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* CoolOldGuy: Pushing sixty, but still has it.
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* WordSaladLyrics: "The Riddle", consisting of "guide lyrics" that Kershaw was [[PermanentPlaceholder unable to improve on]]. To Kershaw's dismay, MCA launched a competition to decipher the lyrics, only for Kershaw himself to be unable to respond to the speculation and later describe them as "nonsense, rubbish, bollocks, the confused ramblings of an 80's popstar".
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* WordSaladLyrics: "The Riddle", consisting of "guide lyrics" that Kershaw was [[PermanentPlaceholder unable to improve on]]. To Kershaw's dismay, MCA launched a competition to decipher the lyrics, only for Kershaw himself to be unable to respond to the speculation or debunk MCA's assertion that the lyrics were anything other than gibberish and later describe them as "nonsense, rubbish, bollocks, the confused ramblings of an 80's popstar".
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* WordSaladLyrics: "The Riddle".Riddle", consisting of "guide lyrics" that Kershaw was [[PermanentPlaceholder unable to improve on]]. To Kershaw's dismay, MCA launched a competition to decipher the lyrics, only for Kershaw himself to be unable to respond to the speculation and later describe them as "nonsense, rubbish, bollocks, the confused ramblings of an 80's popstar".
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* WordSaladLyrics: "The Riddle". To Kershaw's dismay, MCA launched a competition to decipher the lyrics, only for Kershaw himself to be unable to answer respond to the speculation and later describe them as "nonsense, rubbish, bollocks, the confused ramblings of an 80's popstar".
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* WordSaladLyrics: "The Riddle". To Kershaw's dismay, MCA launched a competition to decipher the lyrics, only for Kershaw himself to be unable to answer the speculation and later describe them as "nonsense, rubbish, bollocks, the confused ramblings of an 80's popstar".
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* WordSaladLyrics: "The Riddle". To Kershaw's dismay, MCA launched a competition to decipher the lyrics, only for Kershaw himself to describe them as "nonsense, rubbish, bollocks, the confused ramblings of an 80's popstar".
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* SurrealMusicVideo: Befitting the nonsensical lyrics, "The Riddle".
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* CutSong: "Wide Boy" was on Human Racing's master tape, but cut for time reasons and included on "The Riddle" instead. This is very obvious in its production sound.
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->''"Near a tree by a river there's a hole in the ground,\\
Where an old man of Aran goes around and around,\\
And his mind is a beacon in the veil of the night,\\
For a strange kind of fashion there's a wrong and a right,\\
But he'll never, never fight over you."''
-->"The Riddle"
Where an old man of Aran goes around and around,\\
And his mind is a beacon in the veil of the night,\\
For a strange kind of fashion there's a wrong and a right,\\
But he'll never, never fight over you."''
-->"The Riddle"
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* ''EI8HT'' (2012)
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* ''EI8HT'' ''[=EI8HT=]'' (2012)
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* BigNameFan: No less than Music/EltonJohn has called Nik "the best songwriter of a generation"
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British pop star mainly associated with TheEighties, though he's still in the business today.
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[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nik_kershaw.jpg]]
Nicholas David "Nik" Kershaw (born 1 March 1958) is a British pop star mainly associated with TheEighties, though he's still in the businesstoday.
today. He's also a gifted songwriter who's written for Music/ChesneyHawkes and Music/LetLoose and has worked on film soundtracks as well. He's released eight albums over his career:
* ''Human Racing'' (1984)
* ''The Riddle'' (1984)
* ''Radio Musicola'' (1986)
* ''The Works'' (1989)
* ''15 Minutes'' (1999)
* ''To Be Frank'' (2001)
* ''You've Got to Laugh'' (2006)
* ''EI8HT'' (2012)
Nicholas David "Nik" Kershaw (born 1 March 1958) is a British pop star mainly associated with TheEighties, though he's still in the business
* ''Human Racing'' (1984)
* ''The Riddle'' (1984)
* ''Radio Musicola'' (1986)
* ''The Works'' (1989)
* ''15 Minutes'' (1999)
* ''To Be Frank'' (2001)
* ''You've Got to Laugh'' (2006)
* ''EI8HT'' (2012)
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* BigNameFan: No less than Music/EltonJohn has called Nik "the best songwriter of a generation"
* CoolOldGuy: Pushing sixty, but still has it.
* CoolOldGuy: Pushing sixty, but still has it.
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* LiteraryAllusionTitle: "Don Quixote"."Literature/DonQuixote".
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* RemakeCameo: Played keyboards on ''Ozymi lyudy'', cover version (minus lyrics) of ''The Riddle'' by Ukrainian band Skryabin.
* ShoutOut: The video for "[[SignatureSong Wouldn't It Be Good]]" contains plot points and visual motifs from ''Film/TheManWhoFellToEarth''.
* ShoutOut: The video for "[[SignatureSong Wouldn't It Be Good]]" contains plot points and visual motifs from ''Film/TheManWhoFellToEarth''.
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* LiteraryAllusionTitle: "Don Quixote"Quixote".
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* RemakeCameo: Played keyboards on ''Ozymi lyudy'', cover version (minus lyrics) of ''The Riddle'' by Ukrainian band Skryabin.
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Protest songs
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* ProtestSong: numerous examples, some straightforward and some less so. An incomplete list is on the trope page.
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* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: "The Riddle". Not helped by the record company running a competition to explain the lyric, without bothering to ask him first.
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* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: "The Riddle". Not helped by the record company running a competition to explain the lyric, without bothering to ask him first.LiteraryAllusionTitle: "Don Quixote"
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British pop star mainly associated with TheEighties, though he's still in the business today.
!Tropes associated with Nik Kershaw:
* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: "The Riddle". Not helped by the record company running a competition to explain the lyric, without bothering to ask him first.
* WordSaladLyrics: "The Riddle"
!Tropes associated with Nik Kershaw:
* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: "The Riddle". Not helped by the record company running a competition to explain the lyric, without bothering to ask him first.
* WordSaladLyrics: "The Riddle"
