A video from 2004 would have those same prices.

Happy Birthday to a man from one of the most underrated bands of the 80s.

submitter: check out the gas prices at 3:55

I don't want to wait that long.

Ummm... somehow I got Spin Me Right Round instead??? WTF???

WhyteRaven74: Happy Birthday to a man from one of the most underrated bands of the 80s.

Abso-farking-lootely.

Songs from the Big Chair was a great album.

That gas price was pretty high for back then. I started driving in 1993 and gas was usually .99/gallon. Sometimes there were a couple stations in town that would have price wars and it got down to .75/gallon once in 1995.

/adjusts onion

Now That's What I Call a Taco!: Ummm... somehow I got Spin Me Right Round instead??? WTF???

Dead Or Alive rolled?

$1.45? Where the hell was this?

I paid $0.69 for gas in Phoenix in 1985. Rare and at a station on the far north end of town way outside of Bell Road, but ...

Okay. It was a long time ago.

Good song and video ;)

SpinStopper: $1.45? Where the hell was this?

The Google says it was filmed near Palm Springs.

I recall seeing $0.85 when driving through SC in 2000. $1.45 in 1985 was complaint worthy.

That first place he stops and uses the phone is the same place where "Large Marge" drops off Pee Wee in "his big adventure" movie. you can see the dinosours in the background when he drives off. it's in Cabazon Ca, off the 10 freeway. I used to live fairly close to this place.

/my brothers freind is in the video
//thought that was badass when I was 8

This song always reminds me of Ducktales, as I'm pretty sure the Ducktales theme is ripped off from it. Especially at the bridge.

Am I crazy? (Youtube, pops)

GrooveMonkeyZero: Am I crazy? (Youtube, pops)

Probably. The chord structure isn't nearly the same.

"Kent, this is Jesus..."

John Paul Jones: Probably. The chord structure isn't nearly the same.

I should have said their respective bridges, but I'm willing to acknowledge my insanity.

I did notice one interval in the bridge that was vaguely similar - but man, is that ever a stretch. :)

That was one of my first favorite songs.

I always thought that Manny Elias' drumming was exceptionally tight - I'm assuming it's him in the video, he had the credit on the album.

Songs from the Big Chair was the very first "Cassette" I had ever bought. I mowed some lawns for it. And it was worth every green stained sock.

In '85 I recall seeing one mom 'n' pop gas station selling gas for $0.59. That was the cheapest I've ever seen it.

/Woodside, CA

Great summer song from 85. Also loved that little car he drove around in. What was it an Austin Healy or Martin?

$1.45 in 85? No way, was that in US.

Half that maybe.

Austin Healey 3000 BJ7

I have three different thoughts on the gas price from the video.

1. If I remember correctly we had a substantial rise in prices just before they went to the floor. I remember my father paying .67/gallon around that time and thanking god that the prices had dramatically lowered.

2. The Producer may have purposely changed the sign, probably as a political statement.

3. The station sits in the middle of the farkin' desert. All bets are off.

Of course I am probably wrong on all counts, But I figured I would throw them out there.

/ROUND 1.... FIGHT!

I bought my first gasoline in April of 1985. It was $1.199 for unleaded and $1.149 for "regular" (leaded, no longer sold).

great song

Obviously, the vid was not shot in the US.

duh.


//don't really know where the video was shot.
//australia, maybe?

I remember Mad Magazine having a parody of the Columbia House Record (yes, record) and Tape Company. On of their offerings was Tears for Beers, with "Everybody Wants To Brew the World".

/my lawn
//get off it

A+ Smitty.
Fantastic albums, all of them. But I remember seeing them live at Radio City Music Hall and the show was boring as hell. Didn't make me stop buying their albums though. Very underrated band.
Thanks for the memories!
(Going home to listen to my EWTRTW 12" on the USB turntable tonight!)

Morbidsoul: Songs from the Big Chair was the very first "Cassette" I had ever bought. I mowed some lawns for it. And it was worth every green stained sock.

Excellent recording indeed! Rumor has it that they formed the band to pay off their scream therapy bills. But then again it might have been for the standard rock 'n roll reasons.

Here's Curt Smith at his MySpace page:



Here's another version of "Everybody Wants To Rule The World."

http://www.myspace.com/curtsmithofficial

This song reminds me of "Real Genius"


/cheesy movie was better than the cheesy song

Kent, Kent are you still-----

"check out the gas prices at 3:55"

I was more interested in the El Camino.

(don't think that's a Ranchero)

I've always enjoyed the Negroes dancing in unison in that video. They don't dance in unison nearly enough anymore.

GrooveMonkeyZero: Am I crazy? (Youtube, pops)

You want a song that immediately makes me think of the Ducktales theme? A few seconds into the song. Link (new window) (Swear to god, not a Rickroll)

noheadphones: Obviously, the vid was not shot in the US.

As badscooter pointed out, it appears to have been filmed in the Palm Springs, CA area. At 1:33 he appears to be exiting Interstate 10, which runs through Palm Springs. Also, he stops at the Wheel Inn to use the phone ... Googling "Wheel Inn CA" turned this up: Wheel Inn (pops)

noheadphones

Obviously, the vid was not shot in the US.
//australia, maybe?


In Australia, we don't sell by the gallon. We sell by the litre. Considering in '99, prices were under $1/L, it can't have been here. But people have already confirmed that.

OldManDownDRoad: I always thought that Manny Elias' drumming was exceptionally tight - I'm assuming it's him in the video, he had the credit on the album.

Well, most, if not all, of it was a drum machine, really. Lots of bands had "drummers" put in place just for visual effect.

1) Great song! Even after all these years.

2) What is up with the black guys dancing and the ATV riders?

I could never figure that out

3) I have the 12" remix/extended version and it's excellent.

Songs From The Big Chair is the greatest album of pop music ever recorded. End of discussion. It's also the only Tears For Fears album I own, because I feel like I'd only be let down by their other albums. Crazy. And The Working Hour is my favorite song of all time. I kind of feel like all of music's history sort of coalesced and fused into that one impossibly good song.

If you think that is impressive, subby, you should see the gas prices in the movie Die Hard, when Reginald VelJohnson looks up at the Nakitomi building after he exits the convenience store. And that movie came out in 1988.

JohnCougarMelonhead:Here's Curt Smith at his MySpace page:


Wow, the years have been kind to him since Robocop

/Approves of the song
//Gotta go watch that scene where the kids blow up Jerry's house with popcorn.
///Shameless hotlink.