Musical Perfection, Thy Name is Spandau Ballet

NP: True -- Spandau Ballet

Sitting at Starbucks, writing on my SSHA Paper for November (I know...I get 'er done early), and listening to Spandau Ballet on the Club 977 80s Channel.

I have to say....that Spandau Ballet came as close to musical perfection with that song as is humanly possible. It is just perfectly put together. The little "huh-huh-huh-huuuuuhhhh-huhhhhhh" part is aurally (sp?) stunning. I mean...no wonder PM Dawn sampled it for "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss." The way that the keyboard player and the key-tar player jump in at just the right times to add some harmony to the very well-written vocals really sets this group apart from other crappy 80s bands like Madness and Crowded House. The sun never sat on the 80s Brit-pop empire did it?

True is also universally useful in today's society. Take the new Disney movie Sky High...the one about the high school for super heroes. Everytime love interest number 1 comes into the picture and our leading man makes eye contact with her, up starts Spandau Ballet. It perfectly conveys that this girl is hot, unattainable, and True. This process happened about five times within the first 30 minutes and prompted me to ask my semi-ex-girlfriend if her super power was, indeed, causing Spandau Ballet to play at will. I mean, think about it really, if this girl was locked into brutal combat with a given super villian and Spandau Ballet started up, the bad guy would be frozen in his/her tracks at the sheer joy of hearing such a perfect song. It would be the Trump Card of all super powers. Much better than The Question's ability to not have a face, or Rocket Red's ability to speak with a Russian accent and fly around in an Iron-Man-Wannabe costume.

Next week, an essay on why Funkytown is the perfect song by which to stock the produce section at Publix.