Tears for Fears - Raoul and the King of Spain

[stephenhallhampstead]

Everything Roland sings is wonderful, what a voice, x

[sqirtle100]

I LOVE this video!!! I have to turn it all the way up when-ever I play it!

[jedipablo]

Anyone knows in Where part or parts of spain this video was made? I want to visit this places

[bunarbashi]

@jedipablo Thank you, and yes, it's so spanish.. According to a comment of someone very generous, it was not filmed in Spain but it's missioninn ~ dot ~ com

[CostinMihailescu]

@jedipablo: First images are from Pamplona Bull Run, so... Pamplona :)

[panatsopa]

@jedipablo I can't understand the places because you cannot see so much, but all Spain, my friend, is biutuful (like the movie "Biutiful"). Also Greece, Italy. Mediterranean sea, history, great civilizations, sun and sea. Greetings from Greece!

[panatsopa]

@jedipablo and ...crisis too...

[john131349]

@jedipablo they run with the bulls in Pamplona

[h1i3r5o7]

歌唱力、ギター、楽曲すべて最高！

[h1i3r5o7]

最高！！！

[guntherxtent]

Roland is the man!

[alexestrada77]

Raaaouul raaaoull and the kings of Spain!

[stephencarlmagno]

nigga 

[gabote82]

rha uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu rha uuuuuuuuuuuuuu rha uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[gabriel1502ification]

me encanta ,gran grupo esperandolos aqui en santiago de chile para poder corear todas sus canciones el 30 de septiembre.........

[mccartney161]

Curt & Roland, aquí los esperamos con los brazos abiertos y las gargantas afinadas para su concierto del 21 de Septiembre, GRACIAS POR VENIR!!!!!

[superbatfirenze]

this man has one of the best voices in music...

[MrStrat01]

@superbatfirenze yes..........THE VOICE.....

[jerste]

This album was a bit of a mess really...

[thelovelyratkitten]

@jerste I dug the hell out of it, really.

[acoustamaniac]

just recently went to see tears for fears at the casino ballroom the seatingsucked the peoplel were rude and im short but when all was said and done i found a great place to stand and dance and enjoy the hell out of the concert bye the way it was my third time seeing them and they have always been a top notch act sound wise and performance truly proffesionals

[fabyroro]

Espectacular tema lo vi en vivo en el recital de Chile...

[Glinzua]

Gracias x subir este este tema, particularmente me trae hermosos recuerdos.

Slds.-

[fortheloveoftunes]

This is not that good a song actually

[damespartan117]

Wonderfull!

[AllyDeLarge]

Holy hell, that's not the whole video =/

[tht707]

With “Raoul” he got rid of a lot of intellectual clutter, it can be perfectly felt here: many songs have a relaxed quality, convey a sense of elation, peace and serenity.

I think the issue is once again addressed with “Los Reyes Catolicos”, which – it seems to me – stumbles again over the misleading concept of an “earthly native land”.

There is a song from XTC that I recently discovered, “The Disappointed” which deals – more negatively – with the same issue.

[CelesteK]

@tht707 He also got rid of a lot of the pain that he was feeling about the way that his father treated him too. I'm sensing a lot of pain here and monkeys on his shoulder that he needed to rid of. :)

[tht707]

@CelesteK: Whoever makes a person suffer, the whole thing mustn't be reduced to a psichological framework. Luckily, Roland produces songs and not "modern" psychology books.

[CelesteK]

@tht707 I think that for Roland music was his form of therapy. I mean he was the "black sheep" of his family. Middle kids sometimes are the black sheep. I know from experience that there's something called "middle kid syndrome" in which the middle child often times will do anything to get attention and if they don't get attention at home then they're going to find it elsewhere.

[tht707]

If you arrest yourself to the face value of religious feelings, as they intermingle with cultural values, you are in danger of falling into nationalism. If you entirely refuse them, you are in danger of falling into totalitarism or a generic ideal of man-made “democratic peace”. I think Roland addressed a specific weakness of catholic -culture- with “Mr. Pessimist”, which is not the substance constituting the church.

[tht707]

hi bunarbashi, thank you. No, it would be erroneous to refer to a country’s cultural tradition only, when you consider the nature of revelation. It is true that cultural traditions became incarnations of the faith of its people, but the actual experience of faith does not rely on local values. In fact, the term “tradition” has a very different meaning in scriptural language than the one it has in common language.

[tht707]

Wonderful. Has this promo been released on some official DVD? I have the old VHS with the promos, but of course it stops before "Elemental".

[bunarbashi]

@tht707 Thank you very much. Unfortunately I am not very sure what is the source of this video (DVD or TV or something else). I am very sorry...

By the way, it sounds very nice that you have pv's on your VHS tapes! I always wish I could see videos on YouTube on TV's screen size.

[tht707]

@bunarbashi: I see it's from the same source as the one I've found: a (rather) poor TV recording from our (italian) old music video channel, Videomusic (you may see the small logo).

If you want the old videos, I'm sure there's a DVD edition, the ones lacking are the recent ones… :-(

[bunarbashi]

@tht707 Thank you for the precious info that this was from an italian TV called Videomusic. I appreciate it very much. It's kind of impressive that italian viewers perhaps appreciated this song deeply lyrics-wise as Raul is an italian name (wise ruler, wolf) thus, king... Once again, thank you for the source info and dvd edition availability.

[tht707]

@bunarbashi: Well, actually I know too little of european history to properly address Roland's lyrics, which in this album deal with his spanish heritage (and his experience in how catholic faith has transformed european culture). If you recall, there's a song on Elemental where Roland seems negative about catholicism as a sort of "cultural trait", while here it seems he dug deeper…

In his following work he keeps dealing with the matter. Do you have it?

[bunarbashi]

@tht707 Thank you very much for the very sensible comment. I am a total layman at history and Roland's lyrics seem too fathomed sometimes... But you sound very rational and intuitive on the interpretations of this song. And please pardon me but as to catholic's cultural trait, are you talking about "Mr. Pessimist"? I have admirations to you for your affinity with songs from religious aspects. Was the great history of your country's religion one of the inspirations on you, if you'd allow me ask?

[melissastrawbridge]

@bunarbashi not to forget that Raoul was Roland's name before he anglicised it, and that he has Spanish heritage! ;)

[bunarbashi]

@melissastrawbridge Thank you for the nice comment, you are so true...! And it is very nice of you to mention his Spanish heritage.

As you said, according to some source, his mother changed his name from Raoul to Roland, so she won the cross cultural battle in her family. :-) [sorry if you already know this!]

[melissastrawbridge]

@bunarbashi haha thanks :) always lovely to meet new TFF/RO fans! <3

haha to be honest there's not much I don't know about Roland, he's my fav ;)

[bunarbashi]

@melissastrawbridge :)) thank you so much!

[bfall66]

I also noticed you're a fan of Joy Division. I remember buying Unknown Pleasures when it came out. Yes, I'm that old! I was completely immersed in that record.

Have you read Deborah Curtis' book 'Touching From a Distance'?

It caused me to have a bitter feeling towards Ian. He was a selfish bastard, but I still love his writing. I can't bring myself to hate him.

And Control is a great film.

[bunarbashi]

@bfall66 Thank you very much for the nice comment. You have a great taste to buy "Unknown Pleasures" when it came out. From what I hear, it didn't attract people's attention very much until Tony Wilson did a gigantic campaign on it afterwards. So I hold respects for you.

I haven't got to read Deborah's book yet. To be honest, I hadn't known it until you mentioned it :P I'd like to check it out. So thank you for mentioning it. Is it a detailed story about his affairs and outlets on her and more?

[bfall66]

@bunarbashi - I bought it by chance. There was a really cool record store in Ardmore PA that carried music that the dig chains weren't. I liked the cover, and the song titles sounded intriguing. I found Simple Mind's 'Real to Real' Cocophany the same way. I took it home, played it, and was instantly blown away.

The book - very descriptive. I believe it was her way to get everything out of her system. A form of therapy for her. Very personal stuff. Worth picking up.

[bunarbashi]

@bfall66 By the way, New Order played "Shadowplay" in Blackpool, UK, somewhere around 2006. Only a tiny part of it was broadcast in a documentary program on BBC. I wonder why they've never released it. Sorry for the digression. I agree with you about "Control". A very descriptive nice movie about Joy Division. Once again, thank you.

[bfall66]

@bunarbashi - to be honest, New Order never held any romance for me. I know they've covered JD songs in concert, but I would never be interested in hearing any of it. It just wouldn't be the same, and I don't think they should be playing those songs. But that's just me.

I'm not one who thinks that Ian was Joy Division. All 4 members were crucial. They weren't the best musicians, but they created the right atmosphere for Ian's vocals, and the emotional aspects of the lyrics.

Coffee...!

[chrisnoaro1]

@bfall66 Just read your comment on Ian Curtis. Like you I'm a big fan of the band, but unlike other fans I don't worship him, he wrote some great songs and had a great voice but I don't treat my favourite musicians like gods. He could very well have been a nasty selfish person as you've perceived in Deb Curtis's book. I've never read it. Looking at your other comments, I'm also into TFF, early and recent Simple Minds, as well as New Order but I think they went downhill bigtime after '85.

[bfall66]

I still think The Hurting was one of the most brilliant and ground-breaking albums of all time. For Roland to be so young and write such deep lyrics and compose the music for that record was truly amazing.

And is it me or does Rolad and actor John Cryer look a lot alike?

[bunarbashi]

Thank you for the nice comment. You're so true... Most songs in "The Hurting" were very introspective but still in this day and age, stir up our emotions.

By the way, thank you very much for bringing up "Jon Cryer"! He does look like Roland, especially of "Graduate" era.

[bfall66]

@bunarbashi - You're very welcome. The Hurting is very dear to me.

Roland also turned me on to singer Oleta Adams. She is wonderful! After I heard her on Woman in Chains I was instantly hooked. It's just a shame that she goes unnoticed in the mainstream, and someone like Beyonce gets all the attention.

Anyway, great listening.

[sixfingr]

Gail Ann Dorsey is one BADASS bassist. I'm in awe.

[bunarbashi]

Thank you very much, sixfingr. :) She is truly talented. Shame on me, but I recently knew that she collaborated with D. Bowie. Perhaps with many other artists too..

[darkallie11]

yes indeed. She toured with Gwen Stefani - I saw her twice! Excellent.

[bally40]

Bollox! Wheres Curt ,he was the brains behind this outfit..ROLAND ORZABAL with his wide mouth and mullet haircut.....what a shit singer!!

[sidewalkpilot]

i like to urinate into my own mouth

[darkallie11]

Actually, Roland wrote all the lyrics and music. Curt just did his part according to Roland. Roland was really cute in the 80's and has a great voice.

[aliciabrissou]

...and really HOT in the 90s!... and today too :)

[darkallie11]

yup! ;)

[bunarbashi]

I agree with you, aliciabrissou. thank you :)

[bunarbashi]

Thank you, darkallie11 for the nice comment :)

[darkallie11]

your welcome! :)

[silbsas]

Passion!!!

[bigbigman3]

Amazing! It's like loud slam of a door behind you!

[bunarbashi]

I suppose you're talking about the person at 0:23? It's she, a bassist named Gail Ann Dorsey. Thanks for the comment!

[NathanJackLouttit]

i love tears for fears

[Butterflyneverlands]

Today I am totally in love with RATKOS. Listened to it twice on my long winding commute to work from LI into NYC. Roland's voice keeps me from jumping out of the window (if it opened of course).

[guntherxtent]

the bass line is dope!

[chakoh1]

my band too!!!!!! hehehehehe

[Zininzim]

Viva o Brasil !!!!!

[Zininzim]

this´s my band !!!