Monday, January 18, 2016

Howard Jones - "Things Can Only Get Better"

We've established that Howard Jones has an identity crisis.  With a handful of hits during the 1980s, you would think people would know who Howard Jones is.  In fact, Howard still tours today.  Howard's success (in part) is because his sound was so familiar with other 1980s Brit Pop bands.  For years, I always believed "Things Can Only Get Better" was sung by Duran Duran--not Howard Jones.  (That's a compliment, by the way.)  Yet, when the song charted in 1985, it also found success on the R&B chart--something unheard of for a white British singer back then.  If anything, we all should know who Howard Jones is.