Joe Jackson- "Is She Really Going Out With Him?" on Countdown 1980

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  @rupephoto7615 · 6 months ago

  who's listening in 2026

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  @stevejeffery4951 · 6 years ago

  I was 15 the first time I heard it on the radio.  I didn’t know who he was, I just knew I needed to hear more.  I saw his album “Look Sharp” for sale I Woolworths. I worked out that it was going to take four whole weeks pocket money to buy the album.  So I stayed in every weekend and every evening for a month.  Then finally I had enough money. I walked to town and as I got inside Woolworths I realised there was a limited addition in white.  It didn’t say that it cost any more than the black, so I took a gamble and fortunately it was the same price. All I had on me was enough for the album and there was 1p change.  I walked home, played the A side, then the B sided, then I played them both again.  I was very happy with my purchase, and not having any money for another week didn’t bother me in the slightest.  And as I type this, that brand new album smell, that I had never smelt before, fills my nostrils one again.  I still have the album. And every album, video, DVD and CD that followed. I’ve seen him play more times than I can count.  That song has effectively cost me thousands of pounds, but not a penny was wasted.  Thank you Joe, for everything

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  @annahessler5667 · 1 year ago

  I am 63 years old and I still love that song

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  @larrymarciniak4191 · 6 years ago

  The cool thing about Joe Jackson was that he wasnt a poser... He was just Joe Jackson (a Brilliant talent)..... And that was so cool !!!!

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  @jawkneekat · 6 years ago

  Joe Jackson, the architect of perfectly constructed pop music. The guy is a genius in his own right.

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  @tarp11z · 3 years ago

  Joe Jackson has always had a certain positive energy that I don't think anybody else has had. The sound, the look, the attitude, sense of humor, ... Oh and then the talent. He's one of a kind.

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  @BillyBones436 · 2 years ago

  Was 14 when I bought this single, great memories, cheers Joe

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  @thomaschesterfield9459 · 3 years ago

  I said this over and over during high school.😂

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  @candaceleber9059 · 2 years ago

  This song was the beginning of my love for Joe Jackson... years later I saw him play at the Greek Theater in Berkeley in 1990 (?); he stepped on stage and it started to rain, but he kept on singing...great concert!

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  @alicesings512 · 3 years ago

  I had a 5 foot Cardboard Cutout of Joe Jackson I got from the record shop. He was wearing his white shoes which I got a pair of white leather Chelsea boots to try to match. I wish I still had them. He’s a great performer.

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  @carlawalker4693 · 4 years ago

  I graduated high school n 82 ...this looks when he was n his prime ..love Joe jackson back then and now 💋

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  @octofish · 6 years ago

  I was 18, full of acne, no confidence, socially awkward. I heard this song on the radio and wept. When you hear a song that hits you in the soul with exactly what you're going through at the time.

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