In 1960, acampaign was started in the UK to ban the American hit, teenage tragedy tune "Tell Laura I Love Her" by Ray Peterson. The song was being denounced in the press as likely to inspire a teen-age "glorious death cult".
Today, New York's sharpest-dressed miserabilists, the modern-day equivalent of Duran Duranâs empty-headed brilliance, Interpol, celebrated 17th year anniversary of their seminal debut album, Turn on the Bright Lights.