I am totally bummed out that Squeeze would not get reunited for my amusement. In fact, I went to VH1 to sign the petition.

This brings me to the rant about how I find this show to be both sad and compelling.

A testament to true "we've been using data mining tools on our demographics information" brilliance, the show has managed to pick bands that all were important to me (if only for a few moments) during my childhood and youth. In this sense, I am saddened at the knowledge that I am getting older and that my music is less relevant, even to the artists who created it.

There is something nevertheless compelling about the "whole is greater than the sum of its parts" aspect of these reunions. There are times where I still suffer from the delusion that former rock stars take their riches and retire to live as millionaires in Fiji. Partly this impression comes from the fact that the no-talent Bob Van Winkle managed to hold on to his money. Part of this is also my own self-deception, that part of me that still wants to believe that when I was four and we moved to a nicer suburb, my parents gave my dog, Husky, to Eskimos. In any case, "Bands Reunited" completely demolishes any fanciful notions that the audience may harbor about the care-free life of a musician.

That said, Squeeze was by far the most talented of the bands that the show has tried to reunite. Maybe not enough time has past since their last greatest hits album.