Posted on 01/17/2016 11:03:28 PM PST by WhiskeyX
Duran Duran - Greatest Hits / Best Of / Compilation (Album 1998 HD)
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Duran Duran are an English new wave/synthpop band formed in Birmingham in 1978. They were a successful band of the 1980s and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the US. Since the 1980s, they have placed 14 singles in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart and 21 in the Billboard Hot 100, and have sold 70 million records.[6]
While they were generally considered part of the New Romantic scene, along with bands such as Spandau Ballet, when they first emerged, the band later shed this image. The band worked with fashion designers to build a sharp and elegant image. The band has won a number of awards throughout their career: two Brit Awards including the 2004 award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, two Grammy Awards, and an MTV Video Music Award for Lifetime Achievement. They were also awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[7][8]
The band's controversial videos, which included partial nudity and suggestions of sexuality, became popular in the early 1980s on the then-new music video channel, MTV. Duran Duran were among the first bands to have their videos shot by professional directors with 35 mm film movie cameras, which gave their videos a much more polished look than was standard at the time. In 1984, the band were early innovators with video technology in their live stadium shows.[9]
The group was formed by keyboardist Nick Rhodes and bassist John Taylor, with the later addition of drummer Roger Taylor, and after numerous personnel changes, guitarist Andy Taylor and lead singer Simon Le Bon. These five members featured in their most commercially successful line-up. The group has never disbanded, but after separation of Andy Taylor in 1986, the line-up has changed to include former Missing Persons guitarist Warren Cuccurullo from 1989 to 2001 and drummer Sterling Campbell from 1989 to 1991. The reunion of the original five members in the early 2000s created a stir among the band's fans and music media.[10][11] Andy Taylor left the band once again in mid-2006, and guitarist Dom Brown has since been working with the band as a session player and touring member.
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I have trouble using those terms in the same sentence.
“The band’s controversial videos, which included partial nudity and suggestions of sexuality”
I have to admit the uncensored version of the “Girls on Film” music video still makes me blush a little.
At any rate, a good 80’s band. Rio was hugely popular when I was a kid.
John Taylor owned an entire wall of my bedroom.
I was just about to write that myself. Well, carry on everyone.
You post lots of music here. I’ve posted music and had the threads deleted.
Heading with my son to the Duran Duran concert tonight at the DC Verizon Center! Woot Woot!
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