Jilted John: It's still a classic

It was the first record British superhero Zenith every bought, and we know this because he said it was a classic in a pop star profile that ran on the back page of a 2000ad in the late eighties.

I had never heard of Jilted John when I read that, and thought it must be nothing more than a joke record, because Zenith was always the great brat of 80s superheroes, and then I heard it years later and was delighted to discover it's the ultimate expression of the heartbreak of the whiny and problematic working class teenager, crying on his way to the chip shop - Gordon IS a moron! - and also a genuinely banging tune.

Zenith was fucking right! It is still a classic.