The Outfield / YMMV

Alternative Character Interpretation: The POV character in "Your Love"; is he proposing an affair because he doesn't see anything wrong in having an a affair with Josie's partner? Or is he genuinely conflicted about having feelings for his friend and only proposes an affair while Josie's away so they can get it out of their system and never talk about it again. The end of the song suggests Josie's partner chose to remain faithful and cut the POV character out of their lives. In the end, the POV character is upset about losing someone they care about and they cry about losing their love.
I ain't got many friends left to talk to
No one's around when I'm in trouble
You'd know I'd do anything for you
Stay the night, but keep it under cover

Try to stop my hands from shaking, but something in my mind's not making sense
It's been a while since we were all alone but I can't hide the way I'm feeling
As you're leaving please would you close the door?
And don't forget what I told you...
Just 'cause you're right that don't mean I'm wrong
Another shoulder to cry upon!
Cliché Storm: Their debut album, Play Deep was described as "thoroughly derivative music" at one point by LA Times writer Dennis Hunt, and it does have Silly Love Songs. It may be a case of Tropes Are Not Bad, since The Outfield does have a sizable fandom, as number of people on YouTube consider the band to be underrated.
Harsher in Hindsight: "Moving Target" from their second album Bangin', being about some kind of reputation-destroying incident, has become this with the rise of social media not helping Real-Life Never Live It Down incidents, one notable example being the "callout culture" smearing people as racist, sexist, or bigoted in some way.
Memetic Mutation: After fans of Ed, Edd n Eddy noticed how similar Tony Lewis's singing voice sounded to Matt Hill's voice for Ed, a number of videos have popped up pairing images of the character with the opening lines of the song "Your Love". It wasn't long until someone made an animated version depicting Ed singing the song-and the Stunned-Silent reactions of the rest of the Cul-de-sac kids.
Praising Shows You Don't Watch: The Author Appeal of baseball mentioned on the main page. Being British, they were probably more familiar with Soccer than American football or Baseball. John Spinks admitted this, but said they preferred American sports in general anyways, because they tended to be less messy, according to him:
John Spinks: The thing about American sports—baseball and football—is that they`re far more show business, far more a spectacle, than British sports. In England, it`s just sort of everyday soccer matches. You get 30,000 people in the freezing cold in the middle of winter watching guys chase around in mud. In America, you have the sunny days, and the baseball diamond is really nicely laid out. In England, you`d see these guys covered in mud within 10 minutes. It`s not such a nice spectacle to watch.
Signature Song: "Your Love", which is actually the only song of theirs that still gets radio airplay today, even though they had many hits in the '80s.
Suspiciously Similar Song: The guitar riff from "Your Love" has a similar melody to "Who Can It Be Now?", as well as "Hold On Loosely" by .38 Special.

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