37: Funny How It Seems

37. "True" by Spandau Ballet {#4; 8/83} [Video: True.]

You can't get much more "wheelhouse" than this song! Homecoming dance, senior year of high school. Double-double date. Standing on my date's porch with a rose while an entire family stared me down. A sweater vest. The Upstairs Restaurant. No food. Finally, to the dance. Slow dancing to "True." (Awkward slow dancing, but slow dancing nonetheless.)

I wrote about this date fairly extensively on my humor column blog. (Here's a handy-dandy link: My Gawkward Date with the Mystery Girl.] Feel free to read the story. Feel free to correct and/or contradict my view of the events that night. It was a pretty crazy night.

And so, "True" always makes me think of that night. I liked Spandau Ballet. They had some other nice songs. ("Gold," "Only When You Leave," and "Communication," to name a few.)

There was a rumor that they were Mormon. I think it's because they were always wearing suits, and their song "Gold" contains a line about "only two years ago," which Mormons would naturally assume had to be about someone on a Mormon mission. But, no, Spandau Ballet were not Mormon, just upper-crust British.

"So true, funny how it seems."

COMING UP NEXT: What's worse than high school? Junior high!