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About Me

I AM NOT ROLAND ORZABAL. I AM NOT TRYING TO BE ROLAND ORZABAL. YOU CANNOT CONTACT ROLAND ORZABAL THROUGH THIS PAGE. THIS PAGE WAS CREATED BY A FAN ONLY! I HOPE ONE DAY HE WILL SEE THIS PAGE. Now that I have all of the technical stuff over with: ALL ROLAND ORZABAL AND TEARS FOR FEARS FANS WELCOME!



My Interests

Photography, music, writing, producing, composing

IF YOU LOVE ROLAND AS MUCH AS I DO, YOU HAVE TO WATCH THIS VIDEO




I'd like to meet:



John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison

ELEMENTAL

STAND BY ME with Julian Lennon

CLOSEST THING TO HEAVEN

LOW LIFE

START OF THE BREAKDOWN (live '83)

LAID SO LOW (TEARS ROLL DOWN)

VARIOUS INTERVIEWS

Music:



Movies:

The Karate Kid, Part II (1986) - writer/producer: "FISH FOR LIFE"
Peter's Friends (1992) - writer: "Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Boxing Helena (1993) - writer: "WOMAN IN CHAINS"
Threesome (1994) - writer/producer: "NEW STAR"
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997) - writer: "EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD"
Greenfingers (2000) - "Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
Donnie Darko (2001) - writer: "Head over Heels", "Mad World"
Honey (2003) - writer: "Rule"
Trollywood (2004) - writer: "Mad World"
Fever Pitch (2005) - writer: "Who Killed Tangerine?"
Sky High (2005) - writer: "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
Tjenare kungen (2005) - writer: "MAD WORLD"
Click (2006) - writer: "Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
World in Conflict (2007) - writer: "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
From IMDB.com
SCENES FROM THE BIG CHAIR
The Working Hour
SHOUT - LIVE BROADCAST FROM JAPAN

Television:

"BBC TV Cricket" (1983) TV series (unknown episodes)

"Top of the Pops" as Tears For Fears (12 episodes, 1982-1993)

"Rockopop" .... as Tears for Fears (1 episode, 1990)

"Live at Knebworth" (1990) as Tears For Fears

"Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show" as Tears For Fears (1 episode, 2004)

"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" as Tears For Fears (1 episode, 2004)

"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (1 episode, 2005) Room Service TV episode (writer: "Mad World")

"Kelly" as Tears For Fears (1 episode, 2005)

"Breakfast" as Tears For Fears (1 episode, 2005)

"Live with Regis and Kelly" as Tears For Fears (1 episode, 2005)

"Tout le monde en parle" as Tears For Fears (1 episode, 2005)

"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (1 episode, 2005)Composer for A Bullet Runs Through It, Part 1 (2005) TV episode

From IMDB.com

Books:

DISCOGRAPHY
Acting My Age Released under the band name Graduate in 1979(?)
The Hurting Released as Tears For Fears: March 25, 1983
Songs from the Big Chair Released as Tears For Fears: February 27, 1985
The Seeds of Love Released as Tears For Fears: September 27, 1989
Elemental Released as Tears For Fears (without Curt Smith): June 22, 1993
Raoul and the Kings of Spain Released as Tears For Fears (without Curt Smith): October 16, 1995
Saturnine, Martial and Lunatic Released as Tears For Fears: 1996
Tomcats Screaming Outside Released as Roland Orzabal: April 2, 2001
Everybody Loves a Happy Ending Released as Tears For Fears with Curt Smith: September 14, 2004
VIDEO DISCOGRAPHY (Tears For Fears)
1983 The Videosingles (Mad World, Change, Pale Shelter)
1984 In My Mind's Eye (Live at the London Hammersmith Odeon)
1985 Scenes from the Big Chair
1990 Sowing the Seeds (The Seeds of Love videosingles)
1990 Tears for Fears: Live at Knebworth '90 (Change, Badman's Song, Everybody Wants to Rule the World)
1990 Going to California (Live from Santa Barbara)
1992 Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82-92)
2003/5 Tears for Fears - 20th century/Universal Masters (two minor video collections that include some post-1992 promos not available on the "Tears Roll Down" compilation)
2006 Secret World (Live in Paris 2005, incl. DVD)
Work as a producer/songwriter In addition to co-producing most of Tears for Fears' records, Orzabal also produced Oleta Adams' successful album "Circle Of One" (1990) along with Dave Bascombe, following on from Adams' collaboration on the 1989 Tears for Fears album The Seeds Of Love. The album reached #1 in the UK and was top 20 in the US. Orzabal also co-wrote the lead track "Rhythm of Life" for the album, which was initially intended for The Seeds Of Love. He also appeared in the song's accompanying music video.
In 1999, Orzabal also co-produced the Icelandic singer/songwriter Emiliana Torrini's acclaimed album Love In The Time Of Science, along with Tears for Fears associate Alan Griffiths. The pair also wrote two tracks for the album.
Although he did not produce it, Orzabal's talents as a songwriter were recognised again in recent years after Gary Jules' cover version of the song Mad World became the Christmas #1 single in the UK in 2003. It is taken from the soundtrack of the film Donnie Darko. The song was originally composed by Orzabal and was Tears for Fears' first hit single in 1982.
From Wikipedia

Heroes:

Caroline Orzabal, Raoul and Pascal, Curt Smith, John Lennon

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My Blog

Temporarily away.... and some TFF Megamix!

I just wanted to let everyone know that I will be moving to a new (and AWESOME) town tomorrow, so I might not be back on for a little bit... at least until I can get internet connection set up at our ...
Posted by Roland on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 02:20:00 PST

2004 Interview with Roland (Real Audio)

THIS STORY LAST UPDATED: 10 March 2004 Roland Orzabal of recently reunited 80s art-rockers - Tears for Fears granted BBC Wiltshire an exclusive interview. Think of 80s music and the band Tears for ...
Posted by Roland on Fri, 16 May 2008 01:51:00 PST

Tears For Fears ~*~!MiXuPs!~*~

Tears for Fears Mix part 1 Tears for Fears Mix part 2 Tears For Fears - Shout [Ultra Hot Razor Cut-Dub Multi Mix] Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule [Open Air Dub Mix...
Posted by Roland on Thu, 01 May 2008 03:47:00 PST

Tears For Fears on the TODAY Show

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Posted by Roland on Thu, 01 May 2008 12:04:00 PST

Roland’s Interview on Tomcats Screaming Outside (4/2001)

Former British duo, Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith - "Tears For Fears" - swept the charts in the '80s with mega hits such as "Shout", "Everybody Wants To Rule The World", and "Sowing The Seeds  Of...
Posted by Roland on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:17:00 PST

Great Roland Interview!

Thank you Nourset and Oh My Angel, Woman Child (ileniaorzabal) for the video! This is a spectacular find! ...
Posted by Roland on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:27:00 PST

One Song, Two Voices, Two Versions

I like the way you can hear the differences in the vocal arrangements between Roland and Curt. Thanks NOURSET for the video.Everybody Wants To Rule The World:Sung by Curt (Original): Sung by...
Posted by Roland on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:34:00 PST

Songs From the Very, Very, Very Big Chair!

I ran across this today. I found it to be rather comical.ENJOY!...
Posted by Roland on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 04:19:00 PST

Music by Roland Orzabal

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Posted by Roland on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:51:00 PST

Happy Easter to all of Roland’s Virtual Shrine Friends!

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Posted by Roland on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 06:25:00 PST