Video: Tears for Fears, the literalist remix
posted at 6:35 pm on October 28, 2008 by Allahpundit
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The bad news? The A-ha remix seems to have created a monster. The good news? This one’s funnier, I think.
Via Big Red, who’s written perhaps the definitive conservative feminist tribute to Sarah Palin.
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I have to admit… I was a tears for fears fan in the seventh grade. I also listened to Terence Trent Darby. I’m going to go take a shower now.
Claypigeon on October 28, 2008 at 6:38 PM
Not sure what was funnier – ‘Dave Coulier’ or ‘magic chair.’
The guy does an amazing job imitating the singers.
Slublog on October 28, 2008 at 6:40 PM
Sad,sad,sad,…
I still think this one is better.(as far as entertainment goes):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apCY7qnajR8
christene on October 28, 2008 at 6:43 PM
the other one is better because a-ha is not singing on screen at any point; so you aren’t trying to remember the real lyrics. you lose yourself in it better.
But the lyrics they did here are a little better.
lorien1973 on October 28, 2008 at 6:43 PM
Oh, the mullet part brought tears to my eyes, I was laughing so hard. I like the other song better, but this was good too. Anything to keep me distracted from the election for the next week.
Keep ‘em coming, please!
Anna on October 28, 2008 at 6:44 PM
LOL. Obama went outside and it’s news.
LOL
lorien1973 on October 28, 2008 at 6:45 PM
I am a fan of this group. I actually saw this video a few days ago in our allies, the PUMAs’ site, Hillbuzz.
jencab on October 28, 2008 at 6:46 PM
Rarely do I literally LOL. The “Dave Coulier” line was the exception.
LastRick on October 28, 2008 at 6:46 PM
Is that one of those card catalogues I heard about in history class?
JetBoy on October 28, 2008 at 6:47 PM
Hopefully this will still be up when I get home… I need the laughs.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 28, 2008 at 6:48 PM
You younguns had no idea the hardships we used to endure.
Now get off my lawn!
Slublog on October 28, 2008 at 6:50 PM
Where is the ‘Soft Cell’ tribute? Come on, some Tainted Love remix is in order.
Bishop on October 28, 2008 at 6:50 PM
When I had my first Girlfriend at age 13, THIS was our song.
The uh…real version.
/me feels old
dc84123 on October 28, 2008 at 6:52 PM
I love these things!
BadgerHawk on October 28, 2008 at 6:53 PM
Obama’s not smart enough to come in out of the rain?
snickelfritz on October 28, 2008 at 6:53 PM
Oh, that would be wicked awesome! I heart that song!
Anna on October 28, 2008 at 6:53 PM
Oh, that would be wicked awesome! I heart that song!
Anna on October 28, 2008 at 6:53 PM
I will admit to some severe geekiness: I can sing the entire extended version without missing a single word.
Tey ghey? Some would say yes. Oh well.
Bishop on October 28, 2008 at 6:57 PM
That’s not funny. kiddin..
Reminds me of highschool. Ahhhh the 80’s…. now those were the days….
pullingmyhairout on October 28, 2008 at 6:58 PM
It’s better when you don’t have to see the words obviously not linking up with the signers lips, but this was still very funny.
BadgerHawk on October 28, 2008 at 6:58 PM
The best decade in music…EVAH.
ManlyRash on October 28, 2008 at 6:59 PM
Um, why is that entertaining?
BadgerHawk on October 28, 2008 at 7:00 PM
haha After all these years I still love this song!
illustro on October 28, 2008 at 7:00 PM
Echo and the Bunnymen. B-52’s. Depeche Mode. Thompson Twins (not Fred and Jeri).
The memories are so thick you have to swat them away like flies. *sighs*
ManlyRash on October 28, 2008 at 7:02 PM
Hey Allah, Ace is having some fun talking about GOTV this weekend and all the bloggers. Here is a taste:
broker1 on October 28, 2008 at 7:05 PM
As one who has spent her professional life working in them, I lament that there aren’t more odes to libraries.
As a Tears for Fears fan — saw them twice in the 80s — until they jumped the shark with the self-important Sowing the Seeds of Love, I infinitely prefer Pale Shelter, especially at the end of the video when one of the paper airplanes nails Roland in the eye.
Terrie on October 28, 2008 at 7:05 PM
“Personal Jesus”. Play it alongside a video of Obama.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 28, 2008 at 7:05 PM
Boingo, U2 (the old stuff), General Public, FYC, Love and Rockets.
/me feels extra old
dc84123 on October 28, 2008 at 7:05 PM
Wow…does that song bring back some memories…(and I can probably sing the real words, too, given the appropriate proportions of Bacardi and Coke)
uncivilized on October 28, 2008 at 7:06 PM
Post the link, I HAVE to read that article now.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 28, 2008 at 7:07 PM
Actually, that was awesome.
Funny and good, good and funny.
TheSitRep on October 28, 2008 at 7:07 PM
LOVE Echo and the Bunnymen!
heh…crotchety! ;-)
You had to go to school, walk 5 miles, in the snow, no shoes, uphill…both ways!
I tell ya tho, you’d be impressed with my ‘80 music collection, and not just talking about my iPod. I’ve invested quite a lot in vinyl (the best quality music there is IMHO) and have an extensive collection of ’80s music, from Rock to early hip-hop to alternative.
JetBoy on October 28, 2008 at 7:10 PM
That’s pretty much how it is. I don’t always talk to the bottles, though. Sometimes I talk to my cats instead.
Allahpundit on October 28, 2008 at 7:10 PM
Nice ’smart glass’s’ she has on!
canopfor on October 28, 2008 at 7:11 PM
The Smiths, the Cure, Crowded House, Elvis Costello, the Jam, Style Council, Psychedelic Furs, and so on, and so on …
One of my bestest girlfriends is flying to England next month to see Echo and the Bunnymen’s 30th anniversary gig at the Echo Arena in their hometown of Liverpool. I prefer to remember them at their 1980s zenith.
Terrie on October 28, 2008 at 7:11 PM
http://minx.cc/?post=276804
Second article down.
broker1 on October 28, 2008 at 7:12 PM
Oingo Boingo…love ‘em! Now HERE is something early, Boingo on the Gong Show back in da day…skip ahead one minute in.
JetBoy on October 28, 2008 at 7:14 PM
“Walking in My Shoes” resonates on a more personal level for this particular sinner.
ManlyRash on October 28, 2008 at 7:15 PM
I love you guys. A good crowd of sensible people with their political heads on straight with just a dash of crazy. Makes me feel at home :D
Carry on.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 28, 2008 at 7:17 PM
I agree. I’m curious: how many of you out there were born between 1958 and 1968?
Because our generation is the one that will fix all the Baby-Boomers’ fark-ups. Give me a shout.
ManlyRash on October 28, 2008 at 7:17 PM
Martin Gore is one of the great, unsung songwriters — pun intended — of pop music. Most of his catalog could be played acoustically, by a philharmonic orchestra or even a barbershop quartet and the songs would still shine.
Terrie on October 28, 2008 at 7:19 PM
Cats? Plural?
No wonder you need Capt. Jack.
Slublog on October 28, 2008 at 7:20 PM
I don’t always talk to the bottles, though. Sometimes I talk to my cats instead. – Allahpundit on October 28, 2008 at 7:10 PM
“Here, kitty, kitty…please come back from the ledge. I promise not to post any more MSM polling results.”
I’m sorry, Allah. There was an opening and I took it.
ManlyRash on October 28, 2008 at 7:20 PM
Actually it has: Vitamin String Quartet.
ManlyRash on October 28, 2008 at 7:21 PM
A Question of Lust is a great love song.
Terrie on October 28, 2008 at 7:22 PM
You are A-Farking-OK, kid.
ManlyRash on October 28, 2008 at 7:22 PM
Shake the Disease.
ManlyRash on October 28, 2008 at 7:25 PM
I think Allah just needs to switch over to Valu-Rite and Hobo huntin.
broker1 on October 28, 2008 at 7:28 PM
This was soo funny! LOL
MsUnderestimated on October 28, 2008 at 7:29 PM
People keep making fun of it, but the Mullet is going to come back. Like the video says:
No other Do does that!
Kasper Hauser on October 28, 2008 at 7:30 PM
Mr. Rash, I tend to prefer studio craft over live performance. But I was one of the lucky 93,000+ who saw Depeche Mode in the rainy June 1988 Rose Bowl concert immortalized by the 101 video. It was a magical experience — and I was not under the influence of any mood enhancers at the time.
Terrie on October 28, 2008 at 7:31 PM
The ongoing love affair of the MSM and Obama,
I dedicate this song,Sly Fox,’Lets go all the Way’!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsiPtvfdvDY
canopfor on October 28, 2008 at 7:35 PM
No nibbles yet?
I fall a bit outside your age range, but the average of my birth year and my DH’s puts me there. ; P
Terrie on October 28, 2008 at 7:41 PM
Heh. The first and only concert I ever attended was Supertramp at Madison Square Garden in NY in 1979 or 80. Fifth row center. I couldn’t hear properly for the next 24 hours. Preferred studio ever since. How old are you?
ManlyRash on October 28, 2008 at 7:42 PM
I was born in 1956, but my much younger husband is the old fart in the family. Since I’ve survived cancer twice, I am grateful for every year.
Terrie on October 28, 2008 at 7:51 PM
Broker, are you referring to the flash post a few hours ago promising some Obama bombshell that Ace deleted almost immediately? Here is what’s left, including lots of speculation in the comments.
Ace said the story might drop tomorrow.
Terrie on October 28, 2008 at 7:57 PM
Ruh roh. Hillbuzz has a story up about the Khalidi farewell video, including pictures, that might be related to Ace’s disappearing post.
We have been burned before.
Terrie on October 28, 2008 at 8:01 PM
Thank the good Lord for mercy. Glad you’re here and pleased to make your acquaintance. My name is Manly Rash. Perhaps you’ve heard of me around these parts?
ManlyRash on October 28, 2008 at 8:10 PM
Haha, that guy looks like Kos.
Hannibal Smith on October 28, 2008 at 8:12 PM
In da middle here, Mr. Rash.
This was good, but I liked the A-ha one better… but that song was a guilty pleasure, this one not so much.
Y-not on October 28, 2008 at 8:21 PM
This version did nothing for me:( But the Aha literal video was the best thing that has happened to me in months!
TDBURN on October 28, 2008 at 8:27 PM
As one who was PRESENT at the filming of “Under a Blood Red Sky” at Red Rocks back in ‘83, I am SO on the right thread.
wccawa on October 28, 2008 at 8:35 PM
That was pretty cool. I remember slow dancing to that song as a freshman in high school (yes, there was a female involved). I vividly remember DJing the school dances and everyone going nuts over the true Tears For Fears anthem “Shout”.
I also remember excitedly sitting in my living room with my dual-cassette stereo and doing a 30 minute extended remix of “Rock Me Amadeus”. I also remember fleeing the dance later that week for fear of getting my ass kicked. My buddy and I did it as a joke. No one laughed.
Best “album” of the 80’s…Simple Minds’ “Once Upon A Time”. One of my all-time cross-decade favorites.
robblefarian on October 28, 2008 at 8:48 PM
Don’t forget The Spoons*!
*Canadian readers only
YYZ on October 28, 2008 at 8:53 PM
Where’s Cap’n Ed to remind us of the great Minnesota music scene from whence sprang Dylan, the Replacements, Sugar, Husker Du, Prince, Wilco, the Jayhawks, Golden Smog, Soul Asylum, et al?
Terrie on October 28, 2008 at 9:02 PM
Tears for Fears are great. This was very good!
carbon_footprint on October 28, 2008 at 9:19 PM
…the remix is very, very well done, if a bit odd….
…but the video remixed reminds me of just how silly we all looked in the ’80’s…the hair…the clothes…the rabbis…the simians…silly, silly, silly…and you didn’t even have to put any effort into videos back then…or into music, for that matter….
…myself, I looked much as I do now…no parachute pants…no mullet…no Dave Coulier blonde pout…much the same as today…only half as wide, though….
…that’s the good thing about being a redneck: the lack of style is timeless….
Puritan1648 on October 28, 2008 at 9:22 PM
Husker Du…Wilco…Soul Asylum…Simple Minds…Depeche Mode…Oingo Bloody Boingo!
…I’m 53, but you people are OLD!
…just thinking about Thompson Twins is making me sneer and making my hair grow…short in front, long in the back….
…I got off that train a looooooooong time ago…which, considering the current commercial musical offerings, is a good thing….
…anyone wanna kick to Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers? “Don’t let ‘em dance on your new carpet/You make ‘em roll it up!”
Puritan1648 on October 28, 2008 at 9:30 PM
Man, hate to admit this, but TFF is STILL my favorite band of all time; I’m a nut; I have a collection of the vinyl and CD’s that is almost second to none!
Love their music….
Dale in Atlanta on October 28, 2008 at 9:42 PM
Wouldn’t it be cool if, during her Joe the Plumber litany, Palin started calling Obama Quinn the Eskimo? She never would mock Todd’s heritage, of course, but Dylan’s lyrics are apropos.
Terrie on October 28, 2008 at 9:54 PM
Didnt realize there were some people here that are/were into the “alternative” music scene. Year of my birth was 1961. Yes, 80’s best decade for music!! Loved all the bands you guys have mentioned – also New Order, Ultravox, Kraftwerk, Bauhaus, Talk Talk, Human League, Flock of Seagulls …. In the 90’s though, I got more into the more industrial/techno scene – Front 242, Front Line Assembly, Skinny Puppy, etc and also some of the bands on the 4AD label like Dead Can Dance.
gxpgxp on October 28, 2008 at 10:13 PM
I’m 1966 and my husband is 1958.
Also, thanks for staying so rock solid positive. I appreciate it.
mrsmwp on October 28, 2008 at 11:09 PM
Really?
me!
Domino on October 28, 2008 at 11:14 PM
year?
ManlyRash on October 28, 2008 at 11:26 PM
I hear that often from the ladies.
ManlyRash on October 28, 2008 at 11:27 PM
you first…
Domino on October 28, 2008 at 11:59 PM
My DH and I are very happily married 8 years now this month. He grew up during the 1980s in the tough streets of East Los Angeles where he was inundated with rap, hip-hop and traditional Mexican music. Through his older siblings, he was exposed to alternative and heavy metal.
When we were dating, I introduced him to artists and genres he had never heard. One evening I took him to a used record shop. It’s My Life by Talk Talk is one of my absolute favorite dance tracks and I was excited to find the CD there to replace my damaged copy. He gallantly bought it for me as I raved about the title song.
Back in the car, I popped it into the CD player, closed my eyes, and settled back blissfully anticipating aural pleasure. After the distinctive opening lines, I glanced over to share the experience with him and he was staring at me as if I had falsified my IQ test.
Music of the 80s has special meaning to those of us who lived through it. I will always associate Hold Me Now by the Thompson Twins and Let Me Go by Heaven 17 with the day I left my first husband. Taken out of memory’s context, it can sound dated and overly synthesized.
I am delighted to find so many fans of great music hear.
Terrie on October 29, 2008 at 12:17 AM
Yes, great stuff! My girlfriend at that time introduced me to alot of new stuff (and she worked at a record store – yes, actual vinyl! LOL) I guess it is natural for people to love the music of their youth. Did your husband eventually come to like your music?
I saw Talk Talk in ‘85 warming up for the Psych Furs at “The Pier” in NYC – great time. I’m not into that remake of “It’s my Life” (Gwen Stefani?). It’s kind of weak.
Gotta go and catch some sleep…
gxpgxp on October 29, 2008 at 12:46 AM
Give me a shout…
ManlyRash on Oct 28,2008 at 7:17PM.
ManlyRash: (1959) Concerts!
The Cars,Styx(Crystal Ball Tour) Triumph,Trooper,Geils Band
punk band Teenage Head(Got talked into going,don’t care for
punk)!:)
canopfor on October 29, 2008 at 1:22 AM
Oops,that the J.Geils band!:)
canopfor on October 29, 2008 at 1:23 AM
My concerts: Rainbow, Rick Derringer, Pat Travers, Sammy Hagar, ZZ Top, Gamma, and uh…Loverboy (eek!)
Domino on October 29, 2008 at 1:32 AM
1959
ManlyRash on October 29, 2008 at 8:30 AM
Music was more fun in the 80s!
90s, early 00s was dark and depressing. Videos too. One of the few recent bands that I find worth listening to is Evanescence.
It’s kind of dark but it has a sophistication about it.
hawkdriver on October 29, 2008 at 9:21 AM
hawkdriver
1959 too
hawkdriver on October 29, 2008 at 9:30 AM
The Tears For Fears and Rick Astley one work better, I think, because the videos are so surreal, and have nothing to do with the actual song. In that vein, I’d love to see him do Safety Dance, or Hungry Like The Wolf.
Anyone else surprised how much Roland Orzabal looks like Ducky? I don’t remember that at all.
Tanya on October 29, 2008 at 11:20 AM
1963
Domino on October 29, 2008 at 12:47 PM
Shout! (Shout, let it all out…)
Right in the middle of that range. I turned 44 today.
VekTor on October 29, 2008 at 1:18 PM
Happy Birthday! I hope you’re voting McCain/Palin!
Domino on October 29, 2008 at 1:24 PM
Oh, and the definitive concert for me was April Wine and Eddie Money. =)
VekTor on October 29, 2008 at 1:24 PM
Already did… now I’m threatening to tick people off by putting my “I Voted!” sticker on my dog’s collar and taking her for a walk. =P
VekTor on October 29, 2008 at 1:40 PM
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