My sister got me into Howard Jones back in the 80s. I was of course, being a guitar player, and being in Jr. High and High School, into heavy metal only at the the time. But I always found is music to be deeper and inspiring. HJ is one of my favorite 80s artists! If you've never sat down and listened to a heavy on the keyboard album or CD...I highly recommend listening to Howard's Welcome to Conditioning. It's an amazing album to this day!
I'm from a small town in Texas that had a radio station that had a request show on Monday nights. All my friends and I listened faithfully and never missed a show. One night this song was dedicated to me from a boy I liked and who liked me....this song told our story. Our friends would not let us be together....you know how high school is....your friends opinions were the be all and end all. So sad. :(
How many other hard nuts underneath all that secretly enjoy a good old love ballad?! I think its cool, to be who you are, not what everyone else wants you to be!! Thats freedom!!! Love this song!!!
Reminds me of a Genesis song when I first heard it on the radio I thought it was Genesis but when I read about it I learned Phill Collins produced the radio version and did the drums. Sort of reminds me of the drums in Tonight Tonight Tonight.
@reklaw78 we had good as teenagers in the 80s...and people who were to blame stood up and took the blame...they didnt blame everyone else...i hate todays world and most of the sickening people in it...wheres doc browns delaurean when u truly need it
@thebent10780 Indeed, as they say, youth is wasted on the young! lol:) I use to LOVE going clubbing and dancing around to this back in the day, man those were some good times!
Oh yes, Class of 87....De La Salle, concord, ca...this seemed like an anthem...Great song, great memories.......high school punter/kickers never forget #14
@dwayne25ism Same for me.......Cant believe 25 yrs is gone....I can almost still smell her perfume......Good times back then....funny hair, I felt that way then too....
Growing up never being able to listen to music that I wanted to makes this song even more important to me. I never knew who the artist was until today. I remember hearing this years and years and years ago. It always made me feel peaceful. I had to hide out to listen to the music I liked back in the late 80's and early 90's. It's fun to finally discover who made the music that I loved back then and still do now.
Still reminds me of one of the funniest moments of my life. I was 23 in 1986 years old, working for in a inbound Int'l cargo office. There was a huge error that caused a shipment to be returned...nobody wanted to be responsible, and we were all arguing. Suddenly out of nowhere my boss sang out "No one noo-ooo one no one ever is to blame". I still laugh thinking about it. :-)
@spacemouse1 LOL, I heard this song on a new local 80s/90s station the other day and thought it had to be Phil on the drums. Almost like Stevie's signature harmonica.
For those of you who do not understand what the song is about...I've read some of the responses and some people are wondering....well...the song is untimately about unfulfilled attractions...basically wanting something that's right in front of you but that you can't have...the story of all of our lives.....which is why....no one is to blame....
I remember when this song came out in 1986...I was 14....but it's only now that I truely appreciate the brilliance and depth...it has to be one of the greatest songs ever writen and produced....the lyrics alone are so original...and so honest, so true...Trust me,I have a list of many great songs but there's somethng very special about this one....Thanks Howard....You're a talent that never got the true recognition that you deserve....It's a very deep song...but so simple..and that's perfection!
You can look at the menu but you just can't eat. You feel the cushion but you can't take a seat. You dip your foot in the pool but you can't have a swim. You can feel the punishment but you can't commit the sin.
From an 80's kid...........I was a vicious punk rocker...Dead Kennedys, Black Flag,........Stormtroopers of Death, and....yes Slayer.........yet, I loved HJ......secretly...........such a beautiful song.......there is no shame in such sweetness in your soul.........enjoy it.......please....enjoy this song!!!
@jimdoris13 I am glad to hear you say that I was the same as a 70s punk rock kid...but there was something about HJ that was different from alot of other 80s "pop".
I remember hearing this in 1998 when I was only 6. I would recall my aunt singing the lyrics while she was driving to the local grocery store in Kelowna. I liked it too but it became a faded memory. 13 years later, I heard this song on the Satellite Radio while driving into Kelowna. It rekindled so much of my childhood for some mysterious reason I cannot explain. The crazy thing is, I'm not from Kelowna. But of the few times I happen to travel there, this song would pop up. Crazy!
LOVE. I know all of these tunes by heart. He was way ahead of his time, even then. Oakville, Oct. 25, 2011!!!! Oh, I could be there. sigh. Call me, Howard.
A really good song from the 80s. The best music of that decade can compete with the best of any other. Great vocals and a great arrangement. Songs like this are easy to listen to, over and over again.
Takes me back to my college daze in the 1980s. Finding a girl you're sure is "the one"....then suddenly realizing that no matter how hard you want it to, it really will never work out. Learned the true meaning of heartbreak then boy-o!
@ greeneyedstone42. what a confession! brings it all back 4 me too. i cringe a little at the old '80s-clips-which is why i love this version. wondered had jones done any more recent vids with his Best of...CD? sound quality here is great...as are his lyrics: so real and unassuming. thanks for posting.
Making out in the back seats of cars, innocence lost in the mid-80's - definitely so many memories come flooding back when I hear this song. This one and what is love definitely helped define the 80's for me. It's too bad Howard Jones couldn't have put out more songs like this and go on to superstar status. This is deifinitely in my Top 5 ballads of the 80's ...
Excellent craftsmanship. Buttery smooth fretless bass, soulful electric piano, crisp guitar occupying all of the right spaces, sparkling backing vocals and a rock solid drum track (thanks, Phil!). Tasty!
Hard to find better lyrics, that give you a sense of bitterness in this hard life...
discodancer69 1 day ago
Correction.....the name of the album is Humans Lib. "Welcome to Conditioning stuck in my head for some reason.
TheGuitarjock 2 days ago in playlist Liked videos
My sister got me into Howard Jones back in the 80s. I was of course, being a guitar player, and being in Jr. High and High School, into heavy metal only at the the time. But I always found is music to be deeper and inspiring. HJ is one of my favorite 80s artists! If you've never sat down and listened to a heavy on the keyboard album or CD...I highly recommend listening to Howard's Welcome to Conditioning. It's an amazing album to this day!
TheGuitarjock 2 days ago
Officially obsessed with this song
IantheLiberal 3 days ago
One of the finer pop songs ever written... Great memories. Way to go Howard Jones!
Dicko0824 1 week ago 2
I'm from a small town in Texas that had a radio station that had a request show on Monday nights. All my friends and I listened faithfully and never missed a show. One night this song was dedicated to me from a boy I liked and who liked me....this song told our story. Our friends would not let us be together....you know how high school is....your friends opinions were the be all and end all. So sad. :(
treto43 1 week ago
great song.
notlob444 2 weeks ago
How many other hard nuts underneath all that secretly enjoy a good old love ballad?! I think its cool, to be who you are, not what everyone else wants you to be!! Thats freedom!!! Love this song!!!
jharv1969 3 weeks ago
simmons!
42arim 4 weeks ago
I just want to emphasize- when it comes to attraction, and unrequited love, this song is quite true. No one ever is to blame.
BlueTravesty 1 month ago
bella la musica...mi ricordo che l'ascoltavo da ragazzo...quanti ricordi :)
acand01x 1 month ago
This song is totally fabulous, the music , lyrics, HJ's great voice..and Phil Collins doing back up...Perfect
robwheelut 1 month ago
When I first heard this song, I thought it was Paul McCartney! : )
BlueEnvoy4413 1 month ago
By the picture of him he could be related to John Lithgow
TheConshuscriterion 1 month ago 2
@TheConshuscriterion HJs chin might be a bit more pronounced, otherwise that is totally Lithgow in Raising Cain.
atomicdog21 1 month ago
For some reason the electric keyboard after the phrase "no one is to blame" reminds me of Night Court.
madskerr 1 month ago
his voice and songwriting have always reminded me of thomas dolby, dolby is just quite a bit more inventive when it comes to production and sounds..
basehead617 1 month ago
Lovet the music
DuchessOfChapina 1 month ago
#love
atrienneyates78 1 month ago
cool i love music
Soh5686 2 months ago
I was to blame. And now she's gone.
sosidecop64 2 months ago
Reminds me of a Genesis song when I first heard it on the radio I thought it was Genesis but when I read about it I learned Phill Collins produced the radio version and did the drums. Sort of reminds me of the drums in Tonight Tonight Tonight.
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MYWIFEISMAD 2 months ago
i was to blame.....but that's another story.
blackoutrus 2 months ago in playlist Liked videos 2
The 80's just always seem to go down so smoothe. lol Takes no effort to move my soul!
mrhoffame 2 months ago
the 80's...good music, good TV, good movies and great times
reklaw78 2 months ago
@reklaw78 we had good as teenagers in the 80s...and people who were to blame stood up and took the blame...they didnt blame everyone else...i hate todays world and most of the sickening people in it...wheres doc browns delaurean when u truly need it
ThePass1967 2 months ago 5
@ThePass1967 We really did have it good in the 80s didn't we? If we could only go back. lol!
Johnnywhamo 2 months ago
@Johnnywhamo we did...if we only knew it then..sigh
ThePass1967 2 months ago
Thought this was one of the better songs that came out of that era. Completely heartfelt by the artist!
thebent10780 2 months ago
@thebent10780 Indeed, as they say, youth is wasted on the young! lol:) I use to LOVE going clubbing and dancing around to this back in the day, man those were some good times!
Johnnywhamo 2 months ago
I think this song had Phil Collins on backing vocals and drums
stevieboyNI 2 months ago
This song is comforting, like an audio translation of a big soft blanket.
netpv 2 months ago
@netpv that's a good way to put it. perfect way actually.
matrixtranscended 2 months ago
Oh yes, Class of 87....De La Salle, concord, ca...this seemed like an anthem...Great song, great memories.......high school punter/kickers never forget #14
MrWill99313 3 months ago
As an Aussie visiting the States, I saw Howard at the Music Box in Hollywood back in October and he was brilliant.
soccer1968 3 months ago
Man, I wish that it is still 1986!
Salfox112 3 months ago
@Salfox112 So do I, 18 yrs old and ready to kick someones ass, now 44 and looking for aspirin......LOL...
MrWill99313 3 months ago
You know, from this angle, he looks a fair bit like Bruce Campbell. Chin and all.
BlueTravesty 3 months ago 2
@BlueTravesty .. he sure does.... hehehehe
SilverMoonJoe 3 months ago
Brings back memories of teen love in the hot summer with a special girl I haven't seen In 25 years. thanks for the memory.
dwayne25ism 3 months ago
@dwayne25ism Same for me.......Cant believe 25 yrs is gone....I can almost still smell her perfume......Good times back then....funny hair, I felt that way then too....
MrWill99313 3 months ago
class song and performer...thanks for sharing
desgarrett 3 months ago
great song really sweet
TheMysticVagabond 3 months ago
Dom't ya just love this song?
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Halligen1972 3 months ago
Brings me back to a better time in life and music.... 80's forever !!!!!!!!!!
TheFlatliner75 3 months ago 20
Growing up never being able to listen to music that I wanted to makes this song even more important to me. I never knew who the artist was until today. I remember hearing this years and years and years ago. It always made me feel peaceful. I had to hide out to listen to the music I liked back in the late 80's and early 90's. It's fun to finally discover who made the music that I loved back then and still do now.
tweeber69 3 months ago
Still reminds me of one of the funniest moments of my life. I was 23 in 1986 years old, working for in a inbound Int'l cargo office. There was a huge error that caused a shipment to be returned...nobody wanted to be responsible, and we were all arguing. Suddenly out of nowhere my boss sang out "No one noo-ooo one no one ever is to blame". I still laugh thinking about it. :-)
tonybklyn 3 months ago 3
One of the best songs ever.I loved it when it first came out in 86 and still like it today.
jackdav34 3 months ago
@jesse0576 WTF? LMAO!!!
MoosicandCritters 3 months ago
Howard Jones is so very much popular artist in the worldwide
Soh5686 3 months ago
I wonder if Mr. Phil Collins had something to do with this song ??
spacemouse1 4 months ago in playlist 80's Easy Listening
@spacemouse1 LOL, I heard this song on a new local 80s/90s station the other day and thought it had to be Phil on the drums. Almost like Stevie's signature harmonica.
RavenlucJanie 3 months ago
For those of you who do not understand what the song is about...I've read some of the responses and some people are wondering....well...the song is untimately about unfulfilled attractions...basically wanting something that's right in front of you but that you can't have...the story of all of our lives.....which is why....no one is to blame....
sunshine42472 4 months ago
I remember when this song came out in 1986...I was 14....but it's only now that I truely appreciate the brilliance and depth...it has to be one of the greatest songs ever writen and produced....the lyrics alone are so original...and so honest, so true...Trust me,I have a list of many great songs but there's somethng very special about this one....Thanks Howard....You're a talent that never got the true recognition that you deserve....It's a very deep song...but so simple..and that's perfection!
sunshine42472 4 months ago
This song makes me wanna kill myself.
keithcozz 4 months ago
@keithcozz well, nobody would be to blame if you did
mnvikingsfan36 3 months ago
You can look at the menu but you just can't eat. You feel the cushion but you can't take a seat. You dip your foot in the pool but you can't have a swim. You can feel the punishment but you can't commit the sin.
mkelly534 4 months ago
it;s cool..song..:)
bungrudy 4 months ago
Meravigliosa musica ...ma ancor più belle le parole ...mai nessun colpevole...eh già.... nessuno la vuol mai la colpa .
Grande pezzo da un grande artista .
Roberto da Mantova (italy)
robymn 4 months ago
this song reminds me of losing my best mate.r.i.p mark john donovan taking from us 12/10/87.
nmp19771 4 months ago
Sweet stuff from Howard.
capebee 5 months ago
From an 80's kid...........I was a vicious punk rocker...Dead Kennedys, Black Flag,........Stormtroopers of Death, and....yes Slayer.........yet, I loved HJ......secretly...........such a beautiful song.......there is no shame in such sweetness in your soul.........enjoy it.......please....enjoy this song!!!
jimdoris13 5 months ago 43
@jimdoris13 so what where you secretly gay too! LOL just kidding man
Johnnywhamo 2 months ago
@jimdoris13 What a great comment :)
chrisw40 2 months ago
@jimdoris13 Don't forget Anthrax, ST, Testament, etc.... and Yes this is a killer beautiful song too
newrasmus34 1 month ago
@jimdoris13 I am glad to hear you say that I was the same as a 70s punk rock kid...but there was something about HJ that was different from alot of other 80s "pop".
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Halligen1972 5 months ago
phil collins co-wrote this and he's also on backing vocals....brilliant.
23jordanian 5 months ago
@23jordanian Howard Jones wrote all by himself. Phil Collins produced the recording.
Tolstoy111 5 months ago
@Tolstoy111 ok then,my bad
23jordanian 5 months ago
I remember hearing this in 1998 when I was only 6. I would recall my aunt singing the lyrics while she was driving to the local grocery store in Kelowna. I liked it too but it became a faded memory. 13 years later, I heard this song on the Satellite Radio while driving into Kelowna. It rekindled so much of my childhood for some mysterious reason I cannot explain. The crazy thing is, I'm not from Kelowna. But of the few times I happen to travel there, this song would pop up. Crazy!
Maxmulham 5 months ago
LOVE. I know all of these tunes by heart. He was way ahead of his time, even then. Oakville, Oct. 25, 2011!!!! Oh, I could be there. sigh. Call me, Howard.
GoLightly01100 5 months ago
LOVE.
GoLightly01100 5 months ago
Reminds me of Paul McCartney
BlueEnvoy4413 5 months ago
Good Song
deedeo100 6 months ago
I heard this on the raido today! What a breath of FRESH AIR.
lemontoalime 6 months ago
"It turned out someone was to blame"
lol
BonaDun 6 months ago
It turned out someone was to blame.
BallisticBrian 6 months ago
wtf is this song about? lol
fratlantaaaaBravesss 6 months ago
Just heard this being played in an episode of Cold Case.
lisahills 6 months ago
Although they tried really hard and still failed, 4 people were to blame.
DAGSTERZ26 6 months ago 2
good song, overproduced sound
basehead617 6 months ago
@basehead617 'overproduced sound'? That's what 80's music was all about! Everything got 'overdone' back then. So pleased I was an 80's teenager :)
Chlobet 6 months ago 2
@Chlobet Meeeeeeee toooo!
dadleyblane5 4 months ago in playlist dadleyblane5's Favorited Videos
@basehead617 I'm guessing you don't like today's pop music. That's okay; I don't like it either.
Jaeger7793 6 months ago
You Want her....and she wants you ......
fittalk 6 months ago
11YEARS OLD WHEN THIS WAS OUT, STILL ONE OF MY FAVORITES! i LOVE HIS VOICE!
olliepet1 6 months ago
Great song!!
svtshorty 6 months ago
BLOODY BRILLIANT. LOVE IT.
lisahills 6 months ago
THIS SONG SUMS IT ALL UP IN A NUTSHELL, YA REALLY WANT TO BUT YA JUST CAN'T!
Champ675 6 months ago
A really good song from the 80s. The best music of that decade can compete with the best of any other. Great vocals and a great arrangement. Songs like this are easy to listen to, over and over again.
TheLawvan 7 months ago
THIS SONG GAVE ME COMFORT WHEN I LOST MY BEST FRIEND RIP MARK DONOVAN. SADLY MISSED
nmp19771 7 months ago 3
i wanna find a keyboard player good enough to play this soi can sing it .... i love this song alot...
dannydutchboy2011 7 months ago
Takes me back to my college daze in the 1980s. Finding a girl you're sure is "the one"....then suddenly realizing that no matter how hard you want it to, it really will never work out. Learned the true meaning of heartbreak then boy-o!
JimHadar1 7 months ago in playlist My Plays For Blogtv
Great song, I hadn't heard it in almost 20 years.
jackdav34 7 months ago
Magnifico!
80sjamming 7 months ago 3
loved this song since a child still lives so strong in my heart
melissamadden96 7 months ago
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it all good everytime
MrSuperdiamondman 7 months ago
it all good everytime
MrSuperdiamondman 7 months ago
A real great song!
buzzerd48 7 months ago
I'm 18, and i think this still should be number 1!!!
TheSupermemoz 7 months ago 3
Who disliked this song? A big fat blamer, that's who! :-)
EricSmiles 7 months ago
hojo's best!
jenrod02 7 months ago 2
great song
truckman601 7 months ago
LOLL xD <3
MsRenzybenzy 8 months ago
Who Can Dislike This Song - This Is The Jam :o)
JeanaDylan83 8 months ago
@ greeneyedstone42. what a confession! brings it all back 4 me too. i cringe a little at the old '80s-clips-which is why i love this version. wondered had jones done any more recent vids with his Best of...CD? sound quality here is great...as are his lyrics: so real and unassuming. thanks for posting.
tasha2rose 8 months ago
very cool song......
parks4me 8 months ago
this whole song is 100% true for me.
PheremoneJ 8 months ago
good fucking 80s song
compton703 8 months ago
80 ppl and counting know true music
415Underdog 8 months ago
this song is awesome :)
CBreezyx11 8 months ago
a perfect song for my melancholy post dump mood
16rumpole 8 months ago
every time I hear this song it reminds me of the Emerald Coast back in 1986; good times.
87deselby22 8 months ago
This song is great..Long live the 80s man..
ccg1171 9 months ago
Good, all Good, ....his piano...CHONG, CHONG, CHONG,,,,, they hit it...And Phil Collins hits the skins...you can hear Phil...
lance1jcubsfan 9 months ago
I had the video of this on my playlist but WMG yanked it (sigh)
greeneyedstone42 9 months ago in playlist Favorites
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same :(
Good video too I thought
hawaiianflight 9 months ago
I was eighteen years young when this hit number 1 and i love as much now as i did then.
greeneyedstone42 9 months ago 31
memories of my teenage life...great song i love it....i hope someone can explain the true meaning of this song...pls
lostheart70 9 months ago
Great song! It's wonderful to hear it again.
campbellkid58 10 months ago 15
I love it!!!
TittyTittyBangBangXX 10 months ago
I woke up at 3 AM hearing this song and had no idea who sang this...but now I know!
blue29eyes 10 months ago
Making out in the back seats of cars, innocence lost in the mid-80's - definitely so many memories come flooding back when I hear this song. This one and what is love definitely helped define the 80's for me. It's too bad Howard Jones couldn't have put out more songs like this and go on to superstar status. This is deifinitely in my Top 5 ballads of the 80's ...
kozseluham 10 months ago 3
This song brings back SO many memories.
marianware 11 months ago 2
Excellent craftsmanship. Buttery smooth fretless bass, soulful electric piano, crisp guitar occupying all of the right spaces, sparkling backing vocals and a rock solid drum track (thanks, Phil!). Tasty!
polyphonium 11 months ago
Enjoyed listening to this. Gives me a bout of nostalgia.
rmjatx 11 months ago