VinaBlue said:

I may not be crazy about their new shit, but the older stuff was great.

EvilWhiteMale said:

I think it's so cool that you went and had a great time. Did you dance? What were the highlights for you? (what songs)

EvilWhiteMale said:

Fuckin A! I knew you'd love it!!
[Edited 4/14/05 9:03am]

i always go nuts when i hear the words "Sing blue silver" come out of simon's mouth...it was so nice to hear again last night!

purplegypsy said:

Did he wear the hat and trench coat? That is one of the best lines...

VinaBlue said:

He sure as hell did and it made me want to run down there and jump him. That was his hottest moment in my opinion...that song in general makes my body hot!

The Chauffer and Tiger Tiger were definitely major highlights. The setting and mood, Nick and Simon...simply perfect.

purplegypsy said:

The only song sexier is To The Shore, imo.

funkyslsistah said:

You're giving me flashbacks...

EvilWhiteMale said:

Yes - I felt the same way when I saw them in LA in Feb. Concert was a blast and they were in good form!

purplegypsy said:

That's a GREAT Review!


April 13, 2005
MUSIC REVIEW | DURAN DURAN
Skinny Tie and All, Duran Duran Returns
By JON PARELES

You don't have to be a teenager to scream like one. That was clear when Duran Duran played the last show of its current tour on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden. Happy screeches from fans who clearly remembered the band from its 1980's heyday greeted the five members as they arrived onstage in the dark and stood side by side, fully confident that they'd be illuminated by camera flashes. They were.

It's a semi-reunion for Duran Duran, whose hitmaking five-man lineup ruptured in 1985 when its drummer, Roger Taylor, and its guitarist, Andy Taylor, left the band. The singer Simon LeBon, the keyboardist Nick Rhodes and the bassist John Taylor (none of the Taylors are related) kept making Duran Duran albums, with diminishing returns, until the two other Taylors returned to the band in 2003.

With a new semi-reunion album, "Astronaut" (Sony), that was released last year, Duran Duran is positioned to join the wave of 1980's nostalgia in current pop. Longtime fans showed up in 1980's fashions; so did Mr. LeBon, who started the set wearing a skinny tie, and Mr. Rhodes, who flaunted eye makeup. As he did in the 80's, Mr. LeBon preened happily, bounding across the stage, swinging his hips and soaking up the squeals.

The band was more fun, and more clever, as brash pop pinups in their 20's than in more recent incarnations. With its 1981 debut album, Duran Duran latched on to some of the best notions of 1970's glam-rock - its swagger, its disheveled elegance, its skeptical pleasure in image-mongering - while listening to the dance-punk-electro hybrids emerging from New York City at the time. By its second album, "Rio," Duran Duran was writing hits like "Rio" and "Hungry Like the Wolf" that put an oblique, sometimes apocalyptic spin on pop romance in the verses but kept the choruses clear and catchy, never disguising their pop intentions. The suave posing was always a little preposterous, but no less enjoyable for that.

Behind the enthusiastic, adenoidal bite of Mr. LeBon's voice - he always sounded more like a teenager than did his models, David Bowie and Bryan Ferry - the music took the steady-pulsing beat of electro and accessorized it with Andy Taylor's funk or rock guitar. (At Madison Square Garden, Duran Duran paid its respects to New York by performing "White Lines," the 1983 anti-cocaine rap by Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel.) The latter-day Duran Duran has been more workmanlike and less extravagant in earnest songs like "What Happens Tomorrow," "Nice" and "(Reach Up for the) Sunrise."

While the fans applauded songs from "Astronaut," it was the oldies - "A View to a Kill," "Girls on Film," "The Reflex" - that kept the audience on its feet throughout the concert. Duran Duran didn't try to make them as slick as the recorded versions. While video screens showed the band as cartoon heroes between glimpses of women in lingerie, Duran Duran was just a five-man band (plus a female backup singer and, very occasionally, a saxophonist) socking away at the songs like troupers, getting sweaty and just about as silly as the songs deserved.

I should add that someone threw a blow up male doll at simon at the beginning of bedroom toys when he was talking about toys girls like...that was hysterical!

purplegypsy said:

Those are some "Nice" words under your message!

Nick715 said:

Simon and I share the same birthday (October 27) - we're both Scorpios so it fits me well!

Have all you guys downloaded the live clips of Nice and Astronaut over here: http://www.vh1.com/artist...deos.jhtml ?

VinaBlue said:

I'm not much into dancing at concerts like that, but I wasn't a statue either. I got into it.

The highlights for me were Come Undone, Planet Earth, Girls on Film, Rio, Hungry Like The Wolf, and a few that I can't remember at this time.

purplegypsy said:

Thanks so much for these! I figured I'd share the wealth... Here are the links to download them. They expire in 7 days!

http://s6.yousendit.com/d...JEOY4FFJMI

http://s6.yousendit.com/d...6DYGYR3J1D


Part 1 is 10 Mb and lasts about 27 seconds. Part 2 is 27Mb and lasts about 1 minute.

It's so cool to hear the audience sing along!

Thanks Purplegypsy!!!

VinaBlue said:

i'm ready for the summer outdoor tour dates and a mix in the SET LIST (*purplegypsy wants to hear FRIENDS OF MINE*)

purplegypsy said:

Oh HELL yes!!! I still haven't heard Friends of Mine with the original 5!

*faints*

VinaBlue said:

and Cracks in the Pavement....(that's my favorite song off of Seven and the Ragged Tiger)...and To the Shore (did I ever mention that's me moaning on the song?! )....

I really wanted them to perform "Bedroom Toys," but that didn't happen at any west coast shows, and now that it's back on the setlist, hopefully I'll catch it next month across the pond.

Ideal song for summer stint: Lonely In Your Nightmare (somebody would have to pick me up off the floor. OOOhhh and show the video in the background, double thud)

VinaBlue said:

Thanks Purplegypsy and Vina for sharing!!! I'll check it out at work tomorrow. That's where I do all my downloading and watching.

DOORAN DOORAN

Oh i am sooooo jealous of all who went to see them live
These guys are my teenage heart throbs, esp. Nick Rhodes.
I must say though i was lucky to see them when they came to Australia back in Dec. 2003, they were support for Robbie Williams, and they kicked ass.
I want to see them here again for a full show
Anyone know if Australia is possibly gonna get this show?
Thanx guys for all the reports on the show though.

funkyslsistah said:

I must have had too much caffeine or too much cocaine ( just kidding) cuz the footage is so shaky. Sorry guys! At least it sounds good!
[Edited 4/15/05 5:48am]

How did you tape the video clips? I have a digital camera that has movie filming capabilities, is that one way?

funkyslsistah said:

with my digital camera...wish i could afford a digital movie camera...then i would have taped the whole concert!

VinaBlue said:

Thank you! That's one of the pics I took at the Milwaukee show. Awsome show, also wonderful to see so many other DD/Prince fans here