Then again, no one thought the group would have success with that one, either. Reed has publicly praised it.īut it is a comedown from the "Wedding Album," which reintroduced Duran Duran in 1993 after a three-year hiatus and went platinum. 105 on last week's Billboard 200 chart and peaked at 19, which is respectable for a record featuring covers of an eclectic group of songs like Lou Reed's "Perfect Day" and Public Enemy's "911 Is a Joke." Mr. "I don't want to be cynical, but it's true." Back at the hotel, a half-dozen teen-age girls take his picture outside. "Hopefully, it will give the album some legs, because it's not doing very well," he said. He says he understands why the band must share its three-week tour with other bands, doing 45-minute sets. "When I come here, I have so many memories. Taylor stares out the window and ticks off the things he would rather do in New York: look at art, visit friends, eat health food at Angelica's in the East Village, watch films at the Sony Imax theater. But they certainly have toned down their flamboyant shows of wealth.
DURAN DURAN HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF ZIP
Taylor, who lives in the hills above Los Angeles) and still seem to zip around the globe at their leisure. Taylor walks back to his dressing room, emerges in a bright yellow shirt with plaid golf pants encasing his endless string-bean legs and heads for his limousine.ĭuran Duran members are not exactly hurting for cash - they still live in relative style in London (except Mr. "Bravo!" In what seems like 15 seconds, the shoot is a wrap. Taylor says sullenly with a shrug, not unlike a fifth-grade boy who is modeling school clothes for his mother at J. "Do you like the clothes?" he asks, as he begins to snap away. Patrick Demarchelier, the French fashion photographer, lifts himself from a chair and approaches the camera. Nearby, a model in a bra and jeans gets her hair snipped while chatting about her gardening techniques. (He is still good looking.) He is dressed in a long coat and a winter scarf, his bangs falling into his face, and he appears embarrassed. That would be John Taylor, 34, the group's bassist and heartthrob, for whom teen-age girls were once known to fall down and weep. Garcia realizes that a reporter from a publication other than his own is furiously taking notes on these scoop-ettes and asks her to leave.Ī short limousine ride away is the "cute one" of the group, who is shooting an advertisement for Saks. Garcia just played is not among his favorites. LeBon discloses that he watches only the Discovery Channel, that he loves Island Sunset tea, that the INXS song that Mr. "I've got three kids, and those are mouths to feed," he said, giving the fib to the notion that Duran Duran is a walking symbol of protracted adolescence. They chat about why the band keeps going. How long will it take? It will depend on how much musical critique Mr. LeBon will react to the songs, and then they will take a silly picture together. That's why Simon LeBon stretches out on a couch, sunglasses on, in a hallway at Vibe, the hip-hop magazine.Īfter some minutes, Bobbito Garcia, a columnist for the magazine, calls him into an office and describes the format for their interview. Life is hard for those who want to keep the flame burning.
People want to remember icons from their youth with the moussed hair and flamboyant costumes, not pushing 40 and hauling three children around. And it has become socially acceptable to admit that you skipped a chemistry exam a decade ago to get tickets for Depeche Mode.īut none of this means that 80's band members are welcome sights, perhaps because their appeal is largely built on nostalgia. Gay discos around the nation pulsate with their electronic beats every weekend. Radio stations have devoted themselves to musicians from that era like Duran Duran, INXS and Cyndi Lauper. In one sense, bands from the 80's, made and played for the masses on MTV, could not be hotter.
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