great song tbf
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 5 May 2018 02:17 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EON3DnBbflQ
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 5 May 2018 02:20 (five years ago) link
Ordinary World was my introduction to Duran Duran. Just after it came out I the Decade compilation which I played obsessively. When I got round to buying the albums a bit later, it was really exciting to hear the singles that didn't make Decade (Careless Memories, My Own Way, New Moon On Monday). At first My Own Way just seemed so fresh as it was new to me, many years later it's still one of my favorite songs of theirs. I love the single version with the ridiculously over the top strings and the faster tempo too. It's a shame the band don't seem to rate it highly. I wouldn't really change anything about this album. Lonely In Your Nightmare is probably the least essential song here if I was forced to pick.
I voted for Last Chance On The Stairway. I think it's the best thing they ever did. It's such a beautiful summary melody with some really incredible guitar playing from Andy. Obviously, like all the songs here, the bass playing is pretty special too. Even Simon gives a good vocal performance. Would have been a good choice if they'd needed a fifth single.
Even though I can understand why people think they went downhill after the first two albums, I still get a lot from the next two. Some really great album tracks on those albums along with the singles (American Science, Shadows On Your Side, The Seventh Stranger, Winter Marches On). Big Thing and Liberty are where the quality really dips for me.
― kitchen person, Saturday, 5 May 2018 03:06 (five years ago) link
Whenever I hear the title track, I remember waiting in a car in a McDonald's parking lot in what must have been the summer of 1983 with a 'Return of the Jedi' souvenir glass, and hearing it on the radio and thinking 'how is it possible that music can be this good'?
― Spencer Chow, Saturday, 5 May 2018 04:26 (five years ago) link
otm
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 5 May 2018 05:44 (five years ago) link
<3
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 5 May 2018 07:44 (five years ago) link
LJ do you know the Arcadia record? If not you might like it.
― MaresNest, Saturday, 5 May 2018 09:43 (five years ago) link
ooh, no i don't
― imago, Saturday, 5 May 2018 10:04 (five years ago) link
dunno Japan either
― imago, Saturday, 5 May 2018 10:05 (five years ago) link
The Arcadia record makes more sense as a Seven and the Ragged Tiger follow-up than Notorious does. There's a lot of Japan influence on that too, but more their moodier side.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Saturday, 5 May 2018 10:38 (five years ago) link
If anything LJ, Simon's vocal melody on Election Day is your flavour of catnip.
― MaresNest, Saturday, 5 May 2018 10:42 (five years ago) link
So far this makes perfect sense...as a continuation of my recent 80s Yes tip
― imago, Saturday, 5 May 2018 10:48 (five years ago) link
He's obviously singing Goodbye Ears Forever, lol
― imago, Saturday, 5 May 2018 11:01 (five years ago) link
OK this is no Rio and it doesn't have those eternally blissful bass/keyboard patterns but it's pretty good! Until The Promise which is kind of hilariously crap haha
― imago, Saturday, 5 May 2018 11:20 (five years ago) link
Japan is gonna plow you a new furrow when you get around to them
― when worlds collide I'll see you again (Jon not Jon), Saturday, 5 May 2018 13:07 (five years ago) link
ooh er
― cr.ht (crüt), Saturday, 5 May 2018 13:14 (five years ago) link
What Jon not Jon said.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Saturday, 5 May 2018 14:02 (five years ago) link
omg i cannot wait for lj to get into japan
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 5 May 2018 14:10 (five years ago) link
For some reason I assumed he'd heard 'em already, but clearly not!
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Saturday, 5 May 2018 14:42 (five years ago) link
Haha, I'm surprised by this too!
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Saturday, 5 May 2018 15:20 (five years ago) link
Always get Japan confused with Loudness because I'm a racist, I guess.
― pplains, Saturday, 5 May 2018 15:44 (five years ago) link
I have the 82 US Club edition of the LP, which I think is the 2nd Kershenbaum remix LP tracklist. If anyone has a great breakdown of the Rio LP variations that is not the Wiki page, please share. I'm not sure which version of the LP is the 'best' but I know there are many variations. Any preferences?
― brotherlovesdub, Saturday, 5 May 2018 17:01 (five years ago) link
This might go some way to explaining what variations are out there.
http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/duran-duran-rio-us-album-version.316647/
― MaresNest, Saturday, 5 May 2018 17:13 (five years ago) link
Oh, that leads to some deeper nerdery on the subject here.
http://www.ionpool.net/duran/rio.html
― MaresNest, Saturday, 5 May 2018 17:16 (five years ago) link
Yes, was just going to post that link, which seems to be much better at defining the variations. Thank you!
― brotherlovesdub, Saturday, 5 May 2018 17:17 (five years ago) link
yeah that's a great link
i like the version of "rio" on the "carnival" ep
― Arch Bacon (rushomancy), Saturday, 5 May 2018 17:20 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDpYkomy8dM
― reggie (qualmsley), Saturday, 26 May 2018 15:56 (five years ago) link
The Chauffeur is probably in my top ten favourite songs of all time
― tangenttangent, Saturday, 26 May 2018 19:26 (five years ago) link
Voting for Hold Back the Rain with a caveat that I prefer the mix on the CD version of the album to the slightly longer one from the original LP (the instrumental bridge is better I think). I like all these songs though.
― Gavin, Leeds, Sunday, 27 May 2018 15:38 (five years ago) link
what glass splinters lie so deep in your mind?
― reggie (qualmsley), Saturday, 2 June 2018 04:31 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 6 November 2018 00:01 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 7 November 2018 00:01 (five years ago) link
sing, blue silver!
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 16:14 (five years ago) link
poor my own way
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 16:47 (five years ago) link
the worst song on this record is great
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 16:49 (five years ago) link
take another green but it's not the same
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 16:58 (five years ago) link
As much as I love 'The Chauffeur', I can't get on board with the idea of it being the best track on this!
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 18:54 (five years ago) link
Brad otm
― imago, Wednesday, 7 November 2018 18:55 (five years ago) link
And the two songs with 3 votes are all-time classics
OTM. 'Hold Back the Rain' is one of the best choruses this band ever wrote and I adore the fretless bass on 'Lonely in Your Nightmare' - it's not quite Karn-level playing, but it's still fantastic.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 19:13 (five years ago) link
Already on my must-read-immediately-when-published list.
I could not be more thrilled to share that I'm going to be writing a @333books on @duranduran's "Rio," one of my favorite albums in life and an LP I think is brilliant and influential. https://t.co/R4q3W0Opco pic.twitter.com/czcFzwfCpP— Annie Zaleski (@anniezaleski) March 1, 2019
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 1 March 2019 16:40 (five years ago) link
It's that time where I blast Rio again and marvel once more at how wonderful it is. This, of course, is always followed by the realisation that they were never this good over the course of a full-length ever again. It's something that's always annoyed me about Seven and the Ragged Tiger - they had it in them to do something so much better. They really should never have moved away from working away from Colin Thurston so quickly, too.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 15:02 (five years ago) link
Cocaine is a helluva drug
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 15:06 (five years ago) link
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Also, y'all are on drugs, "Last Chance on the Stairway", "My Own Way", "Hold Back the Rain", and "Lonely in Your Nightmare" are all far better than "Rio".)
― The Colour of Spring (deethelurker), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 20:58 (five years ago) link
They really should never have moved away from working away from Colin Thurston so quickly, too.
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 27 June 2019 11:17 (four years ago) link
Pretty sure this is the only time this sentiment has been expressed in human history.
Yeah, I'm pretty much the most hardcore Duranie on this board and even I'm, like, "Dude, they needed to move away from Colin Thurston in order to make the albums they made from Seven and the Ragged Tiger onward." Also, had they never worked with Alex Sadkin on 7&TRT they would have never had the inspiration for "Do You Believe in Shame", one of their saddest, most beautiful songs ever. Also, my favorite albums of theirs were either self-produced or produced by Mark Ronson, so.
― Dee the (Summer-Hating) Lurker (deethelurker), Saturday, 29 June 2019 18:37 (four years ago) link
what even is the 'sand lane'? this is the most freakish album ever made. bunch of twats somehow transcended music
― imago, Sunday, 24 November 2019 00:13 (four years ago) link
the banned turrican was right if only this once
― imago, Sunday, 24 November 2019 00:14 (four years ago) link
lj's love for this record makes me so happy
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 2 December 2020 15:27 (three years ago) link
i think there's a lot to be said for early-years programming; i was raised on this and it is me and i am it
― imago, Wednesday, 2 December 2020 15:29 (three years ago) link
I direct y'all to Annie Zaleski's marvelous 33 1/3 book.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 21 January 2022 13:29 (two years ago) link
I find Deflatormouse's thought experiment interesting but at the same time, I just can't imagine those bands being different. I know this isn't profound or anything but music history - like all history - has a contingent element. The things happened as they did, and everything contributed.
Philosophically speaking it's a bit sus to imagine that you can change any one variable and keep everything else the same. Like, a John Lennon who didn't abuse any women could exist (and I wish he did). A John Lennon who didn't get shot, ditto. But does everything else stay constant in that alternate universe? I can't imagine (ahem) that it would. The particular circumstances aligned themselves this way, and we have the culture that resulted from those circumstances.
― umami dearest (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 21 January 2022 13:34 (two years ago) link
Blur were derivative enough of DD that it's usually easy to envision what GC might have played.
And indeed, Alex James wrote somewhere that when he was tasked with constructing a bassline for 'Girls & Boys', his guiding principle was, "What would John Taylor play?"
― Vast Halo, Friday, 21 January 2022 13:54 (two years ago) link
My friend is doing a Rio 40th special on twitch tonight at 8:00 PM CST with chat by Annie Zaleski!
https://m.twitch.tv/VJBigSuit
The main DD set starts at 9:00 PM CST, but come early and stay after for choice early MTV-era videos.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 11 May 2022 00:21 (one year ago) link
What a fucking incredible album, still.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 11 May 2022 03:14 (one year ago) link