Tears for fears - first TV appearance 1978

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  • @ScottishTeeVee
    @ScottishTeeVee  4 ปีที่แล้ว +310

    1 of almost 3000 music videos on this channel, all taken from my videotape collection.
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    • @ScottishTeeVee
      @ScottishTeeVee  4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @My TH-cam Comments Are Now Shadow Banned Glad you enjoy the strange mix of videos I upload, many more to come. Nice to hear from a viewer in NZ.

    • @johnwalsh128
      @johnwalsh128 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Great video. I still have graduates album 'acting my age' I don't suppose you've got sparks appearance on the old grey whistle test in your collection?

    • @ScottishTeeVee
      @ScottishTeeVee  ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@johnwalsh128 Sorry to say I do not have their OGWT appearance, wish I had. Thanks for watching and commenting.

    • @hulkhatepunybanner
      @hulkhatepunybanner ปีที่แล้ว +14

      *I know that AllMusic lists Graduate as a new wave band but going by this song they're more like power pop band.* Like J. Geils Band, Big Star, The Knack, and Cheap Trick. Tears for Fears is definitely new wave. I wonder if they realized power pop was only getting them onto kiddie shows and decided to get on the new wave scene.

    • @oldmanc2
      @oldmanc2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      This is great - thank you TH-cam algorithm 😅

  • @teddybear9029
    @teddybear9029 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    It’s certainly a mad world!!!

  • @morganyoungisplayingdrums
    @morganyoungisplayingdrums ปีที่แล้ว +98

    A very caffeinated Roland in '78 should be the title.

    • @pjuniormol
      @pjuniormol หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      With 17 y old ..

    • @CmLesniak
      @CmLesniak หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      😂

    • @ssdtrain1
      @ssdtrain1 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      the band didn't get money for this gig, they all got bikes and dartboards!! 🤣🤣🤣

    • @gcqtvchannel4125
      @gcqtvchannel4125 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      😅

  • @johntrauscht1421
    @johntrauscht1421 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    Roland looking way too intense for that song! LOL

    • @CruceEntertainment
      @CruceEntertainment หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      Well no one wanted to know him

    • @twcmaker
      @twcmaker หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      🙈😂​@@CruceEntertainment

    • @harveylee51
      @harveylee51 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @johntrauscht1421 Channeling his PRIMAL therapy into this performance and those dance moves are unmistakably Roland !! 🤣

    • @MatthewMacFarlaneMusic
      @MatthewMacFarlaneMusic หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@CruceEntertainment😂😂😂

    • @abdulahmed2365
      @abdulahmed2365 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@MatthewMacFarlaneMusic

  • @robscoggins
    @robscoggins 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    Definitely getting Genesis/Men at Work vibes from this.

    • @humanbeing2420
      @humanbeing2420 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Genesis? I don't see or hear that...

    • @robscoggins
      @robscoggins 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @ Their early work. Think Foxtrot, Nursery Cryme, Sell England by the Pound…

  • @Radionocta
    @Radionocta 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Very good for me it' s a surprise .
    Half pop/rock and half disco.

  • @rachelseago3473
    @rachelseago3473 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1329

    I was in the audience of this. Cant believe they are now my favourite band.

    • @louiseditlevsen6887
      @louiseditlevsen6887 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      That's so wild!!

    • @tylerthompson1842
      @tylerthompson1842 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Back story please. How’d you end up there?

    • @rachelseago3473
      @rachelseago3473 ปีที่แล้ว +144

      @@tylerthompson1842 I lived locally to the studios and they asked local schools to play and attend. Great fun and great memories. I still have my badge.

    • @rachelseago3473
      @rachelseago3473 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      And Curt and Roland didn't live to far away either so it was all very local.

    • @gatolocoverga152
      @gatolocoverga152 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      this pre tears is like Jetro tull + new order combined togeter

  • @vinto34
    @vinto34 ปีที่แล้ว +246

    Funny how .....time flies...

    • @beds139
      @beds139 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Nice one😊

    • @fabiocorrea8228
      @fabiocorrea8228 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      🇧🇷

    • @RyanDoThings
      @RyanDoThings 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      what a classic "head over heels"

    • @ysteinnordli7988
      @ysteinnordli7988 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      So true 😉

    • @RyanDoThings
      @RyanDoThings 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@ysteinnordli7988 in my minds eye, one little boy one little man, funny how..... time flies my friend.

  • @marcelokrahenbuhl1075
    @marcelokrahenbuhl1075 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    A animação das crianças era absurda...rss...e eles com corte de cabelo...meu Deus...de dar medo...mas se tornaram algo inesperado no mundo da música...fez parte de minha época de descobertas musicais de todos os tipos...o Rock até o Pop...são demais...hoje tantos anos depois ouvir Tears for Fears é um alento pra alma !!! 😍

  • @creativitycell
    @creativitycell ปีที่แล้ว +100

    Didn't know they went back to late 70s! Just shows you, all the Great 80s bands like Simple Minds, Depeche Mode, Thompson Twins, Tears For Fears, so many! They didn't just appear overnight, they put the years of work in, gigs, writing, creative focus....they forced their way into the popular culture of the 80s, and made it great for all of us!👏

    • @DudeSilad
      @DudeSilad 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      They weren't called Tears for Fears in those days. That band broke up.

    • @stokerY100
      @stokerY100 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thompson Twins!
      Great bands? 😅

    • @markjones7109
      @markjones7109 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Absolutely.

  • @alexrizzo
    @alexrizzo ปีที่แล้ว +349

    Although the band was created in 1978, this video is actually from 1980, in a TV performance, with this song "Ever Met a Day" on the children's program Runaround for Southern TV, in Southampton. It was in this year that they released their first and only album, “Acting My Age”. In 1981, Orzabal and Smith left Graduate and formed a band called History of Headaches, which they soon changed to Tears for Fears.

    • @kylej.mcelravy
      @kylej.mcelravy ปีที่แล้ว +16

      It was also called Neon for a short time.

    • @paleshelter5376
      @paleshelter5376 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      cool

    • @crashvelvet
      @crashvelvet ปีที่แล้ว +4

      TY! ❤

    • @ingthoughts
      @ingthoughts ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@kylej.mcelravy. Neon was actually a band they played with that essentially became Naked Eyes.

    • @charlesdjones1
      @charlesdjones1 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Nice history lesson there. I was thinking no way TFF sounded like this, and now that makes sense.

  • @ejneenan9329
    @ejneenan9329 ปีที่แล้ว +463

    Very XTC-ish. From a kid's show to global fame. Well done boys!

    • @vandalorianvandalorian4769
      @vandalorianvandalorian4769 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      It’s funny how the kids really don’t get what they’re hearing.
      Definitely XTCish. Great moment. Roland is going off!

    • @mariahedges5072
      @mariahedges5072 ปีที่แล้ว

      XTC at this point were much more frantic and angular.@@vandalorianvandalorian4769

    • @hd-xc2lz
      @hd-xc2lz ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Wow, so true. I was a big XTC fan in the early '80s, only knew Tears For Fears from Songs From the Big Chair, and confess that I didn't pick up on the influence. Here it's so strong.

    • @CamberleyDaz
      @CamberleyDaz ปีที่แล้ว +11

      XTC-like, that's exactly what I thought.

    • @spanishpeaches2930
      @spanishpeaches2930 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Was thinking exactly the same, but you beat me to it.

  • @ThomasSielaff
    @ThomasSielaff ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Thank god they progressed.

    • @BoogieBMWE34
      @BoogieBMWE34 หลายเดือนก่อน

      yeap, total shit music

  • @ricoatendido2925
    @ricoatendido2925 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    Looked like they were moving in fast motion. So young and full of energy. Great Iconic band.

    • @oxyman10
      @oxyman10 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Should see them now, Curt Smith looks the same more or less, just a bit older. Roland Orzabal looks like a wizard from Middle Earth these days.

    • @bertvennemann189
      @bertvennemann189 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@oxyman10 👌 🤝

    • @michaelashe5265
      @michaelashe5265 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yep, looks sped up a bit

    • @alfredooliva5175
      @alfredooliva5175 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Speed is a helluva drug

    • @michaelcruz7704
      @michaelcruz7704 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@oxyman10Roland Looks like an Hermit now. Should have a haircut and a beard trim. Roland I would volantary cut ur hair for free.

  • @bauron1985
    @bauron1985 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    The boys were, maybe, 19.
    Think about that.
    Roland's musical genius is so stark.

    • @CruceEntertainment
      @CruceEntertainment หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      That was a pretty good song for a 19 yr old

  • @Dadounette29
    @Dadounette29 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Mme Saint-Jour si vous êtes toujours là ? " Des larmes de peur" ❤

  • @katfishkobain8809
    @katfishkobain8809 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Some commented on the crowd being confused. If the Beatles came out with Sgt. Pepper in 1963, people wouldn’t understand it. Timing is sometimes as important as the music itself.

  • @wilsonbrownofficial2828
    @wilsonbrownofficial2828 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    I don’t know whether to laugh, cry or just be amazed. What a captivating clip from the past! To think they went on to create Songs from the big chair, Sowing the Seeds of Love, and Everybody Loves a Happy Ending - my three favourite TFF albums

    • @andrewthomas3270
      @andrewthomas3270 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      How could you miss out The Hurting which I was playing yet again this Afternoon where Roland wrote about of his and Curt’s Traumas while growing.up
      Awesome Debut album that I bought the day it was released in 1983.

    • @AJLangford
      @AJLangford ปีที่แล้ว

      It is quite funny. I agree that Everybody Loves a Happy Ending is a brilliant album. Love the Hurting as well, but I think it's one of their best. Hope it gets a vinyl release.

    • @warrenny
      @warrenny ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LOL. I feel the same. Although I would replace happy ending with Elemental.....very powerful album with some very powerful well produced songs.

  • @LeviAckerman-cb5ji
    @LeviAckerman-cb5ji ปีที่แล้ว +7

    3:21 I didn't know they were prescribing Ritalin back then.

    • @silviofernandes3217
      @silviofernandes3217 หลายเดือนก่อน

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  • @santiagochss
    @santiagochss 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What surprise! Tears For Fears in 70's !!

  • @hernanpereyrohttp3121
    @hernanpereyrohttp3121 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Genial, increíble hallazgo, saludos desde Mar del plata, Argentina.

  • @davidcoates7615
    @davidcoates7615 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I got to have more flute!!!!🥺

  •  ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Those two, they're going to be big someday

    • @allendracabal0819
      @allendracabal0819 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The flautist and the show host? I agree.

  • @stevephlyer
    @stevephlyer ปีที่แล้ว +104

    What a fascinating and creative band they became. This is a treasure of a video. Thanks for posting.

  • @KimNorko
    @KimNorko 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Totally awesome 😅❤ !!!

  • @idolodeidolos4ever229
    @idolodeidolos4ever229 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    parece mas un grupo de los 60`. por fin que los 80' los rescataron.

  • @chrisr5499
    @chrisr5499 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    That just blew me away as looked like mods but playing Folk Prog Rock with a New Wave attitude to a Priory school audience...wish thay stayed like that for a few more years.

  • @CatoMinor
    @CatoMinor ปีที่แล้ว +258

    A mix of different styles: Beatles, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Jam....very interesting. The talent was already evident.

    • @ScottishTeeVee
      @ScottishTeeVee  ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thanks for watching and commenting 🙂

    • @CatoMinor
      @CatoMinor ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you for appreciating. @@ScottishTeeVee

    • @superbug1977
      @superbug1977 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      They were completely under the spell of Elvis Costello most of the time.

    • @4Mr.Crowley2
      @4Mr.Crowley2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      And add some Roxy Music and early Ultravox

    • @SmartCookie2022
      @SmartCookie2022 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@superbug1977 Nah, they were huge Genesis and prog rock fans as well. I can hear Jethro Tull in this too. It also sounds like Australian rock band _Men at Work_

  • @skeleman1963
    @skeleman1963 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    This band was called Graduate from 1978-1980ish
    disbanded then Roland and Curt started Tears for Fears

    • @robertnegron9706
      @robertnegron9706 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      And the rest was history .. saw them in nyc at the beacon Theatre in the 90’s. Best concert I ever attended.

    • @scottfraser7118
      @scottfraser7118 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Stop Showing off you Lot 😂

    • @gordonpatterson8615
      @gordonpatterson8615 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Their follow up single Elvis Should Play Ska was a cracker!

  • @Nihaowilson
    @Nihaowilson 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Oh, my freaking Gawd! Curt and Roland!

  • @PompeyMatt17
    @PompeyMatt17 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    my school went on Runaround in 1980.... I was in the audience for one of the episodes, clearly not this one !

    • @ScottishTeeVee
      @ScottishTeeVee  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There are more videos from Runaround on this channel, you might just be on one of them

  • @ronbock8291
    @ronbock8291 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    It’s as if Men and Work and The Police had a mutant love child. Amazing they survived.

    • @zapkvr
      @zapkvr ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Men @ work. FFS

    • @joeyorjohanna
      @joeyorjohanna 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      is that george harrison

    • @ronbock8291
      @ronbock8291 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@joeyorjohanna it is George yes.

    • @momentosenvideo2012
      @momentosenvideo2012 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Exacto

  • @leechilds3725
    @leechilds3725 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Very interesting. Xtc meets the jam and throw in the beat too. Glad these 2 found their way in the 80s

  • @doughnutdisturb117
    @doughnutdisturb117 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Goddam they chucked their whole nervous system into their performance

  • @privateconfidential4775
    @privateconfidential4775 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Wow this is like unearthing an alien time capsule deeply securely hidden all through the 80s

  • @peterkassner3552
    @peterkassner3552 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    i was at university in Bath (where Graduate are from) from 1977 to 1982, and saw Graduate many times in local clubs. I remember the last time i saw them, the personnel had changed and i thought they were even better... then noticed the two guys standing next to me (Kurt and Roland) and remember thinking to myself how pissed off they must be not being in the band anymore, because Graduate were so good! lol..... I guess it didnt affect them too badly in the end 🤭

  • @adamslowikowski3085
    @adamslowikowski3085 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    It's unbelievable!!! First they get introduced by Eastenders stand up comedian Mike Reid!!! Then when they appear Roland and Curt look like they are in the Elvis Costello band!!! Amazing TV performance!!! 🙂🌞🌻💛🙏

    • @nationaltrevor255
      @nationaltrevor255 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ha! Mike Reid.. "Janine, eat yer toast.”

    • @johno4521
      @johno4521 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pity it went right over the kids' heads..

    • @angelomicciche3044
      @angelomicciche3044 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rrrunnnn around now!

    • @Banglish123
      @Banglish123 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What am I? Some kind of double-yolker?

    • @Kohntarkosz
      @Kohntarkosz 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ah, I was trying to remember where I recognized the emcee from.

  • @albertobottini4058
    @albertobottini4058 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Would love a cover of this song from Franz Ferdinand

    • @LeandroMartinscg
      @LeandroMartinscg 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      You got me on this one 😂

    • @lgbm777
      @lgbm777 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      U r 1000% correct ! ❤🎉

    • @tdsmtdsm
      @tdsmtdsm 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      wow, nailed it. love you

  • @jeremiahpolom2802
    @jeremiahpolom2802 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Tears for Fears came a long way from those days. I never knew that they started in the late 70s. I always thought they started in the early 80s.

  • @truckingscouser
    @truckingscouser ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Roland was mm away from smashing the neck of that Telecaster 😮

    • @patrickmichaelspencecooler4768
      @patrickmichaelspencecooler4768 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Telecaster ?
      That's either a Burns, a Hofner or some 60's-70's Japanese Guyatone or Teisco but I can assure you that is not a Fender Telecaster.

    • @truckingscouser
      @truckingscouser 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @patrickmichaelspencecooler4768 I don't know what I was thinking when I posted that, it's not even a Fender headstock, pickups etc 😱😬

  • @robhuiting1041
    @robhuiting1041 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    lol , the way he sings and his dance moves
    Great

  • @glennmatchett
    @glennmatchett 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Amazing bit of archive. Thanks for sharing

    • @ScottishTeeVee
      @ScottishTeeVee  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for commenting and watching

  • @jonathanriches4419
    @jonathanriches4419 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    What a cool piece of history. They all look like they auditioned for post-70s blondie and got rejected haha. Definitely groovier and more cheerful than most tears for fears stuff, thanks for posting.

    • @John-c4r1o
      @John-c4r1o 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Look like buzzcocks, the jam etc. If they'd dropped the flute it would have been better...

    • @toomuchinformation
      @toomuchinformation 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@John-c4r1oIt gave them a Men At Work vibe.

  • @ohcaptainvideo
    @ohcaptainvideo 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    You can see the Beatles influence in the outfits and hairstyles😄 If it weren’t for the description I probably would not have known it was Curt & Roland. Classic!

    • @ScottishTeeVee
      @ScottishTeeVee  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks for watching and commenting

  • @horaciorau
    @horaciorau 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Increible!

  • @alukuhito
    @alukuhito 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is pretty disco. The TFF guys are moving like it's an exercise routine. I'm glad they made changes. Very strange host.

  • @jamescollings1834
    @jamescollings1834 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    For a pre-Tears song, I enjoyed that. Great catchy tune.

  • @Alistair_Spence
    @Alistair_Spence ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Bloody hell. I used to watch Runaround after getting home from school. Loved that show. I grew up in the Bath area and of course knew about Tears for Fears but I didn't know about Graduate. Very interesting bit of music history!

    • @SteveMullington
      @SteveMullington ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Used to watch Runaround myself after school. No idea they were in this band .

    • @davidtomlinson6138
      @davidtomlinson6138 ปีที่แล้ว

      I remember that .What was the one where kids had to pik up cabbages ?was that runaround?🤔🙂

    • @Mr.Wrong1
      @Mr.Wrong1 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​​@@davidtomlinson6138crackerjack. The double or drop segment was the bit with the cabbages.

  • @garymacdonald7165
    @garymacdonald7165 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think i remember seeing this coming back from school one day! Wouldnt have remembered it was Tears though!

  • @yolandacamino8188
    @yolandacamino8188 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing!! It sounds great. How young they were here. I like it!!

  • @Elucidarian
    @Elucidarian ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Boy, those kids were certainly a, um, perfunctory audience.

  • @paulleonard1862
    @paulleonard1862 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    My Dad was one of the directors for Runaround. I remember watching a couple of episodes from the audience. I also remember he described Mike Reid as difficult to direct because he had no patience with the kids taking part 😄

    • @victoroladuja2416
      @victoroladuja2416 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I can imagine him effing and blinding under his breath.😂😂😂

    • @rodgreene2687
      @rodgreene2687 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I could have sworn the host was Allen Ford!

    • @neilmac991
      @neilmac991 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Will you fkin kids sit dan

  • @starsapphirelee5714
    @starsapphirelee5714 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow, flute being cool!!

    • @AngstG
      @AngstG 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      shades of Jethro Tull...

    • @alwayscurious413
      @alwayscurious413 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Especially at that time - the ultimate 60s/prog instrument in the new wave era!

  • @pedrovanius2025
    @pedrovanius2025 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Eu tinha 6 anos nessa época !! 😅

  • @chatty_777
    @chatty_777 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    this band’s name was The Graduate (before they called themselves Tears For Fears)

  • @glenndarling738
    @glenndarling738 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    have the 10" album on vinyl and is one of my treasured belongings. Found it at a local record store (ska category) in New Jersey of all places.

    • @ucuuba
      @ucuuba ปีที่แล้ว

      So that’s where my copy ended up!! 😂

  • @TimJackson-eq6iy
    @TimJackson-eq6iy ปีที่แล้ว +10

    There is a photo of Curt and Roland at an early 80s King Crimson concert, totally enraptured. That explains how the went from this basic musical structure, to the more complex Tears For Fears arrangements.

  • @kevinfisher5492
    @kevinfisher5492 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I'm reminded a bit of Nine Below Zero in this, with a hint of Ian Anderson. Catchy tune, too.

    • @ScottishTeeVee
      @ScottishTeeVee  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah I can see the NBZ look and the flute is more Ian Anderson than any other band

  • @slimsantilli4476
    @slimsantilli4476 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That Burns guitar kicks ass.

  • @kshelaanofelaas1967
    @kshelaanofelaas1967 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I can hear the voices of Tears For Fears in this clip! Very Well Done Guys!!

  • @PhilMoskowitz
    @PhilMoskowitz ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "Everybody Wants to Rule the Playground".

  • @OhioDave1345
    @OhioDave1345 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Now. That was really weird

  • @Pulsonar
    @Pulsonar ปีที่แล้ว +25

    This is a fantastic trip back in time, the broadcast quality is amazing. The way Roland and Curt are playing and dancing is aggressive and punk in attitude. It’s a million miles away from the cool stage persona they had when they hit the big time with their mid 80s ballads and stadium anthems.

    • @throbbinwoodofcoxley6830
      @throbbinwoodofcoxley6830 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Punk, not even close. Disco…yes.

    • @davidaustin6962
      @davidaustin6962 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@throbbinwoodofcoxley6830 no, totally wrong beat for disco. Thank heavens.

    • @jamesortiz5388
      @jamesortiz5388 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They got lazy.

    • @md61211
      @md61211 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I was getting Madness vibes from that choreography

  • @AdrianCuyubambaDiaz
    @AdrianCuyubambaDiaz 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I loved watching this performance. At this early stage of their musical career they had no idea how big they would become.
    TFF is my favorite band since forever!

  • @JeremyReedMusic13
    @JeremyReedMusic13 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Roland and Kurt are amazing songwriters, performers and musicians! This was great to see 😃🤩

  • @MartyMcTube
    @MartyMcTube ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Wow. Then suddenly, the flute played itself.

    • @beds139
      @beds139 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The magic of television 😅😅😅

    • @wollowiese72
      @wollowiese72 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      F*** the f***** flute and sodding TV. It's all bs!

    • @quad5186
      @quad5186 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      It was the resurgence of the Magic Flute from H.R. Pufenstuf😂

    • @chewie2055
      @chewie2055 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That magical tambourine flute combo..

    • @sd30001
      @sd30001 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      He got into the tambourine too much and forgot the flute 😂

  • @ceciliamiranda3203
    @ceciliamiranda3203 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Roland desde el inicio de si carrera, seguro de su mismo,con mucho aplomo, cómodo en el escenario,cómo dominandolo, conquistando al público!

  • @digitalneko7975
    @digitalneko7975 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I can definitely hear their ground work here, just amazing talents. Don't forget how U2 started too.

  • @simonwinn387
    @simonwinn387 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Kurt and Roland are such a talent, thank you for all your fantastic music guys . They were absolutely epic in the 80s heyday

  • @DemetriusSorvo
    @DemetriusSorvo ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I wish there was more swaying in this performance. It could use more swaying.

    • @allendracabal0819
      @allendracabal0819 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Conversely, it has just the right amount of cowbell.

  • @edwinf.triana2190
    @edwinf.triana2190 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Adoro esa banda ¡¡ y obvio a los Tears for fears, aquí se nota que Curt y Roland han dado su vida por hacer música, respetos totales.

  • @brianf3207
    @brianf3207 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Wow! I’ve never seen this before, thanks for digging this up😊

    • @ScottishTeeVee
      @ScottishTeeVee  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'm glad you watched and enjoyed this video Brian

  • @morgan4212
    @morgan4212 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I find it oddly interesting
    I keep going back to it

  • @fugzao
    @fugzao 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Priceless!
    The kids in the audience don't look like they're too in to it, but I guarantee you they love TFF now.
    You can already see very clearly that Curt and Roland were a cut above the other folks in the band. I wonder what happened to them. Love it.

  • @anibalbabilonia1867
    @anibalbabilonia1867 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Wow! Never heard this song before!! What a rare treat!!👌😎👍

    • @juliecrook4515
      @juliecrook4515 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      What a great treat🥴🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣it’s terrible…it’s made my day chuckling at this…so in that respect..I agree👍🤪

  • @200405InVision
    @200405InVision ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Kick out the style!
    Bring back the jam!
    Sowing the seeds of love

  • @PaulaMMH
    @PaulaMMH ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Thank you for uploading this, it's great when people share these, it's my first time seeing it

  • @rexdeveraux
    @rexdeveraux หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    They remind me of the early XTC, especially the guitar and the singing.

  • @jasonsmith4888
    @jasonsmith4888 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    1:38, I went back in time and told them to work on their middle 8's, they took the advice.

  • @peak420
    @peak420 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    This song is so cahtchy, and the moves are epic lmao

    • @ScottishTeeVee
      @ScottishTeeVee  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thanks for watching and commenting John

  • @meowsicle7463
    @meowsicle7463 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    i'm entranced by how angry/intense that lead vocalist is, he's performing at an entirely different level from everyone else in that room.

    • @martinscase3904
      @martinscase3904 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Must've scared the hell out of the kids...

    • @oldschoolgeek4199
      @oldschoolgeek4199 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It's Roland Orzabal, futur lead composer and singer of Tears For Fears

  • @richatlarge462
    @richatlarge462 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Whoa, this is hilarious, I never knew about this incarnation of the band. But they had the attitude and could really sing! (probably playback but they could still sing as we know)

  • @randallreid424
    @randallreid424 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I’ve never heard this and I f ing love it. I’ve always been a fan

  • @judithtaylor716
    @judithtaylor716 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What an enjoyable video... it is so great to see the very young Roland and Curt. Funny how two young musicians can be part of your life for so many years... and now they have given us Tipping Point. I have never heard this song before. I wish they would add it to their set list for the next tour... it is so fun.

  • @ant6695
    @ant6695 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    This was before they were Tears For Fears, they were called "Graduate", they tried their hand at being a mod band, like The Jam.
    The TV show was called "Runaround" and was a kids show, presented by comedian and later EastEnders actor Mike Read.

    • @markl8740
      @markl8740 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah and it was 1980, not 1978!

    • @hunglikeafruitfly6722
      @hunglikeafruitfly6722 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      glad they changed it up , this song crap , but mad world and everybody wants to rule the world masterpieces

    • @markl8740
      @markl8740 ปีที่แล้ว

      y6722 Agreed. I'm also a big fan of Mother's Talk.

    • @johno4521
      @johno4521 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oi, turn it in, kids!
      Runaround, starting....Naah!

    • @jeffkaufman9875
      @jeffkaufman9875 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @Mark And I’m a big fan of Mother’s Milk…

  • @canuck64
    @canuck64 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Even at 17 yrs old in this clip, Rolland and Curt had it all... those guys were and still are pure talent!!

  • @JuniorJr_23
    @JuniorJr_23 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This band was the bomb in the 80s. Glad to see their first TV appearance video.

    • @alukuhito
      @alukuhito 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Graduate?

  • @prettyyoungthingpyt5015
    @prettyyoungthingpyt5015 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Roland had that intensity! Destined for greatness!! TFF is my favorite band.

  • @annikaluke9923
    @annikaluke9923 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Watch out for those swinging axes kids! Great video, a taste of the greatness they would become.

  • @sararichmond8476
    @sararichmond8476 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This is really out of left field. A penpal of mine introduced me to Graduate, then I saw TFF live in the mid 80s being all cool and polished following the release of Big Chair, and one afternoon I walked past a hotel and saw Curt and Roland getting into their car, there was Head Over Heels in the Donnie Darko movie and Seeds of Love playing in a store everyday where I worked , one of my major fave musicians Steven Wilson has worked with them and I watched a live BBC concert a little while back when on hols and my flatmate has most of their stuff now. They've been following me around for decades! And fine cos they're not a bad band at all! My fave song is Sea Song. Btw, big shout out to all my old penpals from back in the day....we used to write a heck of a load of letters about TFF, there was a massive worldwide TFF network then in the 80s before the time of Social Media. We found a way. Happy days! 😻

    • @jevandro9484
      @jevandro9484 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hello good afternoon, do you know what happened to the other members of this band?

  • @arcadia1081
    @arcadia1081 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great find! Actually having been through Big Chair etc my fave album is actually Roland's own "Elemental" with "Mr Pesssimister" being a fave.

  • @1oolabob
    @1oolabob ปีที่แล้ว +65

    In 1978, the world was not ready for what this band would become. They were hip enough to popular tastes at this point to know that they could connect with the audience better by playing guitars instead of synths, but their way with a song was already in full bloom.
    To be honest, it was the 90s before I was willing to admit how good they are.
    I love this rare early video. Thank you for posting.

    • @ScottishTeeVee
      @ScottishTeeVee  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I'm glad you enjoyed it 🙂

    • @beds139
      @beds139 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ScottishTeeVeeThis is 1980.

    • @ScottishTeeVee
      @ScottishTeeVee  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@beds139 On YT the more comments a video gets the more YT promotes it to others, so if I put in a very obvious incorrect detail, people jump in to correct the mistake and they comment, where as they would never have sone so before. The result being that this video has had 40,000 views inside the last 3 days and 125,000 inside the last week.

    • @Djvic2007
      @Djvic2007 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It.s not TFF...The name of the band was Graduate... with members of new bands when they disbanded..TFF and Naked Eyes

    • @ScottishTeeVee
      @ScottishTeeVee  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Djvic2007 Totally correct. However 99% of TFF fans probably have never heard of "Graduate" and this video would have been lucky to have 1460 views inside the last week, had I stated the correct name and year in the title. Where as with a little imagination, this video has had 146,000 views inside the last two weeks and now many TFF fans have an idea who Graduate were.

  • @rtcharge
    @rtcharge 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Never seen this, well maybe as a kid. Loved them since the 80s, thanks

  • @raphag8872
    @raphag8872 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    cela reste dans la tête. Bravo.👍👏🙏👍👏😁. On ressent déjà le talent❤❤

  • @ReformfortheUK
    @ReformfortheUK ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love the way the credits are jerky as they scroll up the screen. Deliciously retro!

  • @claramacario8894
    @claramacario8894 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Aqui o Roland e Curt estão com o cabelo cortado e cantando semelhante aos Beatles, até que a música é envolvente, contagiante, isso lembra o início da carreira deles!

  • @nycfilmgirl11
    @nycfilmgirl11 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    I can’t quite get over this... It’s so fun and catchy! TFF are my favorite band, and I knew absolutely nothing of this earlier venture. The in synch moves are to die, total Beatles maniacs moves!

    • @therespectedlex9794
      @therespectedlex9794 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You don't read up on your heroes then.

    • @cd3949
      @cd3949 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Beatles weren't a bunch of spaz's like these dudes though.

    • @Greenballoffire
      @Greenballoffire ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cd3949 why do you say that?

    • @PAULLONDEN
      @PAULLONDEN ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Greenballoffire He might've been somewhat rude , but the Beatles never moved like that .

    • @tonycatman
      @tonycatman ปีที่แล้ว

      If you want more, then I remember my friend buying an EP by the Graduates.
      From memory - they included a song "Elvis Should Play Ska". Four great songs altogether if you can find them.

  • @Ivan_Yt100K
    @Ivan_Yt100K 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Oh my god!! Awesome buddy..Greetings from Argentina! WE ALL LOVE TEARS FOR FEARS...

  • @PaganAtheistWiccan
    @PaganAtheistWiccan ปีที่แล้ว +6

    i thought dude with the flute was gonna bust into a men at work solo for a sec....

  • @anthonycantu8879
    @anthonycantu8879 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Oh man, it took me a second to realize that Curt Smith was on the bass! And that's Roland all over that stage. Yep! Well, there they are, TFF in the making. Wow! TFF is in my top three best bands of all time, to me. Love it! Wow!

    • @anthonycantu8879
      @anthonycantu8879 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @ronniedoorzon1576 "Everybody wants to rule the world" and "Shout," of course. There is plenty about them to admire.
      I saw them in concert, once, in Reno. What an evening that was. They had just released their "Everybody loves a happy ending" album.