[on presenting television coverage of
Live Aid (1985)] I did feel some unease about having to rub shoulders with, and in some
cases interview, a lot of pop stars who I didn't actually detest
personally but whose music I was well known for not liking. So at one
point I found myself sitting around with the holy trinity of
Sting,
Phil Collins and the ubiquitous
Howard Jones; performers whose music for me
epitomized everything that was bland, mainstream, insipid, tragic, gave
rock and roll a bad name.
