always remember the albums you learned every song from. That stuff's written in to our DNA, we who were young when they were new.
I am transfixed...entranced and captivated. Thank you Roland and Curt.
The arrangements of T4Fs songs make my heart ache with joy. I can Listen over and over.
Today's music never gonna defeat this !
Today's music can't compete with this. Today music has no heart.
@@jime6353 I agree
It's corrupted as the *music* gets!
Not even close into defeating it
Tears for Fears music and 80s music nothing not even today's music in 2020 can defeat the 80s or touch the 80s and I feel sorry for today's generation so my friend you couldn't be more right well said and spot on thumbs up for you buddy yes this song does or should I say has a way of taking you into a trance it's beautiful from beginning to end thanks👍🏻❤🇺🇸👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
When I saw them live in 1985, this was the song that ran before the curtain dropped. At the last bass slide is when it finally did. Great show.
.. when I heard this song for the first time, I had to cry ..... tears came to me every time. The music just gets under your skin and creeps into your soul .....
I used to listen to this song as a teen when my life was trashed. But this song for some reason gave me faith for the future, if the world shuts its door on you then their is always music and nature like a rushing river or a forest or a ponderosa pine swaying in the wind or leaves of a sunflower falling to the ground. Nature will always be there when nothing else will be.
still my favorite of their tracks...that and "Swords & Knives"...beautifully produced.
What do you think of, "Brian Wilson Said"?
Swords and knives changed my life
@@jime6353 personally that track taught me girls are ten a penny
That guitar sound is absolutely phenomenal, could be Gilmour playing it..
Here in Brazil this song was shown on TV (80s) in an advertisement by Philips PowerPlay..... :)
TEARS FOR FEARS
"Listen"
Mother Russia, badly burned
Your children lick your wounds
Your wounds
Pilgrim father sailed away
Found a brave new world
New world
Listen...
Soothe my feeling
(Cumpleaños chica, no hay que preocuparse)
(Cumpleaños chica, no hay que preocuparse)
Soothe my feeling
(Cumpleaños chica, no hay que preocuparse)
(Cumpleaños chica, no hay que preocuparse)
I feel it, soothe my feeling
(Cumpleaños chica, no hay que preocuparse)
Soothe it, soothe it, soothe my feeling, now I feel it
(Cumpleaños chica, no hay que preocuparse)
Oh, just how I hope the people to say, soothe my feeling
(Cumpleaños chica, no hay que preocuparse)
I feel it, hold me, take a look at my chance
(Cumpleaños chica, no hay que preocuparse)
Take a look at my mercy, take a look at my feeling
(Cumpleaños chica, no hay que preocuparse)
(Cumpleaños chica, no hay que preocuparse)
(Cumpleaños chica, no hay que preocuparse)
(Cumpleaños chica, no hay que preocuparse)
(Cumpleaños chica, no hay que preocuparse)
(Cumpleaños chica, no hay que preocuparse)
Sophisticated beyond belief for ones so young.. Bloody brilliant!
The synth, the guitars, hook after hook enough can not be said about this. I dont care too much for the hurting or any of their other albums except for a few tracks here and there, woman in chains is one of those . But this one is unique, whether by mistake or deliberate they made something that was perfect. Literally almost 40 years and every couple of months I go back to it especially the deep cuts: listen, working hour and broken. They stand up just as well as their hits.
Use headphones and picture sad things,or how it could fit a scene of a show.Its certainly beautiful
I can feel the vibes to this song!
Best tune on the album...great album to boot!
It's a hot July night, I have all the windows open, and I don't care who judges my musical taste!
I also remember buying the ELO LP that your thumbnail features. Lol
Its beautiful
@@nigelcaine3061 Oh yes, I see that image was theirs. Strangely that's not my intended reference!
Simply brillant. Thanks to Curt and Roland för such a spirit
But most of all thanks to Ian Stanley!
I like the bass slides at 2:08 :-)
i know right?! it's so good
I used to ride my bike to work every day when I worked at JFK Airport, and I would listen to this song on the way there and back home.
Great song to cycle to!!!
It is? Hadn't thought of that, Jenny.
I was introduced to this by a co worker back in the 80's. I was kind of a 70's child. Once I heard a couple songs, I was hooked.
"and so the angels came and peace once more in the world"
Beautiful memories of first moving to America in ‘92
Used to go to sleep to Songs from the Big Chair. When this song came on, I sat up and listened. Love it 💜💜🙏🏻🤘
I can’t find any live footage or interviews where they discuss this song. It’s so nice to see all the comments talking about what a masterpiece it is.
I saw one recently where they discuss this song at length. I'll try to find it again...
@@greg1563 yes please
i think this a massive track of the 80s,the whole cd is amazing
One of my favorite songs on that album.
5:31 You can add so much emotion and depth by playing just a few guitar chords.
just an excellent song- you can relax and at the same time let your mind wonder, almost spiritual in a way
for Cook yeaHHH'!!!
I adore this, makes the hairs stand up on your neck...
Ian Stanley should have done more solo work. He’s got a natural ear for edgy melancholy.
Much in the vein of the late great Ruychi Sakamoto..Certain moments of Forbidden Colours in this track..Pity he had a falling out with the boys over the change of direction with Sowing The Seeds Of Love..If only time heals all wounds while their is still time.
I listened to this all the time in highscool utterly fantastic. besides a bit of art of noise and that queen 'kind of magic' album
UM DOS MELHORES DISCOS DE TODA A HISTÓRIA DA MÚSICA POP, UMA OBRA DE ARTE DO TEARS FOR FEARS, JÁ OUVI ESSE DISCO TODO MAIS DE 100 VEZES, GRANDE BANDA......
Amazing song...I love Tears for Fears!!
I‘m ashamed, but I don’t know this masterpiece before. Now it has changed and I can’t stop to hear it again and again! I love tears for fears till „Mad world“ in the 80s, the best time ever to be a teenager!
Now you know. Enjoy! 😇
Best era I believe the young generation got no I'd what they missed we got memories of it though )
I remember when I was given Songs from the Big Chair on cassette tape as a Christmas gift in 1985. My favorite was this song after Broken.
The talent of ian stanley on this one...He wasn't keen on putting it on the album as it wasn't in keeping with the rest of the tracks on the album.
So glad he did as it’s awesome.. That guitar is almost Gilmourish..
Perfect Music! Thanks to Roland and Curt!
Erm, don't forget Ian Stanley. This is really his song . . . Cheers!
Yeah, this was pretty much entirely composed / written by Ian.
They should have let him keep going. This is so good, I want more!
One of the greatest 80's songs !
Una obra maestra,de una de las grandes bandas de la New Wave.
Junto a Durán Durán,ABC y otras,fueron estigamtizadas como"comerciales"....
Jaaaaaa,como si algo no lo fuera hoy por hoy!!
Vivan los 80´s!!
this melody... in love with it!
they've always been my fav genre, and a great inspiration to my music. I'm mostly Chill/New Age/ Film Music and when I mention Tears for Fears as one of my main influences people nod and say... really? so I have to point them to tracks like this. still brilliant.