@kitt998: wrong! here, we are expecting snow. The "Gay or straight" phrase must be used to preface a universal truth. For example: "gay or straight, water boils at 100 degrees centigrade at standard temperature and pressure."
@zechsmerquise73: I opened my comment that way owing to several adjacent comments that began with sentiments like "I like this band even though I 'm straight" or "even though I'm not gay. I always loved their music." I merely meant to point out how pointless it is to pretend to limit our affection for music or art based on the perceived sexuality of the artist. BTW, gay or straight, yours was a great comment. Gay or straight, hedgehogs eat worms. . .etcetera.
My favorite Tears For Fears song, which is saying a lot. From The Hurting, thru their fame and onto Elemental, Raoul and beyond...some incredible music. The sax and passion in the vocals make this song one of the best of the 80's.
This has just come back to me from so long ago, just forgot how awesome it really is! God that sax is just unreal, who the hell is playing it?
Gotta say this song and women in chains are the ones that are the definitive TFF songs.Will take these songs with me whereever I go, even to the grave. Yeah a rave from the grave, gotta wake the masses up!!! Simply fuc**ing great, totally relevant to today, we are indeed paid so others learn from our mistakes, so true.
I hope somebody still has the original video/mtv of this great song from TFF...would be glad to view that once again after 2 decades...80's was the year of MTVs
This proves you can't just stop at being Beatles, Stones, whatever Great Artist Fan. This proves no where is variety a spice than every Music Artist. Never underestimate the 80s Van Halen Michael Jackson Madonna. Heavy Metal's Golden Era (probably?)
Had this song played in my house the other day. I forgotten just how rich this song was. It wasn't a hit when released. The entire album is of this quality. Thanks for posting.
and what kills me the most about TFF is when they comment on Songs from the big chair they refer to it as "some eighties style electronic album" that they've since matured musically from. as though there the only ones who cant hear the genious in it. this is my fav as well
" These things, that I've, been told, can re-arrange my world... " - amazing album with great singles - " Shout ", " Everybody Wants to Rule The World ", " Head over Heels "
absolutely amazing song,a great discovery that i made in 2009. There's a great live version video on youtube also, the playing is magnificently tight.
gay or straight, this is beautiful rich gorgeous music. Listen to the spaciousness of sound, as though this track was recorded in a gothic cathedral. This was my favorite track on this LP. This particular song a spiritual comfort. They pulled me through a tough, sad, lonely patch of my life. How do you thank someone you never met, who never intended to help you, but whose music nevertheless pulled you out of the fire. I love these guys.
@ZechsMerquise73 Oh my god I laughed so hard at your response.......Roland and Curt are both straight as far as I know and have been married and both HAVE FATHERED CHILDREN.....I guess because they don't have power chords very much in their music, they aren't quite as manly as Megadeath!!......gotta give him credit for the rest of his comment though!!!
@bluejupiter100 I totally agree. This album and "The Hurting" were for me like a real healer in the eighties, a life companion I might say. You got this sumptuous sound, incredible lyrics.. they had the real intention to grow as artists, to make a statement and at the same make GREAT pop music. Hardly seen these days.
Growing up I would never admit to my friends that I LOVED this album (and no, I'm not gay)....turns out they were all secret TFF lovers too. It was like in Tommy Boy when the super gay song comes on the radio and Farley and Spade both say, "talk about lame, oh you can change it if you want," but then they both end up belting it out in the car...This is one of my favorite songs of all time....this album and U2 War are my biggest childhood musical anthems...
@nqiuliniello1968 I'd have to agree with that. I've just started getting into TT. LOVE their music. Songs From The Big Chair, The Seeds Of Love, It's My Life and The Color Of Spring are the four 80s albums everyone must have.
Songs from the big chair what a classic album also love head over heels from the album too, don't take my heart don't break my heart don't don't don't throw it away !!
Roland and Curt were well beyond their years when they wrote this album. The amazing thing is, they were only in their early-20's when they wrote it, and yet there is an amazing maturity to the album as a whole. Today's pop music is so immature sounding from people of the same age writing it.... amazing isn't it? It makes me wonder how it is possible.
It's till tonight when I start to pay attention to words. Awesome message for an awesome song! Now I've found another reason to like this song a lot. The other is that it always reminds me the sweet and big smile of my 2-year son he used to display each time the sax notes started (now he's 5)
this tune sums the 80s this band too big for its time , but they left there mark ..Brings back so meany great times music that meant so much , if you are reading this you know wot i mean ,,,, Time , life , short , DONT LOOK BACK ,, with tunes like thst its hard , Max old fart ...lol
One of Tears for Fears' criminally underrated classics... man, Songs from the Big Chair was a heavy album. One of those rare albums you can pick up, listen from front to back, all around, and almost never get sick of it.
I am a hardcore Progressive Rock fan, and an 80´s pop fan as well. Tears for fears are Prog Pop in my mind. This is the best example of what great, outstandingly well written pop is.
Don't you all just miss when supposed "pop" music could be this good, this complex, this deep? Who'll still be dicussing today's chart fodder in 20 years??!!
@jimmer9907 couldnt of put it better myself!!!! its all about the money now .....how much can we exploit the young to sell an image e.g x-factor n other similar tatt..... fodder for the masses
@jimmer9907 Frankly, nobody's discussing the great majority of chart fodder that was big in the mid-80's...then as now, the overwhelming bulk of pop music was flash and trash. Tears for Fears were an unusually ambitious pop band for any decade.
@prayerforceone For me, it was "Everybody wants to rule the world" from the same album. I heard it on the radio on the way home from a failed meeting. Almost 20 years ago and I still think of that girl/woman today when I hear that song -- but now I know that I am better off because we did not connect. All painful things happen for a reason . . . .
For those who really want an atmospheric piece by TFF, check out "Pharoahs" the B-side single to "Everybody Wants to Rule the World." That will transport you to another world.
@whytookay I think you are on the right path.....I always felt like the song was talking about how our parents or teachers or other authority figures told us how we should behave or act if we want to succeed in the world.....and the "working hour" is the period of our lives when we try to abide by what they say...a period when we are full of anxiety and doubt.....the working hour is over once we finally break through......but then what do I know??
@ultraroadmap: I think you nailed the sentiment. The Working Hour is about Fear, the cause of all anxiety and doubt that cripples us. "Fear is such a vicious thing, it wraps me up in chains." And as much as I would like to believe that as we get older and "wiser" we move beyond The Working Hour, I don't think we can ever fully escape it. The Working Hour will come and go throughout our lives, occasionally testing some while forever haunting others. (cont.)
@ultraroadmap (cont.) I think Roland's own solution to ending The Working Hour can be found in the lyrics: "Find out, find out what this fear is about." Only when you confront that which you fear can you ever hope to overcome it. And that's when The Working Hour is over, when "we can do anything that we want, anything that we feel like doing."
@adriconoza My impression has always been that, as this was very much a 'concept' album, the song followed the basic theme of the entire record; that is, a collection of musical interpretations of Primal Scream Therapy. The 'hour' described in the title would refer to the traditional one hour session time usually allotted for therapy. This is just my interpretation, however, as I've never come across an actual explanation given by Mr. Orzabal. Hope this offers some insight. :)
@gpunao You must have watched the interview with Roland when he explained that he was involved with primal therapy sessions for 6 years or so......NO ONE would have guessed that...c'mon man....gimme a break.
This song is a launching pad for the mind - like some sort of meta-space trek into the nether reaches of the psyche. Also, Songs From the Big Chair was very underrated, at least here in the US. They overplayed Head Over Heels & Shout & underplayed/didn't play quality songs like The Working Hour.
This tune mesmerizes me into a rhapsodic trance...when the horn kicks in (at 4:46) I'm drifting into the clouds. Happens every time with this song - LOVE IT!
cant describe in words how freakin strong this song is, some day i will do a heavy video to this and post it here, its insane how fucking good the song is, its so deep and stuff, makes me think of heavy american police-thrillers or something, night shoots over major cities, very noirish feeling
I remember getting the 'Songs from the Big Chair' cassette tape second hand as a teenager in the mid 90's, listening to this song during a stormy summer day wishing it was the 80's
TFF for me are the ultimate road trip songs, The Hurting for Florida and Songs from the Big Chair for Montreal!! Thanks TFF, your music always brings back great memories!
This song is terrific - as the album - but do not forget Talk Talk! I think they are superior to TFF but equally underrated! Listen to "Spirit Of Eden"!
I knew I was different when in my sixteen I loved this song and no one else...and I'm so happy to stil be so different...at least in my mind!! What a song, they really put a mark on me.
@jiangyingzi 100% true. its also cause they only look at the mainstream and whats popular...then judge it from that. which is depressing to see. they dont look/search beyond that. on top of the fact of what you said...every damn older video...
My best friend and I used to drive around Houston for hours and hours, day by day, night by night, and this was the one tape we played on his amazing new car stereo.
Song by song we'd drift both above it all, and into it all. Songs From The Big Chair!
I was 15 years old, sitting in the window of the Sharaton Hotel in San Francisco looking at all of the lights, playing this song over and over on my walkman. It was amazing then and still now that I am 40. Sometimes we forget things about our lives, but songs will always help us remember... That is what this songs does to me...
I was 15 years old, sitting in the window of the Sharaton Hotel in San Francisco looking at all of the lights, playing this song over and over on my walkman. It was amazing then and still now that I am 40. Sometimes we forget things about our lives, but songs we always help us remember... That is what this songs does to me...
this song reminds,me wtf happened to the good music,all i hear now is bunch a copycats and nonsense lirycs and bs from some people that think they can sing,i m really upset that some of them have to butcher a song just to make some money shame on you ,if you can make your own music look for another job cus i hate people who has no talent to make is own music,this songs are clasics and there are songs that they have to stay the way they are period.
If we were to speak only in terms of melody, even without the fantastic vocals and vivid lyrical imagery, this is one of the best songs from that time period. I love this band now and forever.
thank god i was born in the 70s and grew up in the 80s this album is a classic went into a music shop having a closing down sale got it for £2 best 2 quid ever spent
@wowbobwow37 Absolutely so true. This was always my favorite song on this album. To be honest Tears for Fears was one of the best things to come out of the 80's. They make incredible music that evoke so much memories, both happy and sad for me. Simply powerful songwriting and performance. I only wish I could go back to that time....
@kitt998: wrong! here, we are expecting snow. The "Gay or straight" phrase must be used to preface a universal truth. For example: "gay or straight, water boils at 100 degrees centigrade at standard temperature and pressure."
Now you do one.
bluejupiter100 6 days ago
@zechsmerquise73: I opened my comment that way owing to several adjacent comments that began with sentiments like "I like this band even though I 'm straight" or "even though I'm not gay. I always loved their music." I merely meant to point out how pointless it is to pretend to limit our affection for music or art based on the perceived sexuality of the artist. BTW, gay or straight, yours was a great comment. Gay or straight, hedgehogs eat worms. . .etcetera.
bluejupiter100 6 days ago
A masterpiece..
alfalanciagamma 1 week ago
My favorite Tears For Fears song, which is saying a lot. From The Hurting, thru their fame and onto Elemental, Raoul and beyond...some incredible music. The sax and passion in the vocals make this song one of the best of the 80's.
lynxtovid 2 weeks ago
This has just come back to me from so long ago, just forgot how awesome it really is! God that sax is just unreal, who the hell is playing it?
Gotta say this song and women in chains are the ones that are the definitive TFF songs.Will take these songs with me whereever I go, even to the grave. Yeah a rave from the grave, gotta wake the masses up!!! Simply fuc**ing great, totally relevant to today, we are indeed paid so others learn from our mistakes, so true.
hardrick2006 3 weeks ago
bluejupiter100 you nailed it.TFF rules.
9726doug 3 weeks ago in playlist More videos from nesplayer94
I hope somebody still has the original video/mtv of this great song from TFF...would be glad to view that once again after 2 decades...80's was the year of MTVs
anamardj 3 weeks ago
The lyrics seem simple yet convey a deep meaning and valid social criticism. Lovely
Jmsn72 3 weeks ago
what would be cool if cher would sing with them in this song .the every end as a dewet .
TheEvilClownMan 3 weeks ago
and head over heels
TheEvilClownMan 3 weeks ago
i'[am still lisening to this song
TheEvilClownMan 3 weeks ago
p.s the gothic bride used tobe3 on myspace
TheEvilClownMan 3 weeks ago
i was born in 82 and still love this song my top number 1 song
TheEvilClownMan 3 weeks ago
i love this song and the sax
TheEvilClownMan 3 weeks ago
So much life blood
RoseCrossVato 1 month ago
excelente comparsa ritmica y emotiva...que excelente cancion...una obra maestra!
newindieelectro 1 month ago
Best song on the best pop album of the 80's... that sax solo at the start...
tridentrecordings 1 month ago 2
いつ聴いても心まで持っていかれそうになる。すばらしい曲。
kei2954muusico 1 month ago
wow
first time exploring Tears For Fears
wow
Ewickify 1 month ago
This music it s perfect for a real a beuty erotic film!!! no bullshit... this is amasing,
apolobriantprotonk 1 month ago
Between the 40 and 45 second mark, back in 1989 i always believed these to be the most perfect notes played in the world-I still do.....
CDCANDIES 1 month ago
I bought this CD when it first came out and I still love this music!
WerldRocker 1 month ago
What happened to this sound? I remember when a lot of stuff sounded like this.
WalrusDoctor 1 month ago
@WalrusDoctor Didn't you get the memo? We all prefer whiny gibberish like Thom Yorke vocals now.
Luneleger 1 month ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Tears for Fears
@Luneleger
Don't forget. It all has to be compressed into an unlistenable mess where everything is equally loud because, you know, louder is better. :-/
This track, aside from having great music, also has fantastic dynamics (at least from my LP copy).
Watcher3223 1 month ago
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WalrusDoctor 1 month ago
Love love love love love.
JJSurmaVoiceImaging 1 month ago
Track.....
TheTwilightalehouse 1 month ago
Eargasm Alert!!!
TruthJockey 1 month ago
This is what I call "Music"
JzJackrabbit 1 month ago
This proves you can't just stop at being Beatles, Stones, whatever Great Artist Fan. This proves no where is variety a spice than every Music Artist. Never underestimate the 80s Van Halen Michael Jackson Madonna. Heavy Metal's Golden Era (probably?)
bliz78obrien1 1 month ago
So great !!!
LordnashFR 2 months ago
Had this song played in my house the other day. I forgotten just how rich this song was. It wasn't a hit when released. The entire album is of this quality. Thanks for posting.
eljewell 2 months ago
and what kills me the most about TFF is when they comment on Songs from the big chair they refer to it as "some eighties style electronic album" that they've since matured musically from. as though there the only ones who cant hear the genious in it. this is my fav as well
kev118100 2 months ago 2
My fav Tears for Fears song!!
MrMillenium67 2 months ago
@MrMillenium67 heads over heels is not so far from it ! But i am agree with you ! In every song from TFF is gift from earth !
TheGiwood 2 months ago
alot of weird misplaced electronic song placed at the end of this album fuckin' love it!!!
DJD1ed 2 months ago
TfF was my favorite group in the '80s, and this was, I believe, one of their very best songs. Beautiful synths.
limestonegoth 3 months ago
One of the most underrated pop rock groups ever...
DISMISSED375 3 months ago
One of the best pop songs ever made!!! Why can't mainstream music these days be this good? :(
ANOLDMANONCRACK 3 months ago 3
In a waking dream, I played this entire song in my head . . exactly . . .
good stuff
thegpdesigner 3 months ago in playlist Tears For Fears 3
" These things, that I've, been told, can re-arrange my world... " - amazing album with great singles - " Shout ", " Everybody Wants to Rule The World ", " Head over Heels "
Littlestevieboy 3 months ago
This is a massive song! I have adored it since 1985 - the first time I heard it! This band improved from album to album so much!
eichman21 3 months ago
the man only exists because God wanted to listen music like this what more can i say?
ronelas1 3 months ago
absolutely amazing song,a great discovery that i made in 2009. There's a great live version video on youtube also, the playing is magnificently tight.
gumba12 3 months ago
superb BATH trio........>
philipscotland 3 months ago
gay or straight, this is beautiful rich gorgeous music. Listen to the spaciousness of sound, as though this track was recorded in a gothic cathedral. This was my favorite track on this LP. This particular song a spiritual comfort. They pulled me through a tough, sad, lonely patch of my life. How do you thank someone you never met, who never intended to help you, but whose music nevertheless pulled you out of the fire. I love these guys.
bluejupiter100 3 months ago 20
@bluejupiter100 Is "gay or straight" how you open every paragraph? You should start a trend. "Gay or straight, I sure do like pancakes."
ZechsMerquise73 1 week ago 5
@ZechsMerquise73 No kidding. What a strange way to start a comment.
leatherneck1061 1 week ago
@ZechsMerquise73 Oh my god I laughed so hard at your response.......Roland and Curt are both straight as far as I know and have been married and both HAVE FATHERED CHILDREN.....I guess because they don't have power chords very much in their music, they aren't quite as manly as Megadeath!!......gotta give him credit for the rest of his comment though!!!
mrbabblehead 1 week ago
@ZechsMerquise73 Gay or straight, I love this comment.
wkunzelman1 1 week ago
@bluejupiter100 I totally agree. This album and "The Hurting" were for me like a real healer in the eighties, a life companion I might say. You got this sumptuous sound, incredible lyrics.. they had the real intention to grow as artists, to make a statement and at the same make GREAT pop music. Hardly seen these days.
charlysaenz 1 week ago
@bluejupiter100 gay or straight, it's nice weather today
kitt998 6 days ago
Growing up I would never admit to my friends that I LOVED this album (and no, I'm not gay)....turns out they were all secret TFF lovers too. It was like in Tommy Boy when the super gay song comes on the radio and Farley and Spade both say, "talk about lame, oh you can change it if you want," but then they both end up belting it out in the car...This is one of my favorite songs of all time....this album and U2 War are my biggest childhood musical anthems...
mentaloaf 3 months ago
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@nqiuliniello1968 I'd have to agree with that. I've just started getting into TT. LOVE their music. Songs From The Big Chair, The Seeds Of Love, It's My Life and The Color Of Spring are the four 80s albums everyone must have.
Icabodhorstman0801 4 months ago
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Icabodhorstman0801 4 months ago
I used to think TFF was "faggy" back in '84 (I was into Def Leppard and Van Halen). 27 years later I can see they were ahead of their time.
tacobill70 4 months ago 4
Songs from the big chair what a classic album also love head over heels from the album too, don't take my heart don't break my heart don't don't don't throw it away !!
altv1969 4 months ago in playlist Tears For Fears
I like this song......remembering my younger days
itsmeShanice 4 months ago 2
One of the many reasons why I still have a lot of my VINYL, and most of my CASSETTES - even if there's nothing to play them on...YET.
Survivor2002 4 months ago
@Survivor2002 --I still have this on cassette that I got for christmas in 1984..
jonjons1 4 months ago 2
the 80's was a great decade for pop music i want it back
jaxxommckaine 4 months ago 9
My favourite tears for fears song. Simply outstanding piece of music and an album that will be in my top ten forever!!!!!
Philomomo1 4 months ago 3
so beautiful
lsssing 4 months ago
como alguem pode n gostar deles?!
EduardaChassaneis 4 months ago
CHE INIZIO QUESTA CANZONE DAVVERO ENERGICA TEARS FOR FEARS PER SEMPRE
67NEWWAVE 4 months ago
@67NEWWAVE si ma poi la sua voce è sublime su questi suoni
AndreaZaniniOfficial 4 months ago in playlist AndreaZaniniOfficial's favorites
The most significant band from the 80's in my opinion and with Roland's work it continued into the 90's.
naturaltoby 4 months ago
wildy trippy and beautiful
kenwithaK 4 months ago
Une pièce méconnue de Tears for fears. C'est ce qui la rend encore meilleure.
ThePeterats 4 months ago
Roland and Curt were well beyond their years when they wrote this album. The amazing thing is, they were only in their early-20's when they wrote it, and yet there is an amazing maturity to the album as a whole. Today's pop music is so immature sounding from people of the same age writing it.... amazing isn't it? It makes me wonder how it is possible.
myriad1973 5 months ago
It's till tonight when I start to pay attention to words. Awesome message for an awesome song! Now I've found another reason to like this song a lot. The other is that it always reminds me the sweet and big smile of my 2-year son he used to display each time the sax notes started (now he's 5)
ooviedoc 5 months ago
this tune sums the 80s this band too big for its time , but they left there mark ..Brings back so meany great times music that meant so much , if you are reading this you know wot i mean ,,,, Time , life , short , DONT LOOK BACK ,, with tunes like thst its hard , Max old fart ...lol
maxiv41 5 months ago
how many times i did love listening to this song.......
ronelas1 5 months ago
used to be a Staple in my collection...before I went to UGA, the array of Music in Athens really diversifies you...1985 era or so was so much fun
theflorgeormix 5 months ago
Happy memories and happy days - I want to go back there...
euphorictrance 5 months ago
One of Tears for Fears' criminally underrated classics... man, Songs from the Big Chair was a heavy album. One of those rare albums you can pick up, listen from front to back, all around, and almost never get sick of it.
Aardcore 5 months ago
This song is amazing and amazing are the 2 sax players!
kafkazinho 5 months ago
this is the best track they ever did, and thats saying a lot!!!
colshythecomedian 5 months ago in playlist Tears for Fears 2
I love this song...It's like a new life upcoming, even if you are down !!!
eloisealice 5 months ago
Great song.
Arekkuzumazukku 6 months ago
this is a true beaty and masterpeice of a song its amazing how much feeling you can get from this song i just wish music from now was this good
lsssing 6 months ago 2
roland es un fantastico compositor y músico, es un artista completo.
nancyaad33 6 months ago
thanks 4 posting this song make me think of the year 2004 i lost my best friend his sister and most of all my father i miss u so
floydd0911 6 months ago
thanks 4 posting this song make make think of the year 2004 i lost my best friend his sister and most of all my father i miss u so
floydd0911 6 months ago
Its too bad this song never enjoyed any radio time. I guess 3 big hits from the album was enough ^_^
Surannhealz 6 months ago
I am a hardcore Progressive Rock fan, and an 80´s pop fan as well. Tears for fears are Prog Pop in my mind. This is the best example of what great, outstandingly well written pop is.
Progfan2010 6 months ago 2
@Progfan2010 Sorry dude...didn't mean to step on your post.
naturaltoby 6 months ago
Don't you all just miss when supposed "pop" music could be this good, this complex, this deep? Who'll still be dicussing today's chart fodder in 20 years??!!
jimmer9907 6 months ago 50
@jimmer9907 couldnt of put it better myself!!!! its all about the money now .....how much can we exploit the young to sell an image e.g x-factor n other similar tatt..... fodder for the masses
bunzl72 5 months ago
@jimmer9907 I don't think its pop or new wave. Way too experimental. Defiantly what we'd call 'indie experimental' today.
WalrusDoctor 4 months ago
@jimmer9907 Frankly, nobody's discussing the great majority of chart fodder that was big in the mid-80's...then as now, the overwhelming bulk of pop music was flash and trash. Tears for Fears were an unusually ambitious pop band for any decade.
ziweiyuan 1 month ago
11 people SHOULD DIE IN A HOLE!!!!!!!!
JANYNExD 6 months ago
Beautifull song. I like TFF. I like Rolan with Curt and Curt with Rolan again I love your voices and your music Please come to Montevideo Uruguay.
I LOVE TFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!I LOVE YOU ROLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WELCOME TO SOUTH AMERICA
draemr1 6 months ago
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Icabodhorstman0801 7 months ago
If anyone finds a midi file or sheet music for this, you have to let me know |: I want so badly to play the saxophone for this.
ZephyrShez 7 months ago
Played this song over and over when the girl I liked didn't return my affection. It was a good drowning my sorrows song...
prayerforceone 7 months ago 25
@prayerforceone For me, it was "Everybody wants to rule the world" from the same album. I heard it on the radio on the way home from a failed meeting. Almost 20 years ago and I still think of that girl/woman today when I hear that song -- but now I know that I am better off because we did not connect. All painful things happen for a reason . . . .
packrcch 5 months ago 3
habout drumming -wise, how good is this song? Feckin good!
laguardia146 7 months ago
For those who really want an atmospheric piece by TFF, check out "Pharoahs" the B-side single to "Everybody Wants to Rule the World." That will transport you to another world.
whytookay 7 months ago
Another TFF song that alludes to the "working hour" appears in "Advice for the Young at Heart." Towards the end, the lyrics are:
Working hour is over
We can do anything that we want
Anything that we feel like doing
So in my mind "the working hour" is that period of time which tests our resolve and holds us back from realizing our hope and dreams.
whytookay 7 months ago
@whytookay I think you are on the right path.....I always felt like the song was talking about how our parents or teachers or other authority figures told us how we should behave or act if we want to succeed in the world.....and the "working hour" is the period of our lives when we try to abide by what they say...a period when we are full of anxiety and doubt.....the working hour is over once we finally break through......but then what do I know??
Would love to hear Roland or Curt comment.
ultraroadmap 6 months ago
@ultraroadmap: I think you nailed the sentiment. The Working Hour is about Fear, the cause of all anxiety and doubt that cripples us. "Fear is such a vicious thing, it wraps me up in chains." And as much as I would like to believe that as we get older and "wiser" we move beyond The Working Hour, I don't think we can ever fully escape it. The Working Hour will come and go throughout our lives, occasionally testing some while forever haunting others. (cont.)
whytookay 6 months ago
@ultraroadmap (cont.) I think Roland's own solution to ending The Working Hour can be found in the lyrics: "Find out, find out what this fear is about." Only when you confront that which you fear can you ever hope to overcome it. And that's when The Working Hour is over, when "we can do anything that we want, anything that we feel like doing."
whytookay 6 months ago 2
There is something so atmospheric and sexy about this song, even taking into account the lyrics.
gpunao 7 months ago
@adriconoza My impression has always been that, as this was very much a 'concept' album, the song followed the basic theme of the entire record; that is, a collection of musical interpretations of Primal Scream Therapy. The 'hour' described in the title would refer to the traditional one hour session time usually allotted for therapy. This is just my interpretation, however, as I've never come across an actual explanation given by Mr. Orzabal. Hope this offers some insight. :)
gpunao 7 months ago
@gpunao You must have watched the interview with Roland when he explained that he was involved with primal therapy sessions for 6 years or so......NO ONE would have guessed that...c'mon man....gimme a break.
naturaltoby 6 months ago
This song REALLY takes me back.
arrington77 7 months ago
This song is a launching pad for the mind - like some sort of meta-space trek into the nether reaches of the psyche. Also, Songs From the Big Chair was very underrated, at least here in the US. They overplayed Head Over Heels & Shout & underplayed/didn't play quality songs like The Working Hour.
TruthJockey 7 months ago
just heard this on public radio, was floored by how epic it was
thettruest 7 months ago
wish they would play live in the UK ...have they a problem with the UK , always playing usa but not here ..
lemsta007 7 months ago
11 people aren't working.
whytookay 7 months ago
it's my favorite song
unapinkie 7 months ago 2
why would someone dislike a nice song, what is nice in his/her opinion then
ClubsportEvoluzione 7 months ago
Wow! I forgot about this song. Thanks for posting it!
NormallyFromNWK 7 months ago
epic track from an epic album nuff said...
TheChipper1964 7 months ago
In the 80's bands took chances and made some good music
drumfreek31 7 months ago
watched this live in Newport was even better live, always the class shines through when live
greatbigun1 7 months ago
This tune mesmerizes me into a rhapsodic trance...when the horn kicks in (at 4:46) I'm drifting into the clouds. Happens every time with this song - LOVE IT!
TruthJockey 7 months ago
This song gives me chills every time. so powerful, so true and honest. so emotional.
jenlei14 7 months ago
@jenlei14
I agree, I can just cry when I hear this song.
LeeAnn20008 7 months ago
Better than the fucking beatles. It is actually the whole world's opinion.
redrey718619 7 months ago
@redrey718619 fail troll : }
thundertower 7 months ago
@redrey718619 I agree that tears for fears are better than the beatles !
fastvwg60 7 months ago
is very good , here in brasil like very this music
maiconnaite20 8 months ago
the 8os were the pinnacle of modern music when it was at its best
JURYJOHMZOMBIE 8 months ago
I think so !!!!
hugolau2001 8 months ago
cant describe in words how freakin strong this song is, some day i will do a heavy video to this and post it here, its insane how fucking good the song is, its so deep and stuff, makes me think of heavy american police-thrillers or something, night shoots over major cities, very noirish feeling
Gandor83 8 months ago
I told this some hours ago, but I think it's time to say it again: this is a master piece. Period.
EderAPS 8 months ago
THIS IS THE WORKING HOUR!
PedroLeo116 8 months ago
best song on the album IMO
slyfoxxktown 8 months ago
dx7, a lot!
MorbidVideoProd 8 months ago
I remember getting the 'Songs from the Big Chair' cassette tape second hand as a teenager in the mid 90's, listening to this song during a stormy summer day wishing it was the 80's
Survivor87 8 months ago
TFF for me are the ultimate road trip songs, The Hurting for Florida and Songs from the Big Chair for Montreal!! Thanks TFF, your music always brings back great memories!
missparkerpretender 8 months ago
This song is terrific - as the album - but do not forget Talk Talk! I think they are superior to TFF but equally underrated! Listen to "Spirit Of Eden"!
ngiuliniello1968 8 months ago
For me, Tears for Fears is THE 80's icon. With substance and talent. So much junk was going on then, but not these guys.
dragonchris4697 8 months ago
I knew I was different when in my sixteen I loved this song and no one else...and I'm so happy to stil be so different...at least in my mind!! What a song, they really put a mark on me.
mauonline 8 months ago 2
@mauonline no one else did, I meant...
mauonline 8 months ago
@jiangyingzi 100% true. its also cause they only look at the mainstream and whats popular...then judge it from that. which is depressing to see. they dont look/search beyond that. on top of the fact of what you said...every damn older video...
smokelakes 8 months ago
Amazing tune...thanks for the upload.
biscuitd1 8 months ago
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@jiangyingzi No what happened was that nirvana came along and it became popular to make generic, boring, and simple shit music.
BLACKSABBATH0HM 9 months ago
Classic song from (for me) THE album of the 80s. Happy (and happier) days, when I was just starting out in my career - lots of "working hours" there!
And the lyric "fear is such a vicious thing" is (I think) masterful.
All the best everyone.
hueys5 9 months ago
Drove down to first year in college to this. Summed up all my teenage angst.
MsLyndon66 9 months ago
@MsLyndon66 Really? When I was a teen this wouldn't even have come close. More like Cannibal Corpse :)
breathingreflection 9 months ago
@jiangyingzi I wish it were that simple, heh.
NeverDoubt1 9 months ago
Strong...
DocUltimate 9 months ago
@snortbrick yeah, if YOU are an example of the real world, no thanks.
davedzone 9 months ago
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Timeless! What can one say?
jezjonson 9 months ago
Great comments people!!
My best friend and I used to drive around Houston for hours and hours, day by day, night by night, and this was the one tape we played on his amazing new car stereo.
Song by song we'd drift both above it all, and into it all. Songs From The Big Chair!
That was our "Working Hour" Good times.
livelyarts49 9 months ago 2
Tears For Fears FOREVER!
HerMajesty5 9 months ago
The people who put dislike are Justin Beiber fags!
GreenDragonofAmerica 9 months ago
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I was 15 years old, sitting in the window of the Sharaton Hotel in San Francisco looking at all of the lights, playing this song over and over on my walkman. It was amazing then and still now that I am 40. Sometimes we forget things about our lives, but songs will always help us remember... That is what this songs does to me...
laurahimes 9 months ago in playlist Breathe
I was 15 years old, sitting in the window of the Sharaton Hotel in San Francisco looking at all of the lights, playing this song over and over on my walkman. It was amazing then and still now that I am 40. Sometimes we forget things about our lives, but songs we always help us remember... That is what this songs does to me...
laurahimes 9 months ago in playlist Breathe
this song reminds,me wtf happened to the good music,all i hear now is bunch a copycats and nonsense lirycs and bs from some people that think they can sing,i m really upset that some of them have to butcher a song just to make some money shame on you ,if you can make your own music look for another job cus i hate people who has no talent to make is own music,this songs are clasics and there are songs that they have to stay the way they are period.
MrLufi01 9 months ago
The Fear s the unknowing and not the outcome!
MrBRITBRIGHT 9 months ago
wow just brilliant remember when i bought the album years and years ago
smelbo8 9 months ago
I love deathcore and this song is STILL awesome!
DJD1ed 10 months ago
THIS SONG HAS A BEAUTIFUL MELODY SO THAT REACHES DEEP TOUCH MY HEART. TFF LOVE TOO :)
rafaelalira87 10 months ago
find out what this fear is about
aalexa88 10 months ago
If we were to speak only in terms of melody, even without the fantastic vocals and vivid lyrical imagery, this is one of the best songs from that time period. I love this band now and forever.
Rayna4ever 10 months ago
@75lotus1 Oh yeah the '80s make great use of saxophones and Tears for Fears especially. :)
NeverDoubt1 10 months ago
thank god i was born in the 70s and grew up in the 80s this album is a classic went into a music shop having a closing down sale got it for £2 best 2 quid ever spent
philbond71 10 months ago 2
love this song
MrTaurus48228 10 months ago
Roland Ozrabal... he is just an awesome songwriter/composer. This song tells everything about him.
fridaysabtu 10 months ago 8
I bought the album for Head over Heels, but absolutely adore it for The Working Hour
DomWrath 10 months ago
Fell in love with this song when I saw them play it live at the Palladium in Hollywood back in 1985! Love the sax!!
goobermikey 10 months ago
This song is so underrated.
wowbobwow37 10 months ago 21
@wowbobwow37 Totally underrated
p053r46 6 months ago 2
@wowbobwow37 Absolutely so true. This was always my favorite song on this album. To be honest Tears for Fears was one of the best things to come out of the 80's. They make incredible music that evoke so much memories, both happy and sad for me. Simply powerful songwriting and performance. I only wish I could go back to that time....
jjhowardjr 6 months ago
This is my favorite song from them.......... Love it!!!!
gladys8it 10 months ago 2
Find out, find out, what this fear is about, love this part and the music.
LeeAnn20008 10 months ago