For half a minute today I was happy and excited.  It was because I read this headline,

"It's 'True': Spandau Ballet to reform"

Yay!  I always thought they marked a bright spot in pop music.  In those days I had the 'Detroit's Nicest Rock' station (WNIC 100.3 FM) on most of the time.  I heard their hits quite a few times, and liked it.  All I knew of the band was the recorded music, and all was good.

But now I've seen a pic of the guys for the first time.

Ok, fine.  Just some guys.  But then I keep reading...

" Twenty years since their acrimonious split, Spandau Ballet -- the pin-up boys who helped shaped the sound of 1980s glam pop..."

What's this?  Drama and 'scene'??

"Along with fellow British band Duran Duran, their sound, style and
attitude came to define an era dominated by ostentatious glamour, gold
lame suits and big hair"

Oh no... this is taking an evil turn...

""It is impossible to stress too highly how achingly fashionable Spandau
Ballet were in the winter of 1979 and the summer of 1980," GQ magazine
editor Dylan Jones writes in a biography of the band."

Crap.  That's ruined for me now.

Is there anybody left who likes music, more than stuff _about_ music?

Tell me something about that Rock-n-Roll stuff, Bobby...
[see 'currently listening' below]