There was the Motors- Ducks Deluxe and a few others that got caught in a no mans land where the establishment took up Dr Feelgood and Ian Drury and the Blockheads before they were swallowed by the new wave
an astonishingly beautiful song... telling the story of a boy dying of aids, who is rejected by his father because his son is gay. The dying son meets his father and 'confesses' his illness to him. Lyrics and melody sublime as is performance..