There’s always a time and a place for this song. I muct have seen Black quite a few times in his early days and, although impressed by his voice, mainstream chart success came out of the blue. The melancholic steel drum backing is the perfect foundation for Colin Vearncombe’s equally tortured vocals which, just like gin and tonic, combine to form an unbeatable combination. In this video Vearncombe is shot like a matinee idol from the thirties, with my home town New Brighton, providing the perfect bacdrop. I lived just a short walk away from where a lot of this was shot when the track was initially released. It’s changed a lot since then, mostly for the better.
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