Duran Duran jump on the banned wagon with their video for “Falling Down”, the first single from their new album Red Carpet Massacre. Always a very clever move, because everybody knows that nothing creates a bigger buzz than bannishment. Though these music video veterans are not new to this taboo status, the muddy boobs filled “Girls On Film” suffered a same fate 26 years earlier. In this case the road to shunsville is paved with a shady Betty Ford clinic for gorgeous models. The single, written and produced by Justin Timberlake, though a bit drowned out by all the writhing beautiful people, is a great pop song that sounds fresh, but still has that familiar Duran Duranness.
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October 30, 2007 at 12:39 pm
Kev Moore
I’m not really sure why this video was banned…..at least it has some kind of point. I recently saw a Seether video that was much more gratuitous…However, moving on to the band, as opposed to the banned; Duran really still have it. It seems laughable now that Spandau Ballet were lauded as their serious rivals back in the 80s. Its quite clear that Duran have always been much more cutting edge and brimful of ideas. I read one blog recently ridiculing “Jowly” le Bon, and saying his 80s music was irrelevant. What tosh. I wish I looked that good, and if Durans music is irrelevant, what does that make 90% of the pre-packed corporate fodder we’re force fed nowadays?
October 30, 2007 at 1:18 pm
tamboosh
Yeah, I’m not sure what about this video offends the UK TV bosses’ delicate senses either. Is it the beautiful junkies? It can’t be the nudity, because there are many many videos that do pass their intense scrutiny that are way more revealing. I don’t know, all I know is that a banned video has only served the artists so far, so good for them!
Hm, you’re preaching to the choir my friend, I can’t see how their music can be dismissed as irrelevant. Just look at a good chunk of recent eighties inspired bands, they all channel Duran Duran in some way. At the risk of sounding like a bunch of Duran cheerleaders, I agree that they are undoubtedly a major influence on the sound of pop music today.