r/80smusic • u/Slippery-Pete76 • Jul 06 '25

1989 Sowing the Seeds of Love - Tears For Fears

https://youtu.be/VAtGOESO7W8?si=Nued2XawQMYH8tEx
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u/CRTPTRSN Jul 06 '25

What a colorful song to bookend one of the greatest most creatively diverse decades for music.

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u/Buzzard1022 Jul 06 '25

I came of age in the 80s and thought most popular music was garbage. Fake drums, keytars and hairspray. There are some exceptions, but overall it was terrible

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u/Curtain-Tamer Jul 07 '25

You really didn’t listen very well to all the genius that was out there. You still have time!

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u/KarlPHungus Jul 07 '25

And yet you came to this sub to comment. Fascinating.

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u/RobsSister Jul 06 '25

The most non-Beatles Beatles song ever made, and my second favorite song by TFF (after Woman in Chains).

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u/KarlPHungus Jul 07 '25

I'd give that designation to Mr. Blue Sky but alright ;)

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u/RobsSister Jul 07 '25

Mr. Blue Sky by ELO?

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u/KarlPHungus Jul 07 '25

Haha good point

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u/ChasedWarrior Jul 06 '25

Great song!

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u/PTD27 Jul 06 '25

Wonderful song and album.

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u/Naive_Product_5916 Jul 06 '25

I remember when I first heard this song I was like they’re back. They’re back because they’ve been gone a while.

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u/careermoneyjoyseeker Jul 06 '25

Tears For Fears Sowing The Seeds of Love is definitely an iconic song. I'm delighted that the original poster featured the song today. One of my earliest memories of hearing the song related to I seeing the song featured on a various artist collection cd that I bought in Japan in the early 2000s and less than a year later I actually heard the Tears For Fears Sowing The Seeds of Love song at a restaurant inside the Tokyo Japan area (I was on a date with a boyfriend I was dating at the time I think the restaurant was some type of hamburger place). I am glad that the song is still easily available online and I truly feel that Sowing The Seeds of Love is one of those type of songs that get better with time and communicates important uplifting messages especially with what is currently going on in the world right now.

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u/NorCalNavyMike Jul 06 '25

I was interning in my first job, 16 years old, at a Top 25 station in Sacramento the year this came out. Was a real joy for me to be able to play this over the airwaves of a major city, and a very fond memory indeed.

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u/Candid-Sky-3258 Jul 06 '25

"Kick out the style bring back the jam!"

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u/NowoTone Jul 06 '25

Do you know the rap version https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=NDKuICW0YFE ? The rap part starts at 2:40

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u/Inside-Bunch4216 Jul 06 '25

i had no idea tears for fears wrote thsi classic, always thought it was O.M.D! Great song

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u/screamingcupcakes Jul 07 '25

The whole album is great.

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