Launching into several of the album’s tracks like “Invisible,” “Gave It All Up,” “Tonight United” and the Duran Duran doo-wop “Anniversary,” lines were blurred in their own chronology, with the band still putting out pinnacle pop melodies. On it the band partners with modern muses like Tove Lo and Japanese band Chai while also tinkering with the master of Euro disco Giorgio Moroder. The name of Duran Duran’s latest album, “Future Past,” is a great way to phrase it - a nod to the formative years while still taking big leaps forward. Though they’ve outlived some things - the era of MTV playing music videos, Teen Beat centerfolds and ridiculously feathered hair - they’re still pushing the needle forward and fit well into the new generation of synth-pop darlings. “It’s called crowd bathing, like sun bathing but better,” he explained.ĭressed in their best “Miami Vice” suit jackets and skinny pleather metallic pants, the Duran Duran rockers are still a beacon of ’80s glam while beautifully aging with the times. Frontman Le Bon at one point outstretched his arms and closed his eyes, breathing it all in. The nearly sold-out crowd took heed and shimmied in kind throughout the almost two-hour marathon, the smiles suggesting some great memories playing through their heads. The band set the tone early with opener “The Wild Boys,” a tongue-in-cheek statement to clarify that, though older and maybe even wiser musicians, they are still ready to host one epic dance party. A retro video montage during “Hold Back the Rain” drove that effect home. The Rock Hall Foundation has hailed them as “new wave outsiders who became video stars,” and pop stars’ reputation preceded them in the best way possible Saturday night, exceeding expectations as they combed through their discography in a calculated way to show the breadth of their body of work.įrom the earliest tracks - the punk undertones of “Careless Memories,” the electro-pop wonder “Planet Earth” and early dance hit “Girls on Film” (complete with shutter snapping sound effects), all from their 1981 self-titled debut - to their latest material from 2021 album “Future Past,” the show became a musical documentary of a 40-year career with few misses. show since Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor, Roger Taylor (and former guitarist Andy Taylor) got the news about their Rock Hall destiny, alongside Pat Benatar, Eminem, Dolly Parton and Lionel Richie. Via extensive new and exclusive interviews with band members and other figures who helped Rio succeed, this book explores how and why Rio became a landmark pop-rock album, and examines how the LP was both a musical inspiration-and a reflection of a musical, cultural, and technology zeitgeist.Chicago became the North American tour kickoff after weather forced the cancellation of a planned Minnesota appearance the night prior, and their first U.S. The album was further buoyed by colorful music videos and a cutting-edge visual aesthetic, both of which established the 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees as leaders of an MTV-driven second British Invasion. However, Rio wasn't a success everywhere at first in fact, the LP had to be buffed-up with remixes and reissued before it found an audience in America. A cohesive album with a retro-futuristic sound-influences include danceable disco, tangy funk, swaggering glam, and Roxy Music's art-rock-the full-length sold millions and spawned smashes such as "Hungry Like the Wolf" and the title track. No album represented this rip-it-up-and-start-again movement better than the act's breakthrough 1982 LP, Rio.
In the '80s, the Birmingham, England, band Duran Duran became closely associated with new wave, an idiosyncratic genre that dominated the decade's music and culture. a newly designed book cover by Rio album sleeve designer, Malcolm Garrette an exclusive new interview with lead singer Simon Le Bon This limited printing, hardcover 40th anniversary edition includes:
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