Duran Duran(named after a character in Roger Vadim's sci-fi classic, Barbarella) are an electronic pop-rock band that were part of the new wavemusic movement in the early 1980s. Created by Nick Rhodes(keyboards) and John Taylor(bass) in 1978, with the later addition of Roger Taylor(drums), Andy Taylor(guitar), and Simon Le Bon(lead vocals), the band have sold over 70 million records and are the most commercially successful of the new romanticbands. Their songs were cheerful, hook-laden pop that fared well on the radio, but what many remember best about Duran Duran are their iconic music videos. Though many of the videos were tongue-in-cheek, the band never quite escaped the glamorous and decadent jet set image their early videos projected. The band spent on an average more than a six figure sum (£), on first 3 albums videos (each) alone.
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Midnight, I think Im gonna make it
Feel the magical lash of the roll and the crash in their lives..
Headline, in tomorrows papers,
Kill that light its so bright
And youre shining it right in my eyes.
Show me your secret and tell me your name
Catch me with your fizzy smile
Try to remember again and again,
What it is that I recognise -
Dont ask me now
When I need you I dont know how
To believe in your advice,
Just this once I take the dice.
Midnight, so whats the point of faking
For a kiss or a whisper you pull out a desperate prize..
Hold tight, onto daddys bracelet
Make them pay for their chances,
With money they dont think thats nice
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