Talk:Tears for Fears

message: I've reverted again the change by an IP editor that changes the figure of 30 million albums to being 30 million records.  As explained each time;
* the source cited specifically says "albums"
* "albums" does not equate to "records".  
* changing this figure to "records" ignores the singles, 12" and EPs that the duo have sold, and is therefore misleading.
Please stop changing it.  --Escape Orbit (Talk) 10:44, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Records 

message: I am sure I once read in a magazine many years ago that they got their name from the "Tears as replacement for fears" theory. If anyone knows about this and can supply some reliable sources, it could go in the article. Vorbee (talk) 16:41, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: How did they get their name?

message: No mention of the Seeds of Love boxset?
Also Roland said they scrapped half of the new album, not all the songs. Jules TH 16 (talk) 22:43, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Seeds reissue 

message: I was just listening to Hayley Westenra's cover of Both Sides Now and noted the line "Tears and fears and feeling proud."  Does anyone know if Joni Mitchell had anything to do with this band's name? --Coolcaesar (talk) 18:59, 29 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: This is covered in the second paragraph in the History section of the article. Arthur Janov, a psychologist, wrote a book proposing that patients sat in a chair and shouted, screamed etc, as a way of catharsis for past problems. The book is called Primal Scream Therapy, and one of the lines in the book states "...all we have now are tears for fears." Hence why the single Shout, from the album Songs from the Big Chair. The joy of all things (talk) 22:02, 29 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: The way you explain it makes it very clear, but that's not in the History section of the article, which merely mentions primal therapy.  At some point the article should be edited to express that point.  Thanks for the clarification. --Coolcaesar (talk) 05:56, 1 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where did they get their name? 

message: I just wanted to make an observation on the individuals we have credited as being members of Tears for Fears on this page.
On page 6 of the accompanying booklet to the Super Deluxe Edition of The Seeds of Love there is the following comment from Curt Smith on Ian Stanley's departure from the project:
"To be honest, if I remember correctly, Ian wanted to be a third member of the band, and that was never going to work. He placed too many demands, I think. He wanted more input and to basically take the same as Roland and me. We didn't want to have a third member of the band - it's hard enough just the two of us! Because we'd been in a band before Tears For Fears, we had no desire to be in one again."
This would seem to imply that Stanley and Manny Elias were never actually band members, despite their much greater presence on the first two albums than the session musicians that accompanied Roland Orzabal and Smith (when the latter was present) from The Seeds of Love-onward, in which case they should arguably be removed from areas of the page where they are cited as being members (i.e. the infobox).
Any thoughts? Sburbridge92 (talk) 20:17, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: It could be that there needs to be a distinction made between members, and "touring members", i.e. those in the band for extended periods when they perform live, but not during writing and recording.  This is common enough on other articles.  But sources will be needed, of course. --Escape Orbit (Talk) 11:38, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Band members 

message: I think Tears For Fears (as is the case on band website and a number of album covers, rather than Tears for Fears? 92.22.15.103 (talk) 19:38, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  For should have capital F?