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Duran Duran + David Lynch, Online On March 23!!
Merrick here...
I saw Duran Duran perform a while back. At that time, most would've considered them to be well past their heyday - but that didn't stop them from advancing one of the best live musical performances I've ever seen.
As such, the project below is of particular interest to me - and that they're combining talent with David Lynch makes the notions even more intriguing.
The following snippets of a press release will explain more...
AMERICAN EXPRESS LAUNCHES SECOND YEAR OF “UNSTAGED” MUSIC SERIES
WITH ICONIC PAIRING: DURAN DURAN AND FILMMAKER DAVID LYNCH
First Installment of Unstaged 2011 Features Duran Duran Performance Coinciding with
the Release of the Band’s 13th Studio Album and their First Official Tour Since 2008
March 23rd Live-Stream Performance Will Be Available as a Live VEVO event on YouTube
NEW YORK, March 14, 2011 – Grammy® award-winning rock icons Duran Duran will kick-off the second year of “Unstaged: An Original Series from American Express” on March 23rd at the Mayan Theatre in Los Angeles, Calif. The event (featuring all four original members: Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor and Roger Taylor) comes one day after their critically acclaimed 13th studio album, entitled ALL YOU NEED IS NOW (S-Curve Records), hits stores.Duran Duran’s performance will mark the first time an artist within the “Unstaged” music series plays from Los Angeles. Upon release, tickets for Duran Duran’s performance at the Mayan Theatre sold out in under five minutes.
The 2011 “Unstaged” kick-off performance will be live-streamed at 10:00PM ET / 7:00PM PT at www.YouTube.com/DuranDuranVEVO
“I am very excited about this opportunity to experiment with the band, Duran Duran, at the Mayan Theater on March 23rd,” said filmmaker David Lynch. “The idea is to try and create on the fly, layers of images permeating DuranDuran on the stage. A world of experimentation and hopefully some happy accidents.” Speaking from a rehearsal studio in London where they are preparing for the ‘Unstaged’ show, lead singer Simon Le Bon said: “We are all beyond delighted that David Lynch has agreed to direct this show for us. It’s a dream come true quite frankly. We are all such fans of his work and think he has a creative vision like no other. In talking to him about what he is planning, we all believe this live-streamed performance is going to look nothing like anyone has ever seen before. We can’t wait.” Duran Duran’s “Unstaged” performance represents the fourth installment within American Express’ innovative music platform “Unstaged,” which launched in the summer of last year and has featured music sensations Arcade Fire, John Legend & The Roots, and Sugarland. Collectively, these artists from the 2010 “Unstaged” music series recently combined for eight Grammy® nominations and four Grammy® wins at this year’s 53rd Annual Grammy Awards. Additionally, two of the three artists’ albums debuted at #1 on the Billboard albums chart following their “Unstaged” performances. American Express, in conjunction with VEVO and YouTube, tracked more than 30 million total streams for all three artists’ performances combined. [EDIT] — follow Merrick on Twitter ! —
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...and their new album "All You Need is Now" is stellar. Looking forward to this!
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"All You Need is Now" is great. Love all of the creative promotions they're employing. Hope the album gets the attention it deserves.
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...but watching those bloated former-versions-of-themselves on stage would be kind of depressing now. However, David Lynch directed music video(s) for some of Duran Duran's hits would be kind of cool....but a live show?
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March 15, 2011, 9:58 a.m. CST
Seven and the Ragged Tiger and Rio Are Both Awesome Albums
by NeonFrisbee
Ultimate 80s cheese! So much coke, hairgel, shoulderpads, and models!
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The truth is they're a great live band. I've seen them several times and they always bring it. Set list choices are not always by the numbers either - a good sign.
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And so are your favorite 80s pop hits! Now directed by a bona-fide autuer! It's kind of amazing how long ironic 80s retro has been going on. I guess it started in the late 90s? And shows no signs of abating. Retro 70s has been in force a long time too. What's going to happen when culture runs out of retro? I mean, retro 90s is gonna be tough since so much of it was based on retro 70s. So, I guess, eventually it will be retro-retro? Like, "Oh, hey, I'm a 90s 70s, what are you? Oh, you're a 00s 80s? That's cool." And so forth and so on as all pop culture implodes in on itself and nothing means anything anymore.
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*just being a dick*
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So The Sound of Thunder to David Lynch sensibilities? Yes Please! Other than that, im a bit perplexed. Planet Earth was gonna sound track my short film 'Other Guy's like satire-update of Miami Vice.... Lynch is one of my hero's.... this is going to be interestintg
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March 15, 2011, 10:23 a.m. CST
Really the keyboard fella who developed alot of the synth sounds deserves acknowledgement
by Smack_Teddy
Still havnt see the actual movie yet, but if you like the Tron: Legacy soundtrack and the like... But what about Tangerine Dream and Lynch? Or Mogwai and Lynch?
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Duran aint that bloated. Just sayin. http://www.duranduran.com/
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Some of the older Duran videos look as if they were directed by Lynch, so I think this is quite fitting. At the very least I expect a small dancing man in a red coat on stage during The Reflex.
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Actually, Merzbow and Miike would be a better fit.
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That concert was an astoundingly good!
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March 15, 2011, 10:57 a.m. CST
Patrick Nagel's cover for the Rio album is a defining image for the 80s.
by WriteForTheEdit
Love this band. Tha re-fle-fle-fle-fle-flex!
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Since it was made before they hit it big in America. It still holds up today. All their stuff beyond that record has the taint of teen-raging bubblegum to it. But hey, they followed the money and ya can't fault anyone for doin' that.
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Now that's a *good* video.... Nudge-nudge, wink-wink, knowwhatImean?
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Was a band that everyone liked but no guy was allowed to ADMIT to liking. I remember that if you admitted to liking a wimp-ass band like Journey you were less likely to be laughed at than if you liked the artificial, electronic, made-for-MTV Duran Duran (I much prefer DD to Journey, BTW... Steve Perry Journey, at least). Hell, I even enjoyed the first Power Station CD. Now if you bring up the Durans' 1980s vids on YouTube, I see many comments of "now THIS is what music is supposed to sound like, not like that CRAP out today!" Meanwhile, 1960s and 70s music-philes were saying the exact same thing about Duran Duran in 1984...!
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March 15, 2011, 11:17 a.m. CST
Hope they play the haunting 'Secret October'. Fits nicely with Lynch.
by Se7en
Fantastic news.
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You mean Michael Des Barres. He was awesome in the WKRP episode with the punk band Scum of the Earth.
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Best Bond song, worst Bond movie.
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Plain and simple.
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Nick Rhodes totally stole his look from David Sylvian and Simon LeBon totally stole the vocal style. They also borrowed heavily from Japan's bass and guitar styles. They better do a full on tribute to Mick Karn, Japan's bassist, one of the most innovative musicians from the 80s, who died of cancer this past January. In other 80s news, Orchestral Manouevres in the Dark are back, for the first time since 1988 with the classic lineup, with one of their best albums in years. Saw them live last week in Chicago to a packed, sold-out venue. They still have just as much energy and vitality in their 50s as they did back in the 80s. Electricity still rocks over 30 years later.
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Had to say it.
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Had to say it.
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You can't beat The Smiths - It must be funny being U2. Imagine. You're the world's biggest group. Your every move receives the full glare of popular scrutiny, your every utterance is scanned for meaning and import, you can sell-out concerts across the globe, get world leaders on the phone and have million queue to buy your records. And yet in your heart of hearts you know that you weren't a patch on The Smiths. And this doesn't only apply to U2. It goes for Guns 'N' Roses, Nirvana, Bruce Springsteen and every other colossus of modern rock. Each in their own way have good things to offer but, let's be serious, they weren't The Smiths, were they?
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Combined with the effeminate emo vibe. This may or may not be a compliment....depends who you are....
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March 15, 2011, 12:25 p.m. CST
This sounds like it's been marinating in awesome sauce.
by Royston Lodge
Duran Duran is one of my guilty pleasures. I'm a huge fan. Arena was a great, and truly fucked-up, concert film. That flick gave me nightmares. I cannot wait to see what David Lynch does with Duran Duran's iconography. I just hope the new album doesn't suck...
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I thought Inland Empire was pretty awesome. He seems to be focusing on music at the moment, which is cool, but I would definitely be up for another nightmarish expedition into the heart of darkness with David and pals.
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Giving some love to those songs, as well. It's a good time for 80s music fans. Along with all of the mentions above, both The Cure and Devo are still kicking it. SKINNY TIES, BITCHES!!!!
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This is not an opinion, it is a fact. This is the best album since RIO, hands down. There are so many fantasmagoric tracks on it, I can't decide which is best. In fact, the title track might be the weakest of the bunch, and it's good too! Girl Panic is the best, followed by Blame The Machines, Being Followed, and I cannot wait to hear The Man Who Stole A Leopard live. PICK IT UP NOW!!!
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John Taylor has often acknowledged Japan as a big influence on their sound - though I don't hear it in the bass, Mick Karn's sound is too distinctive and idiosyncratic. But he did write a thoughtful piece for Karn on the Duran Duran web site when he passed away. Apparently there was talk of having Karn appear on the latest album though it never materialized - Karn was too sick. As an aside, Karn did get back together with Peter Murphy to record some new Dali's Car stuff - the original plan was doing an entire album, but they only managed a few songs (Karn again being too sick) which will be released as an EP later this year. Should be interesting. Anyway, this Duran Duran thing sounds interesting, they're a great live band.
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She's my cousin... But doesn't she look exactly like Laura palmer?
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If he does get around to making another one, I hope it doesn't involve the same plot device he's used in 3 of his last 4 movies. Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive, and Inland Empire are good, but I'd like to see him getting away from the main character goes crazy and becomes someone else bit. Maybe he could do something like Blue Velvet or Wild at Heart, a film that has that Lynch film quality about it, but also has a semi understandable plot.
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*shakes fist*
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March 15, 2011, 1:16 p.m. CST
No Andy Taylor = Flames on Optimus = Nipples on Batsuit?
by Royston Lodge
I'm just askin'...
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March 15, 2011, 1:17 p.m. CST
antimaster: It was only C$8.99 on iTunes, so I took your advice.
by Royston Lodge
You pushy bastard...
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Saw Sonic Youth with Merzbow at Roskilde - they were great.
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fle-fle-fle-flex!
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... sounds good.
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Album is really good.
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There are 5 more to come on the extended release next week. Haven't heard any of them yet, but frankly, I'd be amazed if they weren't mirror images of the first nine.
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Mediterranea is a great song.
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I am really surprised at the love DD is getting on this talkback. I saw the headline and figured it was going to be a bash fest. Secondly - Yes, this is an awesome collaboration. Duran Duran's new album is the best thing they've put out in year's and has proved they still have life in them. They just needed to get back to basics.
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Been a die hard DD head ever since. Lynch is extremely hit or miss for me (Inland Empire was a joke, right?) so this is definitely intriguing...
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March 15, 2011, 2:15 p.m. CST
Nope. You can be laughed at if you like Journey OR Duran Duran.
by Subtitles_Off
"Rock icons," my ass. The only thing worse than living through the actual 80s is all this ridiculous 80s nostalgia.
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March 15, 2011, 2:40 p.m. CST
No one is a biger Lynch fan than the Choppah, but I have zero interest in this. David, find a real 80's band to get behind like Simply Red or Mister Mister
by THE_CHOPPAH
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Don't laugh or you'll be accused of being insensitive to victims of the tsunami!
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wild boyz in wembly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z1ld7MXntc
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shocked to see so many people not afraid to profess their love for Duran Duran. As someone who is thrilled to hear about any Lynch project, I must say DD seems like a strange pairing for him. Would love to see Lynch work with someone like Tool. BTW, the plot for Mulholland Dr. is completely understandable. Inland Empire...still trying to figure that one out. Anything Lynch does is cause for celebration in my book.
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There are a LOT of little embellishments that sound a LOT like the stuff from their very first album. How very retro.
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March 15, 2011, 2:52 p.m. CST
The download I got included 9 songs (and a PDF booklet).
by Royston Lodge
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I got confused and thought you wrote that there were only 5 songs. I'm dumb.
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Trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFjnD6oLz4Y
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March 15, 2011, 3:06 p.m. CST
I like Lynch’s trend towards less comprehensible plots.
by Frank Conniff
I don’t think the plot really matters so much as the atmosphere in his more recent movies. It isn’t necessary to know exactly what is going on at all times to be affected by the events that are depicted. It’s kind of like early REM lyrics; you can interpret them in the way that means the most to you personally. I wouldn’t mind seeing him go even more abstract with his future film projects, actually.
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March 15, 2011, 3:11 p.m. CST
frank, I'm with you, I love surrealism, but most don't; that said, I'd love to see lynch make a straight up Horror film
by THE_CHOPPAH
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...I should make a "date" to watch this one with her. I'm happy also about the Duranlove in this talkback. I'm 100% male and I own every album. (And yes, they rock it live.) The new album is perfect. Mark Ronson was the perfect fit to produce. If you heard his last release, it sounds like a love letter to the 80s. (In fact, he used some of Nick Rhodes' old synthesizers.) Download it, for sure. I'm glad to hear about the extended release. I'll re-buy the album if I need to. Depeche Mode is right up there with them IMO. Sounds of the Universe was the best album they've released in a decade.
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March 15, 2011, 3:20 p.m. CST
I think Mulholland Drive is one of the scariest movies I’ve seen, Choppah
by Frank Conniff
I still get the creeps thinking about the man behind the restaurant. I’m not sure I could handle Lynch’s idea of a horror film if that wasn’t it. The Cowboy is pretty freaky too. And Billy Ray Cyrus, of course.
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March 15, 2011, 3:25 p.m. CST
pizzaface, just becasue you're 100% male doesn't mean you don't play for the other team
by THE_CHOPPAH
loving Depeche Mode doesn't help your case either. Throw in New Order and that seals it!
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he says that Duran Duran is ok.
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Also, in FWWM where Bob enters Laura's bedroom though the window is my scariest Lynch scene.
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The phrase "featuring all four original members" is inaccurate and a total cheap shot at Andy Taylor who was/is far and away the most important member of Duran Duran. There's no way it's a coincidence that they were great until he left, sucked for 15 years, had a great album and tour when he returned and then went to shit again when he left. He was like a word-class filter or something that kept the vanity at bay just enough for some great tunes to sneak through, but without him, yikes, horrifying. Bedazzleland? Please! Power Station > Arcadia Andy Taylor > Warren Cuccoporno and Dom Brown Without Andy, it's not Duran Duran.
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If the rest of my group was so desperate to recapture their former youthful fame that they dare call in Timberland and Justin Timberlake to "help" on our new album.
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I've always maintained that John Taylor's bass playing is what separated Duran Duran from all the other crap synth-pop of the 80s. I'm disappointed that his bass lines aren't front-and-centre on the new album.
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March 15, 2011, 3:36 p.m. CST
Duran Duran's keyboards weren't the core of the "sound".
by Royston Lodge
Nick Rhodes is no keyboard virtuoso, you know whut I mean?
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I am a bigger Lynch fan than you.
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But Astronaut (the album he returned on) is about as good as a bag of dicks. I'd love to hear Duran Duran with a bit of a hard rock edge to them again, but the album they just put out will do. And yes, John Taylor's bass lines are the shit and he's totally what helped seperate them in the 80's. He doesn't stand out like he did on those early records, but he has his moments on the new one for sure.
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March 15, 2011, 4:25 p.m. CST
And Duran Duran are on Kimmel and The Tonight Show over the next week I think
by Wolfman Nards
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March 15, 2011, 4:34 p.m. CST
Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks are the best things Lynch has done
by lv_426
Hopefully he will remember that the screenplay is not the enemy the next time he makes a film. Also, with Inland Empire, he really seemed to get jazzed up about digital film making. Now that there are so many better options for shooting digitally compared to the Sony PD-150 DV camera he used for Inland Empire, I'd love to see him tackle another film filled with darkness, creepy midgets, and Angelo Badalamenti's awesome scoring powers. Oh, and bring back Kyle MacLhachlan too.
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Wish Lynch would go back to film. I'm surprised he went to digital, shooting a movie on film is so much more of an "art form".
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I'm a big fan of DD but I also made four "Making Fun of Duran Duran" videos on YouTube that you and your children and pets should watch.
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Very Rio-ish with sum debut stuff hanging around. Dancy record, if that's a word. Bass should be higher in the mix. Taylor was really, really under-rated player. Lebon still can't sing very well, but who cares. They were an actual band in the age of crap artists who had their songs written for them.
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March 15, 2011, 5:10 p.m. CST
Hope Lynch serves them better than Gilliam did Arcade Fire.
by mjgtexas
Because that concert sucked.
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The digital cinematography tech available is nowadays is good enough that it can look close enough to film, and can be an advantage to someone like David Lynch. He isn't exactly next in line to make a big budget studio film. I prefer how film looks too, but Lynch at least has viable options now that can shoot in HD or better resolution.
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Duran Duran - shit then and shittier now. Lynch is totally wasting his genius on these hasbeens. I can't imagine he likes their music. Can we have the deleted scenes from FWWM please? http://tinyurl.com/65dsq2s
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March 15, 2011, 6:31 p.m. CST
So now Music Video Directors->Directors and Directors->Music Video Directors?
by otakuoverlord
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Uh, there were five. Andy Taylor's not coming?
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John Landis directed Thriller. Francis Ford Coppola directed Captain Eo. Martin Scorsese directed Bad. (There HAVE to be some non-Michael Jackson examples out there....)
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Oh yeah and Echo and the Bunnymen, Billy Idol are better.
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March 15, 2011, 7:02 p.m. CST
NICK RHODES IS THE REASON WHY I'M SEXUALLY CONFUSED
by BringingSexyBack
Everytime I got a boner watching him I look at Andy and I'm good again.
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Amazing band and amazing new album, Best Buy is the place to get it on the 22nd. North America ALL YOU NEED IS NOW will be available in CD and a Deluxe Edition CD/DVD package that includes a bonus song “Networker Nation” and a DVD featuring rare studio footage, exclusive commentary from the band about the 12 songs on the album, working with Ronson and more. The Deluxe also includes the video for AYNIN as well as a special foil packaging and a more extensive booklet. A vinyl release is expected in late April. (** indicates a new album track) 1. All You Need Is Now 2. Blame The Machines 3. Being Followed 4. Leave a Light on 5. Safe (in the heat of the moment) (feat. Ana Matronic) 6. Girl Panic ! 7. A Diamond In The Mind ** 8. The Man Who Stole a Leopard (feat. Kelis) 9. Other People’s Lives ** 10. Mediterranea ** 11. Too Bad You’re So Beautiful ** 12. Runway Runaway 13. Return To Now ** 14. Before the Rain Best Buy Special Edition: Includes exclusive bonus tracks for the US on the deluxe version – “Too Close To The Sun” and “Early Summer Nerves” Best Buy includes “Networker Nation” and the DVD. Transworld Special Edition: Includes exclusive bonus track for the US on the standard version – “All You Need Is Now (Tom Middleton Cosmos Remix)”
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A Michael Jackson + David Lynch collaboration would have been balls out insane if it ever occurred. I can't even imagine what it would have been like.
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Used to love them back in the day (although upon reflection, Rio seems more and more like a clossal fluke) But! Singles such as Come Undone, Electric Barbarella, and What Happens Tomorrow have kept me interested in the group through the 90's and into the Naughts.
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March 15, 2011, 8:27 p.m. CST
So, after Duran Duran, Lynch should just wrap up Twin Peaks after all these years!
by MrMysteryGuest
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March 15, 2011, 9:25 p.m. CST
"...and I'm going to put Mr. LeBon's panties in my mouth."
by DickBallsworth
David Lynch is the fucking ace. This is good news indeed.
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he was a pretty dude. he just looks creepy now, trying to stay pretty. used to be married to a really hot girl. wonder if they stayed together. jeebus i sound gay now. not that there's...yada yada yada
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my fave http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAlvxeCL7_E&feature=related
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that's good to know that John Taylor credited Karn and the boys from Japan. Since I was only a casual DD fan, even back in the 80s, I wasn't sure of the relationship. I had heard the rumors of a Dali's Car reunion, but I didn't think it ever happened. It's awesome to know there'll be an ep, just to know that more Mick Karn music is still out there waiting to be released, even after his death. I'm seeing Peter Murphy for the first time in years next months. It would be amazing if that Dali's Car ep is available at the show. In completely unrelated news, any fan of early OMD, Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, Joy Division, Cabaret Voltaire, Human League, Gary Numan and late 70s/early 80s British electronic music must check out the Synth Britannia documentary that was on BBC Four - all parts are on youtube. It's amazing and I'm loving it right now.
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Very interesting.
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I'd give Nick a taste of my reflex, if you get what I mean.
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March 15, 2011, 11:32 p.m. CST
OKAY, WHO ELSE HAS FANTASIZED ABOUT A THREESOME WITH NICK AND JOHN?
by BringingSexyBack
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Would be much better than this.
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AMC used to use the New Moon on Monday song for their Trapped in the 80's Mondays marathon music a few years back, it was a perfect fit.
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Lynch has said that "Lost Highway" was his 'horror film'. I always loved that movie too, it's underrated.
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March 16, 2011, 9:44 a.m. CST
Thanks for the heads up on the BBC Doc, oisin5199
by Shut the Fuck up Donny
You just listed a significant number of bands in my regular listening rotation.
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March 16, 2011, 11:17 a.m. CST
The Arcade Fire Concert Probably Sucked Because They Suck
by NeonFrisbee
I wouldn't blame Gilliam. They're just a very boring, bland, nothing of a band. Oh boy, more sadsack Canadians! Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... With a name like Arcade Fire they should sound like a riotous, chaotic, noisy maelstrom of circuit bent craziness endlessly exploding into 8bit supernovas, not a bunch of boring, self-obsessed, whiny, mopey undergrads on anti-depressants.
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"Leave Arcade Fire alooo-hone!"
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sounds an awful lot like Roger Waters?
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He wishes he could be that identifiable. But, I'm not gonna laugh at Arcade Fire. I'm not done laughing at all the lame-ass wannabe rock s#!t from the 80s. Duran Duran. Journey. REO Speedwagon. Bon Jovi. Poison. Madonna. Motley Crue. Def Leppard. Good effin' jebus. It all sucked. You're all pussies.
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the last 2 decades, but thanks for playing.
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I thought it was Bjork doing guest vocals when I first heard the song that she sings on Funeral.
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March 16, 2011, 9:03 p.m. CST
I would say Radiohead were the best of the last 16 years
by Frank Conniff
not the last 20. But way, way better than Arcade Fire.
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March 16, 2011, 9:07 p.m. CST
I think Radiohead may have been the last “important” rock band ever.
by Frank Conniff
I think rock has finally run its course. There will probably be rock bands for a long time to come, but there isn’t anything new to be done in that genre, I think. As I see it, Radiohead’s KidA was the last new iteration of rock music. Stuff like Arcade Fire is cool; they write good songs, but they sound basically like a lot of other things that have come before.
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Funeral is a brilliant album. Still on my mp3 player.
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what people have been saying since The 70s. That's forty years of "rock is dead" bul'sh. Yawn. If Styx or Rush couldn't kill it, nothing can.
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Here's John Taylor's memoriam for Mick Karn: http://www.duranduran.com/wordpress/?p=17671 I learned that the Dali's Car reunion will be released from the bio section of Mick Karn's website, http://mickkarn.net/Pages/Biography.htm - the EP will only contain 4 songs - but hey, 4 new Dali's Car songs is better than 3 new Dali's Car songs. Anyway, have fun at the Peter Murphy show. I saw him last week in San Francisco, he was awesome, he's such a charismatic guy. He actually played a few old Bauhaus songs, it was great.
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take a shit on David Sylvian in a memorial page to Mick? G'damn he must have really pissed him off.
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March 17, 2011, 5 a.m. CST
Arcade Fire ripped off their sound from the group "Archive "
by Dennis_Moore
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March 17, 2011, 9:29 a.m. CST
subtitles_off: except nothing new has happened in rock for about a decade now
by Frank Conniff
And that is because there is really nowhere else for it to go at this point. Punk was the last genuinely novel rock movement, and then in the 80’s and 90’s you had post punk, wherein artists blended old styles in new ways. I think Radiohead were the last band to have a truly unique sound, and they produced the last two seminal rock albums, OK Computer and Kid A. If rock isn’t dead, it has been in a coma for by far the longest time ever at this point. I don’t think high school kids even listen to much rock any more. It is mostly hip hop and dance pop kind of stuff like Ke$ha. There are still very good rock albums being released, but they aren’t anything new really, and haven’t been for a very long time, and interest in rock music seems to have largely fizzled among today’s youth. So, I’m thinking rock music is pretty much on the way out.
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March 17, 2011, 10:24 a.m. CST
No new rock band is ever going to be better than Pink Floyd so what's the point
by THE_CHOPPAH
Rock hit it's epitome in '77 with Animals.
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March 17, 2011, 12:33 p.m. CST
I Don't Think There Are Any New Bands Worth Mentioning
by NeonFrisbee
The oughts have been a TERRIBLE time for music. Mainstream pop like Katy Perry is more interesting and fun than 99% of Pitchfork approved "indie" schlock. That said, I LOVE Crystal Castles and Health. They're the only bands of the last decade that hold any interest for me. Everything else good is either olde, or coming from artists that have been in the game for awhile.
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