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No Fear
"Shout/Shout/Let it all out/These are the things I can do without/Come on/I'm talking to you/Come on", Bradley Cooper's 'Maestro' of classic composer Leonard Bernstein dances along to the Tears For Fears iconic track in the club, for the 'A Star Is Born' director, actor, writer and hitmaker's Netflix Oscar nominated movie. Just another legendary moment for the great British pop act in theatres. Countless cinematic, absolute scenes like when 'Donnie Darko' showed you it really was a 'Mad World' as we followed the W.T.F. rabbit like Jake Gyllenhaal. It's 'No Small Thing'. 'Everybody Wants To Rule The World', that's been sampled more times than Toto's 'Africa'. 'Woman In Chains' (for all you misheard song lyric heads, listen up for the band's soup order around the three-minute mark) and 'Change'. They're all here, live from Franklin, Tennessee, for Tears For Fears' new album. One that's part live album, as four brand-new studio tracks are joined by a concert set-list.
Shout. Shout. Let it out. Come on. I'm talking to you. Come on. These are the 'Songs For A Nervous Planet'. And ones that show us it's still a mad world that everybody wants to rule. Just like, this band still sound as good as they always did. Don't doubt it. Like Hall & Oates. You just can't deny these harmonies, like a Pet Shop, boy! Why hate, when you can celebrate this oasis of reunions. If only they had more songs to go with this four-track and all the greatest hits that have ruled the world. An 'Astronaut' stands in the middle of a field of sunflowers that Van Gogh would be proud of for a classic cover that will be legendary to the Tears of their iconography. Presenting our greatest fears, a graduated Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal are on a tear as they 'Say Goodbye To Mum And Dad'. The opening and most outstanding track as they sing, "Say goodbye to mom and dad/Say hello to all the ghosts of Leningrad/Everything is up for grabs/Go tell all your friends society's gone mad/God is wise and Jesus loves us all/There's no life in silent fear/When tomorrow comes, brave and wild frontier/Get out this place, inside, outside, nowhere to hide/When tomorrow comes, we'll face the great divide", together.
In this mother's talk, it really is a mad society, let alone world. But with their sweet new single, they still show love in times that are critical. All for 'The Girl That I Call Home', by the beach like, "You get to walk among the flowers/I'm a man who tries to hide away his scars/Beyond the sea of stars/You seem to find a higher power/And when part of me is darker than the night/You fill the void with light." Holding your hand in an Instagrammable moment for this day and age, that you just wish you could capture in the forever frame of a real portrait. It's just like 'Emily Said', "the light outside is heavenly/She takes another picture then she cries/Ain't this the sweetest life/No pain or human sacrifice/Just you and me and strawberry skies." Like fields forever. If only. Because like The Beatles, that's all we need in this time to be alive. For a world rocked with anxiety, these are the tunes we always needed like their best of, alive and hear to quell the fear. Save your tears. Life is still as good as it always was. Just like these world rulers sound as great as they always will. TIM DAVID HARVEY.
Playlist Picks: 'Say Goodbye To Mum And Dad', 'The Girl That I Call Home', 'Astronaut'.
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