CBs, and the new 55MPH speed limit inspired this song. When I was a young kid, this song was king. And I'm pretty sure it inspired the Smokey and the Bandit movie. Not really a good song, but I am rating with my bias. 8/10
When I was a young man, the cold war ended. And this song came out.
9/10. I've had the Mr. Blue Sky single (to which this is the B-side) leaning against my record player for months alongside Joe Jackson's 'It's Different For Girls'.
Not that this should affect the rating the song gets, I understand it's far more cacophonous than melodic, but try to bear in mind that this was released in 1979:
(I point out the track's age because that fact has been blowing my mind since the early '90s.)
I really wanted to like XTC in the 90s, "Dear God" was a favorite of mine (and it is on my playlist today). But that was the only song I ever liked by them. 4/10.
5/10 It just feels so overplayed. If this song/album would be a cd/vinyl etc it would be broken into small pieces by now because it was played literally almost everywhere.