Tears for Fears
#2 Memories Fade
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupMemories Fade · Tears For FearsThe Hurting℗ 1983 Mercury Records LimitedReleased on: 1999-01-01Producer, Associat...
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Appears - The Hurting
Year - 1983
UK Highest Chart Position - Album Track
US Highest Chart Position - Album Track
Key Lyric - The more I talk
The more I say
The less you seem to hear
I'm speechless in a most peculiar way
Your mind is weak
Your need is great
And nothing is too dear
For you to use to take the Pain away
Memories Fade
No don't pretend you can justify the end
Memories fade but the scars still linger
Notes
1- When I first heard this song I was blown away. Any of us who have had less than ideal childhoods and are introspective by nature….this song just hits home. At first I thought it was just me, but this song hits a lot of people hard. The band have lightened up a lot after their awful childhoods and like most of us we dont get the perspective of parenthood until we become one ourselves. Then some understanding happens or as Roland himself put it “Being a parent is ****ing hard”
2- This album cut about the scars from a broken relationship is rooted in primal therapy, created by psychologist Arthur Janov, whose work formed the basis of The Hurting. Janov dealt with childhood trauma and repressed memories, which Tears For Fears' Roland Orzabal was pondering when he wrote the song. He explained in the album's liner notes: "The whole notion of repression in psychology is that although things are shoved to the back of one's mind, they still exert a force on your behavior, creating phobias, depression, insecurities... You're using up energy when you're repressing things, which could be used for far better things, like a forehand volley!"
3- Following the death of Kanye's mother Donda West, his mentor
No I.D. was contacted by American rapper
Malik Yusef, who told him to spend time with the artist.[1] The producers were credited for writing the song, alongside
Roland Orzabal of English
pop rock band
Tears for Fears, who received credit due to the
interpolation of "Memories Fade".[2]
On October 16, 2008, West premiered an excerpt of "Coldest Winter" on
Power 106 in Los Angeles.[3] He remembered sitting around and listening to
1980s music, discovering "Memories Fade" from Tears for Fears' 1983 debut album
The Hurting and instantly thinking: "That's it. Right here."[4][5] No I.D. also said that he played "the whole section" to West, who proposed to change one word. However, No I.D. admitted to having "had no idea [West would] keep it as is", even though he realized the track was something special upon first listen.[4] According to record producer
40, Canadian musician
Drake"became crazily obsessed" with the melody on "Coldest Winter", which encouraged him to pay attention to the band.[6] This ultimately led to Drake
sampling fellow The Hurting track "Ideas as Opiates" on his third mixtape
So Far Gone, released in 2009.[6] Speaking to the
Herald Sun in December 2017,
Curt Smith of Tears for Fears saw it as "incredibly cool" and "very interesting" that West utilized work from the album despite him being of a "completely different genre" to the band.
4- Featuring the key Janovian philosophy, “Memories fade but the scars still linger,” this track was liberally ‘sampled’, with largely new lyrics, by Kanye West for Coldest Winter on 808s & Heartbreak. “I was surprised because he didn’t really ask,” says Orzabal. “But when we do it live, we now use the Kanye West intro.” “As a tongue-in-cheek ‘F*** you!’” Smith adds. “We played live in Orange County a couple of years ago, and our nanny – who’s younger and looks after my two kids when we’re working – came backstage and said, ‘That’s fantastic you did that Kanye West song!’”
Where to find
The Hurting - 6
Songs from the Big Chair - 5
The Seeds of Love - 2
Elemental - 1
Raoul and the Kings of Spain - 1
Everybody Loves a Happy Ending - 5
Ready Boy and Girls - 1
The Tipping Point - 4
Greatest Hits only - 1
B- Sides - Other/Non Album Songs - 4
Year
1981 - 2
1982 - 1
1983 - 6
1984 - 1
1985 - 3
1986 - 1
1989 - 2
1993 - 1
1995 - 2
2004 - 5
2014 - 1
2017 - 1
2021 - 1
2022 - 3
Last one is kind of obvious.
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In fact, the two bands even feuded over the lyrics to I Was a Teenage Anarchist (with Rise Against joining the "Against Me! are lame sellouts" chorus.
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