Poor Family Man

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Originally Posted by redbird

"Oh Diane" always reminded me of a Chris Isaak song, its appeal is very retro and I'm cool with it. Not a stunning piece of song craft, obviously, but I think it's cute enough.

I always thought Oh Diane was more of a nod to Neil Sedaka. I'd never thought of Chris Isaak. He was quite cool at one stage in the late 80's. Perhaps Oh Diane was ahead of its time. Perhaps its a really cool song after all.


I'd always assumed it was a 'live' Top of the Pops studio performance (I never payed much attention to it). When you look closely you see they are actually playing on a big screen in the studio (ie, they weren't actually in the studio).
I think it was either a specially recorded promo performance (to sell it in Europe) or a 'live' feed from the states.