One of their biggest songs. I remember watching this video on mtv when it came out in 1984, it was in heavy rotation. There were 4 members back then, guitar, bass, keyboards ,and drums. Today it's just 2 of them. Disturbed covered this song on their debut album in 2000.
Yeah there's this one, Everybody Wants to Rule the World, and Mad World are the ones I can think of. I remember the Disturbed one, but I didn't like that cover as much as Land of Confusion or The Sound of Silence
@@AceofBadeReacts Yeah, they had their finger on the pulse for certain in the 80's. Because there was no internet it was all about seeing it on music shows here in the UK (there was really only one music show that EVERYBODY watched) and playground buzz at school. Ahhh... the distant, neon, slightly damp 80's.
Tears For Fears have always been a duo, but they've enlisted other musicians at various stages of their career. Ian Stanley on Keyboards played a big part in this album and their previous album The Hurting, the drummer is Manny Elias. By their third album Tears For Fears had dropped Stanley and and enlisted other musicians, including guest musicians on various songs, Phil Collins played a drum part on their single Woman In Chains, which also included the beautiful and supremely talented Oleta Adams on piano and guest vocals. The two members of Tears For Fears are Roland Orzebal vocals and guitar, and Curt Smith on vocals and bass. TFF are unique in the fact that both singers sing lead vocal on certain songs. Roland who sings Shout, has a real powerful voice which is suited to this kind of song. Curt's voice isn't as powerful but it is very soulful. Curt in fact, sings lead vocal on their biggest hit Everybody Wants To Rule The World, he also sings lead on their earlier hit singles, Mad World, Change and Pale Shelter, but whoever sings, they usually team up for the chorus where their voices blend beautifully together. Please check out Woman In Chains which has Roland sharing vocals with Oleta Adams, and Advice For The Young At Heart which has Curt on lead vocal.
@@AceofBadeReacts On the third album yes, they broke up after the third album, and didn't speak to each other for 9 years. Roland made two further albums under the TFF banner. The duo reformed in 2004 and made a new album appropriately called, Everybody Loves A Happy Ending. Curt had started recording with an american musician called Charlton Petus. Petus worked on the 2004 album with the duo, and performed on stage with the duo during their world tours, they added another American called Doug Petty, they also have an american drummer called Jamie Wollen, the six piece stage group is completed by a female vocalist, usually Carina Round, but they have also used Lauren Evans when Carina has been busy touring with her band. In 2017, Roland's long time wife died. The duo recorded a new album in 2022 with their stage band playing on the recording, the album is called The Tipping Point, and features a couple of songs about the death of Roland's wife, the title track, which both Roland and Curt sing throughout, and a song called Please Be Happy, Roland broke down everytime he tried to record the vocal for the song, so he asked Curt to sing it, it is very poignant and beautiful, and Curt gives it the treatment the song deserves, Curt having known Roland's wife from school.
I wish Roland would write a book about his life and Tears for Fears experience. Because from just the little I've heard, he's really been through some stuff. Good one here, y'all.
@@AceofBadeReacts I don't know much but I think his wife Caroline had an issue with alcohol or depression or something and after thirty or forty years together with him trying to help her, it finally killed her. I can't imagine what he must have been through. I need to look it up and get more info myself. Sounds like a hell of a story.
I love it's therapeutic 'shout, shout' chant but underneath all that is a simmering rage or resentment that strikes me more than the chorus BUT !!! (make your own big but jokes) as the song builds and he shouts (ha ha) "I'd really love to BREAK your heart", that gets me in the chest every time then the guitars krang through the to the fade out... Masterpiece. Recommend Tears For Fears - Sowing the Seeds.
@@AceofBadeReacts I kind of like songs that allow the listener find themselves within the song. I think each verse is a scenario unto itself. Each one with a reason to shout.
They are a great band, & still performing today. An updated live performance video of Woman in Chains with Oleta Adams, is a good one. ''Tears for Fears are an English pop rock band formed in Bath in 1981 by Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal. Founded after the dissolution of their first band, the mod-influenced Graduate, Tears for Fears were associated with the new wave synthesizer bands of the 1980s, and attained international chart success as part of the Second British Invasion.''
@@patriciacanadiansenior8130 for sure. From what I can tell, the first invasion was the 60s. I'm sure there was one pretty much every decade through the 2000s
Great reaction! Very talented band, quite sophisticated for the 80s...I HIGHLY recommend another of their songs: Woman In Chains, my favourite of theirs. Cheers from South Australia
No matter when I listen to that song, I have tears in my eyes and wanna go back to the 80s. :) Listen also to: Break it down again, Change, Everybody wants to rule the world, Goodnight song, Head over heels, Mad world, Pale shelter, Sowing the seeds of love, Woman in chains.
Best Brit pop band ever IMO. Incredibly, they are still touring and putting out new albums to this day! Seen them in concert a few times over recent years and they do not disappoint. Even better live than on their studio tracks. Unlike most bands that have been around this long, they have done a really good job preserving their voices. The two singers actually have distinctly different voices, but they can harmonize very well when they want to.
@@AceofBadeReacts Hard to say. Once they had a split ticket with Hall & Oates in an arena. Once they played at a smaller venue on the bay in San Diego. And, most recently, they played an amphitheater for their new album 'The Tipping Point', with Garbage opening. All three times were fantastic. Wish I could have seen them back in the day when I was in high school, but I was more of a metal head back then.
Interesting how you don't hear the guitar before you paused. The drums & keys are prevalent but so is Roland Orzabal's rhythm guitar playing. And despite this song being predominantly drums & keys-centric, what makes this song standout is Orzabal's amazing guitar solo towards the conclusion of the song.
One of the Top 5 songs of the 80s
It's a great song
This used to be my all-time favorite song when it came out. I was like 13 yrs old then.😊
That's awesome
The keyboard player played a big part in their songs. He was part of the band. The video's show the band as a whole. The band was really those three.
Yeah they showed everyone pretty well
One of their biggest songs. I remember watching this video on mtv when it came out in 1984, it was in heavy rotation. There were 4 members back then, guitar, bass, keyboards ,and drums. Today it's just 2 of them.
Disturbed covered this song on their debut album in 2000.
Yeah there's this one, Everybody Wants to Rule the World, and Mad World are the ones I can think of. I remember the Disturbed one, but I didn't like that cover as much as Land of Confusion or The Sound of Silence
Yeah, I remember MTV Europe playing the hell out of this even after it was the current single. Loved it.
@@UnhandyCandy280 I feel like it's an iconic song at this point and probably back then too
@@AceofBadeReacts Yeah, they had their finger on the pulse for certain in the 80's. Because there was no internet it was all about seeing it on music shows here in the UK (there was really only one music show that EVERYBODY watched) and playground buzz at school. Ahhh... the distant, neon, slightly damp 80's.
Tears For Fears have always been a duo, but they've enlisted other musicians at various stages of their career. Ian Stanley on Keyboards played a big part in this album and their previous album The Hurting, the drummer is Manny Elias. By their third album Tears For Fears had dropped Stanley and and enlisted other musicians, including guest musicians on various songs, Phil Collins played a drum part on their single Woman In Chains, which also included the beautiful and supremely talented Oleta Adams on piano and guest vocals. The two members of Tears For Fears are Roland Orzebal vocals and guitar, and Curt Smith on vocals and bass. TFF are unique in the fact that both singers sing lead vocal on certain songs. Roland who sings Shout, has a real powerful voice which is suited to this kind of song. Curt's voice isn't as powerful but it is very soulful. Curt in fact, sings lead vocal on their biggest hit Everybody Wants To Rule The World, he also sings lead on their earlier hit singles, Mad World, Change and Pale Shelter, but whoever sings, they usually team up for the chorus where their voices blend beautifully together. Please check out Woman In Chains which has Roland sharing vocals with Oleta Adams, and Advice For The Young At Heart which has Curt on lead vocal.
Thank you for the information. That's pretty cool they had guests come in and play the other instruments. I'll add those to the list
@@AceofBadeReacts On the third album yes, they broke up after the third album, and didn't speak to each other for 9 years. Roland made two further albums under the TFF banner. The duo reformed in 2004 and made a new album appropriately called, Everybody Loves A Happy Ending. Curt had started recording with an american musician called Charlton Petus. Petus worked on the 2004 album with the duo, and performed on stage with the duo during their world tours, they added another American called Doug Petty, they also have an american drummer called Jamie Wollen, the six piece stage group is completed by a female vocalist, usually Carina Round, but they have also used Lauren Evans when Carina has been busy touring with her band. In 2017, Roland's long time wife died. The duo recorded a new album in 2022 with their stage band playing on the recording, the album is called The Tipping Point, and features a couple of songs about the death of Roland's wife, the title track, which both Roland and Curt sing throughout, and a song called Please Be Happy, Roland broke down everytime he tried to record the vocal for the song, so he asked Curt to sing it, it is very poignant and beautiful, and Curt gives it the treatment the song deserves, Curt having known Roland's wife from school.
I wish Roland would write a book about his life and Tears for Fears experience. Because from just the little I've heard, he's really been through some stuff.
Good one here, y'all.
Oh really? Interesting. some bad stuff?
@@AceofBadeReacts I don't know much but I think his wife Caroline had an issue with alcohol or depression or something and after thirty or forty years together with him trying to help her, it finally killed her.
I can't imagine what he must have been through.
I need to look it up and get more info myself. Sounds like a hell of a story.
@@Shabenn Oh wow. That is awful
I love it's therapeutic 'shout, shout' chant but underneath all that is a simmering rage or resentment that strikes me more than the chorus BUT !!! (make your own big but jokes) as the song builds and he shouts (ha ha) "I'd really love to BREAK your heart", that gets me in the chest every time then the guitars krang through the to the fade out... Masterpiece. Recommend Tears For Fears - Sowing the Seeds.
There's probably a way deeper meaning than what we were initially thinking
@@AceofBadeReacts I kind of like songs that allow the listener find themselves within the song. I think each verse is a scenario unto itself. Each one with a reason to shout.
@@UnhandyCandy280 I can agree with that
They are a great band, & still performing today. An updated live performance video of Woman in Chains with Oleta Adams, is a good one.
''Tears for Fears are an English pop rock band formed in Bath in 1981 by Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal. Founded after the dissolution of their first band, the mod-influenced Graduate, Tears for Fears were associated with the new wave synthesizer bands of the 1980s, and attained international chart success as part of the Second British Invasion.''
How many British Invasions were there?
@@AceofBadeReacts No idea, but it seemed to start with the Beatles.
@@patriciacanadiansenior8130 for sure. From what I can tell, the first invasion was the 60s. I'm sure there was one pretty much every decade through the 2000s
@@AceofBadeReacts Some really good stuff came from there!
This is a really fun song to play on drums too
I can imagine
Great reaction! Very talented band, quite sophisticated for the 80s...I HIGHLY recommend another of their songs: Woman In Chains, my favourite of theirs. Cheers from South Australia
They do have a sophisticated sound for the 80s. I'll add it to the list
What is your favorite Tears for Fears song?
Probably Mad World
Head Over Heels
Pale Shelter
"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is the most perfect song ever arranged.
I remember when this first premiered on MTV, and how joyful I felt it was...and still feel that.
I've swam through Durdle Door - the archway in the cliff. It's a beautiful area.
No matter when I listen to that song, I have tears in my eyes and wanna go back to the 80s. :)
Listen also to: Break it down again, Change, Everybody wants to rule the world, Goodnight song, Head over heels, Mad world, Pale shelter, Sowing the seeds of love, Woman in chains.
It would have been awesome to see some of these bands at the height of their career. Thanks for the list. I have added them to the list
@@AceofBadeReacts my pleasure. I was 5 years old at the time and tried to sing the chorus with a friend. These memories are so great.
A song from a very big chair
For me, greatest band of the 80's
I've only heard a couple of songs by them, but in terms of 80s music I think they are really good
Best Brit pop band ever IMO. Incredibly, they are still touring and putting out new albums to this day! Seen them in concert a few times over recent years and they do not disappoint. Even better live than on their studio tracks. Unlike most bands that have been around this long, they have done a really good job preserving their voices. The two singers actually have distinctly different voices, but they can harmonize very well when they want to.
That's so cool you got to see them live. What was your favorite concert?
@@AceofBadeReacts Hard to say. Once they had a split ticket with Hall & Oates in an arena. Once they played at a smaller venue on the bay in San Diego. And, most recently, they played an amphitheater for their new album 'The Tipping Point', with Garbage opening. All three times were fantastic. Wish I could have seen them back in the day when I was in high school, but I was more of a metal head back then.
@@norwegianblue2017 that's awesome. Yeah I grew up being a metal head too, but have been branching out over the last 8 years or so
Interesting how you don't hear the guitar before you paused. The drums & keys are prevalent but so is Roland Orzabal's rhythm guitar playing. And despite this song being predominantly drums & keys-centric, what makes this song standout is Orzabal's amazing guitar solo towards the conclusion of the song.
Yeah they did a great job with the arrangement of the instrumentation of this song
It sounds like the Drummer used a drum machine on the recordings.
It's possible and it could be for the studio version of the song
It sounds like a machine to start out and the song got more real instrumenty as it went on.
Filmed at Lulworth Cove, Dorset, England. Awesomeness personified ... :)
Definitely looks like a really cool location to check out
Roland the main singer in this song plays guitar
Curt plays the bass
Still playing and recording up to now.
Thank you for the information
Was this filmed on the English coast near Cornwall?
I think someone mentioned that, yeah
Dursley Door is on the south Dorset coast near Lulworth Cove. It is closer to London than it is to Cornwall.
To this day, I've never figured out if Roland is Tears and Curt is Fears, or is it the other way around?
The answer is yes
please check out the working hour and start of the breakdown live 1983 you guys will love it!! cheers!!
I'll add them to the list
Cool British Band.....
They really are
Can you please react to. Closest thing to heaven by Tears for fears, music video request plz
Check out DISTURBED'S cover of this SHOUT 2000 LIVE
I'll add it to the list
Please please please play Tears for Fears - Sowing the seeds of love video Please Guys I would truly appreciate it Thanks
That one is on the list to check out
@AceofBadeReacts ok Great you Definitely won't be Disappointed Trust Me when I tell you