Know you’ve got to save some for the shoeshine boy… “All She Wants Is” was the second single off of Duran Duran’s 1988 Big Thing album. The video was directed […]
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Duranalysis: (Reach up for the) Sunrise
The music’s between us… The video for “(Reach up for the) Sunrise”, the first single off of Duran Duran’s 2004 Astronaut album, marked the first time the five original band […]
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Duranalysis: Out of My Mind
Here’s an incomprehensible ghost story, featuring Simon, Nick, and Warren. “Out of My Mind” is a single off of Duran Duran’s 1997 Medazzaland album. The album, despite being quite good, […]
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Duranalysis: Pressure Off
Everybody, everywhere, feel it in the air… Duran Duran just released the video for “Pressure Off”, the first single off their new Paper Gods album, and it’s a good one; since […]
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The A-Team: The Say Uncle Affair
For some damn fool reason, I thought this would be a good idea. My affection for the high-energy, unapologetic goofiness of The A-Team is no secret. And while I’ve arrived very late […]
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Duranalysis: Careless Memories Anime
Where are you now? ‘Cause I don’t want to meet you… I briefly touched on this one a few years back in my Duranalysis of the band’s agreeably half-assed […]
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Mr. T in Be Somebody… Or Be Somebody’s Fool!
“Do you know me? Of course you do. That’s because I’m famous!” Be Somebody… Or Be Somebody’s Fool is an educational video from 1984 in which Mr. T—bouncer turned […]
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Duranalysis: Come Undone
Like a radio tune I swear I’ve heard before… “Come Undone” is the second single off of the band’s 1993 self-titled album, which is known far and wide […]
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Kidd Video: Ranking the Videos
Fake television band alert! I’m a sucker for a good fake television band, whether we’re talking about The Monkees, or Jem and the Holograms, or today’s raison d’etre, Kidd […]
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Duranalysis: Duran Duran on Kulture Shock
I came across this fascinating cultural artifact recently on YouTube: It’s an interview with Simon and Nick from October 1984 for a music news show called Kulture Shock, which apparently aired […]