• Would you miss Duran Duran?

    Posted on March 26th, 2008 by and currently 9 commenting.

    duranduran2.jpgEaster Sunday morning I got up groggy from a trip to the west coast, clicked on the television and shared my coffee with Duran Duran on A&E’s Private Sessions.

    I’ve always enjoyed the A&E Private Sessions but this one caught my attention because of a comment by bassist John Taylor. John made the comment that they don’t like to talk about it but they view Duran Duran as a brand. He went on to say they used ‘brand’ as filter for Duran Duran from day one, over 26 years ago.

    Duran Duran like many bands that have survived over a long period of time have many chapters of change. Back in 1982-83 I had just started getting into the club scene and MTV was started to infect culture. My group of friends actually altered our New Year’s Eve plans to catch the 1983 MTV Rock’n Roll Ball performance by Duran Duran. So I have a very defined memory of Duran Duran and connection to Duran Duran.

    I love John Moore’s “Would You Miss” posts. So influenced by John a question popped in my head. Would I miss Duran Duran, if the band, their music ceased to exist. I’ll go a step further what if their music just disappeared on your ipod, and your Duran Duran vinyl, and cds just evaporated.

    I can tell you one thing, I wouldn’t miss many brands at the level I would miss bands, their music. Is there a lesson here for brands?

    Photo credit from: duranduran.com photo gallery

  • Mark tully

    I’d miss it and brag about missing it later.

    Hi Geno. You gotta get over this retro thing.

    I wonder when Ramjam is going to reunite?

    Mark T

  • http://brainsonfire.com Geno

    Hey Mark. Been a long time. What’s retro? ;-)
    I should have asked if you would miss the Producers.

  • http://www.brandidentityguru.com/wordpress BIG Kahuna

    Geno, I would miss them and Def Leppard the same. Every year my wife and I see Def Leppard with some other big band (last year it was Poison).

    I love Duran, Duran because they were the first MTV big band. They really made MTV (when it was music videos).

    But then I’m a child of the 80′s- but I would miss them.

  • http://www.ghs.org Dick Thunder

    “Whoa Black Betty, Bam-a-lam!”

  • http://www.fiskateers.com Cheryl

    Oh my . . . I was a child of the 80′s as well and oh that Simon! What fond memories! Thanks for sharing!

  • http://www.brandidentityguru.com/wordpress BIG Kahuna

    Can I say Jericho now? I hate CBS! We’re missing the new civil war for God’s sakes!

  • http://brainsonfire.com Geno

    It really angers me that we have been left at the entire build up of a new civil war. CBS is about to make several bone-head moves. I fully expect the axe to fall on “How I met Your Mother.” If this happens I think I will boycott CBS. It will be hard. No CSI, No Big Brother. Nada.

  • http://themarketer.typepad.com Gordon Whitehead

    Its their video’s that I’ll miss…

  • http://brainsonfire.com Geno

    Gordon, I agree with you and Kahuna about Duran Duran’s videos. The early DD videos were artful. Girls on Film, Rio, Hungry Like a Wolf.