This whole song is basically just Curt Smith singing through anxiety and depression while Roland is having a sick rave in the background. It's honestly a masterpiece.🖤
Just saw Tears for Fears 2024 in Las Vegas, on 10/30 by far the best concert I have been to, the fact that there is so much talent in the music and most artists hate their music after time, these artists still show passion for their music! Absolutely amazing!
@@andreasmith9261 what a boomer thing to say. 'blank' generation was the last great generation, all these kids don't know anything bla bla bla. When are you going to figure out that every generation says this about the youth.
Like, the cover is pure depression, but the original is full of a unique revolutionary energy. Like, not just "I can't take this anymore," but "I'm not going to take it sitting down."
@@jasonbevelander6322 Is your sense of humor so starved of wit to feed it that you had to settle for having the word "like" appear twice in a comment just to convince yourself you still have one? I get the feeling you're at a stage of your life that you've Googled hair implants.
"Mom, can I go outside?" "Not until you finish cleaning your room, Curt." "Aww, but mom. Roland is outside." "Roland Orzabal can stand out there and dance for you while you clean."
2024 anyone? The intro to this is incredible, the music in the back and when he starts to sing goosebumps. Damn the 80s had so much talent back then. I can’t stop listening to this.
I've lived in this MAD WORLD for almost 82 years, but I'm still managing to rock a bit, mainly in my big rocking chair. Love and peace from Perth Australia 😎🖐🎶🎵🎶🎵🦘💕
@@franklingoodwin Glad you caught that, I was going to use the pseudonym Justin Case,but I thought Thyme would sound better because of my age, soon I'll be entering my 83rd year, but unfortunately I've been diagnosed with lung cancer, so I don't know for sure how long I've got. I'll try and fight it, but one thing for sure is that I've lived through the greatest music ever made. Thanks for the post, let's keep rocking eh!😎🎵🎶👋
IKR? I was off to college when this song was all over MTV and Night Flight. There were two girls from Utah who could hit these steps and I always wanted to learn.
It's crazy hearing this version compared to the Gary Jules version. (yes, I know this is the original) Gary Jules' version makes you feel a sense of depression, like you see the whole world through the lens of depression and sadness. This version gives you the sense of being truly mad. Like being trapped in a depressed state, but also feeling happy and anxious at the same time. Like you don't know what to do. Truly mad.
I love this. The Gary Jules version is the sadness of depression but this is the full embodiment of depression. Putting on the face that everything is good while one suffers from an intense sadness.
I had a severe depressive episode, most of what I remember of it was uncontrollable laughter, the periods of sadness was actually part of the recovery. If you stop caring about your life, why are you going to be sad about it? Madness is uncontrollable, sadness is, so if life feels out of control, madness is where you mind goes.
As a comment on this video said, the tears for Fears version is full on Madness. Trapped in a cycle of going nowhere, doing nothing different, hoping there's a change from outside sources that will break it.
Fleece Johnson In The 80’s they were far from “under rated.” Most people born in the 70’s and 80’s would know of Tears for Fears, would be a shame if they didn’t.
Great tune and band. We tried with my friend from R&O to review this great song. Maybe we succeeded, maybe not, we let you be the judge if you have two or three minutes to spare and a thumb up or down to add, come listen and judge us here :-) : ua-cam.com/video/hhnGZSn-6d4/v-deo.html and stay safe
In fact. I'm 35, I have know tears for fears since I'm 15 maybe... But just yesterday I re discovered this song that I didn't remember it existed.. but I recognized the melody instantly when I heard it, as if I had heard it before. I also didn't know it was a Tears For Fears song. It's like discovering a new song for me.
That's literally how I got here lol I heard a small clip of it in a fb video and knew it but haven't heard it since I was a kid but what's sad is when I started researching the song, it brought up Gary instead of Tears..
I believe Roland (he's the one doing the dancing !) mentioned that his mother was an experimental dancer ; so i only guess that is where he sampled his moves from. 😅
"Children waiting for the day they feel good". Those were just lyrics that caught one completely. That's what life is. Waiting for the day we feel good. Wow!
It's a pagan worship day. Every person is uniquely special and everyone should know that it shouldn't be something that has to have a weird celebration and "who to do".
@@Tropicalpisces i dont know if you're talking about a specific holiday or birthdays or something else, but in regards to birthdays... yeah i never could justify celebrating mine. my grandmother was the one who got me thinking about it when i was young. she hated celebrating her birthday, even into her 90s which is quite an accomplishment, surviving several wars, almost losing her son to Vietnam, losing her own daughter to cancer, brothers, sisters etc. she still didn't see herself as anything worth celebrating. She was a hard working practical woman who would always shoot you straight and never coddled you (i remember one incident where i tore my bare foot on a nail while running across a dock. i came inside squalling and bleeding. all she said was "i told you not to go out there without your shoes. here's a band aid.") Man I miss that woman! So yeah she got me thinking about these celebrations when i was very young. She never SAID anything negative about them, it was just her actions that spoke. Not coincidentally I fell into the same mindset. Even as a small child i never liked my birthday. I didnt like the attention. I didn't like looking over and seeing my friends left out. i wanted everyone to have a gift. These days I don't acknowledge it. and unless it's something to do with legal documents i don't even think about my birthdate. I'm more of a fan of the UN-BIRTHDAY - from Alice in Wonderland. Celebrate every day. Cherish it. It's a gift. Even the bad days are worth celebrating because there was a lesson in there somewhere. I don't buy gifts to save for anyones birthday. If i see something you might like or need and i am financially able, i will get it and give it right then. I have seen too many people not live to see the next day to want to wait for a specific date to celebrate having them in my life. and getting back to my grandmother... she left quite a legacy but i believe her biggest resentment (it's mine at least) is how everyone of her kids, grands and great grands ignored her... except for that one day when they suddenly wanted to descend upon her quiet little home, make a lot of noise and a lot of mess then disappear for the rest of the year. appreciate your loves NOW. they may not be there when you get around to it.
I genuinely think that Tears for Fears were years ahead of everyone else in terms of their song writing. Absolutely phenomenal musicians, we will still be enjoying their music centuries from now
Lol finally someone else. I always thought “if I’m gonna learn a dance to a song...” No one would give you grief if you bust this bad boy out. And if they did, just keep doing the dance in their face.
I really appreciate this version because it's way more discordant and emotionally complex. It was intended to sound as mad as the world he's singing about and it makes it really interesting to listen to!
I never even knew that the gary jules version was a remake. I just found this version today and i instantly find it better in a strange and confusing way. Its the true depression, the one where you smile and deny it even though you cant shake it from the back of your mind.
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Brings back so many memories, 1 of the most haunting albums ever made, there were very dark lyrics but great songs. So few albums you can just put on and enjoy every song!
This song is about a depressed young person who feels out of place in this world. He sees life as being empty, and looks for ways to escape the pain. The line, "The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had" suggests thoughts of suicide, but according to Roland Orzabal, who wrote the lyrics, it relates to the psychologist Arthur Janov's idea that our most dramatic dreams release the most tension. So, the guy in the song isn't necessarily looking to die - he wakes up from morbid, lucid dreams feeling better.
But seriously, I hate having good dreams. Because I wake up in this f-ed up world, and then I regret waking up, I want to sleep forever. On the other hand, when I dream with the end of the world, I wake up feeling in peace, because it's beautiful to dream that I'm dying and everything is ending.
Krypto_98 Tears for fears is the pop Verizon. Not sure where you feel the anxiety in this. I have anxiety and a panic disorder and the beat of this song doesn't fit that description.
As a kid, I thought Tears for Fears was just another 80s pop group. As an adult, listening to their music makes me realize just how incredibly _deep_ their songs actually were. Well shit.
It just cracks me up, because I can't dance. But if I did, it would look like that. I was at a night club once, and this pretty girl came up to me and said. "Please don't dance." I never danced in public again.
1982 was a good year. Although we still had madness back then. We didn't have social media to inform us. So please everyone reading this, I hope you take a break from social media and work on your well being and mental health. Don't concentrate on all the bad things. I hope you have peace in your heart. And always , no matter what year it is, always pray for 🙏🏻🌏☮️💕
Spot on ❣️ Sending blessings back to you 🙏🏼 We may never get the time back, but oh how our generation of songs bring back all them good memories & goosebump feelings.💪🏼~~~~~~❤
I was 26 and living in London when this song was released. The club dance floors were overrun with people trying to do the Roland Olazabal moves... Great song...
I wish I could have been alive then. I’m 26 now. No one likes new wave that is my age, at least no one I know in person. And there is only one place to go that plays new wave one night a month and it is over run with creeps.
What I like about this video is it portrays two sides, one being what everyone else likes, the dancing. One is in this euphoric state, while the other is in a depressive state. The composition makes it seems jumpy and happy, but the lyrics tell a whole different story. They go against each other, but combining them together brings this rushed happy/sad song. Just perfect
@@daretodream9765 That is one reason why in a way I'm glad I heard Gary Jules's cover before I heard Tears for Fears do it. T4F version is dark but is also frenetic. A musical interpretation of Generalized Anxiety and Depression. Jules's cover is just depression -- almost a resigned depression.
@@briane173I've noticed people usually tend to like the version they discovered first (no matter original or cover) more, but sometimes it doesn't work. I also heard Jules' cover version before TFF's original, and it was the original which made me fall in love with this song and realize what it's truly about
The frantic birthday party is deep. It gives me a sense of contrast, like someone doesn't want to be there and is only participating because they are supposed to.
Soytu19 Syd Barret profile I see , do you know the story about Syd ? It was sad.... One of the founding members of Pink Floyd ! Thank god for David Gilmour he took over for Syd and till this day they are still the best and my favorite band ever !
One could perceive this many ways, but I perceive Curt as being the mind and Roland being the face/body of someone who lives with depression/anxiety. Curt reflects on his own feelings and anxieties from behind the walls, while Roland dances and plays outside for the world to see
Nice analysis. You are mostly right. However, their lives flip flopped with Roland going through a lot of struggles with his wife dying from alcoholism. At the end of the day, Roland is far more emotional than Curt. Curt evolved into a very even keeled man and continued to be extremely productive in the music world. Roland seemed to fade away and almost disappear after Tears for Fears broke up. It’s been nice to see them back together again.
Thank you I’m a songwriter Iv wrote many iconic 00’s songs but I also suffer from depression & anxiety which is why I’d never reveal my actual name, it seems all songwriters have this issue but without it would we write the tunes you all like ?? A great thing to ponder
LOVE TFF! I still LOVE ALL TFF music. The music will be ever so smooth in our ears for all times. Early TFF music to current - all so unique and will be loved forever. Thank you Roland and Curt for all the music you guys have gifted humanity with!!!🥰💕🥰💕🥰💕🥰💕🥰💕🥰
It’s cool how this song can be done in ways that change the tone completely. I’ve barely heard the original but it has a very different vibe to the covers I’ve heard more of
@@cocoaorange1 I like the Pentatonix version almost as much as the original, which I really loved in the 80s. I'm not keen on the Susan Boyle one but each to their own!
Unless you went to highschool in the 80s, (like me ;) I owned this album, along with all my Cure, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Bauhaus, love and Rockets, Joy Division, Soft Cell Albums and...well, a whole lot of other rad 80's music!
Well I live under a rock and have no idea who Gary Jules is. I had to look up his cover of this song and it sounds terrible when compared to the original.
When I was younger I didn't realise the legend who wrote this masterpiece was actually the dancing coat man out the window, Roland Orzabal. I always thought the dancing man was just a random 80s person out the window. Roland wrote some of the best lyrics the 80's saw and is a very deep thinking, highly intelligent, tuned in individual who I now fully appreciate dearly.
When you're depressed but you're also an unstoppable dancing machine.
Dee Ca. Me
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Haha thats so funny. Good one.
😂😂LMAO
I'M DEAD 😂
This whole song is basically just Curt Smith singing through anxiety and depression while Roland is having a sick rave in the background. It's honestly a masterpiece.🖤
@Daniel Iwa that's awesome. Lmao
@Daniel Iwa Reminds me of the guy in black dancing with the pumpkin head
♥️
@@TheSpock23 lol you're so right! Conspiracy theory: the pumpkin head guy is just Roland Orzabel in disguise
You win the internet 😁
When ur depressed but u have an aesthetic to maintain
Pwahahahahah
So damn accurate description
@@mikebeer5589 now it's sixnine and friends
@@mikebeer5589
Lol go figure
@penis wtf chill 😂
Just saw Tears for Fears 2024 in Las Vegas, on 10/30 by far the best concert I have been to, the fact that there is so much talent in the music and most artists hate their music after time, these artists still show passion for their music! Absolutely amazing!
Lucky! ❤
This song is a masterpiece..
It was a privilege for me to have lived in the 80's...
The best decade in the history of mankind!
sim, um privilégio.
👌👌
You are so lucky, I wish I grew up in that decade the 80s is my life
AGREE
“The dreams in which I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had”
Makes me cry every time I hear it and their tears of joy this song is truly something
since when did skibidi toilet fans have such a good taste in music
@@jakalamgd I’m a huge Depeche Mode and tears for fears lover I do like some vast songs too
@@jakalamgdskibidi toilet fans!😂😂 😂. Ma man 🤝
@@Charlie_Favre836Me too 😊
Yeah bro 👍
So upbeat and so sad. Dancing while dying inside, I'll give the 80s that. Nobody did that better
That's the original title of Ultravox' "Dancing with Tears in my Eyes" (jk) too...
its really not meant to be that sad if you listen to what the song meant to them.
@@andreasmith9261 what a boomer thing to say.
'blank' generation was the last great generation, all these kids don't know anything bla bla bla.
When are you going to figure out that every generation says this about the youth.
@@andreasmith9261 embarrassing boomer moment
@@andreasmith9261 lol someones defensive
Like, the cover is pure depression, but the original is full of a unique revolutionary energy. Like, not just "I can't take this anymore," but "I'm not going to take it sitting down."
Yup :)
Can be taken like the world’s racing past regardless too.
Like, like like like. And also , like likety like like....
@@jasonbevelander6322 Is your sense of humor so starved of wit to feed it that you had to settle for having the word "like" appear twice in a comment just to convince yourself you still have one?
I get the feeling you're at a stage of your life that you've Googled hair implants.
@@jasonbevelander6322 like, get a life instead of replying to month old comments with pettiness.
i shall memorize Rolands dance moves and make it my morning ritual
@Romain Cialle i wanna be teleported to 1985 so bad i'm ok with that lmfao
That was so funny.
I NEED to make that my morning routine
Only if the neighbours are watching.
Hahahaha
40 years later and this song still sounds so good
Yes
It is NOT 40 years…. Oh my God. Well now I feel really old.
Yeah
Masterpiece
Sounds better than anything today
"Mom, can I go outside?"
"Not until you finish cleaning your room, Curt."
"Aww, but mom. Roland is outside."
"Roland Orzabal can stand out there and dance for you while you clean."
Yes!
Lol 😂😂
The kids are still not alright...
I needed that laugh. Thank you ❤️
😂👍
2024 anyone? The intro to this is incredible, the music in the back and when he starts to sing goosebumps. Damn the 80s had so much talent back then. I can’t stop listening to this.
me
@@cyangt199 here
me
You're welcome, now, build on this. You rock! Go get 'em
Es una de mis favoritas hay muy buenos temas de esa época yo lo viví
I've lived in this MAD WORLD for almost 82 years, but I'm still managing to rock a bit, mainly in my big rocking chair. Love and peace from Perth Australia 😎🖐🎶🎵🎶🎵🦘💕
Imagine how the protagonist in this song must feel these days. I'm 70 , just about manage to keep my cool.
Old people on UA-cam??? No way
Oh neat i have family in perth
I hope that's your real name. If so, your parents had a wicked sense of humour lol
@@franklingoodwin Glad you caught that, I was going to use the pseudonym Justin Case,but I thought Thyme would sound better because of my age, soon I'll be entering my 83rd year, but unfortunately I've been diagnosed with lung cancer, so I don't know for sure how long I've got. I'll try and fight it, but one thing for sure is that I've lived through the greatest music ever made. Thanks for the post, let's keep rocking eh!😎🎵🎶👋
Curt Smith: "Sing a sad song"
Roland Orzabal: *Epic Dance*
Pretty sure it's the whole world having fun without him, neither knowing nor caring to know what's going on inside...
@@MrDemonWorm true, but still....epic dance!
❤
RIP aunt Cynthia. You paved my musical tastes. Long live wave!
Tell us about Aunt Cynthia.
The guy dancing new wave 80's style in ths background absolute gold!👌
He also wrote the song
Thats roland orzabal
IKR?
I was off to college when this song was all over MTV and Night Flight.
There were two girls from Utah who could hit these steps and I always wanted to learn.
@@johnstjohn6658I miss Night Flight. It influenced my musical taste as a teenager. And Pat Prescott had such a great voice as the host.
It's so Amazing i was dancing the same Performance new wave in 1983
Let’s all take a moment to admire Roland’s dance moves
Sasha Inga gets me every time
Yesssss! Was the coolest shit. Used to dance like this in my bedroom. Fab.
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha
Ah yes... Do the "semaphore"! 😂
Yeah I really like his dance..,
It's crazy hearing this version compared to the Gary Jules version. (yes, I know this is the original)
Gary Jules' version makes you feel a sense of depression, like you see the whole world through the lens of depression and sadness.
This version gives you the sense of being truly mad. Like being trapped in a depressed state, but also feeling happy and anxious at the same time. Like you don't know what to do. Truly mad.
I'll give you that :)
Brilliant analogy!! Couldn’t agree more!
On the nail .. 👍
@@amykenrick8342 another clown that dont get what the song is about
Not heard that version Hey now gonna try find it Apprezziate Share Cheers Beste wishes toyu all Love Liza XX ❤🌻
Tears for Fears was far more prolific than they get credit for. Stunningly good duo
Yes they were my friend . A great group
I got to see them live ...was mindblowing !
Indeed 😊
They were to me the dark side of Wham lol
They did 3 albums how the fuck is that prolific. ?
Curt: experiencing depression and sadness.
Roland: just using the greatest moves on earth
yeah
Read this at the perfect moment 😂 1:55
And they're both right
And they're both right
Actually the reality it was Roland that suffered depression
When Tears For Fears decide to be melancholic and sing about emotion, they are at their very best.
I can't stand the indecision tbh
Along with Depeche Mode.
Dave Matthews also joined the club 🎉
you mean, sing about emotion.
@ Haha indeed, corrected :-)
I love this. The Gary Jules version is the sadness of depression but this is the full embodiment of depression. Putting on the face that everything is good while one suffers from an intense sadness.
I had a severe depressive episode, most of what I remember of it was uncontrollable laughter, the periods of sadness was actually part of the recovery. If you stop caring about your life, why are you going to be sad about it? Madness is uncontrollable, sadness is, so if life feels out of control, madness is where you mind goes.
Tears version is Mad and sad
As a comment on this video said, the tears for Fears version is full on Madness. Trapped in a cycle of going nowhere, doing nothing different, hoping there's a change from outside sources that will break it.
This is real depression, Gary Jules is a sissy.
@@emmastrange5557🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
I'm not depressed, I just like this song
Me neither but this doesn’t sound dated it’s truly epic
Tears for Fears is highly underrated
I'd say that Tears For Fears should be inducted into The Rock n Roll Hall of Fame.
Violeta de outono
Fleece Johnson In The 80’s they were far from “under rated.” Most people born in the 70’s and 80’s would know of Tears for Fears, would be a shame if they didn’t.
Eh, they are not as "iconic" as a jillion other bands from the era
Fleece Johnson I KNOW RIGHT
Roland’s dance moves are everything. ❤
🕺🏻🦹🏃🏻🧎🏻🤽🏻♀️🤽🏻♀️🦸🏻
Facts
Because Roland is awesome!😉
He and Michael Stipe should have a dance off. 🤣😂🤣
They are. ♥️
"Mom, can i play outside?"
"No"
1:48 when your friend is playing outside but you're grounded
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@CeciliaBowie lol
loved it hahaha
it calls "mad world.... mad world...🎵😀"
80’s mad world 2024 is the true mad world!
the same.
Yes, but the people aren't interessting. They shut their eyes....
Couldn't have said it better 😢
This is not a song *IT'S A MASTERPIECE*
Great tune and band. We tried with my friend from R&O to review this great song. Maybe we succeeded, maybe not, we let you be the judge if you have two or three minutes to spare and a thumb up or down to add, come listen and judge us here :-) : ua-cam.com/video/hhnGZSn-6d4/v-deo.html and stay safe
It's a copy of Matthew and son, the real masterpiece.
@@missstarlight1235 What?
L'occitanie approuve se son alors je me dois de l'écouter 😂
So is "Everybody Wants To Rule The World"...
Friend: What music do you listen to?
Me: It's complicated
Friend: Just make a summary
Me: Depression you can dance to
Depression you can dance to sounds like a genre I could get into!
Like Paramore's new album?
01:55 and 02:26
Pamka, this is one of the best comments I've read on a music video. Are you a writer? You are gifted : )
This
this sounds like one of those songs you only heard once or twice as a child, but when you hear it as an adult, you instantly recognize it
Yeah
In fact. I'm 35, I have know tears for fears since I'm 15 maybe... But just yesterday I re discovered this song that I didn't remember it existed.. but I recognized the melody instantly when I heard it, as if I had heard it before. I also didn't know it was a Tears For Fears song. It's like discovering a new song for me.
Every weekend at the dance club, you member? you member! The Dance Club
That's literally how I got here lol I heard a small clip of it in a fb video and knew it but haven't heard it since I was a kid but what's sad is when I started researching the song, it brought up Gary instead of Tears..
@@emmanuelmoran4297 me too, i had no idea this was the original
Very disturbing but true words. brilliant 80s tune.
I love 80s dancing; it's like "warding off bees, but make it stylish"
🤣🤣🤣I like that description !
I believe Roland (he's the one doing the dancing !) mentioned that his mother was an experimental dancer ; so i only guess that is where he sampled his moves from. 😅
Honestly watching Rowland get his groove on in all there videos gives me joy 😊
And now we're subjected to no-talent thugs and gyrating hookers.
Omg true love it 🤣😂🤣
2:25 Those dances moves are on point. Love this video.
executed really clean, i like it too
1:53
can you explain that said point?
@@caiocsermak5608 lmao srsly best part!
"Children waiting for the day they feel good". Those were just lyrics that caught one completely. That's what life is. Waiting for the day we feel good. Wow!
😢😢😢😢
It's a pagan worship day. Every person is uniquely special and everyone should know that it shouldn't be something that has to have a weird celebration and "who to do".
@@Tropicalpisces i dont know if you're talking about a specific holiday or birthdays or something else, but in regards to birthdays... yeah i never could justify celebrating mine. my grandmother was the one who got me thinking about it when i was young. she hated celebrating her birthday, even into her 90s which is quite an accomplishment, surviving several wars, almost losing her son to Vietnam, losing her own daughter to cancer, brothers, sisters etc. she still didn't see herself as anything worth celebrating. She was a hard working practical woman who would always shoot you straight and never coddled you (i remember one incident where i tore my bare foot on a nail while running across a dock. i came inside squalling and bleeding. all she said was "i told you not to go out there without your shoes. here's a band aid.")
Man I miss that woman!
So yeah she got me thinking about these celebrations when i was very young. She never SAID anything negative about them, it was just her actions that spoke. Not coincidentally I fell into the same mindset. Even as a small child i never liked my birthday. I didnt like the attention. I didn't like looking over and seeing my friends left out. i wanted everyone to have a gift.
These days I don't acknowledge it. and unless it's something to do with legal documents i don't even think about my birthdate.
I'm more of a fan of the UN-BIRTHDAY - from Alice in Wonderland. Celebrate every day. Cherish it. It's a gift. Even the bad days are worth celebrating because there was a lesson in there somewhere. I don't buy gifts to save for anyones birthday. If i see something you might like or need and i am financially able, i will get it and give it right then. I have seen too many people not live to see the next day to want to wait for a specific date to celebrate having them in my life.
and getting back to my grandmother... she left quite a legacy but i believe her biggest resentment (it's mine at least) is how everyone of her kids, grands and great grands ignored her... except for that one day when they suddenly wanted to descend upon her quiet little home, make a lot of noise and a lot of mess then disappear for the rest of the year.
appreciate your loves NOW. they may not be there when you get around to it.
I genuinely think that Tears for Fears were years ahead of everyone else in terms of their song writing. Absolutely phenomenal musicians, we will still be enjoying their music centuries from now
1:56 bro dancing lit asf
And @1:48
Haha
Ya boy can dance
English lit af
Dance of fortnite :v
When your mom tells you you can't go outside and your friend dances outside your window to rub it in
that is fuckin funny dude and s true!!!!!
😂🤣😂🤣
omg haha
That is a good one, bravo!
Made me think of that meme of squidward laying in bed all depressed while spongebobs dumb ass is outside his house with that cowboy hat 😂
I must memorize Roland’s dance moves and make them my morning ritual.
Lol finally someone else. I always thought “if I’m gonna learn a dance to a song...” No one would give you grief if you bust this bad boy out. And if they did, just keep doing the dance in their face.
Napoleon dynomite
lol. Super dope.
😂
You, I love you
my favorite part is the happy Birthday part ..that trumpet sounds pretty trippy
Had NO IDEA they did this originally. This is brilliant.
oh look it's that guy from the youtubes
can i have an autograph?
+Ｒｕｓｈｎｅｒｄ lol! youngsters
+Ｒｕｓｈｎｅｒｄ can I recommend "Shout"?
The best
everyone already knows shout
Gary Jules can't beat those dance moves!
Gary Jules just took my name removing one 'r', then he covered this fantastic song from TfF...
Gary Jules is just a lamer.
Gary should remove the other "r" from his name too, for good measure.
+AND HER NAME IS SEONG MI-NA!!!
Hahahaha
Heck, NO ONE beats those moves.
Is the a tutorial for the dance moves?
Tears for fears are a massively underrated band
To contemporary audiences, yes. But we Gen-Xers *loved* these guys when we were teens.
@@nicholashylton6857 YES YES, IT'S TRUE, WE ALSO IN ITALY, THEIR SONGS WERE WONDERFUL, GREETINGS FROM ITALY ✋🇮🇹✋
Maybe the best band in the world.
@@nicholashylton6857 boomers too
Well, no, not at the time that they were relevant. TFF were huge.
Good music is timeless
Tears for fears: I find it kinda funny
Gary Jules: I find it kinda sad
oh. Oh.
*_OH._*
:D
:(
Right on the point
Tears for fears is the original and the Best version of all. . This is the Sound of the 80's !
Hahaha nice one. I was sad but your comment help me. Now i go work out, cus i dont wanna hung myself 😉
Roland's dance moves, if done accurately, will teleport you to 1985
I can do the dance and can confirm I am now living in the 1980’s.
Lol. But that would be awesome.
I would love that...
And if done inaccurately will teleport you to the Tektonik era... So be careful with it !
Is that a challenge?
I'm gonna go outside this week during a snowstorm and do it!
Gary Jules cover: Ah this makes me suicidal
Tears for Fears: I wanna dance while I hang from the ceiling fan
@ashish018690 okay buddy
@ashish018690 depression rates jump to 0%
"I wanna dance while I hang from the ceiling fan"?
That'd be Spandau Ballet
@@tohmainkyakaroon LOL
Wait who wrote this song
Love it still 2024!
I really appreciate this version because it's way more discordant and emotionally complex. It was intended to sound as mad as the world he's singing about and it makes it really interesting to listen to!
Love the trumpets
This was the original.
hands down, the best
My take is that it’s talking about a man who actually likes psychological pain. Like a masochist I guess.
@@Dave5843-d9m I am aware, though I can see how my wording can suggest the opposite!
I never even knew that the gary jules version was a remake. I just found this version today and i instantly find it better in a strange and confusing way. Its the true depression, the one where you smile and deny it even though you cant shake it from the back of your mind.
I never even knew there was a remake until I searched the lyrics, I had to go back and tears for fears.
I love both, but honestly prefer the gary jules one by far
Donnie darko
This is the original and FAR AWAY the best version
@@paulbessant8182 the fact it s the original doesn t mean it s better. It s a matter of personal taste🤷🏼♂️
This song is still a masterpiece after all these years.
So is their "Pale Shelter", among others. Nimble lyrics and a musically rich background... these songs easily withstand the ocean waves of time.
Love Tears For Fers 🥰💕🥰💕🥰💕🥰💕🥰💕🥰💕🥰💕🥰💕
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Brings back so many memories, 1 of the most haunting albums ever made, there were very dark lyrics but great songs.
So few albums you can just put on and enjoy every song!
Curt: visibly depressed
Roland: I dO mY LiL dAnCey DanCE
El mejor comentario xd
@@t.garcia6007 i dunno what that means but cool
edit: never mind. i translated it and i appreciate the kind reply. i apologize for that
Help
@@bloodgloss66 Some sort of biblical compliment?
I know, even though this is a depressing song his dance moves are amazing
when you are Sad,But happy at the same time
90% of punk/pop-punk music.
Post punk not pop punk you salad.
Sir Jay omg dying HAHAHA SO TRUE 😂😂😂❤❤
Yup, *_mad_*...
"Happy" and "Upbeat" aren't the same thing.
one of the best things about 50 years old,is the fact that i lived my teenage years in the 80's that is priceless and Iam grateful !!!
I was born in the 80s and still grateful I can listen to songs of that decade so easily
Me too! The fashion was questionable, but the MUSIC WAS BOSS!!👍😷😁😊
Ditto!!!!!
I was born in the 2000's and I still get nostalgic over the era. Is that weird?
Yeah, well I was a kid but I'm glad too
80's was the best times to grow up with tunes like this magic
So glad I was fortunate enough to experience the 80’s
This song is about a depressed young person who feels out of place in this world. He sees life as being empty, and looks for ways to escape the pain. The line, "The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had" suggests thoughts of suicide, but according to Roland Orzabal, who wrote the lyrics, it relates to the psychologist Arthur Janov's idea that our most dramatic dreams release the most tension. So, the guy in the song isn't necessarily looking to die - he wakes up from morbid, lucid dreams feeling better.
You literally described me. Is that good?
@@deebasaif2801 yes
SASAGEYO SASAGEYO
But seriously, I hate having good dreams. Because I wake up in this f-ed up world, and then I regret waking up, I want to sleep forever.
On the other hand, when I dream with the end of the world, I wake up feeling in peace, because it's beautiful to dream that I'm dying and everything is ending.
@@carolina-vt1rw hi how are you?
Gary Jules: this song is giving me depression
Tears for Fears: this song makes me want to dance with my depression
nice one
Listen Postpunk and dance with the passion of depression.
Gary Jules' version is dry.
Ahem. Passion Pit is the expert at that
@@hongxiuquan69 : the original version, by Tears for Fears, is better. In the 80's, they knew how to make music.
Imagine being only 21 and writing lyrics and music like this.
Mind blowing
Waw! Wow. Times that won't come back.
Wows
Ask Mozart...
Listen to Walk Away Renee and Pretty Ballerina, written and performed by 17 year olds in the group Left Banke !!!!
I was born in 1958, love this original track by Tears for Fears
40 years today! Music I listened to as a teenager.
Looks like the lunatics will soon blow this mad WORLD. up.
Damn time flies right!
I was born that time. I can't believe am 40 ;(
Love the song!
Tears For Fears is the Anxiety version
Gary Jules is the depression Version
Krypto_98 Tears for fears is the pop Verizon. Not sure where you feel the anxiety in this. I have anxiety and a panic disorder and the beat of this song doesn't fit that description.
@@cordeliachase601 it's fast paced plus the lyrics.
And the Adam Lambert version is the emotional version.
Cordelia Chase VeRiZoN
Cordelia Chase he’s talking shit that’s what
It’s how one can be sad on the inside but outwardly we pretend to be happy. That’s what the dancing represent to me.
yes
🎯😢
I dance like that when im sad and angry. Im not pretending to be happy. those moves are filled with violence and hatred.
It's like a frenzied attempt to chase out the sadness. A desperate act that doesn't reflect joy but is kind of like writhing in pain.
Great song that captured a moment in time and space
Tears for fears: mad world
Gary jules: Sad world
GARY JULES IS ALSO MAD WORLD
@@ihateyoutubehandles444 Nah
YOUR WRONG LAWSON CARPENTER
@@ihateyoutubehandles444 Nah
MY MOM SAYS GARY JULES IS MAD WORLD
As a kid, I thought Tears for Fears was just another 80s pop group. As an adult, listening to their music makes me realize just how incredibly _deep_ their songs actually were.
Well shit.
SilverKnight Same! Lol
Same same. To the point where in the last 6 months I've become utterly OBSESSED with them and can't stop listening to them
As deep as is their name: *Tears for Fears*...
...the dreams of which I'm dying are the best I've ever had...
LPM
like how linkin park was just another metal group, and foster the people was just another hipster rock group.
Linkin Park is far from metal
This is like a haunting lullaby, the melody gets deep and melancholic.
When sadness makes you happy
Those are some serious dance moves going on outside the window there.
😂
You ain't kiddin
It just cracks me up, because I can't dance. But if I did, it would look like that. I was at a night club once, and this pretty girl came up to me and said. "Please don't dance." I never danced in public again.
He was feeling it. LOL
@@liamporter6243 Don't stop the dance, having fun is more important than trying to look good. Don't let toxic people tell you what to do.
When you're an introvert but you love to dance.
Yep!
@Juan H Brito when you’re an extrovert, but you’re depressed
@Laurie Durand the best quarantine song!!?
Dancing is what to do dancing when I think of you..
WELL SAID!
1:21 that synth riff is just ridiculously good
That synth riff was used in return of the living dead too
I like this one better because it feels more manic, reflecting the mad tone of the song.
This song feels like living.
Curt: 😭😔
Roland: 😜🤪😝💃
Художник 0:44
I am 50. The 80s shaped me. I miss this era profoundly. 🤍
How old were you when you first listened to this song amigo
Bro I if I copy and paste your comment here it would be me exactly.
@theblukatlife I am also 50 and first time I listened to this I was may be 12 or13 may be not the exact release date but not far from it
@theblukatlife I am also 50 and first time I listened to this I was may be 12 or13 may be not the exact release date ddate but
I'm 55 .was 13 when this was out.
Tears for Fears, Depeche Mode, Simple Minds, The Cure, Madonna and so many more, the 80s were the best I've ever had.
All good names for sure-you are so right too!!
Thank you-and why not indeed too?!
Well all those names I know and did the best music there was then too of course!
@@brucedanton3669 there are still many more for sure,,these is just a small selection
@@chrishalle4190 Yes of course too. OMD, U2, Ultravox, Visage-both with Midge Ure in them too-Blancmange, Eurythmics, Erasure, etc?
Simply awesome, brilliant lyrics.
So much of their music from the first two albums are more true than ever. Funny how time flies. Love the new album!
I’m going to dance like this at my son’s wedding. Hope he’s ok with that because those are some slick dance moves.
Use gary jules version
Best parent ever
TheUnclerickie do it please ❤️
@@Sivitzie Agreed. If he DOESN'T dance like that at his son's wedding, that will make him a terrible father!! XD
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Father of the Groom will now dance,...
Absolutely cannot believe I didn’t know this original version existed. The day is March 11, 2021 and I just learned this is a Tears for Fears song.
Congrats.👍 Seriously, I'm not being a smart alec.
I envy you! I wish I could remember the first time I heard this masterpiece.
March 27th 2021 for me
May 02 21 for me.And I’m glad I did 👏
One reason is that "Shout" abd and Everybody wants to rule the world " were played to death and still are on classic radio. This gem got overshadowed.
1982 was a good year. Although we still had madness back then. We didn't have social media to inform us. So please everyone reading this, I hope you take a break from social media and work on your well being and mental health. Don't concentrate on all the bad things. I hope you have peace in your heart. And always , no matter what year it is, always pray for 🙏🏻🌏☮️💕
Beautiful comment.
Spot on ❣️ Sending blessings back to you 🙏🏼 We may never get the time back, but oh how our generation of songs bring back all them good memories & goosebump feelings.💪🏼~~~~~~❤
Gran pensamiento.. Las redes sociales han destruido lo "social" de las relaciones humanas... Deshumanizandolas
If I understand correctly... you're on social media to suggest peeps not go on social media.
That's so GOP: do as I say, not as I do.
@@henrybutchy3242 So, how was he supposed to relate it to us? Via mental telepathy?
As much I love "Shout" and "Everyone wants to rule the world", this has to be my favourite Tears for fears song
Okay👍
same
Me too "shout" "every wants to rule the world" "mad world" i love it
I honestly love head over heels
Head Over Heels for me. But all the songs are fabulous 👌
I’ve been listening to this since my teens in the 80s and it still brings massive emotions. Love
Wow... I'm a teen now,and I'm always listening to tears for fears songs... sometimes i feel like I'm in the wrong time
@@zviirux5328you past life really liked this song in the 80s 😎🏄🏼♂️
The best tears for fears song, so melancholy but so beautiful. Best decade for music ever.
Listen to pharohs and get back to me
So gorgeous Roland dance ❤❤
I was 26 and living in London when this song was released. The club dance floors were overrun with people trying to do the Roland Olazabal moves... Great song...
LJW55 Clubbing in the 80’s...great memories!
I wish I could have been alive then. I’m 26 now. No one likes new wave that is my age, at least no one I know in person. And there is only one place to go that plays new wave one night a month and it is over run with creeps.
I imagine a room full of people looking like they were trying to punch themselves in the face, but missing, would have been pretty amusing
I can but imagine how it was like there at the time. I'm 17 in one week's time.
Damn. That's a sight to behold. A little jealous, not gonna lie.
What I like about this video is it portrays two sides, one being what everyone else likes, the dancing. One is in this euphoric state, while the other is in a depressive state. The composition makes it seems jumpy and happy, but the lyrics tell a whole different story. They go against each other, but combining them together brings this rushed happy/sad song. Just perfect
agree, but I don't find the composition jumpy and happy at all, despite being upbeat. For me it's perfectly dark and depressing, from start to finish
@@daretodream9765 yeah especially when everything the world is upbeat but it's only you who's depressed. That makes it like 2x depressing
@@daretodream9765 That is one reason why in a way I'm glad I heard Gary Jules's cover before I heard Tears for Fears do it. T4F version is dark but is also frenetic. A musical interpretation of Generalized Anxiety and Depression. Jules's cover is just depression -- almost a resigned depression.
@@briane173I've noticed people usually tend to like the version they discovered first (no matter original or cover) more, but sometimes it doesn't work. I also heard Jules' cover version before TFF's original, and it was the original which made me fall in love with this song and realize what it's truly about
So Bipolar disorder?
Even depression sounded l i t in the 80's
bet
We just had to cope through it.. music helped!
And it inspired a continuous era of alt and indie-pop/rock to do the same.
The Smiths are a clear example of lit depressive music.
New wave be like
The frantic birthday party is deep. It gives me a sense of contrast, like someone doesn't want to be there and is only participating because they are supposed to.
It's great that he mentions school in a song about depression
Church and school the sources of depression
@@janderson1008 Also life, dont forget life. The number one source of depression.
@@janderson1008 being a single parent is also depressing
Many of their songs were related to the harshness of childhood and similar themes.
Soytu19 Syd Barret profile I see , do you know the story about Syd ? It was sad.... One of the founding members of Pink Floyd ! Thank god for David Gilmour he took over for Syd and till this day they are still the best and my favorite band ever !
1:49 When youre trying to have a serious talk and your mate be having a sick rave outside
@Emaly Nicole I laughed way to hard at this xD
How tik tokR record now days
Actual LOL at this one
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lol 🤣
One could perceive this many ways, but I perceive Curt as being the mind and Roland being the face/body of someone who lives with depression/anxiety. Curt reflects on his own feelings and anxieties from behind the walls, while Roland dances and plays outside for the world to see
Nice analysis. You are mostly right. However, their lives flip flopped with Roland going through a lot of struggles with his wife dying from alcoholism. At the end of the day, Roland is far more emotional than Curt. Curt evolved into a very even keeled man and continued to be extremely productive in the music world. Roland seemed to fade away and almost disappear after Tears for Fears broke up. It’s been nice to see them back together again.
@@HockeyVictory66 True and isn’t Roland the one who wrote the lyrics to this song? Even though Curt sung it
Thank you I’m a songwriter Iv wrote many iconic 00’s songs but I also suffer from depression & anxiety which is why I’d never reveal my actual name, it seems all songwriters have this issue but without it would we write the tunes you all like ?? A great thing to ponder
LOVE TFF! I still LOVE ALL TFF music. The music will be ever so smooth in our ears for all times. Early TFF music to current - all so unique and will be loved forever. Thank you Roland and Curt for all the music you guys have gifted humanity with!!!🥰💕🥰💕🥰💕🥰💕🥰💕🥰
Wow.. I think you nailed it 🤯
I absolutely loved the track when I was younger and listening to it now still the same.xx
It’s cool how this song can be done in ways that change the tone completely. I’ve barely heard the original but it has a very different vibe to the covers I’ve heard more of
I just listened to Susan Boyle's cover, no offense to the band, I like hers better.
@@cocoaorange1 I like the Pentatonix version almost as much as the original, which I really loved in the 80s. I'm not keen on the Susan Boyle one but each to their own!
this is the original
I'm a millennial and I've heard the original WAY more.
👍
09/22/23 and I am still rocking out to this.
💯grew up with this tune
I am too man
I will never know you, but I love you
@@shannonmcfarland8826same. ❤
I hate that no one know's that this song is actually the original
Unless you went to highschool in the 80s, (like me ;) I owned this album, along with all my Cure, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Bauhaus, love and Rockets, Joy Division, Soft Cell Albums and...well, a whole lot of other rad 80's music!
Well I live under a rock and have no idea who Gary Jules is. I had to look up his cover of this song and it sounds terrible when compared to the original.
a lot of people know. i didnt always know but i have for a while now. i like the original better
I know it's the original after all I am 51 and i loved the 80s
Agreee!
I saw it on top of the pops 1982 Loved the video to it
I just realized that learning these dance moves are on my bucket list.
Me too
Hahaha
When I was younger I didn't realise the legend who wrote this masterpiece was actually the dancing coat man out the window, Roland Orzabal. I always thought the dancing man was just a random 80s person out the window. Roland wrote some of the best lyrics the 80's saw and is a very deep thinking, highly intelligent, tuned in individual who I now fully appreciate dearly.
He's a genius
*Does Roland still have that restraining order on you?* :)
@@hulkhatepunybanner What a stupid, ignorant and shallow thing to say. Find something better to do, sheesh.
Roland was the mastermind of the group
Roland Orzebal is beyond musical genius... talent that very few human beings posses.. Incredible ! ♥️
One of the most underrated groups in the 1980s
Not really,they were very big in 85 when their second album came out.
Greatest decade of mankind.