Back in 1980, the first album I bought with my own money was Adam and the Ants 'kings of the wild frontier'.
Adam Ant has proven to be one of the great ironic pop stars of all times. Back in 1981 he wrote:
"Don't you ever, don't you ever, stop being dandy
Showing me you're handsome
Don't you ever, don't you ever, stop being dandy
Showing me you're handsome
Prince Charming, Prince Charming
Ridicule is nothing to be scared of"
Then in 2002, he went bi-polar, was charged with threatening members of the public with an imitation firearm in a London pub and looked like this.
So, Mr Ant, it would appear that you have failed to be dandy, ceased showing your handsomeness, and crucially found that ridicule is something to be scared of.
Bruce Dickinson is from Worksop, Nottinghamshire, is a qualified commercial airline pilot, went to a very posh public school and is called Bruce.
Simon Le Bon appeared in a washing powder commercial in the sixties and his middle name is Charlie.
Duran Duran Syndrome is a condition that I believe effects popular music groups after some years. My theory goes like this:
In 1982, Duran Duran wanted to be a serious rock band, but all of their fans were thirteen.
In 2002 Duran Duran were a serious rock band, but only had thirteen fans.
See Howard Jones, Nik Kershaw etc etc etc....
By the way:
Yeah. Rock and roll.
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