and the original is better 
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As an 80s pop fan Iād agree 
I just went back and watched the YT video for Tears for Fearsā original version and it just feelsā¦ wrong. Fast upbeat tempo and synths while being very melancholy with the lyrics and video.
That conflict is part of what makes it great and drives home the theme. Outstanding use of synth pads too.
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Youāre American I think @kamikos so Iām guessing unlike me you didnāt grow up listening to and obsessed by British 80s pop synth based music. Buying albums from Woolworths and then scouring car boot sales for other records.
I have an overly sentimental attachment to this music even though my more mature listening tastes can see the issues with some of it. But itās still my preference, as so many other memories are indelibly associated with it. Iām not unique in this respect.
Youāll have music from your local radio growing up that Iāve never heard because we both grew up pre internet.
Iām also amused by @K_Miller gatekeeping the Gary Jules interpretation as if itās the definitive version.
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The actual music in the song is fantastic with the contrast between the percussion and the melody versus the super dark pad. And then with Orzabalās vocals over it. Masterpiece
I didnāt like much of their stuff (basically that song and Pale Shelter) but as an electroindustrial/goth/post-punk kid I loved that song.
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Since a couple of other songs have been referenced in this thread, Iāll share this one that I was reminded of because of their drummer. I think it fits in. The LimiƱanas, a cool French band with a Spanish name. Theyāve been around for quite awhile.
I am, and I typically love TFFās stuff. I basically grew up on 80s new wave. I think in this case with this one song going back to the original after the Gary Jules version just doesnāt hit the same anymore. Itās kind of akin to the song āHurtā by Nine Inch Nails. After Johnny Cash did his cover, even Trent Reznor was like āthat song isnāt mine anymoreā.
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OMG, I never knew that, listening to it for the first time.
This is kinda how people must feel like who for years thought Marilyn Mansonās Down in the Park is the original.
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I think the original hits way harder.
Back to Blue Monday. If I slung my bass that low, Iād be a walking case study of repetitive motion injuries.
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thatās not even low by Hooky standards 
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That reminds me of a quote from the tall President Lyndon Baines Johnson, when asked by a reporter why he traveled with a custom chair with taller than normal legs.
LBJ: So my hog donāt drag.
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Low is to the knees. I watched him play Love Will Tear Us Apart with his bass at his knees.
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Same here!
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