Why do so many women find cheesy old male singers so appealing when they are well into middle age, to the extent that they turn into lovestruck teenagers - screaming, swooning, touching themselves intimately at gigs (I've seen this ). There doesn't seem to be much difference in behaviour between Justin Bieber's young fans and the gaggle of fifty-something office workers who gather outside the ITV studios every time Rod Stewart, for example, is appearing on 'This Morning'!
Some I can understand - David Essex, Donny Osmond, David Cassidy are still reasonably attractive, but Tom Jones, Rod Stewart and the sparrow-legged Barry Manilow were never what could be considered as eye-candy, even in their heyday.
Is it all about nostalgia and returning to carefree youth, even if just for a few hours?
AIBU to wonder how a leathery old crooner can turn large numbers of otherwise sensible middle aged women into shrieking, flapping schoolgirls?