Song Lyric of the Day (Tears for Fears, on What to do When ‘Nothing Ever Lasts Forever’)

“Help me make the most

 Of freedom and of pleasure

Nothing ever lasts forever.” — “Everybody Wants to Rule the World,” written by Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley and Chris Hughes, from the Tears for Fears CD Songs From the Big Chair (1985)

Quote of the Day (Tears for Fears’ Charlton Pettus, on a Rock Band’s ‘Tour Bubble’)

“Here's the thing, bands on tour tend to devolve into older models of hominid society. Much older. Think hunter-gatherers, Crusaders, shrieking Dothraki hordes, or, more reasonably, Dust Bowl circus carnies, traveling town to town, entertaining (and swindling) the rubes. The point is, there is a natural tendency to focus all feelings of community within the tour bubble and to dehumanize the world outside.” ―Tears for Fears guitarist Charlton Pettus, “What a Difference a Jet Makes on a Rock Trip,” The New York Times, Oct. 20, 2019