Do you collect bootlegs? I’m pretty sure I don’t. If you read this last sentence, and are asking, “Pretty sure?”, read on. I saw Duran Duran at the House of Blues in Anaheim – the one that closed in Downtown Disney. I can remember how wide-eyed I was when the realization hit that Simon was… Continue reading What About Bootlegs?
Tag: Liberty Album
Downtown
This week, we are finishing up the Liberty album with “Downtown”. The song is described as an uptempo rock song. The tune was written by Duran Duran, and also produced by the band, alongside Chris Kimsey. A demo version of “Downtown” is available on the unofficial album titled, “Didn’t Anybody Tell You?” Let’s take a… Continue reading Downtown
Venice Drowning
This week, we’re on to track 10 off of the Liberty album – Venice Drowning. A little trivia we found online about this song – it’s apparently only been played live once! Prior to the album’s release, it was played in 1989 at the Scandeborg Festival in Denmark. If you are reading this and saying,… Continue reading Venice Drowning
Can You Deal With It
This week, let’s listen to Can You Deal With It – another track off of Liberty, also produced by (you guessed it), Chris Kimsey and the band. One interesting bit of trivia about this song is that on the unofficial Liberty Sessions album, there’s a demo version of this song with John Taylor on vocals,… Continue reading Can You Deal With It
Read My Lips
This week, we are going to jump right into “Read My Lips”, another song produced by Chris Kimsey and the band, and of course written by Duran Duran as well. Let’s get to it! Lyrics Read “Read My Lips” by Duran Duran on Genius YouTube Audio Rhonda I have to break this brief review down into… Continue reading Read My Lips
First Impression
The band wrote and produced this track with Chris Kimsey, and it was recorded at Olympic Studios in late 1989. One of the most interesting factoids about the song is that a guitar riff derived from this song eventually became “Come Undone”. Lyrics Read “First Impression” by Duran Duran on Genius Audio Rhonda The track starts… Continue reading First Impression
This Week in DD History: March 21-27, 2021
March seems to be the month for the band to enter, and then leave record deals…as you’ll see noted for later this week. Hopefully we will be getting more album news soon! -R March 21 “Hungry Like the Wolf” peaked at #1 in Canada (1983) Played at Madison Square Garden in New York City (1984)… Continue reading This Week in DD History: March 21-27, 2021
My Antarctica
As a result of a jamming session in a barn in Sussex, “My Antarctica” was released in 1990 on the Liberty album. Simon is quoted as having said that the band was “rather self-conscious” at the time, given the way things had been going for the band from 1986-onward. Let’s get into it! Audio Lyrics… Continue reading My Antarctica
All Along the Water
So, something interesting happened when Daily Duranie took a look at our upcoming review schedule. We realized that along the way (as opposed to the water…which is something very different, indeed), we forgot to finish reviewing about half of the Liberty album. We suspect it was because once this site had been redone, we weren’t… Continue reading All Along the Water
The Week in DD History – August 30-September 5, 2020
Well friends, Amanda is working hard to get her school year together, and so that means you get ME for another week of history!! These are just a few of the interesting DD historical factoids for this week over the course of their career! In 2018, Nick Rhodes scored the soundtrack to the movie, In2ruders.… Continue reading The Week in DD History – August 30-September 5, 2020