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eric on Dec 29th 2008 at 4:24 am Listen, Music, Records

Another haul (It’s very Tears for Fearsie)

I hit Jive Time Records in Fremont again this weekend. It’s nice to be able to get out again after being snowed in for well over a week. And while I didn’t pick up as much as I have in the past, I did pretty well, even throwing in a bit of variety!

Post-Christmas Haul!


Tears for Fears and Depeche Mode were prominently featured this time around. Here’s a run-down!

Depeche Mode – It’s Called a Heart 12″ single
Depeche Mode – But Not Tonight 12″
Depeche Mode – A Broken Frame LP
Depeche Mode – Strangelove 12″
Depeche Mode – People Are People 12″
Tears For Fears – I Believe 12″
Tears For Fears – Mad World 12″
Tears For Fears – Suffer the Children 12″ (their first single, from 1981)
Tears For Fears – The Hurting LP
Tears For Fears – Everybody Wants to Rule the World 12″ (Japanese Import with a great remix of “Shout”)
Grateful Dead – Reckoning Double LP (life acoustic!)
The Three O’Clock – Arrive Without Traveling LP
Pet Shop Boys – How Do You Expect to be Taken Seriously? 12″ (great remix!!)
Sparks – Propaganda LP (Dwija will be proud! I now have six or seven Sparks LPs)
The Smiths – Strangeways Here We Come LP
The Cure – Pornography LP
Fun Boy Three – Our Lips are Sealed 12″ (not picured)
Altered Images – Pinky Blue LP (not pictured)

I’m not through with listening to everything just yet, but so far, the remix of “Shout” and the remix of “How Do You Expect to be Taken Seriously” are my favorites. Unfortunately, the latter seems to never have been released on CD, so I can’t let you have a listen. But here are some other gems…

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Tears for Fears – Mad World
If you’re not familiar with this version, you might be familiar with the piano and vocal cover from the movie Donnie Darko. That was the first version I heard and really, really dug it. When I heard the original Tears for Fears version, I hated it at first. But it’s since grown on me and I now prefer it to the Donnie Darko one.

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Depeche Mode – People Are People (Different Mix)
I first heard the song when it was released and have dug it since. I saw this 12″ once when I was 10, but didn’t pick it up. I finally have a copy. That made my day.

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Tears for Fears – Shout (Extended Version)
This was another song from when I was a youngin. It reached #1 on Billboards charts on the same day I turned 10. Imagine that! Everybody loved this. Here’s a long, but great remix. It’s quite different from the more common “US Remix.”

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Fun Boy Three – Our Lips are Sealed (12″ Mix)
This is just a bit of fun, but I really dig it. I’m not sure that I heard it as a kid though. It’s one of those songs that wasn’t really big in the 80’s, but makes all the 80’s comps because it’s cool/fun/ironic.

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Tears for Fear – Wino
This is an unreleased B-Side from their first single, “Suffer the Children” that never made it to CD (or even to an album). It’s acoustic and fairly different from what you’d typically expect from TFF.

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Sparks – Something for the Girl with Everything
And let’s end this little fun fest with a really fun cut from the Propaganda LP. Again, BIG thanks to Dwija for turning me onto Sparks. Woo!

There you go, hope someone digs this.



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Comment by xmiyuxNo Gravatar
2008-12-29 07:05:19

Reckoning is the Dead album i find myself tossing in the most often. A great combination of their live feel with good acoustic tunes.

Also, it took me a while to get into the Tears for Fears version of Mad World. I’m still one who prefers the piano version but i dig the TfF version as well now.

Comment by ericNo Gravatar
2008-12-29 07:41:29

At this point, I can hardly listen to the piano version. Whenever I heard it now, I’m like “hurry up! this is a *frantic* song!” I didn’t feel that way before hearing Tears for Fears version, of course. :)

I haven’t yet listened to this copy of Reckoning just yet. But can’t wait to. The expanded CD is really nice (it’s twice as long!), but the first version I heard was the album version, so this should be fun. I also can’t wait to get Blues for Allah on vinyl. And American Beauty. I’ll probably end up picking up all of them eventually.

 
 
Comment by Ryan BeggarNo Gravatar
2008-12-29 08:27:43

I’m always happy when Japan is doing sensible things like importing Tears for Fears and spending less time making violent porn cartoons. Yoku dekita!

Comment by ericNo Gravatar
2008-12-29 17:48:58

I’m sure their Tears for Fears to violent porn cartoon ratio is still rather shocking. :)

 
 
Comment by DwijaNo Gravatar
2008-12-30 19:54:06

Yeah, what’s the deal with Japanese cartoons? They seem to be obsessed with young girls and tentacle monsters. I mean, sure, the imagery isn’t too hard to figure out, but how come it’s somehow become part of mainstream entertainment? Humans are weird.

So Eric, looks like you’re going to take birth as a British pop star. Better be careful. Did you hear about the recent Boy George nonsense? If I remember right, he was accused of imprisoning some guy and handcuffing him to the wall. That Boy be crazy.

So glad you’re single handedly providing Sparks with royalty checks. They deserve it, just for being so wacky.

Comment by ericNo Gravatar
2008-12-30 20:04:32

Hm.. my luck, I would come back as Andrew Ridgley (the Art Garfunkel of the 80s)! No thanks!

Most of the Sparks stuff is used, so they’re not benefiting, but I certainly am!

 
 

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