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Post by lukoss on Aug 30, 2017 13:25:01 GMT -5
This may be common knowledge, but another thing I picked up in that interview was John mentioning that they filmed the London parts of the revised "Lonely In Your Nightmare" video the prior month, which, based on when I believe this interview happened, would place that filming in February 1983. I'd guess that was about the time they were filming the video for "Is There Something I Should Know?" -- which would make sense, filming the shots for both at about the same time.
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Post by errbt on Aug 30, 2017 19:02:09 GMT -5
This may be common knowledge, but another thing I picked up in that interview was John mentioning that they filmed the London parts of the revised "Lonely In Your Nightmare" video the prior month, which, based on when I believe this interview happened, would place that filming in February 1983. I'd guess that was about the time they were filming the video for "Is There Something I Should Know?" -- which would make sense, filming the shots for both at about the same time. Yep, you can easily pick out the new shots since they're all in B/W, the guys all have the same hairstyles as they do in the ITSISK vid, and at least a couple of 'em (Simon and John for sure) are wearing the same outfits as in my sig pic below, which was used for both the US 7" sleeve of ITSISK and the US re-release of the debut LP with ITSISK added!
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Post by ansgar on Aug 31, 2017 1:42:06 GMT -5
This may be common knowledge, but another thing I picked up in that interview was John mentioning that they filmed the London parts of the revised "Lonely In Your Nightmare" video the prior month, which, based on when I believe this interview happened, would place that filming in February 1983. I'd guess that was about the time they were filming the video for "Is There Something I Should Know?" -- which would make sense, filming the shots for both at about the same time. Exactly! See also here: --- www.flickr.com/photos/51106326@N00/8913675810/in/album-72157633856273324/---
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Post by lukoss on Aug 31, 2017 12:56:04 GMT -5
Any more than 4 is just milking it. Nothing wrong with milking it I guess, especially when one is chasing success in the manner which DD were at the time After all another 1982 release was Micheal Jackson Thriller LP If my memory serves me correctly MJ released 7 singles from his Thriller LP and how many copies of that LP did he sell? Trust me he didn't sell that many copies following his first three singles from that LP but sold even more so after his fourth single was released from that LP and its associated video. Speaking of associations or Umm ripping other artists off, I'll once again share something which I have shared some time ago when I first joined this board and that is I can't help think that MJ ripped off NightBoat to an extent, well its film clip essence. Remeber the the zombies breaking into the house? Well our DD did it first people !!! Fact.......Thriller the single and its video was released in 84 & DD filmed NightBoat in 82 ! There's an article on Billboard's website today marking the 30th anniversary of "Bad," and they happen to note that part of the reason there were so many singles off that album was the multitude of "Thriller" releases: How Michael Jackson's 'Bad' Became the First Album To Notch Five Billboard Hot 100 No. 1sGranted, Duran Duran's rise in popularity in the U.S. in 1983 was so rapid, combined with the promotional windows for the singles that *were* released, that there really wasn't time to mine more of "Rio." Of course, that doesn't necessarily explain why the UK didn't get more singles, since the band was more commercially successful there throughout 1982 compared to America. However, you can't help but wonder if shifting the "Thriller" phenomenon a year earlier/Duran-mania a year later would have resulted in more "Rio" singles, at least in the USA.
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Post by Max Zorin on Sept 2, 2017 6:59:22 GMT -5
(...) There’s just no beating those early DD songs where all the instruments’ roles are so well balanced. Each member has a strong presence and is important to how the song plays out. (...) Yes. Since "Medazzaland" album there is too much Simon & Nick in DD music. For example, they should cut part of Simon's lyrics for "Sunset Garage". The vocal drowned out beautiful piano playing during the middle eight.
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Post by Max Zorin on Sept 2, 2017 7:40:55 GMT -5
To me "Sunset Garage" doesn't sound "balanced". This is my general complaint about new DD music: too much vocal parts. Besides, I'm a fan of SG, anyway.
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