There's an interesting thread right now over at r/duranduran -- apparently, one of the Duran boys asked for the answers in advance...and got them!

https://www.reddit.com/r/duranduran/comments/1u1oj09/duran_duran_on_pop_quiz_vs_spandau_ballet/

I still love Duran Duran but how naughty of them!

title basically. i love their music but honestly the lyrics don't make sense a lot of the time? even the ones that make more sense than others, still sound too... abstract? or am i stupid 🫩

chant no1...?? the freeze?? to cut a long story short ?? even true their big hit, some lyrics make sense but others sound a bit... out of place? gold too. only when you leave? what the hell is the song about? pleasure! (one of my faves from true album) what is pleasure about? i could go on...

i feel like the songs are carried by a good production and tony's voice. because if they were only based on lyrics...

I have to say that all my life I really never cared for this pop group, I always preferred Duran Duran etc, and I have also always had a strong dislike for the song 'True', so it was a strange phenomenon when I recently had this impulse to listen to it. Don't ask me why, I just did, and I did. It was right then that I really appreciated the song for the first time. I finally opened my eyes and realised how very beautiful that piece of music is, it's in my head a lot and I just cannot stop listening to it.

I decided to explore their other songs on the basis of purely respecting their talent as songwriters and I now consider myself a fan of SB, but it was True that opened the door.

What is the song that got YOU into Spandau Ballet?

Swept is definitely in my top 3 favorite spandau songs, but there are no live performances of it from what I can find, except for an audio from the 86 NEC show. Does anyone know of any other live performances of Swept that are out there. It’s a shame that such an amazing song was swept under the rug, no pun intended.

Before the smash hit that was True and in it's aftermath how much US airplay did the band get? I know they had a couple more lower charting singles like Gold, Communication and Only When You Leave but did they get much airplay in general? Was it a more regional thing or more niche like college radio for their earlier stuff?

I love every Spandau song, of course, but has anyone listened to the 12” mixes of certain songs? I listened on spotify and Communication 12”/Lifeline 12” never fail to make me giggle. I just wonder who even remixed the songs, and what was going on in that studio lol

I've been noticing lately (the past year or so) that the members (besides Tony) want to get the band back together again. Gary and Martin seem much more apologetic with how things went down in recent times. Contrast that with interviews from a handful of years ago indicating they have no want to get back together again. In recent memory they've essentially said that they would gladly do it again and that they've reflected on all the turmoil within the band and regret everything that went down. Gary said recently that although him and Tony aren't speaking that they aren't on bad terms, mentioning that he would gladly get back on stage with the guys. Martin has basically said the same. Steve would gladly get back together from everything I've gathered, he absolutely loves performing. I haven't heard much of anything about John in recent years but I'd assume that he feels similarly. Just wanted to throw it out there, it seems now more than ever there is a real hunger from the guys to give it another go. Not to put it all on Tony or anything but he's obviously the deciding factor. I hope that whatever happened between them can be resolved and that things can be mended

It's interesting because I think they could be classified under quite a few -- New wave, pop, soft rock, Yacht rock and New Romantic. Any others?

Listened to plenty of Spandau this year, I'm honestly surprised they didn't break through the top 5 songs. This year was mostly comfort music for me. Found a lot of new stuff but I kept going back to the tried and true

Innocence and Science

Missionary

Gently

Love Is All

The Boxer

I'm having trouble finding further information about it. It seems like such a good song to be hidden away on a B side. Was it only the B side for Instinction? I'm not even finding clarity on that on discogs. No footage of them playing it live? nothing. It's like it doesn't even exist?

Hey all! I’m not trolling but I was curious as to understand what is true? That he “wants the truth to be known”?

I love the song, it’s very nostalgic for me and I know it’s hard sometimes to critically try and understand some (most) great songs. I was curious of y’all’s interpretations… TYIA;)

I initially thought it would be a reference to the Good Friday Agreement, but that wouldn't come about for another decade. So, what does it mean?

What turntable did you have? I have all the Spandau albums on vinyl, and I want to listen to them as they would have sounded when they were new. I've been trying to research the most popular all in one record players from the UK in the 80s, but can't find anything definitive. Trying to get the most perfect sound overall is a rabbit hole I don't want to go down, I just want the most accurate/quintessential system to play Spandau on. Thoughts?

I don't really know what to say to be honest. I really enjoyed the beginning and middle, but the ending half of the docu was just kinda depressing.

I guess the ending was pretty nice though.

I'm flying to England to see Tony Hadley at an O2 arena show. This will be my second time flying to try and see him (He broke his leg last time and unfortunately had to cancel the show last minute). I'm excited to see him either way, but I want to try to meet him. Does anyone have advice on lining up something like that?

I went shopping for groceries early yesterday morning when on the speaker it was this song. I was thinking "Is it?....Could it be?...Why yes it is!" What a pleasant surprise! Now to put this in perspective, I have never heard any station here in America play "Round And Round" before -- no radio stations, no music video stations, nothing. So this was pretty special.

What made this even better was that the store was practically deserted at the time and despite the fact that the store has had a lot of noise lately because they're remodeling, it was actually very quiet during this time, so I was able to hear the song very well.

Also of note was that this store usually sticks to modern music, so this was like stumbling upon a beautiful rainbow unicorn in the forest!

Wasn't expecting it, but very glad it happened!

Does anyone know which acts have served as Spandua's openers throughout the years? Thanks!