Tears for Fears: The singles

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I haven't listened to "Woman in Chains" for over 8 years fwiw. I should give it another go.

i'm shy (Abbott), Friday, 6 February 2009 18:28 (fifteen years ago) link

IIRC my dad's an Adams fan.

Ned Raggett, Friday, 6 February 2009 18:29 (fifteen years ago) link

It's a world gone crazy keeps a woman in chains.

Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 6 February 2009 18:37 (fifteen years ago) link

I'd forgotten that that was Oleta Adams! She's fantastic.

Okay now why is "Suffer the Children" not on yr list?

Because I don't remember how it goes!

nosotros niggamos (HI DERE), Friday, 6 February 2009 19:00 (fifteen years ago) link

Hahaha awesome.

i'm shy (Abbott), Friday, 6 February 2009 19:12 (fifteen years ago) link

I'd forgotten that that was Oleta Adams! She's fantastic.

Yeah, I was going, "Wait, Dan *does* know who she is, surely..."

Ned Raggett, Friday, 6 February 2009 19:14 (fifteen years ago) link

I voted 'everbody wants to rule the world' but I probably like it exactly as much as 'head over heels'.

I also want to rep for that semi-recent album that had "Closest Thing to Heaven" on it. It's actually pretty good.

iatee, Friday, 6 February 2009 19:18 (fifteen years ago) link

creating this poll has made me want to go to the store and buy all of their albums

nosotros niggamos (HI DERE), Friday, 6 February 2009 19:19 (fifteen years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Thursday, 12 February 2009 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link

early singles >>> everything else!

daavid, Thursday, 12 February 2009 00:26 (fifteen years ago) link

Clearly, the winner should be Mad World.

daavid, Thursday, 12 February 2009 00:30 (fifteen years ago) link

Torn between Pale Shelter, Change and Mad World.

brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 12 February 2009 00:57 (fifteen years ago) link

Voted "Mad World".

Lostandfound, Thursday, 12 February 2009 03:45 (fifteen years ago) link

head over heels narrowly over pale shelter.

iro with the brown bag (Hunt3r), Thursday, 12 February 2009 04:23 (fifteen years ago) link

Love love love "Head Over Heels" and it gets my vote. But I especially love its original demo version when it was called "We Are Broken" and was the b-side to the "Pale Shelter" single. In that version, the classic riff sounds a lot like a "Computer Love" homage/ripoff.

Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 12 February 2009 04:58 (fifteen years ago) link

Lots that I love here - and I hope "Everybody Loves a Happy Ending" gets a vote - but "Sowing the Seeds of Love" is one of my favorite songs ever. I'm a sucker for every manipulative conceit they pull out of their hat there.

Joseph McCombs, Thursday, 12 February 2009 06:32 (fifteen years ago) link

i had to vote for "Pale Shelter" though, at the time, it would have gone to "Change" or the obvious "Head Over Heels."

Bee OK, Thursday, 12 February 2009 07:04 (fifteen years ago) link

They never managed to top "Mad World", although "Sowing The Seeds Of Love" was a great single from a somewhat less great (except great sounding) album.

Geir Hongro, Thursday, 12 February 2009 12:09 (fifteen years ago) link

HAAAAAAAAAAAATED this band when they were around but it took Donnie Darkos usage of Head Over Heels me relise it was actually a good song, damn nostalgia caught myself singing along to Wham the other day :((

X-101, Thursday, 12 February 2009 12:16 (fifteen years ago) link

creating this poll has made me want to go to the store and buy all of their albums

I bought The Hurting and The Seeds of Love. Both are fucking awesome and I'm kind of shocked at how much of The Hurting Kenna has ripped off in terms of song construction/feel.

nosotros niggamos (HI DERE), Thursday, 12 February 2009 12:16 (fifteen years ago) link

I need to hear TSOL again. Are "Year of the Knife" and "Standing On the Corner of the Third World" worth a re-listen?

The Screaming Lobster of Challops (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 12 February 2009 13:35 (fifteen years ago) link

The Hurting is one of the best albums I own.

i'm shy (Abbott), Thursday, 12 February 2009 23:42 (fifteen years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Friday, 13 February 2009 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link

haha -- three votes for "...Run the World."

The Screaming Lobster of Challops (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 13 February 2009 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link

Well, one fine "greatest hits" record from all those that got at least one vote...

Mark G, Friday, 13 February 2009 09:22 (fifteen years ago) link

two months pass...

Can we talk about this band again. What is this remix my friend gave me so long ago of "We Are Broken"? Was this on a single as a b-side or something? I've got other things to do and can't look this up at the moment.

I was still more rock and roll than anyone needed for the album (Bimble), Saturday, 9 May 2009 09:23 (fifteen years ago) link

The pathetic fact that "Pale Shelter" didn't take this in a fuckin' walk is ample evidence that the terrorists have already won.

Alex in NYC, Saturday, 9 May 2009 12:20 (fifteen years ago) link

hahhhahahaha Alex!
dude it's fucking 5:30 AM here, I need therapy I think. I mean shit, I hadn't even thought about Killing Joke until you showed up, but I need to figure out what the hell to listen to here. Some more Tears For Fears is a good idea for the moment.

I was still more rock and roll than anyone needed for the album (Bimble), Saturday, 9 May 2009 12:25 (fifteen years ago) link

Pale Shelter has synthesizers, therefore, it rules

I was still more rock and roll than anyone needed for the album (Bimble), Saturday, 9 May 2009 12:27 (fifteen years ago) link

Did you know that Tears For Fears could beat Depeche Mode in a wrestling throwdown?

I was still more rock and roll than anyone needed for the album (Bimble), Saturday, 9 May 2009 12:29 (fifteen years ago) link

There's only two of TFF (although Roland is a wild card, clearly) and four of DM (although I doubt Fletcher would be much help in a tussle).

Alex in NYC, Saturday, 9 May 2009 12:30 (fifteen years ago) link

Hahah. Alex, I need you to stick up for the good fight, here. There's not many left of us now who will.

What happened to Stewart Osbourne? The Damned fan? Remember him?

I was still more rock and roll than anyone needed for the album (Bimble), Saturday, 9 May 2009 12:31 (fifteen years ago) link

Colonel Poo is our ally, though, make no mistake, he is cool as shit. I just don't get to chat with him as much as I'd like.

I was still more rock and roll than anyone needed for the album (Bimble), Saturday, 9 May 2009 12:32 (fifteen years ago) link

I have no idea. I vanished from ILX for a while and now come back sporadically. Lots of folks I remember have left or changed their names to something silly.

Alex in NYC, Saturday, 9 May 2009 12:33 (fifteen years ago) link

xpost

Anyway, thank you to this wonderful person who introduced me to the demo version of Tears For Fears' "Broken" called "We Are Broken" (single version), thank you to him, I doubt I shall ever cross his path again, but anyway, life goes on

Tears For Fears "Change" now come on, is that quality 80's music or what?

I was still more rock and roll than anyone needed for the album (Bimble), Saturday, 9 May 2009 12:35 (fifteen years ago) link

Anyway, thanks for your posts, Alex. I'm just trying to tell the young ones about real punk and post-punk and goth and maybe they're young and they don't know what we know, you know?

I was still more rock and roll than anyone needed for the album (Bimble), Saturday, 9 May 2009 12:36 (fifteen years ago) link

There are no excuses for ignorance.

Alex in NYC, Saturday, 9 May 2009 12:40 (fifteen years ago) link

hahha how bold are you! I admire it. I'm not a New Yorker, hell I'm not even a northeaster east coaster type person. But I adore you for carrying the true punk rock torch when no one else wanted to carry it :) Also I did finally visit New York last year in October and I felt a lot of peace out of it, in the end. I was surprised.

I was still more rock and roll than anyone needed for the album (Bimble), Saturday, 9 May 2009 12:43 (fifteen years ago) link

But who can hope to understand new wave if they don't understand punk? Sigh...

I was still more rock and roll than anyone needed for the album (Bimble), Saturday, 9 May 2009 12:44 (fifteen years ago) link

I was in a lot of pain in NYC in October, but I played some Lou Reed, and he got me through it. I felt peace because of him. I was only into the Coney Island Baby album then.

Sorry, Alex. I know you don't like Lou much.

Rock & Roll Heart is my fave album of his. But I can't even think about playing him now. I'm not even in the right mood for him.

I was still more rock and roll than anyone needed for the album (Bimble), Saturday, 9 May 2009 12:46 (fifteen years ago) link

TEARS FOR FEARS

I was still more rock and roll than anyone needed for the album (Bimble), Saturday, 9 May 2009 12:47 (fifteen years ago) link

tears for fears are playing a winery here in No Cal next month. I'm sure the tickets are $100 a pop; is there any reason at all to go, or will it be painful?

akm, Saturday, 9 May 2009 14:04 (fifteen years ago) link

one year passes...

I was about to poll Tears For Fears singles thanks to the 89/90 Modern Rock #1s poll and went "wait, didn't someone do this before...?"

the more we change, etc

also these guys are still awesome

Tina Tina Cheneuse (DJP), Thursday, 16 December 2010 16:23 (thirteen years ago) link

er 88/89, ykwim

Tina Tina Cheneuse (DJP), Thursday, 16 December 2010 16:25 (thirteen years ago) link

you kick with it, man

e.g. delete via naivete (ledge), Thursday, 16 December 2010 16:35 (thirteen years ago) link

I still can't believe we forgot to put Tears for Fears on the Best of the 20th century poll

Help! I'm a bug (CaptainLorax), Thursday, 16 December 2010 19:38 (thirteen years ago) link

one year passes...

tempted to repoll all the zero vote songs

that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Friday, 1 June 2012 15:16 (eleven years ago) link

I'd only vote for "Woman in Chains" though.

go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 1 June 2012 15:21 (eleven years ago) link

Can't wait for Adam Levine's remake of that.

Ned Raggett, Friday, 1 June 2012 15:25 (eleven years ago) link

"Woman in chains, because I'm a sensitive and non-sexist guy and because they asked me to"

Mark G, Friday, 1 June 2012 15:28 (eleven years ago) link

saw TFF this year live at camp bestival.
f*cking hell they are a boring live act.
i mean really really boring.
clearly a studio only band ..

mark e, Saturday, 10 December 2016 20:49 (seven years ago) link

i loath predictable poll results...

bodacious ignoramus, Saturday, 10 December 2016 23:27 (seven years ago) link

I heard Break It Down Again the other day & I seriously love it. Has a little bit of a Simple Mindsian thing goong on that I can't describe properly

Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 11 December 2016 00:09 (seven years ago) link

^ That song is awesome. TFF were my first ever favourite band when I was a child, and "Elemental" was the first album I seriously loved.

Everything Moves Towards The Sun (Ross), Sunday, 11 December 2016 00:12 (seven years ago) link

I'm cranking The Seeds of Love now. It's pretty much my favourite TFF LP these days and is their masterpiece in my mind.

Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Sunday, 11 December 2016 00:18 (seven years ago) link

Elemental is pretty underrated. There's a few excellent songs on it besides Break It Down Again, that would not be out of place on a greatest hits album

Vinnie, Sunday, 11 December 2016 06:09 (seven years ago) link

yeah it's a good album. I prefer it to the albums that followed however more 'legitimate' they are by having Curt Smith involved

akm, Thursday, 15 December 2016 02:04 (seven years ago) link


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