onomasticator wrote: 
As a child of the 80s, I see no conflict between enjoying the gems while giving most of the decade the musical burial it so richly deserves.  Lord knows I paid my dues at the time.  

 rabaak wrote: 

I love both versions, I just love this song! 9 -> 10!

Wow....love this little ditty and haven't heard it in years.  Ironic that he sounds so happy while considering offing himself....

yuck.

I have a lot of good memories of this song. I used to have a live version of this on one of the Secret Policemen's Ball recordings. The Secret Policemen's Other Ball perhaps? Great version. Good song.

I think the acoustical version on the 15 minutes album is a lot better than this 80's version

 I love the opening riff - so instantly identifiable.  Yes, a lot of the 80s stuff had too hard production sound - almost clinically hard.  But it was  time of the emergence of digital media (CD) and hard'n'bright was the order of the day.

Wouldn't want hear it too much...

Loved it madly the first time I heard and it and that has not changed one bit! Gets a 9 from me!

The comments on this song have a bizarre pattern in their time stamps. They are reproduced below. For at least the past number of months, it seems to be commented on in advancing days: May 7th, Jun 8th, Aug 10th, Sep 11th, Oct 12th, Nov 13th, Dec 14th, Jan 15th, But today is Feb 15, not 16th, alas.

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I think people are too hard on the '80s.  Yes, it's all so dated and ridiculously produced, but people had new toys and they were ambitious. I hate most of what came out of the era, but there were some gems that were something special.  Some albums I treasure.  

Then Nirvana came along . . . and that was that.

Rarely to I leave RP...but its time for a little Pandora.

 Sjaaks wrote: 

Hehe! I was surprised too ... but I am not saying this in a judgmental way

I'm just looking forward to the next tune ...

How is it that this gets played at RP?!

This is something for your local '80's radio station but not RP! C'mon!!!

There is another version of this by Nik Kershaw that is more acoustical and is much better in my opinion. I think it is on one of his newer albums

Love this song.  The Nik Kershaw video on youtube is pretty cool for the time.  Doesn't that little tin whistle or celeste riff (I can't tell what that syn sound is supposed to be) pop up in an Eric Clapton song?  Can't remember which one.  It just always reminds me of this. 

C'mon, admit it: the kind of song that you end up singling along to in the car.

 pummisher wrote: 
I knew that if I went back far enough in these comments, I'd find someone who would tell me what song this reminds me of!  I used to love that Paul Janz song!

Always loved this song!

Fun tune from my youth.....thanks for bringing it back!

I always liked this.

 EaLaSpada wrote: 
Yes, it does have a little Partridge Family quality to it.

 Krispian wrote: 
and watching Stu Jefferies on that Saturday night music video show!

Maybe not the greatest song in the world, but for the love I had of it when I was 12, I give it a "7". Yay for Nik and nostalgia!

Serious time-warp!

Yuck.  Maybe give it another 20 years.

 FilmSurgeon wrote: 
The Danny Hutton Hitters
I still have my soundtrack on vinyl. 

Man, does this sound dated. Blech.

Ahhh great college memories. Haven't heard this in 20 years. Thanks.
80's politics aside, it's great 80's British pop. 

Whoooa! Flashbacks...!