Duran Duran, anyone?

[Rosa Negra Imortal]

I supose most of you hate this kind of music but, anyway, they're one of my favorite pop bands...
....save a prayer, ordinary world, come undone, a view to a kill, matter of feeling, girls on film, violence of the summer...good songs!

 

[Thorns of Sorrow]

die....a slow, slow death....

*thornie puts on a mask*

That songs Hungry like the wolf, and Girls on Film rule!

*thornie takes mask off*

fuckin fags

 

[Heliologue]

i like a few mainstream softrock/pop bands. but not duran duran.

 

[Rosa Negra Imortal]

Originally posted by Thorns of Sorrow
die....a slow, slow death....

*thornie puts on a mask*

That songs Hungry like the wolf, and Girls on Film rule!

*thornie takes mask off*

fuckin fags

 

[Rosa Negra Imortal]

Originally posted by saturnix
i like a few mainstream softrock/pop bands. but not duran duran.

Which ones?

 

[Heliologue]

i have, at the very least, a few mp3's from the following bands

billy joel
elton john
fiona apple
tori amos
matchbox 20
michael jackson
dakota moon
ace of base
george michael
dexy's midnight runners
crash test dummies
abba
harvey danger
todo
blues traveler
no doubt
blessid union of souls
everlast
love spit love
styx

 

[Ermz]

Never heard them, so I can't say... But Stabbing Westward are my favourite band, so that should count... or something...

 

[Rosa Negra Imortal]

I'm not that fan of such kind of music....I just like a couple of them...in other words, I just like the hits...but I really enjoy Duran Duran.

Ace of Base - Happy Nation rules!

 

[yourdeadgroom]

I used to love 'em back in the 80s, they had some great songs, still nice to hear them (very) occassionally, if I happen to be in a shop and one's playing on the radio. I do like that song they did a few years ago, something about "ordinary world" or something? That guitar solo is awesome, the tone of the guitar at the start of it is to die for....

 

[Static]

Ace of Base?????????????

You insane!

Me hates Duran Duran and almost all pop, sorrys.

You crazy!!!

 

[code0618]

Well, compared to some "pop" Duran Duran were good at writing really catchy songs...on their own. That my real beef with pop, about 30% of it is actually written by the artist. The rest of them are just performers. Theres no real talent.
But, as for Duran Duran. I like some of their really early stuff, like Planet Earth..The Chauffer...etc. Real underrated, unpopular new-wave. But, i get into ABBA, Elton John..etc. Really well written songs.
I don't know, I listen to some of the Hardest, Heaviest, Metal heard by mankind...then I like something like that at times.
Kinda wierd.

 

[Board]

I think "Rio" is good when you're drinking, but it's not a song I would listen to by myself. I like lots of pop music, but it's more or less all from the 60's like Lee Hazlewood, Dusty Springfield, Doris Day ("Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps"), Gene & Debbe and so on. I think most music from the 80's is gross! The 60's had much more quality and a kind of charm to it, that neither the 70's nor the 80's or 90's had. I have some 80's records like King, Level 42, Crowded House and so on, but when I find a song from the 80's that I like I usually get tired of it after a while, but this hasn't happened with 60's music. Even though I have loads of 70's funk and other 70's stuff, the 60's were better in my opinion and I think that I can say objectively that the 60's was the decade with most quality!
I think Elton John's "Goodbye yellow brick road" is a good song. "Your song" is okay, but those are the only two that I really like by him. There's also another song by him, but I don't know the name. It gets shown on VH-1 occasionally and he sits behind a piano in the video. "I'm still standing" is like "Rio". Good when you drink, but nothing I would put on myself. Songs I like from the 80's are Level 42 "Running in the family" and "Lessons in love" (from the same record), King "Love & Pride" (Paul King from MTV and VH-1), Crowded House "Don't dream it's over", David Bowie "Ashes to ashes" & "Let's dance" and Chris Isaak "Wicked game".
I think I've said this many times before, but check out Lee Hazlewood! Some of his material is superb, but some of it is uptempo country shit that sucks, so don't get scared if you find some horrible shit!!! His best stuff is from '66 and up to '73 or something. He started out pretty country in '63.

 

[Board]

Oh yeah, the only Abba song I think is a little bit okay is "Gimme gimme gimme". The rest is horrible in my opinion!

 

[JesusChristPose]

Duran Duran?

You are joking, right? :lol

 

[Heliologue]

Originally posted by Board
Oh yeah, the only Abba song I think is a little bit okay is "Gimme gimme gimme". The rest is horrible in my opinion!

dancing queen.

 

[Board]

I hate that song! uke:
A kind of "similar" gross 70's song that I like though is Slade's "Far far away". Does anyone else like that song?

 

[SoundMaster]

Duran Duran is awesome - right up there with Opeth, Katatonia, My Dying Bride, etc.

Although their music is nothing like the aformentioned bands, the "vibe" is there.

Duran Duran is wrongly labeled as "pop". They never have been & never will be. They wrote music that, in the early 80s, was nOTHING like the other pop of the day.
They simply "stumbled" upon stardom - it found them, not vice-versa.

They did go through a bad period however, from about '86-'90 when they DID attempt to write pop tunes - they failed at it.

Anyway, their 90s music has been even better! The album "Meddazaland" is VERY dark & fits right in with fans of Katatonia, Anathema, etc.

Seriously, D/L the following tune & see what I mean:
"Midnight Sun"

 

[Analog_Kid]

Originally posted by SoundMaster
Duran Duran is awesome - right up there with Opeth, Katatonia, My Dying Bride, etc.

Although their music is nothing like the aformentioned bands, the "vibe" is there.

Duran Duran is wrongly labeled as "pop". They never have been & never will be. They wrote music that, in the early 80s, was nOTHING like the other pop of the day.
They simply "stumbled" upon stardom - it found them, not vice-versa.

They did go through a bad period however, from about '86-'90 when they DID attempt to write pop tunes - they failed at it.

Anyway, their 90s music has been even better! The album "Meddazaland" is VERY dark & fits right in with fans of Katatonia, Anathema, etc.

Seriously, D/L the following tune & see what I mean:
"Midnight Sun"

Couldn't agree more, allthough I feel that they peaked with 'Seven And The Ragged Tiger'. Not to say that they haven't done anything worthwhile since, but that was just such a complete album and the individual musicians were really given a lot of room to do their best work. And I wouldn't really classify them as Pop either. Maybe "Art Pop" or something like that. Still not quite the right nomenclature for them.

Seriously, if you haven't heard anything by DD that isn't one of their hits, you're really missing out. Also of interest is the Arcadia side project. Simon, Nick, and Roger from DD along with a few other noteable musicians: David Gilmore, Sting, Herbie Hancock, Grace Jones, and others. Really cool album and it goes a long way to show how over-the-top artsy the DD guys could get when they weren't restrained.

The full original lineup of DD is finally back together again for the first time since 1985. Their new album should be pretty much done by now.

 

[Novembers Paul]

Save a Prayer is a great sounding song. I'd love to hear someone like Opeth or Katatonia do a cover version.

 

[Rosa Negra Imortal]

Hey guys, Duran Duran is a rock band...Believe in me!
I have heard many demo tapes of their songs and they all have guitar riffs, bass, drums...the basic structure of a rock band...when they go to studio they turn everything into something more softer, with more improvement and so on...but what I mean is that their origin in music is completely based in rock n' roll.