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By Alison Dayani BIRMINGHAM pop legends Duran Duran have scooped the accolade for Greatest Video Of All Time. The ground-breaking 1982 music video for Rio, which saw Simon Le Bon and pals frolicking on a yacht with a model, was voted the most legendary by MTV viewers. It beat off competition from Michael Jackson's Thriller, Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit and Take On Me, by A-Ha. New romantics Duran Duran were among the first bands to realise the potential of music videos to boost...
Duran Duran's Rio (right) 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 like Michael Jackson's Thriller and Madonna's Like a Prayer. 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...
By SHERNA NOAH 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 rivals including 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, in which singer Morten Harket was a...
Duran Duran, GIRLS ON FILM, 1981, by Smooth Radio's Gary Burton. HERE'S a way to get the most out of your manager - use him to provide sound effects on your record! The first few seconds of Duran Duran's number five hit features manager Paul Berrow's Nikon camera clicking and whirring as a prelude to a song about the glitz and glamour of the fashion world. The band had been formed in the late 70s (and at first featured singer/song writer Stephen Duffy) in Birmingham. Their early playing...
U.S. recording artist Alicia Keys may sing the title song for Quantum of Solace, the 22nd James Bond movie, sources said. Beyonce, Leona Lewis, Duran Duran, Jack White, Duffy and Annie Lennox are some of the other performers who submitted songs for consideration to producers of the film, which stars British actor Daniel Craig as the suave secret agent, E! Online said. Although no official announcement has been made, a source told the entertainment news Web site, I believe Alicia is the...
By Linda Kennedy MAMMA MIA! is having children. A new generation of me-too musicals is on its way. There's a Monkees musical. A Barry Manilow musical. Somewhere, I fear, Simon le Bon, Nick Rhodes and any Taylors left are pondering upon "Rio", a musical featuring the songs of Duran Duran. All they need is a storyline. Nick Rhodes: "How about a young girl desperate to escape small- town life?" Simon le Bon (sings): "Look now, look all around, there's no sign of life. Bop bop bop, bop bop bop...
By ALAN POOLE WITH a dozen studio albums to sample, Duran Duran are not exactly short of material as they set out on a four-date UK dash next week. The four survivors from the original famous five play the O2 Arena next Thursday, taking in Liverpool and Nottingham before ending up at Birmingham NIA on Monday, July 7 - remarkably their first-ever show at the home-city venue. And as well as favourites dating back to their 1981 debut, they will be featuring songs from their most recent...
With the increasing popularity of Second Life, the 3D online virtual community, many artists and musicians are hoping that virtual fame can be translated into actual fame in the real world.Leo Wolff, a 42-year old electronic musician, joined Second Life in 2005. She and eight other fellow musicians purchased a slab of virtual real estate that became their virtual garage "“ a place for musicians to perform in front of an online audience from anywhere in the world.Under Wolff's online...
By Lars Brandle LONDON (Billboard) - Veteran British pop/rock outfit Duran Duran has no desire to slow down. Despite cruising well past their 25th anniversary as a recording entity, the members of the quintet are raring to hit the road again. Speaking from his villa in France, keyboardist Nick Rhodes told Billboard.com that the band will give total support to its forthcoming album, due in February or March via Epic. "For us we found that since we got back together, not only have the...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The 1980s pop group Duran Duran is trying to repackage itself as a band for the 21st century, using a virtual reality Web site, in what it says is a promotional first. Garage bands and iconic groups like U2 have turned to the Internet for everything from music sales to marketing. On Wednesday, Duran Duran said its five original members -- Simon Le Bon, John Taylor, Roger Taylor, Andy Taylor and Nick Rhodes -- would appear as custom-designed characters, or...
