I could listen to these people all day long. Roland's deep British voice is so relaxing and amazing. Never change Tears for Fears. Never change!!! I had the biggest crush on Curt in the 80's. I didn't get to grow up in that era! I miss the 80's so much!!! Tears for Fears forever!!! I hope I get the chance to meet them some day!!!
....very elegant men. They look as though they have been taking care of themselves. I understand why their fans are bonkers about them. They exhibit a level of musical integrity that seems to be missing/disposable these days. I am abundantly appreciative of the fact that they decided to give it a "go." I am enjoying (greatly) my renewed alignment with their work. Much Thanks for posting this...and thank the universe for "TH-cam."
Those guys are crazy for thinking they were unattractive in their early videos. They were and still are absolutely gorgeous. Curt has those perfect angelic facial features and Roland has those dreamy eyes and sexy lips.💜So much for Curt's video predictions ...now runs to ,watch The Tipping Point...😀
I LOVE the way they started to get comfortable during the interview as appose to the tension in the beginning. Curt started leaning over more and more.. he was the first to look at Roland. He made Roland laugh when he said you didn't age after Roland joked about looking exactly the same 22:25. It was cool to see this. LOVE Tears for Fears and watched their 2016 and 2017 Live Concerts. The chemistry between the two of them was there. Their BOND is stronger than ever! They have so much Fun on stage together.
Terry Porter I am OBSESSED with the sound of his voice!! He can hit so many notes, it's amazing :D He has great lips too, but you wouldn't be able to see that on audio books. darn lol
Tina Jane Oxnam. He was soooo hot in the 80s, early 90s. Like adorable and sexy at the same time. I still have a crush on him, even at his current age he is attractive to me.
Remember when in 1989/1990, Curt and Roland could barely look at each other, like being so angry? Now I see some calming peace between those two. They have grown up and they’re not the same young boys from the 80’s. They have made peaces together and now they’re back again as friends, as musicians and partners in crime. Love them ❤️🇲🇽
Curt is even more handsome now than when he was in his 20s, but I always had eyes for Roland. I first fell in love watching the Head Over Heels video 🥰
They are so talented, I just can't stop saying that cause it's true… Great musicians, it's glad to see them together… And of course they're gorgeous inside and outside… Love them both!
It's interesting to see two people that wouldn't choose to work with each other decide to make it work. If they can work together creatively, then there is no excuse for war. Good job, gentlemen.
you kidding right? Multi platinum and gold albums throught the eighties..many worldwide hits.. and you think they are underrated? They are one of the biggest and most respected groups from England.
Most of the great music of the 80's was dismissed as fake mainly because of MTV. TFF was the best of the 80's. The Seeds Of Love is a masterpiece from start to end, even the songs left off the original LP are great. Happy Ending is great too. I just wish they would get some new stuff to us, we need it in 2020. I understand that there have been some illness and personal tragedy hindering them, so when it happens it will happen and it will be great I am sure.
Great interview! Curt & Roland are both incredibly talented. This album is a masterpiece! They are both so down to earth and such a delight to hear them speak. Roland is so adorable; I had the biggest crush on him. So intelligent and charming!
I could listen to them talk about their past, records, memories, music, companies they worked with, performances and families forever!! They're just so inspiring!! I love them as people and I love their music so much!! ♫♫❤❤
I fell in love with them when I was in college: blown away by Shout. Saw them in San Diego in July and Los Angeles in Sept 2017. Both concerts were spectacular. Their voices and petfeomances are amazing!
Everybody’s a critic, should be the name of this record. Some 80s artists love to hate on themselves, when they were amazingly instrumental in inspiring the best in music from that time forward. The fact that videos were made mainstream in the 80s make people cringe. I hate my pics from that time too, and now kids are looking at you and taking fashion from your look from that time. Appreciate yourselves. You made music when people used their limbic systems much more drastically. You made your audience feel something not by just your music but videos and shows. Your are the beginning of the end of what it means to be truly human. You sit in a priceless space.
Tears for Fears will always be at the top of the mountain for me. They've gotten the through a 38 year long fight with a brain tumor and other medical problems that have resulted from it and I am thankfulful for their musical influence on my life even though I have to give God his fair share!!!
I think that last comment re: Curt not being able to sing is unfair. He certainly could sing when they were making albums in the 80s and whilst his voice was never anywhere near as powerful as Roland’s, he had an interesting, melancholic voice that added a lot to TFF songs. Especially when singing with Roland, their voices mesh incredibly well. These days he has lost the power he did have and as singers get older their voices do age with them and they tend to have more “bad” vocal days than they used to, especially when they’re touring. I’ve heard some sketchy performances from him and I’ve heard some great ones. I would say the same of Roland, there’s occasions where his vocals have been sketchy and almost cringeworthy, but that’s just what happens when you’ve used your voice to make your living for so long. It starts to degrade. I certainly don’t think Roland is underrated in fact I see more criticism of Curt and admiration of Roland within the TFF fandom than anything else. The same may not be true outside the fandom but I would argue the same is true of any band. It is usually the frontman who will get the praise and attention whilst the other band members, some of whom may have contributed a great deal to the writing of songs, are largely ignored. Whilst I don’t think there is anyone here that would disagree that Roland is the songwriter, driving force, and the better singer, he clearly missed his partner in crime (saying in previous interviews Curt is his muse and he always wrote for him and his voice, even when they weren’t talking) They have an incredible musical chemistry that works for them both and they feel working together brings about something special, otherwise why would they continue to record music and tour when it is clear that their relationship is still complicated and something that they have to work hard to maintain. Pitting one against the other is pointless when they have decided they want to be together and no-one (not even Curt) would disagree that Roland has the superior talent.
Good interview. Loved "The groupies are older", lol. Doing interviews for the press must be the worst part of the whole process. You hear the same questions over and over and over again.
Roland and Curt are so honest and cool. They both show, Curt rather reluctantly, how discomfiting to be a public artist in these Times. The interviewers eventually were pretty good in their own right but I wish they'd probed a bit more about why it is that Orzabal and Smith have been so consistently decent and Humanistic in their choices, their craft and lyrical content. For example, when the artists said repeatedly that certain tracks were especially "hard" for them to make, I mean, "hard" how? Why hard? Did they mean technically hard? Artistically? Emotionally? Roland at one point states that they worked not to repeat themselves. That alone must be a very hard goal to achieve, and achieve it of course they did do. Brilliantly. It makes me very happy to see those two instinctive gents settle into middle age. They don't seem to construe how elegantly each of them has pulled off that feat. We all benefit from that, obviously. Just wanted to say so. It's due them. Their last album really was pristine and very affecting also. I like that they both state that we may or may not have heard the last from them, that it's just up them. That's as it should be, surely. Personally I'd be so proud to have done any possible fraction of what they have done, jointly and severally. The interviewers should have recognized this a mite more as a golden opportunity to stare Art in the face and to enquire how artmaking actually happens. Instead they took about ten questions just to put Roland and Curt at relative ease, when this effect could have been achieved immediately, with a single discerning question. Pick the question. It doesn't much matter which one, so long as it's not hack.
It's such a shame Roland in the younger years was not comfortable as a celeb. But when their band was formed they made massive hits that people loved. If I was Roland I would look back by watching a Tears for Fears song like Everybody wants to rule to the world and just see how lucky he was back then.
never mind the personalities,or how things were or how things are now,never mind age,or how old you look,its the music that's important and if you enjoy making it,enjoy listening.
Chris rainbow its not just the music I am glad they are friends again its sad when the business rips friends apart the reason they are so successful together is they have chemistry the songs are great but its also that they are actually friends they are not just hired musicians put together they did it
These dudes had a solid place in my college years. Their music was made for a specific time period - a certain euro-pop-synch-complexity. Lyrically they were a notch above other group - hard to maintain though. Good job lads!
Funny how they didn't enjoy their most successful part of their careers. Now their families are their treasures. I hope they have happy lives. They gave us joy in the 80s.
October of 1985 (when I was in third grade), I bought the "Songs From The Big Chair" Album and I have been heavily influenced by this Band ever since. I saw them in San Francisco, CALIFORNIA in 2004 and they were AWESOME!!! TFF= Pure Genius.
+Daniel Marquis i left a comment on the 1986 brit awards. You should read it. Both loved them around the same time, and seen them around the same time :)
Daniel Marquis I was a freshman in high school in October 1985. I have always loved Tears For Fears from the beginning. One of the best bands ever. Songs From The Big Chair one of the best albums ever. Total geniuses musically and lyrically.
These guys are the real deal they are amazing artists and they do set great examples as artists to they are real and genuine to pure I love them dearly I want always tears for fears to live on there the best band out there.
Que Hermosoooos Curt Smith y Roland Orzabal en la entrevista. Son tan simpaticos y tan expresivos . I love you Tears For Fears . Se lo merecen todo .💋💋💋💋🌻🌻🌻🌻🌏🐬🐬🐬TFF
It's tragic these two couldn't of gotten along better. Their first album was my first album/cassette. I have so much debt in music selection and these guys are such a big reason. They were way before their time and their sound is endless. Roy orbizal is an amazing vocalist is a Major reason why I sing today. And for that I'm greatful.....
Very underrated and unfortunately grouped with 80s music as if they had no musical talent whatsoever. But in fact, they have tons of musical talent. Plus they seem very genuine.
What are you talking about. 80's music was when everyone had musical talent. The 80's were a great time to enjoy music. I mostly grew up in the 90's and I'm 33 now, but I love 80's music. The 80's and 90's had some great musical talent and Tears for Fears was one of the best and still is. I was jamming to them in my car on the way home from work today.
your music all around is truly great... the new stuff and the old stuff.... in the eighties you both looked great.... and you still look great... and of course sound great... thanks for the music guys.
Em 4:07 Curt Smith fala " ...acho que atualmente ( 2004 ) 80% da música é descartável..." Oq será que ele pensa hoje? Aqui no Brasil a coisa degringolou precipício abaixo e não tem volta! A cultura é uma coisa complicada né! Uns choram, outro riem....O que vende no Brasil hoje me faz chorar de desgosto mas enriquece muita gente! Mas, viva Tears For Fears que está na estrada em 2023 para nos alegrar! Quem leu esse comentário, procure o álbum "The Tipping Point " que está excepcional!
This is a good interview, it's great to see how time can changes our outlooks, we mature, and what once seemed so important just isn't anymore. Progress :)
Interesting interview and I really like a lot of their songs from the past. Shame the way people fall out in the music industry but that's the way it goes I guess. I reckon they should just shout, shout and let it all out, they really are things they can do without. Come on, I'm talking to them. Come on. Sure it's a mad world.
if Roland had just come clean and say "hey, I took the spotlight and creative lead after a while and you got left on the side and eventually dropped Curt. I let my ego get in the way and i'm sorry".
Exactly. If you listen to Curt's solo stuff, it's extremely good and he's a strong creative engine, which hasn't always been recognised - he should have been allowed to contribute more. Looks like the record company tried to push Curt out and for a time Roland went with it. Yes Roland has a deep booming voice and good sardonic lyrics, a massive talent, but it is mistaken and too simplistic to say 'Roland is the musical genius'.
I think Ro was a bit jealous of Curt because Curt was the voice of all the hits, but i think Ro was the main man and wrote most of those hits, so he felt put out by Curt being the 'star' and him not so much. So he did Elemental to prove that he was the main man, and it worked, it's such a brilliant album, but he was very abusive lyrically to Curt on that album, so i agree he should have just apologised about that. He had proved his point, but it has caused upset between them both which still carries on even today. Roland is the real talent in TFF, but Curt is the voice, and they need to realise that but also recognise that it is part of what makes them unique.
Love them have since i was 13 . Had a night of looking at interviews with them and i’m struck that Roland comes across somewhat negative a lot. Curt seems so much more upbeat. Don’t know what happened between them but it’s a shame,it’s still evident there’s an awkwardness within they’re relationship. After looking at they’re career tonight Curt was as big an influence in the band for me than Roland i always thought it the other way for years ...
I don’t understand why they didn’t like the way they looked in the early years. They were both adorable. Believe me, I like pics of me 15 years ago WAY better than pics of me today (yes, my profile pic is current, lol).
@@candysweet434 At the time when Roland was young he called himself ugly...only inretrospect did he see he was so cute and even better looking in the 1990s!! I was 10nwhen The Hurting came out I remember with SFTBC Roland saying they were the ugly Wham...never a Wham fan loved TFF from first listen is 1983
I don't think they were underrated at all. But the U.S. media in the 90s thought that most bands of the eighties especially the ones with one hit or even two hit wonders, were a joke. Plus, whether you want to accept it or not, it's the U.S. music world that drives pop music. I don't hear anyone saying I need a big music hit in the. ... UK, Italy, Australia... fill in the blank. Doesn't mean it's right, but just how it is. I love eighties music since I grew up listening to it on the radio.
After their reunion it makes me curious what would happen or what it'd be like if I tried to reunite with my best friend that I haven't talked to in 7 years.
Roland is so thoughtful and cerebral in his approach to music and life in general. Curt also seems to have matured and I much prefer the way he comes across today than back in the 80s, when he struck me as shallow, opinionated and up himself.
They talk down about there past records that made them. i still think there great now. They cheer me up. I understand there emotions are now differant and feel they have the need to go forwood with that, But the old stuff where hits. Doesent mean there new music will be. I also like videos so i can watch them over again. But they dont. Keep singing the hits lads. There is a need for good music.
If TFF plan to return, they may focus a lot more on their UK audiences and what their plan of standing within the music world is actually going to be all about. ELAHE was a fantastic album, but the bands lack of effort toward their fans ruined it, and I think they knew that damn rightly and just couldn't be bothered to do anything about it. Come on guys, this is the working hour!
If they released a new record that comprised the best elements of the first 2 albums and got some decent marketing and planning behind them, they could be absolutely huge again. It's time to ditch the sixties melodic vibe and go back to their roots and looking at the covers they've uploaded to utube, I'm guessing this could be the way the new music is heading.
To say Roland was the heart of Tears for Fears would be an understatement. Roland participated in writing almost all their songs, most of which were written in their ENTIRETY by him. Covering all their best hits like Mad World, Seeds of Love, Everybody wants to rule the world, pale shelter, shout and change. Curt was certainly a very jammy bugger, and he knew it. I've seen many of their interviews and he comes accross as a man with a huge inferiority complex.
The most interesting era of TFF in my opinion. You can tell it was a bit of a growing pains/awkward phase for the band to mature into their late era. Great album though, great songs, and glad they made one more big album statement.
Curt i,tuoi capelli sono grigi ma i,tuoi occhi splendono della stessa luce di quando avevi 25 ...30 -anni ....e io che ho,la stessa tua età quando vedo i vostri video mi sento ancora giovane come allora .. Peccato che tu non sia italiano e soprattutto che non sia mio amico e che non potrò mai vederti dal, vivo Mio più grande desiderio ..tua ammiratrice da anni anni anni tantissimi anni . Con affetto
Whats wrong with people?,, Some of the comments below are just shi**y! No reason. Why would anyone say they hate each other..What should they do sit on top of one another? Then someone would say their fakin it or Gay! Just pee's me off, Do you think they risked it all then and have continued nine years + later if they hated one another! So silly! And insulting Roland's looks is just uncalled for!!!!!!!!
Curt has such beautiful features! His skin, his eyes, his smile.. just WOW. And he was 43 here!
Yea thats what happens when you got good genes
He is in his fifties now and watched some of his most recent interviews and he looks great!
Aly I thought that about curt in his young dark hair sexy days.😅😆😀😂😁😊
Aly Dematti Oh yeah because 43 is very old 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😃😃😃😃😃😃😃
Tina Jane Oxnam. You thought about snorting coke you lying bitch😂😂😂😂😂😉😉😉😉😉😂😂😂😂
Patient, Genuine, Humble, Honest...quality human beings. Thank you for being the music of my late teens. Bless you both.
I could listen to these people all day long. Roland's deep British voice is so relaxing and amazing. Never change Tears for Fears. Never change!!! I had the biggest crush on Curt in the 80's. I didn't get to grow up in that era! I miss the 80's so much!!! Tears for Fears forever!!! I hope I get the chance to meet them some day!!!
I'm just glad they're working together again, they are so good at creating music.
....very elegant men. They look as though they have been taking care of themselves. I understand why their fans are bonkers about them. They exhibit a level of musical integrity that seems to be missing/disposable these days. I am abundantly appreciative of the fact that they decided to give it a "go." I am enjoying (greatly) my renewed alignment with their work.
Much Thanks for posting this...and thank the universe for "TH-cam."
Those guys are crazy for thinking they were unattractive in their early videos. They were and still are absolutely gorgeous. Curt has those perfect angelic facial features and Roland has those dreamy eyes and sexy lips.💜So much for Curt's video predictions ...now runs to ,watch The Tipping Point...😀
just curt thinks that. roland has said multiple times how good looking they were when they were younger.
@@candysweet434 Lol! Very true.
You can tell they’ve known each other a lifetime when Roland said however, Curt finished his sentence.😊
they've been through a lot like brothers ups and downs but you can tell they still love each other
I LOVE the way they started to get comfortable during the interview as appose to the tension in the beginning. Curt started leaning over more and more.. he was the first to look at Roland. He made Roland laugh when he said you didn't age after Roland joked about looking exactly the same 22:25. It was cool to see this. LOVE Tears for Fears and watched their 2016 and 2017 Live Concerts. The chemistry between the two of them was there. Their BOND is stronger than ever! They have so much Fun on stage together.
*as opposed
I Love you curt smith ❤
I think Roland (if he hasn't already) should do an audio book.His voice is so sexy, I love listening to him.
Terry Porter I am OBSESSED with the sound of his voice!! He can hit so many notes, it's amazing :D He has great lips too, but you wouldn't be able to see that on audio books. darn lol
Or a DJ for some smooth jazz radio station..I know where you're getting at though....Roland does have a deep soothing voice.
I think roland needs abit of a haircut.
yeah it is.i can't get other his good looks from when he was younger. I felt sorry for him when his wife passed away.
Tina Jane Oxnam. He was soooo hot in the 80s, early 90s. Like adorable and sexy at the same time. I still have a crush on him, even at his current age he is attractive to me.
I love their smiles, they're soo cute. How can they ever think they're old, ugly or outdated. They're perfectly perfect.
E. T. ( not the film, your ignitials.haha!. anyway i agree with you. they are hamsime & not old.
I strongly agree. Their music is badass.
@@jayg5391 Yes!!! Have you heard Who Killed Tangerine? Complete madness!!!
Skank
Remember when in 1989/1990, Curt and Roland could barely look at each other, like being so angry?
Now I see some calming peace between those two. They have grown up and they’re not the same young boys from the 80’s. They have made peaces together and now they’re back again as friends, as musicians and partners in crime.
Love them ❤️🇲🇽
Curt is even more handsome now than when he was in his 20s, but I always had eyes for Roland. I first fell in love watching the Head Over Heels video 🥰
OMG same here...both of them are handsome but there is just something about Roland( eyes, hair, lips and voice) makes me weak in the knees
@@tinalulumack378me too, totally
They are so talented, I just can't stop saying that cause it's true… Great musicians, it's glad to see them together… And of course they're gorgeous inside and outside… Love them both!
Jessebel101 . 👍
It's interesting to see two people that wouldn't choose to work with each other decide to make it work. If they can work together creatively, then there is no excuse for war.
Good job, gentlemen.
They are both beautiful men and have extremely blessed my life with their awesome music!!!
Tears for Fears was waaay under-rated....Love their music!
For sure!!!
Definitely one of the GREATEST bands from England in the eighties.
you kidding right? Multi platinum and gold albums throught the eighties..many worldwide hits.. and you think they are underrated? They are one of the biggest and most respected groups from England.
@@noiszenavarro7608 Clearly I said 'under rated'....and NOT... 'Over Rated'....
Are you just a knee jerk troll or something?
Most of the great music of the 80's was dismissed as fake mainly because of MTV. TFF was the best of the 80's. The Seeds Of Love is a masterpiece from start to end, even the songs left off the original LP are great. Happy Ending is great too. I just wish they would get some new stuff to us, we need it in 2020. I understand that there have been some illness and personal tragedy hindering them, so when it happens it will happen and it will be great I am sure.
Great interview! Curt & Roland are both incredibly talented. This album is a masterpiece! They are both so down to earth and such a delight to hear them speak. Roland is so adorable; I had the biggest crush on him. So intelligent and charming!
Curt is still VERY handsome!!!!!!! 2020.
..Rolands laugh is full of life..
I am glad the bad blood has ended not just for doing music but as they were friends.
Paula Benson . Gotta be honest I think roland missed curt.
I could listen to them talk about their past, records, memories, music, companies they worked with, performances and families forever!! They're just so inspiring!! I love them as people and I love their music so much!! ♫♫❤❤
I fell in love with them when I was in college: blown away by Shout. Saw them in San Diego in July and Los Angeles in Sept 2017. Both concerts were spectacular. Their voices and petfeomances are amazing!
Everybody’s a critic, should be the name of this record. Some 80s artists love to hate on themselves, when they were amazingly instrumental in inspiring the best in music from that time forward. The fact that videos were made mainstream in the 80s make people cringe. I hate my pics from that time too, and now kids are looking at you and taking fashion from your look from that time. Appreciate yourselves. You made music when people used their limbic systems much more drastically. You made your audience feel something not by just your music but videos and shows. Your are the beginning of the end of what it means to be truly human. You sit in a priceless space.
Dear ones,just be who you are .No worries about market,pressures...be .it is enought and what love and life want from you !
Love you both.From Brazil.
I was a child when I first heard their song “Shout”...they were awesome then & they’re still awesome now!
M
Tears for Fears will always be at the top of the mountain for me. They've gotten the through a 38 year long fight with a brain tumor and other medical problems that have resulted from it and I am thankfulful for their musical influence on my life even though I have to give God his fair share!!!
I think that last comment re: Curt not being able to sing is unfair. He certainly could sing when they were making albums in the 80s and whilst his voice was never anywhere near as powerful as Roland’s, he had an interesting, melancholic voice that added a lot to TFF songs. Especially when singing with Roland, their voices mesh incredibly well. These days he has lost the power he did have and as singers get older their voices do age with them and they tend to have more “bad” vocal days than they used to, especially when they’re touring. I’ve heard some sketchy performances from him and I’ve heard some great ones. I would say the same of Roland, there’s occasions where his vocals have been sketchy and almost cringeworthy, but that’s just what happens when you’ve used your voice to make your living for so long. It starts to degrade.
I certainly don’t think Roland is underrated in fact I see more criticism of Curt and admiration of Roland within the TFF fandom than anything else. The same may not be true outside the fandom but I would argue the same is true of any band. It is usually the frontman who will get the praise and attention whilst the other band members, some of whom may have contributed a great deal to the writing of songs, are largely ignored. Whilst I don’t think there is anyone here that would disagree that Roland is the songwriter, driving force, and the better singer, he clearly missed his partner in crime (saying in previous interviews Curt is his muse and he always wrote for him and his voice, even when they weren’t talking) They have an incredible musical chemistry that works for them both and they feel working together brings about something special, otherwise why would they continue to record music and tour when it is clear that their relationship is still complicated and something that they have to work hard to maintain. Pitting one against the other is pointless when they have decided they want to be together and no-one (not even Curt) would disagree that Roland has the superior talent.
I havent come across any material about Curt being Roland's muse. This is the first time hearing that. Would love to see that interview
May I ask you to share that interview, please ?
Good interview. Loved "The groupies are older", lol. Doing interviews for the press must be the worst part of the whole process. You hear the same questions over and over and over again.
Roland and Curt are so honest and cool. They both show, Curt rather reluctantly, how discomfiting to be a public artist in these Times. The interviewers eventually were pretty good in their own right but I wish they'd probed a bit more about why it is that Orzabal and Smith have been so consistently decent and Humanistic in their choices, their craft and lyrical content. For example, when the artists said repeatedly that certain tracks were especially "hard" for them to make, I mean, "hard" how? Why hard? Did they mean technically hard? Artistically? Emotionally? Roland at one point states that they worked not to repeat themselves. That alone must be a very hard goal to achieve, and achieve it of course they did do. Brilliantly. It makes me very happy to see those two instinctive gents settle into middle age. They don't seem to construe how elegantly each of them has pulled off that feat. We all benefit from that, obviously. Just wanted to say so. It's due them. Their last album really was pristine and very affecting also. I like that they both state that we may or may not have heard the last from them, that it's just up them. That's as it should be, surely. Personally I'd be so proud to have done any possible fraction of what they have done, jointly and severally. The interviewers should have recognized this a mite more as a golden opportunity to stare Art in the face and to enquire how artmaking actually happens. Instead they took about ten questions just to put Roland and Curt at relative ease, when this effect could have been achieved immediately, with a single discerning question. Pick the question. It doesn't much matter which one, so long as it's not hack.
I am so in love with Roland
It's such a shame Roland in the younger years was not comfortable as a celeb.
But when their band was formed they made massive hits that people loved.
If I was Roland I would look back by watching a Tears for Fears song like Everybody wants to rule to the world and just see how lucky he was back then.
He did say that he was proud of the young Roland.
I love these guys and the video Every body wants to the rule world my favourite song from the 80's wish i could go back to that time when i was young
never mind the personalities,or how things were or how things are now,never mind age,or how old you look,its the music that's important and if you enjoy making it,enjoy listening.
Chris rainbow its not just the music I am glad they are friends again its sad when the business rips friends apart the reason they are so successful together is they have chemistry the songs are great but its also that they are actually friends they are not just hired musicians put together they did it
These dudes had a solid place in my college years. Their music was made for a specific time period - a certain euro-pop-synch-complexity. Lyrically they were a notch above other group - hard to maintain though. Good job lads!
I’m glad you both put aside your differences and decided to rekindle your friendship god bless!
I've always loved their soft speaking voices.
Funny how they didn't enjoy their most successful part of their careers. Now their families are their treasures. I hope they have happy lives. They gave us joy in the 80s.
I think they were just tired. Listen to the day they had before in the beginning of the interview. I loved them then, I love them now.
Angela Gaither . Same here.😊👍🎧🎶🎵🎤🎸
And I still love these two guys in 2021!! ❤ from Texas!
October of 1985 (when I was in third grade), I bought the "Songs From The Big Chair" Album and I have been heavily influenced by this Band ever since. I saw them in San Francisco, CALIFORNIA in 2004 and they were AWESOME!!! TFF= Pure Genius.
+Daniel Marquis i left a comment on the 1986 brit awards. You should read it. Both loved them around the same time, and seen them around the same time :)
+Bobby Olson That's cool. Tears for Fears are Pure Gold in my book!!!
+Daniel Marquis haha, the fastest reply i ever got in 7 plus years of youtube!
Daniel Marquis I was a freshman in high school in October 1985. I have always loved Tears For Fears from the beginning. One of the best bands ever. Songs From The Big Chair one of the best albums ever. Total geniuses musically and lyrically.
+gaston0770 .er well some of the records are crap. some of them are better. loved empire building . I thought it was brilliant.
These guys are the real deal they are amazing artists and they do set great examples as artists to they are real and genuine to pure I love them dearly I want always tears for fears to live on there the best band out there.
roland has the best hair of any person ever
wig
I think it’s dyed
@@bonniespringer8738 Not to be mean, but I think he should continue dying it. I don't think white hair works for him.
@@blairlipscomb7378 I think he looks better embracing his age. I don’t see any reason to hide that.
@@bonniespringer8738 ok. But at least shave.
I love these guys
I have just enjoyed this whole interview . I think they are just cool guys.
Very honest interview.
Que Hermosoooos Curt Smith y Roland Orzabal en la entrevista. Son tan simpaticos y tan expresivos . I love you Tears For Fears . Se lo merecen todo .💋💋💋💋🌻🌻🌻🌻🌏🐬🐬🐬TFF
Curt omg I Love him😚😙😗
It's tragic these two couldn't of gotten along better. Their first album was my first album/cassette. I have so much debt in music selection and these guys are such a big reason. They were way before their time and their sound is endless. Roy orbizal is an amazing vocalist is a Major reason why I sing today. And for that I'm greatful.....
Me too !!! It was my first cassette !!! I totally agree !!! Congrats on your singing !
Very underrated and unfortunately grouped with 80s music as if they had no musical talent whatsoever. But in fact, they have tons of musical talent. Plus they seem very genuine.
What are you talking about. 80's music was when everyone had musical talent. The 80's were a great time to enjoy music. I mostly grew up in the 90's and I'm 33 now, but I love 80's music. The 80's and 90's had some great musical talent and Tears for Fears was one of the best and still is. I was jamming to them in my car on the way home from work today.
The dumbest comment ever you fucktard..
phosphodiesterase I agree with you there were a very modest band. And did not get the fame there deserve.
70's, 80's and 90's had great music
phosphodiesterase; could’nt agree more.
your music all around is truly great... the new stuff and the old stuff.... in the eighties you both looked great.... and you still look great... and of course sound great... thanks for the music guys.
2019 Tour, they both look so handsome. And Roland, still magical in every way! ❤
Fantastic insightful interview. Thanks for posting.
Moto X Marc . Just wouldve helped if youtube waited until roland finished answering the question before it ran out.
great band, timeless music
I think Curt is more attractive now than in the 1980s.
Em 4:07 Curt Smith fala " ...acho que atualmente ( 2004 ) 80% da música é descartável..." Oq será que ele pensa hoje? Aqui no Brasil a coisa degringolou precipício abaixo e não tem volta! A cultura é uma coisa complicada né! Uns choram, outro riem....O que vende no Brasil hoje me faz chorar de desgosto mas enriquece muita gente! Mas, viva Tears For Fears que está na estrada em 2023 para nos alegrar! Quem leu esse comentário, procure o álbum "The Tipping Point " que está excepcional!
TFF FOREVER!!!!I LOVE YOU!!!
I’m looking for another interview from this time. They discuss the making of Happy Ending more and there are some acoustic versions. Anyone?
th-cam.com/video/HsHnRnJiGHs/w-d-xo.html
I do think this is their best album. I cannot wait for the new album.
This is a good interview, it's great to see how time can changes our outlooks, we mature, and what once seemed so important just isn't anymore.
Progress :)
Every word spoken, opinion expressed,song written,& performed is an appreciated
Contribution to our/ my life
🌍🚴🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
I love TFF. Period.
I wonder if these men read these comments ? Their both beautiful beings.💋
I love them so much.
😆 when Roland said “I still look this same”
Roland is still so handsome in 2021! Curt too!
And also roland was in the middle of answering another question until the youtube ran out.
Interesting interview and I really like a lot of their songs from the past. Shame the way people fall out in the music industry but that's the way it goes I guess. I reckon they should just shout, shout and let it all out, they really are things they can do without. Come on, I'm talking to them. Come on. Sure it's a mad world.
rita I loved what u said.
Rita-Marie Lawlor shout, shout let it all out😎
Rita-Marie Lawlor . That was cool rita.😆
+Kathleen Greenlay . haha! 😅
Okay ..this is damn funny!!!
Man I love you guys Curt Roland you still have it. 🥰
if Roland had just come clean and say "hey, I took the spotlight and creative lead after a while and you got left on the side and eventually dropped Curt. I let my ego get in the way and i'm sorry".
its quiet true, Roland was too shy before and Curt did all the up front work, then when Roland got more confident then doesn't need Curt anymore
Exactly. If you listen to Curt's solo stuff, it's extremely good and he's a strong creative engine, which hasn't always been recognised - he should have been allowed to contribute more. Looks like the record company tried to push Curt out and for a time Roland went with it. Yes Roland has a deep booming voice and good sardonic lyrics, a massive talent, but it is mistaken and too simplistic to say 'Roland is the musical genius'.
I think Ro was a bit jealous of Curt because Curt was the voice of all the hits, but i think Ro was the main man and wrote most of those hits, so he felt put out by Curt being the 'star' and him not so much. So he did Elemental to prove that he was the main man, and it worked, it's such a brilliant album, but he was very abusive lyrically to Curt on that album, so i agree he should have just apologised about that. He had proved his point, but it has caused upset between them both which still carries on even today. Roland is the real talent in TFF, but Curt is the voice, and they need to realise that but also recognise that it is part of what makes them unique.
@@HANNAHJOJOFA shy? He didn't seem shy dancing in the early music videos.
Curt and ROLAND so gorgeous and handsome ❤❤❤❤❤❤
LINDOS MARAVILHOSOS
Allowing Curt to leave the band in 91...that was a career ending move for these two.
Love them have since i was 13 .
Had a night of looking at interviews with them and i’m struck that Roland comes across somewhat negative a lot. Curt seems so much more upbeat.
Don’t know what happened between them but it’s a shame,it’s still evident there’s an awkwardness within they’re relationship.
After looking at they’re career tonight Curt was as big an influence in the band for me than Roland i always thought it the other way for years ...
I know this is an old video but I could sit and look and listen to Roland all day
love this band!
This interviewer is great. Luv these guys. They did Rule the World in 1985.
audio too low
Craig BMM . Yeah I thought that .
Craig BMM . Yeah same here. For heavens above turn it up.
thank you craig thats what i said.👍
I don’t understand why they didn’t like the way they looked in the early years. They were both adorable. Believe me, I like pics of me 15 years ago WAY better than pics of me today (yes, my profile pic is current, lol).
i know roland liked the way he looked. he has said “what a good looking boy” he was.
@@candysweet434 At the time when Roland was young he called himself ugly...only inretrospect did he see he was so cute and even better looking in the 1990s!!
I was 10nwhen The Hurting came out I remember with SFTBC Roland saying they were the ugly Wham...never a Wham fan loved TFF from first listen is 1983
I don't think they were underrated at all. But the U.S. media in the 90s thought that most bands of the eighties especially the ones with one hit or even two hit wonders, were a joke. Plus, whether you want to accept it or not, it's the U.S. music world that drives pop music. I don't hear anyone saying I need a big music hit in the. ... UK, Italy, Australia... fill in the blank. Doesn't mean it's right, but just how it is. I love eighties music since I grew up listening to it on the radio.
curt how can u say we are consdently reminded of the way u used to look is horrifying? you was gorgues . you still are.😊
After their reunion it makes me curious what would happen or what it'd be like if I tried to reunite with my best friend that I haven't talked to in 7 years.
Love you,love your Music,listen to you every day,spotify or youttube!!!
Roland is so thoughtful and cerebral in his approach to music and life in general. Curt also seems to have matured and I much prefer the way he comes across today than back in the 80s, when he struck me as shallow, opinionated and up himself.
Curt is absolutely hilarious these days - great sense of humour :D Don't know what he used to be like!
Rentaghost okish . Yeah well i think they were both like that but betterlooking. Old gits now.😁
Tina Jane Oxnam.
What is an old "git?" This term is new to me.
Músicos fabulosos lindos inteligentes íntegros e sexy adoro essa banda
They talk down about there past records that made them. i still think there great now. They cheer me up. I understand there emotions are now differant and feel they have the need to go forwood with that, But the old stuff where hits. Doesent mean there new music will be. I also like videos so i can watch them over again. But they dont. Keep singing the hits lads. There is a need for good music.
Great talent!
If TFF plan to return, they may focus a lot more on their UK audiences and what their plan of standing within the music world is actually going to be all about. ELAHE was a fantastic album, but the bands lack of effort toward their fans ruined it, and I think they knew that damn rightly and just couldn't be bothered to do anything about it. Come on guys, this is the working hour!
If they released a new record that comprised the best elements of the first 2 albums and got some decent marketing and planning behind them, they could be absolutely huge again. It's time to ditch the sixties melodic vibe and go back to their roots and looking at the covers they've uploaded to utube, I'm guessing this could be the way the new music is heading.
+dirkbogarde44 . not botherd me. anythings better than the rubbish in the chart today.😅
To say Roland was the heart of Tears for Fears would be an understatement. Roland participated in writing almost all their songs, most of which were written in their ENTIRETY by him. Covering all their best hits like Mad World, Seeds of Love, Everybody wants to rule the world, pale shelter, shout and change. Curt was certainly a very jammy bugger, and he knew it. I've seen many of their interviews and he comes accross as a man with a huge inferiority complex.
Agree
i love tears for fears
Love the songs y’all sing. ( I like this song woman in change.) and mad world. And other good songs. Wow how old are y’all now.
The boys from Bath.
Dude I love tears for fears
Awesome band, electronik or acoustic, just an incredible sound!!!
the audio is to low
The most interesting era of TFF in my opinion. You can tell it was a bit of a growing pains/awkward phase for the band to mature into their late era. Great album though, great songs, and glad they made one more big album statement.
Thank you
I will always love Roland and Curt. saw them in Columbus in May and would go again.😘
Curt i,tuoi capelli sono grigi ma i,tuoi occhi splendono della stessa luce di quando avevi 25 ...30 -anni ....e io che ho,la stessa tua età quando vedo i vostri video mi sento ancora giovane come allora .. Peccato che tu non sia italiano e soprattutto che non sia mio amico e che non potrò mai vederti dal, vivo Mio più grande desiderio ..tua ammiratrice da anni anni anni tantissimi anni . Con affetto
Brilliant band,hope to hear more.Keep up the good work lads.
Whats wrong with people?,, Some of the comments below are just shi**y! No reason. Why would anyone say they hate each other..What should they do sit on top of one another? Then someone would say their fakin it or Gay! Just pee's me off, Do you think they risked it all then and have continued nine years + later if they hated one another! So silly! And insulting Roland's looks is just uncalled for!!!!!!!!
rolandorme
i agreed with all that.
Where is Roland's wedding ring
Que bien se ven los dos
I don't know if im going deaf or something but I don't know the guy who was interviewing them was asking questions load enough .
No I get it now .the udio was loud enough.