A lot of us... getting today's folks to open their ears and HEAR the beauty of The Righteous Brothers hit Unchained Melody, Jimi Hendrix, Etta James, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison... no autotune, no overdub, no tape mix... just talent, just ability, and a message. I hope they learn that even though modernity... the 80s and the wonderful things that electronics could do, for every crap track put out there were artists like Howard Jones who had a good message and a talent that really didn't need the electronics... they were just going with the flow of the day. Good music has no color, no sex, no age, no type. It is something universal. So I can feel the pain and wrongness of Strange Fruit, the beauty of The First Time (ever I saw your face) the longing of Unchained Melody, the sadness of I'm so lonesome I could cry, Coal miners daughter, I will always love you (dolly and Whitney's version) in dreams, me and Bobby Mcgee, names like Hank Williams sr. , patsy cline, Loretta Lynn, charley pride, etta James, the supremes, Billie Holliday, Sam cooke, al Green, Otis redding, big mama Thornton, willie Nelson, garth Brooks, Janis Joplin, the doors, Roy orbison, Evanescence, Eminem, Tupac, Phil Collins, George Clinton, Howard Jones, heart, led zeppelin, Tracy chapman... I could type forever... if it is good and real and says something, it will be those things whether it is folk, country, bluegrass, blues, r&b, hip hop, soul, disco, rock, metal, electronic, black, white, old, new, ... good is universal and the more we embrace each other the wiser we become. I say turn it up brother, 1962 old white female says to 2024 fellow music lover... turn it up!
Wow, you're not kidding! Of all the technology that has come our way, social media has destroyed innocence! To the days when we were young, innocent with our whole life ahead of us! The best of times!✌️
@@Steve-yo4ld Bollocks. Jesus you people are thick. Kids in the eighteis were terrified they were living in the end days because Reagan was on a mission to destroy the Soviet Union by any means necessary. I remember the protest against the war in 1985 it was international Youth Year. It turns out if you can remember the eighties you obviously werent there. Or you werent paying attention. FOR F!@# SAKE
I remember when this song came out. I was 10 years old and life was a bit simpler but still a struggle. All throughout my school years i was a loner....couldn't make friends to save my life. And thus....no one ever was to blame. Thanks to all who read this for letting me share this.
This is such an amamazing song! I love it and I would love to be your friend. Sometimes the world is an ugly place but I have lots of Sunshine to share 🌻💕💫
It's 1986, I'm 19yo, and it's the last song of the night at Park Ave in Milwaukee, on one of the Thursday night alt nights. I'm in a long black narrow skirt with a high slit and a cream colored vintage silk blouse and combat boots. I have a crush on the friend of a boy I had been dating, but we were more friends than anything. This song comes on and I would think it was kind of cheesy when couples at a punk/alt/goth type club would dance a slow dance, but when he asked me dance I didn't hesitate. We went out a few times after that. I don't really remember a whole lot about what we did or how long it lasted (not long, lol) I'm 56 now. But I can remember this little slice of my life as if I am there. I can picture him, I can even remember how to spell his last name, which is no small feat, Bajczyk. Such a beautiful, innocent, and pleasant memory. Thanks Howard, and thanks Jerry B.
Mine was Myrtle Beach. Graduation 1986. Her name was Julie Guarrino. Gorgeous young lady from Akron Ohio. Blazing red hair and delicate brown skin. We met. The vibes were instantaneous. The waves crashing on the beach….. The moonlight in her hair caressing her soft, warm, silky skin. We spent an entire week running, laughing, playing in the ocean and just really enjoying a life that was so simple and pure. Times then we’re just so much different than now. Our summer came to a close and we parted ways with sadness in our eyes. We stayed in touch but eventually lost contact. To this day I still think of her and that glorious summer and wonder if she does the same….
@@williamharris5957 it's so funny how I can forget entire years but then some moments are as clear as day, and I can recall the music, the smells and what I was wearing and who was there, etc. I had an amazing time in my teens and twenties, total freedom, a little reckless, just enough to keep it interesting. Now when I am driving to work as a teacher, (which I have been for the last 25 years) I sometimes recall moments like these and just smile to myself.
Imagine living your 20s in the 80s....it was one of the best decades in the twentieth century....been there done that including living in Europe for two of them magic years!
Truly think that Howard Jones was one of the most underrated artists of the 80’s. Prolific and gifted, he is an unforgettable man to those of us who were so touched by his music. Can I get a witness?
I will second that. Humans Lib was an amazing album in 1984 followed by second in 1985. I was amazed at how good the songs were and still am really. I am 51 so that is a long time for the music to have burned so brightly in my consciousness.
I'll be your'e witness .... totally brilliant,, music from this era simply cannot be re-created ..!! Just enjoy it while you can .. Cheers from Scotland ..
Here I am at age 52, and I remember this song came out when I was a teenager. This was a great song and brought me back to some good memories. What a great song!! It was great listening to such a melody song which will never get old to listening to.
*This song hits me with so much nostalgia it hurts. We didn't know at the time how great we had it. I guess we all thought it would last forever or even get better, but that was sadly not the case. I love the bass line so much and would give anything to go back to the 8Os. People actually talked in person, nowadays everyone's heads in their phones missing all the best parts of life. Nothing will be like or even compare to the 8Os.Thank you so much Howard Jones.❤❤*
I'm feeling nostalgic. My father fought prostate, bone and brain cancer for 5 years. He grew tired😢. For three weeks he endured death. Died on hospice after 3 days. He was my KING! THE KING OF KINGS TOOK MY KING! I held him and said there was a crown waiting for you. He died July 25th. He went in the hospital the day before my Birthday for 4 pints of blood and had multiple strokes after. He was ready. He introduced me to the word of God. He never knew his father. His father is in heaven. My father is in heaven. Bless everyone seeking. Faith is knowing 💯 As you exist, as so is true.
Was the 80's the greatest decade ever? Yes, it was absolutely magical, no other decade compares, no decades since or that are to come will ever top it.
I've often thought about that. I was born in 1967. Clearly the 1960s and 1970s had so much wonderful pop music, but 1980s music -- with all of its amazing variety -- will always occupy a special place in my heart.
I agree and I was a teen in the 60's. 60's music was revolutionary and the 80's music was so heartfelt and moving. I put it right up there with the 60's.
I was a U.S. Marine when Howard Jones had a string of hits, this song being one. I literally wore out 2 cassettes of his music while stationed at Camp Lejeune! A complicated & stressful time, really. Had my only child during those years - he’s 36 today!
The overproduced 80's sound didn't help. It would be great to hear without all the textured easy-listening keyboards all over the place. I would love a more rock sound to it. That said, I am still moved by it.
@@marcmarc1967 listen to the original album version, which is the version I prefer. I really didn't like that Phil Collins put his fingers all over an already great song. The "click" track is annoying.
I totally get why alot of people were not moved by this song. Thanks for asking.... "His words subtly wreaked of the injustices upon many generations of disenfranchisment, imposed systemic racism, and color line hate placed upon millions of Black men, women, and children of this Nation". Still not satisfactory addressed in this Country to this very day. 🎯👨🏽✈️✈🌍🏆
I’m sorry for your loss! Sounds like she was around my age. In her honor, I’ll hereby appreciate being alive today, despite whatever problems bother me about aging. What I want to know is did she and her brother each buy their own copy of the album, or did they go in on it together? I would have ended up in a fight with my sis trying to share an album.
I think of my best friend in the 80’s when I hear this song. He loved it. He learned to play it on the piano, and he would sing it a lot. My friend tragically died in his early 20’s. He’ll always be a part of my heart and soul. It’s amazing what music does to and for us.
Took me 20 years to hear this. In Michigan I heard it again. The US became my home. Hearing this song again made me remember my childhood. Artists deserve respect for their work.
As a child of the 80s I loved this song, I heard it in the 90s while living a rough life as a working mom. It had a whole new meaning. Its just good. ❤
Give me just one day of life in the 1980s, and I would willingly give up 100 days of life in these times. Those were better days. If I knew then what I know now I would have cherished it all the more .
I was born in 1970, making me a teenager for the entire 80's. It was everything people say it was, and so much more. I feel bad for literally everyone who didn't get to experience what we did.
Split Enz were melodramatic in 'I hope I never' but quietly petulant and ironic at the same time. .. so amusing! They were and remain geniuses as well.
When this song hit the radio in '86 I was 20, living at Myrtle Beach, and somehow met this beautiful, smart redheaded Canadian girl from Peterboro who was down on vacation. We hit it off like mad; an exciting, magic connection that even now, some 36 years later, I remember with a hitch in my breath. But, back then - there were complications - none the least that we lived so far apart, and were so young. In time, of necessity, we moved on. No one was to blame. Still though, and until the day I die, when I hear this song I'll briefly be 20 again, holding her, feeling that magic... Thanks, Howard.
My friend, we live in a parallel universe. I also met a girl (on a cruise) in the summer of 86. I was 16, she was 14. Immediate attraction and fell in love. I was from California, and she was from Georgia. When I got home from the cruise, this song would bring me to tears because I missed her. We met one more time, and then drifted apart. When I hear this song, that meeting comes to life in vivid color.
This made me smile. I had a similar experience with a girl from Charlotte I met at Myrtle Beach got my Dl and went up to take her to her prom. It was so sweet!
It does really depend on the prognosis Mate before You scare monger too much. For instance I have Chinese burns on My old Felka. Everything is fine but Your Mum was quite tight.
@@adrianfox9431 Not exactly. The original version was on the Dream into Action album, which was released in the United States. This version was re-recorded with Phil Collins performing the drums, released on the US EP Action Replay, but the I'm sure this exact single was released worldwide, including in the UK. As far as I can tell, the album version was never released as a single.
"the insecurity is the thing that won't get lost" so true. If you have a heart, this song will hit you. Great song and a true and meaningful, no talking about how much money a gangster has, or calling women bad names, no cussing, this is real music.
The 80's were incredible with songs like this on MTV and the radio, no other decade has produced so many unique songs that touch the soul and pull on your heart strings, for those who grew up with songs like this, we were damn lucky!
We were indeed lucky & spoiled too. These songs were not only incredibly catchy with great melodies & hooks... they pretty much came out every week or two as well. Definitely can’t say that about today’s music.
*May be losing my home by the lake in a couple of days. As I pack up, this song came to mind. Sometimes things just don't go the way we plan. It'll be ok❤*
It'd be the absolutely best to go back & live in the 80s and freeze that time. Best years of my life with the greatest soundtrack to my life. 🎸🥁📻🎼🎶🎵❤️❤️
I was 14 years young when this came out. Let me tell you about the 80's... The only decade that the old, young and in-between will say was the best decade.
So true! It seems like the music in the '80s was much more cross-generational. Popular music on the radio back then was typically written by slightly older, more mature people, with a more uplifting and appealing message than today's teeniebopper crap.
So did I. I grew up listening to songs like this on the radio. Cyndi Lauper, Richard Marx, Billy Joel and many others that were in their prime during the 80's. Their music is timeless and we were blessed to grow up with such rich, soul churning music.
I just sent this song to my best friend from school....she looooved Howard Jones...I got an immediate response of laughter....what a great time the 80's were to grow up in🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺❤
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Me and my forever broken heart in the 80's, I feel this song and I can sing every word as it plays, but I CAN'T tell you one line, it just rolls out my brain.
Such a beautiful song... about the "what if's" in life and true longing. I remember when this came out in the 80s... I've grown to appreciate it more over the years. Truly timeless
This is one of those songs that takes me back to being a happy kid growing up in Stewartsville, NJ. God do I miss those days. I would give anything to have them back.
Forever in my heart. This song reminds of a time when I was happy, young, and living with all my siblings and parents. I wish there was a time machine. I'd go back to the 80's in a heartbeat.
This is by far one my favorite songs, "Doctor says you're cured but you still feel the pain, Aspirations in the clouds but your hopes go down the drain, And you want her and she wants you"
I knew the 80’s were unique as they were happening. Spent countless hours video taping my favorite videos. Still have a working vhs machine and watch them a lot. Some not available today. Would not take 30K dollars to give them up. Yes the 80’s were magic.
I actually heard this on the radio a few months ago for the first time ever and I’ve been listening to radio regularly since the 90s. I had a glorious trip to work when that song came on.
How many miles...how many years...thud song is personal to me about things I'll never forget nor discuss...but everytime...I sing along..the memories and the love and failures are remembered...thanks Mr Jones ...how perfect this song is...
This is by far my favorite Howard Jones song.Such creative lyrics and relatability to this masterpiece.Love Phil Collins percussion talent and harmonies in this too
I'm not here to tell my sad story but this song helped me through the hardest time in my life. Thanks for writing amazing music, it helps people make it through.
This is one of the deepest songs out of the 80s that missed alot of peoples radars...absolutely perfect lyrics and percussion work. Will always be a favorite!
Ive always loved this as a kid...now it is helping me keep my sanity as an adult. This song speaks to my soul and speaks for ALL misunderstood but good hearted and well intentioned people of the world...Played it five times in a row.
I remember this song from my senior year in 1986 ! Haven't heard it in years! What memories it brings back! The 80s were the absolute best decade ever for music 😢
Howard you have given us a treasure chest of beautiful music and we love you! Wishing you a very Happy birthday Howard!🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🎈🎉🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🥳🎉🎉🎉🎉🎈🎉🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🥳🥳🎉🎉🎉🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🥳🥳🥳🎉🎉🥳🎈🎉🥳🎉🏠🎉🥳🎉🎈🥳🎈🏠🎈
15 years old and confused I was when this song came to greet me on the radio. I can’t confess how happy you made me Howard. Thank you, from an an older me.
i was nine when this came out i remember hearing it on the radio in the middle of the night. it was etched in my mind ever since. its been almost 20 years since i heard this song.
I love this song, and the harmony always sounded familiar. Then I had read a while back that Phil Collins played the drums and did backup vocals. He's my all time favorite singer, and I can hear him when when he joins in on the harmony. Just makes this song even better, I think!
Cheers, peace and love to all of us 80s kids and teenagers who made memories to this song snd can still feel our childhood in our bones when we listen to it now. For me, it was riding my bike up and down the street and hearing some older teenagers playing this around a swimming pool on an old cassette tape playing "boom box". I remember riding my bike in circles to hear it, and then hearing it on the radio in the backseat of my parents old 70 something malibu that whole summer. I wish I'd have known then to cherish those everyday moments.
I have people that have died, old regrets. Many years of repressed emotions and anger. Then I hear this song and can't stop crying. The hate is gone, but the pain still lingers at an emotional level. I have no choice but to cry daily after holding all all these emotions for many years my body just can't hold them in any longer
I was 16 ,when this song came out. I just got out of a children's home. It was very hard to relate to people I the real world. Everything was strictly structured and tough. When, I got out no one would be my friend. I remember this song as to my life circumstance.I had a hard time trusting people around me .I always considered my own song .Thank you for sharing
Who's here in 2024?
A lot of us... getting today's folks to open their ears and HEAR the beauty of The Righteous Brothers hit Unchained Melody, Jimi Hendrix, Etta James, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison... no autotune, no overdub, no tape mix... just talent, just ability, and a message. I hope they learn that even though modernity... the 80s and the wonderful things that electronics could do, for every crap track put out there were artists like Howard Jones who had a good message and a talent that really didn't need the electronics... they were just going with the flow of the day. Good music has no color, no sex, no age, no type. It is something universal. So I can feel the pain and wrongness of Strange Fruit, the beauty of The First Time (ever I saw your face) the longing of Unchained Melody, the sadness of I'm so lonesome I could cry, Coal miners daughter, I will always love you (dolly and Whitney's version) in dreams, me and Bobby Mcgee, names like Hank Williams sr. , patsy cline, Loretta Lynn, charley pride, etta James, the supremes, Billie Holliday, Sam cooke, al Green, Otis redding, big mama Thornton, willie Nelson, garth Brooks, Janis Joplin, the doors, Roy orbison, Evanescence, Eminem, Tupac, Phil Collins, George Clinton, Howard Jones, heart, led zeppelin, Tracy chapman...
I could type forever... if it is good and real and says something, it will be those things whether it is folk, country, bluegrass, blues, r&b, hip hop, soul, disco, rock, metal, electronic, black, white, old, new, ... good is universal and the more we embrace each other the wiser we become. I say turn it up brother, 1962 old white female says to 2024 fellow music lover... turn it up!
I am physically living this song right now
Love this song. Still listening in 2024
27 marzo 2024❤
Just some person who can’t stop asking about who’s here
Gawd I miss the 80's.
Life was so much simpler back then and the music was WAY better.
Wow, you're not kidding! Of all the technology that has come our way, social media has destroyed innocence! To the days when we were young, innocent with our whole life ahead of us! The best of times!✌️
Music was awesome!! So much better
You REALLY werent paying attention. There was no cure for AIDS in the eighties. Oh and you obviously werent gay either.
@@Steve-yo4ld Bollocks. Jesus you people are thick. Kids in the eighteis were terrified they were living in the end days because Reagan was on a mission to destroy the Soviet Union by any means necessary. I remember the protest against the war in 1985 it was international Youth Year. It turns out if you can remember the eighties you obviously werent there. Or you werent paying attention. FOR F!@# SAKE
@@jennawren1672 Yes it was. Except, no Netflix
I remember when this song came out. I was 10 years old and life was a bit simpler but still a struggle. All throughout my school years i was a loner....couldn't make friends to save my life. And thus....no one ever was to blame. Thanks to all who read this for letting me share this.
I was 15-16 no real friends then or now. No one is to blame.
I had just turned 7, remember it like it was yesterday
You're welcome 😊. I was 13. I've loved this song from day one. Hugs from one old soul to another old soul.
This is such an amamazing song! I love it and I would love to be your friend. Sometimes the world is an ugly place but I have lots of Sunshine to share 🌻💕💫
I wasn't a loner then.
But the world has made me become one.
It's 1986, I'm 19yo, and it's the last song of the night at Park Ave in Milwaukee, on one of the Thursday night alt nights. I'm in a long black narrow skirt with a high slit and a cream colored vintage silk blouse and combat boots. I have a crush on the friend of a boy I had been dating, but we were more friends than anything. This song comes on and I would think it was kind of cheesy when couples at a punk/alt/goth type club would dance a slow dance, but when he asked me dance I didn't hesitate. We went out a few times after that. I don't really remember a whole lot about what we did or how long it lasted (not long, lol) I'm 56 now. But I can remember this little slice of my life as if I am there. I can picture him, I can even remember how to spell his last name, which is no small feat, Bajczyk. Such a beautiful, innocent, and pleasant memory. Thanks Howard, and thanks Jerry B.
Mine was Myrtle Beach. Graduation 1986. Her name was Julie Guarrino. Gorgeous young lady from Akron Ohio. Blazing red hair and delicate brown skin. We met. The vibes were instantaneous. The waves crashing on the beach….. The moonlight in her hair caressing her soft, warm, silky skin. We spent an entire week running, laughing, playing in the ocean and just really enjoying a life that was so simple and pure. Times then we’re just so much different than now. Our summer came to a close and we parted ways with sadness in our eyes. We stayed in touch but eventually lost contact. To this day I still think of her and that glorious summer and wonder if she does the same….
We went to rocky point from phx to party in Mexico and there was no rules...if you paid it off.
Thanks for sharing, Dave.
You just summarized the awkwardness of the 80s. I have the same memories from a male perspective
@@williamharris5957 it's so funny how I can forget entire years but then some moments are as clear as day, and I can recall the music, the smells and what I was wearing and who was there, etc. I had an amazing time in my teens and twenties, total freedom, a little reckless, just enough to keep it interesting. Now when I am driving to work as a teacher, (which I have been for the last 25 years) I sometimes recall moments like these and just smile to myself.
I cannot hear this song without feeling complete and total nostalgia for my 80's childhood. I wouldn't trade it for anything.
Exactly!!! Me too!!
I couldn’t agree more. It was a lot simpler time.
Imagine living your 20s in the 80s....it was one of the best decades in the twentieth century....been there done that including living in Europe for two of them magic years!
Well,I must be lucky then because I was 15 - 25 in the 80s 😊.
@@rjjcms1 Being a teenager in the 70s rocked we were the last of the rebels and hippies!🤘✌
Truly think that Howard Jones was one of the most underrated artists of the 80’s. Prolific and gifted, he is an unforgettable man to those of us who were so touched by his music. Can I get a witness?
I will second that. Humans Lib was an amazing album in 1984 followed by second in 1985. I was amazed at how good the songs were and still am really. I am 51 so that is a long time for the music to have burned so brightly in my consciousness.
'80s.
I agree!!
I'll be your'e witness .... totally brilliant,, music from this era simply cannot be re-created ..!! Just enjoy it while you can .. Cheers from Scotland ..
Witnessed
Here I am at age 52, and I remember this song came out when I was a teenager. This was a great song and brought me back to some good memories. What a great song!! It was great listening to such a melody song which will never get old to listening to.
私、1971年生まれの52歳です。
当時、東京都の下の、神奈川県相模原市に住み、高校受験の勉強中でした。
シングル盤を買いに、レコード屋に行った記憶が残っています。
Me to 😊
Absolutely. Just a bit behind you. 86 was a great year for me. Loved this song.
Same here
@@user-ik5iw8tz1hYou Lot over there always seem to have good 80s music taste.
*This song hits me with so much nostalgia it hurts. We didn't know at the time how great we had it. I guess we all thought it would last forever or even get better, but that was sadly not the case. I love the bass line so much and would give anything to go back to the 8Os. People actually talked in person, nowadays everyone's heads in their phones missing all the best parts of life. Nothing will be like or even compare to the 8Os.Thank you so much Howard Jones.❤❤*
Exactly 👍👌🇹🇹
@@Anthony-ss8obiI concur 💯 percent he most definitely stands a breast from all the rest...😂😂😂 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ With his comment...
Agree! Well said. I miss those days so much.
@@kaelinreads6748*You look beautiful in your profile picture Kaelin. It's a beautiful name as well. You are stunning.💯%*
@@victorpeirce4753 Thank you!
I'm feeling nostalgic. My father fought prostate, bone and brain cancer for 5 years. He grew tired😢. For three weeks he endured death. Died on hospice after 3 days.
He was my KING! THE KING OF KINGS TOOK MY KING!
I held him and said there was a crown waiting for you.
He died July 25th. He went in the hospital the day before my Birthday for 4 pints of blood and had multiple strokes after. He was ready. He introduced me to the word of God. He never knew his father. His father is in heaven. My father is in heaven. Bless everyone seeking. Faith is knowing 💯
As you exist, as so is true.
God bless you and may you have a blessed life
Yeah Bless you his Faith to the end got you saved forever.
I'm so incredibly sorry for your loss
@@NSabaNurThat was incredibly sweet to say. May God bless you back ten times!!!
Johnny, he' looking down now saying "Thanks, Son..." May God give you strength...
Was the 80's the greatest decade ever? Yes, it was absolutely magical, no other decade compares, no decades since or that are to come will ever top it.
I've often thought about that. I was born in 1967. Clearly the 1960s and 1970s had so much wonderful pop music, but 1980s music -- with all of its amazing variety -- will always occupy a special place in my heart.
You said it. THE BEST DECADE!
I agree and I was a teen in the 60's. 60's music was revolutionary and the 80's music was so heartfelt and moving. I put it right up there with the 60's.
Agreed
So extremely true. Its difficult to express the feel and the magic of the '80s.
I was a U.S. Marine when Howard Jones had a string of hits, this song being one. I literally wore out 2 cassettes of his music while stationed at Camp Lejeune! A complicated & stressful time, really. Had my only child during those years - he’s 36 today!
Semper fidelis! Thank you for your service Proud Army brat
SEMPER FI! MARINE!
I miss the 80's...The sweet smell of the 80's.
I don't get how so many people were not moved by this beautiful emotional song. This is a master piece! I humbly love this song.
Who do you know that wasn't?
The overproduced 80's sound didn't help. It would be great to hear without all the textured easy-listening keyboards all over the place. I would love a more rock sound to it. That said, I am still moved by it.
@@marcmarc1967 listen to the original album version, which is the version I prefer. I really didn't like that Phil Collins put his fingers all over an already great song. The "click" track is annoying.
I totally get why alot of people were not moved by this song.
Thanks for asking.... "His words subtly wreaked of the injustices upon many generations of disenfranchisment, imposed systemic racism, and color line hate placed upon millions of Black men, women, and children of this Nation".
Still not satisfactory addressed in this Country to this very day. 🎯👨🏽✈️✈🌍🏆
I know. It's the ultimate story of unfulfilled desire.
"Aspirations in the clouds but your hopes go down the drain"
Oof, that line hits me every time 😭
Literally! Makes me cry for my youth years. We were so incredibly lucky to live in such a magical time
Ocassionaly...one finds a magical song, This is one.
Our son and late daughter bought this album in the eighties and played it morning, noon and night, miss you sweetheart.
So sorry for your loss :(
❤
So sorry to hear about your daughter's passing, may she rest in peace, know that she has made heaven a more beautiful place...
I’m sorry for your loss! Sounds like she was around my age. In her honor, I’ll hereby appreciate being alive today, despite whatever problems bother me about aging. What I want to know is did she and her brother each buy their own copy of the album, or did they go in on it together? I would have ended up in a fight with my sis trying to share an album.
"GOD this song has so much truth in it. The words are pure genius. Love that I got to grow up in the 80's.
superior poetics
Me too! Amazing how music can take you back to a time in your life. It’s like a time machine.
Great talent and yes the 80s gave so many different types of music would love to relive it
Blast from the past
Amen Carrie
I think of my best friend in the 80’s when I hear this song. He loved it. He learned to play it on the piano, and he would sing it a lot. My friend tragically died in his early 20’s. He’ll always be a part of my heart and soul. It’s amazing what music does to and for us.
Sorry for writing you, just out of curiosity your page come up on my suggested friend lists so I was just wondering if I knew you from somewhere?
Rest in peace
Never ending memories are pure !
sorry for your loss
@@annetteveronica157 You fake accounts are something else. To try and scam a guy after he posted a heartfelt comment. Gross.
Took me 20 years to hear this. In Michigan I heard it again. The US became my home. Hearing this song again made me remember my childhood. Artists deserve respect for their work.
As a child of the 80s I loved this song, I heard it in the 90s while living a rough life as a working mom. It had a whole new meaning. Its just good. ❤
Don't worry my child 🌹🥂🌌
Give me just one day of life in the 1980s, and I would willingly give up 100 days of life in these times. Those were better days. If I knew then what I know now I would have cherished it all the more .
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I was born in 1970, making me a teenager for the entire 80's. It was everything people say it was, and so much more. I feel bad for literally everyone who didn't get to experience what we did.
Uhm...but actually....oh nm..
Lefty Mason tell me about it that was the one of the greatest era's in music history
Was born in 1965 and No other Decade was even Remotely Close to the 1980's.
Its impossible to be a teen for a decade.
I was born in '70 and know what you mean. So much good music back then...
Howard Jones is an overlooked genius. Great melody, hooks, chorus and lyrics. Deep without being melodramatic or maudlin.
His Songs are like that he had a few his cover of Everlasting Love is a gem despite that Songs been covered so many times
8 Million records sold not counting streaming TH-cam, 16 Million and counting = his grossed income. Not really overlooked..
But melancholic
Split Enz were melodramatic in 'I hope I never' but quietly petulant and ironic at the same time. .. so amusing!
They were and remain geniuses as well.
I wouldn't go that far. If he was such a genius he would have more than a one hit wonder. He's not even a household name.
When this song hit the radio in '86 I was 20, living at Myrtle Beach, and somehow met this beautiful, smart redheaded Canadian girl from Peterboro who was down on vacation.
We hit it off like mad; an exciting, magic connection that even now, some 36 years later, I remember with a hitch in my breath.
But, back then - there were complications - none the least that we lived so far apart, and were so young.
In time, of necessity, we moved on.
No one was to blame.
Still though, and until the day I die, when I hear this song I'll briefly be 20 again, holding her, feeling that magic...
Thanks, Howard.
Love your fairy tale...
Sad
My friend, we live in a parallel universe. I also met a girl (on a cruise) in the summer of 86. I was 16, she was 14. Immediate attraction and fell in love. I was from California, and she was from Georgia. When I got home from the cruise, this song would bring me to tears because I missed her. We met one more time, and then drifted apart. When I hear this song, that meeting comes to life in vivid color.
She must've showed you to spell Peterboro that way. Usually, only people from there spell it that way.
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This made me smile. I had a similar experience with a girl from Charlotte I met at Myrtle Beach got my Dl and went up to take her to her prom.
It was so sweet!
Brilliant lyrics. Brilliant melody. Brilliant song.
Hi I Recommend a song Called 'The Bond villain' By Robert Nix
Well said!!
"Doctors say your cured...but you still feel the pain" How much truth in that statement.
So so much!!
"Aspirations in the clouds but your hopes go down the drain" ...
All day long. 👍❤
It does really depend on the prognosis Mate before You scare monger too much. For instance I have Chinese burns on My old Felka. Everything is fine but Your Mum was quite tight.
@@thomasboroughs201 Yes. Took the words right out of my mouth! So much truth in his music! Cheers!
What a song. Phil Collins' drums and backing vocals are such a fantastic compliment to the mix!
Really? I had no clue that was Phil Collins providing the drums but now I can hear his style
This is the US release with the added into/outro and drum machine. The original UK release sounds less commercial. Both are great!
Learn something new everyday
@@adrianfox9431
Not exactly. The original version was on the Dream into Action album, which was released in the United States. This version was re-recorded with Phil Collins performing the drums, released on the US EP Action Replay, but the I'm sure this exact single was released worldwide, including in the UK. As far as I can tell, the album version was never released as a single.
@@ypw510 it was never released as a single
"Aspirations in the clouds but your hopes go down the drain"
That's always been relatable.
I never understood why this songs and "everlasting love" wasn't more popular.
What memories. Howard Jones never get old.
Born in 63. Growing up in the 70s and 80s was the best. Would not sell a single memory. Sorry for those that missed it.
I was born on Valentine's Day of 1963...my mom was in labor for 27 hours with me. I'm so glad to experience the 80's.
Born in ‘63 also! The 80’s were pure awesomeness.
I was born at the end of 1960.....70's & 80's are the very BEST!!!!
July of 62, we had the best years to grow up in!
YESSSS...Born in 63...
EIGHTIES BEST ERA EVER❤
"the insecurity is the thing that won't get lost" so true. If you have a heart, this song will hit you. Great song and a true and meaningful, no talking about how much money a gangster has, or calling women bad names, no cussing, this is real music.
Wonderfully put!!
@@doctormandan8978❤
Got bless the Brits!
When this song came out I was a single mom with two young daughters who got lost in Orlando. ❤
such great memories all these decades later.....still here and listening in 2024!!!
The 80's were incredible with songs like this on MTV and the radio, no other decade has produced so many unique songs that touch the soul and pull on your heart strings, for those who grew up with songs like this, we were damn lucky!
Yes, i was listening to this before hip hop was popular. Still great music.
We were indeed lucky & spoiled too. These songs were not only incredibly catchy with great melodies & hooks... they pretty much came out every week or two as well. Definitely can’t say that about today’s music.
Damn straight
Yep!!!
Hermosa canción.
This is one of the best written songs of the 80s. Probably one of the best of the pop era. Really underrated.
What is love is pretty good too... he has so many good songs. Literally all his 80's albums are really good and smooth
I agree!
AGREED. HOWARD JONES WAS AND IS THE MOST AMAZING!
how is it underrated...? Says who, all the millions of people who love it...?? Idiot.
So true
1985, the year I finished school, I met my greatest love and lost it, I went to work, I simply grew up. It was a beautiful year of wonderful songs.
Ugh… talk about nostalgia ☺️🎶❤… when you come back to this era you miss it so much😌🌌
The most underrated musical genius that ever was
I had this 45 as kid. I miss the 80s
*May be losing my home by the lake in a couple of days. As I pack up, this song came to mind. Sometimes things just don't go the way we plan. It'll be ok❤*
True. Hope things worked for you with the home.
It’s been a few months. How are you now?
Say what you will about 80’s music, but these are simply one of the best lyrics ever put down on paper
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This song just beats you to death with longing for that slice of time you've been ripped away from against your will.
Man ain't that the truth.
Truth. A seminal song like this is why music is so powerful. Brings our feelings from days of yore. Music is our time machine.
The genius of the high-hat stings...
Poetry for the Eternally Remorseful and Sad.......
Man you described what I felt in 1994
I’m not sure why, but this song always brings tears to my eyes. And...I like to listen to it over and over again.
Same here!!
We all have the one that got away. Cheers!
Hearing that this song was a big hit in the States will be a great source of pride and memory for him!
There was definitely something special about the 80's, so glad i was able to live it when i was a teenager .
My favorite Howard Jones song.
Speciality was mine
This one and Hide and Seek. As far as I know Phil Collins plays drums here.
@@NeulichimKanal he sings back up vocals too.
This song was my favorite too!
To live the 80s again how great would that be.
It'd be the absolutely best to go back & live in the 80s and freeze that time. Best years of my life with the greatest soundtrack to my life. 🎸🥁📻🎼🎶🎵❤️❤️
This one gives you all the feels of a young heartbreak.
Classic 80's and timeless
My 20s in the 80s; was the best!
I was 14 years young when this came out. Let me tell you about the 80's... The only decade that the old, young and in-between will say was the best decade.
Dang! Tu eres viejo muy raramente viejo
And that was
Last November
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Spot on. Same age
So true! It seems like the music in the '80s was much more cross-generational. Popular music on the radio back then was typically written by slightly older, more mature people, with a more uplifting and appealing message than today's teeniebopper crap.
I was a kid when this song came out, but I really miss the 80's. What a great decade to grow up in!
So did I. I grew up listening to songs like this on the radio. Cyndi Lauper, Richard Marx, Billy Joel and many others that were in their prime during the 80's. Their music is timeless and we were blessed to grow up with such rich, soul churning music.
Fully agree. just heard it again after many years and those 80s feelings came back to me
Esta canción se la delico al mi marido leonado Fabio rodriguez de los santos
Amen!
Ascending Stargazer that is so true. The 80s rules
I just sent this song to my best friend from school....she looooved Howard Jones...I got an immediate response of laughter....what a great time the 80's were to grow up in🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺❤
How i wish i could just go back in time i miss those days so much ! Good times Great music and life was much more simple (😔)
One of the best songs ever written. ♥️
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Beautiful song, so true ❤ CANADA 🇨🇦
I agree!
Totally love this song, great memories, one of my favorite singers from the 80's when I was a teenager.
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Growing up in the 80's didn't mean much then, but now it means everything
Yes. Everything.
I actually knew it was the best time! Lived in NY for college 83-85, and that was the best!
Truer words never spoken !!!
Holy shit...... yes
Thankful i had childhood.
This song is iconic
Me and my forever broken heart in the 80's, I feel this song and I can sing every word as it plays, but I CAN'T tell you one line, it just rolls out my brain.
Such a beautiful song... about the "what if's" in life and true longing. I remember when this came out in the 80s... I've grown to appreciate it more over the years. Truly timeless
Sorry for writing you, just out of curiosity your page come up on my suggested friend lists so I was just wondering if I knew you from somewhere???
Yes
At 51 years of age. Listening to this I remanence of loves lost.
My one big love.. 😭💔
Reminisce
@@theannoyedmrfloyd3998 lol
I just like listening to great lyrics...
I'm 51 years old too. Amanzing!
This is one of those songs that takes me back to being a happy kid growing up in Stewartsville, NJ. God do I miss those days. I would give anything to have them back.
Forever in my heart. This song reminds of a time when I was happy, young, and living with all my siblings and parents. I wish there was a time machine. I'd go back to the 80's in a heartbeat.
Poetic lyrics + gorgeous, haunting melody = my heart breaking.
This song is such a work of art.
its his Masterpiece.
I so love the moaning fretless bass..
I totally agree!!
Greta really got it!
This is by far one my favorite songs, "Doctor says you're cured but you still feel the pain,
Aspirations in the clouds but your hopes go down the drain, And you want her and she wants you"
lol, for years I thought it said “and you wonder”, lol! Misheard lyrics!
I knew the 80’s were unique as they were happening. Spent countless hours video taping my favorite videos. Still have a working vhs machine and watch them a lot. Some not available today. Would not take 30K dollars to give them up. Yes the 80’s were magic.
THE 80’s ❤ Always in my Soul
This is the eternal yearning of humanity put to lyrics ... we all deeply want to return to the existential truth that we are all One.
A pop version of Waymore's Blues... Lust
The 80's is unmatched seriously though 🤘🤪👍🇺🇸💪❤️❤️❤️
Howard's songs are an expression of wholesomeness and intelligence. This song is poetic, moving, catchy, and beautiful. Always one of my favorites.
Its ok to be older now having been young during this time. Greatest time of my life. I feel lucky.
Exactly!
One of the best songs ever. So many incredible artists that made music I will never get tired of.
Howy, wow, I used to listen to him alot!! He helped me get through some really tough times when we lived in Virginia during my high school years.
Reminds me of my younger days. Miss my father.
They should play this on the radio more often.
YESS!!!!!!! 80s girl
@@kellyklose6591 82 here!
Do you have Pandora or Sirius? 80s stations are out there
I actually heard this on the radio a few months ago for the first time ever and I’ve been listening to radio regularly since the 90s. I had a glorious trip to work when that song came on.
They did when the Song was Out
"The insecurity is the thing that won't get lost" - Howard Jones - Pure Brilliance!
Buddhist lyrics........
How many miles...how many years...thud song is personal to me about things I'll never forget nor discuss...but everytime...I sing along..the memories and the love and failures are remembered...thanks Mr Jones
...how perfect this song is...
I loved the 80s. It was a great time to grow up. And great music.
This is by far my favorite Howard Jones song.Such creative lyrics and relatability to this masterpiece.Love Phil Collins percussion talent and harmonies in this too
It's his biggest hit reaching 4 in the US Charts
He produced it but he really made it a hit
I'm not here to tell my sad story but this song helped me through the hardest time in my life. Thanks for writing amazing music, it helps people make it through.
1986 what a year. One of my favorite all time years. Love this song.
85 is when it came out
20 in 1980....what a great decade to be young. Great music and great friends. Ahh, but it never lasts.
This makes me totally miss the 80s!
This is one of the deepest songs out of the 80s that missed alot of peoples radars...absolutely perfect lyrics and percussion work. Will always be a favorite!
I remember it, feel like crying now.
I remember the first time I heard this song. I was in Fort walton Beach Florida. At a gift shop called Alvin's Island. Fond memories ♥
Thank You, Howard Jones. ❤
Ive always loved this as a kid...now it is helping me keep my sanity as an adult. This song speaks to my soul and speaks for ALL misunderstood but good hearted and well intentioned people of the world...Played it five times in a row.
I remember this song from my senior year in 1986 ! Haven't heard it in years! What memories it brings back! The 80s were the absolute best decade ever for music 😢
2nd to the 70s
I'm replying so you can relive a better time. 🙏
Take me back to the 80's and leave me there.
I love this song I was a junior in high school when this came out. Takes me back! 80’s music is the Best
Anyone who has ever been alive has been in this situation. This song is a piece of someone's heart, torn out, and set to lyric.
Howard you have given us a treasure chest of beautiful music and we love you! Wishing you a very Happy birthday Howard!🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🎈🎉🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🥳🎉🎉🎉🎉🎈🎉🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🥳🥳🎉🎉🎉🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🥳🥳🥳🎉🎉🥳🎈🎉🥳🎉🏠🎉🥳🎉🎈🥳🎈🏠🎈
15 years old and confused I was when this song came to greet me on the radio. I can’t confess how happy you made me Howard. Thank you, from an an older me.
Bittersweet hearing these songs today. Howard Jones was my first crush. 😁
This song helped me heal. I love you Howard Jones!
Rachelle Hermanson ditto 😔
Rachelle Hermanson me too great song he is one of the underrated artists of the 80s
Helping me heal now. I listened to it in the 80s, but it never applied.
Miss this good music!!
Still now can relate to the lyrics ..... Torn between worlds ...
The line “Doctor says you’re cured but still feel the pain” is deep and everyone can relate.
Yep. Was trying desperately to get back to a lost love when this came out. Still haunts me to this day!
That shit is so reeeal, no shit about THAT.
Truth in ALL that
i was nine when this came out i remember hearing it on the radio in the middle of the night. it was etched in my mind ever since. its been almost 20 years since i heard this song.
Phil Collins not only produced this but also played drums on it and sang the harmonies. :)
I noticed this! I actually like Phil's contributions on this amazing song
I love this song, and the harmony always sounded familiar. Then I had read a while back that Phil Collins played the drums and did backup vocals. He's my all time favorite singer, and I can hear him when when he joins in on the harmony. Just makes this song even better, I think!
I never knew... cool
@@darbylonia did you just look in a mirror?
@@petesmitt I did!
Cheers, peace and love to all of us 80s kids and teenagers who made memories to this song snd can still feel our childhood in our bones when we listen to it now. For me, it was riding my bike up and down the street and hearing some older teenagers playing this around a swimming pool on an old cassette tape playing "boom box". I remember riding my bike in circles to hear it, and then hearing it on the radio in the backseat of my parents old 70 something malibu that whole summer. I wish I'd have known then to cherish those everyday moments.
I have people that have died, old regrets. Many years of repressed emotions and anger. Then I hear this song and can't stop crying. The hate is gone, but the pain still lingers at an emotional level. I have no choice but to cry daily after holding all all these emotions for many years my body just can't hold them in any longer
This song as well as Howard Jones...will always remind me of my brother Tony. R.I.P. my dear brother. ♥️😢❤
I was 16 ,when this song came out. I just got out of a children's home. It was very hard to relate to people I the real world. Everything was strictly structured and tough. When, I got out no one would be my friend. I remember this song as to my life circumstance.I had a hard time trusting people around me .I always considered my own song .Thank you for sharing
I hear you.couldnt get any worse.Boys homes or prisons will learn you.
I was 15 when this came out. Soon to be 51. Still love this tune. So lucky to grow up when I did.
I was also 15 great memories
Happy birthdays, fellow 51-year-olds! 1969 behbeh!
Skizziks spelled backwards is skizzikS.
50 here the 80s ruled
yep agree 55 now ,,,,Wish i had a time machine