Damn, this was a ballad-heavy chart. Just add something by Josh Groban and something by the Eagles, and it's the heavy rotation playlist on a "continuous soft hits" station...
jack
· 9 months ago
You've gotta give credit for Tears For Fears for recognizing talent when they hear it. Well, you probably have to credit Roland, since Curt has always struck me as the Andrew Ridgeley of that band.
tippos
· 9 months ago
I can sympathize. I'm the Andrew Ridgeley of my marriage.
JonCummings
· 9 months ago
I don't think that's fair to Curt. He sang lead vocals on all the singles from "The Hurting," as well as "Everybody Wants to Rule the World." (Though Roland apparently wrote the songs mostly by himself.) Curt even had a good solo album! Andrew, by all accounts, was barely playing his instrument.
Maybe Curt is the John Oates of TfF, but don't go all the way to Ridgeley.
DwDunphy
· 9 months ago
I tried going all the way to Ridgeley, but my car ran out of gas.
Gigi
· 9 months ago
John Oates is actually the more musically talented, if vocally and vertically challenged, member of H&O. As for Tears for Fears and Oleta Adams, the "Seeds of Love" period is well worth revisiting, in large part because of Miss O's contributions.
BobCashill
· 9 months ago
"Get Here" was the "We'll Meet Again" of the Gulf War.
D-Pete
· 9 months ago
The truly horrid "One More Try" always sounded to me like a pale imitation of Milli Vanilli's "Girl I'm Gonna Miss You" -- which, of course, is a total piece of crap in its own right.
As for Curt Smith, I think of him more as an Art Garfunkel type -- the better-voiced, if less writerly, half of a good musical duo. Let's not bring Ridgeley into this.
DwDunphy
· 9 months ago
"3) Adams first heard the song while in a record store in Stockholm, Sweden…and Russell was in Stockholm when she initially wrote it."
A side note to this is that Oleta Adams truly detested the song when she first heard it, but after being subjected to it for a 16-hour long pitch, she found herself suddenly and unwaveringly devoted to it.
Alright, so that's a total lie. I don't see anybody else trying to crack Stockholm jokes.
Beau
· 9 months ago
Sting got ripped every which way over the whole "Soul Cages" album, and I still think it's unfair. "All This Time" in particular is one of the most cheerful songs about death ever recorded. Can anyone else think of a better response to "the meek shall inherit the earth" than an old man laughing "What good is a used-up world and how can it be worth having?"
Speaking of death, I can picture John Panozzo in heaven, hearing Dennis DeYoung say they're going to play this song for him, responding, "No, Dennis, really. Please don't."
DwDunphy
· 9 months ago
I've soured on Sting, lo these many years, but "All This Time" is a fairly good single. It's no lute jam, but still...
As for John Panozzo watching over Dennis DeYoung in heaven, I'd imagine his response to you would be, "I'm trying to get AWAY from him, Beau!"
David_E
· 9 months ago
Suck It, Tommy Shaw® is a registered trademark of Dennis DeYoung Enterprises, who directs you to cease and desist all use of said mark under penalty of lawsuit. Or "First Time." Whichever hurts more.
Thommo
· 9 months ago
Oh God...the mooseknuckle on Timmy T at approximately 20 secs into that horrific video is enough to make me want to visit Total Recall for a mind erase.
I do love me some crappy ass Tara Kemp though and I am unashamed to admit it. Too bad I will have her song stuck in my head for all hours now.
DJ D
· 9 months ago
1) "The American Music Awards welcome back with love, Gloria Estefan."
I still have that clip in my video archive and it still gives me chills when I watch it, knowing what she went through and how she came back to kick every ass including your mama's.
2) Since when are positive Celine Dion reviews allowed at Popdose ? Traitors!
3) Bow down to Mariah Carey. Bow down to her!
jabartlett
· 9 months ago
"Show Me the Way" was frequently heard in a version interspersed with clips from soldiers and soldier families, since it came out about the time the Persian Gulf War began. It was the sort of thing that blows out the phones at radio stations, and it did. My station could have put the thing on a continuous loop and lots of listeners would have been fine with it.
(Actually, we did something like that on April Fools Day one year with "Viva Las Vegas," but that's another story.)
ShalimarBojangles
· 9 months ago
You... made me look up... *shudder*... “High Crimes & Misdemeanors (Hip Hop-Cracy)”.
For those brave enough to listen, here is a hilarious juxtaposition of this terrible, terrible song with some truly bizarre footage:
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Maybe Curt is the John Oates of TfF, but don't go all the way to Ridgeley.
As for Curt Smith, I think of him more as an Art Garfunkel type -- the better-voiced, if less writerly, half of a good musical duo. Let's not bring Ridgeley into this.
A side note to this is that Oleta Adams truly detested the song when she first heard it, but after being subjected to it for a 16-hour long pitch, she found herself suddenly and unwaveringly devoted to it.
Alright, so that's a total lie. I don't see anybody else trying to crack Stockholm jokes.
Speaking of death, I can picture John Panozzo in heaven, hearing Dennis DeYoung say they're going to play this song for him, responding, "No, Dennis, really. Please don't."
As for John Panozzo watching over Dennis DeYoung in heaven, I'd imagine his response to you would be, "I'm trying to get AWAY from him, Beau!"
I do love me some crappy ass Tara Kemp though and I am unashamed to admit it.
Too bad I will have her song stuck in my head for all hours now.
I still have that clip in my video archive and it still gives me chills when I watch it, knowing what she went through and how she came back to kick every ass including your mama's.
2) Since when are positive Celine Dion reviews allowed at Popdose ? Traitors!
3) Bow down to Mariah Carey. Bow down to her!
(Actually, we did something like that on April Fools Day one year with "Viva Las Vegas," but that's another story.)
For those brave enough to listen, here is a hilarious juxtaposition of this terrible, terrible song with some truly bizarre footage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRoeeYef7YE