Post by ©DURANMANIA Board Team on Apr 2, 2005 11:37:29 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]Roger Taylor interview (Metro-NYC Edition 4/1)[/glow]
From today's New York Edition of the Metro(Free Paper and nice small "in concert" pic of Simon on front cover/upper left hand corner)
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Still infectious after all these years
The fellas of Duran Duran bring their synth-driven pop to New York City
IF NOT INJECTED with some mysterious aural form of caffeine, what exactly is the addictive secret behind the
music of ’80s pop poster boys Duran Duran? Can the repetitive
brain-candy chorus of “do-do-do” on the enduring anthem “Hungry Like the Wolf” really just be crafty
songmanship?
“I don’t think there is any sort of subliminal messaging
or hypnotism,” drummer Roger Taylor says of the
group’s catchy musical catalog, taking the lighthearted
question with utmost sincerity.
“If you stay in the studio long enough, the music just
kind of happens. It’s all about the chemistry between us.
We’re very old-fashioned.”<br>Indeed. The aging superstars, who were once sex
icons on the fledgling MTV network, are now more passionate
about their children than about cavorting with
models in Rio. Still goodlooking, fit and Botox free, that maturity has been over two decades in the making,
since the original “Fab Five” — Simon LeBon, Nick
Rhodes, Andy Taylor, John Taylor and Roger Taylor (no
relation) — disbanded.
A modified lineup featuring LeBon and Rhodes soldiered
on nearly hitless through the ’90s (“Ordinary World” in 1992 was the exception), leaving Duran Duran without their hysterical panty-throwing crowds of yore.
Together again All of that changed, however,
with the release of last year’s “Astronaut,” the band’s first
album by the original lineup in 21 years. A new wave gem,
the album doesn’t sound historic or nostalgic, just like a
continuation of the shiny dance pop legacy Duran
Duran had temporarily placed on hiatus.
“I think, in a way, we are finishing what we started,”<br>Taylor says. “When we got back together, we couldn’t
help but think that there might be more in the tank, a
few more albums in us. No one knew if it would work,
but luckily, musically, we were still all on the same
page. No one had become a sitar player.”<br>Without the complexity of a Beatles-like evolution,
Duran Duran still manages to deliver synth-driven,
guilty-pleasure songs that keep the group of forty-somethings
out of rock ’n’ roll retirement. “I feel we’ve really
rediscovered something special,” Taylor says. “People
sense that we’re not just going through the motions
to make the money to pay the taxman. We have fun onstage
and it’s infectious.” Stuck-inyour-head infectious.
AMBER RAY
From today's New York Edition of the Metro(Free Paper and nice small "in concert" pic of Simon on front cover/upper left hand corner)
------------------------------------------------------------
Still infectious after all these years
The fellas of Duran Duran bring their synth-driven pop to New York City
IF NOT INJECTED with some mysterious aural form of caffeine, what exactly is the addictive secret behind the
music of ’80s pop poster boys Duran Duran? Can the repetitive
brain-candy chorus of “do-do-do” on the enduring anthem “Hungry Like the Wolf” really just be crafty
songmanship?
“I don’t think there is any sort of subliminal messaging
or hypnotism,” drummer Roger Taylor says of the
group’s catchy musical catalog, taking the lighthearted
question with utmost sincerity.
“If you stay in the studio long enough, the music just
kind of happens. It’s all about the chemistry between us.
We’re very old-fashioned.”<br>Indeed. The aging superstars, who were once sex
icons on the fledgling MTV network, are now more passionate
about their children than about cavorting with
models in Rio. Still goodlooking, fit and Botox free, that maturity has been over two decades in the making,
since the original “Fab Five” — Simon LeBon, Nick
Rhodes, Andy Taylor, John Taylor and Roger Taylor (no
relation) — disbanded.
A modified lineup featuring LeBon and Rhodes soldiered
on nearly hitless through the ’90s (“Ordinary World” in 1992 was the exception), leaving Duran Duran without their hysterical panty-throwing crowds of yore.
Together again All of that changed, however,
with the release of last year’s “Astronaut,” the band’s first
album by the original lineup in 21 years. A new wave gem,
the album doesn’t sound historic or nostalgic, just like a
continuation of the shiny dance pop legacy Duran
Duran had temporarily placed on hiatus.
“I think, in a way, we are finishing what we started,”<br>Taylor says. “When we got back together, we couldn’t
help but think that there might be more in the tank, a
few more albums in us. No one knew if it would work,
but luckily, musically, we were still all on the same
page. No one had become a sitar player.”<br>Without the complexity of a Beatles-like evolution,
Duran Duran still manages to deliver synth-driven,
guilty-pleasure songs that keep the group of forty-somethings
out of rock ’n’ roll retirement. “I feel we’ve really
rediscovered something special,” Taylor says. “People
sense that we’re not just going through the motions
to make the money to pay the taxman. We have fun onstage
and it’s infectious.” Stuck-inyour-head infectious.
AMBER RAY