Simon Le Bon and John Taylor from British group Duran Duran promoting new upcoming single “All you need is now” (out for download on i-tunes on December 14th 2010) in The One Show on Uk TV. They speak about duran career and upcoming new single and album released with Mark Ronson and expectations for a new tour. see part 2 of that interview too!! see part 2 : www.youtube.com
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I like how they kinda bad mouth Timbaland for being lame. They should’ve found a way to release Reportage instead, then? moved on to Ronson.
Where’s? Andy? Why isn’t he in the group anymore?
Simon is gorgeous! Sexier than ever… and they do put on a great? show. None of the acts today have been around longer than they’ve been together.
LOLz, indeed! Yeah, that was a? terribly awkward segue to that Princess Di question . . .
jealous?? what are you talking about?? yourself?
Wow? ..jealous much?
Simon is one of the? finest things i have ever seen!!!!
Love it when? presenter mentions the royal engagement and Simon looks at John as if to say ‘WTF does that have to do with us???’ Hahahahaha.
peter pan magic! <3 50 IS the new 20! never looked hotter? lads!
Well put my friend. You are? 100% correct. Thanks for your response.
I can’t help it every time I hear Duran Duran I am automatically back in my teenage yrs w/ the volume cranked way up singing( no matter how badly) all the words…aah youth it may be fleeting but Duran Duran will always be here to stay (not mention they? are getting better w/ age). Even though I am a forever DD fan I honestly have to say that I admire & applaud any band the isn’t afraid to try new sounds, win or loose and that’s why I think DD has been around so long. You can def. tell all the w
@DaftSwank: John Taylor talked about that marketing exec on the “Rio: Classic Albums” DVD. He specifically said that this radio marketer’s report suggested that in order to best sell appliances, and trucks to middle American consumers, that guitar sounds and drum sounds, on songs, should sound like Van Halen, and AC/DC, etc. The folks at Capitol Records wanted DD, and other similar bands, to change their? sound to fit that calculation, and it affectively killed New Wave within just a few years.
@DaftSwank: Maybe they’ll listen and re-record some of the tracks of The Power Station with Simon on the lead vocals? I think of Kajagoogoo, in regard to their first album that Nick produced, and I often think DD’s sound should have gone in a similar direction–however, the record industry, as influenced by an ad exec, wanted bands from the New Wave genre to sound more like AC/DC and Van Halen,? as he felt it would help sell goods on radio? Power Station seems to have been groomed to do that.
@DaftSwank: Actually, that is a great idea, really! You should be working at one of the record companies as a marketing exec. Those albums, at least the material for them, should have been steered toward a Duran Duran album, instead the band decided to do them? as outside projects; I suspect for the money, as the royalty splits were bigger and they didn’t have split the money 5 ways among the band. Still, it would be smart to re-market those albums as a Duran Duran release; Power Station Arcadia.
@Swagaization: I often think that if the Arcadia and Power Station material were meshed and released as the Duran album after 7&TRT, it would’ve been their greatest ever. This, of course, couldn’t be further from the remotest realm of possibilities in 1985 if it tried, but I — as a lifelong Duran fan can dream — can’t I? If there is a parallel universe where this actually occured, I would like to visit it someday. Simon singing “Some Like It? Hot” during their shows today is always a treat.
PS: You might recall, the Beatles also had the screaming fan girls, but upon the release of the song Yesterday, it was clear that this band was deeper than their rivals, and soon the band completely changed, and their music went from poppy rock ‘n roll, to devastatingly thoughtful lyrics…and orchestrated? music, and they changed their image, from boys, to men, beards and all. The Sergeant Pepper album forever killed that teen idol label for the Beatles, and DD needed something akin to that.
Ronson is correct. Seven and The Ragged Tiger was not the album that it should have been. The same with Wild Boys, and A View To A Kill, respectively, as stand alone song releases. The Power? Station and Arcadia further hurt the band. DD’s debut album and Rio were brilliant. Their 3rd album should have been made to liberate them from the screaming girls, and from the teen idol tag, instead, they made their 3rd album…for that audience? They could have been the new Beatles–a missed opportunity.
theyre so funny hahaha simon and? john are jst like brothers lol
I take it back I bought the album and there are a lot? of analogue synths very good indeed I apologise. happy christmas everyone
fred
I think what Mark Ronson meant was that after Rio, it stopped being about the songwriting and the meshing of the electronic and rock and became more about? glossy pop. Most of their albums since Rio, even The Wedding Album, are flawed to some degree, but that is OK. They’re in a fantastic place as a band now and it makes their entire career as a whole all the more exciting.
ordinary? world was a masterpiece.
i hope they stay together forever the 4, if they? can the 5 with andy
“Wrong after Rio???” I guess Mark Ranson has never heard of songs like “Skin Trade”, “Come Undone”, “Reach Up (For the Sunrise) ” and a little tune named…”Ordinary World”!!! This record better be amazing for that kind of statement ; ). “All You Need Is Now” is amazing though. It’s the kind of song that sticks in your head and doesn’t leave. I? personally believe that the album will be great!! Ronson is head & shoulders above Timbaland. I would love to see them work with Nile Rodgers again too!
Simon looks f’n? cool with the beard! I think I’ll grow one meself!
I’ve listened to the album and? it is the best since Rio, some quite amazing musical moments in fact…. get the album, it is brilliant