![]() According to music industry legend, the gig came about when an extremely high John Taylor asked Bond mega-producer Albert "Cubby" Broccoli at a party when someone "decent" was going to record one of the movies' legendary themes. ![]() The two bands' limited success was, essentially, the only thing that brought the five members back together as Duran Duran in 1985 to record their biggest song yet, the theme song for the James Bond film A View to a Kill. While both bands enjoyed some measure of success, neither was anywhere near as popular as Duran Duran, with Arcadia putting out what Le Bon called "the most pretentious album ever" as contrasted with Power Station's "most cocainey album ever," according to The Quietus. Drummer Roger Taylor ended up working with both bands, so he presumably got twice the paychecks. Their first recording contract is alleged to have even had a clothing budget built into it.Īccording to Andy Taylor's autobiography, upon hearing this news, Simon Le Bon and keyboardist Nick Rhodes decided to form their own side project, an atmospheric synth group named Arcadia. Ordinary World - song and lyrics by Duran Duran Spotify Sign up Log in Home Search Your Library Create Playlist Liked Songs Legal Privacy Center Privacy Policy Cookies About Ads Your Privacy Choices Cookies English Preview of Spotify Sign up to get unlimited songs and podcasts with occasional ads. According to Decider, the band quickly began wearing designer suits and cutting-edge couture. Upon reaching global fame, it didn't take long for the band to ditch the ruffles and start on a different path: high fashion. So, when the New Romantic fad began to dry up within a few short years, Duran Duran was suddenly left looking terribly uncool. While popular, the genre never won over critics who thought it was far more about style than substance and, to be fair, they weren't exactly wrong about that, either. Duran Duran was considered one of the poster children of the New Romantic movement, as they were right there at the forefront when it began to build steam. Taking a page out of David Bowie's glam rock book from previous decades and the original Romantic movement of the early 19th century, New Romantics put on theatrical, garish costumes with lots of ruffles and wrote songs about, well, romance mostly. ![]()
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