The Friday Canon: DURAN DURAN

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

OK during the time between me starting this canon and posting it TWO MORE entries have gone up on this especially busy day. But some things are sacred and the Friday Canon is one of them - sorry friendlists you'll just have to take the weight, as Simon Le Bon said to the elephant.

But I'll leave the picture out. You all know what The Most Fanciable Man In Pop and SLB and the other ones look like anyway, don't you? (Maybe not the other ones). From the Rum Runner to global fame to a surprisingly long after-career, I present....the DURAN DURAN CANON! You get TEN ticks.

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Comments

[umlauts.livejournal.com]

You know, if you ignore the singles and a few really embarrassing album tracks, that last DD album was actually not that bad. "Wnat You More" and "Nice", if singles, would have been ticked by me.

reach up

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

i'll have to d/l electric barbarella and reach up for the sunrise. the latter actually immediately popped into my head when reading this, despite my not paying any attention to it at the time, and that's always a good sign.

Re: reach up

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

"Electric Barbarella" is v. underrated. Probably not one of the 10 best singles above, but I gave it a pity tick.

[thenipper.livejournal.com]

I reviewed their new album the other week and it is actually remarkably good (if you can tolerate SLB's voice). Even the Timbaland/Lake collabs aren't too embarrassing! It's all very much in the 'Skin Trade' vein.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I'm always a bit envious reading, say, the Popular comments box when people talk about their OMGWTF pop moments when small - seeing particular things on TV. I never really had many, I seemed to take it all annoyingly in my stride. BUT the white-shirted "Planet Earth" video clip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-recskrzunI) was one of them - I thought Duran Duran were unbelievably cool and, yes, futuristic. I still love those choppy rotating syndrum sounds. I was then a bit disappointed when not every song they did was about space but what can you do - they were still huge favourites.

[greatesthit.livejournal.com]

"Wild Boys" video = poss. my first pop memory (aaged 3/4). It was scary but exciting.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

(Thanks Tom!)

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

There's not actually a great deal to say about Duran Duran, is there?

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

can we have the 'what is going on in the Wild Boys" video conversation again?

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

What is this White Lines cover all about?

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

it is 1xmash-up of grandmaster flash and tom robinson

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

it features Melle Mel on it doing the same rap (with Bon i think)

i never did hear their '911 Is A Joke'

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

Don't.
Hey, Simon! The ambulance isn't not coming because you're black - it's because in Birmingham you should dial 999!

View to a Kill

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

is my third favourite bond theme (after the spy who loved me & live and let die - actually, have we had a Bond canon yet?).

And the video, inserting the band into the film's eiffel tower scene, is hilarious.

Re: View to a Kill

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I love VtaK too! I did a Bond themes poll on my own journal a year or two ago. Can't remember what one...

Re: View to a Kill

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

What WON, arggg.

WILD BOAR!

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

also freakytigger never replaced my copy of GREATEST..

Re: WILD BOAR!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Is that your copy of Greatest!!?* You can have the original one back then!

*I'm sure I did know this, sorry.

Re: WILD BOAR!

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

you may only have the cd, as i still have the box...

Re: WILD BOAR!

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

This is one of the most essential greatest hits collections ever.

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

1. "Come Undone" is the best video
2. "Come Undone" is their best song. It's getting screwed here.
3. The double comeback of "Ordinary World"/"Come Undone" (just as good as their peak!), then "Electric Barbarella" is two of the best and most unlikely comebacks ever.
4. It was hard to pare this down to 10 ticks.
5. Their top 5-ish singles will stack up with the top 5-ish singles of almost any other pop band.

[tinskeep.livejournal.com]

"Underwater yacht antics" = Simon in a speedo = made my 13-year-old heart (and pants) swoon.

Fact: Liberty is by furlongs their most underrated album. FACT.

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

Come on, it's possibly even worse than Thank You.

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

Best vid = the OTHER filthy one, for 'The Chauffeur' (also possibly their best song).