Twenty years since their pop music debut, Duran Duran issued another greatest-hits collection. As if 1989's Decade wasn't stellar enough, this select package was much more solid. Greatest showcased the band's early days of glam rock décor and new romanticism to the alluring sophistication Duran Duran exuded throughout the '90s. The typical synth-powered pop hits are included -- "Girls on Film," "Rio," "A View to a Kill" -- as well as the signature allads -- "Save a Prayer" -- but it might also receive criticism due to its chronological disarray. Still, that gives no reason to fret, for other goodies can be found throughout. The much-neglected "New Moon on Monday" is featured, as well as the band's mature eclecticism of such songs from the self-titled Wedding Album -- "Ordinary World" and "Come Undone." The band's experimentation with new millennium electronica found on "Electric Barbarella" again refocuses on Simon LeBon as the center of the band. A continuity blatantly obvious on Greatest and the strong commercialism that progressed throughout the band's healthy evolvement is not denied. Those chart-smashing singles from the 1980s made them a force to be reckoned with and an arena favorite. The songs are nearly ageless and they get their due here. It's a cheeky production and a definitive depiction of one of ock's biggest pop bands.
Ben McCauley, Center, NCSU Men's Basketball Team, on 3.16.07 in Reynolds Coliseum. Photo Credits for this and the photo below, Ethan Hyman, Raleigh News & Observer.Last night was retro night in Raleigh, NC as the NC State Wolfpack played the second semifinal round of the NIT in Reynolds Coliseum, the barn that Everett Case built to house the Dixie Classic, a basketball match-up that eventually ...
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I went to NYC this past weekend to visit my brother who also happens to work in Albany... and since I was going up to Albany with him anyway I decided to see the band that fueled all of my teenage sex fantasies - Duran Duran. They still have some life in 'em, those boys, and I had a great time watching them trip through a "Greatest" lite that night. Highlights of the show: Simon licking his fin...
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Ben McCauley, Center, NCSU Men's Basketball Team, on 3.16.07 in Reynolds Coliseum. Photo Credits for this and the photo below, Ethan Hyman, Raleigh News & Observer.Last night was retro night in Raleigh, NC as the NC State Wolfpack played the second semifinal round of the NIT in Reynolds Coliseum, the barn that Everett Case built to house the Dixie Classic, a basketball match-up that eventually ...
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i was 14 years old in 1984. if you were a 14 year old girl in 1984 there was a fairly strong chance you were a durannie. i was a dedicated durannie. I looked through and bought armfuls of teen magazines like Bop, Star Hits, 16, etc. and covered my walls with posters and pictures of them. I watched MTV devotedly to see a duran duran video. I would call up my friends and we could chat away for...
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I went to NYC this past weekend to visit my brother who also happens to work in Albany... and since I was going up to Albany with him anyway I decided to see the band that fueled all of my teenage sex fantasies - Duran Duran. They still have some life in 'em, those boys, and I had a great time watching them trip through a "Greatest" lite that night. Highlights of the show: Simon licking his fin...
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