Something called the DJ Rio Blog demonstrates that those singers we of the ’80s listened to have, in some cases, aged quite gracefully.

The photos contrast with the videos from my favorite work (in some cases, the only song you’ve ever heard of) of each:

Some arguably look better (though that’s of course subjective) than they did three (!) decades ago. Some weigh more, but if you don’t, you’re ahead of most of us. Apparently Flock of Seagulls Hair was overcome by genetics. (One advantage of being tall is few people can see the top of your head.) Some have replaced hair of then with hair of now.

You would never have gotten me to believe that Adam Ant would look like a British professor. Corey Hart looks less like Harrison Ford and more like Colin Hay of Men at Work, for what that’s worth. Pete Burns of Dead or Alive looked strange then, and looks differently strange now.

You might notice a few people are missing from these photos. Bananarama was a trio, as were the Thompson Twins, and there were four Talking Heads. A photo of Culture Club without Boy George is really not a photo of Culture Club. Some people won’t ever be photographed again — Michael Hutchence of INXS and Joe Strummer of The Clash, to name two.

If your children read this and burst out laughing, all you need do is point out that age will change Justin Bieber, One Direction and Miley Cyrus too … and possibly not for the better. Or you can point to you and your spouse at your age, and tell them that they’ll look somewhere between the two of you when they reach your age. Then laugh maniacally.