No One Is To Blame POLL: 1985 vs. 1986?

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Howard Jones recorded one version for <i>Dream Into Action</i>. Howard Jones recorded a second version with Phil Collins and Hugh Padgham for release as a single. The first is small and intimate. The second is glossy and big (with Phil on bg vocals, even).

Will anyone vote for the second version?

Poll Results

OptionVotes
1986 11
1985 4


Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 15:00 (eleven years ago) link

Prefer the second version.

the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 15:14 (eleven years ago) link

i never knew the first one existed. sounds like a demo.

billstevejim, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 15:16 (eleven years ago) link

1986 version is my favorite Howard Jones single

Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 15:17 (eleven years ago) link

I may have overestimated the original's popularity. I prefer it, though.

Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 15:18 (eleven years ago) link

ASPIRATIONS IN TEH CLOUDS
AS YOUR HOOPES GO DOWN THE DRAIN

the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 15:19 (eleven years ago) link

saddest couplet poll

check your privy (ledge), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 15:20 (eleven years ago) link

I guess I don't have any real problems with the arrangement in the single version, but the vocal in the original makes more of an impact imo.

Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 15:25 (eleven years ago) link

he's such a wuss. NO ONE EVER IS TO BLAME eh? It's like he works for a university department of student affairs.

the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 15:28 (eleven years ago) link

One of the first songs I heard on MTV, in the same block with Locked In by Judas Priest, Let's Go All the Way by Sly Fox, and Innocent Eyes by Graham Nash. I wish I still had the tape I made of that with my little hand-held cassette deck.

how's life, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 15:57 (eleven years ago) link

I saw that Nash song in an early '86 Hot 100 chart recently: a total flop.

the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 16:47 (eleven years ago) link

But there was an awesome video with Jack Tripper as the dad!

Dad (to kids going on a date): Where are you going tonight?
Boy: Bowling!
Girl (at the same time): Movies!
Dad and Mom: Bowling Movies?!!?

how's life, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 17:12 (eleven years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Friday, 19 April 2013 00:01 (eleven years ago) link

Definitely the second version. I like the tick-tock percussion, and the production is so much richer.

something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 19 April 2013 02:05 (eleven years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Saturday, 20 April 2013 00:01 (eleven years ago) link


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