TEARS FOR FEARS: KWIK KWOTES!
They came from England and, at first, not many people knew of them. But by the end of 1985, Tears For Fears became one of the best-known bands in the world. Songs From The Big Chair, their immensely successful second album, is the reason why. Curt Smith and Roland Orzabel have made quite a few new friends.
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TEARS FOR FEARS: KWIK KWOTES!
They came from England and, at first, not many people knew of them. But by the end of 1985, Tears For Fears became one of the best-known bands in the world. Songs From The Big Chair, their immensely successful second album, is the reason why. Curt Smith and Roland Orzabel have made quite a few new friends. Some observations they’ve made:
“We have our own aims and our own ambitions, and selling a lot of records is not the end of it. ”
“I don’t think The Hurting was very preachy. I think Songs From The Big Chair is more preachy. ”
“We got signed, funnily enough, on the basis of two songs—and we’d only done two demos. One was a finished master, “Suffer The Children.” And then they signed us then and there, on the basis of that. Which was quite uncommon. ”
“We wanted to be a duo. And at the time, it was kind of a weird thing to do—because we’d always been in bands. And always played live. And the idea of a duo not playing live is kind of...not that exciting. But that’s what we did. ”
“First tour we did, we used backing tapes—shoved the drum machines and sequencers on backing tapes—and then everybody played to that. But since other bands have, I think, taken it a bit too far, we’ve complek stopped using it.”
“I don’t like Wham! But having said that, though\ I mean, they are the music business, they are a \ of it. I don’t even compete; I wouldn’t even compel with them. ”
“Why do we continue to live in Bath? It’s one ofil nicest places I’ve been to. I mean I’ve been all aroa England on tour, and I’ve looked around, and it's] definitely one of the best places. In England. It’s t second most-visited city in England after London. 1
“You only remember the bad reviews and the bad interviews. You don’t remember the good ones, you feel satisfied with them.”
“The press in America are much nicer, they ad\ are interested. The press here—it seems like Englj is like an island, presswise, compared to the rest j the world. Because it’s completely different.’
“We don’t go out socially as much, because if yon I with someone—well, that’s the reason we can s£iil work together well, is because you can get an ov of people, you know? We work together pretty w every day of the week, and at night the last thing, I the world I want to do is go out and talk music.
