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How many other 80's greats can reunite and actually produce something that's just as amazing as what they did in the past, if not more so?
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Tears for Fears
Beyond Fantastic
Has anybody heard "Everybody Loves A Happy Ending"?
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Has anyone heard the Tears For Fears cd called "Everybody Loves A Happy Ending"? I think it's an amazing cd and it kills me that it wasn't heard by more people. If you're into Beatles-esque pop, intelligent lyrics (except for "Call Me Mellow" - sorry!), lush orchestration, and catchy hooks, I bet you'll love this cd too. I can't believe how underrated these guys are. I think they're geniuse...
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Despite the slightly cheesy sounding sax playing at the start of this song, "The Working Hour" is a classic track from an album full of hit singles. This is a song I would love to cover, but I have nowhere near the vocal talent to even attempt something this great. Roland Orzabal is a flawless vocalist, and in the 80's & 90's wrote some incredible records. I highly recommend this song to anybod...
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Literal Tears for Fears Video
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Lat week we saw the hilarity of Ah-Ha's take on me given the literal video treatment, this week it's Tears for Fears "Head over Heels", the one with the monkey in the library.
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"and this is my four leaf clover..."
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We have tradition at my bookstore gig, one of our managers loves 80's music, so we set our satellite radio to the 80's station. Throughout the night we call each other and in the worst geek way quote lines from the songs we're hearing to each other in conversation form. For example, if Head Over Heels is playing I would page in and say "Funny how time flies." It's really dorky but it helps pass...
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All I know is that you're beautiful and I want to touch you and feel the warmth of your blood and your life
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So, I'm driving across the bridge this morning, thinking about how I feel sad and I want to cry, when Everybody Wants to Rule the World comes on the radio. It took a second to realize just how right the song was for the moment, but I had caught on well before the delivery of the line, "Welcome to your life, there's no turning back." I don't care to consider why, but I find the song almost epi...
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you have a perceptive ability that betrays a deceptive intelligence, an intelligence not swollen with arrogance and insecurity. (Type of Number)
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I'm still all wrapped up in this song, but I've got nothing else in me beyond clever titles, so here is a thing from the tail end of a graveyard shift a few and a half years ago. I guess the song changes with the passage of time, or, better yet, I'm probably slightly further past the foolish idea that the icons of the 80s lack anything greater than kitsch value. Or maybe it's just that 2009 r...
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Essential 80's Tracks, Part 121
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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 w...
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