I am a freak about Duran Duran. Regular readers know this. I will always enjoy this band, happily and with a guilt free conscience. John Taylor is a total babe.
So their new CD, Astronaut, with the original lineup once again intact, came out today. I'll get it soon enough. The new video has already hit the VH1 cable waves so that former new romantics like myself can indulge. It features Nick Rhodes in a spaceship, making mannequins come to life. Rad. (Hmmm... who has better floppy hair... Nick Rhodes, or any of the guys in Franz Ferdinand? Hmmmm...)
Speaking of Franz Ferdinand, check out this hilarious interview with Simon where he mentions those guys and how much he loves the Killers.
Simon and Nick were always very cool about their musical tastes... D2's European tour last January featured the Scissor Sisters and Goldfrapp opening for them - handpicked by Simon & Nick. Nicely done!
And you've gotta read this interview with Time Magazine also... ridiculously funny. Here's an excerpt:
TIME: Is the entire band married to models?
Simon LeBon: Someone's got to keep the models happy.
And about the new CD? From Entertainment Weekly: Either Simon LeBon has become one fine singer, or recording engineers have discovered an anti-adenoidal button. That's just one of the surprises on the first album in 21 years from the original lineup of new wave's steeliest mannequins. Glistening zero-gravity synth-funk that's mostly unembarrassing and at times shockingly vital (the proto-Faint squall of "Want You More!"), this is so '80s you can almost taste the freebase. B --Doug Brod
What? I could have a drug problem or something, you know. Let me have my little obsessions...
