krausy wrote:Good post Gods. I do think the album has a couple good points, like Cry Baby Cry, but all in all I wish they had stuck to the original plans before Andy's departure. Perhaps now they understand how he felt, and they will get back to the task of writing Duran-worthy material again.
By the way I now have the Andy Taylor book, Won't spoil things for those who don't have yet, but I can say that it is nice to have his perspective on everything. He really is a class guy in many ways, but for sure, not without his own faults, as everyone has.
godisinthesilences wrote:They do perform great live... I would have enjoyed seeing them this time around. They decided to do a very small and extremely expensive U.S. tour. Just didn't seem worth it to me at this point.
Same thing here. Would love to have gone but with so few dates to choose from and other things going on at the time it just wasn't poss this time around
Personally... RCM is one of the worst pieces of work they have ever done. It strayed entirely away from what I think of as great duran music. As they have gotten older it just seems simon's lyrics on a majority of the music is no where near as strong as time's past.
SLB's lyrics have always been a bit obscure to say the least but that, gave them their charm and strength. Lately his lyrics have become too passe, too innane to be listened to with any degree of seriousness and I know for a fact that he and Nick Rhodes have had huge arguments in the studio about the quality of the lyrics with Simon saying basically: "If you can do better then get on with it ..."
... they tried to play to such a young market that they alienated a good chunk of their fan base. I got the impression that after their very very successful reunion tour their egos began to run rampant again, creating the urge to be greedy. I feel RCM was a greed based attempt brought forth by this need to sell a zillion and one cds. To be the heart throbs they were in the 80s. Sorry that time passed and all us teeny boppers grew up into smart savvy adults who know exactly what they will spend their money on.
Agree up to a point with this - do you not think their new record company deal might have something to do with that? After all they almost had to sell their souls to get another deal after the last big label dropped them like a hot potato after the uninspiring sales figures brought in by Pop Trash. They were so skint during that tour they couldn't afford to produce proper merchandise.
And, p.s. if you don't think the guys are disappointed in the results think again. I've heard both Nick and John comment on their disappointment in the results. Nick even stated it really was the wrong way to go with the music.
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MrNormall wrote:'Red Carpt Massacre' is the best Duran Duran album since 'Rio'. There's no bad track on it and I especially like 'The Valley', one the best Duran Duran tracks ever.
I didn't like 'Astronaut' much.
Astronaut wrote:MrNormall wrote:'Red Carpt Massacre' is the best Duran Duran album since 'Rio'. There's no bad track on it and I especially like 'The Valley', one the best Duran Duran tracks ever.
I didn't like 'Astronaut' much.
EXCUSE ME!!! What an insult! And we haven't even been introduced!!! Ha-ha!!!
godisinthesilences wrote:here is what I don't get... if they want to make music so badly... DD i mean then why not start their own record label and create the music they are inspired to not what a big label pigeon holes them into? David (do to having a strong supporter in Virgin) was able to make the kind of music he wanted to on the whole. But, DD have always seemed to sort of play to what is "in" at the time (except when they started out). To this day I think lyrically and musically their first 3 albums were their most strong. Notorious and Big Thing had some redeeming features. I just think after that they really and truly "lost the plot".
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