Tag Archives: Duran Duran

Battle Of The Mid-80s Horn Sections: Duran Duran – Notorious

Posted on June 19, 2020 by

In 1983, Duran Duran became one of the most popular bands on the planet. They were actually referred to as the Fab Five for a rare time. Following the inevitable live album of their “couldn’t hear the band for the … Continue reading →

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Deepcut Thinkpiece: The Duran Duran Album…For People Who HATE Duran Duran [part 5]

Posted on October 11, 2019 by

[…continued from last post] Track 15: Winter Marches On In an eleventh hour shakeup, I am adding three more songs to the collection. Tim commented a few days ago about the suitability of the “Notorious” album cut/title single B-side “Winter … Continue reading →

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Deepcut Thinkpiece: The Duran Duran Album…For People Who HATE Duran Duran [part 4]

Posted on October 10, 2019 by

[…continued from last post] In the last half of the 90s, Duran Duran lost the big momentum that their eponymous 1993 album, had gifted them with. Their 1995 cover album was a disaster. It’s another album that has nothing culled from … Continue reading →

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Deepcut Thinkpiece: The Duran Duran Album…For People Who HATE Duran Duran [part 3]

Posted on October 9, 2019 by

[…continued from last post] So, to clarify where we are going with this, it’s not just what I think are the best tracks of Duran Duran. In fact, there will be no real singles in evidence here. One or two … Continue reading →

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Deepcut Thinkpiece: The Duran Duran Album…For People Who HATE Duran Duran [part 2]

Posted on October 7, 2019 by

[…continued from last post] The last post, we set out the notion of compiling a Duran Duran disc that might be a good listen for someone who had preconceived notions of the band due to their often unfortunate image, which … Continue reading →

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Deepcut Thinkpiece: The Duran Duran Album…For People Who HATE Duran Duran [part 1]

Posted on October 4, 2019 by

My fandom for Duran Duran predates their stratospheric rise that began in 1982-3 [at least in America]. They were a band working in their field [Post-Punk danserok] like plenty of others I was listening to in the ’81-’82 window. They … Continue reading →

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This Morning’s Listening

Posted on July 26, 2019 by

Sometimes, your brain is more interesting than you give it credit for. – 30 –

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