I've always considered this tune to be an absolute masterpiece. I actually have it identified at the ending of my award-winning screenplay "Post-Mortem Narrative" as follows: "Woman in Chains" by Tears For Fears begins to play as we FADE OUT.
@@michaelasay8587 Ronald Lamont Canfield. I've actually written three award-winning screenplays; in fact, after my screenplay "Fate's Intervention" was an Official Selection for the 2022 Los Angeles CineFest Film Festival, they invited me to be a Guest Judge at the 2023 Festival held earlier this year. Quite an honor and quite the experience. However, none of my three scripts have yet been picked up by producers, so in the interim I am in the pre-production phase of a short film based on my short story "Life's Reflections - A Fateful Weekend."
@@user-ts6xn5mq8q best of luck! I’ll keep an eye out for you. Thanks for finding the “courage to create” (Rollo May). Tears for Fears: astounding. What can I say? Roland Orzabal is incredible. I’ve been listening to them since I heard “Change” playing in a record store in 1982/83. The album “Elemental” has been my saving grace. Cheers!
Just saw Tears For Fears two weeks ago at Saratoga. NO Olete Adams but a wonderful singer duetting on Woman In Chains was the highlight of a fantastic concert
I bought two Oleta Adam`s albums on the strength of this song, thanks to Roland and Curt we might never have heard of Oleta, never heard the song live either!
You pretty much nailed the meaning behind this beautiful but sad song… the part that always gets me is “sells the only thing she owns” … in the video you see her as an exotic dancer… it’s like her body is the only thing she has that’s her own under oppression. “So free her” repeated also grabs me. We hope she’s freed… Powerful song and great reaction !
So glad you found a live performance and reason to revisit this, Harri! I hadn't seen this video, so that was a treat as well. Thanks, and great reaction!
What a wonderful album, My wife and I would play the entire disk during family vacation road trips with our four daughters. Many years later they still talk about those roads trips and of course they repeat those wonderful lyrics. So Blessed!
I just went to the St Louis show last Thursday. 4th Time I've seen them. Their voices still sound amazing and the band, as always is impeccable and the mixing was really good. A great show if you can still catch them this tour.
You hit on all the points of this live performance. Saw them perform this on the original tour. Debbie Harry opened in the U.S. I still have the concert program. This album stands the test of time. Along with Songs From The Big Chair, an album I go back to regularly.
Good review of a beautiful song. I think the song isn't about any one woman in particular, my interpretation is that the song is about how women have been oppressed in a 'mans' world. I really enjoy your Tears For Fears reviews and hope you do more. I'd love to hear your thoughts on the new material Tears For Fears released in 2022, especially the song The Tipping Point which is about the death of Roland's wife in 2017, both Roland and Curt sing lead vocal throughout and their voices blend beautifully. Keep up the good work.
@@michaelasay8587 Yes, this was my first time hearing Oleta. My best guess is that I missed the bus....maybe😎. One of the things that I enjoy the most is coming across a new performer, group, genre, etc. The quest never ends, and I am 71.
This song,, along with all of the others on this album, are about the different sides of masculinity. We have "woman in chains" in the masculine mentality.
Such a gorgeous tune, so mysteriously wonderful. Oleta's voice elevates the entire performance. But both voices carry so much emotion and pathos. Perfect for the movie. Yes, she is abused. An off-beat (pardon the pun) factoid is that Phil Collins played drums on the studio recording. Obviously he could not schedule for the video, but Manu Katché was a fine 'stand-in'. lol When Collins retired from Genesis, started a big band. Oleta sang with his band on one of the tours. The great Tony Bennett (who passed away today at the age of 96) toured the first year with the same big band directed by Quincy Jones with Phil on drums.
