HOW TEARS FOR FEARS CHANGED MY LIFE

I wish to tell you about how my life changed, forever, for the better, in 1982.

At the time I was in an unfulfilling marriage and lived in a semi detached house in Leek in Staffordshire in England. I had a job in a building society.

I was preparing my husband Barry's evening meal when I had what is now known as an epiphany.

In our kitchen we had a small portable television. As I was chopping some onions Top Of The Pops was on it. David Kid Jensen introduced this clip.

Hearing the song Mad World for the first time literally changed my life. I was drawn, magnetically, not to the singer of the song Kurt Smith but to the other member of Tears For Fears, Roland Orzabal. He had such a magnetic presense that I knew that my life had changed forever. His dancing was spectacular in my opinion. Later I read about shamens, and I now know that to me, Roland was a shaman. I had lost all my inhibitions and life would never be the same again. Although some of the comments about Roland's dancing under the YouTube clip are not very nice and make me angry because they are not very respectful of him.

The epiphany led to me leaving my husband and moving to Bath, home of Tears For Fears. I got a job in a sweet shop, which eventually closed down, and another sweet shop where I have been working ever since. For some time I camped outside Roland Orzabal's house, because I felt that we have a spiritual connection. Occassionally he would nod to me as he left the house, as if he "knew".

I changed my name from Glenda Griffiths (my maiden name before I became Glenda Bracewell) to Glenda Griffiths Orzabal, in honour of Roland Orzabal of Tears For Fears.

When Roland moved to America, I was devastated. This is the way we treat our stars in Britain, so badly that they have to move to America.

I however still live in Bath, which to me is the spiritual home of Tears For Fears, and where I met my current husband, Clive Tidworth. He too used to go on the Tears For Fears Extreme Forum and I could feel a bond with him. We grew closer and, unbelievibly, he didn't live that far away from Bath! It was as if we were both on the same cosmic leyline or something!

Clive has changed his name to Clive Tidworth Orzabal in honour of Roland Orzabal of Tears For Fears.

Unlike me, however, he doesn't have exactly the same date of birth as Roland Orzabal! Still, you can't have everything can you!

WELCOME

Hello.

Let me introduce my weblog.

It is a weblog devoted to what in my opinion is the greatest pop group in the history of pop music - TEARS FOR FEARS.

I hope that I will be able to share the joy of Tears For Fears with all of you around the world and that we will come to a greater understanding through the years.

I feel compelled to share my devotion of Tears For Fears with you because of my appearances on the Tears For Fears EXTREME Forum. "Why don't you start a blog, Glenda,with you profound understanding of Tears For Fears?" several people said.

I was also shocked at the ignorant attitude of some people towards Tears For Fears.

The person who wrote this for example. I sent a comment complaining about it to their weblog but was completely ignored.

All I can say is TEARS FOR FEARS FANS WILL TAKE OVER THE WORLD. WE WILL NOT BE HELD BACK.

I will be writing more soon. I look forward to your comments or feedback and hope you will all come to regard me as a friend and Tears For Fears as your favourite band, if they are not so already.

Thank you for reading.