Um… I remember this being an AMAZING pop video
I’m starting to think 8 year old he was a twat
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garold you're on mute I SAID YOU'RE ON MUTE, Sat 2 Apr 2022, 21:04,
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It's about as good as the tune itself.
John Barry didn't have many nice things to say about working with/around Durran Durran.
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Sat 2 Apr 2022, 21:24,
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Somebody I know paid a rake of money for special meet the band
after the gig tickets. He said they were nobs
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Maybe they just didn't respect people like that
Why would they?
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Jeffrey44 (User was banned for this post), Sun 3 Apr 2022, 11:29,
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Because they're professionals offering a service in exchnge for money..?
If they don't respect people like that why are they exploiting them-oh right, because they're cunts.
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Mon 4 Apr 2022, 14:02,
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Most of the bands/musicians I've met have been lovely. There are some exceptions, though:
Gary Lightbody - cunt (allegedly)
Jay Kay - cunt (allegedly)
Violent Delight - all cunts (allegedly)
Rivers Cuomo - cunt (allegedly)
Calvin Harris - cunt (allegedly)
I find it helps to initially assume everyone is a cunt. If it turns out to be the case, then you aren't disappointed, and if it turns out not to be the case, then it's a lovely surprise!
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I have to disagree: the video was much, much worse than the tune.
And just to double-down on playing devil's advocate: I can easily imagine John Barry being offended by any band that didn't have a brass section.
Don't get me wrong; I think the old soundtracks are much better. It's just that Duran Duran happened to be in vogue when that film was made. I also happen to think that the theme to OHMSS was one of the better ones, so what do I know?
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jonbob loves you, Sun 3 Apr 2022, 8:03,
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I thought John Barry enjoyed the Durnans
It was A-Ha that he fuckcking loathed. I read that Barry had a great time working with the brummy boys.
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garold you're on mute I SAID YOU'RE ON MUTE, Sun 3 Apr 2022, 22:58,
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I remember him being a bit dismissive of them on a documentary. Can't remember which.
A-Ha's contribution was a lot more Bond-like and, y'know, musical than Duran Duran's.
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Mon 4 Apr 2022, 14:07,
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I read that The Durans just took John Barry to a pub
got him pissed and they spent the entire recording process behaving like dandies.
When the band gathered with Barry in November 1984 to start work on the song, things didn’t come together quite so easily. In his own memoir, Wild Boy: My Life In Duran Duran, former guitarist Andy Taylor recalls that he and John Taylor “were both heavily into booze at the time” and corrupted Barry by “heavily leading him astray with more drink. There was a great little pub just down the mews street from where [the composer] was based, and we would all disappear there for long afternoons.”
Things weren’t quite so collegial between Barry and keyboardist Nick Rhodes: The pair clashed, often contentiously, because “they were both stubborn and had very specific visions of how things should get done,” John Taylor wrote in his memoir.
Andy Taylor elaborated on the friction in Wild Boy, revealing that Rhodes especially bristled when Barry confronted him about musical matters: “‘I’m fucking not doing that,’ Nick would say flatly. ‘You can say all you want, but I know what I am talking about and at this time, you don’t,’ said Barry in his posh voice. ‘I’ve worked with people like Shirley Bassey and Roger Moore, and this is my gig, young man.’”
May all be bullshit but I'm pretty sure an interview where John Barry said the best band he worked with was Duran Duran and the worst was A-Ha
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garold you're on mute I SAID YOU'RE ON MUTE, Mon 4 Apr 2022, 22:18,
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to be fair, most 8 year olds are fucking idiots
I was 9 and hated Duran Duran but I still thoight it was a cool video
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