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    Tears for Fears Review


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    Tears for Fears played in Lockport on Friday night.

    TFF always had a special place in my heart. If you love music you can remember the time when you first fell in love with it. I remember one Christmas where I got my first stereo - I would stay up all night recording songs onto tape and then cataloging them (and later making mix tapes, as any good boy would do even if I would probably cringe if I heard any of them now).

    Anyway, I became fast friends with Graham Thompson at about that time. Graham was British and his family was here because of his father's work. Graham introduced me to TFF right before they had their huge commercial breakout. Through all of the years since my love of the band never waned and I think their music has really stood up well. After all, look at all of the other groups that hit in the 80's that are now essentially joke bands. So when I heard that they were coming to town I put it on my calendar and then bugged the hell out of everyone about it.

    The band opened with the "alternative" version of Mad World. This version was made famous by Gary Jules (see below) and featured in the magnificent movie Donnie Darko (my review here). I like this version better than the original but it still pales to the Jules dark and wonderfully haunting effort. The band then moved into two crowd favorites right off the bat - Everybody Wants to Rule The World and Sowing the Seeds of Love. A I know I've written about this before (here) but when I was a kid I was notorious for not correctly understanding lines in songs. For years I thought the song was called "Sowing the Seas of Love". Why? Not a clue. I know, that doesn't make sense and I obviously never thought it through.

    The band then spent quite a while going through their catalog and most songs were quite enjoyable. I think that one of the boys had a bit of a problem with his voice (they played Detroit on Thursday night) because one of their opening acts was on stage for the entire show to sing backup. One song of interest was their slowed-down version of Billie Jean. I'm not sure that half the crowd picked up on the fact that it was the famous MJ song.

    I've never been a fan of shows that are held in an outdoor square. At one point or another you experience all of the following:

    - People spilling beer on you as they go back and forth from the tent.
    - People (ok, women) that just want to chat the whole show.
    - Someone put on someone else's shoulders in front of you.
    - People spending the whole show trying to get the attention of someone they know from work. You just saw them and you'll see them again on monday.
    - Enhanced air guitar. After all, there is more room (although less than you think if you are drunk).

    The band did close the show with some more traditional favorites, including my favorite Head Over Heels and Shout. As I took a trip down memory lane this week I noticed something that I had not noticed when I was a kid. Many of their songs were about waking up to the problems in society. I think most people never pick up on the importance that song has in promoting change.

    All in all it was a great show and I couldn't believe how good the band looked and sounded. Better yet, it was a free show. Checked out the "Literal Video" version of HOH for a really good laugh.
















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