On reflection - there's nothing embarassing about Dick's performance. he plays all the right notes and he sings in tune.

On the other hand - he doesn't sound like a man (of any colour) who is about to send his beloved out on the street to go whoring. That's what the songs about. the five dollars probably being an impossible aspiration... a bit like a four bedroom bungalow overlooking the bay at Sandbanks (costing two or three million quid) for the average person here.

Dick, you sound a little embarassed by the song.

More sort of - allright we'll do it with the lights on Evadne, but you think about knitting and i'll pretend i'm the Flying scotsman going into a tunnel....

That's the great thing about being Eglish. Thje yanks couldn't add that to the song, as long as they'd get a hole in their arse. Its why the pain in the arse tradtionalists don't get it. We're not trying to be authentic. Artists like Dick (and myself) are trying for self expression.

Keep rocking mate!