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Subject: Howard Jones

Written By: cinnabon on 03/10/08 at 7:16 pm

I just got the idea for this poll from hearing "What is Love?" on the xm radio 80s channel - that is my pick along with "Your Song"  :)

Subject: Re: Howard Jones

Written By: ninny on 03/10/08 at 7:19 pm

I like No One Is To Blame :)

Subject: Re: Howard Jones

Written By: woops on 03/10/08 at 7:20 pm

"No One Is To Blame" is a good song  8)


Also like "Things Only Can Get Better"

Subject: Re: Howard Jones

Written By: Tanya1976 on 03/10/08 at 7:42 pm

Things Can Only Get Better!!!  :D

Subject: Re: Howard Jones

Written By: whistledog on 03/10/08 at 7:54 pm

Everlasting Love has always been my favourite :)

Subject: Re: Howard Jones

Written By: ladybug316 on 03/10/08 at 8:02 pm

Yay, Howard Jones!  I voted other.  My favorites are "Like To Get To Know You Well", "New song" and "Assault and Battery".  Hell, throw "Dream Into Action" in there also.

Subject: Re: Howard Jones

Written By: robby76 on 03/10/08 at 8:13 pm

Wasn't it called "New Song"? Howard Jones was my first ever cassette purchase back in the early 80s. I loved New Song!

My second choice would've been "Like To Get To Know You Well" but it's not on the list.  :-\\

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD3qA54Fn_Q

Subject: Re: Howard Jones

Written By: JohnTaylorsHeart on 03/11/08 at 6:18 am

No One is to Blame 
Everlasting Love

Subject: Re: Howard Jones

Written By: Midas on 03/11/08 at 9:24 am

Other - "The Prisoner"

Subject: Re: Howard Jones

Written By: AmericanGirl on 03/11/08 at 11:47 am

I voted other - New Song

Subject: Re: Howard Jones

Written By: karen on 03/11/08 at 12:05 pm

I would say New Song as first choice and then probably Things Can Only Get Better.

my friend Michelle and I did an a capella version of New Song which I always think about when I hear the song

Subject: Re: Howard Jones

Written By: CeramicsFanatic on 03/11/08 at 2:59 pm

Ya gotta love Howard Jones!  :D

My faves:

Other:  'New Song'
'What Is Love?'

Subject: Re: Howard Jones

Written By: nally on 03/11/08 at 3:06 pm

These are the songs of his that I like (in no particular order):

Things Can Only Get Better
Everlasting Love
What Is Love?
New Song
No One Is To Blame

Subject: Re: Howard Jones

Written By: nally on 03/11/08 at 3:08 pm


Ya gotta love Howard Jones!  :D

My faves:

Other:  'New Song'
'What Is Love?'

I'm wondering if "New Song" was meant as the 2nd option in the poll...I didn't think he had a song called "Your Song" (that was Elton John).

Subject: Re: Howard Jones

Written By: cinnabon on 03/11/08 at 3:35 pm


Wasn't it called "New Song"? Howard Jones was my first ever cassette purchase back in the early 80s. I loved New Song!

My second choice would've been "Like To Get To Know You Well" but it's not on the list.  :-\\

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD3qA54Fn_Q


Oops my bad! Guess I confused it with an Elton John song title - I'll go back to the poll and fix it.  :-[

Subject: Re: Howard Jones

Written By: coqueta83 on 03/11/08 at 7:55 pm

"Things Can Only Get Better" and "No One is to Blame".

Subject: Re: Howard Jones

Written By: MaxwellSmart on 03/12/08 at 7:34 pm


Yay, Howard Jones!  I voted other.  My favorites are "Like To Get To Know You Well", "New song" and "Assault and Battery".  Hell, throw "Dream Into Action" in there also.

"Assault and Battery" appeared on a PETA benefit record (the name of which escapes me at the moment) back in '87.  That was the first time I heard of PETA.  The goal of the record was to raise awareness of the abuse of laboratory animals.  I thought PETA was pretty cool then, but my opinion of the organization become contemptuous over the years.

Anyway, I chose:

"What is Love?" and
Other--"Elegy."

I saw Howie on his "Dream Into Action" tour in '85.  He put on a great show. 

Strange thing is I was gravitating to The Cure, The Smiths, New Order, Joy Division, and Sisters of Mercy at the time.  Furthermore, I've had a lifelong loathing inspirational music (spiritual or secular), so what was it about Howard Jones I loved?  I think it's because he was genuine.  Yes, he really is like that!

Subject: Re: Howard Jones

Written By: Davester on 03/13/08 at 3:54 am


  HoJo faves from the list - "Like To Get To Know You Well" and "Life In One Day"...

Subject: Re: Howard Jones

Written By: midnite on 03/13/08 at 11:06 pm

1. What Is Love
2. Things Can Only Get Better
3. Like To Get To Know You Well

Subject: Re: Howard Jones

Written By: Jeffpcmt on 03/16/08 at 11:20 am

I've always thought New Song had the catchiest synth riff of the New Wave era.

Subject: Re: Howard Jones

Written By: Dagwood on 03/16/08 at 7:03 pm

Things Can Only Get Better and No One Is To Blame

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