Whether Tears for Fears have been ruling your world since they dominated MTV in 1985 with their smash hit single “Shout” or you're more of the Donnie Darko type, chances are you’ve experienced a major life event made more profound by a soundtrack from Tears for Fears.
Settle into our recent session with the legendary band, in which you’ll hear standout cuts from new record “The Tipping Point,” alongside classics like “Mad World,” and “Everybody Wants to Rule the World.”
Credits:
Program Director of Music: Anne Litt
Producer: Ariana Morgenstern
Video Producer: Dilly Gent, Son&Heir
Video Director/Editor: Vern Moen
Director of Photography: Trevor Wineman
Assistant Producer: Anna Chang
Digital Producer: Andrea Domanick
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Probably one of the best music bands in history. 40 years later, they are keep amazing, delight and inspiring
Com certeza, uma das melhores duplas. Esses caras simplesmente " arrebentam a boca do balão". Showzaço!!!! Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷👍
They still have it, wonderful singing and music.
True!
Everybody Wants To Rule The World turned back time. A sober group of men sounding as they did 35 years ago. +++++
@@BrianCarnevaleB26 great comment exactly completely sober no drug addicts or drinking these are the type of artist to look up 2!!!! LEGENDS
wtf? Are we now judging music based on whether or not the bands liked to have a drink or a toke? I guess you'd better leave The Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Who, and a hundred other better bands than Tears for Fears out of the conversation What a silly person. Silly bunt.@@kevinl2578
Is "sober" a musical requirement? Better tell musicians ranging from the best early blues players to today's musicians. @@BrianCarnevaleB26
0:40 "No Small Thing" 5:26 "The Tipping Point" 9:38 "Mad World" 13:12 "Everybody Wants to Rule the Word" 17:38 "Sowing the Seeds of Love"
You be blessed, thank you
Thank you
Thank you!
A real hero.
@@hoovyaj tell
This drummer is SOOOO Great! His kit is tuned, mic'd, recorded, and mixed perfectly!
Who is the DRUMMER...?!
As is with all of these recent live recordings I've seen of them on KZhead in the past few years the sound is impeccable!
@@potatosalad5355 Jamie Wollam. Beast.
Thank you!@@townofrockridge
I would love to be able to just watch this drummer the whole set. Of course I wouldn't trade the current video but yeah...
35 years later and still impeccable. Both Curt's and Roland's voices are iconic. When they're blended together, are just unmatched. TFF are easily my all time favorite band. ❤️❤️❤️
Absolutely agree!!!! Timeless tracks sound that bit more beautiful when they add their aged/mature ability. Fantastic to watch!!!!
Gostaria de vê los numa turnê no Mato Grosso do Sul/Brasil. Meu sonho assistir um show deles. Maravilhosos.
My favourite band of all-time as well. Unluckily for them the goddess who is Tracey Thorn is my all-time all-time 😊
@@rosemeiresantos6103una gira por Sudamérica 2024!!
@@chris-coleexactly! I adore their matured and enhanced abilities!
Curt and Roland have a unique thing going with their unison singing. Their timbres are quite different and the result is truly special.
Kind of like Alice In Chains.
Not too many bands are capable to retain sonic and tonal freshnes throughout all this time, simply amazing!
Yup. I see so many bands from the 80s out there still playing but sounding like absolute crap. These guys still sound amazing.
Congratulations for this new recording. ❤❤
They sound just as good as 1985. I’m a lifelong fan and I’m still impressed with their talent.
@@ReggieandMiloTheCat same here 🙏
He meant "freshness", for those of us with OCD. 😂 Tears For Fears. One Dynamic duo, so to speak, coming from a 61 year old that grew up on Classic Rock and now, Progressive Rock. I have lost interest in much of the 80's MTV stuff. These guys never left my mind. There are a few others but TFF is probably Number 1. Massive Talent and Voice. I Love these guys.
ROLAND"S voice is still soooooo powerful.
The entire Tipping Point album is a masterpiece.
Indeed
oh hell yeah
Right! Besides Rush I've never loved an respected a band/duo as much as I do TFF, the legacy they created is ridiculous, I love these guys!! These are the type of people to look up 2!
I hole heartedly agree!!!
Totalmente de acuerdo
It’s almost unfair how good they still are after all these years. Hoping for another new album in a few years. Loved every track of the Tipping Point.
So beautiful. These guys all just get better and better. Roland’s writing is, as always, right on point. He voice is majestic. ❤
Man oh man, this was one of my favorite bands ever back in the eighties and it’s so great to hear them sounding so amazing all these years later. Perfection.
Curt and Roland smiling through the set, you can tell they love making new music and keep playing their classics. Amazing band!
But not together. They have No eye-contact.
@@VLN2006 There was NO WAY to avoid ur comment, right?
Absolute gold, as good as 40 years ago. Never stop making music together, Roland & Curt.
Must be amazing for these 2 guys to sing so beautifully together after all these years!! One of my all time favorite live performances! Not too short, not too long - powerful!! They must be so proud of the sound they hear back, singing really amazingly.....
Loved the concert 7-20-2023 in Denver, with our youngest two children...this night was so extraordinary! Thank you Roland and Curt! You are like fine wine, better with age and we enjoyed savoring your talents, so talented and love how you put your hearts into your music!
I was at that too it was awesome!
Songs from the Big Chair was the first record I ever purchased. I wasn't even a teenager yet and I barely had the money, but there was something in the music I had heard on the radio from Tears for Fears that resembled a door being opened to a much, much larger world. It was sweeping yet intimate, bombastic yet subtle, and it resonated with me unlike anything else I'd heard to that point. All these years later - knocking on the door of 50 - I put my headphones on, close my eyes, and lose myself in the music the same way I did as a pre-teen. How much of a gift is that?
Great comment!!!
I hear you buddy. I’m pushing 54. They sound awesome here. Love it
This 12 yo girl bought _The Hurting_ with a month's pocket money and it was probably among the best £3.49 I've ever spent! 🖤
I couldn't have said this better if I tried. My first casette tape purchase at age 10... I used my birthday money!
I'm imagining you wearing headphones and smiling walking on the street like all teenagers should do. This session reminds me of old times gone away ♥
TFF have to be one of the most well-rehearsed bands in history. This is basically perfection live. Also, as a gear junkie, this is just a beautiful example music technology. The mixture of high tech with traditional rock instruments is truly a sight to behold.
yes..have seen their live performances before...impeccable.
That A&F drum kit 😍😍😍😍
13:09 - The Masterpiece. The beauty. Amazing song. Brings back so many happy memories. I have been listening to this song all my life. To anyone reading this may you be blessed with love and happyness and all your troubles fade away. ❤️🦋🙏
Immense respect for Roland and Curt vocal performances. Their perfomances are only getting better and better in time.
If only that was true!
The Tipping Point album has been a source of comfort for me and I couldn't understand why, it was only recently that I found out that the album came out the day my dad passed away... So thank you Tears for Fears for helping me through my grief ❤️
Yes it is.
I’m with you, Jessica. My blessings for your dad.
I lost my dad a little over a month before, and I found the same comfort. I listened to it over and over, it soothed my soul. I’m sorry for your loss, and thank you for sharing.
It did the same thing for me. My mother passed away in August 2021 and this album has been a very cathartic source of comfort to ease my soul. I'm so sorry for your lost.
My condolences, Jessica. It is indeed a brilliant album. Tipping Point and Break The Man are my favs from it.
Balling my eyes out watching and listening to this. Transported back to Amsterdam when Tears for Fears was part of the soundtrack in to my year (1983) as an Au Pair on Vossiusstraat. Their music got me through so much. ♥♥♥😍😭🤩 Know there is good in this world: Tears for Fears + KCRW exist together here now. ♥ This happened.
These guys haven’t missed a beat. Right on time. Awesome jam! The drummer is really great too.
Curt has still his signiture voice like 40 years ago. Amazing! Not every singer can say this about himself especially when one gets older and high notes can become a problem. TTF! Love you guys and your music!
Roland looks SO joyful and happy! Curt always does! They are Absolutely iconic!! Not only do they still have it they are STILL churning out EXCELLENT music!! Rock on boys!! BTW their Tipping Point Tour concert was freaking amazing!! Old songs and new songs….TFF at their BEST!!!
There is a reason Tears for Fears is my favorite band. The longevity of their existence and talent. This performance is EXTREMELY spot on to the point of excellence. Songs from the Big Chair was my first cassette as a child in the fall of 1985.
Lyrics that stand the test of time. ❤
Better than the records. Killer band! Killer drummer!
Wow - absolute goose bumps when everybody wants to rule the rule starts. Just hit 54 years old and still feel like I did in the 80’s. Great great group.
So great to see Roland smiling, laughing, and happy. Curt always a happy vibe. Glad Curt is feeling better.
That’s what I was thinking. ❤
He looks like dave grohl with the faceapp ✌️😂 🥰
What happened to Curt?
@@kevinsteelflex7371 Roland
@@Asiong09 grohl could only wish he had this talent, yes he was in the great nirvana but.... well i guess nirvana puts him at the top too but not top 50 or 100.... roland is literally top 5-6 pop/rock musicians in history
This is really interesting-watching these guys now-(As I’ve been fans for almost 40 yrs), while I never thought Roland was that good looking in his youth, Now he seems quite “distinguishably handsome”!! & what’s REALLY crazy is both their voices still sound EXACT same as they did 40 years ago!! THATS AMAZING!! Still love them so much!!!❤❤❤❤❤
I've never loved a band and been so connected as much as I am with Tears For Fears I'm really hoping they when a grammy!
I kept thinking Capt. "Wild Bill" from Deadliest Catch was singing. Lol Seriously, it's good to see Roland embrace his graceful aging. Last time I saw him he had a rather ridiculous dye job.
it is crazy just how great this band is, you could tell this in the 80s but i never thought they would become top 3 bands in history but they are... they sure are
In my case, Roland was how I discovered I am heterosexual. 🤣
Yes, RO has 'grown into his face' somehow... Curt has always been a dish.
The sound of this production is unreal. The drumming is spectacular and Carina Round is a beautiful, ethereal presence. I've watched this countless times.
Voices are still on point. Few bands make me homesick for the 80's....this is one of em.
It's 1:47 am on a cold night in São Paulo and I'm watching these guys at full volume (with headphones) while the rest of the folks at home are sleeping... Thank you so much Roland and Curt for making my night be less tedious 😁❤️🤘🏻
It becomes tedious sometimes no matter where you are in the world. Same in England right at this very moment 😊
Simmm.noite fria e chuvosa aqui em Sampa...só TFF para alegrar o dia!😁
A great pen picture you've shared ... Greetings from London England ...
Same same my friend here in Melbourne Australia. Play it loud, play it proud!!!
Tem razão muito bom de ouvir com fones principalmente seeds of love.
This is how you take care of your voice. Impressive performance. Salute to the Legends.
Roland and Kurt make me appreciate being a child in the 80s. Their music is just something else. Even in 2022 they sound as good as ever.
Fantastic sound and flawless execution. So refreshing to listen to real music that seems to be extinct in today's world.
That’s the truth!! What are the kids today going to listen to as memories of their childhood?
Can't believe how great they still sound. Amazing.
I just shook my head and smiled. "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" sounds amazing live... even all of these years later! Incredible. Hope I can see them live in person someday.
What a band! They still sound just as fresh as they did in the 80s!
I saw TFF live in the 1980s in London and was impressed by how good they sounded life. Almost forty years later and they still sound as good. Class act.
The drummer nailed it perfectly!
Roland and Curt are true gems in music. One of the few bands from my adolescence that has traveled with me through adulthood into near senior territory with an admiration for their music that has only grown bigger.
I keeping coming back to them again and again. Especially in times of trouble. They have a calming power that I can't find anywhere else.
So nice to hear music played by actual musicians! And that hammond organ is just so fantastic! 🤩
The singing the drumming the bass (one of the most beautiful basses I have seen) and the vocals and how tight this band is and getting better every year
Never has an 80s band come off tour so tight as this. You guys get another decade.
Its 11 pm where I am it came out 5 hours ago I'm tired but I'm still going to listen to this to the end! Cus this fantastic! Great way to end the day!
Listened to 2 tracks, immediately bought the new album on vinyl. It's, another classic 😊
Roland's voice is just as beautiful as it was in the 80's. Just saw them in Virginia Beach and the concert was simply amazing!!
Roland and Curt performing with: Jamie Wollam, drums Doug Petty, keyboards Charlton Pettus, guitar Carina Round, backing vocals This was the line-up for the Tipping Point tour. The Concert of the Year!
carina is also amazing, she added a lot to the band with her backup vocals, huge contributions, they knew what they were doing when they added her
and you mean the concert of the decade.... who else is even close to them? maybe red hot chilli peppers... the cure... duran duran... this is where it ends... and tears for fears leads that list
Completely agree! There ridiculous to still sound this good at 60, simply unbelievable!
@@kevinl2578 And I'm still playing the heck out of the Tipping Point, too!
@@michelleper5065 Wish I could have caught the tour, they didn't come near Minneapolis for us. Supposedly they're going to tour again and visit places they missed the first leg.
I have to admit something...I never realized how much of an impression this band, these men, made on me as a youth until I watched this. This is truly a gift. SO many parts of even one song like "Sowing the seeds of love", so many parts are absolutely familiar and comforting, like a blanket that's followed me through life. I'm overwhelmed at how incredible this is, and how little credit we give these bands that truly helped to shaped our minds, and outlook on life as youths. So much
I am was not aware and not expecting anything new from them. When I came up with Tipping Point now in March 2023 I listened to it nonstop for a whole weekend. Call me crazy or whatever but it felt so good, I’ve felt like myself again my happiness times ❤
Great production on this session Great production...these songs are so well arranged.....timeless
Agree. Very well produced. Nice to see the same guitarist they has on their albums from 20 years ago. That guy has some guitar playing skills!! Love watching him on the lead guitar solos.
Aging like a fine wine 💖 I had the opportunity to see them in Chicago this summer and it was unforgettable watershed moment of my life. These guys are true professionals and geniuses.
Same here saw them in June and I'll never forget it, Legends of the music industry!
Absolutely..! I agree Great Professionals and Geniuses 👏👏👏
That first song melted my face off. They’re so good at layering simple patterns, and everything is intentional. They nailed the distinction between “it would be cool...” vs. “what is absolutely needed here?” Seemed to stick with “what is needed” and a less is more approach. Incredible songwriting and musicianship.
What I like most about this live set is how the new material and classics sound great beside each other.
Can’t believe how incredible they still sound
drummer is killing it
He just so fck*ng does!
brilliant player ... on many levels
all top pros, drummer is superb, keyboard player is superbm roland and curt are ocd about perfection, they would never get in a session with so so musicians, always the best
@@michelleper5065 yeah that keyboard player on No Small Thing is pretty great. I wish they listed their band in the notes. No idea who they are.
saving the day!!!
13:12 Masterpiece of instruments and lyrics.
Still brilliant and relevant! For me TFF is one of the best bands of the 80s if not the best! Here you still can see, hear and feel why this is so! Thank you guys for making my life much brighter! ❤️🍻
lo cierto es así, una de las bandas más bravas de los ochentas se han convertidas las mejores de los tiempos presentes. que bella expresión. ❤
Man, they still sound amazing! Been a fan since 1988!
It;s just so Good to watch Roland and Kurt Play and Celebrate the impeccable Gifts they had and shared to us all, you are so Loved Tears for Fears!
I'm a massive fan but I have to say I have never heard them sounding so good live. That was an unbelievable performance
they always have, always, peak of the music industry at its best and that time is definitely in the 70s and 80s.... but yes they always sound amazing and the most amazing thing is that you can listen to their songs on a loop 1000 times same song and never get tired, this is unique only to them, those songs broke through fibers of space/time, very much time travel like feel.
just eletronic resources because they were always weak alive... very good your coment
Fashionable three piece. Suites fitted
maybe it's because they play in a small space with all technologically advanced equipment . But his voice is still fire
@@dokanyon Autotune Fire!
The drums are fantastic!!
Are you freaking kidding me! Sounds just like my old album!!!! Great job, all of you involved in this great free show! Much love brother musicians!
Geez....they sound perfect. Getting chills over here
AMAZING, THANK GOD WE STILL HAVE REAL MUSICIANS LEFT!
Enjoyed the drummer`s performance. Smooth and funky.
So this is what music should sound like!!!!❤️🤗❤️ Extraordinary voices how they complement each other…. Musicians played exquisitely with each other…. Can’t believe 40+ years later and to see and hear you guys now is beyond my wildest imagination!!!! Thanks for keeping your music alive and letting us enjoy along side with you!!!!🥰😘
Appreciation for the drums, it sounds FANTASTIC 👌
I'm so happy that not all gorgeous songs like "No Small Thing" can only be written by curious and ambitious 20-year-olds, but also curious and ambitious 60-year-olds.
This is great. Roland and Curt still sound so good. Wife and I saw them at a theme park in NC. One of the best concerts ever.
Sanctified and blessed = Tears for Fears (whole other kind of otherworldly blessings and healing stream from their voices) Absolutely beyond grateful for them and all involved with their productions and work. May the Universe bless them tenfold for the blessings they have given.
Dude, those drums are on fire and Roland is feeling it. 🔥🔥
I've ALWAYS loved their drumming
Ya, that Drummer in that pocket 🎉
Hier mal auf deutsch für die Millionen DE Fans seit 1985, ich ziehe meinen Hut vor Euch!!! Wie Ihr nach fast 40 Jahren Eure Songs immer noch performen könnt ist bewundernswert, meine ganze Jugend in einem kurzen Konzert, Wahnsinn! Bleibt weiter so fit und so toll!
“The Tipping Point” is on repeat in my house! One of the best albums ever! They hit it out of the park! 💖🎶💖🎉✨
Best new album of 2022. Easily.
every song already sounds like a classic.
new ?
100 percent I agree absolute gem
Yep
@@joecamel6835 released about 3-4 months ago. Quite good.
One great example of a timeless and classic music that will never die and will always stay in our hearts forever. Externally they maybe old but internally, they still sound young. Cheers to Tears for Fears.
60 is the new 40!
Amazing!!!
demais
Absolutely awesome this by one of the greatest British bands ever who even with Roland & Curt into their 60s now can play & wow their voices are still so strong...
This guys are the best. Love Roland since ever
An endless pleasure since 1981. Great music.
omg So glad I found this... a fan since the early 80s. Tears for Fears is the best! They sound impeccable here!
So awesome to see these guys together again. My 6 year old found them through skibidi toilet videos and now he plays this video and ask the earlier classics literally everyday on his iPad. So I took him to see them in TX and he's hooked singing the lyrics every day. It proves it's classic.
this is brilliant! imagine having all the bands from 80s and 70s playing live with this quality on youtube today, it'd be amazing
If i hear Tears For Fears play on the radio, i would be the happiest in the world! 😁
Goodness grace, they still have it. Many times you hear bands you like live and they fail to reproduce the perfection of the original polished studio recording, but not these guys, in some moments even better than the studio recording. Perfection.
Good to see them still creating great songs, looking and sounding so good. Legends both, time to finally see them live,I'm on it! 👍🏻💪😎💚
Roland, Curt, and their band sound fantastic!
*Not only two tears for fears look fantastic, they also still sound fantastic*
Love this! Love Carina Round's backing vocals. Great band!
The song called MAD WORLD is timeless this tune was written in haven before the world created ,it was always there ,they got better with age like red wine
These men age like fine wine. I LOVE you tears for fears. The world is a much much better place with them here
This is a tight tight performance. I’m so happy I found this today.
I watched the video several times, and everything sounds very good, the drummer is excellent, I achieve a good 80's sound for more 80's music,pura vida tears for fears ❤
Always rocking my world! Aged to perfection Roland and Curt.
Hands down The Tipping Point has become one of my favorite 2022 songs... and what a joy to hear it live sounding up to perfection... amazing band and the song is a thing of beauty!
Wow. I bought The Seeds of Love CD as soon as it was released. Today I still consider it a masterpiece from a songwriting, production and performance perspective. Watching this wonderful performance, so many years later , is a gift to the fans. Thank you. -Jeff, BC Canada.
What a good band... These guys are getting older and continue to play better and better. 👏👏👏👏
Played this over and over such a fantastic session ! ❤️🇨🇦
I lost my Nani this year to the disease. This album has been a HUGE comfort, things I didn’t know how to express. Thanks, guys.