Tears For Fears "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" REACTION Video | react to best 80s music

[@richardlee1972]

This song stands out the most to me for 80s music.

[@richardlee1972]

@@Great-Documentaries Prince was the GOAT in your opinion. George Michael is another one you forgot about. As far as individual songs, this song by Tears for Fears tops any song by Prince.

[@sampono1962]

my all time fav 80s song

[@garyarnett1220]

This was truly an iconic album, there was this, Shout, and Head Over Heels.

[@Fleshox19-uz3qt]

My favourite song is Woman in chains.

[@marcuswood5975]

This song makes you stop whatever you're doing and listen cuz it's so freaking good

[@guanyin19]

Welcome to your life. There's no turning back. Those words become more profound and powerful the older you get. Just legendary lyrics. Glad to see you guys cover Tears for Fears. Shout is another great song I'd love to see you react to.

[@briansmith48]

The band Disturbed does a good cover of that song also. They also have done covers of Land of Confusion & The Sounds of Silence.

[@paumercado19]

The iconic 80's sound and song. Love being a teenager in the 80's. Who can't forget forget that riff.

[@garytom1935]

I remember this song on MTV Days and Club Days everyone dancing on the floor 🤘😎👍🎸🥁

[@maxsinnapah5754]

In the 80s this is a must song played in the juke box in almost every coffee shop, thank you mom and daughter, nice reaction .

[@mikefixx7177]

This song is a classic, I love the 70s music but this song makes me love the 80s too

[@RonaldCanfield-m2r]

I highly recommend their tune "Woman in Chains," an absolute masterpiece. And from the same album, "Sowing the Seeds of Love," which screams The Beatles.

[@DavidKing-ut9wr]

Excellent song. I love Woman in Chains.

[@RonaldCanfield-m2r]

@@DavidKing-ut9wr I'm a screenwriter and in my most recent script I actually identify Woman in Chains as beginning to play as the film ends and the credits roll.

[@thefirstgenesis4280]

The guitar solo at the end as well as the song lyrics and meaning is what makes this song so special for me. The message is highly applicable 38 years later

[@steelphantom9105]

This song was #1 June 29 1985 when my wife and I got married. We are still together 38 years later and every time I hear this song brings me back to that day, great memories.

[@andreagesseff]

All scenes show a forward movement, like there´s no turning back, leading us all to that room where light wont find you, where we will be with our hands together (this room is the coffin).

[@Eric_L_Laney]

If there was ever an 80s sounding song, this is it. They have one other great song. Can’t remember the title off the top of my head, but I remember one line if the lyrics, which day, “These are the things that I’m talking about.” Great reaction!

[@alistairmcdougall8390]

Shout

[@Eric_L_Laney]

@@alistairmcdougall8390 Thank you!

[@FionaEm]

They also sang Change, Mad World, Head Over Heels, Woman in Chains. Lots of 'em 😊

[@vaughnroycroft999]

You're right, that the various meanings are still applicable, but you really can't comprehend this song completely without considering the times during which it was written. In the mid-80s, the Cold War was ramping up, with Reagan (often referenced, in Europe especially, as a sort of rogue cowboy) hugely investing in the nuclear arms race. Scary times! I take the lines: "Say that you'll never never need it; One headline, why believe it?" to be a reference to using nukes. The headline being that we had to spend trillions of dollars to ensure that we could obliterate the USSR or that they were going to obliterate us. And for me, the use of the pleasant, day-to-day "fun" of four-wheeling and driving the highways of the west, were a juxtaposition of how westerners (those in the capitalist west) just wanted to ignore power struggles, even though we are all complicit with reinforcing the status quo. We just want our toys and our fun, regardless of "the have-nots" of the world. Hence, EVERYBODY wants to rule the world. Just my two cents. Fun one. One of those college days songs for me (as many by Tears for Fears are). Really takes me back.

[@sasapejcin3568]

Fantasy author is commenting 😁

[@briansmith48]

Yes Americans wanted to go out and have fun with the four wheelers and drive the highways. While Russia wanted to rule the world, and still does.

[@vaughnroycroft999]

@@briansmith48 Good point!

[@SamTRiddley]

Welcome to your life, there's no turning back. The greatest opening line in a song ever.

[@dennytaylor1005]

Great reaction again ... to a song that has been sampled by so many. (Which is a testament to how good a song it is.) My favorite line from this song is, "I can't stand this indecision married with a lack of vision." Isn't that so true in today's world still?

[@stephenhanft1226]

Tears For Fears emerged as one of the top musical artists from the 1980's Second British Invasion. "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" went to #1 on the pop charts in 1985 and came from the album Songs from the Big Chair. Other excellent songs from that album are their other #1 hit "Shout" and my favorite Tears For Fears song "Head Over Heels".

[@robertsidorowicz7123]

When i was a kid in the UK i had a cowboy outfit holster cap gun chaps and hat wastcoat i can still remember having that for my birthday i am now 66 year old i loved it

[@JeffHopkins76]

one of the greatest summer songs ever!

[@alistairmcdougall8390]

Pale Shelter, Mad World & my favourite Head over heals, all the other songs mentioned in the comments are really great too, one of the very best bands to come out of the 80s

[@realamerican5813]

I remember hearing this song from the movie " Real Genuis". Great song!! We had GI Joe. 👍

[@nigelw7626]

Love you two great reactions and love that you react to so many U.K artists!

[@YT-tv2rx]

Great review ladies!

[@ronaldlee7566]

This song will always stand for the wholewide world.

[@tomswanson7446]

Buy me a coffee..Girl...Genius....

[@adriancozad8308]

"May,I have this dance"(Class of 71)🥂🍾

[@rainerzufall42]

And another great song from my youth. Thanks for your great reactions!

[@FionaEm]

Part of the soundtrack to my teenage years. Big hit here in Australia 😊

[@monticlassictv]

I’ve already said it a thousand times this is more than likely the greatest pop song ever written.

[@srinath6247]

This song was filmed in Palm Springs and Los Angeles, California 🇺🇸. The band's from Bath, England 🇬🇧.

[@stephenbarnard8672]

Hi Ladies, only heard this amazing song on the radio today and so happy you reacted to it, they are touring North America next month. Really nice to see the MG sports car too. 🥰

[@christopherrobertson8098]

The car is a actually an Austin Healey 3000 and it belongs to roland orzabal the guitarist

[@johnathanstruble1064]

I was 15, had my first Sony, walkman cassette/ FM/AM..I had a Rider Mower and can't tell you how many yards that Summer I mowed to this song....lol. still to this day mow my own and throw it on..lol

[@brokenmummy232]

My favorite song of all time and that's hard to say considering all the decades I have been listening to music. I hope you will check out their song Sowing The Seeds of Love another Fantastic Gem.

[@visionaryventures12]

I have interpreted it in a positive perspective. Welcome to your life. Make the best of it while you can because nothing ever lasts forever. My favorite part is: “I can’t stand this indecision married with a lack of vision”, which I’ve interpreted as: “those who are obstructing me or just standing in my way who don’t have clear visions of what they want in life are uncomfortable for me.”

[@mariodelarosa5722]

I always think about the beach every time I hear this song. Its got beachy vibes for me. Maybe it's because in the heydey of this song, I heard it blaring out of a speaker loudly at the beach in Galveston Texas back in the 80's, and that thought or image has always stuck in my mind. And it's a good feeling or memory that I have in connection with this song. BTW, loved your reaction.

[@justinlubis2035]

One another iconic 80's Boy Meets Girl.. Waiting for a star to fall. I hope your reaction.

[@steelers6titles]

Curt and Roland got back together after many years and toured last summer; I saw them; they were really good. Latest album, after a long time, is "The Tipping Point".

[@gregpusczek4473]

brilliant

[@kevindobson3701]

Can't wait for my Tears for fears request

[@MoiraCoffin-ol2gc]

A fine song yayyyy. You two remind me of my better half and daughter bopping away to this, like you they're like two peas in a pod. Keep up the good work x

[@Topgooner01]

Absolutely amazing song....another British winner!

[@alexmctear5420]

The words do apply to each generation, to me I am ancient enough to have grown up during the little altercation with Adolph Hitler, a man who definitely wanted to rule the world. When I was in my preteens, being wakened up in the middle of the night with air raid sirens and going to a communal shelter, but strangely enough I had a happy childhood, and cowboys were the thing also in Scotland.

[@allisonlopez5089]

Nice to see you enjoying music together. You reminded me of a former co worker; we were car pool pals. I would drive one week and she would drive the next week. We did the front seat boogie every day!

[@MountainMan.]

It's one of the heavy hitter songs that marked the 80's. And the 80's has several heavy hitters

[@donniescholl6498]

Favorite song from the 80's.

[@eggy1962]

and they can still sing this song exactly the same now, plenty of recent videos

[@briankilpatrick6014]

Have to agree, woman in chains with Oletta Adams, beautiful song with a great message. Keep up the great work guys. 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@sampono1962]

signature song of the 80s......imagine driving cross country NY to LA and back when this song came out.....and every station was playing this song

[@nationaltrails9585]

#1 in 1985, looks like part of the video was filmed around the greater Palm Springs area, Interstate 10, still a catchy song (Roland Orzabal? on guitar). A cousin hurt his leg on one of those 3-wheelers, but thankfully recovered. :)

[@r.plante2916]

Yes, the 10, the Cabazon dinosaurs, maybe the Salton sea.

[@mac2920]

I remember when this came out. Real jam

[@scifimonkey3]

Brilliant then and still brilliant now! Latest album The Tipping point (Feb 2022) was fire.

[@lsc242]

was Grade 5 dancing to this song 😢

[@jamescrane2156]

Bananarama - Cruel Summer (Official Video). You'll want to check out this one from 1983.

[@rickycole6327]

Hi ladies one of the big hits of 1985 number one on Billboard pop singles chart for 3 weeks heavy rotation on MTV (back when MTV actually played music videos) keep up the great work ladies

[@geoffclarke3796]

Great song that was a huge hit when I was 15 or 16. Great times.

[@sasapejcin3568]

Unbeatable 80s!

[@adamc1966]

Try their song called "Mad World". Amazing song from them from 1983.

[@Brian-om2hh]

This song, along with Tears for Fears themselves, were very influential in shaping the 80's musically........They have just released their first album in 36 years......

[@armandoperez8230]

Oh how this song reminds me of just graduating high school , hanging with boys n knowing there's no turning back , it's time to go out n live your life , oh how time just flew by , the 80's was the decade for me

[@russbaxter1806]

TFF re-recorded this for a sporting charity as Everybody Wants To Run The World. But my fave TFF song has to be Sowing The Seeds Of Love - with the video they did it has a very late 60's psychadelic vibe

[@randall-king]

Playing "cowboys and indians" was a thing mainly prior to the space race in the 1960s. After that, children wanted to pretend to be an astronaut. The 1970s and 80s furthered this with Star Wars. If you think about it, it's a major theme in Toy Story where the space man (Buzz) comes in and replaces the cowboy (Woody). I remember there being an episode or two of the Dennis the Menace TV show in the early 60s that dealt with this.

[@justafreethinker]

This band and this album (Songs from the Big Chair) threw music on its head. Tears for Fears was unbelievable and for a short time: unstoppable.

[@Covaids]

Perfect song for the WEF,U.N,WHO and IPCC.

[@destination22ful]

Great song, great reaction. I first heard this song in 1985 while driving on the Autobahn A8. I was stationed at Ramstein in West Germany. Yes, West Germany. A great driving song, especially on the Autobahn. Thanks again.

[@juliusdavies2005]

Every track on Songs From The Big Chair is a genuine banger.

[@billtaylor3382]

65 yo guy here and I have some cd's from them I really like!

[@philipdavison3862]

My wife was brit eklands house cleaner,she sold her house to the lead singer,she carried on the job for him until we moved from london.

[@jazzmaan707]

True, in the 50's and 60's, we were Cowboys. I wanted to be the Lone Ranger, Roy Rogers, or Micky Mantle. They were my Heroes.

[@AdrianbCozad]

❤ "May,I have thisDance"(Class of 71)❤

[@andyyoung9463]

You really need to see Woman In Chains with TFF and Oleta Adams. You’ll love it ❤

[@MrChrismlamorte]

Brings me right back to the late 80s.! LOL! Great song ! It's from a movie called Real Genius starring a young Val Kilmer

[@LetsSWITCHGames]

Awesome song. Fun fact, its original title was , "Everybody Wants to go to War ".

[@haydenwittig8877]

Play CHANGE as well great response.

[@davidmcglone7442]

Love your reactions. Did you choreograph this one😂 watch how close you are❤

[@celestelittek7360]

I was a teenager protesting the nuclear arms race and the policy of mutual destruction of the USA and Russia. People had fallout shelters for when the walls come tumbling down, we didn't think we would see the year 2000....

[@woodchucknation]

Rooms where the light won’t find you

[@steelers6titles]

Sowing The Seeds of Love Woman in Chains Year of the Knife Head Over Heels Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams Shout I Believe The Tipping Point

[@raffaojeda]

Greetings from Mexico city :) I love your reaction.

[@festidious2644]

Great reaction, girls: Now, here's a deep message from me owing to my insatiable desire to rule the world. Play Portrait Of Louise by the Bee Gees. You can say that I didn't force you because you were going to do it anyway fulfilling your earlier promise. That will be your way of ruling the world (or thinking that you are).

[@stevenhopwood8195]

Definitely in 50’s when I was young boy was cowboys. Hopalong Cassidy was my specific cowboy as I was half way there already as my nickname was Hoppy which I still get, to this day. ❤️🤘🎸🎻🇦🇺

[@woodchucknation]

The song of the 80’s IMO

[@marionthomson9171]

One Headline Why Believe it Says Alot mmm Great Line 😅

[@davidcreager1945]

This song is on the soundtrack to one of the best movies ever made : Real Genius .

[@slavikmkrtchyan1920]

lav old music❤❤❤❤❤

[@johncotter2008]

I'm a teenager of the 1980s, and that decade produced so much cool music.

[@damdavtt1]

This song was added to the album after it was completed as a form protest against war.... the label insisted they add it and it became a big hit

[@JackW467]

Freedom.. and memories 🥲 ☀

[@kevinl2578]

When you react to a Tears For Fears song especially this one automatically subscribed to your channel lol!

[@emanuellawton7942]

The name Tears for Fears refers to primal scream therapy. Primal scream therapy is a psychological exercise that encourages an individual to resort to primal instincts( like a caveman) and let out your frustrations in a naturalistic and therapeutic way by screaming uninhibitedly.

[@jgali38]

Great Reaction Generation Gap! For me it was about 1966 the real Batman (Adam West) just came out! But I will always remember this Music Video with Real Genius! Val Kilmer first movie! And it fit the movie to a tee!🧸🙏🏻

[@steelers6titles]

Songs From the Big Chair (1985)

[@francesthompson593]

Woman in Chains and Shout are two more great numbers! A really good good group!

[@monkface]

Oh my your daughter is beautiful! The apple didn't fall far from the tree huh?😊

[@hahatoldyouso]

Did you know Michael Jackson sample the bassline for 'The Way You Make Me Feel'

[@kennymack6492]

@@hahatoldyouso 💯

[@emanuellawton7942]

The song came out while the U.S. and Russia were still in the midst of the Cold War. It is a criticism about the need for greed. power and world domination.

[@jjames4691]

Video was filmed at Cabazon / Palm Springs Ca

[@MarcVanLaere-zr5im]

Classic 👍

[@derekdamms7380]

Fantastic song (UK)

[@robinlabouche2230]

Good reaction, now look at "Woman in Chains" live....it's fantastic !!!!!

[@kimbirch1202]

If I ruled the world, it would be compulsory to listen to this.

[@jonstein9200]

Watch the film, Donnie Darko from 2001 starring Jake Gyllenhaal takes place in the 80s amazing soundtrack