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
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
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 (twelve 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 (twelve years ago) link
Can't wait for Adam Levine's remake of that.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 1 June 2012 15:25 (twelve 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 (twelve years ago) link
so taaaaaaalk to herrrrrrrr
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 1 June 2012 15:31 (twelve years ago) link
Inspired by the re-emergence of this thread I played "Woman in chains" for the first time in years, and once the song kicked in around the 40 seconds mark I thought "This sounds like..." and dashed off to the link piece between "What you want" and "Soon" and they do sound kind of similar.
― Rob M Revisited, Friday, 1 June 2012 16:03 (twelve years ago) link
man I consistently underrate how great "Woman In Chains" is
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Friday, 1 June 2012 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
MEN OF STONE
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 1 June 2012 16:19 (twelve years ago) link
"Woman In Chains" is good but you know, "Goodnight Song" is a stellar album closer.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 1 June 2012 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
I wanted to buy Seeds Of Love when I was a kid, but my mom didn't like the sound of titles like "Woman In Chains" "Badman's Song" and two numbers about knives so I had to settle for a cassingle of the title track.
― da croupier, Friday, 1 June 2012 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
so free her so free her
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 11:28 (seven years ago) link
^ A brilliant moment in a great song.
― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Friday, 9 December 2016 23:54 (seven years ago) link
Would have voted for 'Advice For The Young At Heart', which has become my favourite TFF song ever.
― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Friday, 9 December 2016 23:55 (seven years ago) link
yeah it's amazing that one. the story of the making of that album is incredible/nuts.
there was a Guardian piece a while back that posited the notion that Seeds Of Love was at points referencing this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4ht5we3qzY
― piscesx, Saturday, 10 December 2016 03:40 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, it's the kind of studio perfectionism that I don't really hear about so much anymore. Which is kinda strange in a way, given that more people are able to make great recordings with home studios, but understandable in another - not everyone has access to the calibre of players on The Seeds of Love!
― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Saturday, 10 December 2016 19:35 (seven 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