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Автор: winter rose 08/02.2006 - 21:10

Открылся новый сайт с официальным дюрановским участием
http://www.myspace.com/duranduran

Я пока еще не разобралась как вся эта штука работает. Поняла,что есть в ней что-то от Журналов. Если кто-то уже там был, подскажите, плз

Автор: Lily 08/02.2006 - 21:47

Да, это блог, похожий на живой журнал. Я там зарегистрировалась, посмотрим, что за штука.

Автор: Alien 08/02.2006 - 22:45

МайСпэйс это альтернатива ЖЖ

Автор: Simply_maria 27/02.2006 - 01:15

Нет, ребята, ЖЖ - это из раздела блогов, а Майспейс - это что-то рводе АСИ, только больше. Это такой огромный-преогромный сайт для знакомств со всего света.
На некоторых профайлах действительно есть музыканты, то есть они сами ведут этот свой профайл, общаются с людьми и т.п.
Насчет ДД - не обольщайтесь - его ведет один фанат, а не сама группа(та же ситуация и с Депешами - у них БРЭТ).
Если кто ужо записался, ищите меня там - все та же Simply...
Кстати, в свой профайл можно добавлять музыку, и вы можете разместить двенадцать своих фотографий. Неплохо, короче.

Автор: Viccc 24/03.2006 - 09:46

Новости с MySpace для поклонников ДД и лично Джона Тэйлора:

John's playlist
Current mood: happy
Category: Music
The four songs currently in rotation on the profile's music player were chosen by John Taylor, and they include some surprising and exciting choices:
"Election Day" - by Arcadia
"I Do What I Do" (theme from "9 1/2 Weeks") - by John Taylor
"Skin Trade (Parisian Mix)" - by Duran Duran
"What Happens Tomorrow (Harry Peat Mix)" - By Duran Duran*

Оригинал здесь:http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=8153945&blogID=101263533

Автор: duran2.net 24/03.2006 - 11:52

Автор: DDfans 24/03.2006 - 17:27

Автор: duran2.net 24/03.2006 - 22:10

ЗЫ. ХОЧУ ТОМОРРУ "БРЭД ПИТТ РЕМИКС"!

Автор: winter rose 24/03.2006 - 23:19

ЦИТАТА (DDfans @ 24.03.2006 - 17:27)

ЗЫ. ХОЧУ ТОМОРРУ "БРЭД ПИТТ РЕМИКС"!

Закачал в файловый архив, "одобряй" и слушай.

Автор: duran2.net 24/03.2006 - 23:51

ЦИТАТА (duran2.net @ 24.03.2006 - 22:10)

ЦИТАТА (DDfans @ 24.03.2006 - 17:27)

ЗЫ. ХОЧУ ТОМОРРУ "БРЭД ПИТТ РЕМИКС"!

Закачал в файловый архив, "одобряй" и слушай.

А и хде оно ? Не могу найти

Автор: DDfans 25/03.2006 - 14:08

Нет там ничего. Ладно, забейте...

Автор: duran2.net 26/03.2006 - 18:41

Автор: DDfans 27/03.2006 - 11:53

ЭЭЭ! А я разьве кого-то обвинял? Сам скрипт там кривой, я с ним и так намучался раньше. Вот как перейдем на новую версию, то я все сделаю исправно.

Автор: duran2.net 27/03.2006 - 12:25

Автор: Viccc 25/04.2006 - 09:49

Плей-лист от завтрашнего именинника Роджера Тэйлора с MySpace.com:

Roger's playlist
Category: Music
Our resident drummers birthday is this week Wednesday, April 26 and to celebrate, weve got a playlist on this profiles music player chosen by Roger Taylor himself!

Chains
Last Chance on the Stairway
I Wanna Take You Higher
Planet Earth

Автор: Viccc 06/06.2006 - 11:14

Плей-лист от послезавтрашнего именинника Ника Роудза с MySpace.com:

Nick's second playlist
Category: Music


Nick Rhodes' birthday is this week: Thursday, June 8. To celebrate, we've got a new playlist on the music player chosen by Nick!

Astronaut
My Antarctica
A View to a Kill
New Religion

Автор: Viccc 21/06.2006 - 08:32

Послание от именинника JT на MySpace.com:

Birthday message from JT
Category: Life


"The Bassman's Birthday Message (in 2 parts):

It's Saturday morning and another hot & bright California day stretches out and yawns before me. What's the date? 06/17 it says on the phone, so it's Gemini weather. Next Tuesday is June 20th.

I've always been happy with the date my birthday falls on, it has a pretty symetry to it, don't you think? Not only in itself (20-06-60, 06-20-60), but in relation to the rest of the year, being midsummer day (or thereabouts), and far far away from Christmas (the other important birthday in the year). In fact, in the midst of a life filled with grumblings and dissatisfactions (I can't help it!), it's the one thing about myself that I have never doubted, never once thought, 'I wish I had his birthday' or 'I wish I had been born in that month' etc.. Hmm, how interesting that I've just made that realization. I'm the kind of neurotic that is always thinking, 'I wish I had his car, or their career, or his girlfriend, or her flat stomach (Lindsay Lohan's preferably)', but when it comes to birth date, there's no one who has me beat - it's just the best day of the year to have it, and you know what? There ain't no way no one can take it away from me. Ha!

Unfortunately this year, there's a little competition for people's attention. The focus is sadly not all on me. There's this darned World Cup. Now, Monsieur LeBon has already extolled the virtues of this competition, and I have to agree with everything the man says. I don't know how or when it happened, but somewhere between moving to LA and making 'Astronaut', I became a soccer crazy. I don't have a preferred team, but England, well, I don't know how that happened either, but somewhere between moving to LA and 9/11 something chemical changed in me, and now the sight of an English flag reduces me to tears, any time of the day or night. So I'm finding myself getting extremely emotional and excited during these England World Cup games, and now I'm feeling the same about the U.S.! Now I don't want to ramble on about soccer, but, come Tuesday, as I'm looking forward to inviting friends over to my Hollywood house to watch England v Sweden, I shall say to them, if they want to bring me a present please feel free to, as it also happens to be my birthday.

Part 2: Later that day. Do I seem shallow to you? Just as soon as I put the pen down from writing that last paragraph or two I thought, jeez, what kind of guy, about to celebrate his forty-sixth birthday, cares about Lindsay Lohan's stomach? Even the World Cup, or cars, or girls? At what age will my thoughts turn to matters of gravity, such as third world debt or global warming? Not yet it seems, although it sometimes really bothers me. My head seems to be stuck firmly in the simple things of life: a good breakfast, a good book, getting along well with others or what's on my i-pod.

I guess I should say thanks to all of you, for being a part of my life and helping me get this far. There's a lot of love in my life today, and I'm grateful for it all. My wife Gela, our kids, Atlanta, Zoe and Travis. Good friends I work with, Simon, Nick, Andy, Roger and Patty. Many many friends that I don't work with, friends I have breakfast with, that recommend me books, or songs, or paintings. My friends and I rarely talk about 'issues of the day', however - let it be known that I try to make sure that every breath of mine on this planet is for good, and I work hard not to be a drain on our community, moment by moment, and for now, that is going to have to do.

Feel free to have a treat on me today, to raise a glass perhaps, or simply reach out and kiss the sky. I'm happy to report that life is a long road that gets more interesting and more pleasant with every year passing. At least that's the view from my horse.

Love to you all
-JT"

Автор: Alien 22/06.2006 - 00:47

Молодец, Джон!

Автор: Lily 23/06.2006 - 22:10

У Джона очень хорошее чувство юмора. Душевно написано.

С датой рождения ему действительно повезло. Но он забыл отметить, что в этом году она была особенно удачной - число и месяц полностью совпадают с текущим годом.

Автор: Viccc 16/08.2006 - 09:48

Второй плей-лист от Роджера Тэйлора с MySpace.com:

Roger's second playlist
Category: Music

1. Girls on Film (Night Version)
2. The Promise [by Arcadia]
3. Finest Hour
4. I Don't Want Your Love

По-моему очень даже ничего подборочка!

Автор: Viccc 07/09.2006 - 12:53

Второй плей-лист от Джона Тэйлора с MySpace.com:

John's second playlist
Category: Music

JT selected the following songs:

1. None of the Above
2. Some Like It Hot (by The Power Station)
3. Shadows on Your Side
4. Rio

Автор: annush-ka 16/10.2006 - 07:24

Simon’s third playlist and a CONTEST!
Category: Music

Check out the music player on the profile for a new set of songs, chosen by Simon LeBon:


Secret Oktober
Come Undone *
Rio **
The Flame (by Arcadia)

* A lot of people have been wanting to see "Come Undone" on the music player, so enjoy it while it's up there!

** "Rio" was also on the previous playlist, but we figured people would be happy for that one to stay up a little longer.

Автор: winter rose 16/10.2006 - 20:23

Цитата(annush-ka @ 16.10.2006 - 08:24)

Simon’s third playlist and a CONTEST!
Category: Music

Check out the music player on the profile for a new set of songs, chosen by Simon LeBon:
Secret Oktober
Come Undone *
Rio **
The Flame (by Arcadia)

* A lot of people have been wanting to see "Come Undone" on the music player, so enjoy it while it's up there!

** "Rio" was also on the previous playlist, but we figured people would be happy for that one to stay up a little longer.

Автор: Viccc 17/10.2006 - 09:21

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Автор: Simply_maria 20/11.2006 - 23:10

приветы передают!

Автор: Viccc 27/11.2006 - 10:58

Новый плей-лист от Ника на myspace:

A new playlist from Nick
Current mood: thankful
Category: Music

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Today you can give thanks for a new playlist on the profile's music player, chosen by Nick Rhodes:

Silent Icy River
American Science
Land
Last Chance on the Stairway


If you don't already know it, here's the story behind "Silent Icy River," which was a B-side on one of the "What Happens Tomorrow" UK CD singles: The middle part of this song (where Simon sings "Time is a ribbon, a silent icy river …" etc) was originally a bridge in the middle of "What Happens Tomorrow." The band played the longer version of "What Happens Tomorrow" that included that bridge live in 2003 and early 2004 but ultimately cut it from the song for the final version that appears on "Astronaut." Fortunately for us fans, though, that segment survives in this B-side.

Автор: Simply_maria 24/12.2006 - 11:17

Киндеры! Голосуем за ДД здеся - http://music.aol.co.uk/specials/music-videos-that-changed-the-world/article/20060727064509990022

Автор: Viccc 25/12.2006 - 11:43

Цитата(Simply_maria @ 24/12.2006 - 12:17)

Автор: Simply_maria 25/12.2006 - 19:31

тормоза-враги народа...

Автор: winter rose 05/01.2007 - 01:00

Катя Красснер в связи с планирующимся выходом книги - собрания перлов фанатов, которые за все эти годы ей присылали в Ask Katy открыла блог на МайСпейсе
http://www.myspace.com/askkatybook

А заодно и решила рассказать о каждом из ДД

Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Kicking off 2007
Current mood: chipper
Category: Music

OK, so it seems like ya'll like the blogs

So I will keep doing them




A popular question that people ask of me is what the band are REALLY like….and while I am probably not the most objective person to ask, I do think I have a decent perspective. I am, after all, their longest standing employee (Dave C started one month after me)….


So I will start with the singer. Cause he's the easiest for me to do.


First of all, he is WAY smarter than he lets on, and I am certain he does this on purpose. He doesn't forget a thing you tell him, even if you told him ten years before. He will reference it back to you in some form, some way, some how, and totally knock you for a loop. "You remembered that?!" I say. He never answers, he just looks smug. I am never sure if telling him a secret is a good idea.


He is – contrary to what seems to be popular belief – one of the most considerate people I have ever met. He always looks people in the eye when speaking to them – a trait I admire and am often surprised is not universal.


What else can I tell you about him that wouldn't embarrass him or me? He likes to tease me. He makes fun of the way I speak. Often. He tries to teach me something new whenever I am with him. Sometimes, months later, he will tell me that what he told me that day was completely made up. I want to get mad at him for doing that, but I never do. He is my lunch buddy and whenever we are together we almost always have lunch together. We are dessert buddies too and he always divides whatever we share right down the middle. He is fair that way.


My opinion matters to him.


Sometimes, I read things fans write about him and it makes me sad. He is probably one of the most genuine people I know.




I have different types of relationships with each of them. Simon is the brother I always wished I had.




January 3, 2007

Currently listening :
Notorious
By Duran Duran
Release date: By 29 June, 1993

Автор: Viccc 02/02.2007 - 10:59

Плей-лист от Ника от 25 января 2007 года:

New playlist from Nick
Category: Music


Nick's choices this time around:

"Downtown" from Liberty
"To the Shore" from Duran Duran
"Medazzaland" from Medazzaland
"What Happens Tomorrow" from Astronaut



Вот еще статья про Ника на myspace.com:

Nick Rhodes Joins Bono, Phillipe Stark, Karl Lagerfeld & Bryan Adams, Among Others, To Design Exclusive, 'RockCouture' Guitar

DURAN DURAN keyboardist, Nick Rhodes, has joined BONO, PHILLIPE STARK, KARL LAGERFELD, BRYAN ADAMS and a host of other stars to design and create his very own customised guitar, which will be on display as part of the 'Born To Rock' exhibition at HARRODS in London, from this coming Friday, February 2nd until Saturday, March 3rd, 2007.

This stunning exhibition, which was launched at Galeries Lafayette in Paris, and then played to record-breaking crowds and rave reviews at the National Museum of Ireland for eight straight weeks, gathers together over 150 priceless guitars, many of which have been either specially designed and built or never displayed before.

Divided into three stunning categories: 'Born To Rock™' showcases:

-- More than fifty unique and individually customised pieces, which together form the "RockCouture™" collection

-- An unprecedented collection of rare and vintage guitars - including the world's first electric guitar known as the "Frying Pan" (1931); and

-- Legendary guitars that have been played by many of the world's leading rockers, including Brian Jones, Keith Richards, Noel Gallagher, the Edge, Marc Bolan, Neil Young, and blues great Rory Gallagher.

Amongst the most inventive and spectacular displays, the Nick Rhodes' Guitar is a stunning "state-of-the-art" masterpiece, for which a Fender was hollowed out and the entire front of the body was replaced with a digital screen that allows customized film footage to play across the entire surface. This has created something that is both visually dynamic and unique – and that, in itself, was a technical challenge, that required design engineers in both the US and UK for the customization. Now an absolute one-of-a-kind, the guitar has a hefty price-tag attached to it – and promises to raise a significant amount for the exhibition's charitable causes when it is auctioned off later this Spring

Commenting on the guitar and forthcoming "Born To Rock™" exhibition Nick Rhodes said; "The Fender Stratocaster is a true design classic, visually it has remained much the same since it was first launched in 1954, so it was a real challenge to create a new interpretation. As a keyboard player, I was thrilled to be asked and decided to turn the guitar into a TV monitor. Since this had not been done before, I encountered numerous unexpected technical difficulties, but with the help of an expert team we were able to carve out the interior of the guitar body and pack it full of pixels. We then replaced the front plate with a semi translucent material so that the images generated would shine through. It was also very important that you were still able to play the guitar, so it simply has one additional cable which links to the computer providing the video content. When I curated the film we are using, it became evident that stark, graphic visuals and psychedelic patterns worked best. I am proud to say that this is the world's first TV guitar, I named it The Pixelator."

Within the exhibition, the Nick Rhodes Guitar will feature as one of the "RockCouture™" collection, alongside customised guitars, personalised and uniquely designed by a veritable who's who of artists and designers from the worlds of art, fashion and pop, including Bono, Bryan Adams, Phillipe Stark, Patrick Cox, Sir Peter Blake, Lord Richard Rogers, David LaChapelle, Jennifer Lopez, Graham Coxon, Philip Treacy and society jeweller Theo Fennell. Following the exhibition, these guitars will be auctioned off by Christies, with a view to raising over £1,000,000 for a number of different charities, nominated by the individual creators, including Keep A Child Alive, Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres, and Amnesty International.

Both the "RockCouture™" collection and "Born To Rock™" were conceived and curated by Ian Spero, the CEO of leading music marketing agency BigTime.TV.

DURAN DURAN are currently in the final stages of writing and recording the follow-up to their multi-platinum 'Astronaut' album (2004). The new album which is due for release in the Summer, will feature a collaboration with Justin Timberlake and three tracks produced by Timbaland (Missy Elliot/Jay Z/Justin Timberlake/Snoop Dog).

DURAN DURAN will join Sir Elton John, Bryan Ferry, Joss Stone and Pharrell Williams amongst others to perform at the Concert For Diana on the 1st July at Wembley Stadium. The band are expected to tour again later this year.


www.rockchic.tv
www.borntorock.tv
www.duranduran.com

Автор: Viccc 07/02.2007 - 12:29

Новости и открытка от Ника из студии на MySpace:

"As I write to you, we are all sequestered together in a London studio amidst the tools of creation: guitars, keyboards, drums, percussion, computers, racks of effects and miles of cables connecting our raw ideas as they are committed to song. These are the final recording sessions for our forthcoming album. What seemed like a poem without an ending is finally starting to make sense, every moment another groove, another tune and some scattered words are married in musical alchemy.

This journey began in September 05 in the hills of Tiburon overlooking San Francisco, the same view that inspired many a Beat poet effortlessly stirred a rhythm in our band of gypsies. The genetic code of Duran Duran began to unravel and by the time we departed there was an air of confidence, a feeling that we had nearly completed the next album... but then fate always hides a card.

Our metamorphosis throughout 2006 developed in unexpected ways, maybe Kafka could have concocted an explanation, but the fiction became friction and our reality changed. Looking back has never been an appealing view for this crew. In September 06 we reconvened in New York City with one black suit down. Our sound exploded with pop culture's brightest flowers, we unlocked some doors that had been closed for far too long, and released a startling energy which manifested itself in the songs. The vision became clear, we returned to everything that had lured us in when we first met, the room was on fire.

Today I am smiling because I believe the genesis of this project has led us blindfolded to where we want to be, and here in London right now is that place, we are working with producer Nate Hills and engineer Jimmy Douglas, the combustion is not containable. I could try to conceal my excitement and anticipation for unleashing this record, but I'm not a good liar... This is for us, this is for you, for me it is without question the most exciting, vibrant, over amped Duran Duran release for many new moons, so let's see where the space ship takes us."

Nick Rhodes
03-2-07

http://www.duranduran.com/postcards/nickstudio.html

Автор: Viccc 06/03.2007 - 10:50

Новый плей-лист от Роджера на myspace от 27 февраля:

New playlist from Roger
Category: Music


Roger has chosen the profile's latest playlist:

Out of My Mind (Perfecto Mix) - from the Out of My Mind CD single
Sound of Thunder - from the first album
Nice - from Astronaut
Rio - from Rio

Автор: Viccc 21/03.2007 - 11:23

Новый плей-лист от Джона от 20 марта 2007 года на MySpace.com:

New playlist from JT
Category: Music

There's a new playlist on the profile's music player, chosen by Mr. John Taylor, and now we can have five songs on the player!

JT's picks are:

"Meet El Presidente" from Notorious
"Too Much Information" from The Wedding Album
"Lay Lady Lay" from Thank You
"Chains" from Astronaut
"Planet Earth (Night Version)" which is available on the Singles 81-85 box set


А также новая эксклюзивная фотография группы:


Прикрепленные изображения

Автор: Eleanor Rockby 21/03.2007 - 13:57

Цитата(Viccc @ 21/03.2007 - 11:23)

Автор: rokakosha 21/03.2007 - 14:42

Цитата(Eleanor Rockby @ 21/03.2007 - 13:57)

Класс... моя любимая песня! )))

Жаль, что фотка маленькая....

Автор: Midnight Sun 21/03.2007 - 14:45

Цитата(rokakosha @ 21/03.2007 - 17:42)

ага ничегошеньки не видать на ней...
а вот chains мне ненравится

Автор: Viccc 02/05.2007 - 12:37

Новый плей-лист от Саймона от 27 апреля:

Fame
Thank You
To the Shore
We Need You
Silent Icy River

Автор: Midnight Sun 02/05.2007 - 12:39

Цитата(Viccc @ 02/05.2007 - 16:37)

Автор: Viccc 02/05.2007 - 13:03

Цитата(Midnight Sun @ 02/05.2007 - 14:39)

отлично, у меня нет 3-х песен из пяти...

Автор: Midnight Sun 02/05.2007 - 13:36

Цитата(Viccc @ 02/05.2007 - 17:03)

См. личку.

Автор: Viccc 28/06.2007 - 09:50

Новый плей-лист от Роджера на MySpace с комментариями:

My current fave Duran moments of all time ...

Wild Boys 12" (aka Wilder Than Wild Boys Extended Mix) - still irresistibly stomping.

Hungry Like the Wolf - an all-time favourite with our live audiences.

Instant Karma - I think this version beats all other brands!

Virus - techno rocker that narrowly escaped from the "Astronaut" album at the last minute ... but one of my favourites from that period.

Notorious - A classic slab of '80s funk that's amazing to play live.

[Song list with notes by Roger Taylor]

Автор: Viccc 09/09.2007 - 14:54

2 NEW SONGS on Simon’s new playlist

NITE RUNNER - Well I think it's the funkiest thing we've done

FALLING DOWN – A song from the heart. Pride comes before a fall, but this song is about the enduring nature of human dignity and the will to survive even the most difficult situations – it's about hope.

SIN OF THE CITY – We have John to thank for this lyric about a tragedy at a nightclub in New York City. I think it's a very important track of "The Wedding Album."

TO THE SHORE – because it wasn't on the American version of our album, here it is now (that was later amended, wasn't it). People always ask me what a "sanhedralite" means. I thought it was a proper word but really, it wasn't.

WE NEED YOU – because we do...need you!

Автор: Viccc 23/09.2007 - 21:11

DURAN DURAN
Red Carpet Massacre, the new studio album
Released on Epic, November 13, 2007


Duran Duran's RED CARPET MASSACRE marks an all time creative high in the band's illustrious 29-year career. Like all good things, it came to those who waited.

By May 2006, after a two-year tour in support of their previous album ASTRONAUT, Duran Duran had completed 14 songs for a record provisionally titled 'Reportage.' But according to singer Simon LeBon "When we sat down and listened to what we had done on our own, we didn't feel we had a lead track, so we got in touch with Timbaland, who was the only producer out there that we knew we all liked." America's most pop savvy producer was more than happy to help and a session was duly set up at the Manhattan Center Studios in New York in September of the same year. What none of the band realized prior to taking off in this new direction, however, was that one of their biggest fans, Justin Timberlake, was also keen to get involved in the project, so when they arrived in the US he made room in the middle of his album release campaign to spend time in the studio with them.

But as if this new collaboration wasn't enough to really change things up, in the midst of all this, guitarist Andy Taylor split with the band, and with his departure the remaining four band members opted to change tack and start over completely.

"It was a real revelation working with producers that just understood the 'groove factor'," enthuses keyboardist Nick Rhodes "And this really brought back the heart and the spirit of Duran Duran. They're an extraordinary team," he continues. "They have a fantastic chemistry in the studio."

"With these guys on board it was as if Duran Duran had been taken and surrounded in chrome," adds bassist John Taylor.

"In the past we always went to the big cities to work with the people that were having hit records on the dance floor," explains drummer Roger Taylor. "When we got to New York last year we found that inspiration again."

With three glorious tracks under their belt (Nite-Runner, Skin Divers and Zoom In), the new Duran left US shores and returned to the UK where they proceeded to make an album that sounded quite different to 'Reportage' with a new production team headed by Timbaland's right hand man Nate 'Danja' Hills and long-time Timbaland collaborator Jimmy Douglass. According to drummer Roger Taylor; "the first time we met Timbaland we were very impressed with this guy sitting in the corner, Nate Hills. Not only was he one of the most incredible beat guys we'd ever come across, he was also a great musician – which filled the gap that might otherwise have been left with Andy gone. So after the initial sessions in New York, we basically kidnapped him and took him to London. He's got so many ideas. Talent in bucket loads."

Most of RED CARPET MASSACRE was recorded in three sessions: the first with Timbaland, with a guest spot from Timberlake, at the Manhattan Center Studios in New York; the second phase on the band's home turf, Sphere Studios in Wandsworth, London over Christmas 2006, presided over by Nate Hills and Jimmy Douglass. And the final burst at Metropolis Studios in West London, produced by Hills and Douglass in early '07.

And that would have been that, had it not been for a chance meeting in Birmingham in the Spring when Simon LeBon hooked up again with Justin Timberlake during his UK tour. "Justin asked to hear everything we'd recorded and at the end he said, 'I think you need an Ordinary World to round things out.'" Duran's 1992 smash, Timberlake revealed, had been his favorite song when he was a pop crazed 14 year old. And as LeBon remarks, with powerful understatement: "What goes around, comes around."

A few days later when Justin's tour touched down in Manchester, England, Duran Duran and Timberlake got together in Blueprint studio and spent 36 hours writing and recording Falling Down – a tune destined to rank as one of the finest pop songs of the early 21st century and now the first single from their upcoming release. Marking one of Timberlake's first solo productions, this 'tempo-ballad' as Justin describes it is "very Duran Duran. He (Simon) wrote some very melancholic/inspirational/cryptic lyrics that are beautiful," explains Justin. "I think it's certainly one of the best lyrics that Simon's written for a very long time," concurs Nick.

Its parent album RED CARPET MASSACRE is consistently bold and adventurous. "We had to let go of most of our old ideas of what it means to be a band making this," notes bassist John Taylor, a point which is expanded by Nick Rhodes: "Most of our producers this time had never worked with a band before, and we'd never worked without a guitarist." "We really had to put our egos aside," adds Roger Taylor. "We've always been very self-contained in the past."

All four band members agree that they have never worked so hard and fast on any album as they did on RED CARPET MASSACRE. The results, however, speak for themselves. A stellar album that is daring and contemporary and yet quintessentially Duran Duran.

"By the time we get to finish an album," explains John. "It always feels to me like 'wow'… there's a book in there. This is another massive chapter in the band's history. We've made a record that we all feel really good about."

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Tracklisting, with comments by Simon LeBon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor, Roger Taylor and Timbaland

The Valley
Music: Duran Duran and Nate Hills
Lyrics: Simon LeBon
Co-produced by Duran Duran, Nate Hills and Jimmy Douglass

JT: "This was the breakthrough, the crossover, the song we could build an album around. We set up the gear in the control room and came up with a progressive groove. It's ended up becoming the album opener and feels like the perfect track to start our upcoming shows with."
SLeB: "It's about looking at life as moments rather than achievements. It's about making one's way through the trials and tribulations of life."


Red Carpet Massacre
Music: Duran Duran and Nate Hills
Lyrics: Simon LeBon
Co-produced by Duran Duran, Nate Hills and Jimmy Douglass

NR: "Punk electronica - a bit like Warm Leatherette, the 1979 track by the Normal. Very tongue-in-cheek and very apropos of where we are now in the world with regards to reality TV and the whole 15 minutes of fame existence."
SLeB: "It's about Hollywood 'A-listers' having a go at each other – about the fantasy of celebrity and the media. It's sex, seduction and glamour - all the things we stand for, which is why we made it the album title. We wanted something with teeth."


Nite-Runner, with Justin Timberlake and Timbaland
Music: Duran Duran, Justin Timberlake, Timbaland and Nate Hills.
Lyrics: Simon LeBon, Justin Timberlake and Timbaland
Co-produced by Duran Duran, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake and Nate Hills

NR: "This was the first collaboration we did with Justin, Tim and Nate. It felt like we were in a nightclub. When we finished it we knew we were on the verge of something new."
SLeB: "This reminded me of NOTORIOUS when the band first split and we worked with Nile Rodgers."


Falling Down, with Justin Timberlake
Music: Duran Duran and Justin Timberlake
Lyrics: Simon LeBon
Produced by Justin Timberlake

NR: "It's a really beautiful, fragile song. It was so easy. Sometimes that's the mystery of making music and writing songs. It can be just natural and happens there and then, and other times you can struggle for weeks and not get what you want."
SLeB: "It's about a crash I had when I was racing a motorbike, the thoughts that ran through my mind before I hit the ground. As soon as I got the chorus, Justin was like, 'That's it!!'"
JT: "It's easy to be esoteric. It's so much harder to write from the heart. This is an important song for Duran."
RT: "I'd just got back from my honeymoon in St Lucia and the phone rang. Justin was talking about us recording the new Ordinary World. An hour later we were all in a van driving to Manchester."


Skin Divers, featuring Timbaland
Music: Duran Duran, Timbaland, Nate Hills
Lyrics: Simon LeBon and Timbaland
Co-produced: Duran Duran, Timbaland, Nate Hills

Timbaland: "That one hit me instant."
JT: "This is the song that best captures the sense of Timband meets Duran Duran. It wrote itself during a jam and then Tim finished off his parts a couple of months later when he was in the UK - very late at night, after a gig. He came down to the hotel ballroom and just recorded them on a laptop. f#$king genius. When you are that talented you don't need too much technology to create the magic!"
NR: "This is my favorite track. A real hybrid of Timbaland and Nate's grooves and our live playing. It's riddled with hooks."


Box full o'honey
Music: Duran Duran and Nate Hills
Lyrics: Simon LeBon
Co-produced by Duran Duran, Nate Hills and Jimmy Douglass

NR: "I started playing some chords late one night in the studio and it sort of grew from there."
SLeB: "It's my best lyric on the album. I can see the person I'm writing about, my 'queen of tumbledown.' No, I won't say who she is. People seem to be able to really relate to this song. It touches them in an emotional way."


Tempted
Music: Duran Duran and Nate Hills
Lyrics: Simon LeBon
Co-produced by Duran Duran, Nate Hills and Jimmy Douglass

JT: "This is the dance party track. It's arms in the air for French discos."
SLeB: "Nate Hills said before we recorded this, 'do you wanna go up, or go down?' It's about dance-floor politics."
NR: "It was instant smiles as soon as we gave in to our disco temptation. Which is always a good sign. It's like a song inside a mirror ball."


Tricked Out
Music: Duran Duran and Nate Hills
Co-produced by Duran Duran, Nate Hills and Jimmy Douglass

NR: "We set out to do something unusual for the live show, a special moment. Usually the instrumental song is the one that doesn't make the album and ends up as a bonus track, so I'm very happy we all liked this one."
SLeB: "I was going to do a melody over it but then I thought I'd leave it. This gives me a chance to change my shirt during the concert!"
RT: "This takes us back to our roots. 1979, Joy Division, Siouxsie, post punk with a bit of techno."


Zoom In
Music: Duran Duran, Timbaland, Nate Hills
Lyrics: Simon LeBon
Co-produced: Duran Duran, Timbaland, Nate Hills

NR: "This is a very cool mixture of electro and rock. It feels very super-cyber-futuristic. The drum track was really one-take, all the way through."
JT: "Very Timbaland, very Nate, very New York, a real transition track for us."
SLeB: "It's about the Second Life virtual world that exists on the web which Neil Stevenson writes about in his novel Snow Crash, where you can create an avatar. The sound was angular, digital, something from a different perspective."


She's Too Much
Music: Duran Duran and Nate Hills
Lyrics: Simon LeBon
Co-produced by Duran Duran, Nate Hills and Jimmy Douglass

SLeB: "It's about my 16 year old daughter Saffron. She was in the studio that day and triggered the lyrics. I didn't know I was writing about her until the second line 'she's everything head first.' It tells a story. It's a soft moment on the album."
NR: "This is a key track, a story telling ballad, which touches base with our traditional songwriting."
JT: "We built this up in a very textural way around the chords."


Dirty Great Monster
Music: Duran Duran and Nate Hills
Lyrics: Simon LeBon
Co-produced by Duran Duran, Nate Hills and Jimmy Douglass

NR: "It's about the elephant in the living room. We brought in a sax player for this one and said to him 'play something that's really 'sick'.' And he did and it really made the track."
SLeB: "It's a song without a chorus. It doesn't pay off in the way that everyone expects."

Last Man Standing
Music: Duran Duran and Nate Hills
Lyrics: Simon LeBon
Co-produced by Duran Duran, Nate Hills and Jimmy Douglass

SLeB: "This one has very soft vocals."
RT: "This is one of my favourites. We did a lot of overdubbing with Dom Brown, the guitarist we use for our live shows."
NR: "The missing link between this album and our last, 'ASTRONAUT'. Simon is so good at assuming a character."

Автор: Viccc 26/09.2007 - 18:11

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Duran Duran - 2007 biography

London May 2007 – Robert Sandall

The stats on DURAN DURAN are remarkable: a total of over 70 million records sold, 18 American hit singles, 30 UK top 30 tunes, and a global presence which guarantees them huge concert audiences on 5 continents. More remarkable still is the way they have achieved this, fusing pop music, art and fashion with a unique style and confidence.

When they first broke in the early 1980s Duran Duran single-handedly transformed music video from a gimmicky marketing tool into one of the music industry's most valued assets. With exotic locations, beautiful girls and stunning effects, Duran Duran took the visual imperatives of the New Romantic movement to another level. Their impact throughout the 1980's was such that Rolling Stone magazine - adapting the old Beatles' sobriquet -dubbed them 'The Fab Five.'

Despite the occasional pause and some re-grouping in the 1990's, Duran today are an unstoppable force who still command the respect of the finest players in the game. On their next studio album (slated for release on Epic Records in the fall of 2007) they have collaborated with top producers Timbaland and Nate 'Danja' Hills, as well as long-time Duran fan Justin Timberlake.

Formed in Birmingham, England in 1978, by keyboardist Nick Rhodes and bassist John Taylor, Duran Duran's early sound was an exciting stew of influences: the soul music of their youth, the vibrant New York underground music scene of the 1970's spearheaded by the New York Dolls and Velvet Underground, the iconic art pop of David Bowie and glam bands such as Roxy Music.

At the time, John was at Art College and Nick was still in the 6th form at school. The first incarnation of the band was rounded out by another art student Stephen Duffy and a friend, Simon Colley who was at catering college. Simon played clarinet and bass, Nick had one small synthesizer and a drum machine, John played guitar and Stephen sang and played a fretless bass.

After Simon and Stephen moved on – Duffy to The Lilac Time and more recently Robbie Williams – a number of new faces came and went before Roger Taylor, previously drummer with local punk heroes The Scent Organs. joined the band. With Roger on board, John took up the bass and the newly christened Duran Duran - named after a character in Roger Vadim's sci-fi classic movie Barbarella - started to develop a funkier style, more in tune with some of the up-and-coming bands of the post-punk era such as Japan.

They began to create waves in Birmingham's premier music club, the Rum Runner. Listening to their demos, the club's owners, Paul and Michael Berrow, gave them a residency and a rehearsal space. Auditions for new band members followed, with guitarist Andy Taylor answering an ad in Melody Maker and singer Simon LeBon joining after being introduced by an ex-girlfriend, who bartended at the club. Unlike the rest of the band, Simon came from the suburbs of London, but was studying drama at Birmingham University.

In the months that followed, the band worked tirelessly. By 1980, after supporting Hazel O'Connor on tour, Duran Duran became the subject of a fierce record company bidding war. Eventually EMI Records came through, putting the band immediately into the studio with producer Colin Thurston.

Their eponymous debut album sold more than 2.5 million copies in 1981, staying on the charts for an astonishing 118 weeks and spawning the giant hit single 'Planet Earth'. That same year, Duran began to challenge expectations. They became the first pop act to produce a 12" remix single, for 'Planet Earth.' and also released a controversial video, directed by Godley and Crème, for the dance mix of 'Girls on Film'. Its sexually explicit content led to it being banned by both MTV and the BBC.

Incorrectly perceived by the rock media as the poster-boys for a new generation of teeny boppers, Duran's first major statement was the antithesis of a traditional pop album. The lyrical themes were adult-orientated, and the music – while melodically bright and dance-fueled – had a much darker quality. As the band themselves pointed out, there was a shadowy, European twist to the album. Songs like 'Careless Memories' weren't far removed in mood from bands like The Cure and Echo and the Bunnymen. What saved Duran Duran from the gloomy cul de sac of goth however, were their dance-inducing rhythms and Rhodes' experimental electronics.

Duran Duran's ascent coincided with that of the so-called "Second British Invasion" which conquered America in the 1980s. Unlike contemporaries such as Spandau Ballet, Human League, Ultravox and Culture Club, they endured thanks to their exhaustive touring, imaginative embrace of new technology and superior song craft. Classic chart-toppers such as 'Hungry Like the Wolf', 'Rio' and 'Save A Prayer' soon turned Duran's second album 'Rio' multi-platinum worldwide. It was during this period that Princess Diana declared Duran Duran to be her favorite band, and new friends like artists Andy Warhol and Keith Haring publicly voiced their support.

From 1983 the band went super nova. The video for Hungry Like the Wolf, which was filmed in Sri Lanka by director Russell Mulcahy went on permanent rotation on MTV. Later that year 'Is There Something I Should Know' went straight to 1 in the UK and hit 4 in the US. The band's third album, 1984's 'Seven And The Ragged Tiger' earned Duran Duran their first Stateside 1, with 'The Reflex'. In 1985 an invitation to write for the movie 'A View To A Kill' earned the group another first when their song became the only Bond theme tune to make it to 1, an accomplishment that is still unrivalled today.

Now that the Duran brand had become a licence to print money, EMI wanted another album. For the first time in years, the band said "no", taking time out to draw breath and regroup creatively. John and Andy teamed up with Robert Palmer, former Chic drummer Tony Thompson and bassist Bernard Edwards to form the Power Station; while Nick, Simon and Roger embarked on a side project: Arcadia, with guest performers Grace Jones, Sting, David Gilmour and Herbie Hancock.

While the Power Station's self-titled album found Andy and John moving further away from Duran Duran's signature sound, with a loud hybrid of funk and glam rock, the Arcadia album 'So Red the Rose' was a sublime reaffirmation of the mother ship's style. Pulling threads of darkness from 'Duran Duran', and adding glittering shards of pop reminiscent of 'Rio' and 'Seven and the Ragged Tiger', the album's first single, 'Election Day', was dark electro-dance-pop at its very best.

In July 1985, the five members of Duran Duran reunited to play in Philadelphia at the historic Live Aid concert. Although no one knew it at the time, this would turn out to be the final performance of the original lineup. Chapter One of the Duran saga was now over

Other projects beckoned. In early 1986, John was approached to write the theme for the film "9 1/2 Weeks." In April, his solo tune 'I Do What I Do', charted on both sides of the Atlantic. As plans started to take shape for Duran Duran to begin work together again in the studio, drummer Roger Taylor abruptly announced that he wanted another year off and would be returning to his Gloucestershire farm. The four remaining band members convened in the studio in June but before long they were down to three when Andy Taylor followed Roger into temporary retirement. With hindsight, he says his departure wasn't fuelled by a desire to embark on a solo career. This was, however, the outcome.

With Andy gone, and Roger officially resigning shortly thereafter, Duran Duran were in free fall. But not for long. In August, the remaining trio were contacted by guitarist Warren Cuccurullo, whose own band Missing Persons had recently folded. Later that year Duran Duran 'Mark II' teamed up with producer Nile Rodgers to record the funk-based album 'Notorious.' The album's title track topped the charts, propelling the record to multi-platinum status. (Fourteen years later, the same song was sampled by Sean "Puffy" Combs on the posthumous Notorious B.I.G. release, 'Born Again').The band were back on a roll. 'Notorious' was followed by 'Big Thing' in 1988, and the release of 'Decade' in 1990, celebrating what for them had been a glorious ten years.

Their sixth studio album, 'Liberty,' came out later the same year, with new drummer Sterling Campbell replacing two-time collaborator Steve Ferrone. In 1993, Nick, Simon, John and Warren went back into the studio to record 'Duran Duran 2'. Better known as the 'Wedding Album' – because the album artwork featured photos of their parents' weddings – the CD spawned the award winning smash "Ordinary World" and its equally acclaimed follow-up 'Come Undone'. Released the following year and garnering some of the best reviews of their career, as well as a prestigious Ivor Novello songwriting award, the 'Wedding Album' sold more than four million copies around the world. A new generation of ardent 'Duranies' were born.

'Thank You,' a covers album, gave the band a chance to pay homage to many of the artists who had inspired them over the years, such as Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Led Zeppelin, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed. Later in 1995, LeBon performed with tenor superstar Luciano Pavarotti at the War Child benefit concert in Italy.

Other festivals and tour dates followed, while, between gigs, John Taylor teamed up with the Neurotic Outsiders, a quartet of rock and roll wastrels comprising former Sex Pistols' Steve Jones, Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan and drummer Matt Sorum. Originally formed to play a benefit gig in LA their onstage jam led to them signing, for one eponymous album to Madonna's Maverick Records.

In 1996, John Taylor officially left Duran Duran to pursue various solo projects. Undeterred the following year the band contributed 'Out of My Mind' to the film version of 'The Saint' and released 'Medazzaland,' The album featured 'Electric Barbarella,' the first song ever to be sold in a download format across the Web.

In 2000, after the release of two Duran tribute albums - featuring artists as diverse as Kylie Minogue and Ben Lee on one, and the Deftones and Goldfinger on the other - Hollywood Records put out the 'Pop Trash' CD. The band supported this with an extremely successful international tour that featured the first ever use of 'augmented reality' technology in a live concert. At the end of the tour, Warren Cucurrullo left for his original group Missing Persons. And then there were two…

As the 21st century loomed the future of Duran Duran lay in the balance. Simon took a well-earned break, while Nick joined his long time friend and original band mate Stephen Duffy, as The Devils, to work on an album, 'Dark Circles', which was released in late 2002.

But no sooner had Duran finally disbanded than the impulse to re-form began to assert itself. Conversations jump-started old allegiances. As 2001 rolled around Duran Duran's original 'Fab Five' went back into the studio to embark on writing together for their first album in almost eighteen years. Energised by the challenge of "taking back their crown", Simon, Nick, Andy, Roger and John worked long and hard on an album which finally appeared on the Epic label in late 2004. 'Astronaut' sold more than two million copies and was heralded by critics as "one of their best studio efforts." The UK top five single "(Reach Up For The) Sunrise" earned the band their highest chart position in their home country for 20 years.

The two-year world tour which accompanied 'Astronaut' was a box office smash which saw them playing to more people, in more places, than ever before. This career-best concert outing served as a reminder that the band remained a fighting force with an incredible back catalogue, an awareness which led to their being honoured with no fewer than five prestigious "Lifetime Achievement' awards in the space of two years. Between 2004 and 2006 Duran Duran's extraordinary creative longevity was recognised by the MTV Video Music Awards, the BRIT'S, the Ivor Novello's, the Spanish music industry "Onda's" and Q Magazine's annual Q Awards.

With three generations of fans now on their case, Duran had no option but to record another album. Not even the departure, for the second time, of guitarist Andy Taylor, could dent their creative momentum.

In September 2006, Simon, Nick, John and Roger flew to New York for a super stellar week-long collaboration with the studio sound genius and Grammy-award-winning producer Timbaland, Nate ’Danja' Hills and the current king of pop Justin Timberlake. The sessions produced three to-die-for new tracks. The rest of the album was completed and mixed with Danja back in the UK.

Duran Duran's future has never looked brighter, or busier. This summer sees them performing at two of the biggest concert events on planet rock, the memorial Concert For Diana at Wembley stadium and the Live Earth eco-awareness bash at Hyde Park. Autumn brings the new album and a tour which will stretch well into 2008, Duran's 30th anniversary year. Having outlived all of their contemporaries, they have nothing left to prove and everything to play for.

Автор: Viccc 04/10.2007 - 08:40

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New playlist from Nick Rhodes
Category: Music


Nick has chosen a new playlist. "Nite-Runner" and "Falling Down" are sticking around from the last playlist, since we naturally want to keep the new songs in the rotation. Here's what Nick says about his choices:

1. Come Up and See Me (Make Me Smile)
2. A View to a Kill
3. Breath After Breath
4. Falling Down
5. Nite-Runner

There is a slight theme to my choices, which is collaborations.

The first song, "Come Up and See Me (Make Me Smile)," was written by Steve Harley and released by his band Cockney Rebel in 1975. It was a Number One single in the UK for many weeks and, despite being about the breakup of his band, an incredibly uplifting piece of music. It was one of the first cover versions that Duran Duran ever performed, and although we never recorded it in the studio, it became very popular in our live show. This version was recorded at Hammerstein Odeon in 1982 and became the B-side of the single release to "The Reflex."

"A View to a Kill" was Duran Duran's first real musical collaboration with another artist. It was written in 1985 for the film of the same name, and we worked with John Barry, who had previously scored many James Bond films and had co-written title tracks. The idea was to merge the sound of Duran Duran with the sound of Bond.

On the song "Breath After Breath" we collaborated with the Brazilian artist Milton Nascimento. His style of songwriting and performance was very different to ours – but we were able to produce a piece of music that incorporated elements of both styles. The track became one of the highlights of "The Wedding Album." Milton is a remarkable artist.

"Falling Down" was the last song to be written in the sessions for the "Red Carpet Massacre" album. It was recorded over a 36-hour period in Manchester, UK together with Justin Timberlake.

"Nite-Runner" was the first track to be written and recorded for the "Red Carpet Massacre" album. We were in the Studio in September of last year with Justin Timberlake, Timbaland and Nate Hills. They are a pretty formidable team, and on our first day together this is what we created.

Автор: Eleanor Rockby 04/10.2007 - 08:47

Автор: Viccc 02/11.2007 - 17:18

Duran Duran to perform at American Music Awards

Duran Duran, Chris Brown, Maroon 5 and will.i.am to Perform at 2007 American Music Awards
Thursday November 1, 12:16 pm ET
Duran Duran to Perform a Song Chosen by Music Fans at MyCokeRewards.com

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The American Music Awards today announced that Duran Duran, Chris Brown, Maroon 5 and will.i.am have been confirmed to perform at the 2007 American Music Awards. The 35th annual edition of the popular awards show, which is produced by Dick Clark Productions, Inc., will be broadcast live on ABC, Sunday, November 18 (8:00 pm ET/PT) from the NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE in downtown Los Angeles.

Duran Duran, Brown, Maroon 5 and will.i.am will join Alicia Keys, Avril Lavigne, Celine Dion, Daughtry, Fergie, Nicole Scherzinger and Rihanna, who were previously announced as performers.

For the first time in awards show history music fans everywhere can chose which song a musical act plays during the live broadcast on ABC. This year Duran Duran, working in coordination with Coca-Cola and Dick Clark Productions, will allow members of the general public to choose which hit song from the past they perform. Individuals who log on to My Coke Rewards can choose to vote for either Hungry Like The Wolf, Notorious or Reach Up for the Sunrise. Voting at mycokerewards.com begins November 1 and ends November 14.

Duran Duran's next album, Red Carpet Massacre, will be released in mid-November. The legendary band collaborated with Justin Timberlake on "Falling Down," the first single from the new album. The legendary band has placed 21 singles in the Billboard Hot 100 and 30 in the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart, and have sold more than 85 million records during their more than thirty years together.

Pop sensation Chris Brown is set to release his second album, Exclusive on November 6, 2007. Exclusive is the follow-up to his self-titled debut album, released in November 2005, which debuted at 1 in Billboard and which was recently certified double-platinum, having sold 1.9 million copies in the U.S. and more than three million worldwide. The album features collaborations with the Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am; T-Pain ("Kiss, Kiss"); Sean Garrett ("Wall to Wall"); the Underdogs ("Get at 'Cha" and "Take You Down") and Adonis and Bryan-Michael Cox ("Tho'd," "Fallen Angel"). Brown will begin his 2007-08 Up, Close and Personal Holiday Exclusive Tour with special guest Bow Wow and others to be announced, December 6th, 2007. Brown was nominated for an American Music Award in 2006 for Favorite Male Artist/R&B/Soul.

Maroon 5, a Los Angeles band known for their hybrid rock/R&B sound, released their second studio album, It Won't Be Soon Before Long, in May 2007. The album debuted at 1 on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of nearly half a million. In early May, their hit single, Makes Me Wonder, skyrocketed from 64 to 1 on the Billboard charts, the biggest jump in Billboard history. The single has also achieved 1 on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs, Pop 100, and Hot Dance Club Play charts. In addition to performing, Maroon 5 is nominated for an American Music Award in the category of Favorite Band, Duo, or Group. They were previously nominated in 2005 for Favorite Artist.

will.i.am is the front man and producer behind the multi-platinum group, The Black Eyed Peas. The three-time Grammy award winning artist has established himself as one of music's top producers and has collaborated on tracks with Justin Timberlake, John Legend, Kelis, Nas, The Game, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Sergio Mendes, Carlos Santana, The Pussycat Dolls, Busta Rhymes and fellow Black Eyed Pea, Fergie. In September will.i.am released his most recent solo album, Songs About Girls.

About the American Music Awards

In 1973 Dick Clark created the American Music Awards to pay tribute to popular musicians from various genres of music and to put audiences in touch with the latest phenomena in American music. Nominees and winners are decided by national sales, radio play and by public voting. Since its founding, the AMAs have honored and showcased the talents of some of the biggest names in the music industry. The 2007 American Music Awards will be broadcast live from Los Angeles on ABC on November 18th at 8PM

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Автор: Viccc 24/12.2007 - 21:25

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Holiday greetings
Category: Goals, Plans, Hopes

Ideo Gloria In Excelsis Deo…G-L-O-R-I-A….Gloria

Whether you're spending it in a cathedral, a hot and sweaty jump-up in the Islands, at home with the parents or a mud hut somewhere beautiful, here's me - a/k/a Simon Le Bon from Duran Duran - wishing you a Merry Cherry & a Happy New Year…and remember, easy on the chocolate liqueurs. Whoooshmas! Simon

I just love the holiday period through to New Year's Eve and I hope everyone that's out there has a pretty good time of it this year. To those of you who have been following the progress of the band this year, G-d Bless ya and thanks for staying interested. I hope you had a great year and I have a feeling that next year is going to be even better for you, I just know it, don't ask me how I know!…John x

Happy Holidays - its been a great year for us again, the album's finally been delivered and I hope that you are loving it. We can't wait to take it around the world next year. Have a great one and we will see you in 2008! All Love and Happy Holidays, Roger x

It seems a little less than a year ago when I was writing a similar message, I guess what goes around does come around, suitcases are the first thing that come to mind, or perhaps small dolls dressed in international costumes… Now, wouldn't it be just delightful if we could take the dolls with the sharp teeth and appetite for ripping stockings from the movie Barbarella, and simply do a holiday exchange with the Magic Kingdom.

I realized yesterday that it would be enormously helpful to me if options were more limited. Yes, less to choose from. I found this a little bizarre, and almost shocked myself for a brief moment, as I always want more options, and even more variations on those options, but then I realized that I don't at all. All I want are the right options. Now of course this gets rather more complicated, because the options I may consider to be appropriate may be your idea of a nightmare. It all gets so time consuming, and time is precious and non negotiable, one must be very careful when consuming it, hence there are only 12 tracks to choose from on our new album. Had there been 18, it would have made things 50% harder for you with such a limited amount of time available for listening pleasures, but I suppose had there been 6 then it would have been 50% easier… Then there is the value for money equation. Personally I prefer quality over quantity, but then if everything was the same quality and readily accessible, we would have no comparisons and be forced to accept the standard issue, a world with no choice… Actually can't think of anything worse! I secretly quite like some of those trashy
things too.
I wish you all Happy December and concise, decisive new year filled with beautiful options.
Love from London. Nick X

PS. Red seems to be 'In' this season.

Автор: Rebel Yell 24/12.2007 - 21:44

Цитата(Viccc @ 24/12.2007 - 23:25)

О___о интересно,заедут они в Рашу ,или как..

Автор: Degiko 25/12.2007 - 01:08

Whoooshmas! саймон жжот
вообще так люблю их послания, никогда не звучат пусто и шаблонно, а всегда что-то интересное, оригинальное и с юморком

Автор: Viccc 12/02.2008 - 23:17

12 Feb 2008

Duran Duran on AT&T Blue Room
Category: Music


Duran Duran assumes "Total Control" over AT&T blue room radio bringing
you their latest masterpiece "Red Carpet Massacre". Log on to
attblueroom.com/music, click on the AT&T blue room radio "listen live"
button, then choose "MIX" on the navigation bar on Saturday 2/23 as Nick
Rhodes takes you through the entire "Red Carpet Massacre" album!

Direct Link:

http://cbsplayer.streamtheworld.com/index.php?CALLSIGN=ATTMIX

Автор: Viccc 01/04.2008 - 08:09

Your Vegas на разогреве у Duran Duran:

"New Universal Republic band Your Vegas has just locked in a much touted
opening spot on this spring’s hottest road workout, Duran Duran’s Red Carpet
Massacre North American Tour. The band will be on the whole 22-city jaunt,
kicking off in Vancouver, Canada on April 29.

The spirited fivesome is heading back out on a run through mid-April with
The Bravery, appearing April 5, in Ventura, CA, and then rolling through a
two-week jaunt beginning April 9 with The Bravery and Fiction Plane,
stepping off after their April 25 show in Detroit to hook up with superstars
Duran Duran at the end of the month.

For more on Your Vegas, check out their MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/yourvegas

And look for their music on iTunes."

© MySpace.com

Автор: Viccc 09/04.2008 - 18:32

Brazilian Spirit Unleashed in Duran Duran’s Hit Song, ’Rio’

Nicole from The Pussycat Dolls and Caress® Body Wash Release New Brazilian Inspired Remake

GREENWICH, CONN., APRIL 8, 2008 — Nicole from The Pussycat Dolls releases a new Brazilian inspired reinterpretation of Duran Duran’s hit song, "Rio," to celebrate the launch of Caress® Brazilian Exotic Oil Infusions body wash. "Rio (Caress Brazilian Mix)" encourages women to unleash their sensuous sides, vivacious charm and Brazilian spirits. The new song will debut at caressbrazilian.com on Tuesday, April 8th and then will hit the airwaves nationwide.

Nicole Scherzinger, an exotic beauty who embodies the same enchantment and vivaciousness of Brazil, was a natural pick for the song’s remake. The new song "Rio (Caress Brazilian Mix)" is bursting with the energy and colorful sounds of Brazil. "Rio (Caress Brazilian Mix)" was produced by Ron Fair and JR Rotem with additional production and mix by Ben H. Allen. First released in 1982, "Rio" climbed the charts to become a top twenty hit on both sides of the Atlantic, with the video becoming an MTV staple.

"Brazil is all about smooth moves, vivacious sounds and beautiful skin," says Scherzinger. "That’s why I’m thrilled to be recording such a fun, Brazilian remake of my favorite Duran Duran song for Caress. Just like the new Caress Brazilian body wash, it’s sexy, spirited and will inspire women to unleash the enchantment of Brazil."

Unleashing the enchantment of Brazil

Just like Nicole, women everywhere can unleash their Brazilian spirit with Caress® for a chance to win a trip to Brazil. Visit caressbrazilian.com to download the new hot song, "Rio (Caress Brazilian Mix)" and submit a video (or create one online) that shows how to live out the charm, vivaciousness and spirit of the country. Twenty-five finalists will win exciting prizes such as: spa treatments, iPods with Brazilian music or a year supply of Caress®*. To help get everyone into the Brazilian spirit, they can also request free samples of the new Caress® Brazilian Exotic Oil Infusions body wash at the website (while supplies last).

© MySpace.com

Автор: Degiko 09/04.2008 - 19:28

слышала эту песню... не впечатлило

Автор: Midnight Sun 10/04.2008 - 07:39

женским голосом...ну нееет...

Автор: Viccc 06/05.2008 - 09:01

Duran Duran vs. Mark Ronson

Smirnoff Unites Music Titans for Unique Live Event:
Duran Duran vs. Mark Ronson and More

Duran Duran and Mark Ronson redefine each other's music
in a unique, one time only evening

Hot on the heels of his impressive list of Grammy, Brit, and NME Award wins, artist and producer of the moment Mark Ronson is set to collaborate with legendary musical innovators Duran Duran. This exciting partnership will form the centerpiece of Smirnoff Experience Paris, set to take place on Wednesday, July 2nd at La Cigale, Paris.

Duran Duran will perform a unique live set with Ronson for this exclusive, invite-only performance. Together, they will showcase specially re-worked versions of some of the band's classic hits that will be created by Ronson, along with tracks from their critically-acclaimed new album, Red Carpet Massacre. Ronson & the Version Players will also be bringing Mark's acclaimed live show to the event, performing songs from his hit album, Version. Simon LeBon will bring his vocal magic to Mark's music as one of his featured guest vocalists.

Smirnoff Experience Paris is the third of four global Smirnoff Experience events, celebrating the brand's heritage and originality. The global program features original music collaborations fused with unique and interactive entertainment showcased in four of the cities most relevant to the history of the brand: Moscow, Shanghai, Paris and New York City.

In preparation for this once-in-a-lifetime show, Mark Ronson and the four original members of Duran Duran: Simon LeBon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor and Roger Taylor, have already started planning this collaboration with regular conversations from the road that Mark is now following up on with time spent in the studio creating the never-before heard or played interpretations.

Commenting on working together, Ronson and Duran band members said today:

"Duran Duran are one of my favorite bands, period. The level to which they combined melody, groove, sonic and style has yet to be outdone. Plus, they were the only band I ever idolized to the extent of having posters, tour videos, Smash Hits sticker-books, and all sorts of
embarrassing things. When I was nine years old, I even used to take a picture of John Taylor with me to the barber shop, in the hope that they would be able to duplicate his signature coif onto my tiny head. It's an honour and a highlight of my musical career to get to perform
with them. And with the Ed Banger Crew and Tom Middleton, it's going to be a special night in Paris" Mark Ronson

"I can't think of anyone working in music today that I would rather collaborate with on a project than Mark Ronson. This is a very exciting gig for us, totally different to anything we have done before. The idea of giving Mark free rein to remix songs of ours then to put it all together and perform it live… Wow. What a jam!" – Duran Duran bassist, John Taylor.

"Mark makes elegant intelligent music. With graceful sleight of hand he produced two of the defining albums of last year. It's rare to find someone with such depth of vision, I believe he will be one of the most influential voices of his generation - the story has only just begun. I am thrilled that we are working together. It's going to be truly inspiring." Nick Rhodes – Duran keyboardist.

"Considering that for a period of over twenty years, we didn't collaborate with anyone – apart from a brief stage appearance, on my part, at "Wham - The Final" - I think we have been pretty spoilt recently working with Timbaland, Justin Timberlake and Nate Danja Hills. Of course, that's led to the overwhelming question; "Well after that, who could you possibly work with next? The only name that has held any real credibility and allure on our part, has been the name Mark Ronson. Mark is without doubt a naturally gifted artist and producer and one of the biggest talents to have emerged in recent years. He's taking popular music in a new, exciting and fresh direction, for which we can all give thanks. He also looks great in a well cut suit, and has the blood and voice of an Englishman – it's an irresistible package really. Nick, John, Roger and I simply can't wait!!" - Duran Duran lead singer, Simon LeBon

"Mark Ronson was born only three years before Duran Duran were formed but 'Wild Boys' was one of the first records he spun as a young DJ. His meteoric rise from DJ to world-renowned producer has been phenomenal and it's with great excitement and anticipation we become part of the Mark Ronson story again." – Duran Duran drummer, Roger Taylor

Premier electronic French label Ed Banger will also add their own magic to the night, with other specially-created Duran Duran remixes being presented by a selection of their hottest artists and DJs. In addition, Smirnoff Experience resident DJ Tom Middleton will also return for a unique performance with Paris-based classical pianist Maxence Cyrin, who will blend interpretations of acid house melodies with ambient beats, taking guests on a trip through some of the sounds that have defined a whole musical generation.

The Smirnoff Experience event series celebrates the best in original nightlife. Alongside headline collaborations, the events offer unique ways of serving Smirnoff cocktails, including the opportunity to choose drinks by smell and by taste. As always, Smirnoff will be demonstrating its commitment to responsible drinking by handing out free bottled water and soft drinks at the event.

The four Smirnoff Experience events form a year-long celebration of the brand's journey from its origins in Moscow through to its status today as the world's biggest-selling premium spirit. Smirnoff Experience Moscow took place in September 2007 and saw Faithless perform specially rescored versions of their greatest hits live on stage with a Russian orchestra. This was followed by the second Smirnoff Experience event in Shanghai in January 2008. The final global event will take place in the Autumn of this year, in New York. All of the events will be filmed for TV broadcast by channels around the world.

The heart of Smirnoff Experience is bringing original nightlife to consumers around the world, and with its unique mix of artists, interactive engagement and sensational cocktails, the Paris show promises to deliver an unforgettable event.

© MySpace.com

Автор: Viccc 03/06.2008 - 11:31

Duran Duran and Billy Corgan

On May 14, 2008, Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan joined Duran Duran on stage at their Chicago concert for a performance of the Duran Duran classic THE CHAUFFEUR.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=35409310

© MySpace

Автор: Viccc 03/07.2008 - 09:05

Duran Duran + Mark Ronson (photo and video)

Duran Duran held a press conference in Paris today at the Hilton Arc de Triomphe to discuss their once-in-a-lifetime collaboration this evening with Mark Ronson.

© MySpace

Фото можно посмотреть в разделе "ДД в мире фото" или вместе с видео на страничке MySpace:

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=8153945&blogID=411214892&Mytoken=4394F828-17E5-495E-A98EFD86F15A75303299085

Автор: Viccc 03/07.2008 - 21:26

03 июл 2008, 00:00

Highlights from the Duran Duran/Mark Ronson collaboration

Duran Duran and Mark Ronson Make Unique Musical History, at Smirnoff Experience Paris Event

July 3rd 2008 – Last night, La Cigale in Paris hosted the third global Smirnoff Experience event, showcasing a dream collaboration between Mark Ronson and Duran Duran, continuing the tradition of unique original performances. The event unveiled live performances of Ronson's reworkings of his favourite Duran Duran classics along with songs from their new album. Highlights included View to A Kill, Rio, Red Carpet Massacre, Planet Earth and Girls on Film, performed by the band together with Ronson. Earlier in the evening, Simon Le Bon provided guest vocals with Daniel Merriweather on Stop Me during Mark Ronson and the Version Players' set.

The 1200-capacity invitation-only event attracted a star-studded crowd including, Eva Mendes, Philippe Starck, John Galliano, Ellen Von Unwerth, Santogold, Kenna, Tim Burgess, Yasmin Le Bon and Daisy Lowe.

During the 90-minute performance the crowd enjoyed specially created versions of classic Duran Duran tracks. The collaboration came about when Smirnoff invited Ronson to bring his unique perspective to the Duran Duran catalogue, forming the centrepiece of this latest Smirnoff Experience event.

Mark Ronson shared of his experience in working with Duran Duran: "This has to be one of the highlights in LIFE for me."

Commenting on the collaboration, Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon said: "There's not that many people on Planet Earth (!) right now who've got what it takes to work with Duran Duran both musically and visually. In fact, when I look at it like that, Mark Ronson may be the only man alive who is. And, being very big fans of his, we couldn't be more thrilled".

Duran Duran bassist, John Taylor, commented: "Mark is one of the most exciting talents in music today. He's a super-nice guy too, which makes it even better. He had a lot of crazy ideas which all seemed to work out. So many, in fact, that what was supposed to be a thirty-minute set turned out to be an hour and a half! And it's great to have his big band wrap themselves around us too, horns, strings and percussion. It was really magical!"

The night opened with the Smirnoff Experience resident DJ Tom Middleton celebrating the 20th anniversary of Acid House music with a unique collaboration. Classically trained pianist Maxence Cyrin from Paris, joined him to create a collection of dance classics performed on a grand piano.

After the live music, the crowd were treated to an original and underground set from Busy P aka Pedro Winter, owner and founder of uber-cool Parisian electronic label Ed Banger Records. Busy P played a DJ set that premiered his Smirnoff Experience rework of Duran Duran's hit The Reflex, before Middleton came back to close the event in his own unique party style.

A series of original Smirnoff cocktails were created specially for the event, including a choice of four martinis, two of which were strawberry basil and melon and mint. The invited guests were offered a special sampler on entering the venue. Bottled water was given out throughout the evening, as well as a plentiful supply of canapés.

Smirnoff Experience is a global experiential marketing program, celebrating the brand's rich heritage and originality. The program features original collaborations fused with unique and interactive entertainment – all showcased in four of the cities most relevant to the history of the brand: Moscow, Shanghai, Paris and New York City.


VIDEO: Mark Ronson vs Duran Duran at Smirnoff Experience:

Смотреть здесь: http://www.youtube.com/user/SmirnoffExperienceTV

© MySpace

Автор: noon 08/08.2008 - 16:23

DURAN DURAN REVISIT RIO
Duran Duran

They tell the strory of classic 1982 album on new DVD

Duran Duran's global smash hit second album 'Rio' is to be revisited as part of a new Classic Albums DVD series this October.
Duran Duran have specially re-recorded the album's key tracks; “Save A Prayer”, “The Chauffeur”, “New Religion”, “Hungry Like The Wolf” and the title track “Rio” live for the DVD -- as well as personally telling the story behind the writing, recording and the aftermath of it's success.
'Classic Albums: Rio' includes stacks of archive footage from the period as well as the newly filmed interviews with original band members Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor, Roger Taylor.
Other interviewees include director Russell Mulcahy, former manager Paul Berrow and Bob Geldof.
Classic Albums: Rio is out on Eagle Rock Entertainment on October 27, 2008.

От http://www.uncut.co.uk/news/duran_duran/news/11971

блин, кажется я новость не в тот раздел сунула, вот что бывает когда подобных разделов куча, путаться начинаешь, а как убрать отсюда сообщение понятия не имею, так что sorry

Автор: Viccc 11/08.2008 - 09:55

Monday, August 11, 2008

A new playlist from Nick
Category: Music


Nick brings us the latest playlist for the profile's music player. Here are his choices and what he has to say about them:

LIKE AN ANGEL – Only ever made it to a B-side but deserved more.

(I'M LOOKING FOR) CRACKS IN THE PAVEMENT – Sums up the insanity of 1983 rather well.

ZOOM IN – First song I know of written about experiences living in Second Life.

YO BAD AZIZI – Written during the "Liberty" sessions. The title was taken from a line in the song "Is There Something I Should Know?" -- "you're about as easy as a nuclear war."

VIRUS – The ultimate computer virus anthem

BURIED IN THE SAND – Taken from the "Medazzaland" album, now up on iTunes. This song was a postcard to John Taylor during the time he left the band for a little while.

© MySpace

Автор: Viccc 05/09.2008 - 08:59

Голосуйте за видеоклип Rio на MTV UK!

Vote for "Rio" as the Greatest Video Ever

Vote for "Rio" as the Greatest Video Ever at MTV UK's site here: http://www.mtv.co.uk/channel/438188-greatest-video-ever

© My Space, September 03, 2008
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=8153945&blogID=429845065

Автор: Viccc 08/09.2008 - 13:32

Roger’s DJ page on Facebook

Check out Roger Taylor's DJ page on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Roger-Taylor/59004110435

And don't forget that Duran Duran also has an official Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Duran-Duran/8744372732


© MySpace, Sunday, September 07, 2008

Автор: Viccc 19/09.2008 - 21:43

Супер-новость:

Duran Duran's Rio has been named the greatest music video of all time.

The 1982 video, featuring the band in suits on a Caribbean beach being teased by scantily-clad women, beat favourites such as Michael Jackson's Thriller and Madonna's Like a Prayer to claim the title.

Bjork's video for her 1999 hit All Is Full of Love, where she played a robot in a steamy clinch with another robot, took second place.

Take On Me, the 1985 video from A-ha, where singer Morten Harket was a comic book character who comes to life, was third, followed by Jackson's famously spooky 1983 hit Thriller.

Icelandic group Sigur Ros's surreal video for Svefn-g-Englar was fifth in the poll of MTV viewers, followed by the anarchic gig scene in Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit (1991).

Radiohead's Just video (1995), featuring a man inexplicably lying down in the street and Jamiroquai's Virtual Insanity (1996), where he danced on a moving floor, were next.

The top ten was completed by Madonna's Like A Prayer (1989), controversial for featuring burning crosses, statues weeping blood and the singer seducing a black Jesus, and US group OK GO's Here It Goes Again (2006), with the band on treadmills.

Around 40,000 MTV viewers voted for the poll.

© Copyright Press Association Ltd 2008, All Rights Reserved.

© MySpace.com

Автор: rokakosha 19/09.2008 - 21:52

блин, было бы круто если бы на конфе супер новости выкладывали не только на иностранном языке но и хоть в каком то переводе
к сожалению среди вас имеются неучи типа меня которые не владеют столь хорошо английским
:'(

Автор: Stranger 19/09.2008 - 22:31

Цитата(Viccc @ 19/09.2008 - 22:43)

Автор: Viccc 19/09.2008 - 23:04

Цитата(rokakosha @ 19/09.2008 - 23:52)

Автор: Midnight Sun 20/09.2008 - 18:36

WHOOOOHOOOO!!
Я счастлива хотя никогда особо не выделяла Рио из всех клипов...

Автор: rokakosha 22/09.2008 - 10:06

Цитата(Viccc @ 20/09.2008 - 00:04)

Упс, пардон, приму к сведению.

Если в кратце, то клип Duran Duran "Rio" занял первое место в опросе про видеоклип "всех времен и народов" на MTV , опередив тем самым "Триллер" Майкла Джексона и "Like A Prayer" Мадонны. Второе место - Bjork - "All Is Full of Love". Третьи - A-ha - "Take On Me". Джексон -четвертый, Мадонна - последняя в десятке.
Проголосовало около 40000 зрителей MTV.

Автор: Lily 22/09.2008 - 20:50

Я в этом опросе поучаствовала совершенно случайно. Поисковик выплюнул страницу британского MTV с голосованием, я чисто машинально выбрала дюранов. Не думала, что они победят, они тогда на шестом месте были - видать, британские фаны активизировались.

Кстати, в рейтингах не только дюраны побеждают, но и их прекрасные половины тоже. Хотя об этом я лучше в Ясину тему напишу.

Автор: Viccc 24/09.2008 - 08:51

Новый блог от ДД на майспейс:

New DD merch in the Duran Duran web shop
Category: Fashion, Style, Shopping


There are some new goodies to be had in the Duran Duran web shop.

DD Webshop

Check out the new selection which includes:

Red Carpet merch section:
Special Edition US style Football shirt - Navy men's sizes, Black youth cut

Black T with RCM Rhinestone now available through public demand in Regular sizes

Core Range section:
White T with Gold foil, mens and women's fit

And coming for the Holidays (really, we promise) WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN, THE BEST OF DURAN DURAN'S ASK KATY ...


Вкратце суть: в и-нетовском магазине ДД появился новый мерч, посвященный RCM. Ссылка на магазин здесь: http://www.crewe-issue.co.uk/duranduran_store/indexb.html

Плюс анонсируют на выходные THE BEST OF DURAN DURAN'S ASK KATY ...

Автор: Viccc 02/10.2008 - 09:11

New playlist from JT (Новый плей-лист от Джона )
Category: Music


We have a new playlist chosen by John Taylor. Here are JT's picks:

"Cry Baby Cry" -- a Red Carpet Massacre bonus track on iTunes and the Japanese version of the CD
"We Need You" -- B-Side to "Skin Trade" (now part of the Singles 1986-1995 box set)
"I Believe/All I Need to Know" -- B-Side to "All She Wants Is" (now part of the Singles 1986-1995 box set)
"Lay Lady Lay" -- Bob Dylan cover from the Thank You album
"Girls On Film" -- live version from Arena
"(Reach Up for the) Sunrise [Jason Nevins Remix]" -- from the Queer Eye for the Straight Guy soundtrack

Мне очень понравился текущий выбор Джона.

Автор: Nigel 02/10.2008 - 13:32

Цитата(Viccc @ 02/10.2008 - 10:11)

New playlist from JT (Новый плей-лист от Джона )
Category: Music
We have a new playlist chosen by John Taylor. Here are JT's picks:

"Cry Baby Cry" -- a Red Carpet Massacre bonus track on iTunes and the Japanese version of the CD
"We Need You" -- B-Side to "Skin Trade" (now part of the Singles 1986-1995 box set)
"I Believe/All I Need to Know" -- B-Side to "All She Wants Is" (now part of the Singles 1986-1995 box set)
"Lay Lady Lay" -- Bob Dylan cover from the Thank You album
"Girls On Film" -- live version from Arena
"(Reach Up for the) Sunrise [Jason Nevins Remix]" -- from the Queer Eye for the Straight Guy soundtrack

Мне очень понравился текущий выбор Джона.

Автор: Mezmerized 02/10.2008 - 21:34

Цитата(Nigel @ 02/10.2008 - 14:32)

Мне тоже понравился . БОльшую часть из этих песен я сейчас регулярно слушаю .

Автор: Nigel 02/10.2008 - 22:03

Цитата(Mezmerized @ 02/10.2008 - 22:34)

а плейлист ведь действительно ведет сам Джон, а не человек, который ведет страницу?

Автор: Mezmerized 02/10.2008 - 22:06

Цитата(Nigel @ 02/10.2008 - 23:03)

Публикует не Джон, но плейлист от него . Страницы они сами не ведут...

Автор: Viccc 23/10.2008 - 09:04

Vote for the best James Bond theme ever/Голосуйте за лучшую тему кинофильмов про Джеймса Бонда всех времен и народов:

Click below to vote for your favourite Bond theme ever/Жмите на ссылку внизу, чтобы проголосовать.
While we at Duran Duran's official MySpace profile would not tell you how to vote, we're thinking "A View to a Kill" is way up there!

http://www.gigwise.com/news/46972/Vote-For-Your-Favourite-James-Bond-Theme-EVER

© MySpace

Автор: Viccc 09/11.2008 - 17:03

Играем в новые ДД-Тривии и само собой выигрываем:

http://www.popjax.com/videocube/DuranDuran.htm

© MySpace

Автор: Viccc 24/11.2008 - 11:20

Новый плей-лист от Роджера:

Tiger Tiger -- Still fills me with a sense of anticipation -- it was our opening music on our first big U.S. tour.
Still Breathing -- One of my favourites from the Astronaut album.
Drowning Man (D:Ream Ambient Mix) -- I love the flanged sequencer!
Is There Something I Should Know? -- We enjoyed playing this live so much with Mark Ronson earlier this year in Paris.
Night Boat -- Dark and brooding epic from the first album.
Nite-Runner -- Still my favourite groove from RCM.

© MySpace

Автор: Viccc 24/11.2008 - 21:51

Книга Ask Katy уже в продаже:

The ASK KATY book is for sale!

WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN, THE BEST OF DURAN DURAN'S ASK KATY is (finally) for sale!

We hope you think it's worth the wait. We haven't seen the final version, but from the look of all the copy, photos and designs that passes by via email, it looks, to quote the band's favorite word, "awesome." (ok, we're biased)

If you go to the webstore on DD.com, you can pre-order it. It's £15.99 plus shipping and handling. [Strictly limited edition print of 2000 copies, full colour, 96 page perfect bound book, 8.5" x 8.5", in slipcase]. Katy did the math for the USA (not smart enough to do it any where else I am afraid) and it's $23.99 as of Nov 24th.

http://www.crewe-issue.co.uk/duranduran_store/indexb.html

You can find the book under both "Core" and "Red Carpet Merchandise"

Thank you for all your patience in waiting for WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN. We hope if you buy it, you love it. It's really a tribute to all of you, your creativity, probing, interest and love.

Simon, Nick, John, Roger (and Katy)

© MySpace

Автор: Viccc 10/12.2008 - 10:05

JT on the radio Wednesday

Listen for John Taylor on NY's WPLJ radio on December 10 at about 6 p.m. EST. - Слушайте Джона Тэйлора на одном из нью-йоркских радиостанций сегодня примерно в 18:00 (наверное, по нью-йоркскому времени).

Listen live - Ссылка на радио здесь:

http://www.wplj.com/article.asp?id=666392

© MySpace

Автор: Nigel 10/12.2008 - 15:36

У нас, если не ошибаюсь, 8 часов разница во времени (с Москвой), значит в 2 часа ночи будет интервью . Послушаем .

Автор: Nigel 11/12.2008 - 02:22

Всего 2 минуты длилось интервью, ооо, он по телефону говорил, это что-то...................

И даже за эти минуты убил! Такой голос... Хотя вопросов было мало и общие, про Эплгейт в основном (он ее так хвалил, ей бы понравилось ). Тур RCM, виш-лист на Рождество (сказал что он гуд мэн ), эхх мало, жаль...

Автор: Viccc 24/12.2008 - 11:37

Поздравления с католическим Рождеством на MySpace от Саймона:

24 Dec 2008

A holiday message from Simon
Category: Life


It has been an amazing year for Duran Duran.

What started out at the end of 2007, on Broadway, and wound down at the end of 2008 in Montclair, New Jersey, has been the best year of touring we've ever had.

We played all over the world, and we got better as we did, and the audiences ... well you were all amazing.

Happy, happy holidays (Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, Happy Kwanzaa, Christmahanukah, Happy New Year and all that stuff) to all who visit Duranduran.com, Duranduranmusic and our Duran Duran MySpace page.

We've had a great time and now we're taking a great rest. Speak to you next year.

Whooshmas ...

Simon

Автор: Degiko 24/12.2008 - 11:57

Цитата(Viccc @ 24/12.2008 - 10:37)

Автор: Nigel 24/12.2008 - 17:38

А Роджер в своем рождественском видеопослании сказал, что в 2009-м ДД приступают к работе над новым материалом .
Да уж, может быть хоть в следующий раз они к нам приедут...

Автор: Viccc 02/02.2009 - 15:51

Новый плей-лист от Саймона на MySpace:

A new playlist from Simon
Category: MySpace

We have a new featured playlist from Simon on the profile's music player. Here are Simon's choices and what he has to say about them:

Out of My Mind (Paul Oakenfold mix) – We got to work with an amazing remixer. It is one of my favorite remixes of one of our songs ever, just brilliant. It reminds me of good times. [Nathan’s note: It’s officially called the “Perfecto Mix”]

Silva Halo – Goes together with “Out of My Mind.” It was the B-side and I want them to stay together.

Careless Memories – One of those songs that always takes me right into the control room at Chipping Norton ... when Andy put down the guitar parts with the echo – amazing.

911 is a Joke – Much maligned, possibly one of the most unpopular songs from THANK YOU among music purists, which is enough of a reason for me to put it on this list.

My Antarctica – One day, this could make a good single. Just a really great song.

Who Do You Think You Are? – Simply because I haven’t heard it for ages.

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Автор: Viccc 14/02.2009 - 23:50

Роджер (наверное от большого безделья - шутка) подался в ди-джеи:

Roger Taylor - DJ gig in Florida (March 7)
Category: Music
Our Roger is getting around! If you're lucky enough to live in Florida, or nearby, you will have the chance to check out the fantastic DJ skills of Roger Taylor. Mark your calendars!

Grpyhon @ Hard Rock Hotel
Hollywood, FL
March 7, 2009
12am-4am

Короче, будете 7 марта во Флориде - милости просят на ди-джейский гиг Роджера Тэйлора!

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Автор: Viccc 17/02.2009 - 11:09

Just a couple weeks ago, Duran Duran began writing material for their next album, and 2009 is shaping up to be an exciting year for the band and their fans.

Короче, Дюраны приступили к выпеканию нового пирожка...

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Автор: Stranger 17/02.2009 - 23:19

Все хорошо, лишь бы этот пирожок удался

Автор: Viccc 18/02.2009 - 09:52

Дюран Дюран будут хедлайнерами фестиваля Lovebox в июле 2009 года:

Duran Duran to headline UK festival Lovebox Weekender in July

"London has many festivals but you'd be hard to pressed to find one as electric or fun as Lovebox" – The Sun

THE LOVEBOX WEEKENDER: 2009 HEADLINERS CONFIRMED
DURAN DURAN
N.E.R.D featuring PHARRELL WILLIAMS
GROOVE ARMADA
FRIENDLY FIRES, FLORENCE & THE MACHINE, SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO
LADYHAWKE, FAT FREDDYS DROP + MANY MORE

London's favourite festival - The LOVEBOX Weekender has announced that pop legends Duran Duran and hip hop collective N.E.R.D featuring Pharrell Williams will be joining festival founders Groove Armada as headline acts for the 2009 festival which will take place across the weekend of Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th July at London's Victoria Park.

Headlining one of the festival's most eclectic and adventurous line ups to date, Duran Duran will be playing their only UK festival gig of 2009 on the Saturday night supported by rock/rap crossover collective N.E.R.D featuring Pharrell Williams. LOVEBOX will also be showcasing the very best in new and emerging talent with the hotly tipped Florence & The Machine, joining Friendly Fires and Fat Freddys Drop also confirmed for the Saturday night bill.

Sunday night will be headlined by Lovebox founders and sure-fire party starters Groove Armada who will be premiering a brand new live show featuring material from their forthcoming album that promises to set Victoria Park alight, and will be their only 2009 festival appearance. The band will be joined by Simian Mobile Disco and further acts to be confirmed shortly.

Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran said: "We are thrilled to be headlining Saturday night at LOVEBOX for what will be our only UK show this year. The band are big fans of the festival and we were delighted to be asked by Tom and Andy (Groove Armada) to take part. We were on the road for the whole of 2008 and are now back in the studio working on new music. Playing at LOVEBOX in the summer will be a real highlight for us."

Andy Cato and Tom Findlay, the dance gurus behind Groove Armada and LOVEBOX said: "We bumped into Simon Le Bon when playing some tunes at a beach party in Ibiza last year. He had Sienna Miller on one side and a naked fire eater on the other. We had a chat and mentioned that if he fancied playing at LOVEBOX, it would be an absolute pleasure. And now it's official - the biggest London gig of the summer is on. LOVEBOX bring legends to your local park."

In addition to the stellar musical line up, London's most electric and eclectic show-stopping festival has expanded for 2009 with an even bigger 40 acre site that will once again be bursting at the seams with the best new acts, performers, stage sets and special effects from all over the world for what promises to be a carnival of anarchic entertainment.

This year's festival will witness the debut of Container Arcadia - this year's principal soundsystem. This eerie labyrinth of sky-high shipping containers promises to create a monolithic, fire-breathing dockyard featuring LOVEBOX's usual top-notch selection of DJs and electronic music acts such as the mighty Horse Meat Disco and Secretsundaze.

Further features include the Gaymers Stage – featuring London's largest purpose-built tree house for those wanting a bird's eye view of the festival. The stage will play host to a selection of live performances in an intimate setting. For those in need of a spot of outdoor pampering, LOVEBOX will again boast the largest farmer's market of any UK festival - the very best of Borough's stalwarts all wrapped up within thelondonpaper Sourced Market. A new addition for 2009 is Heavenly Healing, a fully comprehensive tented village of massage and complimentary therapies to kick off your weekend in style.

LOVEBOX have also expanded their family stage this year into an entire field of family-friendly stage shows, sideshows and freak shows - all inspired, programmed and produced by some of London's most thrilling theatre and production outfits. From barn-storming hoedowns to gypsy steam punk, take off your shoes and lose yourself in a wonderland of weirdness as LOVEBOX presents this year's dose of carnival chaos in an epic spectacle charged with musical excess and theatrical abundance.

"The Lovebox Weekender has become not just one of the most authentic festivals of the summer, but an annual love letter to the capital" – The Guardian

FURTHER ACTS & STAGES TO BE ANNOUNCED

Ticket Details
Tickets are available from www.lovebox.net as well as from Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.co.uk) or by calling 08448472436.

Tickets can be purchased in person from Stargreen Box Office, 20/21a Argyll Street, London, W1F 7TT.
Ticket prices:
Ј42.50 + Booking Fee per day ticket.
Ј75.00 + Booking Fee per weekend ticket.

A limited number of NUS tickets available for purchase priced at Ј38.50 + Booking Fee available from Ticketmaster.
Lovebox 2009 will be the seventh annual Lovebox festival following its creative conception by Groove Armada in 2003. In 2008 the sell-out festival was attended by 45,000 people watching 174 acts on 8 stages. XFM is the official radio partner of The Lovebox Weekender 2009

LOVEBOX – History
At the turn of the new millennium, Tom and Andy aka dance gurus Groove Armada decided that they wanted to develop a winning formula for great parties with that extra special something. Out of their love for the many different types of music that feed in to dance culture LOVEBOX was created with the intent of bringing fresh exciting sounds along with genius classic artists to people's ears and feet. To this day, LOVEBOX has grown from this humble concept into the capitals most innovative and exciting music festival.

LOVEBOX continues to be lovingly put together by a growing team of enthusiasts who live and breathe the music scene in its many variations. The result is an annual event that stays true to the origins of fantastic music festivals the world over.



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Автор: Viccc 24/02.2009 - 11:25

Duran Duran and Mark Ronson record live version of "A View to a Kill" for War Child "Heroes"
Category: Music
DURAN DURAN AND MARK RONSON RECORD STUNNING LIVE VERSION OF "A VIEW TO A KILL" TOGETHER RELEASED EXCLUSIVELY FOR WAR CHILD "HEROES"

Duran Duran have joined music's finest artists in support of the War Child "Heroes" CD by giving the compilation an exclusive live performance of their classic Bond theme, "A View to A Kill," as a bonus track on the album. The version the band have chosen is a collaboration with DJ and Producer Mark Ronson, who arranged and performed the song with Duran Duran during a recent one-off performance at the historic La Cigale theatre in Paris, marking the first time Ronson and the band have played together.

The live arrangement combines not only "A View to A Kill" but also a unique instrumental medley of other classic Bond songs: "Diamonds Are Forever," "Goldfinger" and "You Only Live Twice." This rare recording is available as a bonus track when purchasing the European release of the War Child "Heroes" CD by following download instructions on the album cover or visiting http://www.warchild.org.uk/bonus.

Duran Duran's "A View to A Kill" received acclaim as the only Bond theme song to reach Number 1 in music charts around the world and joins other classic tracks for the "Heroes" compilation, including Elbow's new take on U2's "Running to Stand Still" and Brit award winner Duffy's version of Paul McCartney's "Live and Let Die." For full track listing, and further information about "Heroes," please visit http://www.warchild.org.uk/heroes.

Following the "Heroes" concept of "the ultimate covers album" bringing together music's greatest legends and today's best artists, Duran Duran and Mark Ronson were delighted to lend their support. Frontman Simon Le Bon described Ronson as "one of the biggest talents to have emerged in years" and Ronson has said that Duran Duran "were the only band I ever idolised."

The War Child "Heroes" album is released on Parlophone, who are donating all their profits to War Child's work. War Child is an international charity working to protect and rebuild the lives of the most marginalised children in war zones, who would otherwise be overlooked.

Дюран Дюран вместе с Марком Ронсоном запишут ошеломляющую живую версию песни "A View To A Kill" эксклюзивно для диска War Child "Heroes"

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Автор: Nigel 12/03.2009 - 01:18

Songbook with Duran Duran to air on Sky on March 26
In a thrilling one-off for the Songbook series on Sky Arts, Duran Duran have recorded in London for a small live audience. Combining some of their greatest hits with new material, and revealing the inspiration behind their music.

You can catch the entire interview and performance on Sky Arts, channel 256, Thursday 26th March.

Catch a taster here:

http://www.skyarts.co.uk/video/video-songbook-duran-duran

In programme one Simon, Nick, Roger and John talk about the formation of Duran Duran; including how Simon Le Bon turned up for his audition carrying a book full of lyrics and wearing pink leopard skin trousers; how the purchase of their first keyboard led to the writing of Planet Earth; their early years rehearsing above the Rum Runner nightclub in Birmingham; how Nick Rhodes came up with the experimental sounds on their massive hit Rio, after Simon wrote the lyrics on the back of napkin in an American cocktail bar.
Songs performed are: Planet Earth, Late Bar, The Chauffeur, Rio, Skin Trade

Programme two: how depressed they were when their 1983 single Union of The Snake failed to enter the charts at Number One, how a chance meeting between John Taylor and Cubby Broccoli led to Duran Duran collaborating with John Barry to write the Bond theme song View To a Kill, how the tragic death of a friend of Simon Le Bon’s was the inspiration behind Ordinary World; the reunion of the full band line-up in 2001, and the creation of ‘The Valley’ from their latest album, Red Carpet Massacre.

Songs performed are: View To a Kill, Do You Believe in Shame, Ordinary World, Reach Up For The Sunrise, The Valley
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Обязательно посмотрите ссылку - я под впечатлением!!! И это лишь кусочек.

Автор: Lilian 12/03.2009 - 13:45

Круто! Очень хочется посмотреть эту программу!
"how depressed they were when their 1983 single Union of The Snake failed to enter the charts at Number One"
неужели они так расстроились?
"the reunion of the full band line-up in 2001, and the creation of ‘The Valley’ from their latest album, Red Carpet Massacre"
Вот про это будет очень интересно послушать.

Про Late bar вообще впервые узнала, это бисайд Planet Earth, я так понимаю? Нигде ее до этого не встречала.

P.S. Джон такой радостный, когда они "Rio" исполняют!

Настя, спасибо!!

Автор: Nigel 13/03.2009 - 21:45

Цитата(Lilian @ 12/03.2009 - 13:45)

P.S. Джон такой радостный, когда они "Rio" исполняют!

Настя, спасибо!!

Автор: Nigel 16/03.2009 - 21:49

New playlist from John Taylor

"Nite-Runner" from Red Carpet Massacre
"Hungry Like the Wolf" from Rio
"A Matter of Feeling" from Notorious
"The Seventh Stranger" from Seven and the Ragged Tiger
"Watching the Detectives" from Thank You
"Medazzaland" from Medazzaland

Автор: Viccc 20/03.2009 - 10:41

Duran Duran back in the studio
Category: Music

Duran Duran, entering the studio for their 13th album, have recently teamed up with Producer Mark Ronson. As visitors to Duranduran.com know, the band first worked with Ronson last summer as part of the Smirnoff Experience Duran Duran & Mark Ronson. La Cigale in Paris played host to the third global Smirnoff Experience event, which featured re-workings of Duran Duran classics to a 1,200-capacity standing-room-only crowd.

For over two decades, Duran Duran have given listeners a catalogue of new music that is both innovative and influential. Working with Ronson is a natural next step for the band, who continue to challenge themselves with each new phase of their career.

Автор: Viccc 07/04.2009 - 18:22

Two new Duran Duran releases from EMI/Два новых релиза Дюран Дюран от EMI:

Mining the DD catalogue, EMI will be releasing two gems on June 29th (UK)/June 30th (US): The DVD/CD DURAN DURAN – LIVE HAMMERSMITH ‘82! and DURAN DURAN: RIO (2 CD SPECIAL EDITION).

LIVE AT HAMMERSMITH 82! is a much anticipated release among followers of the band. Filmed and recorded in the latter part of 1982 as Duranmania was sweeping England, the performance at London’s Hammersmith Odeon includes “Rio,” “Hungry like the Wolf,” “Girls on Film,” fan favorite “Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)” and more. The release also includes “Rio” era videos and two “Top of the Pops” performances.

The RIO 2 CD SPECIAL EDITION is made up of the UK release of the “Rio” album, the original US Harvest album remixes (enabling US listens to programme their CD to be able to listen to the original version), Manchester Square demos, B-Sides, remixes and other surprises.

Full track listing for both releases below. Keep checking back to Duranduran.com for more information!

DVD/CD: Duran Duran – Live Hammersmith '82!
DVD:
Live at Hammersmith ’82:-
Rio
Hungry Like The Wolf
Night Boat
New Religion
Save A Prayer
Planet Earth
Friends Of Mine
Careless Memories
Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
Girls On Film
Rio era videos:-
My Own Way
Hungry Like The Wolf
Save A Prayer
Lonely In Your Nightmare
Rio
The Chauffeur
Top Of The Pops Performances:-
Hungry Like The Wolf (May 13th, 1982)
Rio (November 18th, 1982)

Duran Duran: Rio (2 CD Special Edition)
CD 1:
Original UK album
1/ Rio
2/ My Own Way
3/ Lonely In Your Nightmare
4/ Hungry Like The Wolf
5/ Hold Back The Rain
6/ New Religion
7/ Last Chance On The Stairway
8/ Save A Prayer
9/ The Chauffeur
Original US album mixes released on Harvest/Capitol ST-12211 released November 1982
10/Rio (US album remix)
11/My Own Way (Carnival remix)
12/Lonely In Your Nightmare (US album remix)
13/Hungry Like The Wolf (US album remix)
14/Hold Back The Rain (US album remix)

This enables the US listener to programme their CD to play the original US version of the album.

CD 2:
The Manchester Square demos (recorded 28th August 1981):
1/ Last Chance On The Stairway
2/ My Own Way
3/ New Religion
4/ Like An Angel
Non album singles and B-Sides:
5/ My Own Way (original 7” version) (3.39)
6/ Like An Angel
UK single B side
7/ Careless Memories (live)
UK single B side
8/ The Chauffeur (Blue Silver) (early version)
UK single B side
Versions & Mixes:
9/ My Own Way (Night version)
UK 12" single
10/Hungry Like The Wolf (Night version)
UK 12" single
11/ Rio (Night version)
Dutch 12" Carnival E.P
12/New Religion (Carnival remix)
Japanese 12" Carnival E.P.
13/Hold Back The Rain (Carnival remix)
US 12" Carnival E.P.

Digital only extras:
14/My Own Way (Instrumental version) (6.32)
15/Hold Back The Rain (Alternate remix) (6.38)

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Автор: Viccc 08/04.2009 - 21:25

Новость для любителей винила:

News from the DD web store

Due to the unprecedented demand for the recent Red Carpet Massacre Vinyl package, which sold out in a matter of days, we have obtained a new allocation - Numbers 1012 to 1261; These will be offered as part of a NEW super package consisting of:

-- RCM on red Vinyl. Numbered, limited edition, RED vinyl Two-disc set in custom gatefold package, with bonus track, “Baby Baby Cry”, and 12 page booklet including lyrics

-- White RCM Album T/Shirt (regular fit, (M), (L) or (XL)

-- RCM Keyring

...all for an incredible all in price of £ 30.00 plus post and packaging. This will be available from 7pm UK time, TODAY, Wednesday 8th April.

ALSO – again available from 7pm UK time TODAY there will be an Easter Sale in the Red Carpet Merchandise section with half price offers on various items, and 2 for 1 deals on others.

ALSO - in the Core Range section, due to popular demand, we have re printed the Red Planet Earth T, in men’s sizes (M) and (L) and girl’s sizes (S) and (M) plus we will be introducing a NEW green cotton Planet Earth T in (S) and (M) girl’s fit only.

Stop by!

http://www.crewe-issue.co.uk/duranduran_store/indexb.html

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Автор: Viccc 23/04.2009 - 08:57

Бесплатные обои с ДД для Вашего мобильника:

FREE Duran Duran wallpapers for your mobile phone
Category: Web, HTML, Tech

Get them at www.zedge.net/duranduran (you'll need to copy and paste the link into your browser).

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Автор: Viccc 12/05.2009 - 11:57

Footage of Duran Duran in the studio
Category: Music

Check out this recent footage of the band in studio with Mark Ronson and Nick Hodgson. And also take note - we now have an official YouTube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/user/07DuranDuran

Автор: Viccc 02/06.2009 - 20:02

Новинки от EMI:

Special releases from EMI - September 7/8

DURAN DURAN - 2-CD & Special Edition release of ‘Rio’ - LP & 12” Vinyl Special Edition of ‘Rio’- Previously Unreleased concert DVD/CD, ‘Live At Hammersmith 82!’

Release date: 7th/8th Sept 2009

EMI is proud to announce the release of a 2-CD and Vinyl Special Edition of Duran Duran’s classic 1982 album, ‘Rio’, and a previously-unreleased live DVD/CD concert, ‘Live At Hammersmith ‘82!’

‘Rio’ was Duran Duran’s second album and is as representative of the 1980s as it gets, at its best. A fusion of style and substance ensures that even two decades after its release it remains as listenable and danceable as ever. Through the sheer quality of its singles – Rio, Hungry Like The Wolf, Save A Prayer – and their accompanying, ground-breaking videos - which were heavily rotated on MTV - ‘Rio’ saw the band break the U.S., with the album spending a staggering 129 weeks on the Billboard 200 Chart.

The ‘Rio’ 2 CD Special Edition is made up of the UK release of the album, the original U.S. album remixes (enabling U.S. listeners to programme their CD to be able to listen to the original version), EMI Manchester Square demos, B-Sides, remixes and other surprises (see below for tracklisting).
The digital download version has 2 extra tracks.

The LP & 12” vinyl special edition is the original UK album on LP and the U.S. album remixes on the 12”.

LIVE AT HAMMERSMITH 82! is a much anticipated release among followers of the band. Previously unreleased, it will come as a double DVD and CD pack, allowing fans to both enjoy the visual spectacle of the concert and CD audio, too. Filmed and recorded in the latter part of 1982 as Duranmania was sweeping the UK, the performance at London’s Hammersmith Odeon includes ‘Rio’, ‘Hungry like the Wolf’, ‘Girls on Film’, fan favourite ‘Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)’ and more. The release also includes ‘Rio’ era videos and two previously unreleased ‘Top of the Pops’ performances. The concert is also available as an audio digital download.

Tracklistings…

Duran Duran: Rio (2 CD Special Edition)

CD 1:
Original UK album - released May 1982
1. Rio
2. My Own Way
3. Lonely In Your Nightmare
4. Hungry Like The Wolf
5. Hold Back The Rain
6. New Religion
7. Last Chance On The Stairway
8. Save A Prayer
9. The Chauffeur
Original US album mixes released on Harvest/Capitol - released November 1982
10. Rio (US album remix)
11. My Own Way (Carnival remix)
12. Lonely In Your Nightmare (US album remix)
13. Hungry Like The Wolf (US album remix)
14. Hold Back The Rain (US album remix)

CD 2:
The Manchester Square demos (recorded 28th August 1981):
1. Last Chance On The Stairway
2. My Own Way
3. New Religion
4. Like An Angel
Non-album singles and b-sides:
5. My Own Way (original 7” version. UK single a-side released November 1981)
6. Like An Angel (UK single b-side released November 1981)
7. Careless Memories (live. UK single b-side released May 1982)
8. The Chauffeur (Blue Silver - early version. UK single b-side released November 1982)
Versions & Mixes:
9. My Own Way (Night version - UK 12" single a-side released November 1981)
10. Hungry Like The Wolf (Night version - UK 12" single A side released May 1982)
11. Rio (Night version - Dutch 12" Carnival E.P. released September 1982)
12. New Religion (Carnival remix - Japanese 12" Carnival E.P. released September 1982)
13. Hold Back The Rain (Carnival remix - US 12" Carnival E.P. released September 1982)

*Digital only extras:
14/My Own Way (Instrumental version) (6.32)
15/Hold Back The Rain (Alternate remix) (6.38)

Original UK album on heavyweight Vinyl
Side 1:
1/ Rio
2/ My Own Way
3/ Lonely In Your Nightmare
4/ Hungry Like The Wolf
5/ Hold Back The Rain
Side 2:
1/ New Religion
2/ Last Chance On The Stairway
3/ Save A Prayer
4/ The Chauffeur
Original US album mixes on heavyweight 12” cut at 33rpm for best audio quality
Side 1:
1/ Rio (US album remix)
2/ My Own Way (Carnival remix)
3/ Lonely In Your Nightmare (US album remix)
Side 2:
1/ Hungry Like The Wolf (US album remix)
2/ Hold Back The Rain (US album remix)

DVD/CD: Live at Hammersmith ’82
DVD
Rio
Hungry Like The Wolf
Night Boat
New Religion
Save A Prayer
Planet Earth
Friends Of Mine
Careless Memories
Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
Girls On Film
Extras
Rio era videos -
My Own Way
Hungry Like The Wolf
Save A Prayer
Lonely In Your Nightmare
Rio
The Chauffeur
Top Of The Pops Performances:
Hungry Like The Wolf (May 13th, 1982)
Rio (November 18th, 1982)

CD
Rio
Hungry Like The Wolf
Night Boat
New Religion
Save A Prayer
Planet Earth
Friends Of Mine
Careless Memories
Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
Girls On Film


DIGITAL DOWNLOAD ALBUM: Live at Hammersmith ’82
Rio
Hungry Like The Wolf
Night Boat
New Religion
Save A Prayer
Planet Earth
Friends Of Mine
Careless Memories
Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
Girls On Film

Автор: Viccc 08/06.2009 - 19:34

Новый плей-лист от двух дюрановских июньских именинников на MySpace:

A June birthday playlist from Nick and John
As you say Happy Birthday to Nick, say hello to a new playlist chosen by the two June birthday men, Nick (today, the 8th) and John (the 20th). This is the first collaborative playlist, so it's an exciting development.

Here are the guys' choices as well as what they had to say about them:

NICK

Starting to Remember – From the "Pop Trash" album, the lyric tells the story of emerging from a bad and remembering the things that make life so good.
Medazzaland – The only Duran Duran song that features ME delivering a vocal...of sorts (spoken word)...
Drive By – Another spoken word song inspired by our song "The Chauffeur." Not quite a cover but nonetheless included on our covers album "Thank You."
Instant Karma – Our contribution to the John Lennon Tribute Album for Amnesty International. What an extraordinary song.
Cry Baby Cry – Never made it on to the worldwide physical release of Red Carpet Massacre, but made it to Japan and available on iTunes. A tale of how iconic becomes ironic.

JOHN

Ball of Confusion – Temptations cover from THANK YOU.
Mark Ronson/Bond medley – Paris. Now on the War Child album.
Late Bar - Why not?
Election Day – Some Arcadia
Do You Believe In Shame – Big Thing...

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Автор: Viccc 06/07.2009 - 21:05

DD photo shoot video

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=8153945&blogId=498775815

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Автор: Viccc 28/09.2009 - 09:40

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Digital download of concert coming in December
Category: Music

EMI will be releasing concerts recorded in the early 80s by Duran Duran, Ultravox, Culture Club, The Stranglers and more. The shows were originally recorded by the BBC for their "In Concert" series and will be available for download only in December 2009.

From EMI:

We are starting monthly 'download only' BBC releases, one month sessions, one month In Concerts. In December, there is an intention to do 10 "In Concerts," of which Duran Duran's 4/11/82 Hammersmith concert will be included.

Other BBC sessions and In Concerts will be used in the forthcoming reissues in either physical or digital format.