Duran Duran on Trial!!

How am I just finding out about this? A little NSFW language, but totally worth it for a few cheap laughs!

Fallen Ang....zzzzzzzzzz

Now, "Fallen Angel" is one of my FAVORITE b-sides, but this clip is probably best viewed while you just want to hear the song, OR you're meditating. Guaranteed to slow your heart rate, at least!

A View to a Pretty Good Cover.

Here's Lostprophets' take on "A View to a Kill". I don't think there's anything bad I can say about this. At first I was a little afraid they turned it into a whiny mess, but nope! They were pretty faithful to the original, but with a modern edge, just the way it should be. Enjoy!

Happy (tastfully smutty) Friday Night!!

This brings back some SERIOUS slumber party memories! Here's Simon and Nick on Friday Night Videos from '84. Simon says "contrived"! Just letting you know, for those of you playing the Duran Drinking Game at home. Get your shot glasses ready!

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Part II:

JT X 2 today!

I was looking for some Power Station stuff today to balance my Arcadia obsession of late, and lo and behold, I finally found some Rock School clips! Early on in my YouTube searching days, I started looking for these things to replace my poor old videocassette versions, and it looks like they may be out there after all. YAY!

So, first up, JT Power Station tour interview (during the PS sloppy years):




And now, a coveted Rock School clip!:

What IS "Glue: A Tribute to the Music of Duran Duran"??

Alrighty, I'm currently creating a little "FAQ", and thought I'd drop it here, first! In case you were wondering...

1. What IS "Glue: A Tribute to the Music of Duran Duran", anyway?

After the ska The Duran Duran Tribute Album was released, a lot of fans were unhappy. They'd waited all this time for a proper tribute album, and it wasn't what anyone was expecting! Discussions started all over the internet, via things called Tiger-list, The Lizard King messageboard, the AOL Duran Duran messageboard, AOL chatroom 7609, the Duran Duran newsgroup, etc.

Since Duran Duran fans are highly creative people, many of which are musicians, it didn't take long for a fan-brewed tribute to start percolating. But then...it dropped.

Being the industrious lass I am, and having just started a record label, I decided to pick it back up!

I decided that since Duran Duran fans are also highly caring and compassionate, this CD should benefit something greater than our ears. The Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network was a good fit.

I received all kinds of submissions by home recording Duranies who were ready to pay tribute in a much more "Duran-like" fashion. By the time of its release in February of 1999, we were already breaking pre-order records at young online distributor CD Baby. Fans had spoken...and they wanted their "Glue"!

It's still the only Duran Duran tribute CD made BY fans, FOR fans, and I couldn't be happier with the success it's had.

2. Why is it called "Glue"??

In an AOL chat in 1996, I asked then-bandmember Warren Cuccurullo what kept Duran Duran together all of these years. His answer? "The music is the glue." Since this CD was all about the music and fans' love of it, I couldn't think of a better word to describe it.

3. Is "Glue" still available for purchase?

It IS, but...it's going fast! A few months back I started cleaning out my inventory, and realized, "Wow--everything left on the shelf is IT!".

Those of you who bought early copies know that I printed the artwork off myself on my home printer - but not anymore, thank goodness! This has always been a fully pressed CD (not a CD-R), and now it has a fully professionally printed booklet to go with it.

Note: if you have an earlier copy with the home-printed book and would like the new artwork, email me at dana@seriousvanity.com and I'll get it out to you, free of charge!

So, if you'd like to get yourself a copy, you have two options:

-You can order it directly from me at http://www.durandurantribute.com (samples and fan reviews are here, too)

or

-You can order it from CD Baby at http://www.cdbaby.com/duran

The price is the same at both, but if you order directly from me, you'll probably get a few surprises in your package!

4. Can I buy mp3's of "Glue" instead?

Unfortunately, "Glue" is not available for sale as downloads. Back when I produced "Glue", the rights I obtained from Duran's 'people' (I love calling them that) allowed only for CDs, and since there won't be any further pressings, the CDs are IT!

Who's the guy that runs the "Glue" MySpace page?

That's Paul, my business partner AND husband. Can you believe that? I married a Duranie! Makes me glad I didn't end up marrying John Taylor like I planned when I was 13 after all.

5. Will there be a "Glue 2"?

Hmmmmmm...... ;)

Making your day a little more flaming...

...it's ARCADIA! I was listening to my vinyl copy of So Red the Rose yesterday, which put me in an Arcadian state of mind for today. Yep, that's the kind of zingers you're going to get out of me today!

Poor Si, Nick, and Rog. They probably put Arcadia together as a means to get ADULTS to buy their records, then what happened? Scores of tweens bought this record, then dyed their hair black. Can't win 'em all, eh?

Let's lip sync!

Now,Pop Trash isn't my favorite album overall, but individually, the songs work for me a little better (I just don't know how well they work together). /geeky album rant

This point will be illustrated today by this fan-made clip of "The Sun Doesn't Shine Forever" as the soundtrack to a Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. It totally works here, and makes me appreciate the song a little more.

Maybe I should give this album another try...



And thanks to everyone whose taken our poll so far! Please, if you have a second, look over to the left of this post and leave your answer. Thanks!

Fashion...turn to the left!

Ok, it's not FASHION on the left, but it IS a poll on the left side of your viewing area (under the little "Glue" pic) that will allow your voice to be heard on such a pressing issue! If you've got a sec, we would love to have your feedback. Thanks!!

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I prefer Pepsi meself!

It's a Pepsi ad, what else was I going to say here?!?

Truth be told, I like Dr. Pepper best...

There's an all night party in room 7609...

La la la...well, you know.

This is not an exciting video, but if you're like me and in the mood to hear this song, you'll appreciate it.



I really can't hear this song without remembering the old "Room 7609" chat room on AOL every Monday night back in the day ('the day' being the mid to late '90's). Anybody else remember that?

Picture it: Italy, 1987.

This clip kind of has it all. Simon over-hamming while lip syncing: check. Nick dressed like a waiter and doing that turkey neck thing he does when he plays: check. Warren with hair taller than Warren: check. John Taylor being prettier than the rest of us: check. Audience dressed like a pack of Skittles for no known reason: check. Me giggling a lot: check. Enjoy!

Conga line = no.

Ok, so this version of "Falling Down" from Jonathan Ross last year is alright, but it doesn't seem like they pick up any energy until "Girls on Film". Not sure how I feel about the random conga line that interrupts. Oh, yeah I do--FAIL. GET OUT OF MY SONG! I'm shooting a star, I can't be disturbed.

Wanna add us on MySpace?

We now have a MySpace page as well! Feel free to add us. We'll be doing some fun stuff over there (though nothing will replace the clippage here. It's too fun!).

A double dose today!

Since I didn't update over the weekend (but I did listen to Rio in its entirety for the first time in a long time--man I love that record!), it's two-fer today.

First up, if you speak Spanish, a great awards show clip from '04. If you don't speak Spanish and can't make out what they're saying under the interpreter, just look at Nick's pretty hair.



Second, Duran getting the Midlander of the Year award in Birmingham in 2005. Again with the cute Nick!

It's FRIIIIDAYYY Babies, time to PARTAYYYY!!

WOOOOOHOOOOO! Time to hit the club, yo! Let's have a little band-battling (Duran Duran vs. The Cars? Ric Ocasek, why the long face?), and a LOT of cheese (probably a few beers in there, too). So many bonus points for the sax solo, I have lost count. I've at least been distracted from the shirtless tie-wearing!

We don't have things like this in my city. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

Enjoy!

Let's share in her joy!

I do not know this girl, but I would love to hang out at her house and listen to what her dad sent her in Part I, while staring at what her dad sent her in Part II. Happy birthday was created for you, indeed (and thanks for sharing it with us!)!

Never enough "Chauffeur" covers...

I'm going to take a break from posting Mark Ronson/Duran clips (I'm sure I'll get back to it soon enough) to share this little gem of a cover of "The Chauffeur" from Sleepthief. Apparently the video footage is from "THX-1138", but still goes remarkably well with this ultra-clean techno candy rendition.

Andy Taylor Durama.

I feel compelled to make some sort of 'statement' since I endorsed Rock Affairs in a prior post. I'm not "un-endorsing" it now (I still have an account there and stuff posted on my page), but there's been a healthy amount of Duran drama surrounding it of late (henceforth referred to as "durama"), and I don't want this blog to have misrepresented anything along the way. Whew!! That was a long sentence. Anyway...

It appears that as of last week Andy is no longer part of the site, and from what I understand now, was only an investor, not the originator. I believed he'd founded it because of a MySpace message I got from his account, so no idea what's up with that. I don't think I'm the only one who was foggy on it, and his MySpace pages are now music-free and unable to take messages, so I don't expect any answers from it soon. It just seems there was some sort of falling out between him and the site developer.

I don't think I've hit this many Duran Duran messageboards since 1999 in search of more information and points of view on it all, but what I've posted here is pretty much all I'm certain of at this point. I'll keep all of you posted if I hear something else. Just wanting to keep you up to date accurately, friends!

No cute title--just more Duran and Mark Ronson, please.

To quote my friend that just sent this to me, "SQUEEEEE!". And just to warn you: it's only sideways for a few seconds.

Roger said "Glue"!!

I don't care if he wasn't referring to the Duran tribute CD, it rocks because, a) Roger is speaking, like, a LOT these days, so everything he says is gold, and b) saying 'fans' and 'glue' (even in past tense) in the same sentence is totally my theme of the week, so Roger and I are obviously living on the same astral plane. Start writing your fan fic now, people!

This also happens to be a pretty good interview anyway.

A little 4rth of July Dynamite!

Well I can't embed it, but you can see a fabulous interview with Simon and Mark Ronson at cnn.com that also contains some live footage of them all. I had a near plotz moment when I looked at the description and thought it said that Anderson Cooper was interviewing them. I'm pretty sure that's more than my pretty boy-loving feelers could take!

It's Independence Day here in the U.S., but I like to call it Indie-pendence Day (mainly because I usually just hang out inside and work on music all day while my dogs and I avoid fireworks). Speaking of indies, there's actually some Glue news I'm *this close* to sharing (just a few more details I need to attend to before making any official statements). So be watching for that. You won't want to miss out!

So, hang out with me for awhile and check out Chekhov's Wig doing "Box Full O' Honey". Still my least. favorite. title. ever.

Who is Greg and why is he chanting?

Wha? Here's the weirdest Duran cover ever. It's a Gregorian chant-styled version of "Ordinary World", complete with community theater-styled video. I really don't know what to say here. I like Duran Duran, I like the song, and even though I've avoided them since college, I don't mind male choirs. But this is just an odd one.

Just don't make them go to rehab...

Looks like Duran's getting the Mark Ronson treatment soon! This ought to be interesting, though I hope they aren't getting vertigo from picking up hot producers at such laser speed. And if they are, I hope they're at least doing the demolition when they do. Nyuk nyuk. Enjoy!