Spotify Landmark: Tears For Fears plays "Everybody Wants To Rule The World"

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  • Опубликовано: 24 ноя 2014
  • To celebrate the 30th anniversary of their blockbuster album "Songs From The Big Chair," Tears For Fears convened in historic LA Studio The Village to perform some of their biggest hits and a surprise Radiohead cover for an intimate audience of 50 superfans. Hear these exclusive performances and the stories behind their legendary songs here, only on Spotify Landmark: www.spotify-landmark.com
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  • @maha77
    @maha77 9 лет назад +4377

    in 1985 I left home at age 17 and this song played non stop on my 3000 mile drive to the west coast. 'Welcome to your life, there's no turning back' this song gives me the same feeling it did back then

    • @itsimbatime
      @itsimbatime 8 лет назад +73

      Yeah,how did it go

    • @destinycoc9408
      @destinycoc9408 8 лет назад +77

      +DeviousIntellect He died.

    • @ProjectGibix
      @ProjectGibix 8 лет назад +78

      +maha77
      Answer the fucking question! How did your trip go?!

    • @dvnhzq
      @dvnhzq 8 лет назад +7

      +Devious Intellect Crew (Ostrich) Maybe he's black so he probably wasn't scared of the West Coast.

    • @derek-press
      @derek-press 8 лет назад +14

      +ProjectGibix one of the funniest comments I've read in a long while LAMO

  • @DJL0455
    @DJL0455 6 лет назад +712

    “Welcome to your life. There’s no turning back”
    One of the greatest lines ever written.

    • @TheChodax
      @TheChodax 3 года назад +4

      Yep, one line, says it all.

    • @paso193
      @paso193 2 года назад +2

      DJL0455….Especially in today’s climate, eh Mate!

    • @wellspells3171
      @wellspells3171 Год назад +1

      Well said and one of the best young every made!

    • @isabellaraylahrose570
      @isabellaraylahrose570 Месяц назад

      I am at a point when I have hit rock bottom… this line pushes me on. I really need to hear this

  • @Johnson-bx4ui
    @Johnson-bx4ui 9 месяцев назад +108

    It's 2023, almost 38 years ago this song made it to the top charts, anybody still listening and lived it like me?😎🤟😎

    • @angeleduardomachucarodrigu2278
      @angeleduardomachucarodrigu2278 7 месяцев назад

      Tengo 42 años y todavía cuando la escucho siento lo mismo que hace 38años años que la escuché por primera vez 😢

    • @tonym2464
      @tonym2464 2 дня назад

      Spotify camerman, when the lead guitarist plays his solo... for the love of God don't show the drummer or the lead singer. Show the guitarist playing the guitar... you miss it every time!

  • @justbean77
    @justbean77 2 года назад +603

    I love how their voices basically haven’t changed, they sound so beautiful

    • @aventis
      @aventis Год назад +12

      Sorry, that’s 50% of their incredible voice 30 years ago 🤷‍♂️

    • @stevenponte6655
      @stevenponte6655 Год назад +31

      @@aventis maybe so, but i am still impressed 30 years laters, they still do the song in the same key (and not lowering like most others) and it sounds pretty good! :)

    • @jimmyrich_57
      @jimmyrich_57 Год назад

      @@aventis Clean your ears! Hobo !

    • @therealf.b.i9468
      @therealf.b.i9468 Год назад

      @@aventis that's what happens when you get older

    • @captmcneil
      @captmcneil Год назад

      @@aventis I disagree.

  • @barrywalker1971
    @barrywalker1971 4 года назад +1686

    I _never_ tire of this song.

    • @ScruffyBoyBlue
      @ScruffyBoyBlue 4 года назад +24

      Barry Walker ikr. I’ve been listening to it 10 times a day for the past month and I’m still not bored of it. Can’t beat this song.

    • @bjpalm1994
      @bjpalm1994 3 года назад +10

      I've had it in my head recently and play it at least once a day. Love this song

    • @mikelsh9827
      @mikelsh9827 3 года назад +1

      Year of the knife with those unreal arrangements is also one of my tops from t4f !!!
      ruclips.net/video/1UcE36uNvoA/видео.html

    • @RadicalSharkRS
      @RadicalSharkRS 3 года назад

      listen to ribs neil

    • @kitchen_dog
      @kitchen_dog 3 года назад

      Never

  • @williammoseley17
    @williammoseley17 3 года назад +748

    Nobody can ever say the 80's didn't rock.

    • @kitchen_dog
      @kitchen_dog 3 года назад +9

      Nobody

    • @starchemllc1108
      @starchemllc1108 2 года назад +1

      never ever 80' rock

    • @oscargarciaprod
      @oscargarciaprod 2 года назад

      NO ONE AT ALL.

    • @chrisgodlaproductions3106
      @chrisgodlaproductions3106 2 года назад +6

      The 60s rocked into the early 70s. Then "disco made its way in the late 70s. But once 1981 came around the disco was over and Rock reclaimed its throne. Rightfully!

    • @wynnpimentel4438
      @wynnpimentel4438 2 года назад +3

      Put today's music to shame

  • @kindface
    @kindface 2 года назад +744

    I can never get tired of this piece of music.
    It’s forever young. Though I’m no longer.

  • @rjdelcastillo
    @rjdelcastillo 6 месяцев назад +12

    Nov 11, 2023. I'm playing this beautiful song to my mom while she's laying down in her hospital bed. She's about to leave this world in a few Moments... She loved this song so much... I wanted to tell her some goodbye words ... But i could not find a better way to express how much I Will always love her and miss her than by playing such a beautiful melody to her.... Thanks so much Tears for Fears...

    • @Ufhfhb2345
      @Ufhfhb2345 5 дней назад

      You have help your mother to higher ground. Be proud and love her forever whenever you hear this song.

  • @classickid2185
    @classickid2185 5 лет назад +724

    Curt and Roland sound absolutely stunning for their age. Long live Tears for Fears.

    • @barbapoupokin7425
      @barbapoupokin7425 4 года назад

      Ils sont de plus en plus beaux 😆😯

    • @andrewptob
      @andrewptob 4 года назад +14

      Slightly lowered key, but they sound great.

    • @garynorden1117
      @garynorden1117 4 года назад +1

      Where did all the time go? Where old and still jamming

    • @DeeDee-lz8zx
      @DeeDee-lz8zx 4 года назад +14

      They sound much better than any of the new music out there. BTW this is live, no studio so expect some fluctuations in their voices and instrument sounds.

    • @Jessy-sr5lh
      @Jessy-sr5lh 4 года назад +2

      Cleaning voices.. Without tune

  • @123mapex
    @123mapex 4 года назад +3809

    Props to the drummer! If you're not one, you may not realize how awkward and unorthodox it is to play this groove....

    • @victorlgcarvalho
      @victorlgcarvalho 4 года назад +299

      True story... And he plays it so faithful to the original recording, it's amazing.
      Great musicianship all around this band.

    • @FreddysFrets
      @FreddysFrets 4 года назад +166

      Yes that syncopated hihat is slick!

    • @MikeLumer
      @MikeLumer 4 года назад +125

      Dude nailed it solid too. Hard to stay in the zone with the syncopated kicks

    • @morsteen
      @morsteen 4 года назад +123

      Yeah the kicks fuck it all up. At first I was thinking, nawww it's not that hard to do the hi hat and boom tap at the same, but then I heard the double boom squeezed in there, and then I understood. Squeezing that in while keeping the straight beat of everything else is actually difficult indeed.

    • @bobthesalesclerk
      @bobthesalesclerk 4 года назад +31

      Linn Drum ♥️

  • @user-hk7hz9cn7v
    @user-hk7hz9cn7v 2 года назад +214

    One of the most perfectly written, produced, mixed and mastered tracks ever. It’s just a masterpiece!

    • @xoio
      @xoio 8 месяцев назад +2

      This AND Head Over Heals ... 😀

    • @jasonvaughan5128
      @jasonvaughan5128 3 месяца назад

      Yes and yes.

    • @helenasuneli9331
      @helenasuneli9331 29 дней назад

      I couldn't agree more!! 💜💜

  • @johnreynolds8293
    @johnreynolds8293 3 года назад +238

    This has got to be one of the top 10 most perfectly balanced tunes in music history and the musicianship is impeccable

    • @lessismore8533
      @lessismore8533 Год назад +1

      Musicianship I find simple but I love the melody because it’s so simple yet so effective and became a classic

  • @mahdiben6114
    @mahdiben6114 7 лет назад +2066

    As they say, gold never rusts

    • @djfrog2001
      @djfrog2001 7 лет назад +26

      perfectly said

    • @poetx7
      @poetx7 5 лет назад +5

      medibee Amen to that!

    • @ziggybammurphy191
      @ziggybammurphy191 5 лет назад +19

      F%cking classic....this is the first song i think of when someone mentions 80’s bands and music....a timeless classic thats probably more relevant today than it was in 85’

    • @glorianamontes827
      @glorianamontes827 5 лет назад +9

      Word. This song makes me so nostalgic every time I listen to it, but I also enjoy it a lot. And seeing them nail it after so many years is just amazing. The 80s have the best music!

    • @balutanski
      @balutanski 5 лет назад +1

      amen

  • @stevenkurniawan4205
    @stevenkurniawan4205 4 года назад +1284

    this live version is more studio than the studio version 😯😯😯

    • @jasonwilson8671
      @jasonwilson8671 4 года назад +73

      It does sound good live. Not many bands can do that.

    • @jimhowland8965
      @jimhowland8965 4 года назад +20

      My thoughts exactly. I was like "Wait a minute....", then I kept on listening. Excellent performance!

    • @gwemula
      @gwemula 4 года назад +8

      spoke my mind!

    • @ciccodeportes3338
      @ciccodeportes3338 4 года назад +9

      Si... igual está procesada y masterizada a full

    • @jessethibes
      @jessethibes 4 года назад +15

      perfect guitar and synth tones. perfect playin too

  • @patrickgallegos113
    @patrickgallegos113 Год назад +112

    This song will never ever get old. A timeless feel good melody that will never be forgotten.

  • @freddyt86
    @freddyt86 2 года назад +185

    It’s quite incredible how good they still sound 30yrs later. Vocally and instrumentally phenomenal. I’ve watched this so many times. Drummer killed that groove. Snare sounds awesome.

  • @jocone123
    @jocone123 4 года назад +687

    One of the best written songs ever!

    • @somrajdutta8366
      @somrajdutta8366 4 года назад +5

      Indeed. A runaway classic which will enrapture generations to come.

    • @osvaldojoseecheverriacolla2231
      @osvaldojoseecheverriacolla2231 3 года назад

      No doubt

    • @therepublicofcynica
      @therepublicofcynica 3 года назад +2

      Bollocks! It's good but one of the best? No. The amount of posts on here that are over exaggerated defies belief.

    • @bsherwood4872
      @bsherwood4872 3 года назад +10

      The Republic of Sardonica and Cynica. It really is because it’s beautiful and written with a whole world outside perspective. It’s genius.

    • @mastermomlittleson5473
      @mastermomlittleson5473 3 года назад

      Yes me to.

  • @babichjohn1
    @babichjohn1 7 лет назад +1043

    This is the song that encapsulates the 80's...

  • @janvicsamiado1517
    @janvicsamiado1517 Год назад +54

    I love how this song was played every 5:30 in the morning in cartoon network it gives me the vibes of my elementary days before going to school

  • @allisonjones904
    @allisonjones904 Год назад +10

    I cannot think of a single modern-day artist (?) who will be able to replicate their performance 30 years from now. I'm so glad that this was "my era" of music, with lyrics that actually said something and meant something instead of the blah blah blah junk today.

  • @DreamClean
    @DreamClean 8 лет назад +1906

    Wow Spotify, you nailed the audio quality.

    • @DreamClean
      @DreamClean 8 лет назад +37

      +Hope Hurteau True say, that's generally true for all streaming service. But you can tell the raw file would be sick...so Spotify did their part well.

    • @linsvagner
      @linsvagner 8 лет назад +9

      show de bola tears for fears

    • @fl6stringer
      @fl6stringer 8 лет назад +21

      Everything will be okay..... Okay? I guess you don't recall worn out cassette mix tapes in a cheap boombox? :)

    • @krillin876
      @krillin876 7 лет назад +10

      Have you ever seen tears live?

    • @MrDeevo
      @MrDeevo 5 лет назад +5

      Nice audio, mediocre camera work though

  • @sigemerson3809
    @sigemerson3809 5 лет назад +277

    The drummer is playing the beat perfectly, very difficult, and what a great beat!

    • @Keblitz
      @Keblitz 4 года назад +10

      Difficult for a begginer lmao

    • @efraim83
      @efraim83 4 года назад +1

      yes it is tricky...

    • @pepepepe8982
      @pepepepe8982 4 года назад +2

      the drum was linn drum lm1 originally

    • @BradTrimas
      @BradTrimas 4 года назад +6

      @Kyle Webber It's the feel that's very difficult. I have heard this covered a million times and it never feels right.

    • @semyaza555
      @semyaza555 4 года назад

      Keblitz OWNED

  • @martymcfly1833
    @martymcfly1833 Год назад +10

    That guitar solo is so different and perfect. Literally perfectly fits the song.

  • @freddyd19763
    @freddyd19763 Год назад +38

    My #1 song of all time.

  • @gg8524
    @gg8524 4 года назад +122

    “Welcome to your life. There’s no turning back”
    One of the greatest lines ever written.
    Wow Spotify, you nailed the audio quality.

    • @chadwells7562
      @chadwells7562 2 года назад

      One of the most sadly true lines every written 🤣

  • @subzero8679
    @subzero8679 4 года назад +497

    This song means more now than it did back in the 1980's. Everybody still wants to rule the world, and It's getting worse.

  • @elvingtonred
    @elvingtonred 2 года назад +11

    How good is that? I'm a 1958 baby and Northern Soul lover, but know class when I hear it. Newly married when this came out, bought the album for my wife, we were on holiday in Crete when it came out, still reminds me of those times. Magic

  • @ontiroberto9353
    @ontiroberto9353 3 года назад +36

    I'm 45 years old now, but from the first time i heard this song to these days, it always give me the goosebumps. It's just one of those songs, you know?

  • @bern1e74
    @bern1e74 4 года назад +473

    I miss the 80’s so much. Music and the films were just hitting all the right spots.

    • @paulnonatuse.bautista1294
      @paulnonatuse.bautista1294 4 года назад +20

      The music, the movies, the fashion, the 80's was my decade!

    • @everready2903
      @everready2903 4 года назад +10

      X2
      But our parents miss the 60's! 😀
      I think we miss our youth most!

    • @alfredbaione2846
      @alfredbaione2846 4 года назад +7

      Agreed 100 percent, best times in my life, great music,movies, bbq with family and friends. All around great

    • @siler7
      @siler7 3 года назад +1

      '80s.

    • @mauricepowers8079
      @mauricepowers8079 3 года назад +5

      @@everready2903 I was a teenager in the 60's. The 70's spawned some INCREDIBLE music but I have to admit everything seemed to come together perfectly in the 80's...if I could go back and relive any time period it would most definitely be the 80's.

  • @randyr.212
    @randyr.212 4 года назад +443

    Still one of the great "mood" songs ever. Summer day driving on a country road, windows down and this great song turned up all the way.

    • @Pepsiman4352
      @Pepsiman4352 4 года назад +2

      TAKE ME HOME!!!

    • @randyr.212
      @randyr.212 4 года назад +2

      @@Pepsiman4352, Hop in and put on your shades. We're going on a musical adventure.

    • @dmitri9042
      @dmitri9042 4 года назад +1

      yes

    • @jean-pierreraduocallaghan8422
      @jean-pierreraduocallaghan8422 4 года назад

      @@randyr.212 A Magical Mystery Tour....

    • @randyr.212
      @randyr.212 4 года назад +1

      @@jean-pierreraduocallaghan8422 You're welcome to come along. If you're getting too much air in the back seat, I'll close one of the windows.

  • @ibdribbles7128
    @ibdribbles7128 2 года назад +32

    I remember when I was in the Navy stationed in Virginia then suddenly received orders to the West coast (as we called it)…well, they gave me 10 days to get there. Wasn’t interested in flying because that would have left me without my car, so I did the next best thing…ROADTRIP!!! And I played all kinds of tunes in my vast collection, namely TEAR FOR FEARS. it was an awesome journey laden full of memories I’ll never forget!

    • @ungenx
      @ungenx 2 года назад +3

      I do that from nc, every December, never get tired. I grew up in Cali.

  • @luiscatalan4823
    @luiscatalan4823 3 года назад +48

    This is probably, one of the endless songs ever written.... a pure example of a golden era of creativity

  • @theIdeaSensei
    @theIdeaSensei 4 года назад +224

    The intro starts and we all traveled back 30 years ago

    • @georgekoul
      @georgekoul 3 года назад

      35

    • @laydiepac
      @laydiepac 2 года назад +1

      To my childhood but to be exact around 5 years before I was born. Everytime I hear this song it gives me peace and brings me back to childhood.

    • @Nothinbutdafrontrow
      @Nothinbutdafrontrow 2 года назад +1

      I'm 13 all over again!

    • @TheDenzel2012
      @TheDenzel2012 2 года назад +1

      Exactly ☺️

    • @OtomoTenzi
      @OtomoTenzi 2 года назад +1

      YEARGH!!! >: D

  • @Metragnome_Images
    @Metragnome_Images 3 года назад +63

    The drummer hit the pocket from the get go and stayed for the whole trip..... so good.

    • @harristonrichardson9979
      @harristonrichardson9979 2 года назад +2

      You are so right, the drummer is like a half second off the regular cymbal hit but he NAILED it ALL THE WAY THROUGH, THAT WAS GENIUS ,

    • @Metragnome_Images
      @Metragnome_Images 2 года назад

      @@harristonrichardson9979 playing just behind the beat like that is not easy but just sounds do good 👍

    • @harristonrichardson9979
      @harristonrichardson9979 2 года назад +2

      @@Metragnome_Images This is a song that we could break down and STILL get good feed back from a lot of people , just read some of them on here, mostly from musicians

    • @Metragnome_Images
      @Metragnome_Images 2 года назад

      @@harristonrichardson9979 Absolutely.. just love watching amazing musos... being a drummer I love Simon Phillips.

  • @thisisajang
    @thisisajang 3 года назад +78

    Curt Smith vocal still as great as ever.

  • @rickstamler5931
    @rickstamler5931 10 месяцев назад +6

    This song can be dissected until the end of time. Bottom line…it’s truly perfect. The guitar solos, the unique drums(like Rosanna), vocals, lyrics, and beautiful keyboard work. The perfect storm. My 7yr old grandson keeps playing the opening guitar riff on a tiny keyboard he has. He is INFATUATED with a song from my youth. I love it all!!

  • @paso193
    @paso193 4 года назад +816

    WTF!! I put headphones on and this sounded like it was the actual recording! Considering this is a '35+ yr. old' band....this was utterly amazing! Everyone nailed the authentic studio recorded soundtrack and that's not an easy feat. Recreating the guitar fills/parts alone is especially not easy. Look at some of the RUclips attempts at this song and I rest my case. That last guitar lead at the end......what type of scale is that!?! Never heard anything like it. Difficult to replicate - but, it was on the recording. As a gigging musician I am totally impressed and blown-away by this surprising, out of the blue, performance!

    • @jimcudasnyder
      @jimcudasnyder 3 года назад +2

      Hear here! Ditto, paso! I too am puzzling my little musician mind over this recording.

    • @alinecabralrangeldemesquit1353
      @alinecabralrangeldemesquit1353 3 года назад +1

      Amazing

    • @rrrrrrtt1
      @rrrrrrtt1 3 года назад +9

      Age is a state of mind...

    • @bsherwood4872
      @bsherwood4872 3 года назад +2

      This is the best band ever. I listen to everything. They had 5 huge hits off the songs from the big chair album. Just blown away.

    • @sinnamonparkvet6729
      @sinnamonparkvet6729 3 года назад +5

      Neil Taylor wrote that iconic solo - unmistakeable style . (Also on Broken) , I find Rolands first rhythm solo is harder to play to get the rhythm right . Both are perfect

  • @Art_Martial
    @Art_Martial 4 года назад +115

    "I can't stand this indecision married with this lack of vision"....wow, those lyrics are still relevant today....

    • @jamesalexander5623
      @jamesalexander5623 3 года назад +1

      Sounds like the Guy in the White House!? .... No?

    • @Art_Martial
      @Art_Martial 3 года назад +2

      @@jamesalexander5623 ...yeah...he was never qualified....still isn't...

    • @zen_mindset1
      @zen_mindset1 3 года назад +6

      @@jamesalexander5623 yes Biden.

    • @OtomoTenzi
      @OtomoTenzi 2 года назад

      It's like a stab in the heart, if ya think of how this line applies to the on-goin' situation with things today!

    • @Art_Martial
      @Art_Martial 2 года назад

      @@OtomoTenzi ... a year ago...

  • @PSUK
    @PSUK 8 дней назад

    UK drummer with 50 years playing experience here. This TfF drummer has absolutely nailed this piece. Bang on in the pocket. An extremely difficult job extremely well done. 👏👏👏

  • @jeffh5388
    @jeffh5388 9 месяцев назад +11

    Absolutely one of the all time best songs, singing, and instrument playing - all in one. You guys are incredibly talented. Thank you.

  • @idawan09
    @idawan09 7 лет назад +136

    The music and voice perfectly same as of 1985 version..respect to all of them

    • @Texy88
      @Texy88 7 лет назад +5

      There is a *slight* difference in pitch on the original recording, which is pitched slightly sharp of concert pitch (presumably someone sped up the tape a bit), but apart from that, yes, it is indeed a very good rendition, and the fact that they haven’t had to down-tune after all these years like some bands have had to due to deepening singing voices makes this even more of a delight.

    • @TimxA
      @TimxA 6 лет назад

      My thoughts exactly after just listening to the 1985 performance.

    • @willritter4076
      @willritter4076 6 лет назад +1

      I'd be honored if some fans of 80s power ballads would check out my acoustic piano & vocal covers of AGAINST ALL ODDS by Phil Collins, JACK & DIANE by John Cougar, and SISTER CHRISTIAN by Night Ranger on my channel in tribute to the masters. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital enhancements. Thanks and keep on rocking.

    • @Idokun85
      @Idokun85 6 лет назад

      As much as i dislike autotune, it was very subtle and soft. either way, they are amazing. respect.

  • @seanharris5360
    @seanharris5360 4 года назад +141

    Whoever was the sound engineer for this did awesome work!

    • @TheChodax
      @TheChodax 3 года назад

      Have to agree, it's beautifully done.

    • @TimMcDermott15
      @TimMcDermott15 3 года назад

      agreed, its incredible

  • @mitzyreyes
    @mitzyreyes 2 года назад +11

    Welcome to your life
    There's no turning back
    Even while we sleep
    We will find you
    Acting on your best behavior
    Turn your back on Mother Nature
    Everybody wants to rule the world
    It's my own design
    It's my own remorse
    Help me to decide
    Help me make the most of
    Freedom and of pleasure
    Nothing ever lasts forever
    Everybody wants to rule the world
    There's a room where the light won't find you
    Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
    When they do I'll be right behind you
    So glad we've almost made it
    So sad they had to fade it
    Everybody wants to rule the world
    I can't stand this indecision
    Married with a lack of vision
    Everybody wants to rule the world
    Say that you'll never, never, never, never need it
    One headline, why believe it?
    Everybody wants to rule the world
    All for freedom and for pleasure
    Nothing ever lasts forever
    Everybody wants to rule the world

  • @horleth
    @horleth 2 года назад +19

    They have aged so well
    And still sound amazing 👏 🙌
    Love this song the tempo is timeless..

  • @juliozeor
    @juliozeor 6 лет назад +40

    Here you have the lyrics :)
    Welcome to your life
    There's no turning back
    Even while we sleep
    We will find You acting on your best behavior
    Turn your back on mother nature
    Everybody wants to rule the world
    It's my own desire
    It's my own remorse
    Help me to decide
    Help me make the most Of freedom and of pleasure
    Nothing ever lasts forever
    Everybody wants to rule the world
    There's a room where the light won't find you
    Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
    When they do, I'll be right behind you
    So glad we've almost made it
    So sad they had to fade it
    Everybody wants to rule the world
    I can't stand this indecision
    Married with a lack of vision
    Everybody wants to rule the world
    Say that you'll never, never, never, need it
    One headline, why believe it?
    Everybody wants to rule the world
    All for freedom and for pleasure
    Nothing ever lasts forever
    Everybody wants to rule the world

  • @rodrodriguez9724
    @rodrodriguez9724 5 лет назад +321

    1985, just graduated college, it was dark outside and it had snowed.
    Went running, getting ready for officer training and flight school.
    Had this song playing on the Walkman. It was beautiful.
    Best song to fly low-level to in a Air Force jet.
    Damn I was lucky.
    Thanks TFF!

    • @ltlt1219
      @ltlt1219 4 года назад +13

      The Walkman was a beautiful thing during that time. 😊

    • @Bendijester
      @Bendijester 4 года назад +9

      In 1985 this was my FAVORITE song to run to when I was in the Navy. It's also the BEST song to play on take off when traveling by commercial airplane. I wore that tape out in my Walkman! Listening to this thirty five years later and it's STILL my FAVORITE SONG!!!

    • @ScruffyBoyBlue
      @ScruffyBoyBlue 4 года назад

      What service did you join?

    • @Bendijester
      @Bendijester 4 года назад +2

      Party Animals U.S. Navy - I was a Hull Technician. 🇺🇸

    • @ScruffyBoyBlue
      @ScruffyBoyBlue 4 года назад

      Bendijester Nice.

  • @jackbauer4186
    @jackbauer4186 2 года назад +9

    The sound mix engineer and the musicians deserve incredible recognition for this. The sound is recording studio, post processed quality.... But it was live. Wow.

  • @theozBandit
    @theozBandit 3 года назад +194

    FACT: A new computer program recently showed both these guys are the number 1 singers in the world to sing at the same quality now as to their original recordings. The program overlays their current music over the original and comes out with a percentage of degrading, a bit like a vehicle dyno that measures the current power to that when was new. These guys dropped just 3% which was NEVER heard of (or 1% each 10 years) so... they re did the test and was correct. So good that as a comparison, the master copy ON tapes looses 2.7% every 10 years due to natural degradation!!
    Next closely followed by Def Leppard who was only 6.6% or 2.2 each 10 years...compared to Meatloaf that had lost 84% quality with 30 years...
    Well done guys...the quoting that you sound exactly AS GOOD now as ever before is a fact that cannot be disputed!
    Keep up the great music! 👍👍👍

    • @alpacajones
      @alpacajones 2 года назад +3

      Do you have the link? That's so cool

    • @laydiepac
      @laydiepac 2 года назад +4

      im too drunk to check so I hope this is accurate. If so, thanks 1000x for this info

    • @paso193
      @paso193 2 года назад

      …….and, I rest my case!

    • @user-ux1vj9vx7s
      @user-ux1vj9vx7s 2 года назад +2

      What about Vince Neil?

    • @philmstud2k
      @philmstud2k 2 года назад +6

      Nah, their voices have definitely changed. Not saying they're worse, but definitely sound different. One singer I can think of that sounds exactly the same is Robert Smith of The Cure. Or Rivers Cuomo from Weezer.

  • @JakeAdkinsOfficial
    @JakeAdkinsOfficial 4 года назад +129

    Imagine writing a song so good that it's still this much fun to perform it 35 years later🔥👏

  • @2ndjoshua268
    @2ndjoshua268 5 лет назад +165

    There's a reason we dreamed in the 80's.

  • @AwesomeShotStudios
    @AwesomeShotStudios 3 года назад +14

    Some songs come out and on first listening you just know that it will hold up over time. This was a perfect example of a song that your children's children will be listening to in their pod on their way to Mars.

  • @allghilliedup1992
    @allghilliedup1992 Год назад +5

    A whole decade, culture, and feeling bottled into one song.

  • @zaydmulla3710
    @zaydmulla3710 4 года назад +222

    This has to be one of the best ever live performances

    • @cliffnakano8213
      @cliffnakano8213 4 года назад +5

      If you like good rock and good music, you love this. So good.

    • @fsargaco
      @fsargaco 4 года назад +1

      It´s not completely live..............................

    • @dairebarefoot6763
      @dairebarefoot6763 3 года назад +1

      Definitely not a true live but it’s good

  • @alphacause
    @alphacause 9 лет назад +87

    This is one of the most iconic songs from the 80s - a decade replete with iconic songs. Many songs from the 80s were memorable, not only because they had a great melody, excellent instrumental work, and demonstrated fabulous vocal power, but because they conveyed a substantive message about the world. Many mainstream songs from the 80s concentrated on societal ills. What happened to mainstream music today? It seems as if almost no mainstream artist gives voice to the various problems plaguing this world. If you want to hear music other than that which engages in self-absorption, sex, fame or romance - if you want to hear about things that matter far more, like poverty, corruption, war, and inequality - nowadays you have to search for obscure alternative music. I long for the days when artist like Sting, Phil Collins, Don Henley, Tears For Fears, etc had something to say.

    • @TylerTR95
      @TylerTR95 9 лет назад +2

      ***** 80s Music is by far my favorite, i was born in the mid 90s and can't listen to any modern music. The 80s were the best.

    • @DespaceMan
      @DespaceMan 8 лет назад +2

      TylerTR95 all started from the 70's to the late 80's and a bit of the 90's but don't worry it will come around again music with passion will always return I just hope I'm still around by then.

    • @DunderMifflin9523
      @DunderMifflin9523 8 лет назад

      +DeSpace Man
      "...i just hope i'm still around by then.."
      Indeed, man. Hoping still.

    • @isl1551
      @isl1551 8 лет назад +3

      +Carlo Mendoza there is good music out there right now! Just gotta do a little bit more searching brother. It's like an adventure; when you do find it, you cherish it. Good luck on your adventure!

    • @DemonOfRazgriz
      @DemonOfRazgriz 7 лет назад +1

      Ahhh... The 80's...

  • @delb6923
    @delb6923 3 года назад +4

    I'm 60 years old this video brings me back in time, I felt young again for a moment.

  • @carliniguitar
    @carliniguitar Год назад +8

    Nothing quite like this, played loudly through nice speakers. SO good.

  • @smthone
    @smthone 8 лет назад +325

    They aged exceptionally well. They still kill it live :)

    • @ronaldlee7566
      @ronaldlee7566 6 лет назад +2

      Robert Baratheon They're still rock it and awesome after 3 decades

    • @eladioarcia4284
      @eladioarcia4284 4 года назад

      My friend

  • @jaimeecherivel2927
    @jaimeecherivel2927 5 лет назад +111

    That intro, although brief, is so memorable and you instantly know the song when it starts

  • @eboy6364
    @eboy6364 3 месяца назад +2

    One of the best live performance ever made, sounds like the original studio version

  • @STEM2049
    @STEM2049 3 года назад +9

    I grew up listening to this song when my parents used to play it all the time when I was young. I STILL listen to this song to this day.

  • @alisaculley603
    @alisaculley603 3 года назад +1169

    When bands 30 years later sound better..........LIVE! These are real musicians, not synthesized voices!

    • @bsherwood4872
      @bsherwood4872 3 года назад +23

      This is the best full live performance on the internet bar none

    • @danielhowe6449
      @danielhowe6449 3 года назад +5

      I agree Alisa Culley

    • @desisano
      @desisano 3 года назад +5

      Absofuckinglutely!

    • @paulusintas8627
      @paulusintas8627 3 года назад +5

      absolutely true! Icehouse is another great example of this :D

    • @solis2163
      @solis2163 3 года назад +2

      Totally agree Alisa👍

  • @robbernath
    @robbernath 4 года назад +61

    This song is like putting on a comfortable jacket you wore when you were younger and still fits just as well today. For a little more than five minutes, I was a teenager again. Thank you. Guys sounded great. 👍

  • @Bmenz18
    @Bmenz18 2 года назад +31

    This song hits me hard in the feels. Absolutely love it.

  • @juancruzzabala5116
    @juancruzzabala5116 2 года назад +53

    Han pasado 36 años y siguen teniendo la tremenda fuerza de su música, de este temazo en particular.

  • @ZachGilbert13
    @ZachGilbert13 9 лет назад +413

    This song is by far one of my favorites of all time. The crazy thing is, that it doesn't sound any different than it did in 1986.

    • @bobpawlak1964
      @bobpawlak1964 9 лет назад +8

      Mine too....And they might sound even better !!!!!!

    • @DjFramez
      @DjFramez 9 лет назад +5

      It's still good I love being an 80's baby

    • @Tornado1994
      @Tornado1994 9 лет назад +7

      It's from Spring of 1985 not '86.

    • @Xa_WEh
      @Xa_WEh 6 лет назад +5

      When he starts to sing, you just can't believe the sound... absolutely brilliant

    • @MAGICTUTUBO
      @MAGICTUTUBO 5 лет назад +2

      I wish I was in 85 again

  • @yiwenmeister
    @yiwenmeister 4 года назад +107

    I didn't speak English when I was little but some how this song was always in my head for the last three decades. Now I know why, it's just a fantastic song.

  • @chuckcribbs3398
    @chuckcribbs3398 3 года назад +6

    I went to HS and college in the ‘80s. Best times ever! Music was timeless, such great bands, and great songs like this.

    • @OtomoTenzi
      @OtomoTenzi 2 года назад

      Dude, you must've had the BEST times ever!

  • @demelza32
    @demelza32 2 года назад +15

    Magnificent!! Imagine being able to be so confident in your ability ( humble in the process) and please yourself, that is Tears for Fears. LOVE!!!

  • @xchjoek
    @xchjoek 4 года назад +96

    I don't know about you, but for me this is the sound of 80's. Travels me back in time.

    • @siler7
      @siler7 3 года назад +3

      '80s.

    • @xchjoek
      @xchjoek 3 года назад

      @@siler7 Thanks for the correction. Appreciated.

  • @stephanvillavicencio5679
    @stephanvillavicencio5679 3 года назад +18

    "i can't stand this indecision, married with a lack of vision" those are two finely crafted lines, written in the mid1980s, that ring so true in 2020

  • @garrygalvez9339
    @garrygalvez9339 11 месяцев назад +1

    Junior High ‘85. The bois adventure : bike trails, organising the batch pop culture house party (wearing dad’s bomber jacket , earring in one ear, guyliner), booze! It was a blast !!!

  • @sergioreis1531
    @sergioreis1531 8 лет назад +379

    Drummer perfect.... all perfect...

    • @johnspencer772
      @johnspencer772 7 лет назад +14

      I will admit to struggling with the this on drums... The hi-hat is 'interesting'...

    • @19jc80
      @19jc80 7 лет назад

      I can't get it either. I've watched videos and the teachers all play it differently.

    • @johnspencer772
      @johnspencer772 7 лет назад +1

      Interesting. Is that a a 'shaker' that is creating the '3' against '4'? I will admit, that attempting to play what I call the 'shuffle' beat on the kick drum and then play '3' with that is something that I cannot do -- at least for the moment :)
      Even with the original recording, I thought a rather 'masterful' job was done with the hi-hat. Though, I did question just how much of this 'sound' and rhythm was one person
      I guess this is the 'independence' that many teachers talk about getting.
      I am not surprised that 'even' teachers play this differently among themselves. Just goes to show that we all bring something 'different' to this thing called rhythm.

    • @bennettwiens
      @bennettwiens 7 лет назад +7

      yea its a shaker on loop

    • @richb4099
      @richb4099 6 лет назад +2

      Absolutely, and that is a tough song to play...

  • @vincenewton9282
    @vincenewton9282 9 лет назад +202

    As the years forge ahead, I am so incredibly sad that we can never ever go back for a replay. This song continues to stay with me - and touch my heart throughout, from its opening riff. I'm from Roland and Kurt's generation. We are the post Baby Boomers. In 1985, my girlfriend turned me on to this whole album. She said to me, "Listen to this... it's beautiful." I married her a year later. And we're still together.

    • @Baz97__
      @Baz97__ 6 лет назад +2

      When love could be found through music. Now theres hardly such a chance.

    • @BongED
      @BongED 5 лет назад +1

      Good music when alone or with a group, so lucky we've grown up listening with their music... These songs spoke the language of our soul and our generation.👍✌️🇵🇭

    • @Keyboardman88
      @Keyboardman88 5 лет назад

      Every decade had it's great music. I was in Jr. High when the 60's British Invasion hit. The 70's cam with great music of it own. Funk, Jazz, and my favorite Steely Dan. The 80's hold a special place in my memories. I was a musician playing full time on the road. Memories of friends made and a love lost...and a love found.

    • @miketabor2426
      @miketabor2426 5 лет назад +4

      @@Baz97__ I'm gonna have to disagree. And I'm not a fan of today's music. I'm a "take me back to the 70's-80's" guy , having just turned 47. But my wife at 49 years old can still find new music she loves and occasionally she'll send me a song I would have otherwise never heard , like Read My Mind by The Killers or Home by Edward Sharpe (probably got that one wrong and will have to edit). What I'm saying is , she can still find new music to send me and I fall in love with her all over again.
      But there's nothing like the stuff you grow up to.

  • @robertbenko6629
    @robertbenko6629 8 дней назад

    I think this drummer has some very simple but tasteful drum parts in this song that I always wait for everytime I hear this song

  • @kabayanito9580
    @kabayanito9580 Год назад +11

    I will never get tired of this song😀.

  • @NathanMills1
    @NathanMills1 5 лет назад +20

    This song NEVER gets old. And although it's my #1 anthem of the '80s, it's sound is timeless. One of the greatest songs ever recorded.

  • @solsurvivalandbushcract6587
    @solsurvivalandbushcract6587 4 года назад +47

    I miss the 80's. Hearing this brought tears to my eyes. The world will never be the same.

    • @ungenx
      @ungenx 2 года назад

      @Noxy Gabela it wasn't the same when we were young in the 80's for the ones before us.

  • @juliodelrio1737
    @juliodelrio1737 3 года назад +5

    Everyone wants to hear this beautiful song in 2021 through 5050 and beyond!! Simply a beautiful song!! Memories in the 80s for me was Incredible!! Thank you RUclips👍

  • @TCshore1
    @TCshore1 Год назад +11

    The video is a true classic as well

  • @djredgz6189
    @djredgz6189 4 года назад +35

    That's what you called MUSIC...
    80's-90's music never gets old.

    • @joaopaulofrazao3807
      @joaopaulofrazao3807 4 года назад +1

      Yeeeeeeeeees.

    • @garynorden1117
      @garynorden1117 4 года назад +4

      Don't forget the 60s and the 70s where great too good times with a lot of bad going on that's why we didn't care. Graduate get drafted.

  • @hernandogalvez6493
    @hernandogalvez6493 7 лет назад +300

    Welcome to your life, there's no turning back,
    Even while we sleep,
    We will find you acting on your best behavior
    Turn your back on mother nature
    Everybody wants to rule the world
    It's my own desire, it's my own remorse.
    Help me to decide.
    Help me make the most of freedom and of pleasure
    Nothing ever lasts forever
    Everybody wants to rule the world
    There's a room where the light won't find you
    Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
    When they do, I'll be right behind you
    So glad we've almost made it
    So sad they had to fade it
    Everybody wants to rule the world
    I can't stand this indecision, married with a lack of vision
    Everybody wants to rule the world
    Say that you'll never, never, never, never need it
    One headline, why believe it?
    Everybody wants to rule the world
    All for freedom and for pleasure
    Nothing ever lasts forever
    Everybody wants to rule the world

  • @nicholasmanusos845
    @nicholasmanusos845 2 года назад +14

    Timeless and yet firmly in the 80's... it's just a really, really good song and this performance is excellent.

  • @backatya-bi8rx
    @backatya-bi8rx 3 года назад +8

    Top to bottom one of the greatest songs ever recorded: the melody, lyrics, guitar solos, drum part... absolutely great.

    • @gordonames1892
      @gordonames1892 2 года назад +1

      WOULD ALSO ADD THAT 80S SONG BY SPANDAU ELECTRIC TRUE!!

  • @JoshLavian
    @JoshLavian 9 лет назад +221

    In the original, when he sings the part at 2:29, his voice has a very youthful tone to it, because the guy was obviously much younger, yet he retains most of it here, several decades later. I love this song, and this version is just as good. Nice atmosphere, too. What a great band.

  • @toferj7441
    @toferj7441 3 года назад +123

    Fucking iconic!! I get weirdly emotional listening to this... Forget singing along, I'm a wreck! ❤️🎤😭

    • @marinacostagomescoutinho9185
      @marinacostagomescoutinho9185 2 года назад +2

      Same here and i was born in 92 and yet i feel a strong weird feeling about everything in this song.

    • @bp51082
      @bp51082 2 года назад +6

      I think for some of us lucky enough to have been alive when it came out, who are either drifting into or well into middle age, it has a real ability to transport you back to simpler times. Plus it is just a magnificent timeless song

    • @wandam4ximoff
      @wandam4ximoff 2 года назад +1

      same, I'm 22 and somehow feel very nostalgic about the 80's, they look like magical years :')

    • @irwinashby56
      @irwinashby56 2 года назад +1

      Dude am with you on this man I get so hype it's like am lost in transition. Awesome love this joint dude. Big up to my boys tears for fears. All day every day.

    • @tomneff7030
      @tomneff7030 2 года назад +1

      @@wandam4ximoff They were. More than you can imagine.

  • @mattball2700
    @mattball2700 Год назад +6

    Honest question: How can Curt sound this good this far along??

  • @garyg.8564
    @garyg.8564 3 года назад +3

    why cant they paly music like this today ...good stuff and good times...these guys were a big part of life back then

  • @ThomasCollectables
    @ThomasCollectables 7 лет назад +34

    They recreated this so perfectly. Every little detail of the song has been included and even the synthersisers sound just like they did on the original recording.

  • @classicmetalrules6300
    @classicmetalrules6300 4 года назад +3

    Hell yes. Sounding great still after all theses yrs. another gem and real musicians from the 80s. Long live the 80s. Class of 84!

  • @storybluez7990
    @storybluez7990 2 дня назад

    By far the greatest times are the 80s when the best melodies were being created for the very first time.

  • @Bloquita5
    @Bloquita5 9 месяцев назад +3

    It was a dream of mine to listen to this song performed live while I was watching in person a few yards away. Roland & Curt gave an AMAZING performance a few weeks ago in St. Louis, Missouri. What a beauty to see the consistency in their excellence. I loved seeing and feeling the energy between the artist and the audience.

  • @wherethebasshertz1858
    @wherethebasshertz1858 4 года назад +64

    Quite possibly one of the greatest songs of the 80s.... Memories of long Summers in San Diego.... Now listening in Abu Dhabi! Love and respect from the UAE! 😀

  • @TheAnimeotaku2k
    @TheAnimeotaku2k 4 года назад +34

    35 years later... Everybody still wants to rule the world

  • @Atomykpimp
    @Atomykpimp 2 года назад +3

    God! Even 35 years later… they still sound so amazing!!! I would love to see the the original four members from Big Chair preform again hopefully at the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Ceremony one day soon!

  • @philnoyes8048
    @philnoyes8048 2 года назад +2

    I don't want to rule the world, but I will take this song with me wherever I go, as a plea for peace. especially now. 2022

  • @rogerkyle2628
    @rogerkyle2628 9 лет назад +5

    One of the best songs by one of the best groups ever. They sound as good as they did the first time I heard this song. They still sound great all these years later.

  • @speedwaychaser5193
    @speedwaychaser5193 4 года назад +10

    They just don’t make music like this anymore. One of my all time favorites. Pure gold!

  • @chironjo
    @chironjo 2 года назад +4

    In the 80s when this tune was popular I never caught the musicality of this song. I just heard it again a couple of times (after many years that I didn’t even remember it existed) and I was amazed at the high-level arrangement and skills that were put into it. The guitar riffs, the vocals arrangement, the lyrics, the syncopation of the drum beat… damn, the list goes on and on. Great piece!

    • @StanleyKubick1
      @StanleyKubick1 2 года назад

      I guess you liked zeppelin and van halen. Those fans were masters of denial; disco sucks, new wave sucks, rap will never last. lol.

  • @wallysroom
    @wallysroom Год назад +3

    It’s one of those perfectly written solos. Sounds so simple but original

  • @jeremyroland5175
    @jeremyroland5175 3 года назад +10

    One of my earliest memories was laying in my parents car in the mid 80s and hearing this song on the radio. I must’ve been 3(ish). This song has always stayed with me throughout my life and has been really special for me.