I only got into Duran Duran off the back of Red Carpet Massacre, so that's your theory debunked mr futile yearning.
― open wide, come inside, it's apple butter (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 18 January 2009 04:21 (fifteen years ago) link
That's a neat clip up there.
― The Undead Look (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Sunday, 18 January 2009 05:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Finally got hold of the Rio volume in the Classic Albums DVD series.
The seventeen minute "US night mix version #574" is still the best ever.
― Carroll Shelby Downard (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 02:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Well, maybe the 13 minute "Italo morning mix version #173" is
There's an awesome version on Spotify which is 6.38 in length; is this the one Ned's talking about? Or is he waxing on a 7-minute version?
― cumlord smedley (country matters), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 03:35 (fourteen years ago) link
ok the whole album is amazing but the more i think about it, the more 'hold back the rain' and 'last chance on the stairway' reveal themselves as not just the dependable momentum-sustaining mood-enhancers but the crucial parts of the piece. like, i'd initially thought of them not as the 'main event' tracks but as very, very good filler, but for some reason this has mutated into them being both very, very good filler and the best songs on the album (and two of the best songs of the era)
― welcome new ilxors (acoleuthic), Saturday, 21 November 2009 01:18 (fourteen years ago) link
"Last Chance..." actually boasts decent lyrics! By which I mean the "it could be the atmosphere sinking" part.
― Hell is other people. In an ILE film forum. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 21 November 2009 01:20 (fourteen years ago) link
that bit is showstopping
― welcome new ilxors (acoleuthic), Saturday, 21 November 2009 01:43 (fourteen years ago) link
This is the best Duran song ever. Sorry for finding this thread just now.
― zeus, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 22:05 (thirteen years ago) link
No need to apologize.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 22:05 (thirteen years ago) link
It is a great song, but out of the "Rio" non-single album tracks (besides "The Chauffeur", which is widely recognized as a classic by a lot of people anyway), I feel like "Lonely In Your Nightmare" is the real underrated gem there.
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 22:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Looks like I said roughly the same thing 8 years ago. Oh well. Still standing for it. :) Anyway, all "Rio" tracs are great. :)
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 22:26 (thirteen years ago) link
US night mix is the greatest thing ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NrKxtI6H2s
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 2 April 2015 10:45 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, I have a lot of time for this song. Probably even more for 'Last Chance On The Stairway', actually.
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Thursday, 2 April 2015 10:59 (nine years ago) link