1985.
Fish loses his voice. A disaster for playing live, perhaps, but not a problem on Top Of The Pops.
Their big hit of the year was ‘Kayleigh,’ also taken from the Misplaced Childhood album. I can’t stand that song, though when I was a teacher I knew many girls who were named by their parents after that song.
Never met a girl called Lavender. Knew quite a few blokes who who these military jackets (though possibly more in homage to Pete Doherty, though).
…and how much was this performance indebted to Bob Dylan? Just a tad…