Now here's a really great live video from Tears For Fears, recorded live in London in spring 1984. Their first album, "The Hurting", was a big import record around my hometown (Long Island NY), sounding a bit like an evolution of the New Romantic sound - TFF was way less fashion conscious, more song oriented, looser. Every 12" release from the band seemed to have really strong live tracks, so we were dying to see them play Stateside. They may have done a few gigs, but didn't end up touring extensively until their next HUGE record, "Songs From The Big Chair". So if you had the first TFF record in 1984, you were probably a kid that bought imports, clubbed a lot, listened to college radio. TFF was actually pretty good live, and I still like their first two records which sound quite fresh today, despite their largely electronic framework. Besides the synths, there's some interesting guitar playing, drum and bass work too. The band was great until they got "Americanized" with they hooked up with Oleta Adams, and they got too slick for their own good. Unlike U2, who committed a similar cardinal sin of getting American on the "Rattle & Hum" album, Tears For Fears' career never seemed to recover. Shame really. Meanwhiel, check out this great live vid of "The Hurting", the title track from Tears For Fears' 1983 debut album - an essential 80's track!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etbI2THbGtE
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