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Up next on my 80's Fest Movie 🎥 marathon... Duran Duran: Decade (1981) on glorious vintage VHS 📼! #music #musicvideo #duranduran #decade #DuranDuranDecade #simonlebon #nickrhodes #rogertaylor #johntaylor #rogertaylorduranduran #andytaylor #warrencuccurullo #vintage #vhs #80s #80sfest #durandurantulsas6thannual80sfest

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Tracklist:

Rio • My Own Way • Lonely in Your Nightmare • Hungry Like the Wolf • Hold Back the Rain • New Religion • Last Chance on the Stairway • Save a Prayer • The Chauffeur

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Duran Duran Appreciation Day

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#Happybirthday @andytaylorlives #andytaylor #guitarrist @duranduran #duranduran #rio #sevenandtheraggedtiger #arena #thepowerstation #thunder #notorious #bigthing #Decade #Liberty #ThankYou #Medazzaland #PopTrash #RedCarpetMassacre #AllYouNeedIsNow #FuturePast #dancemacabre

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vic de angelis did the bass on the new duran duran single OMG WHAT

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Friday "FREAKOUT!" (1/10)

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Rio

Duran Duran

The identity of the model whose likeness graced the cover of Duran Duran’s album “Rio” has finally been revealed.

Marcie Hunt-Dinkel, the co-owner of a small winery in Napa, is the woman with the “cherry ice cream smile” who inspired Patrick Nagel’s artwork for the classic 1982 album, experts confirmed.

The band’s fans spent decades searching for the original image used by the Playboy illustrator. Over the weekend, Mark Walker, a Nagel expert, and art broker Monica Moynihan, a fan of the artist, announced their discovery on Instagram.

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Duran Duran - The Chauffeur 1982

Rio is the second studio album by English band Duran Duran, released in 1982. A new wave album with musical elements such as dance and synth-pop, Rio is mostly composed of fast, upbeat numbers, with a couple slower synthesiser-based ballads. The cover artwork, painted by Patrick Nagel and designed by Malcolm Garrett to resemble 1950s cigar packaging, is considered one of the greatest of all time.

Duran Duran shot music videos for many of the album's tracks, all of which helped spearhead the 1980s MTV revolution. Accompanied by three worldwide hit singles, Rio peaked at number 2 in the UK and remained in the chart for 110 weeks. Initially unsuccessful in the US, the album was remixed by Capitol Records to better match American radio at the time; the remixed album spent 129 weeks on the Billboard chart, reaching number 6.

Rio initially received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, who commended the melodies but disparaged the lyrics. Retrospective reviewers consider Rio timeless and the band's best work, praising its instrumentation and band performances. With the album, Duran Duran were forerunners in the Second British Invasion of the 1980s, helping ensure the success of other English artists throughout the decade, and along with Culture Club and Spandau Ballet created a teen frenzy similar to Beatlemania during the first British Invasion of the 60s. Rio has since made appearances on best-of lists and has been reissued several times.

"The Chauffeur" was created on the spot in the studio. During downtime, Nick Rhodes retreated to an auxiliary studio room with Blauel, their tape operator, and crafted a track using keyboards, synthesisers, the sound of an ice cube cracking and a conversation about nature for extra effects. Simon Le Bon accompanied him with lyrics he'd originally written as poetry in 1978, and adding a melody on an ocarina. The final track features no contributions from the three other band members. An acoustic version (Blue Silver) was recorded without Rhodes, which appeared as a B-side to "Rio". The keyboardist later quipped, "I guess that was my punishment for have created an entirely electronic track."

"The Chauffeur" received a total of 64,6% yes votes! Previous Duran Duran polls: #21 "The Wild Boys".

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MUSIC I THINK THE POETS WOULD ENJOY

this is not time period accurate but i do not care. i at least tried to keep it pre-2000s. also i’m 100% projecting my music taste onto them. deal with it? spotify playlists, each of which has around 30 songs, are linked below each description ! i spent forever on this 😭

Charlie Dalton

i’m not sure that i could pinpoint very many artists he’d particularly like, but this is a classic rock boy right here. he’d be into ac/dc, motley crue, led zeppelin, etc. perhaps a bit of duran duran (this is where i’m projecting the most.) songs about s3x and women, and songs that make him feel like the rebel he is. (this playlist has been gale hansen approved on twitter btw)

Neil Perry

oh i just know this kid would be into some funk and pop, especially 80s and perhaps even new wave (i’m again projecting). now THIS is a duran duran fan (specifically their early stuff), which is unsurprising since the lead singer has a drama degree. he’d also probably like fleetwood mac, and would be well-versed in the band’s drama. duran duran, wham!, fleetwood mac, abba, maybe even some hall & oates. songs with complex lyrics and also songs that make him wanna dance. lots of upbeat stuff because though he has things that bother him, he’d rather do anything but dwell on them.

Todd Anderson

honestly, considering they’re roommates, i feel like neil would’ve had a bit of an impact on todd’s music taste, so there’s some band influence there—but regardless, i think todd would be into more mellow and emotional songs. jeff buckley comes to mind, along with the eagles, the beatles and maybe a splash of the smiths also pls pretend now and then didn’t come out last year. he would also be letting it linger i fear

Knox Overstreet

knox would be similar to Charlie, as they probably bond over shared music taste just as much as everything else. very heavy on the classic rock, but a lean more towards songs about needing someone and love songs as he pines for Chris. Tom Petty, Robert Palmer, The Cars, and a bunch of songs introduced to him by Charlie. He sticks more to genre/theme than to a specific artist methinks

Richard Cameron

contrary to what some may think, i think Cameron would absolutely groove to some rock n roll. HOWEVER. he is a 60s-70s rock n roll elitist. he thinks Billy Idol’s cover of Mony Mony is a disgrace. he wholeheartedly believes the Beatles are the best band to have ever graced the planet. The Beatles, The Beach Boys. The Rolling Stones, etc. Maybe even some Simon & Garfunkel. Him and Charlie argue a lot about which decades were the best years of rock music

Gerard Pitts

free my boy. he just wants to dance he ain’t do nothing wrong. his music taste has definitely been influenced by some of the other poets, in the sense that if he hears a song with a funky beat that makes him want to dance, it’s added to his mixtape IMMEDIATELY. for this reason, i’m thinking lots of funk and groove. play that funky music white boy! Bee Gees, ABBA, Talking Heads, Pet Shop Boys, etc. as long as he can dance to it he could care less who it’s by

Steven Meeks

another old rock, but more on the calm side with some hints of folk and fun. Donovan, The Beatles (paul is his fav for sure), The Beach Boys, and he definitely loves every white person anthem, including Sweet Caroline. he likes to groove with Pitts but also like soothing music to study to !!! i had to consult my friend on this one i fear i was drawing a blank

AND THAT is my opinion on each of the poets’ music taste. did i squeeze Duran Duran into almost all of them? perhaps. they’re my fav band let me live… feel free to listen to the playlists (please listen to them. pls i don’t want to have made them in vain.) and maybe even become spotify moots with me :D

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Now showing on my Duran Duran Week Filmfest...Duran Duran: Decade (1989) on glorious vintage VHS! #duranduran #decade #DuranDuranDecade #simonlebon #nickrhodes #rogertaylor #johntaylor #rogertaylorduranduran #andytaylor #warrencuccurullo #80s #vintage #vhs #duranduranweek17 #duranduranweek2023 #DuranDuranWeek

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Tracklist:

Notorious • American Science • Skin Trade • A Matter Of Feeling • Hold Me • Vertigo (Do The Demolition) • So Misled • "Meet El Presidente" • Winter Marches On • Proposition

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Rio: Terry Silver x Reader

Tagging: @volumesofforgottenlore@kmc1989@somethingdarkside17@noonee333

Terry’s warned you about the car. It’s a fire engine red 1967 Alfa Romero Spider, one that’s seen much better days. Cars like this in good condition cost ten grand, yours is not in good condition.

He understands the emotional connection to the car, your parents had picked it up for you after college as a graduation present. It’s the only tie you have to the both of them now that they’re gone.

When you’d got back to LA and brought it out of storage, Terry had known it was going to be trouble. It was in the stutter of the engine, the dilapidated roar. There’s a Duran Duran tape that’s been stuck in the stereo for over a decade and the passenger side intermittently unlocks. Everytime you climb inside the thing he gets heart palpitations.

When he gets the call in the middle of the night, it scares the hell out of him. You’re crying on the phone, there’s been an accident, you think the car is totalled.

“But are you ok?” He asks you, gripping the phone so tightly the plastic creaks.

“Yea,” You say shakily and he can tell you trying not to cry. “But the car…”

“Alright baby.” He says softly as he snatches up his keys. “I’m on the way.”

There’s already a tow truck on scene, along with the police when he arrives. He sees the red and blue lights flashing and his heart tightens in his chest.

The accident had taken place on a dirt road in El Sereno. You were driving home after dropping off one of the kids from the gallery when a drunk driver had hit your car, almost sending it careening over the edge of the hill. You were lucky it hadn’t been going any faster because that car, it has a soft top, he’s certain you wouldn’t have made it if it had rolled.

You put your thumb out to flag him down and he pulls up as close as he can. You’re a mess. There’s mascara streaked down your cheeks, blood running from your hairline down your features.

“Did you hit your head?” he asks worriedly, his fingers seeking out the source of the bleeding.

“No.” You say as he removes a handkerchief from his coat pocket and presses it to the wound. “It’s from the glass.”

When you glance over your shoulder the Romero is being loaded onto a flatbed. The passenger side where the other car hit you is obliterated, the metal contorted beyond repair. You take one look at it and burst into tears.

That night you’re inconsolable.

The loss of that car…

It’s like you’ve lost your parents all over again.

You cry yourself to asleep, your face buried in Terry’s chest as he holds you close, whispering sweet nothings into your hair.

The next day you’re exhausted, banged up and emotionally wrung out. He tries to get you to take a sick day but you refuse because you need to be busy. He makes you take a couple of painkillers before he drops you off at the art gallery where you work.

When he gets to the lot where your car is being held, the damage is worse than he realised.

“You may as well sell it for scrap.” His mechanic tells him as he studies the vehicle. “The repairs will cost more than the car is worth.”

“Money isn’t a problem.” He sighs as he crosses his arms over his chest. “Do you think it can be fixed?”

“It’ll take some time. The crash did a number on it.” The mechanic says as he smooths his hand over the twisted metal. “I can get it done though.”

It’s almost a month later that you wake up and find a silver box with a red ribbon perched upon your nightstand. It’s resting upon the book you’re reading about your namesake Georgia O’Keefe.

When you open it you find a car key inside, one that you recognise. It’s kind of Terry to give you a keepsake, he knows how much that car means to you, the memories that were attached to it.

“Thank you.” You say softly as you linger in the doorway of the kitchen in your robe and hold up the key. “It means a lot that you could give me something to remember the car by.”

“Let’s step outside.” He says quietly, his palm coming to rest on your lower back as he guides you towards the driveway.

You can’t believe what you’re seeing. Sitting there is your car, not ruined or torn apart, but brand new in pristine condition. Your fingertips trail over the bonnet and your throat constricts because you remember the nights you spent with your dad working on the engine, your mother singing along to ‘Rio’ as she revved it at his request.

“He left the tape deck untouched.” Terry tells you, his lips brushing over your temple. “You can sing ‘Hungry Like The Wolf’ to your heart’s content.”

It’s that attention to detail that makes you realise just how much this man cares for you. You feel a surge of something inside of you, a rush of love, of gratitude. Terry has no idea of the gift he’d given you, not really.

“Why don’t you go get dressed?” He suggests, tilting his head back towards the house. “Then you can come back out and take her for a spin.”

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Was Madeleine a Nazi collaborator?

In the latest trailer, we see Madeleine throwing an iron against a window from the inside of a shop. There’s a swastika painted on the glass, and two people outside.

Considering that Louis and Claudia don’t reach Paris until 1945, we can assume this is post-liberation. The Nazis have left, but the reprisals against collaborators were viscous, and lasted for decades.

Collaborators were killed through mob justice, but also had their hair shaved or cut short, covered in tar, were paraded through the streets (sometimes naked), and publicly humiliated as well as pursued through the courts as traitors. (Great article here)

In the previous trailer (the Rolin cut), we see Madeleine screaming while scissors or clippers are used against her head.

Additionally, Roxane Duran shared a BTS photo of her cropped hair wig on her Instagram.

Now, there are many varied reasons why people collaborated with the Nazis. For some it was ideological, but for many it was through circumstance, opportunity, or frankly, being forced against their will. I’m not speculating whatsoever as to what Madeleine’s reasons might be, or whether Louis or Claudia knew.

But it’s also very interesting that another time when hair was shaved or shorn as a means to dehumanise was prior to public execution, especially by guillotine. We’ve already seen the TdV decapitation posters and can presume the execution will take place on stage, so it’s not a huge stretch that her hair will be removed after the trial but before the execution.

Madeleine being a collaborator would also give the TdV more of a reason to kill her (aside from just being made outside of coven rules), as we’ve already seen them massacre a mansion full of collaborators.

I also feel like the writers wouldn’t shy away from again forcing the audience to confront difficult feelings in regards to these characters. If we love and sympathise with Madeleine before learning she was a collaborator, how does that make us feel? Is it “bad” to sympathise with a “bad person”? And is that any worse than sympathising with literal bloodthirsty monsters?

I absolutely love that this show doesn’t take the comfortable option, and forces the viewer to examine morally grey areas. So I’m excited and intrigued if this is going to be another aspect they’ve added to improve the books.

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Unpopular opinion maybe but this is the moment of the day for me.

With Zak in the US, Andrea and Lando were the most senior members of McLaren there today. The look on their faces is “look what this little team we built did”.

When Lando turned up at McLaren 7 years ago as a test and reserve driver Andrea was one of the people who took him under his wing. Back then they were back markers, nearly bankrupt and practically sponsorless.

Andrea has helped mould Lando into the driver McLaren needed, not necessarily wanted as they seemed desperate for Daniel to join, but Andrea seemed to know in the future what McLaren would need.

Today fate decided that it would give Lando the challenge and opportunity to show how good he is and how much of a team player he is (something even Christian Horner and Jacques Villeneuve acknowledged). Fate just decided it was also the day McLaren would take the lead in the constructors for the first time in a decade.

It didn’t even matter that it wasn’t Lando who won the race, they won the race. We can still count on one hand the amount of times they have been able to say that in the last decade.

All that hard work and sacrifice has paid off. Today was the F1 equivalent of handing in your dissertation. We just have to wait till Abu Dhabi now to see what we graduate with.

Duran Duran in the background is just a bonus 😂