Duran Duran’s rendition of “Femme Fatale,” originally recorded in 1966 by the Velvet Underground, appears on their 1993 self-titled album, which, in an attempt to avoid confusion with […]

“And we sway in the moon, the way we did when we were younger…” The video for Duran Duran’s “All You Need Is Now,” the title track and […]

I’ll only watch you leave me further behind… While “The Chauffeur,” a track off of Duran Duran’s Rio album, was never released as a single, it’s beloved by critics, die-hard […]

My love for Duran Duran’s anime-inspired “Careless Memories” video, the one that was projected above the stage during the Astronaut tour, is deep, abiding, and well documented. So it […]

“Perfect Day,” Duran Duran’s immaculate version of the 1972 Lou Reed classic, appeared on Thank You, their 1995 album of covers. While Thank You was critically savaged upon release (Rolling Stone called […]

This band is perfect, just don’t scratch the surface… The video for “Too Much Information”, the third single off of Duran Duran’s 1993 Wedding Album, was directed by Julien […]

Came in from a rainy Thursday on the avenue… “Ordinary World” was the first single released off of Duran Duran’s 1992 self-titled album, which, because Duran Duran already had a […]

Gear up, Simon. Let’s do this. “Violence of Summer (Love’s Taking Over)” was the first single released off of Duran Duran’s 1990 Liberty album. The video, which was shot in […]

Hey, remember back in 2001 when John Taylor starred as a wealthy, murderous rapist in a straight-to-DVD quasi-religious erotic thriller with incongruous supernatural undertones? Neither did I. Until […]

Last month I received an email from Andrew Golub, wondering if I’d consider Duranalyzing his book, Beautiful Colors: The Posters of Duran Duran. This was the best idea I’d heard […]