Growing up, I loved listening to Spandau Ballet, the music either exciting, elegant or both depending on the mood of the song and frequently with excellent guitar riffs and cool sax. And Tony Haley’s singing is top notch.
This song has all of the excellent aforementioned musical elements going for it… but can we talk about the lyrics for a sec?
This is a song about a poor woman named Jo who used to work as a diplomat. Somewhere over course of her career she had her brain wiped (by the CIA, MI6?), and now she is severely mentally disturbed which leads her to scream all day at a laundromat and repeatedly attempt suicide. Horrific story right?
But what does Tony choose to focus on? That she doesn’t seem the same, that she won’t talk to him, and that she is highly strung. She had illegal brain surgery Tony, what do you expect? Why not sing about finding mental health services for the poor woman and filing a lawsuit against the government on her behalf! Very strange indeed.
Growing up, I loved listening to Spandau Ballet, the music either exciting, elegant or both depending on the mood of the song and frequently with excellent guitar riffs and cool sax. And Tony Haley’s singing is top notch.
This song has all of the excellent aforementioned musical elements going for it… but can we talk about the lyrics for a sec?
This is a song about a poor woman named Jo who used to work as a diplomat. Somewhere over course of her career she had her brain wiped (by the CIA, MI6?), and now she is severely mentally disturbed which leads her to scream all day at a laundromat and repeatedly attempt suicide. Horrific story right?
But what does Tony choose to focus on? That she doesn’t seem the same, that she won’t talk to him, and that she is highly strung. She had illegal brain surgery Tony, what do you expect? Why not sing about finding mental health services for the poor woman and filing a lawsuit against the government on her behalf! Very strange indeed.