"Computer scientists prove 80s pop music is boring"

[www.pbs.org] http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/computer-scientists-prove-80s-music-boring/

Had to be the University of Reading. They are definitely getting a reputation of investigating some bizarrely random stuff. I'm kind of proud of my local hive of unpredictable thinking.

Just saw this. I may be biased but in my mind the point about late '80s homogeneity comes across as "Hair metal was so brilliant, no-one could resist it"...