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Someone several months ago posted some professional recordings of the very first show of the Raoul & The Kings of Spain tour in Miami in '96 for radio broadcast in Chile. Secrets and Famous Last Words were dropped, so only live recordings I have ever heard from that period. With earphones, the sound is fantastic. And I can't believe they dropped Cold early on. One of my favorites from Elemental.

Elemental - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMr-p2Bo ... re=related

Break It Down Again - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUhbpdr5A30

Cold - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgQuGoE95S8

Secrets - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dm5WKbHE ... re=related

Famous Last Words - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XaDbtHDiBY

Humdrum and Humble (Santiago) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYKXl-tdasM

Woman in Chains - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtlrE1W4 ... re=related

I liked their song "Sowing the Seeds of Love"
http://youtu.be/ajy1xNB-LkI

Also "Head over Heals"


Shout,

Actually felt they were underrated. They had a phenomenal sound.

artist4perry wrote:I liked their song "Sowing the Seeds of Love"
http://youtu.be/ajy1xNB-LkI

Also "Head over Heals"


Shout,

Actually felt they were underrated. They had a phenomenal sound.

Save two songs from the '89 Seeds of Love album (Woman in Chains and Famous Last Words), the songs I posted are from the '90s era when Roland carried on Tears for Fears without Curt and are more guitar driven. But I also love their Songs From the Big Chair sound in the mid eighties.

Too funny, before I even read your paragraph a clicked on a few of the links and quite liked 'Cold'.

Gotta love it when some old audio/footage of your favorite bands/vocalists shows up on youtube.

Jana wrote:

artist4perry wrote:I liked their song "Sowing the Seeds of Love"
http://youtu.be/ajy1xNB-LkI

Also "Head over Heals"


Shout,

Actually felt they were underrated. They had a phenomenal sound.

Save two songs from the '89 Seeds of Love album (Woman in Chains and Famous Last Words), the songs I posted are from the '90s era when Roland carried on Tears for Fears without Curt and are more guitar driven. But I also love their Songs From the Big Chair sound in the mid eighties.

I like Roland. I love what he did in the 90's and 80's. His singing is what made all the songs. He has some strong pipes. Besides....love that sound.

They have very nice teeth.

Thanks for posting this Jana. Famous Last Words, man I love that song. Love every Tears album with or without Curt. I really hope they work on some new stuff together, "Everybody Loves A Happy Ending" was such a great album.

LtVanish wrote:Thanks for posting this Jana. Famous Last Words, man I love that song. Love every Tears album with or without Curt. I really hope they work on some new stuff together, "Everybody Loves A Happy Ending" was such a great album.

It really is one of my favorite albums, too. I know some TFF fans on here aren't crazy about ELAHE because it's different from their other albums -- well, it's like the song Sowing the Seeds of Love, '60s Beatlesesque. Actually, none of their albums sound alike, everchanging. Curt intimated they would work on another album finally. We'll see. . . . . . . The band they have now all lives in the U.S. and Curt. But Roland as the principal songwriter would need to commit and move for a period again from England to California, like he did for ELAHE. I would love a Wal-Mart deal with one album of new songs and a live album.

Since you love ELAHE, here's a great youtube clip of Closest Thing to Heaven when they were in Sao Paulo during a tour this year. I don't know what the guy shot this with, but one of the best youtube clips I've seen soundwise and noisewise. I wish they would have recorded a live album off their tour over there or DVD, because they sounded great. Also a great updated version of 1982's Memories Fade off The Hurting in the same concert.


Closest Thing to Heaven http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cWHyCh- ... re=related

Memories Fade - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rSHJhRF ... re=related

EWTRTW - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86afu41T ... re=related

Thanks so much for sharing, Jana - I'm definitely inspired now in my own writing by the soundscapes and sonics!

Great album, RATKOS...when are these guys gonna put a new one out?

Red13JoePa wrote:Great album, RATKOS...when are these guys gonna put a new one out?

I had hope, but it's waning. Curt did say they were talking about it this year when they were on their tour, but so far nothing past the talking stage. He had said two years ago they couldn't get label backing, so that was the holdup. Roland has his own recording studio. He should just do a little solo album with his writing partner in England from the Elemental/RATKOS era and release it digitally for his fans if he and Curt aren't going to do anything.

TFF shouldn't need label backing. They have enough hits to tour the states in the summer like many other bands do. Heck, I'd go see them for sure.

Jana wrote:

LtVanish wrote:Thanks for posting this Jana. Famous Last Words, man I love that song. Love every Tears album with or without Curt. I really hope they work on some new stuff together, "Everybody Loves A Happy Ending" was such a great album.

It really is one of my favorite albums, too. I know some TFF fans on here aren't crazy about ELAHE because it's different from their other albums -- well, it's like the song Sowing the Seeds of Love, '60s Beatlesesque. Actually, none of their albums sound alike, everchanging. Curt intimated they would work on another album finally. We'll see. . . . . . . The band they have now all lives in the U.S. and Curt. But Roland as the principal songwriter would need to commit and move for a period again from England to California, like he did for ELAHE. I would love a Wal-Mart deal with one album of new songs and a live album.

Since you love ELAHE, here's a great youtube clip of Closest Thing to Heaven when they were in Sao Paulo during a tour this year. I don't know what the guy shot this with, but one of the best youtube clips I've seen soundwise and noisewise. I wish they would have recorded a live album off their tour over there or DVD, because they sounded great. Also a great updated version of 1982's Memories Fade off The Hurting in the same concert.


Closest Thing to Heaven http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cWHyCh- ... re=related

Memories Fade - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rSHJhRF ... re=related

EWTRTW - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86afu41T ... re=related

Fantastic indeed, cool that they played "Memories Fade." Roland still has his pipes he sounds great. I would love to hear what Roland and Curt could come up with next I wonder how many songs they have sitting around waiting.