Don’t be a hater!101Walterton wrote: ↑30 Jan 2018, 10:31pmThat must be some technology because he couldn’t sing for shit.WestwayKid wrote: ↑30 Jan 2018, 10:09pmLast album was really good. Might be some technology involved...but Simon’s voice has aged very well. They’re like a rollercoaster: some real weak spells...but always find a way back up. Even the comeback album were hit and miss. Astronaut was okay, Red Carpet had moments...but All You Need Is Now and Paper Gods were really good. They were always a weird hybrid of Berlin-era Bowie, Chic, Roxy, Kraftwerk, Pistols...but they created something unique and through the decades they’ve been able to still sound current. Pressure Off with NIle and Janelle was a great single.Heston wrote: ↑30 Jan 2018, 9:59pmI saw them in 83, love the first coupla albums.WestwayKid wrote: ↑30 Jan 2018, 9:52pmDedicated DD thread? I’m a hard core Duranie. My very first concert!
State of the Union...
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He forgets that DD sounded closer to punk in 1981 than the Clash did.WestwayKid wrote: ↑30 Jan 2018, 10:42pmDon’t be a hater!101Walterton wrote: ↑30 Jan 2018, 10:31pmThat must be some technology because he couldn’t sing for shit.WestwayKid wrote: ↑30 Jan 2018, 10:09pmLast album was really good. Might be some technology involved...but Simon’s voice has aged very well. They’re like a rollercoaster: some real weak spells...but always find a way back up. Even the comeback album were hit and miss. Astronaut was okay, Red Carpet had moments...but All You Need Is Now and Paper Gods were really good. They were always a weird hybrid of Berlin-era Bowie, Chic, Roxy, Kraftwerk, Pistols...but they created something unique and through the decades they’ve been able to still sound current. Pressure Off with NIle and Janelle was a great single.Heston wrote: ↑30 Jan 2018, 9:59pmI saw them in 83, love the first coupla albums.WestwayKid wrote: ↑30 Jan 2018, 9:52pm
Dedicated DD thread? I’m a hard core Duranie. My very first concert!
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Tony Hadley had a great voice ( songs not so much).Heston wrote: ↑30 Jan 2018, 10:39pmLol.101Walterton wrote: ↑30 Jan 2018, 10:31pmThat must be some technology because he couldn’t sing for shit.WestwayKid wrote: ↑30 Jan 2018, 10:09pmLast album was really good. Might be some technology involved...but Simon’s voice has aged very well. They’re like a rollercoaster: some real weak spells...but always find a way back up. Even the comeback album were hit and miss. Astronaut was okay, Red Carpet had moments...but All You Need Is Now and Paper Gods were really good. They were always a weird hybrid of Berlin-era Bowie, Chic, Roxy, Kraftwerk, Pistols...but they created something unique and through the decades they’ve been able to still sound current. Pressure Off with NIle and Janelle was a great single.Heston wrote: ↑30 Jan 2018, 9:59pmI saw them in 83, love the first coupla albums.WestwayKid wrote: ↑30 Jan 2018, 9:52pm
Dedicated DD thread? I’m a hard core Duranie. My very first concert!
Not sure about that, I think he was ok but had some unflattering moments. He was certainly better than Tony Hadley.
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I always thought Simon Le Bon's singing voice resembled Brian Eno's.
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So...is this the new dedicated Duran Duran thread?
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Is that the same Tony Hadley who was nicknamed "The Foghorn" by his own band?101Walterton wrote: ↑30 Jan 2018, 11:00pmTony Hadley had a great voice ( songs not so much).Heston wrote: ↑30 Jan 2018, 10:39pmLol.101Walterton wrote: ↑30 Jan 2018, 10:31pmThat must be some technology because he couldn’t sing for shit.WestwayKid wrote: ↑30 Jan 2018, 10:09pmLast album was really good. Might be some technology involved...but Simon’s voice has aged very well. They’re like a rollercoaster: some real weak spells...but always find a way back up. Even the comeback album were hit and miss. Astronaut was okay, Red Carpet had moments...but All You Need Is Now and Paper Gods were really good. They were always a weird hybrid of Berlin-era Bowie, Chic, Roxy, Kraftwerk, Pistols...but they created something unique and through the decades they’ve been able to still sound current. Pressure Off with NIle and Janelle was a great single.
Not sure about that, I think he was ok but had some unflattering moments. He was certainly better than Tony Hadley.
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Is that the band that cut him out of the royalties?Heston wrote: ↑30 Jan 2018, 11:14pmIs that the same Tony Hadley who was nicknamed "The Foghorn" by his own band?101Walterton wrote: ↑30 Jan 2018, 11:00pmTony Hadley had a great voice ( songs not so much).Heston wrote: ↑30 Jan 2018, 10:39pmLol.101Walterton wrote: ↑30 Jan 2018, 10:31pmThat must be some technology because he couldn’t sing for shit.WestwayKid wrote: ↑30 Jan 2018, 10:09pm
Last album was really good. Might be some technology involved...but Simon’s voice has aged very well. They’re like a rollercoaster: some real weak spells...but always find a way back up. Even the comeback album were hit and miss. Astronaut was okay, Red Carpet had moments...but All You Need Is Now and Paper Gods were really good. They were always a weird hybrid of Berlin-era Bowie, Chic, Roxy, Kraftwerk, Pistols...but they created something unique and through the decades they’ve been able to still sound current. Pressure Off with NIle and Janelle was a great single.
Not sure about that, I think he was ok but had some unflattering moments. He was certainly better than Tony Hadley.
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I'd rather talk about Duran Duran than about Trump or the latest clone to crawl out of the Kennedy vats.
I feel that there is a fascistic element, for example, in the Rolling Stones . . .
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I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
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I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
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We may not "need" a Saxe-Coburg and Gotha...
I feel that there is a fascistic element, for example, in the Rolling Stones . . .
— Morton Feldman
I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
— Clashy
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So...was the state of our Union strong again?
Because I love it when it's all strong and manly.
Shut up!...The state of our Union only hits me because it loves me!
Because I love it when it's all strong and manly.
Shut up!...The state of our Union only hits me because it loves me!
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Conan did a fine job.
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Funny you should say that.
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I like Hungry Like the Wolf and Girls on Film.
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That earlier disco-y version of "Girls on Film" is great.
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