Tears For Fears - Dancing To Their Own Trauma ("Mad World") | New British Canon

Tears For Fears didn’t quite fit in. Not style conscious enough to be New Romantic but too Smash Hits to be the next Joy Division. Not quite a synth-pop band, more a pop band that used synthesisers. Before U2 took over, Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith were briefly the biggest band in the world, claiming two US Billboard number ones with a shuddering sonic maelstrom questioning authority and a slice of Cold War paranoia with the vibe of “The Boys of Summer”. But before that they were the po-faced therapy boys, drowning their sorrow and dancing to the sound of their own childhood trauma. This is New British Canon, and this is the story of “Mad World”.

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Fact-checking by Chad Van Wagner.

00:00 Introduction
00:44 The Early Days of Tears For Fears
06:36 The Creation of Mad World
12:22 The Hurting & The Way You Are
17:19 Recording Songs From The Big Chair
27:49 The Aftermath & Enduring Influence

Soundtrack
Luar - Citrine (https://soundcloud.com/luarbeats)
Jesse Gallagher - The Golden Present
Luar - Anchor (https://soundcloud.com/luarbeats)

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