How many duets grace the PF500? Is it just this and Fairytale of New York (Pogues and Kirsty MacColl)? It might be. It seems to me that Rock N Roll duets is a space that should be explored more, particularly male/female duets. Even a shitty band like Roxette got famous using that trick (the story of Roxette is a great one; two big Swedish rock stars decide to become a duet, as if Michael Jackson and Madonna had decided in 1989 to form a supergroup). But I digress.
This truly is incredibly synthesizer heavy, and it's tempting to call it dated because of that, but it's such a perfect example of early 1980s synthesizer rock, but with the fun twist of the duet, that it really is still fun to listen to, even if the squirty or buzzy synth sounds make you wince now and again.
I've always been struck with how sick and twisted the man is in this song ("You better change it [your mind] back or we will both be sorry"?!?!? That's just one of a few of those gems in a song with a limited number of lyrics). Contrast with how reasonable and adult the woman is ("The five years we have had have been such good times"). The lyrics don't exactly match. She should be singing "Now you're starting to really scare me" or something like that.
RATING: 66.
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