Song of the Day 3/3: Tears for Fears, “Shout”

This seems to be a preferred response to the Trusk administration. Though Tears for Fears took its name from Arthur Janov’s writings about his primal scream therapy, Roland Orzabal said it’s a general protest song. That could be because after Orzabal and bandmate Curt Smith met Janov they decided he was a self-promoting asshole.

The Insane Clown Posse covered the song in their typical aggro fashion in 2012, making it a much more pointed protest song than the original ever was.