It was former national heart-throb, Duran Duran bassist John Taylor who first identified to me the crunch moment rock‘n’roll found its conscience and lost its edge, during an interview for a fashion magazine. Taylor was on fabulously freewheeling form that day while contemplating the state of pop. “After Live Aid,” he pointed out, “pop stars stopped being heroes and turned into role models.” The last two words were delivered with withering emphasis.
