Wow...Sniffa is woefully uneducated in all things Duran Duran!!!

[bicentennial_baby]

He's *only* ever heard "Hungry Like the Wolf"

He's never heard "Rio", "Notorious", or "Wild Boys"

In fact, he hates it, upon hearing it...

:wtf:

Annulment in the works?

Seriously, he's only a year and 3 months older than me. Admittedly, he got Mtv much later than I, but...

I'm concerned.

And please don't bring your Duran Duran hate into this thread...















:P












:rofl:

[SPKrazy]

1. Why does he hate America

wait... Duran Duran, not American, but hey I love them anyway!

:hi:

:hug:

[bicentennial_baby]

2. Exactly my point!!

He was like Rio? Wtf are you talking about?!

And I was like...zOMG, I can't believe we're married!... :o

:rofl:

:hug:

[Sugar Smack]

3. PRESENT.

100% red-blooded card-carrying Duranie since 15. What does he want to know??



:patriot: WHOA. I am stumped that he wouldn't know "Rio", or.. I'm just speechless. How's it possible?

[bicentennial_baby]

5. His answer: "I'm cooler than most people"

That's it!! We're all divorcing him!! x(

:cry:

[Sugar Smack]

10. OK, apparently I'm not listening to him. Simon: sexiest. Then John.

Then Nick of course, although it may be a tie. Then Roger and Andy.



I remember the Robert Palmer faction too, and it's all good. :D

[bicentennial_baby]

14. I'm a Nick Rhodes girl, all the way...

Always have been...Him and that guy from A-Ha. :D

[Sugar Smack]

20. Love him too, and I know this is going to sound odd, but

wouldn't it be awful to fall from 10 stories up into Nick's & A-Ha Guy's hair?

:o

[bicentennial_baby]

23. Bwahahahaha!

:rofl:

You slay me, love...

Indeed! :o

[Sugar Smack]

59. *heeeee* Look. We can line him and A-Ha and John Taylor

and Big Country up, chloroform Peake, and drop him into it. I don't see what could possibly go wrong.

[Fire Walk With Me]

4. They're irritating, pompous, and suck. What else is there to know?

Oh yeah, they stole their "look" from the band with actual talent, Japan.

[bicentennial_baby]

7. Dem's fighting words, holmes...

Put em up!! :mad:

[Fire Walk With Me]

11. You like Duran Duran, you've already lost.

;)

Please to view their theft:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Tos68pkUmUk

[Sugar Smack]

18. Face it. You're in way over your head.

:shrug: Either you're wrong or we're all in denial. See how that works? :D

[bicentennial_baby]

21. 'zactly!!

Majority rule!! :rofl:

[Fire Walk With Me]

34. Um.

(lots of people voted twice for bush. there. you made me go there. consensus reality ISN'T.)

:shrug:

If you are inured to the source, Japan, be thou cleansed completely of the double d's. Ludivico treatment for all of you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylmwFrQO5H0#

[Sugar Smack]

35. No good ever came of a Devil's Advocate on a Duran Duran thread,

just so you know. :smoke:

[Fire Walk With Me]

39. So then why are you doing so?

Tsk tsk.

[drmeow]

37. I saw Duran Duran in 1997

after having seen many, many, many other live shows through the 80's and 90's. I was very impressed with their musicianship and stage show. It was one of the better concerts I've seen. Imitation is not only the best form of flattery, it does not preclude them having talent. I'm personally never got into The Art of Parties - and you can't convince me they didn't both steal shamelessly from Bowie. Duran Duran had a much more accessible, upbeat, and dance-able sound than Japan - they were clearly influenced by Japan but created their own sound (if not their own look). Fine, they were more mainstream, more pop ... but so was Paul McCartney more pop than John Lennon - does that mean McCartney doesn't have talent?

[Fire Walk With Me]

40. Whoops, we cannot enter Lennon/McCartney territory when discussing such pomposity.

See ya.

[drmeow]

63. pompous

1 : excessively elevated or ornate <pompous rhetoric>
2 : having or exhibiting self-importance : arrogant <a pompous politician>
3 : relating to or suggestive of pomp : magnificent

Well, I'm not sure you can call Duran Duran excessively elevated and they weren't particularly ornate with their primarily black and white outfits.
I wouldn't call them any more arrogant than any other musician and when I saw them in concert, arrogant certainly is not the word I'd use to describe them (I've seen FAR more arrogant bands).
There wasn't a lot of pomp (ostentatious display) in their stage show when I saw it. Of course, the 80's typified pomp and Japan wasn't immune.

... So, you must mean magnificent, in which case I'd agree :P

[harmonicon]

46. oh, come on

Sure, Duran Duran were really influenced by Japan and have always admitted it. Both bands had their strong suits. One isn't inherently better than the other. Robert Smith also admitted that he was trying to make a song that sounded like Japan when he wrote "The Walk", but it doesn't mean the cure are or were copycats or unoriginal.

[darkstar]

6. No "Girls on Film"

Everyone digs that one...

[bicentennial_baby]

8. He's never heard that one either, I just asked...

So sad... x(

[bridgit]

22. Ah, a discerning ear...I was one of the silloettes...

back in the day :cry:

[Sugar Smack]

31. YES! Bridgit!

:bounce: :pals: Please tell me what that was and why it makes you cry. It's great to see you. :D I'm glad you're here.

[bridgit]

41. Oh, well...

Firstly :loveya: But there were some other chicks and me that were in silhouette writhing behind a screen in the old video. I fell in with the producer/director types while studying dance :shrug:

Can you believe it! When I danced choreographers thought me too heavy at 96lbs :rant:

I would, of course, *seldom* oblige them unless the money was good. But that was then this is now. Since moving in with hubby I have taken up his cause...

Living Well Is The Best Revenge. Nothing to really cry about I suppose, now I care a whole lot less that's all plus...(?)...

My tits got bigger!! :bounce: :pals: :spank: O8) :loveya: :hippie: :woohoo: :yourock:

[Sugar Smack]

50. *lol* And this is to say

:loveya: as well. And I cannot even describe my happiness at your lucid emotions of that time, when a group, nay, BUNCH of people I knew in college aspiring to be what you were/are/will be cannot let go. Even to sniffle a little.

I do remember the late Eighties as starving women for sport.

Frankly, I would have been so blown away by Simon LeBon I'd have utterly lost my mind & not been immune.

:loveya: :hug: :pals: :yourock: :smoke: :bounce: :bounce: Studying DANCE.

[darkstar]

44. Do tell, do tell...

In studio...no location work?

Tough break kiddo.

Good to see you---> :hi:

[AwakeAtLast]

9. No "Save A Prayer"?

No "Reflex"? Wow, he's got a lot of catching up to do!


We always fought over who was going to marry John Taylor.....ah the good old days. :rofl:

[Sugar Smack]

15. He would like "The Chauffer" I'll bet.

"Hold Back the Rain"

[Lethe]

27. thats prolly my fav from them

Save a Prayer

[flvegan]

12. The tipper is if he knows "The Reflex"

Make your decision then.

[GOPisEvil]

13. You mean he's never heard "Seven Tigers on the Rag"?

Errrrrr..."Seven and the Ragged Tiger" Apologies.

I mean, I'm not their biggest fan, but I know their stuff and like some of it. :D

[bicentennial_baby]

16. No, and he says it's all crap! He only knows Notorious b/c of Biggie!

He didn't even know that hook came from them! Oh the humanity! :o

And you... :rofl:

[GOPisEvil]

17. Good Lord...Was he stoned throughout the entire decade of the '80s?

:D

[bicentennial_baby]

19. I'm blaming it on his lack of MTv...

That has to be it, right?

Yes, I'm rationalizing...I'm at the bargaining stage, I think. :rofl:

[supernova]

24. He at least should hear "Girls On Film"

:rofl:

[Robeson]

25. I have a renewed respect for sniffa.....

...:-)

[bicentennial_baby]

26. Pffft!

:spank:

[kentauros]

28. If you really want to educate yourself about them

watch Barbarella

[Dr. Strange]

29. Simon takes "Crystal Ship" and makes it his song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jRTOx96Qxw

[bicentennial_baby]

32. Mmm, I'll take him over Morrision any day of the week!

Then again, I f'n hate the Doors...But, I did visit Jim's grave in Paris upon my Mother's request. :D

Yummy Simon. :9

[Yavin4]

30. I Envy Sniffa

I wish I didn't know about Duran Duran.

[bicentennial_baby]

33. "Please don't bring your Duran Duran hate into this thread"...

Est-ce que vous parlez Anglais?

:rofl:

[JackBeck]

36. I may need to reconsider this friendship.

I mean, the "Wild Boys" video pretty much solidified my homosexuality.

And he's never even heard the song?

[bicentennial_baby]

38. He had *never* heard it...according to him!

I'm reconsidering his bisexuality!! I mean really! Is this the man I married?! The horror!!

:cry: Hold me!

[JackBeck]

42. ....

:hug:

I'm shocked and almost horrified. But I forgive easily and hope your re-education program helps him embrace his true bisexuality.

[bicentennial_baby]

45. Operation Erasure begins at 08:00 hours, my friend

:patriot:

;)

If that doesn't work then...extreme measures are called for.

[JackBeck]

54. Dare we say...Madonna?!?!

If that doesn't break him, no one else will.

[bicentennial_baby]

57. If I must resort to that, I will, truly...

:rofl:

He's gonna kill me when he sees this thread...He knew about it before he fell asleep, but...

He's passed out next to me on the couch while I'm making an Uno's pizza. Heehee!

:rofl:

:loveya:

[JackBeck]

60. Jon's sitting here wondering how he's never heard "Rio".

Simon on the front of a boat wearing a bikini. "It was memorable", was the quote.

Enjoy the pizza...sounds yummy about now.

:toast:

[bicentennial_baby]

61. I agree with Jon! I'm still befuddled!

I mean, really! How?! Never? He swears he hasn't!

:o

I just took it out of the oven...damn the 8:30 am class, this girl's gotta eat! :D

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

43. What about "Ordinary World"?

I admit I wasn't a fan when they were first popular, but I do like several of their songs. I downloaded the aforementioned song, "Rio" and "Girls on Film," and I also like "The Reflex."

[Miss Carly]

47. I Love Ordinary World

I actually was just listening to that song earlier today, along with Union of the Snake, my 2 favorite DD songs....
Carly

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

51. Welcome to DU, Carly!

Enjoy the craziness that is DU! :hi:

[Miss Carly]

56. Thanks!

Carly

[harmonicon]

48. He's obviously a communist spy...

.... or a space alien.


I have a friend who went out with a girl who had grown up in Czechoslovakia and didn't move to the US until some time in the 90's, and one time he described something as looking like Pacman - she was totally blank - had no fucking idea what pacman was.

[mwdem]

49. Nnnnooooo! He's totally a keeper!

Sorry, just my input..I'm just sayin'

[SKKY]

52. Hold on. Give him a chance...

...if he can deal with either Power Station or Arcadia, he's OK with me. Bash the spin-offs, and I say dump the bum!

[bicentennial_baby]

53. I'll never dump him, I admit...He give awesome backrubs

and *footrubs* and he cooks damn well. Plus, his McCain/Clinton/Obama/Dan Abrams impressions are da bomb!

That is lifelong marriage material right there! :D

:hi:

[SKKY]

62. If you can live with the Duran Duran bashing, you're better than I am!

:P :hi:

[GreenPartyVoter]

55. You need to get him a John Taylor fedora, STAT!

:P

[soleft]

68. Do you watch Idol at all

My gf, who's seen JT up close and personal, think Michael Johns looks an awful lot like him.

[GreenPartyVoter]

71. I think JT was "prettier" than Michael. Then-again, JT was also younger when I dug him

http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,5955874,00.jpg

[RevolutionaryActs]

58. Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand...

Just like that river twisting through a dusty land. Oh Rio, Rio dance across the Rio Grande.


:7





:rofl:

[sasquatch]

64. Where have you been?

Oh and BTW
:spank:

[Tektonik]

65. What really matters is when did he get VH1

:P

[TZ]

66. Oh well not only do I have lots of Duran Duran on my Ipod

I saw an offshoot of Duran Duran in concert...Power Station...And as they were popular when I was a teen in the Eighties I do admit that I had a crush on Simon Le Bon...

[billyskank]

67. He's never heard Rio??

The Reflex??

:wtf:

[Orsino]

69. You misspelled "gratefully"...

...I assume.

[kineneb]

70. what is a Duran, Duran? I have Vivaldi on my mp3 player.

terminal music history geek...

[theredpen]

72. sniffa is DEAD to me