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The 1980's are often described as the decade of excess. The fashion and music was over the top. While the late 80's was ruled by hard rock hair bands (great music that I love!), the early part of the decade is often referred to as the second English music invasion. The first of course was The Beatles and Rolling Stones, but the second was led by new wave bands like Depeche Mode, The Cure, and of course Duran Duran.
Duran Duran are a band that was formed in Birmingham, England in 1978 by band members John Taylor and Nick Rhodes. They took their inspiration for the band name for the sci fi film "Barbarella". One of the characters in the film is Dr. Durand Durand, and so the band was born. They went through line up changes as all bands do. They picked up Roger Taylor (drummer) and Andy Taylor (guitar) along the way, none are related. They finally came together as a band when they hired Simon Le Bon as their front man and history was born.
MTV was really in it's infancy in the early 80's, trying to play all music all the time. They were two weeks old when Duran Duran's first video "Girls On Film" video had recently been produced; full of women mud wrestling, pillow fighting, and full of sexual fetish fantasies. The band felt it would be played in hip clubs and the Playboy Channel and get people talking about them. MTV loved the music but not the video, so to make the video playable on television in the US they had to do extensive editing. But it was a perfect match for the fledgling station. Duran Duran's story telling video style influences music videos through the decade and beyond. Not to mention they were asked to create the theme song for a James Bond movie, "A View To A Kill."
I got the idea for today's Three Tune Tuesday from @tengolotodo sharing some great Duran Duran tunes. But I though I would add a few just for fun. Make sure to check out his post after mine. Thanks to @ablaze for sponsoring TTT!
This first song I have always liked because it has a great strong bass line, strong guitar, and is much darker and harder than most songs that came from Duran Duran. It's one of my favorites by them: "Carless Memories"
I hope you liked the first one, next moving onto a timeless classic "Hungry Like The Wolf". It's a song I think almost all of us have heard several times to say the least. In this video you can see how the band's story telling style was perfect for MTV. It played over and over on the station, because it's a great tune with a great video, take a look:
Last up I probably would have gone with some harder edged songs but @tengolotodo already picked up a couple of them. But this song and video show's them at their peak of fame and were one of the biggest bands in the world at the time, "New Moon On Monday".
Success always comes at a price. Bassist John Taylor and guitarist Andy Taylor both became addicted to cocaine and alcohol. Pressures of touring and songwriting forced the band to take a hiatus to recover from the non stop pace they were living. When they eventually restarted they were three band members light leaving only Le Bon and Rhodes to continue on. The did finally regroup in the early 2000's. The were inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame this year and the original five members are writing yet another album.
Thanks for taking time to stop by and read/listen to my post. If you have any comments or questions please feel free to comment below.
References:
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Nice selection of tunes there. Hungry is a classic for sure. Believe it or not, I even liked the newer Duran Duran stuff that came out a bit later. I remember they had a hit well after the height of their career that got some radio play. Was it Ordinary World or am I thinking of the wrong song?
It was Ordinary World in the 90's at some point if I recall, Their later music was good too, just a talented group of guys!
For sure! Yeah, that seems right. I know it came out much later than their prime hits.
MTV was just starting, no one really knew if, or where it was going.........
So nice to be able to see the beginning of something big and watch it progress!😀
It's sad that MTV moved away from music and into pure pure reality shows. They were once a fun channel to watch. How are the cats and dog getting along?
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That's funny! Thinking the dog's stuff must be better than mine!
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I like writing ttt posts now that I get an inspiration from elsewhere so glad you saw my Duran Duran post, and yes so many songs they did have. Carless memories I had completely forgotten about!
Great trio of songs!
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You had a great idea! Careless Memories is one I always liked but wasn't a huge hit. TTT is a fun subject to write, I enjoy it more every week!
The music of the 80s is still very topical. It is the prodigious decade.
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Even me, a boy from a far away country, knew Duran Duran; it is a great era then; I am glad to have chance to join it.
Thanks for chiming in! Duran Duran were world wide stars in their day!
Count me in.
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A punk band I was in dis an Ordinary World cover! We heard another punk version and liked it. Duran Duran are great song writers indeed!
That they are, probably why they still are writing new music!
Double Three Tune Tuesday helpings of Duran Duran this weeks courtesy of @thebighigg and @tengolotodo
As I was saying to Ed, I never really got into Duran Duran, but millions of people couldn't be wrong and I enjoyed the six songs your guys shared collectively... Nice one..
Thanks!
A bit late, but Duran Duran is among favourite bands, so it was curious to check your selection of top tracks. Well, we did not match 😎 All those are great, no questions. My fave probably will be 'Chauffler', the rest two varies, depending on which LP I am listening to, haha. !BEER
Chauffer is definitely one of my favorites right up there with Carless Memories.
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I think I love those sounds
They are very nice
Nice one!
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