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arealtrashact · 6 months

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Second Verse

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#Blink 182 #Robert Smith #Daft Punk #Duran Duran #Nirvana #Thank you to the anon who asked about this series ! I completely forgot to upload part 2 #These are about a year old now but I still like them #Part 3 coming soon !#My Art #Animal Album Series

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doyoulikethissong-poll · 2 months

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Duran Duran - The Chauffeur 1982

Rio is the second studio album by English band Duran Duran, released in 1982. A new wave album with musical elements such as dance and synth-pop, Rio is mostly composed of fast, upbeat numbers, with a couple slower synthesiser-based ballads. The cover artwork, painted by Patrick Nagel and designed by Malcolm Garrett to resemble 1950s cigar packaging, is considered one of the greatest of all time.

Duran Duran shot music videos for many of the album's tracks, all of which helped spearhead the 1980s MTV revolution. Accompanied by three worldwide hit singles, Rio peaked at number 2 in the UK and remained in the chart for 110 weeks. Initially unsuccessful in the US, the album was remixed by Capitol Records to better match American radio at the time; the remixed album spent 129 weeks on the Billboard chart, reaching number 6.

Rio initially received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, who commended the melodies but disparaged the lyrics. Retrospective reviewers consider Rio timeless and the band's best work, praising its instrumentation and band performances. With the album, Duran Duran were forerunners in the Second British Invasion of the 1980s, helping ensure the success of other English artists throughout the decade, and along with Culture Club and Spandau Ballet created a teen frenzy similar to Beatlemania during the first British Invasion of the 60s. Rio has since made appearances on best-of lists and has been reissued several times.

"The Chauffeur" was created on the spot in the studio. During downtime, Nick Rhodes retreated to an auxiliary studio room with Blauel, their tape operator, and crafted a track using keyboards, synthesisers, the sound of an ice cube cracking and a conversation about nature for extra effects. Simon Le Bon accompanied him with lyrics he'd originally written as poetry in 1978, and adding a melody on an ocarina. The final track features no contributions from the three other band members. An acoustic version (Blue Silver) was recorded without Rhodes, which appeared as a B-side to "Rio". The keyboardist later quipped, "I guess that was my punishment for have created an entirely electronic track."

"The Chauffeur" received a total of 64,6% yes votes! Previous Duran Duran polls: #21 "The Wild Boys".

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#finished #high votes #high yes #high reblog #duran duran #80s

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eightiesfan · 3 months

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80's bedroom

#80s #bedroom #80's #duran duran #teenagers #cats #80's interior #80s interior #80's tech #vintage tech #1980s

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viirgobbyy · 3 months

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It’s actually rude that I wasn’t alive in the 80s

#queen #duran duran #david bowie #def leppard #motley crue

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flowerprintundies · 2 months

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screenshots from // Goodbye is Forever // by Arcadia (1985)

#screenshots #music video #80s #duran duran #arcadia #goodbye is forever #nick rhodes #new wave #simon le bon #my new favorite thing

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atomic-chronoscaph · 2 years

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MTV (1980s)

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kidhellion · 1 month

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lets hope i follow through with making the full video that this goes too

#fallen hero rebirth #my art #fallen hero #fhr #fallen hero retribution #fhr sidestep #fhr ortega #chargestep #heartbreak #invisible #duran duran #nikki becker #fhr ricardo ortega #ricardo ortega #nikki

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twixnmix · 2 months

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Duran Duran photographed by Brad Elterman at the Hyatt House Hotel in Los Angeles, 1982.

#duran duran #1982 #simon le bon #nick rhodes #john taylor #andy taylor #roger taylor #1980s #1980s fashion #new wave #1980s music

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opsena · 2 years

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#patrick nagel #interiors #interior design #duran duran #rio #vinyl #sleeve #grace jones

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cleolinda · 6 months

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Whole new Halloween-themed Duran Duran album dropped on the 27th, apparently.

#duran duran #video #music #halloween everyday #gothic and/or gloom #spooky season

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rickallensbarefeet · 3 months

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Reblog if you like waffles or if you want your 80s rock star crush to fuck you into next week

#immsorry im having one of thosedays #def leppard #duran duran #metallica

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mineimmaculatedream · 6 months

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doyoulikethissong-poll · 6 months

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Duran Duran - The Wild Boys 1984

The idea for the song came from Duran Duran's longtime video director Russell Mulcahy, who wanted to make a full-length feature film based on the 1971 novel The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead by William S. Burroughs. He suggested that the band might create a modern soundtrack for the film in the same way that Queen would later provide a rock soundtrack for Mulcahy's 1986 film Highlander. "The Wild Boys" became one of the band's highest-charting singles, peaking at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks, and in several European countries, while reaching the top spot on the US Cash Box Top Singles chart and in Germany and South Africa. It also became the band's highest-peaking single in Australia, reaching number three.

The music video for "The Wild Boys" showcased a part of the concert film Arena (An Absurd Notion), released on vhs and broadcast on MTV. The cost totalled over one million pounds, a staggering sum for music videos at the time, but then the entire production of it is phenomenal and truly innovative for its time. Actor Milo O'Shea reprised his role as the evil Dr. Durand Durand from the 1968 film Barbarella. "The Wild Boys" was named British Video of the Year at the 1985 Brit Awards. Total amount of yes votes is 58,7%