I claim this jam as my own. If you listen closely to the lyrics of this jam, you'll see that it is something of an Orwellian love story: a cautionary tale obviously inspired by the disastrous domestic policy of the Reagan administration. Had Michael Radford not made his film adaptation of 1984 with an industrial-flavored soundtrack, it may well have featured this jam to play while the credits rolled.
Despite this, Everybody Wants to Rule the World didn't escape a very prominent place in the canon of American Film Soundtracks: for those who you appreciate the filmic equivalent of an obvious jam, I needn't mention the song's use at the end of Real Genius, and how it no doubt transformed our childhoods for the better.
But let us reminisce on that incredibly awesome movie at a later date. Right now it's Tears for Fears time. Admittedly, they had few jams (or, to be fair, a few good 80s anthems), but no one jam from any pre-emo, 80s, "sensitive-boy groups so touches the heart as this proving jam of undying, even rebellious love; love unhindered by the tyranny of the ruling class. Listen up yaul:
btdubs...this video is fucking retarded. What's with Curt Smith's pony tail?! What's with his severely tapered leggings?! Who the fuck are those two dancing black guys just before the coda?! God!!!
Still......that was quite a jam!
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