Im in total and utter shock over Brad giving a spot on analysis of this song. Lol. Thought this day would never come. Howard Jones IS a synth wizard, who was influenced by r&b and jazz, which is consistent across most all of his work.

"No One is to Blame" and "What is Love?" are great ones as well!

"The crossroads of synth and R&B, and the sidewalk is jazz." LOL, Lex is really rubbing off on you, Brad! Nice Lex-style metaphor.

How this cat got started making synth pop: "Howard used to give piano lessons. It is there he met Jan Smith, who he later married. It was whilst they were selling fruit and veg off the back of a van that a runaway vehicle crashed into the van, injuring Jan. She wasn't hurt badly, but Howard persuaded her to claim compensation. She used the money to buy Howard a synthesizer. The Shop delivered two by mistake and Howard liked the combination of the two so much, that he paid for the extra one. The shop knows him as "Honest Howard"!"

"No One Is To Blame" Epic lyrics

Lex is right. The 80's were a ridiculously abundant time of catchy ear candy. Everything was SO well produced.

Her swaying is addictive to watch... you must listen to "No One is to Blame", which is a song Howard Jones wrote after seeing this beautiful woman who noticed him to and they both apparently were married, but that moment had both of them wondering "what if", but they never went forward with it because it was obviously would be inappropriate. It's a very deep and contemplative song.

Such a great song! I was in 10th grade when this came out, and the sound is so awesome as well as the message. At 15 we felt like anything was possible in the 80's.

Next Howard Jones should definitely be No one is to Blame and the lyrics have meaning so Brad will be happy.

"New Song" is a great Howard Jones song. "Hide and Seek" is a stunning piece too.

I saw him back in the 80s and the Thompson Twins opening up for him. What a great show we actually got to meet him afterwards he was such a nice guy. You guys need to listen to What is love another good song.

I played this on cassette in my Peugeot 205gti Sunday morning washing my car in front of my house. Full blast. Kids walked by & said "that's cool music" I felt the Bees knees.

Totally '80s. 😆 My childhood. This was played at school dances and roller skating rinks.. "What is Love" and "New Song" were other hits he had. The singer had spiky colorful mohawk. See his videos. Lol. This is poppy R&B new wave with horns. 🎷 Similar to Culture Club/Boy George and Oingo Boingo. Brad is right!

I've always been a fan of Howard jones. I also like his songs "Life In One Day" and "What Is Love". I saw him in concert opening for Culture club and he was great. I just cant stop noticing how much he and John Lithgow from "Third Rock From The Sun" tv show both look so much alike and both their first names are John.

Pure 80s joy , Cosmic Synths up beat this guy was big time .

Howard Jones' music is just full of positivity. I actually got to meet him once briefly when he was signing albums at a Borders bookstore. He seems like a really nice guy. New Song and No One is to Blame are great, among many others.

Classifying these 80s songs. I played in a rock band in the 70s. Fun to play. But really dark lyrically. In the 80s. Neutral lyrically. Just fun music. Dancing with a lady. Just a blast. 80s music was just made you smile.

Love seeing Brad’s face light up as soon as the song started!!!

Howard Johnson had a few great songs. I always loved his voice.. The 80’s had many genres of music!! It was a great time to be in your 20’s !!! Lots of great music and fun times!! This is a happy tune !!

Quite possibly the most 80s sounding song you can get ;-)

He always had very uplifting lyrics to go with his catchy music. Still love and listen to him today. 🥰

Does anyone from the UK remember seeing him playing 'New Song' on "Saturday Superstore" in 1983? He instantly made a huge impression on me...he was one of my top favourites from the whole of the 80s 💗

The 80's were super diverse in terms of music styles. One thing that screams "80s" from this song: the brass instruments. Also that kind of echoing sound of the chorus. It's a fun tune for sure!

“Things, can only get better”…..Very positive. Very up-lifting. I hope your younger viewers take it to heart…….Cuz, it’s totally, true. Live strong!

Love Howard Jones. Brad is right on. 80s Synth Pop meets R&B/Funk

Loved Howard Jones in my teens, this song did have a funky feel & did cross over into the R&B charts in the US, one of the backing singers was Karen Wheeler who was in Soul to Soul another brilliant British artist. Look out What is Love? Equality, Specialty, All I want so many great tracks from Howard.

Brad, that is a perfect way to describe the song! I totally agree. Howard Jones always had his own style. To me this song is basically “Don’t let fear hold you back, you can be scared all you want but get out there and live life.” It always cheers me up when I hear it. I’d love to see you do more of Howard!

Amazing artist. My wife and I had the pleasure of seeing him perform in a small club about ten years ago. He was incredible.

Love H. Jones. Most ppl. Don't remember him. Feel good music for anybody. More Howard please...

I was fortunate to see Howard Jones back home in Columbus in 1986. This guy performed with so much energy and enthusiasm that he remains a favorite to this day. One thing that stands out.... he strapped that keyboard around him like a guitar, and jammed out 'Sunshine of your Love', by Cream. Dude's a straight-up talent...!!!

Great. What Is Love, and then the fantastic ballad No one Is To Blame are two of my favourite Howard Jones songs.

Howard Jones was New Wave synth pop. Love everything about him ♥️

Back in the day, us 60s oldheads referred to it as SYNTHPOP....was a great combination of the 2 genres! Thomas Dolby and Harold Faltermeyer were masters of it

We used to cruise to this. Ho Jo was one of my favs! "No one is to blame" is a great one too.

No One Is To Blame is another one by Howard Jones that is a must listen. Speaking of fun 80's songs, Nu Shooz had one called I CAN'T WAIT that you probably need to hear.

when I was in school this would have been called new wave music, which none of my friends liked lol, they were all into the hair bands and metal, I loved it all

that little synth to the bridge "and do you feel scared i do" sweet as,love this song.the 80s were great,they weren't when i was in them like haha

Howard Jones is so underrated and had 5-6 legit hits in the 80’s. “Life in One Day” is another song of his you two should react to!

To me, this is exactly 80’s…..we had a LOT of variety….we knew who the singer was of any new song we heard because everyone was distinct and trying to sound unique rather than trying to be the same. Each band and artist had their own sound, most music had ‘tunes/melodies’….it was a special time. :-) The big thing was we didn’t care what songs were about (or try to work it out), their feel and sound was everything!

Lex got it! It’s about getting older and not regretting the mistakes you made when you’re young. You’re scared of what the future holds but it can only get better.

Got a nice little nod in Stranger Things season 3. Saw him pre Covid shutdown and going to see him this July. Just an all around cool guy too.

Ho Jo always takes me back to a job i had in HS, 86'& 87' Junior and Senior years. Nearly everyone that worked there was in high school and came from five surrounding high schools. These two black dudes could sing Ho Jo perfectly A Capella style, everyone would stop to listen, such a fun place to have worked.

Mainstream "New Wave" 1985 Great Reaction 😁 I remember kids blasting this from their cars after school driving from the parking lot when I was in high school

More high school memories in the 80s with Howard Jones music. 👍👍👍

In this episode of Brad & Lex, Lex shows a young birds curiosity as her "Couch Gang" hat logo darts swiftly in all directions until her surroundings become familiar. "Woh Woh Woh...." -uh oh Hey Mikey....Brad likes it based on the flashing of the pearlies and the awakening of his signature "side to side sway" that leads to a Mama Lex reference and a shockingly rare glimpse at Brad performing a "sitting two step double snap groove" move. He will revert back to his original form as Lex releases consistent glide like "bops" complete with "snarl face" and "hula hands".

Guys this was one of the epitome of the 80’s songs- simple as that- When it comes to the 80’s especially, you’ll drive yourself nuts trying to fit every song in a genre.. The fabulous 80’s were just that- fabulous!! And we had soooo much variety- “No one is to blame” should be the next one you hear of his- 💖💙✌️

Very good Brad! New wave with R&B, funk sprinkled in . Like Oingo Boingo, Culture Club, ABC, etc.

Keep on diggin into the big world of music and share it to the younger people, So you keep all this good stuff alive. I was born in 1963 and we have had no internet to share music this way.

Howard Jones’ voice transports me directly to 1985

1980s new wave classic. This is '80s sound for sure and some in the early '90s. jaja. I grew up in this era. Howard Jones had a little funk and R&B to his music too real upbeat songs. . They were like other groups ABC, Boy George and the Culture Club, Thompson Twins, Information Society.

HOLY 💩 A smile, a sway *_annnd_* a head bob from Brad. Am I dreaming? 🤪

Hojo was amazing in concert. Saw him and b52s in early 80s.

I was an 18 year old metalhead when this came out and I loved it, my friends were all close-minded dicks and only listened to metal but I liked anything catchy with good arrangements, melodies and hooks...

Howard Jones plays everything on his songs!

BITD, this started something called "New Wave" which was primarily very talented keyboardists exploiting the new powers of modern synthesizers. Pet Shop Boys, Franky Goes to Hollywood and several others defined sub-genres within New Wave. I was a fan as a piano player.

I remember dancing to this with a bunch friends at a bar in Austin on 6th street. Such good times.

Howard Jones was the opening act of the first ever concert I went to. He opened for Hall and Oats on the Maneater tour at the Richfield Coleseum that the locals affectionately called the "Palace on the Prairie" in a suburb of Cleveland,Ohio.

I actually saw him in concert in 1985 in Oklahoma City. He opened for the Eurythmics. I refer to this as New Wave music.

Great reaction! Love the laughter and fun you both have with this one. Funny thing is that this song reminds me of you two. Y'all choose to start this channel and life together and I'm sure it's scary that either could fail. Lex is right about not throwing each other away, it's about throwing away the material things because you together is what really matters.

My favorite all-time!

Hahahaha!!!!! Brad blew my mind with his analysis of this - he was dead on with it!!!! BOOOOOOMMM!!!

Brad dancing !!!!!!!!!!!!!😮 awesome!

Always love Lex's smiles, but Brad's here was beautiful!!!!

Brad nailed It! I remember somewhere along the way there were break dancin' and poppin'...maybe the video.

I saw him at Canada's Wonderland around 85'. He got fined for the concert being over the sound limit regulations. It turned out it was us in the crowd singing back to him. I've never seen anything like it. What a moment!

Howard Jones is a synth wizard. "Things Can Only Get Better" is his second-biggest hit in the U.S., peaking at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1985. His biggest hit was "No One Is To Blame," which peaked at #4 on the Hot 100 in 1986, and featured Phil Collins on percussion. Those are his only two Top 10 hits, though "Everlasting Love" came close, peaking at #12 on the Hot 100 in 1989. If you want some pure Howard Jones synth-pop, give "New Song," "What Is Love?," "Like To Get To Know You Well" and "You Know I Love You...Don't You?" a listen. "New Song" is like 8-bit Nintendo music meets a Jim Henson fantasy movie theme song. "What Is Love?" has a darker, contemplative, downtempo sound with some interesting chord progressions. "Like To Get To Know You Well" has a simple chorus that makes you want to sing along when the harmonic vocals come in. "You Know I Love You...Don't You?" is uptempo enough that even Lex will have a hard time keeping up. Also give his 1990s hit "Lift Me Up" a listen. It has less synth, but more brass. He adapted very well with the times.

My favourite song of Howard Jones was and still is "Hide And Seek"

I love Howard Jones’ sound, he had a string of hits in the eighties! The eighties had a lot of different musical sounds! I think the song is about life and not giving up on your dreams and to keep pushing on!❤❤

Saw him in ‘95 at The Big Ass Show (Wolf Mtn, Utah). Being a metal guy at the time I was apprehensive…. Dude made me a fan and still listen today. Great reaction

It's New Wave! :) Yes, 80's Synth! And the bassline is very funky. Cool tune!

I was a Hair Metal guy in the '80s but I did enjoy me some Howard Jones on occasion.

Ahhh the 80s...We had some good times didn't we ✌ ❤ 🌎

What is Love is Howard Jones' first hit and I think my favorite

That whole Dream Into Action album is new wave greatness. And if you listen to these folks in the comments to hear "No One is to Blame" then please do your best to hear the original album version rather than that stripped down corruption that they rammed down our throats until people forgot about the good version. Better to hear the deep cuts like Assault & Battery, Look Mama, Bounce Right Back.

Love Howard Jones. I was a teen when this song became a hit. While from the UK he spent his youth in Hamilton, Ontario Canada 🇨🇦

A classic tune from my youth.

Ooh Howard Jones. So 80s love it

I can remember watching Howard Jones videos on MTV in the mid 80s he had this crazy punk rock hairdo but cuz could sing, everlasting love and no one is to blame were a couple others I liked by him and for some reason when I think of Howard Jones I also think of Steve Windwood, he had some music out about the same time, Higher love is one you guys should check out, I remember the line from the song "I can light the night up with my soul on fire, I can make the sun shine from pure desire lol that was a big hit for Steve, it's weird but my mind is like a Playlist from MTV, I think I saw Steve on MTV right after a Howard Jones video and there's many other songs if I hear one it triggers the next song I heard in my mind, yeah I'm crazy 🤪🤣🤣🤣

What Is Love?, No one is to Blame w/ Phil Collins, New Song, you know I love you, Everlasting Love, Don’t Always Look at the Rain, - love and positivity were major themes in all of his music! He is still performing too!!!!

Haha! 80’s were good times! I was in high school. How weird were we lol. Crazy hair and clothes and we were kids but we partied are asses off. We kept it low profile so we knew how to get away with all kinds of crazy shit. 80’s teenagers smartest kids Ever!! Lol

Love Howard Jones!

I also recommend What is Love by Howard Jones

It's funny how Lex said this is 'different for the 80s' This is quintessential 80s

The song is 1000% 80s. I mean it does incorporate funk, you guys are correct there. But this is very much in the 80s wheelhouse of sound. As you listen to more 80s music you'll see. Fun song though.

80s music is generally very positive not to mention the music itself is so good = winning formula!

“New Song” by Howard Jones is my favorite song from him.

At last!! Someone reacting to Howard Jones!! Thank you guys!!

80s new wave- congrats, you found it. Now try The Psychedelic Furs" Love My Way is a great start for them.

The best breakdown of this song that I have heard. For whatever that is worth. Great reaction!

I saw Howard Jones open up for the Eurythmics in the mid 80's. I was blown away by the sound that was being spread over the audience by just one person. What Is Love?, New Song and Like To Get To Know You Well are just a few you should check out. Brad... brush up on your snap, step and slide before the next one. 😉✌️

Pure 80s.😂😉 Listen to Howard Jones - What Is Love?

And do you feel scared oh I do. What a chorus. Top work guys, new song Howard Jones. Birthday of Brit synth

Howard Jones had so many great songs. What is Love? (with video) is an all-timer.

I didn't recognize this from the title or artist but I love this song! Glad I checked it out.

There's a lot of stuff that sounds like this in the 80s (ABC, Thomas Dolby, Nu Shuz, Level 42 etc...)

Love Ho-Jo! Also listen to "Like to Get to Know You Well", "What is Love?", "No One is to Blame", "Everlasting Love", "New Song",

Opened a time machine to great songs.

You two are so lucky, so much great music just falling in your lap

"Get to sixty with no regret" That line made me LOL. Yeah good luck with that.

*This song basically cemented the 80s sound!*