near a tree by a river, theres a hole in the ground, where an old man of aran goes around and around

so was this song (the riddle) an actual riddle to work out or just rubbish??

Nik Kershaw was only about 5 ft 2.

 

This song was to make people think for a while and deflected the "short-arse" comments he'd usually receive while performing the likes of "wouldn't it be good".

 

Great song

I loved Nik Kershaw back in the 80s, I had the Riddle on Vinyl.

Here is the original vid:

 

I love this song :wub:

Alan Jones described him as a "diminutive person", which I took as meaning he was tiny...

Alan Jones described him as a "diminutive person", which I took as meaning he was tiny...

 

Aye, I wasn't joking about him being 5ft 2!