By Jason Lent Another Live Aid approaches and, as always, a few will people have their annual chuckle about Simon LeBon missing a note during Duran Duran’s indifferent performance on the momentous day. For me, Live Aid arrived only four days after my first rock-n-roll concert and my ears were still ringing. As much as… Continue reading Still In My Heart: Remembering Live Aid & The Power Station
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What’s The Sequencing, Kenneth?
Maybe Duran Duran and Rio spoiled me, but when it came to Seven & the Ragged Tiger, I never found a groove listening to the cassette. I would skip around to songs I liked and I would sometimes lose interest between “Monday” and “Snake”. As someone who listens to albums and not singles, the sequencing… Continue reading What’s The Sequencing, Kenneth?
200 More Miles
Tomorrow is a special day for me as it is every year. It is the anniversary of the last show on the longest tour I ever embarked on. Having lost my passion for a career in 2010, I packed up what little I owned and left Hawaii behind. Over four months, I would spend time… Continue reading 200 More Miles
Can’t Stop This Thing He Started
If you told me in 1990 that the world would face a year-long pandemic in 2020 and when it was over, I’d be pushing my credit card to the limit to buy tickets to see Bryan Adams, I would have stared at you in disbelief. We were already six years past the hysteria of Reckless… Continue reading Can’t Stop This Thing He Started
Big Trashy Thing
No one cares, but this is their best by miles. – Robert Christgau As much as I love and appreciate every word Robert Christgau has ever written on music, he has never been a fan of my favorite bands. The Big Three for me as I turned 13 were Duran Duran, Howard Jones, and Thompson Twins.… Continue reading Big Trashy Thing
Nite-Runner (Velvet Rebel Remix)
OK, cheating a little bit with the blog today as I don’t have much to say. A few weeks ago, I discovered that Duran Duran had released the stems to “Nite-Runner” for a remix contest during the promotion of Red Carpet Massacre. After a futile search, Ross (@rdebaa) on Twitter discovered them on his computer… Continue reading Nite-Runner (Velvet Rebel Remix)
Billboard Hot 100: March 26, 1983
Three hours of waiting for Duran Duran to perform on Sunday’s Billboard Music Awards felt like an eternity but the adrenaline rush of hearing “Hungry Like the Wolf” certainly made it worthwhile. Most successful bands have a few “required hits” that they play every show but something about this one never gets boring to me.… Continue reading Billboard Hot 100: March 26, 1983
Sex Bomb Boogie: Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Did Flaunt It really happen? Clearly, it did. I was holding the vinyl album just yesterday. However, it’s hard to imagine a more insane album ever infiltrating popular culture. Sounding at times like Elvis Presley fronting Suicide, Sigue Sigue Sputnik was a nuclear bomb of color, noise, Cold War anxiety and pop culture references. Hell,… Continue reading Sex Bomb Boogie: Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Book Review: Rio by Annie Zaleski
The 33 1/3 book series has always prided itself on taking a serious approach to popular music. For the last few decades, the 1980s have gone in and out of fashion a few times but rarely has the decade been treated with the respect of other decades. It was all fun in the sun, riding… Continue reading Book Review: Rio by Annie Zaleski
Valentine Stones: The Curse Of Female Fandom
Sometimes I think the little girls don’t understand a damn thing. Robert Christgau reviewing Duran Duran’s Decade in 1989 From Duran Duran to 5 Seconds Of Summer and BTS, having legions of female fans has often been used as a reason to diminish the work of an artist. Male critics, like Christgau, were quick to… Continue reading Valentine Stones: The Curse Of Female Fandom