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Duran Duran – Music Suggestions (1980s – 1998)

For this post, my familiarity with Duran Duran’s music runs from the 1980s to the late 1990s album “Medazzaland,” though I’m a bit fuzzy on their work after the mid or late 1980s.

(Perhaps in the future I will get around to listening to their post-1997 work and write up a part 2, if I find myself wanting to recommend their newer work or if I have the time.)

Back when I was in junior high school, Duran Duran was huge – at least among girls – though I suspect that some guys liked their music but were too embarrassed to admit it, because Duran Duran was sort of considered to be a band for girls.

When my older brother was in his 20s, he bought the Duran Duran greatest hits CD (this was before the internet, streaming, and downloading mp3s online – the Duran Duran Greatest Hits CD album art is pictured to the left…)

Anyway, I was not a Duranie per se (but I was a huge fan of their rival, Norwegian band A-Ha). I mean, I liked Duran Duran’s music just fine in the 80s, but I did not have a crush on any of the band members, as so many other girls did.

I recall, when I was in junior high, on many mornings on the school bus hearing two big Duranies get into heated arguments over which band member was cutest: one girl insisted it was John Taylor, and the other one felt quite strongly it was Simon LeBon.

Anyway, if you were a kid or a teen in the 1980s, you probably remember a lot of Duran Duran’s songs and videos from their “Rio” album (released in 1982; view Wikipedia’s page on the album), such as “Rio,” (link to that on You Tube) “Save A Prayer,” and “Hungry Like The Wolf.”

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