As a black teen growing up in South Los Angeles I could not let my friends know that I was an admirer of Duran Duran. Also, how they inspired me to study the keyboards AND bass guitar.
B.I.S.O.N.: BRISTOL SCREENWRITER NONSTUDENT mad props for your taste of music. It shows that you had a unique taste for music, and I bet you’re doing some great things with your talents
1981... 2024... Planet Earth is absolutely a different place to what it was when this song came out. Let this track be the eternal, anthemic tribute to way, way, WAY better times!
80’s music never die because it’s timeless. Something today’s artists fail to understand. Music in 80’s was more than just music, it was the whole scene… I think the 80’s will always hold that title.
John Taylor is a very underestimated bass player. His work on tracks like "Rio", "Girls on Film" and specially on this one is simply amazing. Try and pay attention. He should be on almost every "Best" list.
Not many bands forefront the bass player over the guitar like these guys did, Duran Duran is a band that really makes you respect proper basslines, it was the driving force behind each of their songs.
@Suit guy Interesting, I don’t think it was that bad over here in Europe. I remember it as a nice and trouble free time. But of course I was still a kid in the early 80s 😉
Black 80’s baby from the Netherlands here, I grew up with friends who listened to hiphop, I liked hiphop too but I had really had a love for the 80’s new wave sounds as well, I still listen to it a lot and when people find out they are in disbelief 😂
Loved Duran Duran in the 80s and still do. This is most likely one of the best songs ever written. It is great, upbeat and feel good song. We loved it, danced to it and enjoyed it with friends. We loved all of their music, but this one stood out by far. Great and timeless sound.
Not even the best Duran Duran song...? Claps and missing that "wall of sound". Do you believe in shame? Come undone. Rio. Wolf. Is there something I should know? Reflex? Notorious. Electric Barbarella. I mean - best? New Moon... New Religion... Wild Boys... View to a Kill even... HUH!! ???
hahahaha, I'm a bit older but same here....regardless of the fact that my GF back in the day was MADLY in love with John Taylor... or with the other Taylor.... or with all of them....=)
This song's watchword is PHENOMENAL! ❤IT. Both brillantly written and perfromed. Pure genious. - An all time yours truely favorite with no question at all.100% true pure fasination.
Tonio Miklo I agree but at least we have the song forever and i never tire of it. Today’s music is utter garbage and doesn’t come close to it and never will.
The amazing thing about this song is that it sounds futuristic, despite the fact that it was written 35 years ago. It's difficult to understate how much of an achievement that is.
Wow, this is a new wave classic. I was a big fan of Duran Duran in the 80's but I haven't listened to them in years. Oddly, my 9 year old son is obsessed with them at the moment. He had me break out all the CD's and has me watching all the videos - thanks to video games and cartoon shows featuring 80's music. Hilarious. They were so woefully underrated in the early 80's (and for most of their career frankly) with critics relegating them to teeny bop status. But they were amazing. Pioneers of new wave, and specifically the new romantic movement, fashion trend setters (Miami Vice copied them) and talented musicians: Simon Le Bon with his eccentric lyrics and unique voice, Nick Rhodes with his innovative and ethereal synth sounds, John Taylor with his groove-laden driving bass lines, Andy Taylor with his funky and technically flawless rhythm guitar and Roger Taylor with his insane percussive speed and understated brilliance. Genius I say!
No, I meant eccentric as in unusual, peculiar, irregular not esoteric as in unable to be understood. You're not supposed to try to figure out what he means but interpret them according to your reality. It means different things to different people. And that is intended according to Simon.
Their fame notwithstanding, they were critically underrated and even ridiculed. People would argue that their popularity was due to their looks and not their music. Even bands that came to be highly respected and revered, like Depeche Mode, were ridiculed in the early years. If you read the liner notes of a lot of the albums from these bands, they include nasty yet hilarious negative comments from countless critics.
Duran Duran was-and still is-unlike any other group to emerge from the burgeoning "new wave" or "synth-pop" boom of the late 70's and early 80's. For one, they were all solid writers, as this song proves. Two, instead of being a vocalist and a synth player, they were an ACTUAL band. Three, each instrument could be heard clearly throughout the big production; each instrument filled a role in the sonic picture instead of simply filling holes and wasting time. There's a lot of rather complex interplay between the guitars, bass and keyboards that lends itself very well to repeat listens and holds up to excessive playing. Very well done.
Agreed it was actually a revolutionary time for mainstream pop/ rock/punk. New wave punk such as The clash etc.. really came out of their shell so to speak. Bands that were trying to break thru into mainstream finally had a conduit to do so. New wave also emerged with bands like Eurythmics, flock of seagulls and of course Duran Duran and as a result the new romantic scene also branched out too. To this day its roots can still be heard in dance music. Was a great time for a music lover like myself. I went the way of metal but learned the significance of these genres later in life and as a result i enjoy them in my 50s to this day.
good points. the thing about image - duran duran started as a band, playing live. they did not know or intend to be pin ups. they wanted to be the biggest band in the world and did achieve that status. however their management realised this video got strong reactions from younger girls, as well as everyone else. so they they had a new curve to their marketing and placing focus on looks in addition to the music. in theory sounded great - but some people were put off by pretty boy image - as if you cant look that good and be a real band. Incredibly, they were. and here were are 2023 42 years later... immense talent, vision, and courage. in the first 10 years played over 1000 live shows. rock and roll hall of fame 2022. i was so happy for them to get that recognition - as i was ridiculed for liking duran duran. there was a stigma of sorts - but as time passed that stigma eroded, and by early 2000s duran duran were now percieved as something of a pop music heavy weight with the utmost respect by all. i always knew duran duran were amazingly diverse with style and composition, and leaving out guitars or only synth with some songs, or only using guitars with others, and reliant on melody and lyrics and vocals (which simon le bon has bettter than almost all of the singers out there) . anyway, my points from scotland and vive la duran duran
@@IronMan-fz4ot Count me in as well.😀 It was literally a flood of bands and songs. Sure, some of the songs were terrible, however, the creativity was off the charts. The '80s and even the early '90s had great music. I believe that people listen more so to music because they weren't immersed in their phones and the internet, as they are today.
Great music, great times. Youth foot loose, fancy free, hanging with our buddies having a time of our lives. Forever in our hearts. Hi from Queensland, Australia ❤🙏🖐
My daughter is going to her first gig tonight. It got me thinking about going to my first one. Which brought me here. Edinburgh Playhouse 1988. Thanks lads, it was a great night.
I am 24 years old. I recently went to their concert with my mom who has been listening to them since she was a teenager. Right now I'm in bed sick and just using the time to listen to their hits. I feel fulfilled and imagine how I would have enjoyed their concerts if I had been born in the 80s. Big love for them and many other good performers from that era, whose hits are still heard today. ✨🤗🩷
Good onya, Kat! Check out The Chauffer. Not technically one of their "hits", but totally mesmerizing. All their albums are worth a listen, really. Great band.
I took my 24 year old daughter to see them last October, going again next month. Keep the Duranies going. Your mom has great taste in music, and as a mother, I’m proud to pass this awesome music to my children. And do listen to the Chauffeur. It’s mesmerizing ❤
Duran Duran was NOT really a Pop band, but a funk band. Listen to that bass, especially in the chorus. Chic approved this message. The 80s: _Lived 'em. Loved 'em. Miss 'em._
Yeah. They are cursed by getting too much radio play (though good for them financially). People hear their songs played all the time so they tune them out and dismiss them as mainstream corporate rock for the masses. Had they not become so popular, they would be more appreciated in the way the Cure is now. They have similar roots in post-punk, with many of those bands being influenced by funk and disco.
I wasn't around when the Beatles came as part of the British first wave in the US, but was alive when Duran Duran came as the undisputed leader of the second wave. It was mind blowing the groves of fans they drew, especially the women of course. Planet Earth is my #1 favorite DD song.
Actually... That was Nick Rodes that couldn't play much on the Keys. HE Is Self taught! Well... Actually I think all of them were pretty much self taught.
Please enlighten us as to how you determined he is underrated. Have you interviewed any bassists since the 80s who may or may not have been inspired by his playing? How many albums has Duran Duran sold?
I seem to recall John getting a bass player of the year award in the 80's, maybe twice. He's certainly not underrated by any stretch of the imagination.
Happy Birthday #40, Planet Earth! 2.2.1981 - 2.2.2021! What a song you are! Still sounds fresh after 40 years! I do remember exactly where I was & what I was doing when I heard you for the first time! Thanks Duran Duran!!
As a 50 something child of the 60's, you will often hear people say if you remember the 60's you weren't there, well if you do not remember the 80's the same could be said, I was fortunate to see the 80's, hear the 80's and be young in the 80's. Dressing up was part of the fun, dancing was part of the fun, it was such a great time to be young, carefree and happy
I was born in 81. My dad loved to play records. Duran Duran I found on my own. By 85-86 I was a huge follower and fan in my tiny age. Culture Club and Pet Shop Boys come to memory.
Duran Duran was real alternative music in the beginning, and they never sold out their sound, but adapted to the times, yet still holding on to that very version of alternative music. It was our generation who knew alternative music, nothing compares, to this day..
Yes it was a great time, lots of fun, the music still sounds great today! My kids definately dont agree but it was an original sound and though I like todays music I am always drawn back to this time, perhaps because I was 17-18 when this came out, good memories :)
I've read SO MANY Comments on John's Bass work on this song... Listen to the ENTIRE Album ESPECIALLY Songs like, "Night Boat" and "Sound of Thunder" or "Lonely in Your Nightmare" or "My Own Way"! ALL GREAT Songs with John and Roger just Tearing it up AND Holding the song together! Just a FREAKIN' GREAT BAND!!!
Always and forever, thank you to Great Britain and the British people whose creativity, since the 1960s, has given the rest of the World hundreds of unique bands such as the Duran Duran and music of unparalleled beauty, quirkiness and atmosphere. What would our lives have been without British bands? Thank you from Sicily.
Even as a Brit, I am quite staggered by how many great and diverse bands this small island creates. Unfathomable. But long may we continue to do so :-)
@@2112jonr Many great and diverse bands indeed: Cocteau Twins, Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett, Discharge, Lush, Yes, Wire, Colin Newman, Killing Joke, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Broadcast, The Smiths, Human League, Curve, Skunk Anansie, Genesis, Steve Hackett, Boards Of Canada, Clash, Adam & The Ants, Public Image Limited, Prefab Sprout, Lloyd Cole & The Commotion, The The, Napalm Death, Cranes, Cardiacs, Led Zeppelin, Yazoo, Iron Maiden, Police, Blur, Fall, Sex Pistols, Buzzcocks, Jamiroquai, Seal, Slowdive, Clash, Madness, The Beatles, Cure, Depeche Mode, Radiohead, Goldfrapp, Dubstar, Charlatans, Ride, Heaven 17, Judas Priest, Marillion, The Buggles, Throbbing Gristle, GBH, Japan, Nick Drake, This Mortal Coil, Pet Shop Boys, Cardiacs, Damned, Dire Straits, Echobelly, Teardrop Explodes, Carcass, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Eurythmics, Soft Cell, Thrilled Skinny, Dead Or Alive, Psychedelic Furs, Simple Minds, XTC, The Streets, Pretenders, The Queen, Lily Allen, Tears For Fears, Supertramp, The Kooks, Duran Duran, Groove Armada, Amy Winehouse, Coldplay, Saxon, Dead Can Dance, Massive Attack, Electric Light Orchestra, The Who, Inspiral Carpets, The Wedding Presents, Kate Bush, Placebo, The Rolling Stones, Housemartins, Visage, Culture Club, Human League, Expelled, The Jam, P.J. Harvey, Gary Numan, Howard Jones, Suede, Everything But The Girl, Roxy Music, Thrilled Skinny, Freur, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, 10cc, Ladytron, Japan, Morcheeba, Helen Love, Spiritualized, My Bloody Valentine, Loop, Th' Faith Healers, Mark Ronson, Pretenders, Bauhaus, Kate Nash, Lotus Eaters, Black Sabbath, Oasis, The Sundays, All Saints, Portishead, Verve, Exploited, David Bowie, Talk Talk, Bauhaus, Elastica, Hey Elastica!, David Gray, Joe Jackson, Nick Kershaw, Spandau Ballet, Supergrass, The Korgis, Badly Drawn Boy, Tricky, Pale Saints, The Creatures, Bronski Beat, Fine Young Cannibals, Madness, Extreme Noise Terror, Stranglers, Stereolab, Keane, Motorhead...
This song launched Duran Durans music career in the 80s This song was released by Duran Duran back in early '81 2nd February 1981 I was two years old and going on three when they released this masterpiece An absolute early 80s power anthem ❤❤🎉🎉
Opening Shot of Roger Taylor STILL gives me Butterflies in my Tummy!! 7th & 8th grade was a blast for Durannies Everywhere....JT rockin that Bass and Blowin my mind. God I LOVED THEM
Iconic video, stylish, unique, nothing like it. Iconic band. What's more to say, and still going strong. So pleased they finally got into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, so well deserved. Kate Bush this year hopefully, another well deserved one that's waited far too long.
We will never have song artists as good as they were back in the 80s but we will always be blessed with there music for as long as life on earth exists.
I was into heavy metal as a kid when this came out and had no time for DD. Well now I’m 55-still into heavy metal, but now love DD. Matured a bit, expanded my musical tastes big style n appreciate a band full of talented musicians-plus learning bass with Johns tutorials!
Wow wow wow, that’s a LOT of ruffles on Nick’s shirt! VERY “New Romantics”! I’m pickin’ up what he’s puttin’ down, all good! Out of nowhere this song started going through my mind tonight. I only remembered a few of the lyrics at first but then really wanted to hear it, so kept replaying it in my mind until the title came back to me! 👏👏👏👏
Locura de adolescente! Tenía 16 anos y rompí mi tv porque se desató una gran tormenta eléctrica y sonaba Planeta Tierra ! Amaba este tema,me desarmaba bailando lo frente del tv y de pronto un reventón! Adiós televisor!!! Castigada 3 meses sin salir....Duran duran for ever en mi ❤
In high school we all dressed liked this. The pleated knickers, cumber buns, the over flamboyant frilly blouses, the moccasin boots or Russian boots. I LOVE HIGH SCHOOL 1981-1985. The best of times PERIOD! It was also the MTV new age era. You had to live it!
Yes I agree it was a great time to be a teenager back then no cell phones or distraction's just simply fun times with family and friends. I feel sorry for the millennials, they will never know how good we had it 🤗🤔
ugh there's so much to love about this song, this mv. Obviously john is drop dead gorgeous and a god on bass but I love how attention is given to ALL the members here. Roger's smile is golden, Andy's and Nick's fits are on point, and I will forever be obsessed with Simon's white girl dancing lmaooo
The more I watch this video the more I realise how so well made it was. All the shots of the band are timed so precisely and used to great effect. The videographer truly knew what he was doing.
Absolutely right. I've compiled playlists for 1981, 1982 and 1983 music videos on my channel, and I've only selected the very best examples, like this one. This is 1982 for instance: ua-cam.com/play/PL6oCQqv2KW6XTK18evV5q9WAua3eshkiS.html
Always remember seeing this band as a support act at Sheffield Polytechnic one Saturday night in the early 80’s s4and they were something very special, a brilliant band live. They introduced this song as their first single to be released during the next week and the rest is history!
I was obsessed with Duran Duran in the 80's but this is the first time I have ever actually seen the Planet Earth video. Good thing really because I think my teenage self would have imploded at a topless Simon! haha
As a black teen growing up in South Los Angeles I could not let my friends know that I was an admirer of Duran Duran. Also, how they inspired me to study the keyboards AND bass guitar.
You probably were pressured to only like Eazy E and Ll Cool J. I bet you those dudes listened to Duran Duran themselves.
B.I.S.O.N.: BRISTOL SCREENWRITER NONSTUDENT Same too brother I love of these 80s but man my generation expect you to listen to these new crap rappers
B.I.S.O.N.: BRISTOL SCREENWRITER NONSTUDENT mad props for your taste of music. It shows that you had a unique taste for music, and I bet you’re doing some great things with your talents
That's funny man. :) Loved the bass for sure.
Me too. In Atlanta though. Dudes would come into my room and be like "nigga wtf are u listening to??" lol
1981...
2024...
Planet Earth is absolutely a different place to what it was when this song came out.
Let this track be the eternal, anthemic tribute to way, way, WAY better times!
😂
When we were merely destroying the Earth. Now it's nearly there.
🎯👈
@@Robil63 You said it, my friend!
No it wasn't a better time. 80s fucking sucked.
THIS is a timeless bassline! This guy is BRILIANT!!!
Tru dat!
John Taylor is amazing.
He was mentored by Nile Rogers
@@darrylwaites7747 Wow! Makes 100% sense!!!
Completely underrated.
80’s music never die because it’s timeless. Something today’s artists fail to understand. Music in 80’s was more than just music, it was the whole scene…
I think the 80’s will always hold that title.
Incredible and unbelievable to think this is 43 years ago those boys have aged well and still sound so good now
Lifelong Duran Duran fan. This is their best song.
IMPOSIBLE.save a prayer.ISaid.
@@winqner7718 no not this
It is perfect. But so are many of their other songs.
Rio is bar far their best video production and song
@user-dj8yp5co5s , nah. Wild Boys and Union of the Snake had ridiculously kickass videos.
The bass player carries this band. Love them!!
John Taylor is one of the most underrated bass players of all time in my opinion
John Taylor is great!
Said they didnt know how to play thier instruments on first lp!
One of his influences is bernard edwards from chic
It's rare to have bass guitar do that generally it's the lead guitar Taylor is an exception to the rule!!
the very song that captured me with Duran Duran 1982 - a year after release. 42 years later...
John Taylor is a very underestimated bass player. His work on tracks like "Rio", "Girls on Film" and specially on this one is simply amazing. Try and pay attention. He should be on almost every "Best" list.
I never picked up on him back in the eighties. I don't know why. I guess that I just didn't take synth-pop seriously. He is a damn good bass player.
Truth be told Duran Duran hits were based mostly on his bass skills. But it was so synth rich that it was hard to tell.
Yuri Teixeira He is. And he got me into bass.
@@jackdonith very true. All dd's hits are because of john's talent and skill
He's very underrated.
The song that announced Duran Duran to the world
Indeed! I was 10 when this song came out. I was mesmerized by the bass line and drums. Been a fan ever since.
And to me as well!
One of the best bass guitarists.......ever
Peter M word. He’s a freaking legend and a gentleman to boot.
Peter M you got it
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Not many bands forefront the bass player over the guitar like these guys did, Duran Duran is a band that really makes you respect proper basslines, it was the driving force behind each of their songs.
Agreed he is magnificent so creative and talented!!
今でも聴いてるよ！被らない曲。
似たような曲もない。やはりDuran Duran！！！
Planet Earth is arguably Duran Duran's best track
今もファンやってますわ。
お前はこの曲が一番好きなのか？といつも自分に問いてます( ´∀｀ )ｖ
Brilliant! 👏
❤❤❤
わかる さいこー
After all these years, I never realized what an absolutely sick bass line this song has!
JT is one of the best bassists in the business.
+Tracie Holladay flea and fieldy
Yes they are amazing too
certainly is the band duran duran new romantic icon
seth716 The thing that made this song so appealing was the bassline.
My son, he's 5 now...It totally into Duran Duran... I couldn't be more proud!
Brilliant I hope at 11 he still listening?
I feel sorry for those who missed the 80's.
Best of times.
I was young in the 80's but grew up with Duran Duran I remember singing this at primary school!
Dancing days , the best . Groovin to this gem
Exactly.. cannot be duplicated !
I wish I was around in these days.
@Suit guy Interesting, I don’t think it was that bad over here in Europe. I remember it as a nice and trouble free time. But of course I was still a kid in the early 80s 😉
Black 80’s baby from the Netherlands here, I grew up with friends who listened to hiphop, I liked hiphop too but I had really had a love for the 80’s new wave sounds as well, I still listen to it a lot and when people find out they are in disbelief 😂
This song is so good. I'm gonna cry. The bass line is INCREDIBLE.
trashley79 exactly!!!
It's absolutely incredible
I love it such rhythm
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Check out his bass playing in Rio; the whole album is a bass masterclass.
I'm going to be in an old folks' home, still listening to Duran Duran
Same here!!!! 😸
woooo
Haha. I'll be listening to it forever, but no fucking chance in hell I'm going into one of those places. I have a cliff picked out over the Atlantic.
No DOUBT!!!
Lmao u so funny and me to
My all-time fave Duran Duran song. Still epic to this day💜
Mine to. 1983's short lived show MV3 brung me here
💯
You know it sister!
I agree with you 😂😂🎉🎉
I think it's excellent, but I slightly prefer Girls On Film
Oh, the time it took me and a friend to learn those dance moves - then we did it much to the delight of people at parties.
Loved Duran Duran in the 80s and still do. This is most likely one of the best songs ever written. It is great, upbeat and feel good song. We loved it, danced to it and enjoyed it with friends. We loved all of their music, but this one stood out by far. Great and timeless sound.
I believe it’s about nuclear war
heading down to *Billy's*
Yes - Simon says "nuclear" a lot in Duran Duran songs... you're about as easy as a nuclear war. Sting did too! @@jmf3353
Not even the best Duran Duran song...? Claps and missing that "wall of sound". Do you believe in shame? Come undone. Rio. Wolf. Is there something I should know? Reflex? Notorious. Electric Barbarella. I mean - best? New Moon... New Religion... Wild Boys... View to a Kill even... HUH!! ???
I will literally never get tired of that ridiculously catchy BASSLINE. #johntaylorforever
Wahn Yoon I will never get tired of listening too Duran Duran period !
This band influenced me so much in sound and fashion they were post-punk influence the bass is fantastic period it's a timeless song!!
@@kenbray5682 I know right? I listen to the "Rio" album when I work out!
Fell in love with Duran Duran when i was 11 im 47 and still listening to them and i still love them❤❤❤❤❤
Hey! I'm a 55 yr. old MALE and I STILL Love Duran Duran and ALWAYS WILL! :D
Same here but I was 16 and am now 53. DD forevah!
hahahaha, I'm a bit older but same here....regardless of the fact that my GF back in the day was MADLY in love with John Taylor... or with the other Taylor.... or with all of them....=)
Eduardo Hernández most of us girls were MADLY in love with John. 😊
@@victoriastone6287 hahahaha, thanks for the clarification! John it was then.... I sort of got over it already, but it was tough back then....=)
This song's watchword is PHENOMENAL! ❤IT. Both brillantly written and perfromed. Pure genious. - An all time yours truely favorite with no question at all.100% true pure fasination.
Thank you Duran Duran for the soundtrack of my youth!
💜💜💜
It is beyond words how influential their music videos from this period were on me!! 😺
Duran Duran's best song. Too bad those times are gone forever. It sucks immensely.
Duran Duran hyvä Artisti?.
Modern music is a cancer that only cares about money.
@@pearljam619 your wrong about that! They care about being horrible too!
Tonio Miklo I agree but at least we have the song forever and i never tire of it. Today’s music is utter garbage and doesn’t come close to it and never will.
Music meant MORE than music in the Eighties: Fashion, life-style, art.......
John is absolutely stunning in this video ❤️❤️
Duran Duran are incredibly talented and their music is legendary !!! ❤🎉🌟
The amazing thing about this song is that it sounds futuristic, despite the fact that it was written 35 years ago. It's difficult to understate how much of an achievement that is.
Wow, this is a new wave classic. I was a big fan of Duran Duran in the 80's but I haven't listened to them in years. Oddly, my 9 year old son is obsessed with them at the moment. He had me break out all the CD's and has me watching all the videos - thanks to video games and cartoon shows featuring 80's music. Hilarious.
They were so woefully underrated in the early 80's (and for most of their career frankly) with critics relegating them to teeny bop status. But they were amazing. Pioneers of new wave, and specifically the new romantic movement, fashion trend setters (Miami Vice copied them) and talented musicians:
Simon Le Bon with his eccentric lyrics and unique voice, Nick Rhodes with his innovative and ethereal synth sounds, John Taylor with his groove-laden driving bass lines, Andy Taylor with his funky and technically flawless rhythm guitar and Roger Taylor with his insane percussive speed and understated brilliance. Genius I say!
Spot on 👍😁
your son has good taste. that's encouraging.
Not eccentric, esoteric.
No, I meant eccentric as in unusual, peculiar, irregular not esoteric as in unable to be understood. You're not supposed to try to figure out what he means but interpret them according to your reality. It means different things to different people. And that is intended according to Simon.
Their fame notwithstanding, they were critically underrated and even ridiculed. People would argue that their popularity was due to their looks and not their music. Even bands that came to be highly respected and revered, like Depeche Mode, were ridiculed in the early years. If you read the liner notes of a lot of the albums from these bands, they include nasty yet hilarious negative comments from countless critics.
Lord have mercy!!!! I miss the eighties!!!! This group here was my favorite of all time.....next to Kraftwerk!!!!
good taste
Marva I loved the 80's too! One of the best band ever!!!
Glad to see someone else enjoys craftwerk
Mine too. I used to take my cassette recorder to the playground and get 'high' on the swings listening to kraftwerk.
Marva Jones-McMullin They were Goth Pop
Duran Duran was-and still is-unlike any other group to emerge from the burgeoning "new wave" or "synth-pop" boom of the late 70's and early 80's. For one, they were all solid writers, as this song proves. Two, instead of being a vocalist and a synth player, they were an ACTUAL band. Three, each instrument could be heard clearly throughout the big production; each instrument filled a role in the sonic picture instead of simply filling holes and wasting time. There's a lot of rather complex interplay between the guitars, bass and keyboards that lends itself very well to repeat listens and holds up to excessive playing. Very well done.
True
Agreed it was actually a revolutionary time for mainstream pop/ rock/punk. New wave punk such as The clash etc.. really came out of their shell so to speak. Bands that were trying to break thru into mainstream finally had a conduit to do so. New wave also emerged with bands like Eurythmics, flock of seagulls and of course Duran Duran and as a result the new romantic scene also branched out too. To this day its roots can still be heard in dance music. Was a great time for a music lover like myself. I went the way of metal but learned the significance of these genres later in life and as a result i enjoy them in my 50s to this day.
good points. the thing about image - duran duran started as a band, playing live. they did not know or intend to be pin ups. they wanted to be the biggest band in the world and did achieve that status. however their management realised this video got strong reactions from younger girls, as well as everyone else. so they they had a new curve to their marketing and placing focus on looks in addition to the music. in theory sounded great - but some people were put off by pretty boy image - as if you cant look that good and be a real band. Incredibly, they were. and here were are 2023 42 years later...
immense talent, vision, and courage. in the first 10 years played over 1000 live shows.
rock and roll hall of fame 2022. i was so happy for them to get that recognition - as i was ridiculed for liking duran duran. there was a stigma of sorts - but as time passed that stigma eroded, and by early 2000s duran duran were now percieved as something of a pop music heavy weight with the utmost respect by all. i always knew duran duran were amazingly diverse with style and composition, and leaving out guitars or only synth with some songs, or only using guitars with others, and reliant on melody and lyrics and vocals (which simon le bon has bettter than almost all of the singers out there) .
anyway, my points from scotland and vive la duran duran
I don't know why I'm so mesmerized by the way John Taylor turns around at 2:56 😍😍
He's GREAT here but the Reflex video OMG THUD :)
Sexy man. Period!
I love watching Simon dancing!!!! What a doll. 😘
The 80's were a blast! I feel so blessed to have experienced those years! Duran Duran's music is timeless!
Mee too!
Duran Duran, Adam and the Ants, Euryrhmics, Pet Shop Boys etc etc....😃👋
@@IronMan-fz4ot Count me in as well.😀 It was literally a flood of bands and songs. Sure, some of the songs were terrible, however, the creativity was off the charts. The '80s and even the early '90s had great music. I believe that people listen more so to music because they weren't immersed in their phones and the internet, as they are today.
Great music, great times. Youth foot loose, fancy free, hanging with our buddies having a time of our lives. Forever in our hearts. Hi from Queensland, Australia ❤🙏🖐
I've been a Duran Duran fan since 1981. I have always liked their music and lyrically they're very good. Their first album is my all time favourite.
A great album that is very underrated, especially if you get the one with the extended versions and demos.
My daughter is going to her first gig tonight. It got me thinking about going to my first one. Which brought me here. Edinburgh Playhouse 1988. Thanks lads, it was a great night.
I am 24 years old. I recently went to their concert with my mom who has been listening to them since she was a teenager. Right now I'm in bed sick and just using the time to listen to their hits. I feel fulfilled and imagine how I would have enjoyed their concerts if I had been born in the 80s. Big love for them and many other good performers from that era, whose hits are still heard today. ✨🤗🩷
Good onya, Kat! Check out The Chauffer. Not technically one of their "hits", but totally mesmerizing. All their albums are worth a listen, really. Great band.
I took my 24 year old daughter to see them last October, going again next month. Keep the Duranies going. Your mom has great taste in music, and as a mother, I’m proud to pass this awesome music to my children. And do listen to the Chauffeur. It’s mesmerizing ❤
Duran Duran was NOT really a Pop band, but a funk band. Listen to that bass, especially in the chorus. Chic approved this message.
The 80s: _Lived 'em. Loved 'em. Miss 'em._
You sir are totally correct!
Don’t make excuses, they were just a great band that gave so much joy to millions of us.
They expertly filtered a good mix of sounds. Disco, pop, funk, punk.
Yeah. They are cursed by getting too much radio play (though good for them financially). People hear their songs played all the time so they tune them out and dismiss them as mainstream corporate rock for the masses. Had they not become so popular, they would be more appreciated in the way the Cure is now. They have similar roots in post-punk, with many of those bands being influenced by funk and disco.
Well Talor says he syncopated his bass tracks. You may be on to something...
I wasn't around when the Beatles came as part of the British first wave in the US, but was alive when Duran Duran came as the undisputed leader of the second wave. It was mind blowing the groves of fans they drew, especially the women of course. Planet Earth is my #1 favorite DD song.
And think that 3, 4 years before realising that album, John had no clue how to play a guitar... He learnt everything by his own! A total genius! 😍😍😍
Actually... That was Nick Rodes that couldn't play much on the Keys. HE Is Self taught! Well...
Actually I think all of them were pretty much self taught.
And sings great harmonies with Simon!
@@j.s.connolly8579 John is self-taught, too. (Source: his auto-biography 😁)
I was 11, I loved Simon Le Bon and this Album. 39 years later nothing has changed 😍
There it is. The dance that defines the 80s. Horrifically awesome
Nearly as bad as Rick Ashley...😂
Wouldn't that be the Moonwalk?
Did Simon inspire "The Carlton" with those moves?
By far the best Duran Duran song. Before they became over commercial.
THERE WILL NEVER BE A TIME IN LIFE LIKE THERE WAS IN THE 80'S. MUSIC WAS AWSOME, & SO WAS LIFE. OH HOW I MISS THOSE HAPPY DAYS.
Oh man John Taylor's bass line here us badass. What a groover.
Too right the bass is exceptional!
As a child of the 80's I am appreciating Duran Duran's music on a whole other level as an adult. They're so good.
chris bacon this happening to me right now too. I’ve been killing there albums and feel the same way. Wow
This album made me go to their tour in the US. My first concert. 1983 or 1984.
I love watching Simon dancing!!!! What a doll. 😘
We should broadcast this into space.
2023 anybody? I absolutely love this tune when I was younger and still do day by day!❤
Yes, I'm here. Loved them then and now. 🔥
me too！（I’m 57 now）
60' in 2024. Got this in Duran Duran and Planet Earth folder. LoL
John Taylor is a highly underrated musician, he was so good looking no one cared how talented he was
Please enlighten us as to how you determined he is underrated. Have you interviewed any bassists since the 80s who may or may not have been inspired by his playing? How many albums has Duran Duran sold?
@@jimlovesgina easy buddy, it's just an opinion.
@@jimlovesgina do you not hear how good his bass is in this song
@@melialove6549 you're seriously talking out of your arse.
I seem to recall John getting a bass player of the year award in the 80's, maybe twice. He's certainly not underrated by any stretch of the imagination.
40 years old and still sounds magnificent 👌
THAT BASS WHAT CARRIES THIS SONG ALL THE WAY TO 2021 and it s still on 🔥
One of the BEST songs of the 1980’s...or ever! 😍😃
Happy Birthday #40, Planet Earth! 2.2.1981 - 2.2.2021! What a song you are! Still sounds fresh after 40 years!
I do remember exactly where I was & what I was doing when I heard you for the first time! Thanks Duran Duran!!
Nick Rhodes never fucked around on keys and how John Taylor introduced funk bass into new wave is still gold to this day. Great stuff.
As a 50 something child of the 60's, you will often hear people say if you remember the 60's you weren't there, well if you do not remember the 80's the same could be said, I was fortunate to see the 80's, hear the 80's and be young in the 80's. Dressing up was part of the fun, dancing was part of the fun, it was such a great time to be young, carefree and happy
In 1981 I was only 9 years old. I never imagined how much this music would influence me for the rest of my life.
I was 14 but yeah agreed
Same here and millions of others too!!
I’m the same age, born in ‘72. I loved these guys and this was my favorite song 😉
❤
I was born in 81. My dad loved to play records. Duran Duran I found on my own. By 85-86 I was a huge follower and fan in my tiny age. Culture Club and Pet Shop
Boys come to memory.
The most beautiful men I've ever seen in my entire life.
so you have not seen me then.
good taste
Right I had it so bad for John Taylor....
Sara Rodrigues God yes they were!!
Sara Rodrigues I really had a mad crush on John Taylor!!! He was the finest man in the group.....He still looks good!!!😍💖😘💖
Duran Duran was real alternative music in the beginning, and they never sold out their sound, but adapted to the times, yet still holding on to that very version of alternative music. It was our generation who knew alternative music, nothing compares, to this day..
Those two awesome dancers at 2:52 have always been my favorite part of this iconic video. Very goth and creative looking.
This video / song / clothes / the sound is the very definition of "new romantic" 1980-1983
As well as the vacant eyed MTV stare. Blue Steel, to be precise.
Yes it was a great time, lots of fun, the music still sounds great today! My kids definately dont agree but it was an original sound and though I like todays music I am always drawn back to this time, perhaps because I was 17-18 when this came out, good memories :)
Like some new romantic looking for a TV sound...
'NewRo'
Alongside to Fade To Grey video / song / clothes / sound / single cover.
What an amazing piece of bass playing by Taylor, drumming too........what a superb era of music
This video sparked an 11yo San Diego kid's love of music. Duran are my band. Always was, always will be.
Anyone who still hasn't recognised the brilliance of this record really is on another "Planet"!!!
Thankyou!
Amen
Indeed So!!
you're being mooned 💡💡💡
Maybe we just have different opinions to you. It happens!
I've read SO MANY Comments on John's Bass work on this song... Listen to the ENTIRE Album ESPECIALLY Songs like,
"Night Boat" and "Sound of Thunder" or "Lonely in Your Nightmare" or "My Own Way"!
ALL GREAT Songs with John and Roger just Tearing it up AND Holding the song together!
Just a FREAKIN' GREAT BAND!!!
New Religion too
Hell to the yeah!
Always and forever, thank you to Great Britain and the British people whose creativity, since the 1960s, has given the rest of the World hundreds of unique bands such as the Duran Duran and music of unparalleled beauty, quirkiness and atmosphere. What would our lives have been without British bands? Thank you from Sicily.
You're welcome (from the UK)
I was OBSESSED with British bands in the 80’s, especially Duran Duran.
Even as a Brit, I am quite staggered by how many great and diverse bands this small island creates. Unfathomable. But long may we continue to do so :-)
@@2112jonr
Many great and diverse bands indeed:
Cocteau Twins, Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett, Discharge, Lush, Yes, Wire, Colin Newman, Killing Joke, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Broadcast, The Smiths, Human League, Curve, Skunk Anansie, Genesis, Steve Hackett, Boards Of Canada, Clash, Adam & The Ants, Public Image Limited, Prefab Sprout, Lloyd Cole & The Commotion, The The, Napalm Death, Cranes, Cardiacs, Led Zeppelin, Yazoo, Iron Maiden, Police, Blur, Fall, Sex Pistols, Buzzcocks, Jamiroquai, Seal, Slowdive, Clash, Madness, The Beatles, Cure, Depeche Mode, Radiohead, Goldfrapp, Dubstar, Charlatans, Ride, Heaven 17, Judas Priest, Marillion, The Buggles, Throbbing Gristle, GBH, Japan, Nick Drake, This Mortal Coil, Pet Shop Boys, Cardiacs, Damned, Dire Straits, Echobelly, Teardrop Explodes, Carcass, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Eurythmics, Soft Cell, Thrilled Skinny, Dead Or Alive, Psychedelic Furs, Simple Minds, XTC, The Streets, Pretenders, The Queen, Lily Allen, Tears For Fears, Supertramp, The Kooks, Duran Duran, Groove Armada, Amy Winehouse, Coldplay, Saxon, Dead Can Dance, Massive Attack, Electric Light Orchestra, The Who, Inspiral Carpets, The Wedding Presents, Kate Bush, Placebo, The Rolling Stones, Housemartins, Visage, Culture Club, Human League, Expelled, The Jam, P.J. Harvey, Gary Numan, Howard Jones, Suede, Everything But The Girl, Roxy Music, Thrilled Skinny, Freur, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, 10cc, Ladytron, Japan, Morcheeba, Helen Love, Spiritualized, My Bloody Valentine, Loop, Th' Faith Healers, Mark Ronson, Pretenders, Bauhaus, Kate Nash, Lotus Eaters, Black Sabbath, Oasis, The Sundays, All Saints, Portishead, Verve, Exploited, David Bowie, Talk Talk, Bauhaus, Elastica, Hey Elastica!, David Gray, Joe Jackson, Nick Kershaw, Spandau Ballet, Supergrass, The Korgis, Badly Drawn Boy, Tricky, Pale Saints, The Creatures, Bronski Beat, Fine Young Cannibals, Madness, Extreme Noise Terror, Stranglers, Stereolab, Keane, Motorhead...
Thank you , it's a pleasure this island is recognized for its musical legacy .grazi 🏴🇬🇧
This song launched Duran Durans music career in the 80s
This song was released by Duran Duran back in early '81
2nd February 1981
I was two years old and going on three when they released this masterpiece
An absolute early 80s power anthem ❤❤🎉🎉
Opening Shot of Roger Taylor STILL gives me Butterflies in my Tummy!! 7th & 8th grade was a blast for Durannies Everywhere....JT rockin that Bass and Blowin my mind. God I LOVED THEM
FANTASTIC SONG WHAT A WILD AND CRAZY BASS LINE...... REALLY KICKN!!!
The group is a diamond -- all members are top players in their category --
This is one of my favorite songs by Duran Duran. I just love these guys!!! Been a fan from day one.
Iconic video, stylish, unique, nothing like it. Iconic band. What's more to say, and still going strong. So pleased they finally got into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, so well deserved. Kate Bush this year hopefully, another well deserved one that's waited far too long.
Happy 60th Birthday to our beloved Simon. Still got it babe.
The best band of all time ....
A melhor Banda de todos os tempos....
They were so, so chic I simply can't😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
We will never have song artists as good as they were back in the 80s but we will always be blessed with there music for as long as life on earth exists.
Brilliant 👌🎉
Can't beat the 80s
I was into heavy metal as a kid when this came out and had no time for DD. Well now I’m 55-still into heavy metal, but now love DD. Matured a bit, expanded my musical tastes big style n appreciate a band full of talented musicians-plus learning bass with Johns tutorials!
Ha, I'm 53, started out loving DD as a pre-teen and then moved into metal. Still love DD to this day!
Wow wow wow, that’s a LOT of ruffles on Nick’s shirt! VERY “New Romantics”! I’m pickin’ up what he’s puttin’ down, all good! Out of nowhere this song started going through my mind tonight. I only remembered a few of the lyrics at first but then really wanted to hear it, so kept replaying it in my mind until the title came back to me! 👏👏👏👏
Locura de adolescente! Tenía 16 anos y rompí mi tv porque se desató una gran tormenta eléctrica y sonaba Planeta Tierra ! Amaba este tema,me desarmaba bailando lo frente del tv y de pronto un reventón! Adiós televisor!!! Castigada 3 meses sin salir....Duran duran for ever en mi ❤
I love Simon’s dancing. ❤️
Me too...
Agree 😊
Duran Duran were, is and always will be my favorite band ever!!! i feel so nostalgic hearing 80's songs.
In high school we all dressed liked this. The pleated knickers, cumber buns, the over flamboyant frilly blouses, the moccasin boots or Russian boots. I LOVE HIGH SCHOOL 1981-1985. The best of times PERIOD! It was also the MTV new age era. You had to live it!
Yes I agree it was a great time to be a teenager back then no cell phones or distraction's just simply fun times with family and friends. I feel sorry for the millennials, they will never know how good we had it 🤗🤔
Where did you go to high school? I loved this song but the whole outfit never got to our high school - just the frilly blouses
@@sarahharris4849 Overfelt high school in San Jose. California
That makes sense. I grew up in Ky & let's just say that it was conservative
I'm 60 and I'm taking My DD collection into 2025 with me❤
pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa this is Planet heart! BASS..... Im Dying . Thank you Duran Duran for making my youth one of the Best ever!
My mom was a rather strict Christian but we could listen to Duran. I think she secretly found them attractive!
ugh there's so much to love about this song, this mv. Obviously john is drop dead gorgeous and a god on bass but I love how attention is given to ALL the members here. Roger's smile is golden, Andy's and Nick's fits are on point, and I will forever be obsessed with Simon's white girl dancing lmaooo
Roger is fire!!!!! Solid, tight, explosive, electric!
Vivo por John Taylor y su precioso riff
Esta es de mis favoritas,pero se luce en el bajo en Río...de lo mejor John Taylor
Duran Duran were awsome . This takes me back to my youth . The bass solo from John taylor ,is legendary !! 🎸🎶🎶🎶
They're still together, still playing, touring, and producing new material.
The more I watch this video the more I realise how so well made it was. All the shots of the band are timed so precisely and used to great effect. The videographer truly knew what he was doing.
Absolutely right. I've compiled playlists for 1981, 1982 and 1983 music videos on my channel, and I've only selected the very best examples, like this one. This is 1982 for instance: ua-cam.com/play/PL6oCQqv2KW6XTK18evV5q9WAua3eshkiS.html
John Taylor has always been humble about his work on bass. People assume that can't possibly his work.
Back in the day I never appreciated what a good bass player John Taylor was. I do now.
この曲聴くと新宿にあった椿ハウスを思いだすの
曲がかかるとpvの踊り子さん真似て友達と手繋ぎ踊りして 夜遊び時代が懐かしい〜🌃
行ってましたよ😂
火曜日に❤
@P.K.2022
わ〜 もしかしたら同じ空間に居たかもですね 🥳
火曜はパンクの日だったかな
Always remember seeing this band as a support act at Sheffield Polytechnic one Saturday night in the early 80’s s4and they were something very special, a brilliant band live. They introduced this song as their first single to be released during the next week and the rest is history!
Wow. How cool
"Looking for the TV sound". My friends and I in our school in 1981 got this straight away. We loved this song.
Just love that bass line.
I absolutely love the bass guitar on this!
Still my favourite track of theirs.....monster bassline, pre-electo synths........strong lyricals and performance.....loved it then and love it now.
I agree, but listen to the bassline at the end of «Anyone Out There» That's magic! Slap it, John Taylor!
I was obsessed with Duran Duran in the 80's but this is the first time I have ever actually seen the Planet Earth video. Good thing really because I think my teenage self would have imploded at a topless Simon! haha
Can't believe you never got the iconic Duran Duran VHS, where this video is from! You have alot to catch up on!! 😸