I was a teen when this song first aired. It's one of my favorite songs by Joe Jackson and it is quite exquisite. I miss the days when artist made songs that could stand as poetry, even without the music. Wonderful.
Fantastic song, and the video also grows on you. The scene following the girl down the hill is exquisite, as are the shots of hands on the piano (particularly that chord just as the train pulls in) and Joe playing and singing. Bravo!
@theirishinc I usually think it's insipidly pavid whenever anyone has to call attention their discontent with any amount of people that don't agree with whatever majority they align themselves with, but in this case I have to make an exception because "smoking dickdust" is funnier than giving a hummingbird cocaine.
i love this..brings back so many memories..beautiful voice...i listen at hime to a directv station called flashback and they play this music a lot...i'm an 80's girl..it is so in me!!!! VIVA the 80's...dance dance...what a groove!!!
Wonderfull music! esta será uma das minhas trilhas sonoras das viagéns que farêi para Los Mochis e Hermosillo(México).The Brazillian Bassman say: Thanks for Music !
No me canso de admirar youtube. Con temas como este que me hacen llorar frente a la pantalla recordando excelentes canciones de mi juventud. ¡Tan rápido pasó el tiempo!
I have an upcoming divorce, from the man I thought was "the one" and I would grow old with. It's very painful and very bittersweet. This song is beautiful and I remember it fondly from late grammar school/early high school days. Sort of fits my life right about now...
@myspacedjraghkstar mine was a little over four, but they are never cool, no matter how long (or short), they suck in a word. Thank you for your kind sentiments, I will keep you in my prayers as well and keep your head up too, it's hard but we'll get through it stronger....peace - T.
p.s. Thank God for great music, though, it is like a salve for the soul during hard times, I have found...
That is soooooo very cool because this song and Day After Day by Badfinger are two of my most favourite songs of all time!!!!! Thanks for the info & connection!
i actually feel the video fits..in 1982 we werent yet into the high tech era..so the simplicity of the video amplifies the simpler times i remember at 23 yrs of age..im happy to relive those days for a little while...no tech and all........
@patchpratch very nice thing to say. Thanks I needed that. In march of 82' I got out of a four year hitch in the US Navy and cassettes and turn tables were still in.
A bit of geeky historical / geographical detail. The video is shot on and around the keighly & worth valley railway oakworth station, as seen in the film of the railway children. i think the cobbled hill is the one up to oakworth village. i'll work out where the houses are later.
Oh,. and it's a fab song, even if bits are borrowed from badfinger - frankly my dear, i don't GIVE a damn!
Number one: Badfinger does not suck. They were a great band
Number two: I don't believe unklewink is tone deaf, having listened to this song and Badfinger's Day after Day, there are a few bars that sound similar. You have to have pretty good pitch to pick up on it actually.
Number three: this song is the bomb. Takes me back
Hey don't worry about your English. Most native English speakers are monolingual anyway, especially Americans, so they can't knock you for your second, third or fourth language. No sweat bro!
hammm let me do the question again but in a diferent way.... joe jackson sing this song in a difernt version, more like a new web style...somebody knows were can i find it???
Did anyone else catch the canary in the video? It escapes from her cage at the beginning of the video, in middle it lands on Joe's piano and then takes off again. And then at the end, after she reconciles with her boyfriend it flies back into the winow of their apartment.
everything about this video is so damn special: the lyrics, the English rain, the train, the melancholy town and it brings me back lovely childhood memories. Great, unforgettable 80's!
When civilization has collapsed, and rats and rodents have taken over the cities LMAO. Someone will still have a cassette of this joe jackson, playing it for all to hear!
this guy was a fantasitc writer and yes, vocalist. if you can't see that, well, get over it. Fantastic talent. He always knew that, because he was "square-jawed, high-cheek boned, traditional handsome", that he wouldn't make it like so many others--with far less talent, frankly--would but he was a realist. A tremendously talented realist.
I hear the similarities, but definately not a rip off. That's called using the same key and creating a totally different song. But, if what you're saying is true, then I guess everybody is ripping everyone else off all the time then, coz people always do that.
i love this song. never thought he couls sing for sh#t. all off key but good lord thats what i love about the 80s. not all about the technical ability but the passion. nd this song is full of passion. ~raghkstar
You are dead-on, MYSPACEDJRAGHKSTAR.. He never made ANY pretention of being a good vocalist. He just played his songs and sang them, with feeling. I always knew there was something special about this guy, even as an 8th grader back then. A real talent.
I like what the previous poster said about Jackson being a humourous, less-self-absorbed version of Billy Joel. That was dead-on, too. lol....
If you're into karaoke, Joe Jackson's songs are made for guys who are not necessarily Andrea Bocelli...even the up-tempo songs seem like they're sung by a guy in pain, which can make for some good karaoke. BTW, I think this album does not have any guitars (other than bass)
One of my all-time favorite songs...Joe Jackson's a genius, a genuine artist. Ah, this song always evokes a particular Autumn day, and a particular heart to whom I was attached...Thank you for the memory, Joe.
kinda makes you sad to think that kinda world may be gone forever. We have so much stuff to make our lives simpler, but its really funny how much they seem to complicates things. I didn't think about it then, but I didn't know how much I'd miss my life 20-30 years ago.
This song is about the battle between the boredom of monogamy and the loneliness of independence. The singer wants his girlfriend/wife to seek interests outside of him; so, that his love for her will grow stronger.
Joe Jackson is probably one of the greatest musical visionaris of our time. I urge anyone to get the albums "Big World", "Beat Cazy" & to a lesser extent, "Night n Day". Read the lyrics and listen. What he sung about 20+ years ago has come to pass, socially and politically. A TRUE GENIUS
For myself, fuck similarities to other songs, this is about memories that go back to a time when music was about love not cheap sex; when musicians had talent- not would-be models/drum machine drones; when the culture aptly rewarded good music instead of pushing it to the fringe; when what was new and daring was mostly good. I have always loved this song from the moment I first heard it - so vulnerable and honest about the crossroads we all face when we try to connect with another human being.
When I was 15, I always turned the station when this song came on MTV because of it's slow melody.... but at 41, I am so glad I found this vid again... totally relate to it now!
You have no idea how old I am or how old anybody else is, so calling us kids is pretty uninformed on your part. Out of everyone on this, you're the only one who needs to "grow a life" if this is how you pass your days.
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That is a lie, it is most likely he listened to the intro on that track and then implemented it into his own style. There are completely different lyrics, different instruments. The most you can claim is that he used that song for inspiration.
No, the entire melody is essentially lifted from "Day After Day", it's pretty blatant. I'm no Badfinger fanboy, but I've heard "Day After Day" enough to know what the melody sounds like. Joe Jackson is a great musician, imo, but for you to deny the obvious shows how much of a fanboy you are.
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Funny, If the melody was copied exactly I would of noticed it, so I am not a fanboy. I gave you the benefit of doubt and listened to both tracks, but the more I do so in a futile attempt to see plagiarism of the melody, the more I think these are two different tracks, please, stop arguing, I am a reasonable person, and as I said before I would accept the truth if they were copied, but is isn't. Now, lets enjoy this music...
If you're a Joe Jackson fanboy, you would rationalize the plagiarism as "inspiration", very much like you're doing now. While I applaud you for listening to both tracks, you most likely went into the process determined that there was no plagiarism involved. That kind of mindset would all but make a moment of sudden realization that Jackson plagiarized from Badfinger impossible. I hope you will one day overcome your bias, it's very limiting. Ciao!
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Like I said before, I had a feeling you might be right, and listened to both tracks with that in mind, and I have come to the conclusion, that the songs are different, while Joe Jackson was an important person in my early childhood, in this case it is not affecting my judgement, if someone has copied something, I will call them out on that, regardless of who they are.
That said, I dropped music at school, maybe you hear something I don't, or perhaps it is your judgement that is clouded. Nevertheless, they are both brilliant songs, I admit the start sounds similar, but that's it... Now please, stop I don't hear plagiarism, and I went in with a fair mindset. if you go so far as to make a poll, tell me the results. =P
Who did you ask, your local grocer? I guess he didn't notice how the progression flow of both songs were so similar. The wording of this song's first line alone displays how much of a ripoff it is: Don't you feel like trying something new as opposed to the first line of Day After Day: "I remember finding out about you". The words are clearly emphasized in the songs and the last words of both lines rhyme.
Yes, a single line means the whole song is plagiarised, as I said before, Joe used EXACTLY THE SAME instruments RITE? No, he didn't. Melody is only a part of a song, not all of it...
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You know what? I am getting a little bored of this, I do not wish to waste my time disproving you at every turn, I think the songs are different, you think they are the "same". Whatever, I know what I hear, and I hear two different songs, that's my opinion, that's yours, now kindly fuck off...
You're the one who decided to be an internet know-it-all and now you act as though I started this argument. I used the first line simply as a blatant example of Joe's plagiarism, the chord progression of this song is lifted from "Day After Day" which is something that you can't explain away easily. Melody is a large part of a song's success in pop music, many people have remarked that they thought Breaking Us In Two was Day After Day at first.
While I agree that the opening melody of "Day After Day" was either consciously or subconsciously copied in this song, I do not think the whole song is all a rip off of Badfinger, I enjoy both songs and both artists and feel different while listening to either song. It's not an exact copy nor can you deny Badfingers STRONG influence in the opening arrangement of this song, but can we leave it at that?
I don't remember ever claiming or implying that this song was a complete ripoff, if I did, please refer me to the comment where this was said. "Breaking Us In Two" takes more than the
This guy reminds me of Ben Folds.
STIRKDAWG 11 months ago 2
Grande canzone
ziobelloVM 1 year ago
Such a pretty song!!!
margo33 1 year ago
I was a teen when this song first aired. It's one of my favorite songs by Joe Jackson and it is quite exquisite. I miss the days when artist made songs that could stand as poetry, even without the music. Wonderful.
girraud 1 year ago
Fantastic song, and the video also grows on you. The scene following the girl down the hill is exquisite, as are the shots of hands on the piano (particularly that chord just as the train pulls in) and Joe playing and singing. Bravo!
voiceofmegatron 1 year ago
A beautiful song but this is not HQ Audio I'm afraid.
ellisdp 1 year ago
Beautiful song. Joe Jackson's work from that era has held up really well.
voiceofmegatron 1 year ago
We've got 9 people smoking dickdust.
theirishinc 1 year ago
@theirishinc I usually think it's insipidly pavid whenever anyone has to call attention their discontent with any amount of people that don't agree with whatever majority they align themselves with, but in this case I have to make an exception because "smoking dickdust" is funnier than giving a hummingbird cocaine.
intanjible 1 year ago
Has anyone noticed that this is very close to a Bachata?
thetidealwaysturns 1 year ago
@thetidealwaysturns What ?
Bluestar241 1 year ago
nice song !!!
Hellfire5500 1 year ago
i love this..brings back so many memories..beautiful voice...i listen at hime to a directv station called flashback and they play this music a lot...i'm an 80's girl..it is so in me!!!! VIVA the 80's...dance dance...what a groove!!!
estela in MIAMI
estelita2173 1 year ago
Everything about this song is great.
keytarpimp 1 year ago
Who are the fuckin' cocksmokers that gave this a thumbs down?
bigworld3001 1 year ago 2
@bigworld3001 yikes...so hostile!!
evelynmh 1 year ago
@evelynmh perhaps a bit...but it was partly tongue in cheek as well.
bigworld3001 1 year ago
Shot very well...but what the heck is this video about?
rbatty90210 1 year ago
Very well shot. Film is/was great.
rbatty90210 1 year ago
Joe Jackson's favourite programme is Cash in the Attic.
bonnie43uk 1 year ago
Happy Birthday Joe Jackson...30 years of amazing songs!
kwikwitz 1 year ago
he is top notch in my CD library ;)
rekkof 1 year ago
You're so very right ! What a great song ! Don't let anybody turn it into a hit, please, I don't want it spoiled.
marvin1905 1 year ago
i remember song so clearly. i know the feeling. memories. i feel so old. why don't current artists make songs like this anymore?
aardbeigirl 1 year ago 2
ges s i found the hq version sory yyyyyy whers that dam klean ixs.
kdoslie100 1 year ago
Uhm, yes, we caught the bird, thanks for the heads up, though.
vvvvvvvonwebbb 1 year ago
Question: Who is the actrees of the video?
She's look very familiar...
FrancoTr20 1 year ago
@FrancoTr20 looks like the Fraser girl...probably not.
rlawton002 1 year ago
loud != HQ
cupidstuntts 1 year ago
amazing song, thanks!!!
danceclub77 1 year ago
Even Australians and Dutchmen like this song.
(Zelfs Australiers en Nederlanders vinden dit mooi).
pedevisser 1 year ago
@pedevisser What on earth u mean even Australians??joe was huge in Oz back in the late 70's..What's your point??
apolloton1 1 year ago
This Song brings back memories I love this song!
TheJanmusic 1 year ago 2
lol.......One of someones best songs......BADFINGER....Day After Day....
05271963 1 year ago
stamattina questa è la musica!
wewelltv 1 year ago
Just love this...ain't it the truth!
QueUnlimited 1 year ago
one of his best songs
DRGAS339 1 year ago
Great song, but...what the hell happened to that poor canary at 2:46??????!?!!!!!!!?
vireogilvus 1 year ago
@vireogilvus He finally get free......
zoconino 1 year ago
@vireogilvus They gave it to The Police for the coalmine (Canary In A Coal Mine) :0)
QueUnlimited 1 year ago
Love this song brings me back to the 80s when i was in school great song.
Paul67ist 1 year ago 4
I swear I don't think I've ever seen this video, and I'm an 80's fanatic who likes this song. If I have, it's been once in my childhood or something.
marmalade4sunrise 1 year ago 2
This song is nice. Loud doesn't mean HQ Audio.
blktenor 1 year ago 5
Wonderfull music! esta será uma das minhas trilhas sonoras das viagéns que farêi para Los Mochis e Hermosillo(México).The Brazillian Bassman say: Thanks for Music !
Icenall 1 year ago
This sounds entirely different than 'day by day' by badfinger!!
FeelGood30 1 year ago
What a beautiful, timeless song that just oozes 'class' and smoothness....
Music is not made this good anymore, nice video too!
5 stars
FeelGood30 1 year ago 4
uhh, same chord progression as 'steppin out'....
jcfbell3001 1 year ago
No me canso de admirar youtube. Con temas como este que me hacen llorar frente a la pantalla recordando excelentes canciones de mi juventud. ¡Tan rápido pasó el tiempo!
titatus08 1 year ago
one of the best song writer of all the times
Raaww1964 1 year ago 3
I have an upcoming divorce, from the man I thought was "the one" and I would grow old with. It's very painful and very bittersweet. This song is beautiful and I remember it fondly from late grammar school/early high school days. Sort of fits my life right about now...
mpdsmom 1 year ago 2
;o(
breakups are never cool...
i just went thru one myself...
6 years
keep your head up...
ill pray 4 you....
-raghkstar
myspacedjraghkstar 1 year ago
@myspacedjraghkstar mine was a little over four, but they are never cool, no matter how long (or short), they suck in a word. Thank you for your kind sentiments, I will keep you in my prayers as well and keep your head up too, it's hard but we'll get through it stronger....peace - T.
p.s. Thank God for great music, though, it is like a salve for the soul during hard times, I have found...
mpdsmom 1 year ago 2
Even after 25+ years, I still end up cryin' in my corn flakes whenever I hear this song.
Now I'll have to scour YouTube for good ZZ-Top video to balance me out again...lol
Bungle975 1 year ago 3
it's a wonderful song, very beautiful, the video it's also very beautiful and EMOTIVE like the song, that says many things
ysaf93 1 year ago 2
Hermosa cancion, Joe canta bien y con sentimiento
Merlina68s 1 year ago 3
Love these early MTV videos.
bwall002 1 year ago 3
so many have no idea just how great Joe Jackson is... one of the greatest songwriters of all time. And he's better today than ever before.
liproco 1 year ago 4
I whole heartedly agree
POBulkhead 1 year ago
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ysaf93 1 year ago
You don't do the things that I do
You wanna do things I can't do
YOUrmypal68 1 year ago
hey joe, there is always something. right on the money.
3weinat 1 year ago 2
Was? He's still cranking out great stuff!
drband36 1 year ago 11
Great Song. He was a great musician!
thekinders1 1 year ago 4
I heard that this song is inspired by a band called Badfinger (70's rock band pls google or search for "Day After Day - Badfinger" here on youtube)
Joe Jackson, He did pretty good job here btw !
SommieReturns 1 year ago 2
That is soooooo very cool because this song and Day After Day by Badfinger are two of my most favourite songs of all time!!!!! Thanks for the info & connection!
SlamuKiller 1 year ago
This is such a beautiful song.
chairmanofthebored1 2 years ago 33
I still love it.This music is still up to date!!! (Don't compare it to Kabouter Plop and his friends.
ruudruud1234 2 years ago 3
i actually feel the video fits..in 1982 we werent yet into the high tech era..so the simplicity of the video amplifies the simpler times i remember at 23 yrs of age..im happy to relive those days for a little while...no tech and all........
patchpratch 2 years ago 4
@patchpratch very nice thing to say. Thanks I needed that. In march of 82' I got out of a four year hitch in the US Navy and cassettes and turn tables were still in.
POBulkhead 2 years ago 2
Guys, calm down; different term in different countries, focus on the tune/vid, maybe?
Cubachik 2 years ago 2
Excellent Song =D
Phishphantom 2 years ago 3
Great song, unimaginative downer of a video.
autodrivex 2 years ago
When you guys get divorced...come back and talk...v negative comments....not cool! Good post!
kezzer2 2 years ago 3
A bit of geeky historical / geographical detail. The video is shot on and around the keighly & worth valley railway oakworth station, as seen in the film of the railway children. i think the cobbled hill is the one up to oakworth village. i'll work out where the houses are later.
Oh,. and it's a fab song, even if bits are borrowed from badfinger - frankly my dear, i don't GIVE a damn!
Wayzgoosey 2 years ago 5
GREAT!
rocktunes 2 years ago
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Sounds like Day After Day by Badfinger. He should have been taken to court for plagerism.
digitaldavea 2 years ago
Bad finger sucks!!! Besides they sound nothing alike.......tone deaf maybe!!!!
s63954h 2 years ago
Number one: Badfinger does not suck. They were a great band
Number two: I don't believe unklewink is tone deaf, having listened to this song and Badfinger's Day after Day, there are a few bars that sound similar. You have to have pretty good pitch to pick up on it actually.
Number three: this song is the bomb. Takes me back
RReneeS 2 years ago 3
@RReneeS THANK YOU!!! LOL
astrogliding 2 years ago
Great song! This and steppin out helped make 82 and 83 great times for music! Both videos rocked as well!!! WAR THE OLDIES!!!!!
fff1313 2 years ago
Brilliant,lifes decisions................
kezzer2 2 years ago
awsome
MsMelzy 2 years ago
and please, i ask apologize for my english, i know is so bad... i´m just learning... thank you... and, if somebody can clear my doubt i´ll appreciate
trashteiner 2 years ago
Your English is perfect. Don't sweat it friend.
wibcam61 2 years ago
Hey don't worry about your English. Most native English speakers are monolingual anyway, especially Americans, so they can't knock you for your second, third or fourth language. No sweat bro!
Chavezoid 2 years ago
hammm let me do the question again but in a diferent way.... joe jackson sing this song in a difernt version, more like a new web style...somebody knows were can i find it???
trashteiner 2 years ago
there is another version of this song, somebody knows who sing it????
trashteiner 2 years ago
Mandy Moore sung it!
JPPT1974 2 years ago
J.J. wrote it.
melanieprice 2 years ago
i could never figure out if he was gay or not.
frostinad 2 years ago
who cares - his songwriting is the priority for me.
melanieprice 2 years ago
I don't care, just a curiosity.
frostinad 2 years ago
I like this song and "Steppin' Out", though the first few notes puts "Day after Day" by Badfinger in my mind.
U.W.
unklewink 2 years ago
Always loved this song in since it came out in 82', but never really watched the whole video w/happy ending till now!
astralartist4 2 years ago
Songs like this make the world a better place.
cesaresusa 2 years ago
terrific song, great lyrics
donquixote2u 2 years ago
omg I love this song
thekillerisme23 2 years ago 4
No WONDER she was going to leave him. He wears FLARES!!!
priapus56 2 years ago
what are flares?
evelynmh 2 years ago
Trousers that are wider at the ankle, that FLARE out...the height of fashion in the '70's...the depths of naff in the 80's.
priapus56 2 years ago 2
At your age Darlink! You should know better! x
priapus56 2 years ago
like bell-bottoms idiot
playdrums 2 years ago
wwll call them bell bottoms then!!!! We didn't refer to them as "flares " in the US
evelynmh 2 years ago
@evelynmh Well, just remember which great nation bestowed your fine language upon you, Darlink! Try to use it properly..xx
priapus56 1 year ago
one of my favorite songs of all time!!
TheHoneymalek 2 years ago
love the piano playing still after all these years
pisces300 2 years ago 3
I didn't say that we were through
SweetSoulIAm 2 years ago
So awesome. Joe Jackson is the most under rated singer/song writer in history. He's so talented....
ElectricalInjury 2 years ago 35
@ElectricalInjury
Did anyone else catch the canary in the video? It escapes from her cage at the beginning of the video, in middle it lands on Joe's piano and then takes off again. And then at the end, after she reconciles with her boyfriend it flies back into the winow of their apartment.
DBMalone 1 year ago
@ElectricalInjury I have been saying this for years .Nice to hear someone else say it......and not be ignored!
neil1963creed 1 year ago
@ElectricalInjury What about Peter Andre ?
fifthof 1 year ago
everything about this video is so damn special: the lyrics, the English rain, the train, the melancholy town and it brings me back lovely childhood memories. Great, unforgettable 80's!
charly9927 2 years ago 2
I love the geeky type...love me some Joe Jackson!
djeltonsgirl 2 years ago
*sigh* I LOVE 80s music...and I LOVE his voice!
sbrooks0178 2 years ago 6
cool bad finger lol
montroclq 2 years ago
I keep thinkig hes going to sing"I remember finding out about you"!
affectionatepunch 2 years ago 2
HaHa, so true, I had to listen to it again, but, yeah, there is some Bad Finger happening.
mtcloke 2 years ago
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horrid video! soooo literal
gammazbaykus 2 years ago
I wouldn't let a byrd leave like that...I'd order her a taxi!
priapus56 2 years ago
at the end of my first marriage, I listened to this song A LOT, and it would make me cry. Just a great tune from a GREAT album.
aabanilla 2 years ago 2
This tune is simply timeless.
When civilization has collapsed, and rats and rodents have taken over the cities LMAO. Someone will still have a cassette of this joe jackson, playing it for all to hear!
5 stars
pmsan29 2 years ago
I know I do lol
PAVILES394 2 years ago
this guy was a fantasitc writer and yes, vocalist. if you can't see that, well, get over it. Fantastic talent. He always knew that, because he was "square-jawed, high-cheek boned, traditional handsome", that he wouldn't make it like so many others--with far less talent, frankly--would but he was a realist. A tremendously talented realist.
kcdrew69 2 years ago
he kinda looks like a young Montgomery Burns from the Simpsons.
bbb732k5 2 years ago
LOL!
Kelski1998 2 years ago
I have to hear this song every week........i agree, i think he knows he cant sing, but the way he sings it is why its such a big hit!!!!!!!
texasrangersman29 2 years ago
One of the BEST SONGS OF THE 80'S!!!!
kqueen777 2 years ago 3
Bellissima .... Sempre stupenda ...
deadoros 2 years ago
ALWAYS SINCE 1985...!
mykoniath 2 years ago
classic to the bones!!!
cesardeon 2 years ago
A Badfinger rip off. Listen to Day after day, Pete Ham singer.
onotad 2 years ago
I hear the similarities, but definately not a rip off. That's called using the same key and creating a totally different song. But, if what you're saying is true, then I guess everybody is ripping everyone else off all the time then, coz people always do that.
crazyinjun022207 2 years ago 3
i love this song. never thought he couls sing for sh#t. all off key but good lord thats what i love about the 80s. not all about the technical ability but the passion. nd this song is full of passion. ~raghkstar
myspacedjraghkstar 2 years ago
You are dead-on, MYSPACEDJRAGHKSTAR.. He never made ANY pretention of being a good vocalist. He just played his songs and sang them, with feeling. I always knew there was something special about this guy, even as an 8th grader back then. A real talent.
I like what the previous poster said about Jackson being a humourous, less-self-absorbed version of Billy Joel. That was dead-on, too. lol....
Tre404 2 years ago 7
If you're into karaoke, Joe Jackson's songs are made for guys who are not necessarily Andrea Bocelli...even the up-tempo songs seem like they're sung by a guy in pain, which can make for some good karaoke. BTW, I think this album does not have any guitars (other than bass)
blazerr 2 years ago
The righteous stuff is right here. You have heard it said of many singers, " they all sound alike ". This is not case, however, with Joe. Magnetic.
ViktorValov 2 years ago 3
Really good....though a little bit melancolic
gabygsdh 2 years ago
buenos recuerdos saludos desde mexico
hatma51 2 years ago
One of my all-time favorite songs...Joe Jackson's a genius, a genuine artist. Ah, this song always evokes a particular Autumn day, and a particular heart to whom I was attached...Thank you for the memory, Joe.
ThoroughbredWriter 2 years ago 3
Wow, sounds like he ripped this off from Badfingers 'Day after day'.
Dannite77 2 years ago
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He ripped off Elvis Costello's "Get Happy" but he's still talented... sort of like a humorous and less self-absorbed Billy Joel (who sucks)
11xzxzxz 2 years ago
This song is awesome all around
elpajaro21 2 years ago
kinda makes you sad to think that kinda world may be gone forever. We have so much stuff to make our lives simpler, but its really funny how much they seem to complicates things. I didn't think about it then, but I didn't know how much I'd miss my life 20-30 years ago.
drtyfknmouth 2 years ago 5
well said - had a beer or two listening to this back in the ol' days
miracletwins 2 years ago
This song is about the battle between the boredom of monogamy and the loneliness of independence. The singer wants his girlfriend/wife to seek interests outside of him; so, that his love for her will grow stronger.
slagmilkcard 2 years ago
well said!
drtyfknmouth 2 years ago
Why do you believe this?
stevevandien 2 years ago
I have just listened to this song 5 times in a row and am still not bored of it.
What really seals it for me is the ending, the switch between the two sequences, quite brilliant!
andyh444 2 years ago
Loved your comment shinchan.....you summed it up perfectly.
Imheretotestify 2 years ago 2
Ines was l girl l really loved when l lived in grea neck l was 20 she was 17 but there was something that broke us in two.
MrRayfish 2 years ago
Another great video and song. One of my favs.
yesman1062 2 years ago 2
Joe Jackson is probably one of the greatest musical visionaris of our time. I urge anyone to get the albums "Big World", "Beat Cazy" & to a lesser extent, "Night n Day". Read the lyrics and listen. What he sung about 20+ years ago has come to pass, socially and politically. A TRUE GENIUS
farmasyst 2 years ago
I used to have big world on cassette but lost it. you are right, it's an absolute classic and joe jackson is a genius
eckersley43 2 years ago
For myself, fuck similarities to other songs, this is about memories that go back to a time when music was about love not cheap sex; when musicians had talent- not would-be models/drum machine drones; when the culture aptly rewarded good music instead of pushing it to the fringe; when what was new and daring was mostly good. I have always loved this song from the moment I first heard it - so vulnerable and honest about the crossroads we all face when we try to connect with another human being.
jrswhite7751 2 years ago 5
Hear, hear
7112uitruk 2 years ago
When I was 15, I always turned the station when this song came on MTV because of it's slow melody.... but at 41, I am so glad I found this vid again... totally relate to it now!
bds1167 2 years ago
we could stay at home and stare into each others eyes
pisces300 2 years ago
this is better than crunk
spacecricket 2 years ago
GREAT song, awesome video... but as far as this upload goes, I wouldn't call it HQ Audio, lol...
artrock101 2 years ago
a classic.
justgetsome 2 years ago
you kids are really fng bored. grow a life, listen to your music,
Dude, Badfinger? Seriously? GTFO....
urbanminer1 2 years ago
You have no idea how old I am or how old anybody else is, so calling us kids is pretty uninformed on your part. Out of everyone on this, you're the only one who needs to "grow a life" if this is how you pass your days.
CharlesNigro 2 years ago
I agree! Guys just enjoy the music and keep your comments to yourselves if you can't be civil about it!
fanofrhymeswithstar 2 years ago
I like this song, but mostly because it plagiarizes Badfinger's "Day After Day".
CharlesNigro 2 years ago
wow, I was mad when you said that, then i looked, and wow...it really does....
bbb732k5 2 years ago
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That is a lie, it is most likely he listened to the intro on that track and then implemented it into his own style. There are completely different lyrics, different instruments. The most you can claim is that he used that song for inspiration.
AfroWolfe 2 years ago
It's a copy of the melody that Day After Day by Badfinger uses and he's never given them credit for it. Sounds like plagiarism to me.
CharlesNigro 2 years ago
Yes, this song is made entirely of the exact same 9 notes over and over again? No? well then...
The two songs are not the same, part of the melody sounds similar? Big whoop...
Jesus, I heard of console fanboys but badfinger fanboys? What is the world coming to?
AfroWolfe 2 years ago
No, the entire melody is essentially lifted from "Day After Day", it's pretty blatant. I'm no Badfinger fanboy, but I've heard "Day After Day" enough to know what the melody sounds like. Joe Jackson is a great musician, imo, but for you to deny the obvious shows how much of a fanboy you are.
CharlesNigro 2 years ago
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Funny, If the melody was copied exactly I would of noticed it, so I am not a fanboy. I gave you the benefit of doubt and listened to both tracks, but the more I do so in a futile attempt to see plagiarism of the melody, the more I think these are two different tracks, please, stop arguing, I am a reasonable person, and as I said before I would accept the truth if they were copied, but is isn't. Now, lets enjoy this music...
AfroWolfe 2 years ago
If you're a Joe Jackson fanboy, you would rationalize the plagiarism as "inspiration", very much like you're doing now. While I applaud you for listening to both tracks, you most likely went into the process determined that there was no plagiarism involved. That kind of mindset would all but make a moment of sudden realization that Jackson plagiarized from Badfinger impossible. I hope you will one day overcome your bias, it's very limiting. Ciao!
CharlesNigro 2 years ago
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Like I said before, I had a feeling you might be right, and listened to both tracks with that in mind, and I have come to the conclusion, that the songs are different, while Joe Jackson was an important person in my early childhood, in this case it is not affecting my judgement, if someone has copied something, I will call them out on that, regardless of who they are.
AfroWolfe 2 years ago
That said, I dropped music at school, maybe you hear something I don't, or perhaps it is your judgement that is clouded. Nevertheless, they are both brilliant songs, I admit the start sounds similar, but that's it... Now please, stop I don't hear plagiarism, and I went in with a fair mindset. if you go so far as to make a poll, tell me the results. =P
AfroWolfe 2 years ago
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I asked someone about this and guess what he said.
"After the first melody line and its one repetition in the verse, you got nothing. Jacksons song becomes its own pretty quickly."
AfroWolfe 2 years ago
Who did you ask, your local grocer? I guess he didn't notice how the progression flow of both songs were so similar. The wording of this song's first line alone displays how much of a ripoff it is: Don't you feel like trying something new as opposed to the first line of Day After Day: "I remember finding out about you". The words are clearly emphasized in the songs and the last words of both lines rhyme.
CharlesNigro 2 years ago
Yes, a single line means the whole song is plagiarised, as I said before, Joe used EXACTLY THE SAME instruments RITE? No, he didn't. Melody is only a part of a song, not all of it...
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You know what? I am getting a little bored of this, I do not wish to waste my time disproving you at every turn, I think the songs are different, you think they are the "same". Whatever, I know what I hear, and I hear two different songs, that's my opinion, that's yours, now kindly fuck off...
AfroWolfe 2 years ago
You're the one who decided to be an internet know-it-all and now you act as though I started this argument. I used the first line simply as a blatant example of Joe's plagiarism, the chord progression of this song is lifted from "Day After Day" which is something that you can't explain away easily. Melody is a large part of a song's success in pop music, many people have remarked that they thought Breaking Us In Two was Day After Day at first.
CharlesNigro 2 years ago
While I agree that the opening melody of "Day After Day" was either consciously or subconsciously copied in this song, I do not think the whole song is all a rip off of Badfinger, I enjoy both songs and both artists and feel different while listening to either song. It's not an exact copy nor can you deny Badfingers STRONG influence in the opening arrangement of this song, but can we leave it at that?
bbb732k5 2 years ago
I don't remember ever claiming or implying that this song was a complete ripoff, if I did, please refer me to the comment where this was said. "Breaking Us In Two" takes more than the