The record company did not like the warbling effect in the song but Duran Ditto insisted that it be a single and it was their first #1 song on Billboard.
I remember that song. It was back in the mid-eighties when I still had a gag Reflex.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | March 8, 2020 11:03 AM |
“You’ve gone too far this time...but I’m dancing on the valentine..”
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | March 8, 2020 11:08 AM |
I remember the first time I heard the song/saw the video on MTV. My brain exploded. "The Reflex" made me feel hyperactive and excited to be alive every time it came on. What a great time for music!
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | March 8, 2020 11:11 AM |
Duran Duran was awesome. Those first 3 or 4 LPs were magic .
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | March 8, 2020 11:15 AM |
The Reflex is a catchy enough pop song, thanks to Simon Le Bon's vocals. However, look closer and you'll see the lyrics are inane. Their "Seven And The Ragged Tiger" album is full of nonsense lyrics: no coherence, no real meaning.
Duran Duran's best effort is Ordinary World. It's a poignant song about trying to carry on after a great loss.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | March 8, 2020 12:58 PM |
Duran Duran was the first act to have their song from a James Bond movie go to #1 (on Billboard).
Nope, "Nobody Does It Better," "For Your Eyes Only" nor "Live And Let Die" went to #1. (Oddly "Live and Let Die" reached #2 but was held out of the top song by three different songs.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | March 10, 2020 6:09 AM |
For your eyes only is my fave bond song.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | March 10, 2020 6:12 AM |
That was a weird album. New Moon On Monday has some crazy lyrics too. Almost dadaist.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | March 10, 2020 6:16 AM |
The Reflex was about not bruising his penis.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | March 10, 2020 6:16 AM |
John Taylor was the cutest
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | March 10, 2020 6:17 AM |
Like r3 said - a great time for music. 1984/85 - just a non-stop roller coaster of great songs on the radio.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | March 10, 2020 6:17 AM |
I miss those fun days of MTV
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | March 10, 2020 6:17 AM |
Every little thing the reflex does Leaves you answered with a question mark
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | March 10, 2020 6:19 AM |
I love their inane lyrics.
Oh Rio Rio dance across the Rio Grande
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | March 10, 2020 6:29 AM |
Cocaine makes people think they are being profound.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | March 10, 2020 7:33 AM |