Congrats to Duran Duran on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2022! Please guys - You have got to listen to their 90s comeback hit “Ordinary World”. Beautiful
Bass: Nuts. Simply nuts. For the time, it was really challenging and prominent. Overshadowed by the image and style of the band and its videos. These guys were legit musicians.
My husband was never a Duran Duran fan until I took him to one of their concerts. Maybe 16-18 years ago-the tour with all original members, including Andy Taylor. Anyway, he walked away saying how that concert changed his tune about them as a band and how they were serious legit musicians. He said it was one of the best concerts he had been to. And he has been to probably 500+ concerts.
Rio is still one of the most, if not the most complicated basslines out there. A friend of mine who plays bass once said "Oh it's not THAT hard!" He then went to play it to show me and effed up like 5 seconds in. LOL!!
"For the time?" lol -- It was alleged they didn't write their songs, too. And I thought they'd suck in concert, you know must be a studio band, nope they were amazing.
I still have a hard time believing that this song came out FORTY YEARS AGO!!! THAT JUST CAN’T BE…I remember the day this song debuted on MTV like it was only yesterday!!!
He is so underrated as a musician. I think its due to him being so attractive. Even girls who didn't like Duran Duran were in 💘 with John Taylor back in the day. People tend to wright off anyone loved by teenage girls.
In terms of the 80's, DD was high art. Their music and videos were absolute top notch. They took a perfectionist attitude toward everything, and it paid off.
Can’t go wrong any of those. A lot of their album tracks are just as good as the released hits…New Religion, Skin Trade, Vertigo (do the demolition). Don’t forget the James Bond theme “A View to a Kill”
You guys have been doing SO MANY early 80s jams... KEEP IT UP! Duran Duran was so huge in the early days of MTV, it's so hard to describe. Check out "Girls on Film", "New Moon On Monday", "Ordinary World".... or, if you want to check out something BRAND NEW, do "Anniversary", from their 2021 album marking their four decades as a band. It's awesome!
J & Amber, you'll love their"New Moon On Monday" and "Girls On Film" !!! Very big band in the 80's and into the 90s! edit-they will go into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year.
God I miss the 80s. You'll love "The Reflex" , "Ordinary World", "Wild Boys", "Is There Something I Should Know?", "Union of the Snake", "Girls on Film" "Notorious", "Come Undone".......I mean, the list goes on forever, they were easily top 10 band of the 80's.
Jay & Amber can't believe you guys didn't notice the killer bass playing by John Taylor. Also that sound you were digging is Nick Rhoades on keyboard/synth.
when you first listen to a DD song, especially off of Rio, it can be next to impossible for the brain to take it all in. I can understand focusing on one thing at a time. Next listen they will catch that crazy bass, maybe after that they will appreciate that drum beat, which is not simple. We knew that Amber would get taken away by that sax tho. lol
@@dipsydoodle7988 I listened to this song dozens of times before I noticed the amazing bass. You're right, there is a lot to take in. But once you notice the bass line, you listen for it every subsequent times you hear the song.
Next, you should check out "Girls on Film." It was the song that was their biggest hit before they released their mega-hit album, "Rio." It's a wonderful glimpse into where Duran Duran was coming from before they became global rock stars ("Girls on Film" also has a GREAT video).
Duran Duran was kind of the big group of the mid-eighties, heard everywhere. Their first big hit in the US was "Hungry Like the Wolf" from 1982, but my favorite song of theirs was "Planet Earth" from 1981.
U2 wasnt really as big until after 1985. Duran Duran was bigger from 1982-85. Even Bob Geldof chose the band first before others for the Band Aid song, cause they were the biggest band in the world in 1984.
In my opinion this is the greatest Duran Duran song ever. Every member brought their absolute best on this one and there's nothing out of place or excessive in this song. Just AMAZING!!
This is one of those songs that even forty years after the fact make you remember where you were and what you were doing when it was getting heavy airplay. It's very evocative of 1982 and early '83 and makes me "homesick" for the '80s.
I hated Duran Duran when I was in HS in the eighties but I had to give props to the amazing bass playing. Now that I am grown I really learned to appreciate their unique talents and songwriting.
Being a 20-something in the '80s wasn't bad, either. In fact, being a kid in the '60s, a teen in the '70s, a 20-something in the '80s, and I would even add a 30-something in the '90s was the best of all worlds.
This is my favorite song by them and I was a full on Duranie back in the day. Upbeat tempo songs "Wild Boys", "The Reflex", "View To A Kill", and "Girls On Film" are a few of their big hits. Although you really shouldn't miss "Save A Prayer" its such a beautiful ballad. Just a heads up the video for Girls On Film is very risqué.
I absolutely love how you guys refer to this as having a futuristic sort of sound. Imagine how we felt hearing this nearly 40 years ago!! They were SO ahead of their time.
OMG!! John Taylor's bassline! He's a King of Syncopation. And that ghost notes are just nailed it. It gives dynamics to the whole song. Still love this song in 2024
You guys have no idea how Duran Duran's videos changed MTV and music stations all around the world. Keep in mind this was in 1984-85 timeframe and these videos were a HUGE deal.
I agree with these remarks. :) D2 didn't hit my radar until '82, but they've been my favorite band ever since. Can't wait to see them again this August!
@@JohnJohnson-mo4bn Ok, ok. Objectively you're right, of course. But in that sense that every object in the universe has some resonant frequency, Duran Duran has somehow managed to tap into mine from day one. More accurate to say that they're the best band for me to listen to. It's almost as if they were Taylor-made to suit my tastes. (Oof, sorry. Just made myself wince with that one.)
"Rio" was the 2nd Duran Duran single to hit the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking @ #14 in 1983. Of their first 7 charted Hot 100 singles, it's the only one that missed the Top 10. Overall, between 1982 -2004, Duran Duran charted 22 singles, 11 in the Top 10 including 2 #1 hits.
@@Shrykespeare LOL! Yeah Patrick, I am a devotee of the Joel Whitburn books. Just trying to provide some facts for those who didn't live through these eras or didn't pay that much attention. I watched the Rob Squad vids for a long time and never commented and questions were asked about years of release and at what point in an artist's career a particular song was released, etc. Sometimes they guessed correctly but sometimes they didn't. So, since I do have access to the stats, lately I've been adding some context to when the record was released, how high it charted and the level of career the artist attained. Maybe it was after they did "Afternoon Delight," when Jay said they needed to dig deeper into Starland Vocal Band hits that I thought maybe I could provide some assistance. Not trying to be a Mr.-Know-It-All A-hole, just a source of info.
Nice information. Just to be accurate you are referring to the US charts since UA-cam's audience has no boundaries. In the UK Duran Duran had 33 charted singles. In the U.S., Duran Duran actually had 21 charted singles and not 22. Their last Billboard Hot 100 single to chart was in 2004 with (Reach Up For The) Sunrise at #89. To be on the success side of songs and the Billboard charts, a band wants to at least hit the Top 40. Duran Duran had 14 Top 40 tracks in the US. Their last Top 40 US release was Come Undone in 1993, which peaked at #7. Honorable mention would have been the following release, Too Much Information, which peaked at #45 also released in 1993. Duran Duran broke in the United States on the release of Hungry Like The Wolf, which radio stations refused to play during the first two attempts of the songs release. Nothing new since that was the take on Duran Duran's debut album in the US. Duran Duran was more of a college radio and dance club band with a fringe audience at the beginning in America (1981). HLTW was released three separate times in the US before reaching #3 in 1983. What helped Duran Duran in the radio market was David Kerschenbaum remixing songs made for the Carnival EP released in September of 1982. The RIO album was released in the US in May of 1982 along with HLTW. Capitol Records, (EMI Records subsidiary) the American label responsible for DD in the US, re-released the Rio album in November 1982. The US re-release of RIO added many of the remixed Kerschenbaum tracks. Kerschenbaum emphasized the remixes with more guitar and brought the rhythm section more so to the forefront to make the tracks more dance-able, this caught on with radio making HLTW more attractive to radio programmers. Before Duran Duran caught on to Top 40 radio in the US, you could hear them on college radio and especially on New Wave Music radio stations such as WLIR (Long Island), KROQ (Los Angeles) and KYYX (Seattle). Duran Duran nearly had three consecutive #1 songs in the US. The first #1 was The Reflex in the summer of 1984 and the second #1 (and the first James Bond track ever to reach #1) was A View To A Kill. However, in between these two tracks was The Wild Boys which peaked at #2. The track entered the #2 position behind Daryl Hall & John Oates #1 single, Out Of Touch in December 1984. The Wild Boys was then leapfrogged by Madonna's Like A Virgin which remained the #1 song for six consecutive weeks. The Wild Boys kept its #2 slot behind Like A Virgin for three more weeks before falling to #3. That's a total of 4 weeks at #2 behind two artists. Any other week, The Wild Boys would have been a #1 single. Nile Rodgers helped Duran Duran get to the #2 position by producing The Wild Boys. He also kept Duran Duran from the #1 position by producing Madonna's Like A Virgin.
Never seen you kids jam before. I was a teen when this came out and they were my top band I'm used to your movie reactions, so this put a smile on my face watching you react!
The great Sax solo was by a gent named Andy Hamilton. He wasn’t a member of DD , but a studio and touring musician. He played with many other artists , Elton John , Paul McCartney , David Bowie to name a few.
Their best song?? (This or 'Hungry Like The Wolf'.) Peak 80's that NEVER gets old!! You need to do 'Wild Boys' next. Or 'A View to a Kill'. Would also love to see more Pet Shop Boys and INXS.
Duran Duran's bass player John Taylor and guitar player Andy Taylor were also in Power Station who you recently reviewed. DD was their main band and PS was a side project
If I could only pick one song and one video to represent the 80's, this would be it. This video was MTV and everything the medium had to offer at the time. This video showed what a visual element could add to a song, and the band just looked like they were having an amazing time being there and doing something that was so new. One of the best videos ever made, hands down, thanks for sharing.
Their lush and exotic videos often overshadowed just how truly talented they really are. Brilliant lyrics and great musicianship have kept them relevant for decades.
I’m a lifetime Duranie! I love Rio, the song, the video, and the amazing 1982 album, that I own In vinyl! I am so excited that my guys are being inducted into the Rock and Roll hall of Fame this year, 2022! Duran Duran was the best of the eighties New Wave/New Romantic era and they are still touring and making new music!! Some more hits to check out are Wild Boys, New Moon on Monday, Union of the Snake, Notorious, I Don’t Want Your Love, and many more! Always play the videos for Duran Duran because they are always fun!❤️❤️
I grew up with Duran Duran. I'm 62 years old now and to this day I've never heard better drums than Roger Taylor on Rio I saw Duran Duran live and the five gods came out on the stage and before they played a note they got a ten minute standing ovation. It was an absolute privilege to listen to Rio in 1982.
The song is not about a woman, but Duran's first impressions of America in their 1981 tour of the US. The 'Rio' album cover is iconic as it was painted by Patrick Nagel, I got into his work from the album cover. I also saw them in 1984 at their height.
Finally... RIO! :) Thank you so much for reacting to this song/video. John Taylor is perhaps the greatest bass player still touring the world today. He should be top 5 all time greatest bass players in the rock and roll era. Duran Duran will be in Fort Worth Texas this August, still playing 40 years after this video was released! Hard to believe it's already been 40 years since I first watched this video as a young teen. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will now have Duran Duran gracing their hall later this fall!
HUGE HUGE hit for "Duran Duran", who were at the forefront of the "New Wave" music that came after "Punk". Also, congrats 👏 to them for being inducted into the "Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 2022. 🇬🇧🎵🎙
My favorite Duran Duran songs are "Wild Boys" "Save a Prayer" and "Cracks in the Pavement". Wild Boys was their best video. If you liked Rio, you'll love Wild Boys!
Wild Boys was the one where Simon nearly drowned, as the windmill mechanism he was tied to got stuck when his head was underwater. This actually left in the video. I remember that appearing in the news at the time.
The boat featured in this video is a "Ketch" style sailing yacht. She is named Ilean and was built in the 1930s in Scotland. Ilean was a charter yacht and had done many photo shoots in the 1970s and 80s. In the early 2000's she was spotted in an English harbor in serious disrepair. Beat down and forgotten, she was doomed for the junkyard. The owner of Panera watch company saw her and recognized her from this video. He bought Ilean and spent 4 years having her restored. In 2009 Ilean was entered in the Antigua Regatta yacht race. Some members of Duran Duran were in attendance as Ilean finished the race in all her original glory. They wept and cheered as she cruised by.
Never got to see Duran Duran live but Rosemont was a staple of my concert experiences. Alpine Valley, World Music Theater, Poplar Creek, Ravinia, Vic Theater, The Aragon, and Thirty Whale had me rocking endlessly.
The album cover art for this album is peak 80s...so cool. This is my favorite Duran Duran tune and the bass line is yummy. In fact, you can watch John Taylor on UA-cam doing a bass tutorial for this song.
Incredible songs transcend generations 🙌 I go dozens of their shows all over the world every year and we were at a show last week and 8 guys who were 18 years old were jamming out and knew every word when this song came on.. Nothing like seeing the new generations loving Duran.. It's just magical 🙌🌟
Congratulations to Duran Duran for getting inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for 2022!!! It's about time for them!!! Rio is one of my favorite songs by them. What a banger song indeed!!!
I still would love you guys to react to "Safety Dance" by *Men Without Hats* - but I warn you, watch out for the official music video, it's pretty wacky. Then again, that's quirky 80's for you. 😂 Ignoring the visuals however, it's a great party tune 🥳
Oh man, my brother made the mistake of buying me my first record when I was about 12. It was Duran Duran’s Seven and the Tagged Tiger album. I was so far beyond hooked. Die hard Duran fan since then. Great live shows! Been to more than my share over the years. Check out these The Reflex New Moon on Monday Ordinary World Save a Prayer Notorious A View to a Kill (Bond movie song)
RIO!!! The greatest Bass line ever written. This group was pretty damn good. Not exactly my type of music back in the day, but they kept popping out hit after hit.
Love you guys. Duran Duran ruled the mid 80s, my high school years. Lucky eh? Their first album was a slower tempo but “girls on film” and “Something I should know” showed glimpses of future greatness. First time I heard Rio, the next uptempo album, I was hooked. There are a few slower songs like “save a prayer” that you should check out, high quality, sticks with you.
My fav Duran Duran songs are “Wild Boys” and “Save a Prayer”😁 Also “The Chauffeur” is SO good! Different sound to this but still older Duran Duran and the sounds in it are just🔥🤌🏼 All amazing songs! But truly can’t go wrong with their first album!🥰 Looking forward to more Duran Duran reactions.😊
Another great reaction, thank you. You should check out, 'Is Something I Should Know?' and 'A View to A Kill', by them, but they have many hits to check out. 🙂 to
One of my all-time favorite bands. Sooooo many hit songs. Duran Duran is posh and this song is luxurious. It just looks and feels so good. The sax is magic. I hope you do more songs. I recommend "The Reflex," "Wild Boys," "Union of the Snake," "A View to A Kill," and "Is There Something I Should Know?" Yeah, just a few. LOL
That was so much fun! Took me back! Want to drag out my old Duran Duran button pins I have in the attic! So proud they are being inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! They were a BIG part of what made MTV the huge success it was in the 80's! Their videos were always fun! Next try "New Moon on Monday" and "View to a Kill" ( from the James Bond movie of the same name) its SUCH a cool song!!
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Congrats to Duran Duran on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2022! Please guys - You have got to listen to their 90s comeback hit “Ordinary World”. Beautiful
Definitely Ordinary world 🌎
Agreed... Ordinary World is my favorite. Save a Prayer is #2 and A View to A Kill is #3.
That's fantastic news. They so deserve it!
They already did ordinary world about a month ago
It's about dang time!
John Taylor might be the most underrated bass player of his era... amazing talent
The bassline in this song is ridiculous. John Taylor (21 at the time) is absolutely smashing it.
One of my all time favourite basslines.
Bass: Nuts. Simply nuts. For the time, it was really challenging and prominent. Overshadowed by the image and style of the band and its videos. These guys were legit musicians.
John Taylor is amazing bass player 🎸
My husband was never a Duran Duran fan until I took him to one of their concerts. Maybe 16-18 years ago-the tour with all original members, including Andy Taylor. Anyway, he walked away saying how that concert changed his tune about them as a band and how they were serious legit musicians. He said it was one of the best concerts he had been to. And he has been to probably 500+ concerts.
Rio is still one of the most, if not the most complicated basslines out there. A friend of mine who plays bass once said "Oh it's not THAT hard!" He then went to play it to show me and effed up like 5 seconds in. LOL!!
"For the time?" lol -- It was alleged they didn't write their songs, too. And I thought they'd suck in concert, you know must be a studio band, nope they were amazing.
@@vincegedeon6583 He is self taught as well. I love!!
John Taylor doesn't get the credit he deserves for his great bass playing
I was just thinking how great he is at bass on this song.Every song really!
Rio has one of the most well known bass lines around. It's absolute fire.
@@girlathebeach absolutely, even when he was with Power Station he was doing the same great bass lines.
I LOOOOOVE John Taylor!!! That man is like a fine wine-- just gets better with age! 🤩
Grateful to read this in comments.
I still have a hard time believing that this song came out FORTY YEARS AGO!!! THAT JUST CAN’T BE…I remember the day this song debuted on MTV like it was only yesterday!!!
Same 🤯
What shut your ugly mouth are you kidding me does that’s this mean I’m getting old? Nah just getting better that’s better not bitter lol
Hush your dirty mouth. This song isn’t that old
I hear you 100%. This just means I'm getting old.
John Taylor's bass playing is the real highlight here!
smokin' stuff...always gets under looked.
TOTALLY!!! 🙌
BIG FACTS!!!!!!
I was just going to ask them to listen to it again and pay attention to the bass line. During the sax solo the real "thing" is the bass.
He is so underrated as a musician. I think its due to him being so attractive. Even girls who didn't like Duran Duran were in 💘 with John Taylor back in the day. People tend to wright off anyone loved by teenage girls.
Congrats! You've just heard one of the very best bass lines in popular music.
The bass line on this song isn't given enough credit and they're gonna love the horns!
Literally, every comment is about the bass and/or the bass player.
No one can bend a note like Simon Le Bon. Such a unique sound. Perfect 80's new wave/ synth music.
I was a 13 yr old girl and had my walls platered with magazine pics and posters... I was in love with Simon Lebon. He was my first Love❤ lol
@@tghost739 girl you stole my comment! I was also 13 years old and in looooooooove with the gorgeous Simon!! ❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂
@@csf7773 Nice! 😍
In terms of the 80's, DD was high art. Their music and videos were absolute top notch. They took a perfectionist attitude toward everything, and it paid off.
So true! Their videos were cinematic in the early days.
"Notorious", "Girls On Film", and "Save A Prayer". All of these are Duran Duran songs you need to hit!
Of all their songs I think I like Save A Prayer the most!! Great song!
Can’t go wrong any of those. A lot of their album tracks are just as good as the released hits…New Religion, Skin Trade, Vertigo (do the demolition). Don’t forget the James Bond theme “A View to a Kill”
Save A Prayer is my favorite of theirs!
THE REFLEX-DURAN DURAN 🧨🧨🧨
Great suggestions 👌🏻 - i’m going to see them live on 2 July in Scotland - save a prayer’s on their set list as the final song & i can’t wait! 😍😍😍
The "futuristic sound" is the unmistakable sound of the Roland Jupiter 6 synthesizer in arpeggiator mode.
Did you used to have one of those too?
@@twenty3enigma I still do
Damn! Apparently, I missed the mark. This sound was created with the Roland Jupiter 4. Close, but no cigar.
Jupiter 8
@@neptune9 - Wrong. It was a Roland Jupiter 8.
probably the single most iconic video of the 80s.
Absolutely one of them. Thriller and Sledgehammer are up there. :)
This whole album is a masterpiece! All tracks are awesome!
Yuck
@@abrahamlincoln6744 Your Mama should be Embarrassed and your Daddy should have pulled out.
Yes! Last Chance on the Stairway, New Religion, Save a Prayer. It's a keeper!
Last Chance on the Stairway is epic
"hold back the rain"
You guys have been doing SO MANY early 80s jams... KEEP IT UP! Duran Duran was so huge in the early days of MTV, it's so hard to describe. Check out "Girls on Film", "New Moon On Monday", "Ordinary World".... or, if you want to check out something BRAND NEW, do "Anniversary", from their 2021 album marking their four decades as a band. It's awesome!
One of the Biggest group in the 80s…..they were HUGE! Rio is my favorite! Wild Boys was cool too in their first “come back”.
@@melvinsmiley5295 ....yes - Wild Boys and Union of the Snake.......both great songs !
J & Amber, you'll love their"New Moon On Monday" and "Girls On Film" !!! Very big band in the 80's and into the 90s! edit-they will go into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year.
the uncut Girls on Film
Yes!! "Girls On Film" never gets any love these days! They never play it on the radio anymore!
I heard Girls on Film playing in a shop today, and I couldn’t help but sing along :D
@@buzztp5119 you trying to get their channel struck? 😂
Don't forget Planet Earth! A hit before Rio was released....bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah....this is Planet Earth...
The bass! It makes the song! John Taylor!
I never realized the bass player shreds in this song. Very impressive.
That would be the great John Taylor.
God I miss the 80s. You'll love "The Reflex" , "Ordinary World", "Wild Boys", "Is There Something I Should Know?", "Union of the Snake", "Girls on Film" "Notorious", "Come Undone".......I mean, the list goes on forever, they were easily top 10 band of the 80's.
Don't forget "Skin Trade"!
Just really Good times 🙂👍🎶😁
@@compostcorner5934 The absolute best!
That bassline!!!
Hands down my favorite bass line ever.
Jay & Amber can't believe you guys didn't notice the killer bass playing by John Taylor. Also that sound you were digging is Nick Rhoades on keyboard/synth.
when you first listen to a DD song, especially off of Rio, it can be next to impossible for the brain to take it all in. I can understand focusing on one thing at a time. Next listen they will catch that crazy bass, maybe after that they will appreciate that drum beat, which is not simple. We knew that Amber would get taken away by that sax tho. lol
@@dipsydoodle7988 I listened to this song dozens of times before I noticed the amazing bass. You're right, there is a lot to take in. But once you notice the bass line, you listen for it every subsequent times you hear the song.
Seriously! It carries the whole song!!!
I hear the Niles Rodgers influence in the bass line too. It’s 🔥🔥
The bass is perfection, and the contrasting sharp sounding guitar riffs are all I need!
Next, you should check out "Girls on Film." It was the song that was their biggest hit before they released their mega-hit album, "Rio." It's a wonderful glimpse into where Duran Duran was coming from before they became global rock stars ("Girls on Film" also has a GREAT video).
Duran Duran was kind of the big group of the mid-eighties, heard everywhere. Their first big hit in the US was "Hungry Like the Wolf" from 1982, but my favorite song of theirs was "Planet Earth" from 1981.
My brother had the album. Happened to have a scratch and would skip to repeat "Planet Earth" ad infinitum.
Kind of? They were the biggest group in 1985 Bob Gelfof states there would have been no Live Aid if Duran Duran did not participate.
Biggest selling band of the 80s. MJ, Madonna, Duran Duran. And they have so many great hits and many different sounds. Love them!
I think Phil Collins/Genesis, Queen, U2, Prince, Springsteen and others would say different.
U2 wasnt really as big until after 1985. Duran Duran was bigger from 1982-85. Even Bob Geldof chose the band first before others for the Band Aid song, cause they were the biggest band in the world in 1984.
@@leecook8818 Van Halen and the Police as well.
In my opinion this is the greatest Duran Duran song ever. Every member brought their absolute best on this one and there's nothing out of place or excessive in this song. Just AMAZING!!
They have been my favorite since 1982. I'm a hard core Durranie. That's why they won highest voted band this year in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ❤
My favorite Duran Duran song! Favorite video too! Thanks!!
This is one of those songs that even forty years after the fact make you remember where you were and what you were doing when it was getting heavy airplay. It's very evocative of 1982 and early '83 and makes me "homesick" for the '80s.
Duran Duran had some criminally underrated musicians. John Taylor in particular gives a master class in bass playing.
I hated Duran Duran when I was in HS in the eighties but I had to give props to the amazing bass playing. Now that I am grown I really learned to appreciate their unique talents and songwriting.
Welcome.
Being a teenager in the 80s was THE BEST EVER!!!! ❤❤❤
Being a 20-something in the '80s wasn't bad, either. In fact, being a kid in the '60s, a teen in the '70s, a 20-something in the '80s, and I would even add a 30-something in the '90s was the best of all worlds.
I was in my twenties and that was great too
This is my favorite song by them and I was a full on Duranie back in the day. Upbeat tempo songs "Wild Boys", "The Reflex", "View To A Kill", and "Girls On Film" are a few of their big hits. Although you really shouldn't miss "Save A Prayer" its such a beautiful ballad. Just a heads up the video for Girls On Film is very risqué.
You're still a Duranie in my heart.
I absolutely love how you guys refer to this as having a futuristic sort of sound. Imagine how we felt hearing this nearly 40 years ago!! They were SO ahead of their time.
OMG!! John Taylor's bassline! He's a King of Syncopation. And that ghost notes are just nailed it. It gives dynamics to the whole song. Still love this song in 2024
They had some sick bass lines.😳
John Taylor is just incredible 😍😍
You guys have no idea how Duran Duran's videos changed MTV and music stations all around the world. Keep in mind this was in 1984-85 timeframe and these videos were a HUGE deal.
The use of color, the blues, pinks, corals and more captures the whole vibe of the early-to-mid 1980's in so many ways.
Duran Duran is the absolute best band ever. They are being inducted in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year. I'm beyond proud and excited.
They should've been inducted a long time ago. They are the best! STILL my favorite band ever.
I agree with these remarks. :) D2 didn't hit my radar until '82, but they've been my favorite band ever since. Can't wait to see them again this August!
Good underrated band. But hardly the "Best" band ever. Even Simon & the boys wouldn't agree with that.
@@JohnJohnson-mo4bn Ok, ok. Objectively you're right, of course. But in that sense that every object in the universe has some resonant frequency, Duran Duran has somehow managed to tap into mine from day one. More accurate to say that they're the best band for me to listen to. It's almost as if they were Taylor-made to suit my tastes.
(Oof, sorry. Just made myself wince with that one.)
Best british band ever after The Police
Can we take a sec and appreciate that sick ass bass line? John's kicking that guitars ass and he's telling the rest of the band to "try and keep up" 😂
"Rio" was the 2nd Duran Duran single to hit the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking @ #14 in 1983. Of their first 7 charted Hot 100 singles, it's the only one that missed the Top 10. Overall, between 1982 -2004, Duran Duran charted 22 singles, 11 in the Top 10 including 2 #1 hits.
You are definitely the Chart-Master! You must have Joel Whitburn's entire collection!
@@Shrykespeare LOL! Yeah Patrick, I am a devotee of the Joel Whitburn books. Just trying to provide some facts for those who didn't live through these eras or didn't pay that much attention. I watched the Rob Squad vids for a long time and never commented and questions were asked about years of release and at what point in an artist's career a particular song was released, etc. Sometimes they guessed correctly but sometimes they didn't. So, since I do have access to the stats, lately I've been adding some context to when the record was released, how high it charted and the level of career the artist attained. Maybe it was after they did "Afternoon Delight," when Jay said they needed to dig deeper into Starland Vocal Band hits that I thought maybe I could provide some assistance. Not trying to be a Mr.-Know-It-All A-hole, just a source of info.
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Nice information. Just to be accurate you are referring to the US charts since UA-cam's audience has no boundaries. In the UK Duran Duran had 33 charted singles. In the U.S., Duran Duran actually had 21 charted singles and not 22. Their last Billboard Hot 100 single to chart was in 2004 with (Reach Up For The) Sunrise at #89. To be on the success side of songs and the Billboard charts, a band wants to at least hit the Top 40. Duran Duran had 14 Top 40 tracks in the US. Their last Top 40 US release was Come Undone in 1993, which peaked at #7. Honorable mention would have been the following release, Too Much Information, which peaked at #45 also released in 1993.
Duran Duran broke in the United States on the release of Hungry Like The Wolf, which radio stations refused to play during the first two attempts of the songs release. Nothing new since that was the take on Duran Duran's debut album in the US. Duran Duran was more of a college radio and dance club band with a fringe audience at the beginning in America (1981). HLTW was released three separate times in the US before reaching #3 in 1983.
What helped Duran Duran in the radio market was David Kerschenbaum remixing songs made for the Carnival EP released in September of 1982. The RIO album was released in the US in May of 1982 along with HLTW. Capitol Records, (EMI Records subsidiary) the American label responsible for DD in the US, re-released the Rio album in November 1982. The US re-release of RIO added many of the remixed Kerschenbaum tracks. Kerschenbaum emphasized the remixes with more guitar and brought the rhythm section more so to the forefront to make the tracks more dance-able, this caught on with radio making HLTW more attractive to radio programmers.
Before Duran Duran caught on to Top 40 radio in the US, you could hear them on college radio and especially on New Wave Music radio stations such as WLIR (Long Island), KROQ (Los Angeles) and KYYX (Seattle).
Duran Duran nearly had three consecutive #1 songs in the US. The first #1 was The Reflex in the summer of 1984 and the second #1 (and the first James Bond track ever to reach #1) was A View To A Kill. However, in between these two tracks was The Wild Boys which peaked at #2. The track entered the #2 position behind Daryl Hall & John Oates #1 single, Out Of Touch in December 1984. The Wild Boys was then leapfrogged by Madonna's Like A Virgin which remained the #1 song for six consecutive weeks. The Wild Boys kept its #2 slot behind Like A Virgin for three more weeks before falling to #3. That's a total of 4 weeks at #2 behind two artists. Any other week, The Wild Boys would have been a #1 single.
Nile Rodgers helped Duran Duran get to the #2 position by producing The Wild Boys. He also kept Duran Duran from the #1 position by producing Madonna's Like A Virgin.
What’s moving you is the sick bass playing!! John Taylor is next level. 🤯🤯
The Bass!
Never seen you kids jam before. I was a teen when this came out and they were my top band I'm used to your movie reactions, so this put a smile on my face watching you react!
The great Sax solo was by a gent named Andy Hamilton. He wasn’t a member of DD , but a studio and touring musician. He played with many other artists , Elton John , Paul McCartney , David Bowie to name a few.
He was in Orchestral Manuevers in the Dark i believe
❤ just saw them sept 6 i am 55 and have loved them since i was 14
Their best song?? (This or 'Hungry Like The Wolf'.) Peak 80's that NEVER gets old!! You need to do 'Wild Boys' next. Or 'A View to a Kill'. Would also love to see more Pet Shop Boys and INXS.
Best glamour band of the 80s and 90s!
Duran Duran's bass player John Taylor and guitar player Andy Taylor were also in Power Station who you recently reviewed. DD was their main band and PS was a side project
Roger Taylor was also involved with The Power Station as well as the Arcadia project with Nick Rhodes and Simon Le Bon.
These are my boys....especially Simon. I fell in love immediately back then. I love them still.
If I could only pick one song and one video to represent the 80's, this would be it. This video was MTV and everything the medium had to offer at the time. This video showed what a visual element could add to a song, and the band just looked like they were having an amazing time being there and doing something that was so new. One of the best videos ever made, hands down, thanks for sharing.
no way this defined the 80s more than MJ's Thriller video.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️My FAVORITE Duran Duran song!!! (and that says A LOT bc I LOVE all of their songs so much).
Their lush and exotic videos often overshadowed just how truly talented they really are. Brilliant lyrics and great musicianship have kept them relevant for decades.
Love me some Duran Duran !
I still can't believe I never seen this group perform in concert in their prime, Still kicking my butt for that. And God I miss the damn 80's.
I’m a lifetime Duranie! I love Rio, the song, the video, and the amazing 1982 album, that I own In vinyl! I am so excited that my guys are being inducted into the Rock and Roll hall of Fame this year, 2022! Duran Duran was the best of the eighties New Wave/New Romantic era and they are still touring and making new music!! Some more hits to check out are Wild Boys, New Moon on Monday, Union of the Snake, Notorious, I Don’t Want Your Love, and many more! Always play the videos for Duran Duran because they are always fun!❤️❤️
DD's bassist is a freaking badass. Most underrated element of this group.
Crazy crazy good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was 10 when this song came out...I miss the 80's....Sending out good vibes to everyone!!!!
I grew up with Duran Duran. I'm 62 years old now and to this day I've never heard better drums than Roger Taylor on Rio
I saw Duran Duran live and the five gods came out on the stage and before they played a note they got a ten minute standing ovation. It was an absolute privilege to listen to Rio in 1982.
One of the all time greats...great bass line, clever lyrics.
The song is not about a woman, but Duran's first impressions of America in their 1981 tour of the US. The 'Rio' album cover is iconic as it was painted by Patrick Nagel, I got into his work from the album cover. I also saw them in 1984 at their height.
This was big. I was in HS when it came out. There was such a big deal about at the time. Good memories.
Finally... RIO! :) Thank you so much for reacting to this song/video. John Taylor is perhaps the greatest bass player still touring the world today. He should be top 5 all time greatest bass players in the rock and roll era. Duran Duran will be in Fort Worth Texas this August, still playing 40 years after this video was released! Hard to believe it's already been 40 years since I first watched this video as a young teen. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will now have Duran Duran gracing their hall later this fall!
It's time for Save a Prayer, one of the most beautiful songs ever.
Give Ordinary World a listen.Beautiful song!!
My rocker husband was a huge Duran fan
HUGE HUGE hit for "Duran Duran", who were at the forefront of the "New Wave" music that came after "Punk". Also, congrats 👏 to them for being inducted into the "Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 2022. 🇬🇧🎵🎙
This is the iconic video of the 80s. So perfect!
My 2 favorite Duran Duran songs are "Wild Boys" and "Union of the Snake"
"New Religion" is another great song with a killer bass line!
My favorite Duran Duran songs are "Wild Boys" "Save a Prayer" and "Cracks in the Pavement". Wild Boys was their best video. If you liked Rio, you'll love Wild Boys!
Wild Boys was the one where Simon nearly drowned, as the windmill mechanism he was tied to got stuck when his head was underwater. This actually left in the video. I remember that appearing in the news at the time.
Wild Boys is favorite DD song
The boat featured in this video is a "Ketch" style sailing yacht. She is named Ilean and was built in the 1930s in Scotland. Ilean was a charter yacht and had done many photo shoots in the 1970s and 80s. In the early 2000's she was spotted in an English harbor in serious disrepair. Beat down and forgotten, she was doomed for the junkyard. The owner of Panera watch company saw her and recognized her from this video. He bought Ilean and spent 4 years having her restored. In 2009 Ilean was entered in the Antigua Regatta yacht race. Some members of Duran Duran were in attendance as Ilean finished the race in all her original glory. They wept and cheered as she cruised by.
Loved seeing them at the Rosemont Horizon in Chicago in 1984. What a fun concert that was. Planet Earth and Girls On Film both bangers.
Never got to see Duran Duran live but Rosemont was a staple of my concert experiences. Alpine Valley, World Music Theater, Poplar Creek, Ravinia, Vic Theater, The Aragon, and Thirty Whale had me rocking endlessly.
Yes! Planet Earth and Girls on Film both rockin.
Love Duran Duran save a prayer is a song u should hear😊
Amber I love that you said artistic because it was very artistic
The album cover art for this album is peak 80s...so cool. This is my favorite Duran Duran tune and the bass line is yummy. In fact, you can watch John Taylor on UA-cam doing a bass tutorial for this song.
Yes! He does an excellent tutorial! Such a great guy and an excellent musician!
I attended the same school as the drummer from Duran Duran.
I never noticed how much the Bass rips in this song. 🎸
It's one of the most fun Basslines to play
Incredible songs transcend generations 🙌 I go dozens of their shows all over the world every year and we were at a show last week and 8 guys who were 18 years old were jamming out and knew every word when this song came on.. Nothing like seeing the new generations loving Duran.. It's just magical 🙌🌟
Rio was the very first cassette tape I bought. I was in my early teens. I was in love with Duran Duran back then.
Congratulations to Duran Duran for getting inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for 2022!!! It's about time for them!!! Rio is one of my favorite songs by them. What a banger song indeed!!!
This was the first Duran Duran song I ever heard. I feel so old remembering when the video first premiered on MTV.
I still would love you guys to react to "Safety Dance" by *Men Without Hats* - but I warn you, watch out for the official music video, it's pretty wacky. Then again, that's quirky 80's for you. 😂
Ignoring the visuals however, it's a great party tune 🥳
Pop goes the world
Yes!! Great song!!
I was a BIG fan of Men Without Hats, especially their criminally underappreciated album Folk of the 80s, Part III
The 80s was great to be young and alive
So agree
Some more Duran Duran suggestions: New Moon on Monday, Wild Boys, Union of the Snake, Notorious, and Save a Prayer
Such a great bassline
Oh man, my brother made the mistake of buying me my first record when I was about 12. It was Duran Duran’s Seven and the Tagged Tiger album. I was so far beyond hooked. Die hard Duran fan since then. Great live shows! Been to more than my share over the years. Check out these
The Reflex
New Moon on Monday
Ordinary World
Save a Prayer
Notorious
A View to a Kill (Bond movie song)
Thanks guys. I really needed this. Always a great choice.
RIO!!!
The greatest Bass line ever written. This group was pretty damn good.
Not exactly my type of music back in the day, but they kept popping out hit after hit.
Love you guys. Duran Duran ruled the mid 80s, my high school years. Lucky eh? Their first album was a slower tempo but “girls on film” and “Something I should know” showed glimpses of future greatness. First time I heard Rio, the next uptempo album, I was hooked. There are a few slower songs like “save a prayer” that you should check out, high quality, sticks with you.
My fav Duran Duran songs are “Wild Boys” and “Save a Prayer”😁 Also “The Chauffeur” is SO good! Different sound to this but still older Duran Duran and the sounds in it are just🔥🤌🏼 All amazing songs! But truly can’t go wrong with their first album!🥰 Looking forward to more Duran Duran reactions.😊
The official video for The Chauffeur is quite naughty, just as a warning to RSR
The 80's were a magical time!
I suggest these Duran Duran songs: Planet Earth, Girls On Film & Is There Something I Should Know
Yes to the above, BUT regarding Girls On Film, audio version only, the video version is not family-safe, if you know what I mean…
Love the shirts!! Going to that concert in September in Las Vegas!!! So excited!!!
Another great reaction, thank you.
You should check out, 'Is Something I Should Know?' and 'A View to A Kill', by them, but they have many hits to check out. 🙂 to
That xylophone sound you mentioned is a synth set on arpeggio mode.
John Taylor killing it on the bass in this song.
The ghost notes make it fun to play.
One of my all-time favorite bands. Sooooo many hit songs. Duran Duran is posh and this song is luxurious. It just looks and feels so good. The sax is magic. I hope you do more songs. I recommend "The Reflex," "Wild Boys," "Union of the Snake," "A View to A Kill," and "Is There Something I Should Know?" Yeah, just a few. LOL
PLEASE PLEASE TELL ME NOW... 😂
That was so much fun! Took me back! Want to drag out my old Duran Duran button pins I have in the attic!
So proud they are being inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!
They were a BIG part of what made MTV the huge success it was in the 80's! Their videos were always fun!
Next try "New Moon on Monday"
and "View to a Kill" ( from the James Bond movie of the same name) its SUCH a cool song!!
I still have my Duran LPs on vinyl