Okay, I feel like an absolute idiot and please feel free to agree. I was a big TFF fan back in the 80s but for whatever reason I completely blocked out the fact that Curt and not Roland sang lead on "Everybody Wants to Rule the World". I mean, I know Curt was not Andrew Ridgeley but I just think it is weird for some reason, maybe it's because Curt sounds so much like Roland. They were like vocal twins or something. I realize this thread has nowhere to go but I couldn't believe that I either didn't know that or couldn't remember that.

Curt's voice is not bad but Roland's is amazing, in my opinion. Roland also wrote 99.9% of their songs.

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Big TFF fan here!

I prefer Roland over Curt- even on their solo projects.

Well don't I feel silly...I never knew that was Curt singing lead on "Everybody Rules The World" either. That's my #1 favorite song of theirs, however, I have to agree with the others on here....Curt's voice is pretty good but Roland's voice is hypnotizing and it has more range.

Yall must never seen the music video. I don't think Curt & Roland sound alike though.

MickyDolenz said:

Yall must never seen the music video. I don't think Curt & Roland sound alike though.

Well that's the thing. I saw the video hundreds of time when I was 13 and then, over the last 10 years, not a whole lot. In my mind, I did not remember back to the video which was basically the Curt show, with Roland chiming in here or there every once in a while. So when I YouTubed it I was shocked.

I am not a TFF junkie or anything; big fan of "Songs from the Big Chair", loved "Sowing the Seed of Love" but would classify myself as a casual fan. So I just remembered them being like every other 2 main guys in the group, like Wham and Pet Shop Boys. One guy sings and one guy is completely mute. Now I have to go back and watch all of my favorite 80s videos to see if there are any other surprises.

They a great band, i just started to apprciate them much later...but yeah, i never know he was the lead on this song. So he wasn't andrew ridgley. Did Andrew actually have any input of any Wham record? Not sure if he even played guitar

GottaLetitgo said:

Okay, I feel like an absolute idiot and please feel free to agree. I was a big TFF fan back in the 80s but for whatever reason I completely blocked out the fact that Curt and not Roland sang lead on "Everybody Wants to Rule the World". I mean, I know Curt was not Andrew Ridgeley but I just think it is weird for some reason, maybe it's because Curt sounds so much like Roland. They were like vocal twins or something. I realize this thread has nowhere to go but I couldn't believe that I either didn't know that or couldn't remember that.

Really?

Curt = EBWTRTW, Mad World, Pale Shelter, Change

Roland = Shout, Mothers Talk, Head Over Heels,

Both Sowing The Seed of Love.

Curt is a mean base player too.