Shnootz - Reaction Video (Duran Duran - The Chauffeur)
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- What's up, people! I'm back with another Duran Duran reaction, and this one was a request! Indeed, shout-out to Ron, who has commented on several videos now, because this song was BRILLIANT and as you'll see, blew my mind in the moment. I can't believe I never heard this one as a kid, as it really hits that early '80s synth-pop sound I fell in love with. I hope you enjoy the song and video! Cheers.
PS - apologies to Ron, who also requested I react to "New Religion." Well, I did that reaction and just posted it ... only for UA-cam to block it worldwide (and mistakenly think it was the 2006 remaster, even though my version is clearly the '82 American vinyl release). So yeah, I may try to react to it again, but that would mean I'd have to interrupt the song multiple times in order to bypass the block, so I'm not sure people would enjoy it as much. So again, sorry UA-cam blocked it, but for now at least, I can't upload my reaction to "New Religion." Apologies!
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Man, I’m so jealous. Trying to imagine hearing The Chauffeur for the first time again. I could listen to this song 10 thousand more times and it will always blow my mind. I LOVE dark DD. They have lots of music that fits that category and I definitely feel it is some of their best songs, even though they are known for energetic/dance type music.
The Man Who Stole a Leopard is the All You Need is Now version of the Chauffeur. When you think of the absolute brilliance of this song, keep in the back of your mind that these guys were all VERY young producing music like this. Early 20s and I believe Nick Was 19. You know what I was doing when I was 19?? Absolute butz in comparison to this! 😅New Religion is gonna knock your socks off. These songs didn’t get the radio airplay of Rio or HLTW, but every Duranie knows..it’s the deep cuts you have to look out for.
Right on, I love dark stylings in music so I'm keen to hear more Duran Duran like this!
Also I actually did shoot a reaction to "New Religion" ... but UA-cam blocked it worldwide. And I really don't get that, as it's from the same album I've been reacting to with no problems. So yeah, I might have to re-do the reaction and interrupt the tune multiple times (which I really hate doing). Of course, that song had a few pops and surface noise on my vinyl copy of Rio, so maybe I'll try to get a better copy first and then see if I can re-do the reaction.
Either way, thanks again for a wonderful comment!
@@mattsnider2667 I actually like the vinyl pops. Good times..
ABSOLUTELY agree with you, I've been a fan of them from the start. They have soooo many "hidden treasures " their newer music is awesome too!!!
My favorite DD song - only knew it from the album since it was not of the singles
Never found any other song that sounds like this! Masterpiece
Some of my favorite Duran Duran songs are the "dark" kind of experimental ones like "The Chauffeur". "The Man Who Stole a Leopard" from the All You Need is now album. "The Universe Alone" from The Paper Gods album.
I'm about to receive my copy of Paper Gods so maybe I'll start with "The Universe Alone." Cheers, appreciate your comments! :)
I get it. The ballads & the Nick specials (dark ones) are my favorite.
I forgot to mention…. You should watch the music video of this song! I’m
Sure you will love it!
If you haven’t listened to Secret October, that’s another gem. It’s a B-side.
Oh, I reacted to that one even before this, and I just reacted to a live version of it from '97 two days ago (and I've also reacted to the updated version on Danse Macabre). Cheers!
now i can comment :) well, it was me who suggested those songs. SLB can be impressionistic or symbolic and use so many styles. this is definitely the impressionistic style. and the lyrics was written an hour away from where i live!!! this song made me a fan, it blew my mind as a young man, at that point i stopped looking at them as "the band that all the girls scream at" to.....those are artists.
I agree wholeheartedly with that explanation of the lyrical style and for me too , this was the song that made me stop in my tracks .
I sent a copy to a friend at the time (1982) who was British and from Birmingham but had moved to the USA and hadn't heard this yet. So when he heard the Chauffeur he got back to me and said he liked that one in particular but couldn't recall the song name and his description was perfect.. he said it sounded like a chorus of angels 😇 which it does in a spiritual sense.
I know u have done alot of DD stuff , but if I can suggest another album , which is very much a continuation of this 'side' to them, the side project band "Arcadia", when the band temporarily split into two bands. Arcadia was Simon Le Bon with Nick Rhodes and drummer Roger Taylor.
They explored a darker, gothic side to their sound, and the nearest the band got to sound like one of their influences "Japan" (the British synth group not the country).
In particular the lead track "Election Day" is stunning with guest vocals by Grace Jones and sax from Roxy Music's Andy McKay.
That track also samples newsbroadcasts that are looped and reversed. I have the version with the extended and single mixes of Election Day and the other singles too.
The album is called "So Red The Rose" , a nod to "La Belle Et La Bette" a Jean Coctaeu classic noir, art-house film which inspired Nick Rhodes and the video for Election Day.
The album is often cited as "The Best Album Duran Duran never made"
Well okay, then! I often love the darker sides of music, so I'm putting Arcadia - So Red the Rose right near the top of the to-get list! Cheers for info, always appreciate you!
@@mattsnider2667 yes! Would love to watch a reaction to So Red the Rose, still one of my all-time favourite albums.
@@elleogrady5127 Hey there! So fast-forward in time, and I've now reacted to the whole So Red the Rose album. I'm still working on creating different band-specific playlists, but I should have one for Arcadia up soon. But in the meantime, you can just search for "Shnootz Arcadia reaction" and you'll surely find the videos that way. Cheers!
I feel like this song is what gave them "street creds" in the industry. It's been covered numerous times by other artists. My favorite cover is by Warpaint.
I can never hear this song enough and to hear it live is pure magic!
It honestly blew my mind. Could not believe how good and wicked it is. And I still don't understand how I never heard this on the radio as a kid even though I remember hearing "Hungry Like the Wolf" and "Rio" a lot!
@@mattsnider2667 Most of their huge commercial successes are actually some of my least favorites. I mean, I like Hungry Like the Wolf and Rio but they are far from my favorite. If they didn't play them in concert, I wouldn't complain, though Rio is fun in concert. Save a Prayer and The Chauffeur blew my away live. It is a real experience. The Chauffeur is extra special because it is so haunting and unique.
@@aimeebella1 Exactly how I feel. :D
One of Duran Duran's early master pieces!
Great reaction vid! It didnt end up as mainstream bc the vid was banned by north american standards. Quite erotic but ties well to song.
According to John, Simon & Nick came up with this one overnight.
What a great reaction Matt, I can't imagine what it must be like to hear this for the first time.
I'll go so far as to say this track presages much of Arcadia's "So Red The Rose" album, it's that far ahead of it's time (as was SRTR).
Korn has done a cover of this song and has cited dd as a infuence believe it or not.
Thanks for the Duranie shout out! They've been a massive part of my life since i was 12! I am now 52. I've kind of grown up with them. Hoping beyond hope you have done hold back the rain. Fingers crossed 🤞 lol xx .... your reaction to it has made me smile. Its fantastic to see you loving it as a pure Duranie I'm loving watching you enjoy it!! 😊
I've only recently discovered your channel and as a lifetime DURAN DURAN fan, I feel you get the songs and the understanding of the lyrics, your reactions and facial expressions are sheer joy for to me to watch.. it's been a long time coming, but I feel DD are finally getting the recognition for their songs, something fans have known for years.. thank u, keep up the great work..
Thank you for this comment, it means a lot! And cheers, I was sleeping on Duran's music for so long, I'm doing my best to catch up with their amazing catalog now. Cheers for the kind words and so many more DD reactions coming!
@@mattsnider2667 well you have a very satisfied new subscriber, I've just been streaming your vids non stop, only the DD ones at the moment, but I like Depeche too so may watch some of those too.. but it's heart warming to see the joy of you discovering new DD music.. 😊
@@stephenwinfield9657 Really happy to read that, thank you so much for the positive feedback. And yes, lots of Depeche and other groups from the '80s (Yazoo, Erasure, Eurythmics, etc.). Plus all sorts of other genres.
But you're right---this Duran journey I'm on is truly special, and I'm savoring every moment of it. Glad you're part of it now!
@@mattsnider2667 on the journey with you.. fab
The best song they ever recorded for me! A masterpiece...
One of their most masterful songs! Not any radio airplay that I remember, but a cult following among true Duran fans of the time, which grew outward over the years and has since been covered by multiple artists. The Arene version is also incredible. Oh to hear them play it live- mind blowing!
so now i have some time to comment on the lyrics: this is a breakup song. it talks about the breakup from the perspective of the one who's left behind. as it say: and i only watch you leave me further behind. so the chauffeur is a role he had in this relationship. taking the other side from one point in her life to another....it is a metaphor that SLB return to with great maturity in the song "somebody else not me". the ability to accept changes and to recognize them as part of a process.
Holy #$%^, that is a crazy and profound metaphor. I've been listening to "The Chauffeur" repeatedly since I first reacted to it, but this takes the song to a whole new level now and will inform my next listens. Wow, thank you so much for imparting that.
Also I'm loving DD so much I decided to get a special edition CD of Rio, and it includes a second disc with variants and demo versions of some of the tunes. Looking forward to getting that.
Thanks again, really appreciate you enhancing my understanding of this genius band.
@@mattsnider2667 that sounds amazing. didn't know it exists. and yeah......the poetic nature of SLB is great. and should be much more appreciated
Jealous of your reaction 😂 I remember as a 13 year old listening to this and playing it over and over .. class and timeless
Once you go through the albums you will see this becomes a common theme that they know how to end an album with a masterpiece!
I love that! Because seriously, this was the PERFECT end to this album. What a sonic statement!
I'm not a big Duran Duran fan, but even I can acknowledge that this is a work of artistic genius. Also loved your very thoughtful review and analysis!
Cheers, thank you! And yes, this one seems to be respected even by folks outside the main Duran fandom.
Everything on side one except Lonely in your Nightmare was remixed..side two is untouched.
I will get back to you on this ASAP, lots to cover, but this is still my all time favourite DD track.
For now though, that pan pipe sound isn't a synth line but Simon Le Bon playing a wind instrument called an Ocarina. He plays it live. The song was originally an acoustic track by Simon who wrote it when he was living on a Kibbutz in Israel in a gap year. He saw some girls playing on the floodplain on a tractor , driving it and being playful.
The acoustic version was recorded later as a B-side for the single Rio with a subtitle (Blue Silver).
Nick Rhodes and producer Colin Thurston laboured over this , it is BEST heard on headphones as it goes all around your head. The man speaking at the end is from a BBC nature documentary (About butterflies or plants I think).
This was not a remix, along with Save A Prayer and Last Chance On The Stairway and I think New Religion, they are untouched for the US version
Wow, didn't realize that was an actual ocarina! Crazy, as is the backstory about the inspiration coming from a visual scene in a kibbutz! And cheers, I'll give this an immersive headphones listen, for sure.
Thanks again for all the info, you are endlessly appreciated. Also I just ordered a copy of Paper Gods and I'm trying to find an affordable copy of Medazzaland. Can't wait to start experiencing and talking tunes on all these albums.
@@mattsnider2667 cool !! Glad I could help. Paper Gods is good, but sort of hit and miss, I think FP is definitely the next level and with PG they were starting to use featured artists but to me is not as strong as FP where I seems more natural.
Medazzaland is one of my favourites after Big Thing. Medazzaland as an album has John Taylor leave during the making of and mainly Nick and Warren's project. It reminds me sonically of DM's " Ultra" with the distorted guitars and synths. But i will hold fire until u post it.
@@izzyworld8068 The comparison to Ultra just makes me want to get it even more!
@@izzyworld8068 every word!!!
@@lebonron thank you 😊
Best band in the world for me! No contest! Also one of their best tracks ever! They did the same thing on Notorious ending with Winter Marches On which is also so haunting and in 6/8 I think.
Oh right on! I'm awaiting a copy of the Notorious album (should be here in a day or two), and now I'm extremely excited for "Winter Marches On." Thank you for commenting, I appreciate it!
The UK 7” vinyl single of RIO holds the only release of ‘The Chauffeur’ with an acoustic version without Nick Rhodes playing on the record! 🤠👍
You should see the video with this song.
It will blow you mind !
“Twisted carnival, dissonant and bright at the same time” “demented fair”
You’re reaction to the brilliance of Simon’s artistry. I took this all for granted because I was spoon fed his poetic and theatrical brilliance. It’s almost unreal
I love watching your reactions to first hearing some of these songs. It reminds me of my first time hearing them and how I was blown away.
Cheers! It really has been an incredible journey I've been on with Duran these last few months. I can't count the number of times I've been left dumbstruck by their songs!
@@mattsnider2667 my teenage years were the late 80’s and early 90’s. I started listening to alternative music before going back and revisiting the late 70’s/early 80’s music that I’d missed by 5-10 years. Luckily, I had a best friend in high school who introduced me to Duran Duran by tricking me into listening to Arcadia after I’d constantly dismiss DD. It worked. She let me borrow all of her Duran cassettes and I was amazed at how good each album was in its entirety and a little embarrassed that I let other people sway my opinion of the band. Big Thing was the first album I bought from them on its initial release and I‘ve loved their musical output ever since. I remember time and again, many critics would say Duran are irrelevant or this album is their end, but they would keep coming back. I’ve always admired them for their tenacity and determination.
This is the Duran Track I never tire of listening to. It may not have been the most played of their tunes on the radio but it very well known..and the name of their concert tour doc.
My fav all time from DD
This and Hold Back the Rain, least radio play but their most Genius stuff off the album (usually the way it works). Chauffeur is my fav song of theirs ever, complex, almost Bauhaus'y.
Nice!!!! Love this song so much, I'm still listening to it like everyday a month after doing this reaction. And nice one, I've come to realize what a lyrically profound (and personal in relation to the band/JT) song "Hold Back the Rain" is, so I really appreciate that one too. Great tune! Cheers for commenting. :)
Im rediscovering this song ....with you....it is amazing 🤯
I've listened to it multiple times again today! I love this song! Cheers, appreciate your support so much, Nina! :)
This is all down to nick Rhodes mastermind behind Duran Duran he's fukin amazing 👍 fantastic brilliant guy I've met um all serveral times fantastic guys wow wow wow wow 🥰 get the greatest hits on dvd watch the videos bloody awesome outstanding ok
Someone was telling me he taught himself how to play synthesizers!
@@mattsnider2667 that is true! I believe Nick is the youngest in the group. He was a teen when he bought his first synth.
One of their best songs, I even prefer the live version in Arena album. Another cracking closer of a Duran Duran record is Sin Of The City, from the Wedding Album, which is not among my favourites even if it has some classic tracks. This song should not be unnoticed, but nobody pays attention to it. Highly recommended.
@Rodrigo Valero Sancho I 1000% agree w/ Sin of the City. It is an amazing song, the meaning, the instrumentation, the groove, the funk, it's one that the repeat button gets tapped!!
@@debbieburris9453 , thank God. I thought it was just me. Despite the dark lyrics, this track is very uplifting and danceable, the chorus is very catchy, and John and Warren are on top of their game.
Thank you for doing this song it is my favourite ! Its brilliant :)
You are very welcome! And as you can see in the video, I was struck powerfully by this tune! The atmosphere, the progression of the elements, the image-painting lyrics ... so good!
I was so awestruck the first time I heard this lol I always thought of a hauntingly beautiful medieval faire when that music breakdown comes on . Then the odd recorder sound just by itself. You get all the kudos good sir. Just my kind of weird!