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Coming up next, we're covering Duran Duran, the band that epitomized the 80s. In fact, you couldn’t really call the 80s the 80s without these guys, the identity of the 80s is wrapped up in this band. Duran Duran made a revolutionary music video for Hungry Like the Wolf that was initially rejected by American audiences. But the timing was perfect because MTV was a fledgling channel and when the two came together it was a match made in heaven… Even now the question has to be asked, did Duran Duran make MTV or did MTV make Duran Duran? Hungry Like the Wolf was a modern-day take on Little Red Riding Hood, mixed with one of the band members’ girlfriend’s iconic laugh. This song really didn’t gel until it was remixed with a rock edge. Find out the story of a classic next on Professor of Rock.
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Today, we’re on the hunt for the story behind a legendary British band who got absolutely no love in America when they first hit. they were Held hostage by derelict DJs and narrow-minded tastemakers… It’s hard to believe now but these guys were in danger of fading into complete obscurity... At least on this side of the Atlantic. Could anything change their fortunes? Well it just so happened that an upstart tv network who had a crazy idea and this iconic band became the guniea pig.. would the experiment work. Let’s see... NEXT on the Professor of Rock.
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So, it’s time for another installment of our show Breakthrough. In this show, we break down songs, albums, or events that kicked open the door to an artist or band’s career... And really gave them the drive to achieve long-term success. On previous episodes we have covered Boys Don’t Cry by The Cure, West End Girls by the Pet Shop Boys, and Do You Believe in Love by Huey Lewis and the News. Today we are diving deep into Duran Duran’s 1982 pop smash Hungry Like the Wolf For this period in Duran history the cast includes the golden era line-up of Simon Le Bon on vocals, Nick Rhodes on keyboards, and the trio of Taylors... Andy on guitar, John on bass, and Roger on drums.
When Duran Duran released their second album Rio in May 1982, it didn’t take long for it to become a worldwide hit. It broke into the top of the charts in several countries, going to #3 in Finland, #2 in the UK and New Zealand, and #1 in Australia and Canada. Back on British soil three of its singles went Top 10. And much of the rest of the world would follow suit. For these British sonic sophomores, everything was going according to plan... everything, except for one not-so-minor detail. All their efforts to break out in the US were a bust at that point.
Back in 1981, when Duran Duran released to their self-titled debut, Americans virtually ignored it. Not only did it fail to chart on the Billboard Top 200, it also failed to produce any Hot 100 singles.
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Poll: What is your pick for the COOLEST Album Cover of the 80s?
@Whisper_292
22 күн бұрын
She's So Unusual--Cyndi Lauper Actually--Pet Shop Boys Like A Prayer--Madonna Beauty and the Beat--The Go-Go's Rio--Duran Duran London Calling--The Clash 1984--Van Halen
@Code.Name.V
22 күн бұрын
Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust
@mikenicholson7465
22 күн бұрын
Sting - Blue Turtles.
@killrmillr
22 күн бұрын
Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time
@christineml1476
22 күн бұрын
Kraftwerk "Computer World"
1. John Taylor is a monster on bass. 2. "Ordinary world" is one of the most beautiful, haunting songs ever.
@williamfreeman6935
22 күн бұрын
Agreed with ordinary world.
@chrisbenson6683
22 күн бұрын
You are right. I wasn't a DD fan in the 80s but that song really strikes a chord and I've eventually realized what a solid band they were. I think all the pretty hair threw me off for a bit there. 😂
@TheReubenKincaid
21 күн бұрын
lol…the title coming in about the band guys pretended to hate…guilty. Me and my best friend were in the closest in real time with Duran. In 83 being 16 we foolishly followed our peers, but we absolutely loved them and still do. And come to find lots of other guys did. Dudes would say Duran sucks chick band…but you know John Taylor is a great bass player. 😂
@KornPop96
21 күн бұрын
That bass line on Rio is phenomenal. The best part of a great song imo.
@dougherty1980
21 күн бұрын
Agreed 👍
The moment you said this band started the 80s, I immediately thought of Duran Duran. To me, they are the 80s!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
22 күн бұрын
I agree!
@vivdiva
22 күн бұрын
I recognized the silhouettes
@clivet3252
21 күн бұрын
I think the 80s sound came from the older artists that were around in the 60s.
@annna6553
21 күн бұрын
I thought the cars
@ryplay08
16 күн бұрын
@@annna6553Me too
John's bass playing is/was criminally underappreciated. His infectious basslines would/are fabulous.
Guys in England didn't pretend to hate them..those that knew embraced DD. I for one grew up in a shipyard and mining town...pure grey. DD added much needed colour with their music and style. Their 1st album in 81 was a life changer...and I'm forever grateful. I play bass because of Planet Earth.
@HotRod12667
22 күн бұрын
Rush was my reason for switching to bass, but I admire JT and have learned to play some of their songs, namely Rio.
@Music-tg5is
12 күн бұрын
They were largely regarded as a manufactured boy band in England. Although, they were at least more talented than most of the boy bands that followed. I was a young teenager in the mid 80s when these guys came out and I never really cared one way or the other. But most teenage girls were fans of them, due to their "boy band" status. In retrospect however, I don't rate them much. I don't think their music stands up very well over time, compared to many other 80s pop acts.
@JustPlayingBass
12 күн бұрын
@Music-tg5is if you know the history of the band, they are certainly not a manufactured boy band.
@rde4017
3 күн бұрын
@@Music-tg5is They were never a manufactured boyband.
@margaretschembridalli5218
21 сағат бұрын
True! I got hooked because they made music to entertain us not to lecture us or impart political notions. Life was grey enough in the cold war. Duran Duran were vibrant with colour and pure FUN!
Duran Duran are also very unique in the fact that they broke into two successful bands, Power Station and Arcadia, while on break. Then got back together again.
@civicmindedjimthehonest6389
21 күн бұрын
they didn't get back together,Andy never came back. then they lost roger after that, so there were only 3 for a bit. Then Warren Cuccurullo came in as session, eventually became full time. Without Warren no ordinary world, he was from missing persons that were mentioned in the video 👍🏻 I'm not a fanatic at all 😂
@brianvernon249
20 күн бұрын
Warren at least got inducted with the other 5. Roger Taylor is one of the few musicians to rejoin a band. Pat Smear of Foo Fighters & Tony Kaye from Yes are two more examples. WLIW!
@AUGUSTALLEN28
20 күн бұрын
@@civicmindedjimthehonest6389 Actually they did reunite for an album and tour during the early 2000's,then Andy left for good.
@civicmindedjimthehonest6389
20 күн бұрын
@AUGUSTALLEN28 I wasn't counting the reunion, I did see them twice on that tour. Andy actually went back to do another album after astronaut, but his dad was sick and ended up dying. Nick Rhodes bullied him and accused him of not being there because he was drinking. So Andy called it a day, they lost two good guitarists in their time. As far as I'm concerned it's been downhill ever since, should have got Warren back 👍🏻
@joefera8947
19 күн бұрын
@@civicmindedjimthehonest6389 Andy’s dad died during the tour and not when they were doing the “Reportage” album. He took a brief break from the tour to deal with the funeral and rejoined the tour in Detroit, when I saw them.
I delivered a baby to “Hungry Like a Wolf”. Yup, my first child was born to a very loud birthing room booming this song! Still laughing!
@ProfessorofRock
22 күн бұрын
Ha!
@constipatedinsincity4424
22 күн бұрын
It was a beautiful day that day. Thank you for the memory 🥺
@ProfessorofRock
22 күн бұрын
@@constipatedinsincity4424 Amen!
@TheTrumpReaper
22 күн бұрын
At first I thought that you meant the baby was singing the song as it popped out of the uterus. 👶🏽🎵
@justJelene
22 күн бұрын
Wow!! 😮 What a badass! Here I was listening to relaxing things like Enya & instrumental stuff-
Hello buddy I'm from the UK I've been a die hard Duranie I was 12 years old now 55 still a die hard Duranie they av just finished a tour in America once again sold out venues 🎉🎉🎉they are totally epic awesome amazing brilliant band I totally luv um and they are still huge massive on planet earth 🌎🌍🌎 and they are the best band ever on planet earth 🌎🌍🌎 I've seen um 73 times live worth every penny 🎉🎉🎉 so yes they are still era making epic awesome amazing music 🎵🎶🎵 and also there videos are out of this world 🌎🌍🌎 so yes Duran Duran are still era 🎉🎉🎉
@rde4017
3 күн бұрын
How amazing is it that their last 4 albums have been their best since the first 2?
Love the Patrick Nagel art used for the Album cover of “Rio”.
@ProfessorofRock
22 күн бұрын
Same!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
22 күн бұрын
Me too. It’s iconic.
@vtgrphy3907
22 күн бұрын
I bought that Patrick Nagel print.
@videobenny3
22 күн бұрын
Brought a Nagel calendar to work. It didn’t take long before someone took it down because the content WAS inappropriate.
"Come Undone" has always been my favorite, and I keep it on my playlists. 💜😎👍
@duket1449
22 күн бұрын
Yup. I like the earlier 80s stuff but "Come Undone" was my favorite.
@kevinstarski1598
22 күн бұрын
And Ordinary World (not the radio/short version)
@Mr17Strangelove
17 күн бұрын
Agree, Come Undone is simply a masterpiece, I feel transcending into another world every time I listen to it!
I went to school with boys who were ruthlessly bullied, beaten up, threatened, and kicked out of their schools and/or homes for emulating the style of new wave artists like Duran Duran. Some of us girls were too. It was a thrilling and terrifying time.
For a long time I considered Duran Duran a guilty pleasure. But the more I listened to them, the more I came to appreciate their style and talent. Love these guys
Duran Duran is my favorite band of all time. Simon's vocals layered over all the great instruments especially John's Bass is just the best.
I still love Duran Duran to this very day!! 💝💝💝
@ProfessorofRock
22 күн бұрын
Same!
"My name is Bon. Simon Le Bon."
@stephenbrown4211
22 күн бұрын
That’s the one whose yacht sank in the Fastnet race in 1985.
@ann-mariemeyers9978
22 күн бұрын
My husband walked around saying that all the time. Then he and his best friend would giggle. Grown men acting like teenage girls.
@ProfessorofRock
22 күн бұрын
Ha ha!
@m33p0
22 күн бұрын
you guys probably know this but to be clear, this is from their music video for 'A View to a Kill'.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
22 күн бұрын
I see what you did there! This is so awesome! Bravo. 👏🏾
What timing. I saw them in concert last night. They were as good as you would expect. A couple of women fans wore dresses designed around the Rio album artwork.
@ProfessorofRock
22 күн бұрын
Awesome!
@AUGUSTALLEN28
22 күн бұрын
Wish they would come to Orlando
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
22 күн бұрын
How was it? Where at?
@TheTriumfAnt
22 күн бұрын
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 It was amazing. Better than I could have imagined. Albuquerque, NM.
@annna6553
21 күн бұрын
Saw em recently as well. Still incredible.
The director of that video (and nine other Duran Duran music vids) gave us another 80s classic: Highlander
@rde4017
3 күн бұрын
Queen and Duran are/were great friends. Spike Edney still plays live with Duran, and Queen wanted them to play the Freddie Mercury tribute concert but US TV stations would not allow them to play as they thought the band's time was up. 33 years later...
I do believe "A View To A Kill" was the first number 1 James Bond song. Loved that song too.
@RichWhiteUM
22 күн бұрын
Not the first, the only one to hit #1. "Live and Let Die" and "Nobody Does it Better" both went to #2. "For Your Eyes Only" went to #4. Those are the only 4 to crack the top 5.
@ManAlves
4 күн бұрын
I used to think A-ha’s The Living Daylights hit #1 as well
Duran Duran was the very first group I listened to that wasn't hair metal, stadium rock, hard rock and southern rock. They literally blew me away with their hooks and riffs. Seen them in concert back in the day. Great show for sure!
I remember being in the kitchen with my Mom and brother, and Mom was dying light blond wisps into our brown bangs. This was 1984-85 and everything was Duran Duran. Hairspray then became a need in our male teenage years, all due to Duran Duran videos. I still love their music.
Average guy: I don't even need to watch this. I could tell from their silhouettes that this is Duran Duran
@margaretschembridalli5218
22 сағат бұрын
Me too!🥰
Did anyone ever notice that there were two drummers named Roger Taylor, each from Duran Duran and Queen?
@Whisper_292
22 күн бұрын
Ooh, good catch!
@rabby-u
22 күн бұрын
Just now. Thanx dude!
@stephenbrown4211
22 күн бұрын
Yep known it for years. The one from Queen was born up the road from me
@CaraStyles-jq2uv
22 күн бұрын
lol.Roger was already a millionaire B4 the other Roger came about.
@tb6791
22 күн бұрын
Also the Band has three non related Taylor's Andy, John, Roger😮
I was in Middle School when this came out. All the girls had magazine pics of Duran Duran pasted on the inside of their locker door and book covers. Us head bangers would never admit we loved Duran Duran. In my opinion, the best James Bond theme. I think Hungry Like a Wolf is another Nile Rodgers hit.
@ProfessorofRock
22 күн бұрын
Thanks.
@cathybayne4429
22 күн бұрын
Bon... Simon LeBon!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
22 күн бұрын
Nile Rodgers just did The Reflex, didn’t he?
@RichWhiteUM
22 күн бұрын
Nah, best Bond theme is "You Know My Name" from Casino Royale. Chris Cornell at his finest. "A View to a Kill" is the 2nd best.
@julieabraham3566
22 күн бұрын
Nile didn't work work on during Hungry Like the Wolf. He began working with them during the recording of their next album, Seven and the Ragged Tiger.
I'm so glad Duran Duran have been getting their flowers in recent years. They were ground breaking pioneers in the 80s, and have consistently made good music all this time whether they had a huge audience or not. Simon Le Bon sounds as amazing now as he did then and JT's bass playing is legendary. See'm live while you still can.
Hungry Like the Wolf was my introduction to Duran Duran. This song was a monster. No song sounded like this or had lyrics like this. I have come to believe the unique DD sound is based in Nick Rhodes keyboards and synth but the whole band is amazing as are Simon's one of a kind vocals.This song ROCKS. The video is a whole other thing that was perfect for start of MTV video era. These guys are the 80s but have stayed great ever since
Duran Duran would be in any top ten list when it comes to what 80's music best represents that decade.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
22 күн бұрын
As they should.
@ashevillecomics637
22 күн бұрын
Top 3 at worst. I'd say MJ, Prince and DD
I've been a Duranie since 1983. My bedroom was Duran Duran wallpaper from all the magazines I bought. Can't tell you how much of my lunch money went towards those. I still have many of those pictures to this day put away. Raised my children listening to many of my favorite bands, Duran Duran being one of them. They like their music. Duran Duran are still making great music. I hope they keep going like the Rolling Stones. Duranie til I die❤❤❤❤❤
@sandragresham1134
22 күн бұрын
Me too
@christhompson2006
22 күн бұрын
I've seen a couple of people now refer to their fans as Duranies, but I had always heard them called Duranimals. That's interesting to me.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
22 күн бұрын
Same. My favorite band ever. I have always been obsessed with Simon Le Bon.
@sandragresham1134
22 күн бұрын
@@christhompson2006 Never heard that before.
@sandragresham1134
22 күн бұрын
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 My mom and sister Loved Simon I am a Nick girl
54 year old male Londoner here. I was 11 when I saw Duran do their first Top of the Pops performance. I loved them straight away, and yes I got a lot of stick for it, but I've stuck by them ever since, even during the utter depths of Cuccurullo's nadir at the end of the 1990's.
I'm a metal head, but I've always loved Duran Duran, but it was a little tricky to be honest about it in the 80's.
The eighties and mtv, Duran Duran , Def Leopard, Human League, so many. It was a British invasion, it was awsome to hear and see. Throw in AC/DC, Tears For Fears, it was a deluge of musical tastes, a smorgasbord of cultural expression. Wow, I'm right back there. Thanks Prof 🤘😎🙏🕊
@ProfessorofRock
22 күн бұрын
Amen!
@HotRod12667
22 күн бұрын
The 80s were the best for music.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
22 күн бұрын
Brits went in and took the world by storm.
@videobenny3
22 күн бұрын
Don’t forget the Fixx.
@jefflewis4
20 күн бұрын
So many great bands and artists, Madness (in the background), Dexy's midnight runners, the Eurythmics, Adam Ant, Culture Club, Squeeze, the Clash, Genesis, Robert Palmer they were all on regular rotation on MTV in the 80's.
Duran Duran was an awesome group and their music still sounds great to this day. Simon LeBon handled ballads just as well as he did their more uptempo material, and I always loved "Hungry Like the Wolf's" bassline.
I saw them on the Ragged Tiger tour. Did my best to cultivate the look back in those days. I was (am) a drummer and absolutely loved John Taylor's bass playing. That concert at the LA Forum was Beatlemania personified. You could barely hear the band for all the screaming girls. It was a great time to be young, the 80's, and DD helped us forget about the nukes and mutually assured destruction. MTV was in every home (I want my MTV!), and DD completely ruled it. If you were there, consider yourself lucky.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
22 күн бұрын
John is a bass pro!
@80sbrunnette
21 күн бұрын
Wow you are lucky 😭
@quintbromley2112
21 күн бұрын
@@80sbrunnette It was a lot of fun, that's for sure. 🍻
It’s funny that radio loved Missing Persons over Duran Duran because Warren Cuccurullo would later join Duran Duran for that amazing Wedding Album comeback. He then went into the RRHOF with DD.
I put together a touring club band back in the early 80s. We were sort of a concept band, a chemistry band focused mostly on contemporary (at that time) music and style. We eschewed the typical spandex-clad guitar band style in favor of something a little more polished and high tech (for that time). Our overall inspiration and objective was to become a harder rock version of Duran Duran, back before hair bands became all the rage. Duran Duran was our compass for finding our own form of cool.
I lived so far in the hills of east TN we didn't get cable - no Mtv for me. Instead I watched Night Tracks, Night Flight and Friday Night Videos. NT and NF ran one program at 12:05 to 3:05am then another from 3:05 to 6:05 friday and sat. I figured out they flipped the programs on sat so I would stay up all night both nights to catch the entire thing. I stayed hip and ahead of the Mtv haves ultimately. And my world revolved around Duran Duran. From my first viewing I was infected. Motivated. A friend with a VCR got her hands on the videos VHS and we watched it surreptitiously, sitting in front of the TV to hide it from Mom. I rented a VCR and the tape and watched it on repeat without shame, my parents were powerless. When the crap VCR broke I fixed it with a hairpin and kept going. That was the beginning....
Rio is such a great album. Perfect blend of pop and rock with catchy hooks and awesome bass work. One of those albums that never gets old and still sounds fresh today.
Duran Duran definitely are one of the defining acts of the 80s, and for Sophisti-pop.
The thing about them was even though they were pretty boys that girls swooned over they could play and I mean play. The musicianship is what got me hooked.
Far and away the sexiest video on MTV at the time. The girl crawling though the jungle turned every boys head. The music was fresh and new and that video was stellar. Great sign of things to come on MTV. Great episode professor
@ProfessorofRock
22 күн бұрын
True...
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
22 күн бұрын
This video made me want to have Tiger Face!
@MyName-pl7zn
22 күн бұрын
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 lol, how are you Lilly?
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
22 күн бұрын
@@MyName-pl7zn I’m doing fine, how about you?
@MyName-pl7zn
22 күн бұрын
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 pretty good, weather is fantastic, love the spring
Just saw them in concert about two weeks ago. Still rocking it after all these years!
The 80s spoiled us…Proof! I’m a guy, and I had Duran Duran posters right next to my KISS posters. “Girls on Film” and everything after was simply great music. The album “Rio” was great music all the way through. Great looks, great music. Soundtrack of the 80s. The 80s spoiled us…
Great episode yesterday especially with your dad - congrats Professor on 1 million subs !
Duran Duran were my favourite band as a kid and The Reflex was my favourite song. I was 12 when it came out. It was the first song I ever requested at a school dance. I still love their music.
I grew up in Australia and we already had the likes of Icehouse and INXS. so Duran Duran made perfect sense to the music we had at the time, when they came along.
Rio is a masterpiece. Desert island album.
@cmorris9494
22 күн бұрын
I think of Rio more as a mtv song than hungry like a wolf.
DD made a mega-comeback and had their best hits in the 90's. "Ordinary World" is super-timeless.
@ProfessorofRock
22 күн бұрын
So good!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
22 күн бұрын
That’s one of their best songs.
@Era515
21 күн бұрын
"Too much Information" is still relevant, also. Just played it again today.
My husband was crazy about Duran Duran. I called him the world's oldest Durany. He was 26.
@ProfessorofRock
22 күн бұрын
Ha ha! Love it.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
22 күн бұрын
There’s probably Duranies older than him lol
@davidwood2205
22 күн бұрын
I just turned 59!
I was a pre-teen when I first heard Duran Duran on the radio in the Fall of 1982. I fell in love with Hungry Like the Wolf instantly! Before long, I would hear this song coming loudly from my older sister’s room. At this point, I still didn’t know the band’s name. Before my sis arrived home from school one day (she HATED me in her room, lol), I snuck in her room and went through the 45’s on her turntable, and that’s when I discovered their name, Duran Duran. Seeing the music video for the first time on MTV stole my heart even further! Not only was their music awesome but they were all so good looking. 😍 Long story short, that’s how I became a Duran Duran fan 42 years ago (and counting!) ❤
Rio is a great early 80s classic album - and still stands the test of time.
Save a prayer is the GOATED jam
@ProfessorofRock
22 күн бұрын
So good!
@flavellinator
22 күн бұрын
Maybe the best deep cut ever on an 80s album
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
22 күн бұрын
It’s one of their best songs.
@scottmiller715
17 күн бұрын
Probably my favorite DD track
I ALWAYS liked DD. A lot of my friends used to make fun of me, but I knew better. They are still great and in retrospect - they helped define and shape the 80's.
I've been a Duranie since '83, when I first heard HLTW. Once we got MTV in my house, it was all over. Between MTV, Night Tracks and Friday Night Videos, it was a steady visual banquet, and D2 were at the top. They were on my wall, on my turntable, on my cassettes.... They are the band I've seen the most times over the last 37 years, including last fall in Chicago. I'm thrilled they're finally getting the recognition and public respect that they deserve.
I initially panned DD, but I came around very quickly and along with U2, REM, the Smiths, the Cure and The Replacements were one of my favorite bands of the decade.
Cashbox also gives them another couple #1's--Union of the Snake and Wild Boys. Yessir.
Just saw them at cruel world. They are still better than most live bands. Glad their still making great music and playing shows.
I remember clearly going across the street from my high school to the local pizza place, having some pizza and playing “Hungry Like The Wolf” over and over again on their jukebox - regularly! Good times.
❤❤❤ Duran Duran, "Hungry Like the Wolf"❤❤❤
@rudaruda5981
22 күн бұрын
Girls on film
@ProfessorofRock
22 күн бұрын
YEs!
@Alan_CFA
22 күн бұрын
I thought Duran Duran was the guy that shot R.F.K.😁
@MinnMorke
22 күн бұрын
Planet Earth!!! 🎸 Anyone else see Duran Duran outside at the Great Northern Picnic -Minneapolis in 1982? Included Blondie, Elvis Costello, Greg Kihn Band…incredible concert!! Tix were just $15. John Taylor’s bass and Nick Rhodes synthesizer blew us away!!
Duran Duran was definitely my soundtrack in my 80's youth. Much of their style especially in their music videos has never been duplicated.
@ProfessorofRock
22 күн бұрын
For sure.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
22 күн бұрын
I agree! Their looks, their voices, everything.
@stephenhanft1226
22 күн бұрын
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Love Duran Duran.Throughout the 70's and 80's, there were many groups that the media hype tried to label as the next Beatles. The truth is there never were a next Beatles. The Beatles were a phenomenon who, like Elvis Presley, only happens once and can never be duplicated. However, If I was asked which band in the 80's came the closest to being the Beatles, my answer would be Duran Duran. They had the mass mania with the screaming girls, their music defined the 80's more than any other band (New Wave), and they had a several years run of great pop charting success. Always been a fan. My favorite from them is probably "The Reflex".
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
22 күн бұрын
@@stephenhanft1226 Well, POR would argue the Beatles of the 80s were Tears for Fears. And I would argue that goes to ELO. But I see what you’re trying to go for there. Maybe the term for this should be called Duraniemania.
Oh my gosh!!! This band completely transformed my little tween life!! I discovered them on MTV in 1982 and it’s been a love affair crazy ride ever since!! They lead the British Invasion and opened up many of our worlds to other bands like Depeche Mode, The Cure and they were my gateway to discovering 70s punk and becoming Goth in my later teen years. But Duran have always been my constant!! My whole life from 11 on they have been there. Moving us forward and accepting the future. We’ve all grown up together. Still today!!! They just played an amazing set a Cruel World! When they were inducted to the RRHOF Duranies were the loudest fans there!! (Had it been in NY and if Andy was there, prob would’ve been even louder!❤️). But we are Duranies4life!! ✨💞
My favorite Duran Duran song was "Hungry Like the Wolf"until I heard "Wild Boys". Fast forward over 25 years later and Mirko (CroCop) Filipovic walks out to it!!! I already liked this song but he put it over the top for me. Whenever I play the video, I show my kids lol. "Not again Dad" lol As someone said, they were a guilty and secret pleasure in high school 85-89. Well I'm 53 and don't have to impress anyone. I absolutely love Duran Duran! Their music made the 80s! Thank you Professor for keeping our music alive!! JJ -South Alabama
I just played the "Rio" LP for the first time and the bass guitar on the first cut had me floored.
@HotRod12667
22 күн бұрын
John is an extremely talented bass player.
The 80's were probably the very best era of music ever!
Your poster story got back memories. My sister and I had a bedroom covered with Duran posters. My father ( God bless his soul) used to come in and say: "When I was little we used to have Holy Mary and Christ hanging from the wall, not a bunch of sissies wearing lipstick." Then he smiled,winked and said, "Just make sure the paint doesn't come off the wall." He approved! My sister and I are still Duranies and we miss our Dad and Mum so badly.
I was 6 when this album dropped, I remember watching all the videos on MTV just blew my fucking mind. Duran Duran is my all time favorite band. I remember by '84 they were everywhere, they should have just called it Duran Duran TV because they were just constantly playing their videos, interviews, even being guest VJs. The '80's was a special time to have experienced.
OMG Duran Duran was my favorite band of the 80s, I was absolutely obsessed!! They are still a favorite to this day, as i now appreciate their music more than ever. They are excellent musicians, songwriters. Very underrated if you ask me. Also, kinda funny, but i used to listen to this song on the record player and the part where the girl is going "Ahhh!!" over and over, my mom heard it from the other room and came in, thinking i was calling her! 😂 One more thing, i bought the Night Versions of My Own Way, etc on vinyl back in the day, and Carnival.. even rarer tracks too.. and i STILL own them to this day! ❤
@catherine6653
22 күн бұрын
I ❤ Duran Duran too!
@Fiona2254
22 күн бұрын
I’m jealous. I have the vinyl till Notorious and wish I had more.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
22 күн бұрын
I love the night version of My Own Way.
@marktait2371
22 күн бұрын
carnival thats one hard to find i had one hard to find now
I was in Germany during the early 1980’s and 80’s music STILL ROCKS!!! Nothing wrong with Duran Duran. I’m 66 and still like their music. Guitar player in Georgia.
@user-om5rg3pd9b
22 күн бұрын
Forgot to add, how about “Ordinary World” on either the headphones or a nice car or home sound system? Fantastic!
@freethebirds3578
22 күн бұрын
I was too! My Dad was working for NATO. I didn't get to watch MTV regularly until I went away to college in 1987, but I saw Duran Duran's videos somewhere. For some reason, the one that made the biggest impression in me was "Wild Boys" before I noticed HLTW.
Im so glad i grew up in the 80s and the 90s. So much great music came out of those 2 decades that i still enjoy to this day. Duran Duran is still one of my favorites band of the 80s.
Just saw Duran Duran at Cruel World in Pasadena, CA. They opened with the Chauffeur! For those who don't know, Cruel world is an annual 80s festival with three stages playing from around noon to close to midnight. Some of the acts this year were The Mission, Ministry, Soft Cell, Simple Minds (who killed it, by the way. Great live band) Adam Ant, Blondie and rounding out the night, the amazing Duran Duran. They even covered Talking Heads Psycho Killer! Great episode Professor!
Simon's point about Jim Morrison is very vital. The late 70s and early 80s saw a resurgence in the popularity of the Doors . I always thought that the Doors had a huge impact on new wave music. Listen to the bands in the early 80s and many of the lead singers seemed to be emulating Jim Morrison's singing style, not to mention the Door's cool musical style. Everyone wanted to be Jim Morrison. Classic rock radio wanted nothing to do with early 80s new wave music. They wanted nothing to do with the synth-pop sound that was beginning to take over the charts. Duran Duran, fell into that category. Here in Toronto, while rock radio stations shunned them, they were fully embraced by CFNY 102.1....the spirit of radio. Yes, that spirit of radio made famous by Rush. Rush would embrace these changes and incorporate them into their own sound. Eventually, the new 80s sound became too big to be ignored by mainstream radio and the floodgates opened up, allowing bands like Duran Duran, The Cure, U2, Depeche Mode, The Smiths and many others to conquer the prevailing musical landscape.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
22 күн бұрын
Morrison had a much wider influence than I previously believed.
Thank god the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame awhile back corrected a huge mistake awhile back and put these guys in!
@ProfessorofRock
22 күн бұрын
No joke!
@michaelharrington75
22 күн бұрын
They have a lot of mistakes to correct. That includes artists that have been inducted, and artists that haven't.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
22 күн бұрын
I’m glad they got in.
@gbedmonds1594
22 күн бұрын
There is absolutely NOTHING worth thanking god for when it comes to the Rock and Roll hof. Its a fucking dumpster fire!!
What a great piece of content you have created here! It really took me back to those early MTV and Duran Duran years. I still remember the first time I heard Hungry Like the Wolf and I wasn’t sure of what it was, how to define it. Was it pop? Kind of. Rock? Sure, why not? I just knew right away that I wanted to listen to it over and over, and now I want to listen to all of their songs again… Great job, thanks for sharing this awesome rockumentary with us 😊
The first time I watched Hungry Like the Wolf on MTV, I said to myself I need to see the world. The imagination and beauty of that video made me fantasize about the beauty of the world outside of my suburban existence in SC. Sade, Spandeau Ballet, Bow Wow Wow, and some many European artists showed us through song and sight of videos gave us a different perspective of what the world could really offer. Duran Duran did expose the world to a different sound of music but also inspired people to look at the world in a different light. Great Show, as Usual.
For the longest time I used to write Duran Duran off as bunch of pretty boy poseurs. It wasn't until their ' comeback ' in the early 90s did I realize these blokes had substance and were a really good band.
my favorite band made it on the show 😎
@peterd.9978
22 күн бұрын
"Doobie-Doobie-Doooooo!!!"
I have 2 sisters. We all loved Duran Duran. All 3 us called dibs on Simon. My eldest sister loved Andy. My middle sister loved Nick & Roger. My favorite was John. I remember my mom letting me stay up late to watch a live Duran Duran concert one year. I don't think it was that New Years concert, because I was always allowed to stay up late on NYE. Plus, I know we were living here in Jacksonville & we didn't move here until June of '83. I believe it was aired on Mtv. It was awesome. Saw them in '93, so not the original members, but still a great show. The Cranberries opened for them. God, I miss those days!
Ah yes…Duran Duran, the band so good that they named them twice! I loved them! Soooo AWESOME! I didn’t love them “secretly”, everybody knew I loved them. LOL, Whenever my kids (in their 30’s now) hear Hungry Like the Wolf or Rio, they immediately think of me. 😊 I love that they know Duran Duran (& me) like that, the close association I mean. Adam, if we had gone to the same small school in the same small town, I know we’d have been great friends.
Love their James Bond song ❤
I remember hearing Duran Duran for the first time at an 18 and over dance club... It was Girls on Film, though, and the place was going crazy as it was something unique and different... Believe it was early 1982.... Good times!... and Simon can still bring it today!
@cmorris9494
22 күн бұрын
Girls on film is a great song
@samanthab1923
22 күн бұрын
Yup! Rio & Hungry Like the Wolf videos were on MTV round the clock. Even though Girls came out a year earlier. I think the OG video was to explicit in the US. Love that song & of course A View to a Kill. ❤
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
22 күн бұрын
My first Duran song was The Reflex.
I am and always have been crazy about Duran Duran! I got to see them in 1986 Notorious Tour (my very first concert), 2000 Pop Trash tour, and this past summer the Future Past tour. They get better very time I see them! I was so amazed how many people attended last summer’s concert. I’ve never seen that many people at an outdoor music show.! ❤D2! Love your videos Professor!
@jnaeraespano4468
22 күн бұрын
That tour was called The Strange Behavour Tour. Saw them on it open for Bowie on his Glass Spider Tour in Portland back in 87.
Child of the 80s here. Absolutely loved Duran Duran, Depeche Mode and so many others. Never hid my enjoyment of these bands. I had so many musical interests in those days. If it sounded good then I would listen to it. In fact, I still have all of my Duran Duran and Depeche Mode vinyl albums and import 12in singles.
Like them or not, Duran Duran dominated the 80s.
@hfirm9897
22 күн бұрын
After Air Supply.
@peterd.9978
22 күн бұрын
@@hfirm9897Love me some Air Supply!
@idanwillenchik3050
22 күн бұрын
The early to mid 1980s.
@RichWards-Wins
22 күн бұрын
They were the kings of mtv. If they hadn't split up after *arena* they'd have been the 80s beatles.
@mechanic6682
22 күн бұрын
Not.
Double D!!! When I first saw the Planet Earth video in 81, I felt like I found my tribe. 🖤🖤
As a teen of the 80’s Duran Duran has always been my favorite band and Hungry Like the Wolf has always been my favorite song! I saw them a couple weeks ago at the Cruel World festival and they are just as fabulous as ever! ❤
I think the early American resistance to Duran Duran had everything to do with (now old) AOR radio formats that many stations adhered to at the time. So putting that harder rock guitar sound in Hungry Like the Wolf (thanks Andy Taylor) was a smart strategic move. Also speaking of Andy, I always thought he was underrated as a🎸 guitarist. But he really displayed his chops got when he and John Taylor did the Power Station project with drummer Tony Thompson (Chic) and singer Robert Palmer. That cover of T Rex Bang a Gong was electrified!
I love them saw them last year at MSG nyc
If one listens to Duran's first three albums, they must come to the conclusion that they were in reality a Synth-Pop Funk band of the Chic variety. Much of early New Wave was. The early 80s were an incredible time. While we were discovering what came before, the Beatles, Zep, etc. (Thanks Fastimes), we were being inundated with new and incredible bands and sounds, including nascent Rap. So many songs so incredible we can't help but remember exactly where we were when we first heard them. The 80s: _Lived 'em. Loved 'em. Miss 'em._
@kallsop2
22 күн бұрын
I agree. It's not that the music of the late 70's was bad it's just that new wave starting, to me at least, with The Cars, The Police, The Clash and others around '78/'79 ushered in the 2nd British Invasion and Duran Duran just hit it at the right time.
@marktait2371
22 күн бұрын
same joe jackson xtc new order human league first dolby synth bands i watched part of a doc. about must have been 2010 last time in uk depeche howard jones dolby interviews.
@marktait2371
22 күн бұрын
sueeze also gang of four had uniform
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
22 күн бұрын
1983-84 was the music explosion.
@angelah9745
20 күн бұрын
Chic was one of John and Nick's influences for their sound. Eventually they got to work with Nile Rogers.
My youngest sister introduced me to the sound of duran duran. She and her friends even went as far as starting a fan club in our small California town. I finally got to see them in concert while they were promoting their NOTORIOUS album. After my sisters passing i was able to get a tattoo of in honor of her on my forearm of the double d symbol.
Love "Hungry Like The Wolf"-The melody is contagious.
Many of us can identify with the barber story, Professor...facts!
@ProfessorofRock
22 күн бұрын
Ha ha!
We never had MTV. Had to see MTV at other friends houses but I remember that song was on the radio multiple times per hour, for years! Duran Duran was so ground breaking and I have loved their music since I first heard them.
@ProfessorofRock
22 күн бұрын
Very cool! Thanks Bish!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
22 күн бұрын
MTV introduced lots of people to Duran Duran.
Duran Duran is still releasing amazing music. And their concerts are phenomenal. Don't miss out on either.
OMG, congrats on hitting 1M subscribers! Love your channel.
Duran Duran's first 3 albums are masterpieces so hard to pick a favorite but mine is definitely seven and the ragged tiger and what made Duran Duran stand ahead of the pack is their amazing musicianship and songwriting and also got to give props to Russell Mulcahy both Duran Duran and Russell helped take music videos to a whole new level also Godley and creme and Brian Grant also contributed as directors for their classic video clips to
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
22 күн бұрын
I love Rio the most but Ragged Tiger has so many awesome tracks.
@georgemathie8123
22 күн бұрын
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Rio has some of my favorite deep Duran album cuts including last chance on the stairway and new religion oh seven and the ragged tiger has some of my all time favorite Duran Duran classics in union of the snake and new moon on Monday of crime and passion (I'm) looking for cracks in the pavement and the seventh stranger are killer deep cuts so what are your thoughts on the power station and Arcadia their 2 1985 side projects I like them both but Arcadia so red the rose is my favorite of the 2 what a stunning album
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
22 күн бұрын
@@georgemathie8123 I love all these songs. The Power Station’s Some Like it Hot couldn’t have come out in any other decade lol. And I like So Red the Rose and Election Day.
@georgemathie8123
22 күн бұрын
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 aren't they great and let's give the debut and some later albums some love to from the debut I love is there anyone out there, sound of thunder and friends of mine in my humble opinion Duran's debut has a japan quiet life feel to it again just my interpretation and from the supremely underrated 1986 notorious album American science, a matter of feeling, Vertigo (do the demolition) and meet el presidente Nile Rodgers and Duran Duran were awesome together and some like it hot shows off that awesome bass playing by John Taylor and that song was produced by the bass legend himself Bernard Edwards and side 2 of so red the rose is a hauntingly brilliant song suite from the ghostly intro of rose arcana to the promise a 7 minute epic with Sting, David Gilmour and Herbie Hancock as guest players, the lovely el Diablo and in my opinion one of Simon Le Bon's most haunting vocal performances the epic album closer lady ice it's totally awesome if you've never heard this song stream it
Oh yes they made the 80s the 80s alright!
My cousin was a huge fan before me. She had tickets to their show in Reno during the Arena tour. That concert changed my life and my taste in music. I've seen them in concert two more times. Always amazing. They were and are among my favorite groups from the 1980s.
My high school mascot was the wolf and this song instantly became our theme song
I ❤ Duran Duran! I was teased in middle school for liking them, and didn't care. I loved that Rio cassette! I went and saw them last year Future Past Tour. Nile Rogers and Chic opened for them. I bought a tee shirt. They can still fill venues all over the world. I am grateful theses guys are back together after the ups and downs of members leaving, and the comeback with Ordinary World. The first five albums are being reissued. Release date July 19th. I pre-ordered the debut.
@ProfessorofRock
22 күн бұрын
I saw that! So pumped. Thanks Catherine.
@AnnaTrail-xp8pr
22 күн бұрын
I personally not a Duran Duran fan but good for you to sticking with what you like. I went through a similar situation with liking the Bee Gees. Later in life Nickelback and Creed
@catherine6653
22 күн бұрын
@@AnnaTrail-xp8pr It's OK. Everyone likes different music.
@AnnaTrail-xp8pr
22 күн бұрын
@@catherine6653 We may not like all the same music but if we ever hung out, I know we would find many we do agree on.
@catherine6653
22 күн бұрын
@@AnnaTrail-xp8pr John Denver, BeeGees, and Disco. 😉
I remember meeting the band 2 days before their concert i recieved 20 pairs of tickets. And I had a picture 📷 with the band made into a poster. A couple of years back this girl I liked in junior high school still has the poster. I got autographed the next time they came to Las Vegas. Country singer Joe Diffies niece came to the concert as well as other classmates and a teacher +1
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
22 күн бұрын
What year was this?
@constipatedinsincity4424
22 күн бұрын
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Hey Silly Lilly 😜 1981
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
22 күн бұрын
@@constipatedinsincity4424 😜 MTVs birth year.
DD has proven themselves over the decades as being more than '80s MTV. They're great singer/songwriter/musicians, but their visuals were escapist/exotic fantasy for us as preteens, still are for me today. We knew their earlier albums and songs, but their videos were everything. "HLW" and "Rio" were the first-of-their-kind mini-movies, like Casablanca, 007, Indiana Jones, and Romancing the Stone - all in one. No matter what anyone said, girls wanted them, and boys wanted to be them (or vice versa)... As many amazing songs as they have, though, their covers of others' (esp. LedZep "Thank You") only prove their musicianship and staying power. While they've always been one of my fave bands ever, I only saw them in concert for the first time last Sept. for one hot end-of-summer night here at the Boston Garden. It was just after Gary Wright's passing, and given the themes of their new albums, I really couldn't think of a better band to do a version of "Dreamweaver". Alas, DD has too many hits of their own such that a two-hour concert w/encores isn't enough. W/that, I hope to see them again somewhere soon.☮️
The full wave of the second British invasion of Duran Duran didn't fully hit the Seattle area until the release of The Reflex. There was still a large gap of people who either did not have cable or did not have MTV included in their cable package, so the magic of the Hungry Like The Wolf video did not yet have the impact that should have happened. Because of this, the latest hits radio stations were still reluctant to admit that Duran Duran was becoming a staple of the era. They would play their music sometimes, but not as frequent as the other hits of the time, giving the impression that these silly British boys were sure to fade away. The album, Seven and the Ragged Tiger, solidified the Duran invasion because they now had a good foothold in the chart territory and the radio stations could no longer deny the popularity of the band. Duran Duran has outlived ALL Seattle's 80s latest hits stations and then some.