Twentysomething me is having a moment here.
Tears for Fears
I thought there would be tons of songs about princesses. I had maybe four.
In which I execute a pivot so sharp that only John Cleese can effectively prepare the audience for what’s about to happen. And so he does. And a new Dizzy Heights tradition is born.
I am not afraid to admit that the themed shows are better because my friends’ song suggestions are better than mine.
In which I come face to face with the fact that I am still ‘Sitting on the Floor Playing with Tapes’ David, and always will be.
Have you thanked your mother lately? No, seriously, thank your mother.
Can a song change the world? Popular music has always been looked on as something of a disposable pleasure: reflective of its times, sure, but meant to be played among…
Songs you know by heart performed (often) in a brand new way.
Announcing his latest project, Andrew Curry discusses the 1980s and how the Europeans led a brand new musical movement.
We continue the letter “T” with Tears for Fears, 10,000 Maniacs and Tesla.
We’re on to Disc Six of this seven-disc set this week, and man oh man do these silly pop songs elicit some strong opinions. Put your helmets on, kids, cos…
There are two kinds of people in this world: those that say Phil Collins is a doughy, ineffectual frontman who ruined the prog-rock outfit Genesis (and then his own concurrent…
Popdose dissects two Tears For Fears albums featuring Roland Orzabal as sole bandmember, Elemental and Raoul And The Kings Of Spain.
Strap on your velcro hi-top Reeboks and your day-glo leotard. It’s time for another crazy fun ’80s dance party!
Put on your dancing shoes and strap on your guitar. It’s time to rock a little and dance a little at the Weeknight ’80s Dance Party.
So many videos, so little time. Popdose presents Friday Night Videos from the year 1993!
Last Christmas, we gave you our heart, but you were too busy doing real stuff. Hey, it’s perfectly understandable. We launched a “special gift” on Christmas morning 2009 with zero…
If you’re holding your breath for the day MTV starts playing music videos again, let it go. It’s never going to happen, not while there’s still a heart-rending story, about…
Bottom Feeders has reached the letter T, which means lots and lots of … the Temptations?
David Medsker has returned with the second disc of the NME’s wonderfully strange covers compilation, featuring the biggest artists of the early ’90s paying their respects to some of pop’s greatest hits.
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Call this mix the postscript of Beatles Week at Popdose … a postscript that’s a couple of weeks late! But better late than never, right?Á‚ …
Remember that mixtape from last week? One hundred Beatles covers? That thing was EPIC! It was freaking magnificent! Yup… That was… really something. Well, then. Midnight Oil – Under The…
I was writing up a track for a future White Label Wednesday piece (it’s set to run May 27) when I had a strange thought. Well, two strange thoughts, actually….
When I first heard that the new Doves album, Kingdom Of Rust, hearkened more toward their first album, Lost Souls (2000), than their most recent, Some Cities, even though that…
It still seems strange that Tears for Fears, two Janov-loving introverts from Bath, were one of the biggest bands of the ’80s. In a decade defined by excess (Motley Crue,…
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE There was a time — maybe 25 years ago — when mentioning Phil Collins in the pantheon of frickinÁ¢€â„¢ awesome drummers was greeted with thoughtful…
R.E.M. – “Gardening at Night” Tears For Fears – “Sowing the Seeds of Love” — n {democracy:33} — Last week, the more experienced Don Henley shook down Eric Elbogen for…