Mad World Gary Jules

'Mad World' was covered by Michael Andrews and Gary Jules for the film Donnie Darko (2001), achieving a second round of success almost twenty years after the original. While the Tears for Fears version featured various synthesizers and percussion, the Andrews/Jules version was stripped down; instead of a full musical backing, it used only a set of piano chords, a cello, and modest use of a vocoder on the chorus. Their version was originally released on CD in 2002 on the film's soundtrack, but an increasing cult following spawned by the movie's DVD release finally. Gary Jules (born in 1969 in Fresno, California as Gary Jules Aguirre) is an American singer-songwriter. He is best known for his cover of the Tears for Fears song, which was featured in the film Donnie Darko. Gary Jules attended The Bishop's School in La Jolla, California.

Some of his early projects/bands were The Ivory Knights, Woodenfish. Jules started off his solo recording career with the debut. Originally released by A & M, this album slipped through the cracks due to neglect on the label's part.

Contents.Background 'Mad World' was originally written on acoustic guitar when Orzabal was 19 after being inspired to write a song in the vein of 's '. After a few false starts with Orzabal on vocals, he suggested Smith sing it and 'suddenly it sounded fabulous'.' Mad World' was intended to be the B-side for the band's second single ', but their record company stated that 'Mad World' could be a single in its own right. The band then opted to re-record 'Mad World' with producers and, a former drummer with.That came when I lived above a pizza restaurant in and I could look out onto the centre of the city. Not that Bath is very mad – I should have called it 'Bourgeois World'!

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— Curt SmithCurt Smith's ad lib in the song's final chorus resulted in a. Smith clarified the actual lyric in 2010:With Mad World's again-resurgent popularity, I'm getting asked more frequently about the last line on the album version from The Hurting, a line which I occasionally also sing in concert. The actual line is: 'Halargian world.'

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(Not 'illogical world', 'raunchy young world', 'enlarging your world', or a number of other interesting if not amusing guesses.) The real story: Halarge was an imaginary planet invented by either Chris Hughes or Ross Cullum during the recording of The Hurting. I added it as a joke during the lead vocal session, and we kept it. And there you have it. — Curt Smith Meaning The song was influenced by the theories of, author of, and the lyric 'the dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had' suggests that dreams of intense experiences such as death will be the best at releasing tension. Song versions The 7' version of 'Mad World' is the same mix of the song found on The Hurting. The song had only one on its initial release, the World Remix that was featured on a 7' double-single.

This mix is very similar to the album version, with the most notable differences being the additional echo added to the intro and middle sections and the subtraction of a subtle keyboard part from the bridge. A later remix by noted British music producer Afterlife was featured on the 2005 reissue of the Tears for Fears greatest hits collection.B-side 'Ideas as Opiates' is a song that originally served as the B-side to the 'Mad World' single, and was later re-recorded for inclusion on The Hurting.

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The song takes its name from a chapter title in 's book Prisoners of Pain and features lyrics related to the concept of. The song is musically sparse, featuring just a piano, drum machine, and saxophone. An alternative version of this song titled 'Saxophones as Opiates' was included as a B-side on the 12' single and is mostly instrumental.That's the chapter from Janov, and it's really a reference to people's mindsets, the way that the can suppress so much nasty information about oneself – the gentle way that the mind can fool oneself into thinking everything is great. Curt Smith in the 'Mad World' music videoThe promotional video for 'Mad World' was filmed in late summer 1982. It was Tears for Fears' first music video, and features a gloomy looking Curt Smith staring out of a window while Roland Orzabal dances outside on a lakeside jetty. A brief party scene in the video features friends and family of the band, including Smith's mother as well as his then-wife Lynne.According to Curt Smith, 'When we made the video in a country estate on the cheap, we bussed all our friends and family up from Bath and had a fun day. The woman who's having the birthday party in the video is my mum.'