Behind The Mask Turns 35 Today (April 9)

[Mr Scarrott]

Originally Posted by FuzzyPlum

…..actually I can. There was a phase of 1950’s throw-backs around that time. Some of the biggest acts/songs were 50’s pastiches

Shakin' Stevens comes to mind, doesn't he, for us Brits. Perhaps "Oh Diane" isn't quite so bad when viewed in the context of the "music box" feel of Mirage. As a stand-alone, it's a tad embarrassing.

Yes, Tango was absolutely massive in the UK. I remember it being played over and over on what passed for warm summer evenings in the late eighties at university at Lancaster, despite the fact that the Mac wasn't really considered cool at the time.

It was purely Tango that bounced BTM to the top of the charts in the week of its release in the UK. It then fell down the Top 50 only marginally more slowly than a dead cat being thrown down the stairs...

https://www.officialcharts.com/album...hind-the-mask/