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Saturday Night Classics — Everybody Wants to Rule the World
From the Tears for Fears LP Songs from the Big Chair, it was a big hit in 1985, reaching Number 1 on most charts. It’s a great “driving” song, as made clear by scenes from the music video.
The first few lines raise your expectations:
Welcome to your life
There’s no turning back
But the rest of the lyrics are pretty much nonsensical; most sound like they were just looking for words that rhyme. There are probably a lot of “hidden meaning” essays on the song, but I didn’t research them.
So glad we’ve almost made it
So sad they had to fade itI can’t stand this indecision
Married with a lack of vision
Just let them flow and imagine you’re behind the wheel with the top down on an open highway somewhere.
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Always loved this song . Great voices lots of talent !
It was the 80s. Don’t put more work into the lyrics than the lyricist did.
It was also used as the theme song for Dennis Miller’s tv show.
After a break-up and 30+ years apart, they got together a couple years ago and provided a very good live studio version.
Intro to Dennis Miller’s show on HBO for however many years it ran. He probably put all of the band members’ children through college or something, with the royalties.
Also the closing credits of the movie Real Genius, IIRC.
Edit: I do RC
https://youtu.be/asq_JScr9BI
Great selection, Oldphil.
If any music lovers here are jones-ing for some new “Tears for Fears,” the seventh album was released last year titled “The Tipping Point.”
All I can say is the song writing talent is every bit as entertaining, haunting and remarkable as it was decades ago.
Loved Curt Smith on “Psych”.
Kudos to OldPhil for doing this without a reminder from me because OldHoyacon was drinking wine by a lake and forgot to send him one.