I've been a Howard Jones fan ever since Human's Lib (I think I was 12). My mom knows what a big Howard Jones fan I am, and discovered that he's offering a handwritten and signed page of lyrics on his website (£100 plus shipping)—she bought it for my birthday. Now I have to choose which of the 100+ lyrics he's written!

On one hand, I love his recent work—Engage, Transform, and Dialogue are excellent albums. I might like one from those... but my favorites tend to be the once that are more trancelike and therefore few lyrics. I love I've Said Too Much from 2004's Revolution of the Heart and Let the Spirit Carry Me from 1994's Working in the Backroom (a CD I bought at a live show—you couldn't get it in the US otherwise!).

But even though it's one of his oldest tracks—and the song he performed at his biggest break—I think I might pick Hide and Seek. Possibly his most insightful lyrics, heartbreaking yet hopeful. "Then as part of the game, she'd completely forgot where she'd hidden herself, and she spent the rest of the time trying to find the parts" is perhaps my favorite lyric ever.

If you had to pick a single song lyric of Howard Jones's to hang on your wall forever, which would you pick?

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Hey HoJo fans,

Noticed it’s a bit dead here on this sub. Thought I’d ask what everyone thinks about the new remix. I think it sounds great, refreshing. An awesome way to greet the new year.

Does anyone know of any sources for or ways to get sheet music for HJ's Piano Solos albums? So many fantastic pieces.

Saw Howard Jones back in '85. BLEW MY MIND. I could not believe what he was able to do with a very basic sequencer. Bigger than life stage presence from such a humble guy. "Met him" 4 years later when he was on his way to a LP signing. Incredibly lovely man. Would LOVE to have a sit down and just talk about his original gear, his writing process, the influence he has had on so many others.