Tears for Fears reunion (news/interview)
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Tears for Fears reunion (news/interview)
Sorry if this has been posted before (I didn't see it if it has). Just discovered this current Roland Orzabal 15 minute audio interview. In it, he discusses why it's taken over two years for the new Tear for Fears album (which reunites him with Curt Smith after more than 10 years). The name of the new album ("Everybody Loves a Happy Ending"). His opinion on the current music scene. His thoughts on his music being used in "Donnie Darko" (he loved it). And says that the new album will be "worth the wait". Give it a listen. Good interview!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/going...dorzabal.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/going...dorzabal.shtml
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Originally posted by grunter
Now that's pretty damned charitable of Roland, don't you think?
Or is he just cashing in on the "reunion" tour aspect of the whole thing?
Now that's pretty damned charitable of Roland, don't you think?
Or is he just cashing in on the "reunion" tour aspect of the whole thing?
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Songs From the Big Chair is one of my all time favourite albums...with Seeds Of Love being a VERY close second. I'll definitely be checking this out when it drops.
Now...can I comment on how MUCH I hate real player??
Now...can I comment on how MUCH I hate real player??
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For those of you that don't already have it, I highly recommend Orzabal's solo album "Tomcats Screaming Outside". Some amazing stuff on there. One of the best CD's I've purchased in the past couple of years. You can find it used all over the place.
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I recently d/l "Seeds of Love" from Kazaa and am just struck by how brilliant that song is matched against how unbrilliant the rest of their work is.
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I highly second the recommendation for "Tomcats Screaming Outside"...that is on regular rotation in my collection. I love everything on it; to me, it sounds like a throwback to 80's sounds yet it still sounds fresh and new to me. I love it! This is the first I've heard that there would definitely be a new Tears for Fears album and I can't wait for it
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Originally posted by Jack Straw
I recently d/l "Seeds of Love" from Kazaa and am just struck by how brilliant that song is matched against how unbrilliant the rest of their work is.
I recently d/l "Seeds of Love" from Kazaa and am just struck by how brilliant that song is matched against how unbrilliant the rest of their work is.
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Re: Tears for Fears reunion (news/interview)
Originally posted by Daytripper
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His opinion on..... His thoughts on....
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According to an 80s newsletter I get, the date for the new album is October 14th.
I'll be there.
I'll be there.
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Roland Orzabal who lives just outside Wiltshire near Bath, recently agreed to an audio interview with BBC Wiltshire which took place on Tuesday 4th February 2003.
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Originally posted by kicker_of_elves
i know this is off-topic but, whats the name of thier song that was big in the 90's.... can't remember it but i know i liked it
i know this is off-topic but, whats the name of thier song that was big in the 90's.... can't remember it but i know i liked it
"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (Dennis Miller used it for his talk show) or
"Shout" or
"Sowing the Seeds of Love"
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I remember seeing the video on MTV alot in/or around early 92-93(sorry if it wasnt as big as i thought it was lol).. the song is "break it down again".. i always remembered they had a song that was good that came out in the early 90's but i couldnt remember what the name was. finally found it after searching round some sites...
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Originally posted by kicker_of_elves
I remember seeing the video on MTV alot in/or around early 92-93(sorry if it wasnt as big as i thought it was lol).. the song is "break it down again".. i always remembered they had a song that was good that came out in the early 90's but i couldnt remember what the name was. finally found it after searching round some sites...
I remember seeing the video on MTV alot in/or around early 92-93(sorry if it wasnt as big as i thought it was lol).. the song is "break it down again".. i always remembered they had a song that was good that came out in the early 90's but i couldnt remember what the name was. finally found it after searching round some sites...
His followup Raoul and the Kings of Spain is even better! Tomcats is a step backward IMO.
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Originally posted by Scot1458
that's from Roland's first solo album ELEMENTAL, a great album.
His followup Raoul and the Kings of Spain is even better! Tomcats is a step backward IMO.
that's from Roland's first solo album ELEMENTAL, a great album.
His followup Raoul and the Kings of Spain is even better! Tomcats is a step backward IMO.
Roland's first solo album without Curt Smith. It was still under the Tears for Fears banner. Only "Tomcats" was a Roland "solo" album. Which I thought was great. I'm sooooooooo looking forward to the new TFF. And a new Duran Duran album too this year (with all the original members). Never actually loved them, but I think it's kind of cool that so many 80's bands are back together.
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Tears For Fears -- Orzabal, Smith Reunite
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...music_tears_dc
Mon Oct 6, 5:29 PM ET
By Troy Carpenter
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Tears For Fears principals Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith (news) have reunited and inked a deal with Arista Records, which will release the duo's first album together since 1989 early next year.
The pair performed together for the first time in over a decade Saturday at Andre Agassi's "Grand Slam for Children" benefit in Las Vegas.
Tears For Fears came to prominence in the mid-1980s while signed to Mercury Records. The band's breakthrough album, "Songs From the Big Chair," spent five weeks at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 and was certified five times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (news - web sites) (RIAA) for U.S. shipments of 5 million copies. That album featured the back-to-back No. 1 hits "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" and "Shout," as well as the No. 3 "Head Over Heels."
Smith left Tears For Fears in 1991 to pursue solo projects, while Orzabal released two more albums under the group name on Epic Records -- 1993's "Elemental" and 1995's "Raoul and the Kings of Spain." Both musicians released solo albums in recent years: Smith's "Mayfield" (Zero Disc) in 1998 and Orzabal's "Tomcats Screaming Outside" (Eagle Records) in 2001.
A greatest-hits album celebrating the band's Mercury years, "Tears Roll Down: Greatest Hits 1982-1992" (Fontana), peaked at No. 53 on The Billboard 200 in 1992, and has been certified triple-platinum by the RIAA.
Reuters/Billboard
Well this should be interesting. After seeing many of the top bands from the 80's play the KROQ Inland Invasion last month and most of them doing quite well, hopefully TFF can recapture the magic they had in the early/mid 80's.
Chris
Mon Oct 6, 5:29 PM ET
By Troy Carpenter
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Tears For Fears principals Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith (news) have reunited and inked a deal with Arista Records, which will release the duo's first album together since 1989 early next year.
The pair performed together for the first time in over a decade Saturday at Andre Agassi's "Grand Slam for Children" benefit in Las Vegas.
Tears For Fears came to prominence in the mid-1980s while signed to Mercury Records. The band's breakthrough album, "Songs From the Big Chair," spent five weeks at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 and was certified five times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (news - web sites) (RIAA) for U.S. shipments of 5 million copies. That album featured the back-to-back No. 1 hits "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" and "Shout," as well as the No. 3 "Head Over Heels."
Smith left Tears For Fears in 1991 to pursue solo projects, while Orzabal released two more albums under the group name on Epic Records -- 1993's "Elemental" and 1995's "Raoul and the Kings of Spain." Both musicians released solo albums in recent years: Smith's "Mayfield" (Zero Disc) in 1998 and Orzabal's "Tomcats Screaming Outside" (Eagle Records) in 2001.
A greatest-hits album celebrating the band's Mercury years, "Tears Roll Down: Greatest Hits 1982-1992" (Fontana), peaked at No. 53 on The Billboard 200 in 1992, and has been certified triple-platinum by the RIAA.
Reuters/Billboard
Well this should be interesting. After seeing many of the top bands from the 80's play the KROQ Inland Invasion last month and most of them doing quite well, hopefully TFF can recapture the magic they had in the early/mid 80's.
Chris
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Originally posted by kicker_of_elves
i know this is off-topic but, whats the name of thier song that was big in the 90's.... can't remember it but i know i liked it
i know this is off-topic but, whats the name of thier song that was big in the 90's.... can't remember it but i know i liked it
I remember that came out in the early-mid 90's!