Hey, remember back when popular music actually elicited strong emotional responses from people? This was possibly the most unexpected (near) topper of the UK singles chart - reaching #2 - and was also one of the most reviled singles of the year. Happy days...

Great to see this. They opened for us (Medium Medium) when we played at the Left Bank in Mt. Vernon, NY on our first U.S. tour in October 1981. I had no idea who they were at the time. If I only knew then what I know now. But then that's true of so many things.

#14 -- You are correct, sir. Been there, done that. But that was many years ago, and it rarely went beyond dismantling park benches and pranks with fireworks. Teen violence--rarely fatal--was more associated with football (soccer) hooligans in my day; now, tweens and teens are carrying guns and killing each other, it seems. Hence the need for cameras, perhaps.

By the way, #3 -- I recommend a quick check in the dictionary regarding "erstwhile." Just sayin'...