I was there in the crowd at the Tube and we went to the pub over the road after the program. The Tears were there and they were very shy. They let their music do the talking...The Tube - what memories
Nick, there's a chap on UA-cam who has uploaded the entire collection of The Tube episodes in their entirety. I'm mentioning it in case you wanted to search for it to find the episode you attended.
I agree ... this is one of my all time favourite classic songs... love to come back to this vid now n then...reminds me of when times were so simple and uncomplicated! :)
This song is over the top! Roland’s vocal’s ..wow!! Those white old school sweaters..set the tone. RO set the standard for the 1980’s and you know what he is still standing!!
Tears for Fears was a huge part of the 80's and it's because music like this. Their music had feeling it had meaning that's just something that's lost in music today. We will never have music like we did in the 80's and I'm so glad I did get to live those great times where music meant something.
"Fear is such a vicious thing. It wraps me up in chains." This is probably my favorite non-single song from the Big Chair. They definitely did a great job of reproducing it live.
It is the most requested song from TFF fans :) as stated in an interview by Roland and Curt themselves , (glad they got back together by the way) this song has everything from the sax intro/ synth/ piano drums / bass/ then boom! Roland's voice!... classic song...
One day in 1985 When i was 10 year old, mi big brother came whit an album from a group called Tears fors fears in a tape... i listened the album in my walkman all the time Now... as a man 35 years later... father of two sons... how i mis you my death brother... i love you so much... funny how... time flyes
I'm compassioning with you so much... I lost my cousin, I loved him like my brother... we grew together... A piece of my own died, leaving only an empty space. I still miss and love him.
These guys knew what songwriting is about - their music, their lyrics EVOKE, a time a mood, a place, and everything they do is dramatic. I miss Tears For Fears.
Душа у прекрасного, неповторимого Роланда гениальная, своим пением он затрагивает у слушателей все струнки души, чувств, все становятся после его музыки, пения намного чище и добрее, он творит с людьми чудеса! ЭТО ГЕНИАЛЬНО И ВСЕГДА БУДЕТ ТРОГАТЬ ДУШИ, ЧУВСТВА И СЕРДЦА! ОН ПОЁТ САМЫМ ЛУЧШИМ В МИРЕ СЕРДЦЕМ! ПРЕКЛАНЯЮСЬ ПЕРЕД ЕГО ТАЛАНТОМ, СЕРДЦЕМ И ДУШОЙ! ГОЛОС НЕОБЫКНОВЕННЫЙ!
David Moyer was better on sax!! Check out this song on their spotify 30 years.. Phenomenal!!!...ironically their 2019 tour was in jeopardy but has since been resolved. I think Curt had some issues. Probably Curt been a diva😁😁😁😁... I think Roland has mellowed out a lot...😘😘
@@prettyyoungthingpyt5015 I like this guy better, Will Gregory (the guy from this video) is actually credited in the album version. I didn't know it was him until 2 days ago and I was shocked, because he's part of one of my favorite bands (really a duo) from the 2000s Goldfrapp.
@@Willymaze ...ah okk. Did you listen to this song on Spotify Landmark though? They are both good sax arrangements, but mannnn!!!! For me, David Moyer did something there. I like Will Gregory also though, just liked David Moyer a little better..😁😁
5:12 - the moment Roland remembers he's live on stage and not jamming in private. 😆 NO ONE sounds like TFF. That's one of the many things that makes them an awesome band. Curt's hair though. 😍
Roalnd is whole UK´s voice and music in the 80´s, specially in this gorgeus performance, what a way to deliver his soul through his voice....eternal respects for him.
I love Roland's singing too. He has a unique voice color. Thanks him for choosing a music, he has a subtle feeling for the sounds and their combinations. I always find something new! I will listen to his songs till I dead.
They say curt smith is lead singer I beg differ he absolutely sing some good vocals on songs but Roland is the lead singer and soul of the band I think there differently good group but Roland is the better vocalist
that sax at the end flashes me back to 10 - 11 yrs old, laying in my bed in the dark listening and rewinding this song on my tape, listening to my walkman! this was heavy shit back then! still is! all of their stuff has aged very well. one of the bands that are in a class by themselves from the 80's, for sure.
My brother Terry recorded this when it was on in the mid Eighties. The programme was called 'The Tube'....he still has the VHS tape which works fine. I still love to watch this, its an excellent live performance, brilliant brilliant song......loads of nostalgic feelings of being a teenager come back when I watch this.
The band uniform was white sweaters, and black trousers that night. I don't know who the sax player is, but damn!! Incredible!! Love this song. Every song on "Songs From The Big Chair" is pure gold!! Great song for the Labor Day weekend too!
@@Aesop101 I liked David Moyer better. The sax is just incredible in this song, coupled with the musical stylings of the one and only Roland Orzabal...
When you had to have talent....be able to play live ..and have strong vocals.... just brilliant...and TFF are still as good today...are still doing great live gigs and new albums
Vraiment cette chanson is a masterpiece saxo qui se marie avec la voix de Roland de surcroît la guitare... Ça swingue vraiment Roland et Curt sont complémentaires. Ce groupe est indubitablement l'un des meilleurs de tous les temps. 🇬🇧🥁🎸🏴✌
his voice omg i cant his voice are amazing like i wanna cry about how good and chill his voice is omg Roland i love your voice so so so much i listen to this song month and month LOVE IT
@@kawavulcan8411 The Live Spotify version is good but I concur that this is the best live version, the sax is out of this world and Roland's voice is great, Roland had to low a little his voice on the Spotify concert.
Wow, if I could go back in time, I would go right back to this. I was so one of those kids dancing and feeling their music. So grateful I got to see them play live back then, truly they where an incredible live show...what a time it was to be a teenager then...
Qué canción espectacular de este hombre que no deja de sorprenderme y seducirme. TFF es atemporal. La forma que , desde siempre, mezcló todos los diferentes instrumentos... pocas , muy pocas bandas han sido capaces de hacer eso . Son obras primas de la música. Roland, sin ninguna duda su identidad, tipo vocal es inconfundible, un verdadero regalo de Dios, es extraordinaria, tiene alcances de barítono y sus agudos tienen una densidad más lírica y por eso no suena irritante, o sea, tiene los elementos claves para un timbre vocal admirable y cautivante. TFF fue, es y siempre será una de las mejores bandas de todos los tiempos. How not to love you Roland!!?? No me canso de escucharte Roland, no me canso de escuchar TFF. Saludos afectuosos desde Chile-Brasil.
One of their best!!! - I love both of these guys, they have brought so much pleasure into my life!! I hope they live forever & still do music & in heaven!!!!!!!
Toda la decada de los 80s. Esta representada por esta enorme cancion, cada sonido, cada tecla, cada nota musical te llama a reflexionar, te dice y te grita la perfecciòn de un todo y nada, por lo tanto Es la hora de trabajar!!
Fantastic vocals, songwriting & musicianship = "Facts" (as a fellow musician) I can see & hear the effort they put-in, to make it Sound Great Live. oNe LovE from NYC
This Song is not music - it´s Art! Just wonderful. The Saxophon is the Killer!!!! The People really look weird :P.. They all have the same Sweaters. The Dancers in the Background of the Crowd are also wicked. Hahaha
the horn player should drag his solo out at the end of the song about 8 more bars...this song is so smooth...the girl on piano adds such a feminine touch to this classical piece
Thank you tears for fears for some of the best tunes that this world has ever heard! Especially this one, all these years later and its still on my itunes and played regularly!
This is music on a level not everybody is able to comprehend.
I love this song, its one of my fabourites ever, but don't be pretentious. You either like it or you don't. "Comprehend" doesn't come into it.
I agree!
The best band that came out in the 80s. Pure quality rock. A classic for all times.
There’s something so triumphant about this band’s music
Roland's Voice! Omg!
Cynthia Serrano the best
I was there in the crowd at the Tube and we went to the pub over the road after the program. The Tears were there and they were very shy. They let their music do the talking...The Tube - what memories
LUCKY
Nick, there's a chap on UA-cam who has uploaded the entire collection of The Tube episodes in their entirety. I'm mentioning it in case you wanted to search for it to find the episode you attended.
What an experiencie man, where was that, in USA or in UK?
@@juancarlosgutierrez6738 "The Tube" was a UK TV programme that was popular in the early 80s.
@@mthraves thanks man for getting it clear to me, best wishes from Mérida, Yucatán.
This is go organic. No huge stage. No stadium tour. Real intimate and raw, yet so perfectly Tears For Fears beautiful
Pure gold without auto tune! My FAVORITE BAND still after 36 years!!
There best song ever
@@jermainesimpson834 For me definitely my favorite song on Songs from the Big Chair! Has been since the first time I heard it way back in 1985
I agree ... this is one of my all time favourite classic songs... love to come back to this vid now n then...reminds me of when times were so simple and uncomplicated! :)
They use autotune these days lmao
Such a great band!!
The song, the saxophonist, guys' clothes, Curt's ponytail, Roland's hair - everything is gorgeous in this perfomance!!
And the girl who plays the keyboards or piano, what a beauty, so classy and elegant.
@@juancarlosgutierrez6738 That's Nikki Holland who is a great artist in her own right.
@@rkonjr64 Thanks alot for the information about that queen.
Exact opposite, that pony tail is horrible, those thick sweaters are even more horrible. Eeeew. 🤮
@@pangrac1 lol.. that’s 80s fashion unfortunately 😅
This song is absolute genius in lyrics and tune. Incredible. I used to listen to this every day at work on my Sony Walkman.
I hope everyone realizes how fucking amazing this song is! Piano, Sax, guitar, vocals, timing!!!!
Really amazing!!!.
@@marcelarojaszeballos7403 The drummer
@@gmansi yeah absolutely
@@marcelarojaszeballos7403 💪
This song is over the top! Roland’s vocal’s ..wow!! Those white old school sweaters..set the tone. RO set the standard for the 1980’s and you know what he is still standing!!
Tears for Fears was a huge part of the 80's and it's because music like this. Their music had feeling it had meaning that's just something that's lost in music today. We will never have music like we did in the 80's and I'm so glad I did get to live those great times where music meant something.
Yes to me what set TFF apart from others of that era was vocals lyrics and deep soul emotion in the music
"Fear is such a vicious thing. It wraps me up in chains."
This is probably my favorite non-single song from the Big Chair. They definitely did a great job of reproducing it live.
It is the most requested song from TFF fans :) as stated in an interview by Roland and Curt themselves , (glad they got back together by the way) this song has everything from the sax intro/ synth/ piano drums / bass/ then boom! Roland's voice!... classic song...
I'm sorry, I just can't get enough of Roland and his magic..💚💚
Why the fuck they are not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame !!!?
@@terrydoyle8087 I can’t believe they’re not.
i just can't either, I love them so much
Same hear ❤
The dancing New Romantic / Goth guy at 4:10 wins this whole video 💖
One day in 1985 When i was 10 year old, mi big brother came whit an album from a group called Tears fors fears in a tape... i listened the album in my walkman all the time
Now... as a man 35 years later... father of two sons... how i mis you my death brother... i love you so much... funny how... time flyes
I'm compassioning with you so much... I lost my cousin, I loved him like my brother... we grew together... A piece of my own died, leaving only an empty space. I still miss and love him.
please give me your email so we can taltk, best regards
These guys knew what songwriting is about - their music, their lyrics EVOKE, a time a mood, a place, and everything they do is dramatic.
I miss Tears For Fears.
Two words for these guys,Enormous Talent,especially Orzabal.
robert McCabe Roland is a genius
@@Aesop101 Hell yeah...both guys talented hell but Roland is a ge
Душа у прекрасного, неповторимого Роланда гениальная, своим пением он затрагивает у слушателей все струнки души, чувств, все становятся после его музыки, пения намного чище и добрее, он творит с людьми чудеса! ЭТО ГЕНИАЛЬНО И ВСЕГДА БУДЕТ ТРОГАТЬ ДУШИ, ЧУВСТВА И СЕРДЦА! ОН ПОЁТ САМЫМ ЛУЧШИМ В МИРЕ СЕРДЦЕМ! ПРЕКЛАНЯЮСЬ ПЕРЕД ЕГО ТАЛАНТОМ, СЕРДЦЕМ И ДУШОЙ! ГОЛОС НЕОБЫКНОВЕННЫЙ!
Are you kidding me! One of their best songs ever, and the sax!!!
Philip Raines this song is Manny's baby. He came up with drum beat
David Moyer was better on sax!! Check out this song on their spotify 30 years.. Phenomenal!!!...ironically their 2019 tour was in jeopardy but has since been resolved. I think Curt had some issues. Probably Curt been a diva😁😁😁😁... I think Roland has mellowed out a lot...😘😘
@@prettyyoungthingpyt5015 I like this guy better, Will Gregory (the guy from this video) is actually credited in the album version. I didn't know it was him until 2 days ago and I was shocked, because he's part of one of my favorite bands (really a duo) from the 2000s Goldfrapp.
@@Aesop101 and also the sax arrangement!
@@Willymaze ...ah okk. Did you listen to this song on Spotify Landmark though? They are both good sax arrangements, but mannnn!!!! For me, David Moyer did something there. I like Will Gregory also though, just liked David Moyer a little better..😁😁
5:12 - the moment Roland remembers he's live on stage and not jamming in private. 😆
NO ONE sounds like TFF. That's one of the many things that makes them an awesome band.
Curt's hair though. 😍
You're right you just see him momentarily lost in it and then he snaps out of it. never noticed that before.
凄い👏あの中に居たのですね✨高校生のうまくいかなかった恋愛や自由にしてきた大学生活を思い出して止みません。今年55になります。あの頃に戻りたい。やり直したい。
Roalnd is whole UK´s voice and music in the 80´s, specially in this gorgeus performance, what a way to deliver his soul through his voice....eternal respects for him.
I love Roland's singing too. He has a unique voice color. Thanks him for choosing a music, he has a subtle feeling for the sounds and their combinations. I always find something new! I will listen to his songs till I dead.
@@katrins.1541 Me too, and even when I rebirth, may the lord wishes so.
They say curt smith is lead singer I beg differ he absolutely sing some good vocals on songs but Roland is the lead singer and soul of the band I think there differently good group but Roland is the better vocalist
@@leesaking6746 As a matter of fact, that´s exactly, indeed, the way I thought it was, Roland as main singer.
Roland Lennon & Curt McCartney
It just occurred to me that almost 40 years later, I’m going to see this amazing band perform live this summer. 🤯
Where are you going to see them?
Tears for Fears is 100% the best of the 80's & the rest of the band In the 80's... peace
odie tan amen!
that sax at the end flashes me back to 10 - 11 yrs old, laying in my bed in the dark listening and rewinding this song on my tape, listening to my walkman! this was heavy shit back then! still is! all of their stuff has aged very well. one of the bands that are in a class by themselves from the 80's, for sure.
Well said. Your comment has also aged well.
Such an epic tune!! The saxophonist is a maestro and doesn't even need any sheet music ❣️
Most rock sax players can jam without music and improvise with ease.
This Is A Music Masterpiece In Every Single Way. 👏
what a voice !!!! roland is tears for fears !!
"This *is* the working hour". The *is* is so powerful.
One of the most obscure and underrated songs of all time.
It's neither obscure not underrated . It was on a hit album and highly regarded.
sounds even better live!!! that saxophone!! smooth like buttah.
Ck C definitely like buttah
So SO true~
3 years ago this video didn't have any dislikes. Now its showing 35 hates!
I NEVER get tired of watching this!
Gorgeous shots of Curt dancing and playing bass!!!!
ROLAND’S VOICE IS SO ANGELIC OMG
The cream chunky knitwear was out in force that day !
My brother Terry recorded this when it was on in the mid Eighties. The programme was called 'The Tube'....he still has the VHS tape which works fine. I still love to watch this, its an excellent live performance, brilliant brilliant song......loads of nostalgic feelings of being a teenager come back when I watch this.
How great! Did they play only this song?
The quick, silent "thanks a lot" at the end is pretty amusing. Some calm, composed, and humble.
Not just this song but every song big beginning to end from the Tears for fears album Songs from the big chair were just hits
very underrated song..
And very underrated band!!!
Underrated by who? Its on a hit album and very well regarded
Roland has an amazing voice, so powerful. Love this song, thanks for posting.
Such a beautiful song - and I tend to like more "rockier" stuff. Roland Orzabal is very talented singer/songwriter
I struggle to comprehend how they manage to sound this good live. It's incredible, the song is incredible, THEY are incredible!
amazing talent can actually exist in this world
💕💕My favorite Tears for Fears song💕💕
working hour is the song that probably is most responsible for long term love of TFF.
Breathtaking song. Signifies what Tears For Fears as a unit can produce. One of the all time great band of any genre yet also sorely underappreciated
The band uniform was white sweaters, and black trousers that night. I don't know who the sax player is, but damn!! Incredible!! Love this song. Every song on "Songs From The Big Chair" is pure gold!! Great song for the Labor Day weekend too!
sax=Will Gregory
will is incredible
@@Aesop101 I liked David Moyer better. The sax is just incredible in this song, coupled with the musical stylings of the one and only Roland Orzabal...
The Saxophone Player is Will Gregory or with Alison Goldfrapp are the two halves of GOLDFRAPP !!
After 36 years I've been listening to this every day when I'm in a road trip
When you had to have talent....be able to play live ..and have strong vocals.... just brilliant...and TFF are still as good today...are still doing great live gigs and new albums
So powerful!!! Amazing voice! No wonder they are being admired up to this day!
My favorite TFF song. Just gorgeous.
Vraiment cette chanson is a masterpiece saxo qui se marie avec la voix de Roland de surcroît la guitare... Ça swingue vraiment Roland et Curt sont complémentaires. Ce groupe est indubitablement l'un des meilleurs de tous les temps. 🇬🇧🥁🎸🏴✌
his voice omg i cant his voice are amazing like i wanna cry about how good and chill his voice is omg Roland i love your voice so so so much i listen to this song month and month LOVE IT
Me too!!❤ This is my all time favorite TFF song!
@@Tinalou2020 IKR THIS IS MY FAVOURITE SONG TOO!!
THE BEST LIVE VIDEO OF "THE WORKING HOUR"
+John Leftridge have you seen 2014 version ???
@@kawavulcan8411 The Live Spotify version is good but I concur that this is the best live version, the sax is out of this world and Roland's voice is great, Roland had to low a little his voice on the Spotify concert.
The best Band, the betiful music👍
Still watching this musical masterpiece in 2021 the lyrics the arrangement and Roland's voice makes this song eternal
Fantastic precision performance of a great song…
Amo essa música..cada solo...Maravilhosa
Drums drums drums ride that song so well , great performance . I love it so much
this is ahead of it's time even in TFF's history... foreshadowing the bigger band instrumentation of the Sowing The Seeds album
Wow, if I could go back in time, I would go right back to this. I was so one of those kids dancing and feeling their music. So grateful I got to see them play live back then, truly they where an incredible live show...what a time it was to be a teenager then...
Those 80's sweaters. :) 'Bring to me my big old sweater'
Qué canción espectacular de este hombre que no deja de sorprenderme y seducirme.
TFF es atemporal. La forma que , desde siempre, mezcló todos los diferentes instrumentos... pocas , muy pocas bandas han sido capaces de hacer eso . Son obras primas de la música.
Roland, sin ninguna duda su identidad, tipo vocal es inconfundible, un verdadero regalo de Dios, es extraordinaria, tiene alcances de barítono y sus agudos tienen una densidad más lírica y por eso no suena irritante, o sea, tiene los elementos claves para un timbre vocal admirable y cautivante.
TFF fue, es y siempre será una de las mejores bandas de todos los tiempos.
How not to love you Roland!!??
No me canso de escucharte Roland, no me canso de escuchar TFF. Saludos afectuosos desde Chile-Brasil.
So bloody good this is a piece of pure genius, everything about this song is just perfection
Love the sax and how awesome all the different instruments sound together!!! and add Roland's powerful and mesmerizing voice WOW!!! Lovvve it!!!
One of their best!!! - I love both of these guys, they have brought so much pleasure into my life!! I hope they live forever & still do music & in heaven!!!!!!!
Roland so gorgeous and handsome man Wow ❤❤
I love this song, gosh Roland sings it so beautifully, I love them tears for fears they are incredible beautiful eternal love❤❤❤❤
The more I listen to this song the more I love it!
Roland hair is so gorgeous and his 😢 smile so gorgeous and handsome ❤❤❤❤❤❤
I love your voice Roland.
It's beautiful
Inesquecível esse disco!! Uma obra prima da primeira à última faixa. TFF simplesmente perfeitos até hoje. Amo muito 💗💗💗💗
Indeed!!❤
80年代ポップスで最高の曲❗
Roland voice is so gorgeous and sweet ❤❤❤❤❤
Toda la decada de los 80s. Esta representada por esta enorme cancion, cada sonido, cada tecla, cada nota musical te llama a reflexionar, te dice y te grita la perfecciòn de un todo y nada, por lo tanto Es la hora de trabajar!!
Esse som é demais........!!!!!
Adoro todas deles, e essa é minha favorita!!!
Amo Tears for fears!!!😀👍.
A timeless classic..simply wonderful!
Timeless Song ❤❤❤❤❤
Fantastic vocals, songwriting & musicianship = "Facts" (as a fellow musician) I can see & hear the effort they put-in, to make it Sound Great Live. oNe LovE from NYC
Wow! Back then people did play on stage and have their mics on!
Graças ao meus pais tenho um ótimo gosto de música boa até hoje em 2023 viva anos 80 e 90 essas músicas vai ficar eternamente em nossos corações ♥️🇧🇷👍
2023❤❤❤❤TFF
Awesome 😊!!!!!!!!!!!
This Song is not music - it´s Art! Just wonderful. The Saxophon is the Killer!!!! The People really look weird :P.. They all have the same Sweaters. The Dancers in the Background of the Crowd are also wicked. Hahaha
WOW!!!!AWESOME!!!!!! Now back to building a time machine...🔙🕐
The guy dancing in the audience..sums up the 80s perfectly. Clothes, hair, dancing. Love this!
the horn player should drag his solo out at the end of the song about 8 more bars...this song is so smooth...the girl on piano adds such a feminine touch to this classical piece
we are paid by those who learn by our mistakes
Paola Gervacio yes manita true in many ways. that's life sometimes
Those lyrics alone is just pure genius!
A masterpiece
Roland tiene una hermosa voz! 😍
Wow, wow! This is my favorite Tears for Fears song and this live version was flawless! These guys are very talented ❤
Such a beautiful piece of music. TFF are so talented. This is one of my favorites.
Es una de mis canciones preferidas de los grandes de TFF. Roland eres lo maximo y Curt el angel de TFF.
Thank you tears for fears for some of the best tunes that this world has ever heard!
Especially this one, all these years later and its still on my itunes and played regularly!
i still live the 80s new times are awfull-TFF big love
for ever, you know it!
Rolande's voice is amazing.
Yeah…Roland is on another level. Priceless indeed….
Every time I hear this song I get nostalgic for the 80 s and 90s.thanks
What an amazing song.......absolutely brilliant band.
Wonderful Band!Wonderful Sax!
One of the best of all time, if you heard this for the first time you would appreciate it if not love it
Love you Roland💖🌟
Yes, what show, and Performance, all of it, is such an expression of a Huge Art, Thanks God Almighty for that.......