Oh, sure! I remember this song!
I absolutely LOVE that era in pop music, because disco was really not 'in' anymore, and there were some very good other styles of music going on. These would be the years 1978-1982, I think. I have no idea why I picked those exact years. I was only 8 in 1978, but paid attention to whatever music was played on the radio.
Punk was coming in (this is the US I'm talking about here), and some really good country stuff was even out there that got played on mainstream AM radio. This was also the first time I ever heard of rap music, or whatever it was called back then. Sugarhill Gang and all that. My brother always had cool soul and r&b records around.
The rock groups I am talking about all have a similar sound, too. I think of The Knack, Blondie (sans-disco), Nick Lowe, Rick Springfield, and lots of other guys that wore pleated pants and skinny ties. Several one-hit-wonders here that I cannot remember now.
VH1 Classic used to show that Cruel to Be Kind video a lot. It was a very good example of early 1890's video style, shot on film, much like that Dr. Howard video that was posted here.
