Now is the first installment of my one part series; Bands Names, Literally. Tonight's subject: Tears for Fears.
Tears for fears? Fears want my tears? Or you'll give me fears for my tears? I don't think so, man. Not only have all my tears been wasted on Buffalo sports, but my fears are all full as well. Thanks recession.
Apparently this "band" name came from some pop-psychologist's therapy called "Primal Therapy." Wiki says you re-live some traumatic experience to help you get over it. Well, I don't think it seems to fit the bands persona. With songs like "Head over Heels" and "Everbody Wants to Rule the World," I'm not sure where they're reliving past experiences. And "Shout"? Don't even get me started- well, that actually makes a little sense.
The big kicker out of all of this is that after meeting the psychologist that coined their band name, the group was disappointed when they met him. Appartently Dr. Arthur Janov had gone "Hollywood." It's your fault Tears for Fears. You're synth-based pop hits turned this little known therapy treatment into a full blown 1980's Scientology. Well done. You created your own monster. Hope those large royalty checks sting a bit. Probably not, but it's still a dumb name.
Love your music, though.
And that concludes this weeks, Band Names: Literally.
