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Post by Moonshadow on May 6, 2005 7:20:31 GMT -5
Seeing the other Tears for Fears topic made me think about this awesome track from 1985. I think the lyrics, production...virtually everything about this song...is really well done.
Great use in 2001's Donnie Darko, too.
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Post by 620 Soul Train on May 6, 2005 19:58:59 GMT -5
LOL this one broke the string of number one hits in a row, this came close though peaking at number 3.  I remember seeing this video take place in a library. |
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Post by Me. I Am Justin... on May 7, 2005 0:46:51 GMT -5
JAM! I love Tears for Fears.
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Post by SyrupBoy on May 8, 2005 11:10:34 GMT -5
LOL this one broke the string of number one hits in a row, this came close though peaking at number 3. I remember seeing this video take place in a library. Best. Video. Ever. Naturally, it's Dave Grohl's favorite! |
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Post by reception on May 10, 2005 17:06:01 GMT -5
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Post by Slinky on May 16, 2005 13:44:34 GMT -5
Great use in 2001's Donnie Darko, too. That was the first thing I thought of when I saw this topic. I really didn't like the song that much until I saw Donnie Darko. |
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Post by tico on May 18, 2005 1:03:14 GMT -5
Great song! A must-have for an 80s music collection. Most radio stations don't play it, after Roland Orzabal says "funny how time flies" at the end of the song, it goes into an upbeat musical postlude.
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Post by johnnywest on Jun 17, 2007 15:06:55 GMT -5
Their best hit.
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Post by WotUNeed on Jun 18, 2007 13:57:46 GMT -5
Love this song
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Post by Libra on Jun 18, 2007 14:00:01 GMT -5
Great song! A must-have for an 80s music collection. Most radio stations don't play it, after Roland Orzabal says "funny how time flies" at the end of the song, it goes into an upbeat musical postlude. Joe FM used to do that, but not anymore. They also now play a rather chopped-down radio edit of "Shout" (as opposed to the full, uncut song like they used to), which makes me angry. >:( |
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Post by cartman2002 on Jun 18, 2007 15:25:13 GMT -5
Head Over Heels peaked at #3 in 1985
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Post by unicorns on Jun 24, 2007 13:09:45 GMT -5
It's good!
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Post by BillboardBoy on Sept 3, 2007 8:43:06 GMT -5
I like it a lot.
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Post by WotUNeed on Sept 3, 2007 12:27:14 GMT -5
Definitely one of their best songs.
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Post by jimmy74747 on Sept 3, 2007 23:01:38 GMT -5
Definitely one of their worst singles
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Post by jaxxalude on Sept 4, 2007 6:10:47 GMT -5
Four years ago, RJD2 came to DJ at a club here in Portugal. I distinctly remember he started his set with this song. Anyway, if I had to pinpoint Tears For Fears's sound and attitude in one song, this one or "Change" would have been my picks, moreso than "Shout" (which comes close) or "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" (which might be their best remembered song, but also one of the least truly representatives of them). With the exception of New Order or Depeche Mode, they were probably the act which most skillfully combined the mechanical (compliment), spacious, arena-sized sound of the time with intellectual, well-read ambitions. In a way, both in music and image, they were the school nerds who made it by adapting their bookworm sensibilities to the needs of a world for which image and hipness are as important as they come. And they did it without coming off as awkward or contrived.
Worse was the fact that after Songs From The Big Chair, whatever they had that was so good started to be lost. Even though The Seeds Of Love had its moments, its excessive Beatlesque obsessions and self-conscious stabs at maturity were a sign of the, um, pretentious blandness that would soon come out of both the Roland Orzabal-only version of Tears For Fears and the pointless reunion of three years ago.
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Post by banet2001 on Sept 4, 2007 9:47:09 GMT -5
Songs from the Big Chair was one of my favorite albums from the mid-1980s period. Worse was the fact that after Songs From The Big Chair, whatever they had that was so good started to be lost. Even though The Seeds Of Love had its moments, its excessive Beatlesque obsessions and self-conscious stabs at maturity were a sign of the, um, pretentious blandness that would soon come out of both the Roland Orzabal-only version of Tears For Fears and the pointless reunion of three years ago. I have to agree with this. When TFF were at their best, they combined youthful angst, great and thoughtful lyrics with some progressive electronica and rock. After songs from the Big Chair, they seemed to lose the youthful angst they once had and started a more jazzy (bland) direction.  Still, Songs From the Big Chair and The Hurting are two memorable albums for me. |
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Post by Pet Shop Boy on Nov 10, 2006 13:47:33 GMT -5
#3 hit from their hugely succesful Songs From The Big Chair album. I prefer this to the two #1s (Shout, Everybody Wants To Rule The World).
Woman In Chains is my favourite TFF song though. Criminally underrated in the USA, where it stalled at #36.
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Post by joker on Nov 10, 2006 14:14:59 GMT -5
Tears For Fears are great! I prefer this to "Shout", but not quite as much as "Everybody Wants to Rule the World". Still, one of my favorites by them overall.
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Post by tico on Nov 10, 2006 14:58:13 GMT -5
I love Tears For Fears' music and this one is no exception. Cheesy video, though; shot in a library. Could've had a better-looking librarian.
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Post by Joe1240 on Nov 13, 2006 18:16:30 GMT -5
Their best single they have released.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Apr 17, 2007 10:01:10 GMT -5
The video:
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Post by lolhey on Sept 18, 2010 21:12:02 GMT -5
My fav. Tears for Fears song ever, love it. This, I Believe, and Advice For The Young at Heart <3
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Post by Whi$tlin' Pete on Sept 25, 2010 22:02:51 GMT -5
34-24-15-11-8-5-3-3-3-8-16-25 was the R&R chart run for this song. Excellent song in my opinion. I liked it better than "Shout."
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Post by johnnywest on Nov 26, 2014 22:48:13 GMT -5
I love this one. Shoulda gone to #1.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2014 15:59:56 GMT -5
Love it. My second favorite by them behind "Everybody Wants To Rule The World".
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Apr 19, 2019 0:43:34 GMT -5
Absolutely my FAVORITE song by them!
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Post by Unhinged on Apr 23, 2019 7:37:44 GMT -5
Great song!
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Apr 27, 2019 20:16:57 GMT -5
I was just telling someone that this was my fave TFT song.
"Funny how, time flies"
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Post by gonecountry on Apr 27, 2019 22:27:06 GMT -5
Was it just my radio station or did everyone back in the day get the extra 50 seconds of Broken (live) after the end of Head Over Heels? That was the jam, IMO
I don't recall ever hearing Broken played prior to Head Over Heels, but definitely heard the 50 second ending all the time on the radio.
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