Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World Reaction!

[@MrAZweistein]

next up: "Shout" & "Seeds of love" & "Mad World" & "Head over heels" & "Woman in chains". Some of the greatest hits in my youth.

[@andreadeamon6419]

And mothers talk

[@AceAnnie1-7]

And Pale Shelter!

[@jamesdavis2035]

Seeds of Love is an absolute banger

[@patrickwouters6568]

And live in L.A. "The Year of the Knife", "Badman's Song"

[@carolebuckle7977]

Agree, all great songs, love shout 😊🇬🇧

[@nwmonk3105]

Severally underrated musicians just because they're from the 80's. They are actually extremely intelligent.

[@woodchucknation]

What does that mean?

[@helpfulplaylists3933]

​@@woodchucknationIt means that they're smart at making music.

[@MomPita]

They are brilliant writers, musicians, producers, composers, they have worked on so many other projects. You're right, they are very intelligent ! Sooo underrated!!

[@wiemasen]

What did you mean underrated? They're are huge in the 80s.

[@bethking7348]

I was going to say something similar 😂​@@helpfulplaylists3933

[@romanoperelli]

This is one of the most iconic songs from the 80's. They came out from England and many bands had that particular sound, that production style that immediately bring you back to those years.

[@thewarrior5486]

It was the 80s. We enjoyed what we were given. Radio, stereo systems, walkmans and music television was it. No Internet, smart phones or streaming services. It was a simpler time when we enjoyed some of the best music in history, along with what came before. I'm not knocking anything after the 80s, but the 90s began to usher in the Net, and everything started to become a blur with instant information and gratification. It seems like we had more time to realize who we were back then. But all will be well. Every generation faces its obstacles.

[@asl7235]

spectrum 48k, 3 tv channels, Family.

[@earth2kosmickitty]

So very well stated. Grew up same era, and it's crazy looking back how much we took for granted. Especially when you put it in the context of how the 90s ushered in the Net and new communication technology. Gone were the innocent days of braving a germ-filled Phone booth receiver to call Mom to let her know you were ok, and would be home soon lol. How quickly time seemed to fly by. I looked up one day, and there were pagers, then mobile phones, and Windows. And while I welcomed in a lot of that new technology with open arms, t's so nice to know that we can go back to this proverbial time machine and relive that old nostalgic feeling of 80's music on a place called KZbin. Yes, all is well... 🥰

[@thewarrior5486]

@@earth2kosmickitty word!

[@LibraAllWoman]

Very, well said, @thewarrior5486. 🙂

[@anthonyhedberg6471]

@@thewarrior5486 "Every generation faces its obstacles." Word! Not only that, but we've survived all of those changes...a little bruised, but still not broken. Peace out! ✌😎

[@L1623VP]

The first two lines of this song pretty much sum up the human experience: "Welcome to you life. There's no turning back." The song is about wanting to have more control over our own lives.

[@christopherderoy3153]

They opening riff is so iconic

[@frakte]

And it’s got one of the all-time great lyrics: “I can’t stand this indecision/married with a lack of vision”.

[@christopherderoy3153]

*The

[@celestelittek7360]

This song is about the lunacy of the 1980s policy of mutually assured destruction of the arms race. Our generation thought we would never see the year 2000. The verse that says " there's a room where the lights won't find you, holding hands while walls come tumbling down, when they do I 'll be right behind you, so glad we almost made it, so sad they had to fade it, everybody wants to rule the world." The message we took from this song then was enjoy life while you can ❤

[@davesunhammer4218]

yea, that "so glad we almost made it. so sad they had to fade it" right there. Fade it out with nuclear winter. But everyone was so sure nuclear extinction was just around the corner. If we only knew what was coming in the mid 2020's.

[@ryanlynch290]

Wrong

[@kevg707]

Tears for Fears are one of the most underrated Bands to have come out of the UK..awesome music.. meaningful songs ..and still relevant to today

[@KingLeo-ng5tc]

Curt Smith, the song's lead singer, said the themes were "quite serious - it's about everybody wanting power, about warfare and the misery it causes." "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" was first released on 22 March 1985 through Phonogram, Mercury and Vertigo Records as the third single from Songs from the Big Chair.

[@eggy1962]

Pre release title was ….everybody wants to go to war…..record company said no

[@chrisperez4635]

when you don't have power, most people are chill. But when you give even a chill person power, 99% will trip. Power is a drug that very few individuals can handle.

[@elih9700]

Just look at He-Man.

[@marquisdelafayette1929]

Absolute power absolutely corrupt.

[@liamn.7664]

the lead singer has one of the greatest voices i’ve ever heard tbh

[@markfewlass9238]

There isn’t a lead singer they both have unique and amazing voices

[@MoonlightDagger]

Every time I hear this song, it always takes me back to 1985 and being a 14/15-year old teenager experiencing the best decade of music.

[@hollycook5046]

Reminds me of those long drives to the beach, crammed in the car with my sisters, listening to Casey Kasem Top 40 on the radio

[@Cchan53]

Everybody's "decade" in their opinion was the best. Mine was late 60's , 70's my Mom's was post war Benny Goodman, Glen Miller..the big bands and "swing" which I like alot too...

[@anthonyhedberg6471]

@@Cchan53 So true! Us old ones have it made! After all...we got to live through ALL of those decades of change, and all the great music that came with it. Peace! ✌😎

[@RobynHurley-zp9sh]

Me too Senior year hs

[@DougRawady]

"I can't stand this indecision married with a lack of vision" - One of the most profound statements EVER put to music!!

[@Cchan53]

Depeche Mode Naked Eyes, Tears For Fears ,Flock Of Seagulls, The Fix...and more all came out of Britain in the same decade. Things became less heavy for the most part, more poppy and synthesized but still good...I owned all music from these groups.

[@cog4life]

Interesting!

[@markwoodhouse7043]

You forgot OMD. The same has you do, I have all of them and then some.

[@richardgoddard37]

You also forgot Talk Talk.

[@BrendenCorlet]

Throw in The Human League as well

[@justinbrooks7823]

@@BrendenCorlet See your Human League and raise you Heaven 17

[@KeithDCanada]

One of the final lines in the song - "So glad we almost made it. So sad they had to fade it" is a reference to when they were in the studio with a previous album. I believe it was the song 'Shout', and the record execs were telling them in the studio that the song would be a failure unless they faded the end 5 seconds earlier. They refused to compromise over such a ridiculous request... and on the next album, when writing this song, they made a subtle sarcastic comment about that situation, because Shout had become their best performing song. Looking back with that info from the band themselves.... I do believe this entire song was inspired more from a viewpoint that the record label was trying to control their music, their vision, and their direction. Everyone should be in charge of their own lives, and I think this song is a critique of the entities in this world that strive to control all of our lives.

[@richardgoddard37]

This was on the same album as "Shout", so it can't be that one.

[@Muckylittleme]

Sounds like a reference to the the great reset and NWO to me, but hey they definitely weren't into the illuminati. 👀 👁

[@jamesdavis2035]

Holy shit, your channel was already a 10 out of 10 but playing 80s classics like this makes you an 11. Banging tune.

[@user-or1ye3iz6d]

Tears for Fears "HEAD OVER HEALS" and "SHOUT" (original videos) are awesome!!! 🔥🔥🔥

[@JonniPants]

I love the story behind "Shout." :D

[@deecee8972]

My son is 10 and this is his FAVORITE song. Listens to it multiple times a week and knows every word.

[@therosabella67]

Tears for fears are amazing, and their songs have deep meaning. Few of their song: Shout, sowing the seeds of love, pale shelter, mad world, woman in chain.

[@GAMEOVER-nd8fq]

"Welcome To Your Life… There's No Turning Back"! One of the most powerful, true to life lyrics in any song of any era!

[@renlessard]

The guitar work on this song is sublime

[@Makka316]

I've always felt that Neil Taylor's solo at the end is one of the greatest outro solos ever recorded. The note choices and structure are, indeed, sublime.

[@johannesbowers7467]

A lot of 80s music is exactly like this... It has the hook, It has a vibe. It feels like an anthem. It makes you want to move your body.... Then the actual lyrics hit you like a drop kick of "WTF was that?" Deep lessons in a sweet package.

[@sharis9095]

I remember walking down the hallway on the last day of school, 5 teenage girls, arms linked, singing this song. I know everyone probably thinks it, but we really had the best music and the best generation. No smart phones, no pagers, news was on 2x a day or in the newspaper so we only really heard the "big" stuff. We got to be young, and grow up with an innocence that is impossible today.

[@2tonesg]

Nostalgia is selective amnesia.

[@anthonyhedberg6471]

@@2tonesg Huh? I don't remember! 😉👍

[@icommentonreactions1619]

One of the best songs EVER. just a whole ass VIBE.

[@chelseahaley8350]

Love Tears for Fears!! They have mad bangers but Sowing the seeds of love, Shout, and Head over heels are a few of their more popular songs! Definitely listen to more!!

[@rebeccacurtis6680]

The songs of my teen years. Tears for Fears were unique. This song fits with that "cruising with the top down" vibe. Their song "Shout" was another hit & definitely a "stop & sing along" song.

[@BRIDINC1972]

Pure British Synth pop. A huge wave of British sound we loved every minute of it. Almost every band I loved back then❤❤❤

[@BRIDINC1972]

We all loved the New wave

[@Cchan53]

Yes New Wave ,that's what it was called and although growing up as a teen in the late 60's I embraced all decades of music to come ...some good some not so good...80's was cool yes...

[@robertgorney9408]

"Nothing ever lasts forever" as he drives past dinosaurs. Such great imagery. Loving your reactions

[@jesselobo3213]

This has been on my playlist for decades. A great and iconic song.

[@gregspauldini3139]

Love this song. Maybe the best opening line ever with "Welcome to your life there's no turning back."

[@KeithDCanada]

This will forever be a song of summer for me... the same way that as soon as I start hearing Don Henley's "The Boys of Summer" I start thinking about the end of summer... the end of the good times. This song hits me as a build up to summer in the opposite way.

[@rebeccacurtis6680]

I actually hope BP will react to some Don Henley songs (as well as the solo work of the other Eagles members). Boys of Summer, All She Wants to do is Dance, etc. from Henley would be good.

[@lizmarch4000]

Yes me too! Those two songs start and end the summer. I can listen to either one in the darkest winter and immediately be transported

[@CJ-Fischer]

I was a teenager in the 80’s. This was a banger back then and hopefully still..oh well. Love this band and showed how much chill we had and just as teens engulfed Ourselves in the Music of the Times! 80’s were the Best

[@rogerlack1008]

SHOUT is an awesome cut from them

[@travislwoodward7780]

Yes, you could say Tears for Fears, Depeche Mode, The Cure, The Smiths, Echo and the Bunnymen, etc, were all British bands that put their unique mark on the '80's. And when I hear their music it takes me back to very specific places in time. Thank you for the reaction. 🙂

[@Renkk17]

You'll also Love Tears for Fears- Mad World - Head Over Heals - Shout - Sowing the Seeds of Love

[@tigg1972]

This song was huge. Saw them live recently. They are soooo good.

[@echopryme]

My Mom's favorite 80's song. RIP. 😎❤ Its a GOOD song! 💯

[@matthea5362]

I arrived in the US in 1986 from France. First thing I did when I walk up the stairs from the subway station in Manhattan, was to blast this song in my walkman and looked up the highrise buildings of the city!!! I never left 😊

[@lmkeniston216]

Your comparison to Depeche Mode (and INXS?) is spot on. “Head over Heels” has a great sound too but is totally different. Try Joe Jackson’s “stepping out” for vibes in this family.

[@johntreboryen1149]

Mad World, Sowing The Seeds Of Love and Woman In Chains another 3 epics

[@irishangel5689]

A certain number of these 80's groups were what we called "New Wave". DP was definitely one of those groups, but Tears For Fears, even though they were technically considered part of New Wave, they had that same "sound" in many of their songs, they were more on the main stream, like Billie Idol, Culture Club, Duran Duran. A lot of the 80's British invasion groups were considered "New Wave" and had a lot of similarities in their songs. Check out their song "Mad World". A lot, and I mean A LOT of people have done covers of it.

[@RandomJane104]

These guys are top notch. Their hits are great but they were/are not just another 80's band. A lot of depth to their catalog and their compositions are phenomenal.

[@danrieke9988]

OMG what a song this was! I remember the days. Max Headroom and the whole biz!

[@anab4488]

This song is sooo good. Vocals are awesome, lyrics and music are awesome. Never gets old!

[@titools4375]

One Hell of a song right there!! Best of the Best of the Magnificent 80's, no garbage was produced back then, barely, at best, just 2 seconds into the song and you know what a masterpiece that is. Now, if you really loved Tears for Fears, I strongly suggest to react to "Head Over Heels" it's a must-do, and one of the signature songs from this band too right at top with this reaction song, seriously dude it'll draw more viewers / views to your excellent chanel man, guaranteed.

[@davidmalarkey1302]

One of the most iconic tunes from the 80s.

[@jsmith-jones1684]

Great roadtrip song! And youʻre right about a British sound and time similar to Motown having a recognizable sound and era. Other groups to try in this style: New Order "Bizarre Love Song," Haircut 100 "Love Plus One," Modern English "I Melt With You," The Cure "Boys Donʻt Cry" or "Love Song," The Church "Under the Milky Way," Depeche Mode "Just Canʻt Get Enough" or "Master and Servant," Psychedelic Furs "Love My Way," Simple Minds "Donʻt You Forget About Me," Duran Duran "Hungry Like the Wolf" or "Save a Prayer," Echo and the Bunnymen "Lips Like Sugar." Thereʻs a lot more, but these will keep you busy for awhile :)

[@scifimonkey3]

Best band of the eighties and still brilliant now.

[@stephenstrudwick8095]

Tears For Fears were huge during my teenage years! My absolute favorite song from their hit album "Songs From The Big Chair" is "Head Over Heels." Great accompanying video too! 😀

[@markkeane6491]

Mad World is my favorite. Worth a listen

[@mariaportengen2959]

A great song. I love the rhythm and the guitar riffs. 🎶🎶🎶🥁🎸🎸

[@fhdz505]

I was 16 when released, 2 yrs left to graduate. Lyrics HIT my heart "welcome to your life","help me make the most of freedom".As teens, all we wanted was to "rule the world". Such an awesome song!

[@dawnsmith1394]

In the 80s we were more about peace than what younger people give us credit for being. We came so close to nuclear conflict a few times, and survived. We wanted to save the world. And now we are the most misunderstood generation. This song is our testament.

[@amberrose8756]

TEARS FOR FEARS! They’re the absolute best!❤ My loves, Roland, Curt, Ian and Manny! The most incredible, talented musicians!!!!❤

[@fozzee6999]

It was the Nuclear age in the 80's and that's what I took from this song back then. It's a masterclass in pop!

[@bradjbourgeois73]

My grandpa died in 1980, his mom died when he was three of the 1918 flu epidemic. She was 35. He was kicked out of the house when his dad got remarried when he was 14! I can't imagine that today! His wife, my grandma died in 1984. The never owned a house their entire lives, always rented. My dad bought a trailer and put it on his lot and moved them so they wouldn't have to rent anymore in the late 70's. After my grandma died, my dad rented the trailer out to my cousin and his friend. I remember they were having a BBQ, and me and my brother walked over there. Tears for Fears was playing on the radio! Shout was the song. I've loved them ever since!

[@cindyluis4054]

Met them summer 1985 after a show in Philly. A friend and I were hanging in the hotel bar where they were staying and the came down. Roland and Curt signed my concert tickets. We actually hung out with Manny the drummer for a while after and gave him a quick tour of the city. He was nice enough to send me a postcard after thanking us for showing him around. My favorite songs are Mad World, Pale Shelter, Memories Fade, Head over Heels.

[@Rad_Radster_Experience]

It was the 80's baby! It has that 80"s vibe that can't be denied!

[@clare1061]

Another group I liked a lot back, then was the simple minds. Check out a few of their songs called “ She’s a river “. & “ don’t you forget about me “

[@kathyjam2482]

This was such a huge song and I still love it today.

[@IceManTX69]

This song just puts me in summertime mode. Was a young kid mowing lawns with my Sony Walkman when this song came out. Whenever I hear this song, it takes me right back there.

[@Whateva67]

Great song, never gets old and everyone loves it,even in this day and age 😊

[@inspiredfunkmark]

They did an incredibly under rated song with Oleta Adams - Woman in Chains - well worth checking out...

[@cptight88]

"Mothers Talk" and "Working Hours" and "Pale Shelter" are great TFF songs.

[@carolezimmerman2253]

They are so awesome in concert! One of my faves.

[@christopherglock7239]

These guys were in every office Job Radio elevator space station for 24/7 that year. A vibe but in our Day was a cool song. Shout. Was another great song about verbal abuse but was made for a plea with a great sound

[@phasemalfunction5286]

Tears for Fears have a fantastic catalogue of music, some tracks to check out are:- Pale Shelter, Mad World, Shout, Sowing the Seeds of Love, Change, Woman in Chains,

[@revaflowers3115]

Woman in Chains is a great Tears For Fears song too.

[@flovin123]

Tears For Fears Shout is a good song.

[@kimcutts6153]

🇬🇧 This was the sound of the 80s, and summer. And i feel blessed & honoured to have been in my teens and early 20s back then. ❤🎶🎼

[@evabyrum3327]

The Fixx was another great band! Love their songs Red Skys at Night and One Thing Leads to Another.❤

[@gesundheit602]

For the kids… this was the 80’s and that thing he went in was called a telephone booth🙂. If you ran out of gas for instance and couldn’t find one of those, then you had to walk for help or hope someone stopped, No cell phones back then! If you were out and about and your friend or anyone else wanted to speak with you, they were outta luck. They had to call your home phone and hope you were there to answer it. It was a lot less convenient back then, but it was also nice in a kind of way. You weren’t connected to a device 24/7 and if you didn’t want to be found or talk to someone, you didn’t have to be.

[@jaysonmacmillan7503]

My favourite song off all time. Can listen to this 1000 times a day. Pulls at the emotions massively ❤

[@msmrsro]

What a GREAT chill song. Takes me back to my teen years in the 80s. Class of 86.

[@evilchic006]

That would’ve been an awesome time to be in high school. I graduated in 2000 but always have loved the 80s

[@michaellarusch4317]

This is a great cruising song. Windows down and sun shining. A great group with a lot of great songs!

[@martint.ingham7132]

This was one of my late uncle's favorite songs. He said it was about everyone wanting control over their own lives, power being simply a means to that end. It's a very simple song and very deep at the same time.

[@angelataylor2049]

One of my favourite bands growing up here in the UK…..they don’t make them like that anymore…..great times!!

[@iesickboy]

I was a 7 year old little boy growing up in Southern California and had lived in Palm Springs for a year when this came out. I got the album on vinyl for my birthday that year, and rode along all the highways in this video many times. Welcome to your life, there's no turning back. You keep bringing the bangers bro.

[@Anne.Pinkerton]

This was used in the movie, Real Genuis, with Val Kilmer! Great song and movie!

[@shankotoole8591]

This is my favorite song, I never get tired of it. It takes me back to a special place in time as soon as the song starts and it makes me feel young again.

[@KeithDCanada]

Depeche Mode, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, The Cure, Electronic - all new wave groups that used primarily synth (with a few exceptions) Tears For Fears is one of those bands that does embrace synth from the same era, but crossed over to more radio main stream... much like Duran Duran did. I think the 'common' sound you hear is the instrumentation..... back in the early days of synth, there as a few main keyboard manufacturers, and a limited collection of sounds you could generate. Some artists were innovating new sounds (like Phil Collins developing the 80's unique 'gated drum' technique of modulating the sound a drum made). As the decade went on, more and more variety was heard, as computers and synth just exploded... but the early 80's did have a more homogenous sound overall. FYI, the drums on this song use Phil's 'gated' technique, and all through the 80's it was overused, lol.

[@impudentdomain]

yeah it was a specific sound from a specific time. I loved it even though by the time this came out I was already an older guy who didn't listen that much to popular music anymore.

[@markj9267]

all horrible.

[@brittanygidley1291]

i had a huge crush on the guy with the dark brown hair on the right at 2:57, react to their song called shout he sings a lot in it a lot more with the guitar, he’s just so fine and his voice. both of their voices are great.

[@andre.gorley]

Amazing band indeed! Yes, they were part of the 80's British invasion and you're right when you say there was a sound to that era. They're still making great music and touring. They sold over 30 million albums and have a ton of hits. Also, Curt Smith who sings this song also plays bass and Roland Orzabal not only plays guitar sings. In fact they share lead vocals and many of their hits sang by Roland. They are a unique band well worth exploring.

[@rickybranch4547]

This took me back to the 80s. High school, friends, prom... So many memories.

[@captaincarl808]

Their song Woman In Chains is a masterpiece of songwriting & production!

[@bethking7348]

3:38 3:38 TFF is one of my favorites! ❤. I believe they started when they were only around 17 or 18 years old and were very reluctant to do so. They split up for nearly 20 years and then came back better than ever! When they reunited and went on tour, they played a free concert in Pioneer Square, Portland Oregon. It was packed! Everyone at work tried to call in sick to attend lol! They were recently on tour and the cheapest tickets on the lawn in the nosebleed section (Denver) were around $200. I think you would also like "Simply Red"

[@stang7342]

My all time favorite song... EVER...

[@Twins1964]

I've seen them recently and their just as good as they were back in the day. Roland Orzabal has long gray hair & still plays like he did. Curt Smith has short gray hair & can belt out their song's like he did when he was young. Love these guy's. They came out in 1981,from Bath.

[@Beerglass1980]

80s, the music, the fashion, clean fun, simple times.

[@BD-iu1wh]

They did this live in the last year and still amazing 😮

[@jfg1356]

yet another musically ambitious and lyrically thoughtful set of artists from the 80s... made you move and made you think

[@personalcheeses8073]

I have never seen this video before. Because when this song was big, I was out in the clubs every night dancing to it. How times change.

[@lunchboxradio5890]

Excellent!! Woman in Chains, Mad World, Sowing the Seeds, Head Over Heels and Shout are some of their biggest hits. Their catalog is amazing, though. A lot of their music will really make you think. They were definitely one of the biggest bands of the eighties, and, after a breakup and long period apart, they have reunited and are still touring.

[@stephenpublicover8818]

That 80s sound was called (New Wave) The new wave of British Rock- Pop bands!

[@johnpridemore5022]

Think that sound you were talking about was a duet named Wham. TFF and Wham came on the scene almost together

[@brendasimmons8149]

This song is in the 80’s movie “Real Genesis”. Their song “Head over Heels” is in my top ten fav songs ever.

[@karenglenn6707]

I just saw that Ronnie shouted you out for getting him and Tech 9 together!!! Props to you for your idea! And congratulations on the shout out ❤️

[@roydownes2458]

"Shout" is the big one that put them on the map. a must to react to.

[@fizzyridertoo]

Great band with an extensive playlist and they still sound great live. Saw them in Austin last year and they blew the roof off the place. The band that most sounds like, to my ears, is Talk Talk. They had a huge hit with It's My Life, which Gwen Stefani did an excellent cover of and well worth adding to your reaction list if you haven't covered them yet.

[@ketchum.micole]

When you said most people want to sit back and enjoy the work from others. I couldn't say it any better.