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“I was a big early Genesis fan and I loved King Crimson." How Tears For Fears added prog to pop and ruled the 80s

A shared love of Blue Oyster Cult, Genesis and King Crimson saw Tears For Fears become much more than an 80s pop band.

Roland Orzabal is talking about his fondness for Genesis and King Crimson. “I was a big early Genesis fan – Foxtrot particularly. And Genesis Live was great. I loved King Crimson – especially Discipline, if you can call that prog? It depends what you define as prog. There used to be a lot of reverse snobbery – Genesis came from a public school so therefore they can’t be any good, they’re ‘not like us’. Okay, punk rock was a jolt and a Copernican inversion. We went from having long hair and playing eight-minute guitar solos in our teenage band to all of a sudden covering The Damned! Fashion is incredibly powerful in music, in the zeitgeist. You got to a certain point in the late 70s where you could not wear flares anymore. And my platform shoes had to go. It was horrendous!”

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verslibre Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 01 2004 Location: CA Status: Offline Points: 16921	Post Options Post Reply Quote verslibre Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: November 04 2024 at 11:16
	https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=489447057460679&set=gm.10160798341243737&idorvanity=2204903736 “I was a big early Genesis fan and I loved King Crimson." How Tears For Fears added prog to pop and ruled the 80s A shared love of Blue Oyster Cult, Genesis and King Crimson saw Tears For Fears become much more than an 80s pop band. Roland Orzabal is talking about his fondness for Genesis and King Crimson. “I was a big early Genesis fan – Foxtrot particularly. And Genesis Live was great. I loved King Crimson – especially Discipline, if you can call that prog? It depends what you define as prog. There used to be a lot of reverse snobbery – Genesis came from a public school so therefore they can’t be any good, they’re ‘not like us’. Okay, punk rock was a jolt and a Copernican inversion. We went from having long hair and playing eight-minute guitar solos in our teenage band to all of a sudden covering The Damned! Fashion is incredibly powerful in music, in the zeitgeist. You got to a certain point in the late 70s where you could not wear flares anymore. And my platform shoes had to go. It was horrendous!”
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	^ A big Shout out for prog fan Roland Orzabal. By the way, the flares may be long gone but I still have my gold platform shoes.

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	Synth-Pop Britannia FURNITURE Known as one of the unluckiest bands in the New Wave scene, one-hit-wonders Furniture weren't a permanent fixture in the charts, but that may have been due to their label Stiff Records having gone bankrupt shortly after signing with them, after which their career went downhill faster than Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards. 1986: Furniture - The Wrong People - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l_Ohi-esPEK96Of8vLvrz0Er0nCw69vYQ 1986: Furniture - The Lovemongers - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0qowsmYAYM 1989: Furniture - Food, Sex & Paranoia - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYYXhO4UGqQ9TjPLXworjDw0Al896nvzR Year Pos. Weeks Complete UK Hit Singles 1986 21 10 Furniture - Brilliant Mind - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JeEXP717T0 Edited by Psychedelic Paul - 18 hours 10 minutes ago at 09:14

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	Synth-Pop Britannia DAVE GAHAN The Voice of Depeche Mode! 2003: Dave Gahan - Paper Monsters - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbXJpmZDkAz0l_ife1cKRpNcwsgFWAov 2007: Dave Gahan - Hourglass - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nWRX9-REoEC_qM0MydA5zqckG5z4AqhM8

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	Synth-Pop Britannia GARDENING BY MOONLIGHT A Synth-Pop duo for the keen gardeners amongst us. 1983: Gardening by Moonlight - Method in the Madness - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z71PN4X2dqY Gardening with Top Ground Gear Force. Edited by Psychedelic Paul - 1 hour 27 minutes ago at 01:57

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	Synth-Pop Britannia PETER GODWIN A former member of Glam Rock band Metro during the 1970's and New Wave musician in the 1980's, Peter Godwin now leads a neo-Balearic dance act named Nuevo, although I'm guessing that's probably best avoided. 1982: Peter Godwin - Dance Emotions - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mc2qAh1_FgFKhuKYGM7NpQREEfkKHmoiM 1983: Peter Godwin - Correspondence - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ng2viRx5u4v9oRj0fdjC5OKN5z7PFPgY0

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