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What's your favorite Duran Duran song?

surprised nobody in Duran Duran turned out to be gay

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by Anonymousreply 115November 12, 2022 3:21 AM

Warren Cuccurullo is no stranger to men.

by Anonymousreply 1November 24, 2021 1:43 AM

This one, by a long shot.

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by Anonymousreply 2November 24, 2021 1:45 AM

Save a Prayer

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by Anonymousreply 3November 24, 2021 1:45 AM

This or Girls on film

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by Anonymousreply 4November 24, 2021 1:46 AM

This should've been a poll.

by Anonymousreply 5November 24, 2021 1:46 AM

The Reflex - because I was in 9th grade, and first heard it at a club in Chicago while doing cocaine. I was let into the club without I.D. because I was with an "older" guy (probably only about 24, but he seemed so old at the time). I fell in love with Duran Duran that night - not knowing they had been huge for several years.

by Anonymousreply 6November 24, 2021 1:48 AM

Ordinary World to me is different from all their other songs, I didn't realize it was even them when I first heard it.

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by Anonymousreply 7November 24, 2021 1:58 AM

LOL - I literally was JUST thinking about this as a thread topic idea, because I cannot believe Nick Rhodes is not gay.

by Anonymousreply 8November 24, 2021 2:16 AM

Because I fucked so many...

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by Anonymousreply 9November 24, 2021 2:23 AM

does anyone know who played the cross dressing man in Come Undone?

by Anonymousreply 10November 24, 2021 2:27 AM

I love every single song on their new album... they're so catchy.

Of all time, I probably love "The Man Who Stole A Leopard" the most.

by Anonymousreply 11November 24, 2021 2:41 AM

What's your favorite Duran Duran bop?

by Anonymousreply 12November 24, 2021 2:43 AM

I'm the only one that loved "Skin Divers" I guess.

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by Anonymousreply 13November 24, 2021 2:50 AM

Notorious

by Anonymousreply 14November 24, 2021 2:53 AM

All She Wants Is

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by Anonymousreply 15November 24, 2021 2:54 AM

Rio, hands down. It’s exuberant and chaotic and innocently sexy.

by Anonymousreply 16November 24, 2021 3:08 AM

A View to a Kill.

by Anonymousreply 17November 24, 2021 3:10 AM

Honestly, this is one of their best songs:

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by Anonymousreply 18November 24, 2021 3:11 AM

That would be my No.2, R18.

by Anonymousreply 19November 24, 2021 3:13 AM

Hungry Like the Wolf

by Anonymousreply 20November 24, 2021 3:13 AM

Oops.

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by Anonymousreply 21November 24, 2021 3:14 AM

Their first is one of their best: Planet Earth

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by Anonymousreply 22November 24, 2021 3:16 AM

"Seven and the Ragged Tiger" had the strongest singles run of any of their albums:

1. "Union of the Snake"

2. "New Moon on Monday"

3. "The Reflex"

Unfuckwithable.

by Anonymousreply 23November 24, 2021 3:17 AM

I'm with you, R16 -- "Rio" is a fantastic pop song. It defined an era of music. It's perfect.

by Anonymousreply 24November 24, 2021 3:18 AM

Re: Nick Rhodes - I know someone has chimed in more than once to claim that at one point Nick Rhodes was having a fling with a male rock star. I want to say it was someone from Motley Crue. Anyone else remember that bit of gossip?

by Anonymousreply 25November 24, 2021 3:35 AM

[quote] I want to say it was someone from Motley Crue.

That would be a nasty combination.

I've read that Nick, despite his refined exterior, actually has a coarse sense of humor.

by Anonymousreply 26November 24, 2021 3:37 AM

"New Religion" was never a single, but it was my favorite track off the "Rio" album:

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by Anonymousreply 27November 24, 2021 3:39 AM

Come Undone

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by Anonymousreply 28November 24, 2021 3:39 AM

R28, see R18

by Anonymousreply 29November 24, 2021 3:41 AM

I love "Girl Panic!", but not a fan of the official video (ten minutes, only half of it is the song), so here's a non-video version:

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by Anonymousreply 30November 24, 2021 3:42 AM

R29, why do you refer R28 to R18 when the question posed by OP is "What's your favorite Duran Duran song?"

by Anonymousreply 31November 24, 2021 3:43 AM

Whichever one was playing in the car when I shot my…I mean…when that bushy haired man shot my kids.

by Anonymousreply 32November 24, 2021 3:55 AM

The Reflex for me. So many memories of 8th grade!

by Anonymousreply 33November 24, 2021 4:01 AM

So many of my favorites have been mentioned already but I really love "None of the Above" fro the brilliant Wedding Album:

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by Anonymousreply 34November 24, 2021 4:09 AM

[quote] "None of the Above"

That should've been a choice in the poll along with "Other (Please Specify)".

by Anonymousreply 35November 24, 2021 4:10 AM

It's R34 again. I also love DD's rendition of "Perfect day" from the Thank You album:

"You're gonna reap just what you sew..."

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by Anonymousreply 36November 24, 2021 4:13 AM

None. I LOATHE music from the 1980's.

by Anonymousreply 37November 24, 2021 4:17 AM

R37, not only would we never get along, the fact that you still clicked into this thread and decided to post that just makes you a terrible self-centered person.

by Anonymousreply 38November 24, 2021 4:37 AM

R37, you're so special. Can I touch you?

by Anonymousreply 39November 24, 2021 4:38 AM

Idiotic lyrics.

by Anonymousreply 40November 24, 2021 4:39 AM

Lonely In Your Nightmare

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by Anonymousreply 41November 24, 2021 4:41 AM

R41, let me in.

by Anonymousreply 42November 24, 2021 4:44 AM

R41 Just came back to add this song. It’s lush and gorgeous and the melody is beautiful. And any song that allows John to be featured is a winner.

by Anonymousreply 43November 24, 2021 12:12 PM

Yes R3. That's my favorite, too. It's like a dream set to music.

by Anonymousreply 44November 24, 2021 12:55 PM

Duran Duran had some fantastic extended versions of their songs. The night version of “Girls on Film” is my favourite.

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by Anonymousreply 45November 24, 2021 1:04 PM

I remember giving a very hot British daddy head while we were listening to Come Undone.

He lasted the length of the song, but it was a whole vibe. LOL

by Anonymousreply 46November 24, 2021 1:31 PM

[quote] Warren Cuccurullo is no stranger to men.

Or nudity

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by Anonymousreply 47November 24, 2021 1:32 PM

I love the dance mixes for All She Wants Is.

by Anonymousreply 48November 24, 2021 1:49 PM

Really loved their cover version of White Lines. Some great white label remixes of the song.

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by Anonymousreply 49November 24, 2021 2:24 PM

I love the classics

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by Anonymousreply 50November 26, 2021 9:39 PM

Wasn't the girl in the video for Rio trans?

I thought that was part of the whole wink-wink behavior going on.

by Anonymousreply 51November 26, 2021 9:53 PM

I like most of their songs, Hungry Like the Wolf is a favorite.

by Anonymousreply 52November 26, 2021 10:03 PM

New Moon on Monday. Every time I hear it I almost feel like it is the first time.

by Anonymousreply 53November 26, 2021 10:09 PM

Probably Hungry Like the Wolf. Then A View to a Kill and Notorious. I like their work with Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards.

by Anonymousreply 54November 26, 2021 11:23 PM

Last Chance on the Stairway!!

Great lyrics.

by Anonymousreply 55November 27, 2021 12:04 AM

Too many, and always changing. Here's a lesser known one that I always loved.

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by Anonymousreply 56November 27, 2021 1:26 AM

R56, Yeah, I love that track too. Best track on that album, which is otherwise their worst album, and their only real flop.

by Anonymousreply 57November 27, 2021 1:30 AM

I really love "The Universe Alone" from the Paper Gods album (that entire album is amazing). Just a great track to end the album. Atmospheric and epic all at once. And the ending... just perfect.

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by Anonymousreply 58November 27, 2021 1:36 AM

R57 Agreed. The album is a bit of a mess. I do love "Serious," as well.

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by Anonymousreply 59November 27, 2021 1:40 AM

I used to put this album on at bedtime when I was a kid. I was usually out before the end of the first song, American Science, which is still a favorite. Come to think of it, I don't know that I've ever properly listened to side 2 of this record.

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by Anonymousreply 60November 27, 2021 1:45 AM

Here's another good one. Out of your Mind.

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by Anonymousreply 61November 27, 2021 3:38 AM

I enjoy this performance. So 80s Eurotrash in the best way possible.

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by Anonymousreply 62November 27, 2021 3:59 AM

R62 Nick was such a sexy little bitch. I love the back-up singers from this era, too. I remember them from the first DD concert I attended as a kid. They did a sexy strip tease behind a screen, during Skin Trade, and you could see their naked silhouettes being naughty as a backdrop during the song. Simon seems a bit off here - looking down a lot, not really into it, lacking charisma. Maybe it was an off day for him.

by Anonymousreply 63November 27, 2021 11:08 AM

loved it all. Electric Barbarella deserves mention.

by Anonymousreply 64November 27, 2021 12:07 PM

Really digging the new album.

by Anonymousreply 65June 5, 2022 6:56 PM

I know it’s kind of silly but I love Hungry Like the Wolf.

by Anonymousreply 66June 5, 2022 6:59 PM

"Rio" ... that bass line kicks ass.

by Anonymousreply 67June 5, 2022 7:02 PM

Ha! I look a bit like Simon and worked that haircut!

by Anonymousreply 68June 5, 2022 7:04 PM

There are a lot better songs, but Hungry Like the Wolf and Rio are my favorites.

by Anonymousreply 69June 5, 2022 7:27 PM

Friends of Mine

Night Boat

Sounds of Thunder

Tel Aviv

Planet Earth

by Anonymousreply 70June 5, 2022 10:05 PM

The most recent album from last year is surprisingly good.

by Anonymousreply 71June 5, 2022 10:39 PM

Their first album was brilliant . Careless Memories is my favorite.

by Anonymousreply 72June 5, 2022 10:51 PM

a view to a kill!

by Anonymousreply 73June 5, 2022 11:12 PM

I'm probably in the minority here (and maybe a minority of one) because it's the least "Duran Duran-sounding song they've ever done, but I really LOVE "Skin Divers".

by Anonymousreply 74June 6, 2022 12:10 AM

WHITE LINES!

DD was ridiculed for daring to be white while covering this Melle-Mel crack-rock cover.

But these honkies thrash this funky banger.

Great headphone-workout song.

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by Anonymousreply 75June 6, 2022 12:47 AM

Favorite is a tie between:

New Moon on Monday

Come Undone

by Anonymousreply 76June 6, 2022 1:13 AM

The Reflex, I was obsessed with the video back in the day. Simon at his hottest.

by Anonymousreply 77June 6, 2022 1:36 AM

All my suggestions (Come Undone, Save A Prayer, Ordinary World, View To A Kill) have already been suggested. On the plus side, I've now realised that I like a helluva lot more Duran Duran songs than I had previously assumed.

by Anonymousreply 78June 6, 2022 1:44 AM

The Reflex. The ultimate summer song.

by Anonymousreply 79June 6, 2022 1:51 AM

One of my favorites is one of their first... a B-Side, never released on an actual album... "Late Bar"

It's such a fun song.

by Anonymousreply 80June 6, 2022 2:23 AM

It's not my favorite of Duran Duran but The Reflex 45 RPM EP on vinyl was the first piece of music I ever purchased. I was 8 yrs old.

by Anonymousreply 81June 6, 2022 3:46 PM

"Ordinary World" is mine, with "Say a Prayer" as an honorary mention.

by Anonymousreply 82June 6, 2022 3:51 PM

Some of my faves have been mentioned. I agree the Paper Gods album was good so I'll add the song with Janelle Monáe. It stands up to their old hits. It underscored to me they're not just a nostalgia act. Still a proper band.

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by Anonymousreply 83June 6, 2022 3:55 PM

After the first album their lyrics were unintelligible cocaine mangled tripe.

by Anonymousreply 84June 6, 2022 4:31 PM

Maybe this is cheating, but the Arcadia project, So Red The Rose, was just as much a Duran Duran album as anything else, especially Medazzaland and Pop Trash, where Simon and Nick were the only remaining OG members. It also sounds like a bridge between Seven And The Ragged Tiger and Notorious, sonically. It was released in 1985, along with A View To A Kill, which wouldn't have sounded out of place on So Red The Rose. I also love the band aesthetic during this period. They looked like vampires.

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by Anonymousreply 85June 6, 2022 5:16 PM

Save a Prayer

Blue Moon on Monday

Election Day (Arcadia, but DD members)

Wild Boyz (just kidding that sucks total and complete ASS)

by Anonymousreply 86June 6, 2022 5:50 PM

I was such a music snob as a teen in the 80s. I publically hated DD. I railed against them. But even at the time, I thought they were pretty good. Now I think they're great.

Man, does hearing those songs put me RIGHT BACK to 1984. Those songs just feel like the early '80s.

by Anonymousreply 87June 6, 2022 5:57 PM

I was there at the beginning. I lost interest after the first album, with a few more interesting singles after their moment was over.

Friends Of Mine is their stand out for me.

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by Anonymousreply 88June 6, 2022 6:02 PM

It's either New Religion, for that great bass line, or Last Chance on the Stairway. Runner up is The Chauffeur and then Khanada.

by Anonymousreply 89June 6, 2022 6:13 PM

Footage of Nick Rhodes laughing about how much prettier he was than the girls whose boyfriends used to call him a fag.

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by Anonymousreply 90June 6, 2022 10:45 PM

Tie between Wild Boys and Come Undone.

by Anonymousreply 91June 6, 2022 10:51 PM

Rio, by a mile

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by Anonymousreply 92June 6, 2022 10:53 PM

Another vote for Come Undone & Save a Prayer

Did anyone ever watch the Duran Duran "Behind the Music"? Very good - as people, they're not really very interesting & it's the typical drugs, partying & groupie stories, but you can tell that they never viewed themselves as great artistes & had a lot of fun. They also talk about the episode when one of them (Simon?) was into sailing and the boat he was in flipped over & he was trapped underneath. Given their respective lifestyle, it's amazing that a lot of them have long marriages

by Anonymousreply 93June 6, 2022 11:06 PM

Can't believe no one's mentioned Skin Trade yet.

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by Anonymousreply 94June 6, 2022 11:36 PM

R94 meet R4

by Anonymousreply 95June 7, 2022 12:13 AM

Wild Boys is so bad. That one I do not get.

by Anonymousreply 96June 7, 2022 12:44 AM

Wild Boys is great, though probably not in my top 10 songs, the video is in my top ten videos by them.

by Anonymousreply 97June 7, 2022 12:46 AM

WIld Boys.. you gotta just roll with it. I see why people don't like it I guess.

by Anonymousreply 98June 7, 2022 12:51 AM

"The Man Who Stole A Leopard" is a fucking masterpiece, imho.

by Anonymousreply 99June 7, 2022 12:52 AM

Their videos were especially edgy in the day. The Chauffeur sticks out in my memory. I loved Save a Prayer. But my favorite is going to be the extreme version of Girls on Film.

by Anonymousreply 100June 7, 2022 1:12 AM

[quote]Their videos were especially edgy in the day.

Agreed; I rewatched Rio posted on this thread; lots of images of beautiful women getting buckets of painted dumped on their asses. Hmm....not so edgy as I remembered. But I believe it was the BTM episode that said Duran Duran were one of the first bands to put real $$ & production value into their videos and that their videos - kind of novelty at the time - really rocketed them to success

by Anonymousreply 101June 7, 2022 9:07 AM

The entirety of Notorious is awesome: Skin Trade, American Science, it’s all fantastic.

Astronaut is a great song, too.

I liked the Liberty album, too.

by Anonymousreply 102June 7, 2022 7:28 PM

I was a teen in the 1980s. I remember all the girls in high school saying Duran Duran was the first band they'd seen where all the members were cute. I loved all their songs. It's hard to pick a favorite. I thought Save a Prayer was hauntingly good and the video got heavy rotation on MTV. I'm surprised in the US it only got to #16. I'm also partial to New Moon on Monday, The Reflex, and Is There Something I Should Know. I can't pick just one favorite.

In the US, they had nine Top 10 hits from 1982-1988. That's a really good run for any band. Then in 1993 Ordinary World was their big comeback single after a couple of flop albums and not charting any more hits, and the followed that with Top Ten hit Come Undone. Then after that, nothing. They are one of the bands from my teen years where some of their new stuff is very good. Too bad in the US bands age out.

by Anonymousreply 103June 7, 2022 9:17 PM

They always had style, good visuals, they were hot. They gave us some international playboy adventure and million dollar warehouse music videos as well.

by Anonymousreply 104June 7, 2022 10:42 PM

I always liked Secret Oktober, the b-side to Union Of The Snake. God, I miss b-sides. They were such a treat.

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by Anonymousreply 105June 7, 2022 10:51 PM

I kind of like the band that paid homage to them, Saran Saran. They did wrap music, and had a minor hit with "I Shot Bobby Kennedy."

by Anonymousreply 106June 8, 2022 1:42 AM

The "Paper Gods" album is just really good.

Some of my favorites from that:

Paper Gods

The Universe Alone

Pressure Off

Last Night In The City

Only In Dreams

by Anonymousreply 107June 8, 2022 4:57 AM

What album is that on, R99?

by Anonymousreply 108June 12, 2022 4:04 PM

R109 I am not R99 but The Man Who Stole A Leopard is from All You Need Is Now (2010)

by Anonymousreply 109June 13, 2022 10:01 PM

Thanks, dude.

by Anonymousreply 110June 14, 2022 12:29 AM

I just got back from seeing them tonight here in Chicago and they were amazing! They put on a great show and sang all their hits. So much fun 🤩!

by Anonymousreply 111August 21, 2022 7:19 AM

Simon Le Bon wears blue underpants!

by Anonymousreply 112August 21, 2022 8:34 AM

That’s cool, R111.

Saw them two years ago in Vegas.

Pre-COVID.

by Anonymousreply 113August 22, 2022 4:46 AM

Really into "Hammerhead" off their latest album.

"New Religion" from "Rio" is another favorite.

And gotta give props for "Girl Panic" and "Safe" from the Paper Gods album.

by Anonymousreply 114August 22, 2022 4:58 PM

THEY WERE INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME!

by Anonymousreply 115November 12, 2022 3:21 AM
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