It was cool to take cheap shots at Duran in the '80s. Both by journalists who assumed their fans were all so hormonally charged (and female, since music jouralism has always been a boys club), that they  had no valid musical knowledge, Duran were also targeted by insecure teen males who couldn't get laid. Some men…

I own thousands of albums and cds, end toss in thousands of downloads to that, but Adam Ant's music remains some of my most played. And as pathetic as the attempt at costumes was for his recent tour, (one must try more than Joanne fabrics and Party City to pull off an aged pirate), the live show was BRILLIANT.