Talk:Duran Duran

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Roger Taylor, Roger Taylor

Roger Taylor is "wiki-linked" to the entry for the "other" Roger Taylor, who is the drummer for Queen. It should be noted that these are two different individuals. Is there a way to correct this?

Yes, though it makes it inconvenient when both of them are drummers. We should move the contents of the current Roger Taylor to another article title, perhaps Roger Taylor (Queen), replace the article Roger Taylor with a disambiguation page listing the two, and creating a new Roger Taylor (Duran Duran) page. By the way, could you please sign your posts on talk pages? --Robert Merkel

I have fixed this...

new user (and fan of both Queen and Duran) -- Catherine

I've changed your fix slightly. See Talk:Roger Meddows-Taylor for more info. --fvw 16:28, 2004 Oct 14 (UTC)

Nick Taylor?

Also, the text states: "Warren Cuccurullo stepped in as a guitarist in 1986, and with Lebon, Rhodes, and Nick and John Taylor produced the hit song Notorious, which went to number 2 in the USA." There is no *Nick Taylor.* Should it have been Andy Taylor? Roger Taylor?

fixed this too -- "Rhodes" and "Nick" are the same person (although his name is really Nick Bates. Go figure.). see Duran Duran -- Catherine

Request for Peer Reviews

Item: Duran Duran, Warren Cuccurullo, and maybe Rio (album)

Discuss on: Talk:Duran Duran, Talk:Warren Cuccurullo, Talk:Rio (album)

Description: Factual history of the band, the guitarist, the album.

Remarks: I've worked hard at writing these thoroughly and well, but since DD are such an obscure & retro act to many people, I'm not sure who else looks at these articles.  :) Some feedback would be helpful! I know Rio needs more information on the music and the tracks themselves (as opposed to the chart history); still pondering the best way to approach that in NPOV, since the album is near and dear to my heart. I'd also like to include more on how the album and the videos impacted the music industry, and could use some help from those with a broader perspective.

BTW, I'm aware that much of the info in the 2000s section of the Duran Duran article is time-sensitive; I take responsibility for keeping it up-to-date, shifting things to past-tense, and putting events in perspective as time passes. If I feel I won't be able to continue to maintain the article, I'll make sure it's left in an appropriately timeless state.

Posted by: Catherine 19:59, 6 Feb 2004 (UTC)

seems ok

I've read your stuff and enjoyed reading. I didn't see factual errors, you may want to check participation at the Live Aid concert: are you sure they didn't attend the London part of the concert? You may be right though.

Positive on Live Aid -- I have it on tape and they were in Philly -- Power Station (with Duran's John and Andy) was touring the US that summer, and I suspect it was easier for the rest of Duran to come to them than to ship PS's gear overseas and back. PS also performed that day, so John and Andy appeared twice with different acts. Whee for ancient music trivia! Cheers, Catherine | talk 07:11, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Musicians who are influenced by Duran Duran

(Moving this from the article until a better way can be found to integrate it...I don't think it would survive VFD as an article on its own.)

These musicians have stated in articles and interviews that they admire and have been inspired by Duran Duran's music:

• Tori Amos
• The Bangles (Susannah Hoffs has performed onstage with Duran several times)
• Barenaked Ladies (perform "Rio" and "The Reflex" frequently in concert)
• Beck (attended reunion show at The Roxy Theatre and raved about the band)
• Sheryl Crow
• The Dandy Warhols (Nick Rhodes produced Welcome to the Monkey House)
• Jonathan Davis of Korn [1]
• Deftones (covered "The Chauffeur" and "Nightboat")
• Dido [2]
• Snoop Dogg [3]
• Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit [4] (Pacifica project inspired by Duran)
• Elastica
• The Faint
• Franz Ferdinand [5]
• Garbage
• Goldfinger
• Goldfrapp ("mutual fans"; delighted to be opening act on last tour)
• Courtney Love and Hole (performed "Hungry Like The Wolf" in concert)
• Wyclef Jean
• Elton John
• The Killers [6]
• Ladytron
• Donovan Leitch, Jr. and Nancy Boy (worked with Neurotic Outsiders)
• Kajagoogoo (Nick Rhodes produced White Feathers)
• Less Than Jake (covered "Hungry Like The Wolf")
• Lostprophets (took their name from the title of a Duran Duran bootleg tape)
• Manic Street Preachers
• Marilyn Manson [7]
• Mansun [8]
• Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray ("wanted to be John Taylor"; videos include parodies of Duran videos) [9]
• Kylie Minogue (covered "The Reflex")
• Moby [10]
• Gwen Stefani and No Doubt [11]
• Notorious BIG (sampled "Notorious")
• The Orb
• Orgy [12]
• Phixx (covered "Wild Boys")
• Pink
• Powderfinger
• The Rapture (band)
• Reel Big Fish
• Riverfenix
• Gavin Rossdale and Bush [13]
• Savage Garden [14]
• Scissor Sisters ("the reason we got into music")
• Smashing Pumpkins (recorded a cover of "Waiting For the Nightboat")
• Britney Spears
• The Strokes
• Justin Timberlake [15]
• Shania Twain
• Pharrell Williams of The Neptunes
• Robbie Williams
• Paul Young

Featured!

Thanks to everyone who voted to make this a featured article! It's a nice reward for hard work by a lot of people. [[User:CatherineMunro|Catherine\^talk]] 17:48, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Name?

What's up with the name Duran Duran? Where did it come from?

It's in the article: " Inspired by one of their favourite Birmingham clubs, Barbarella's, the band took their name from the evil character Dr. Durand-Durand, played by Milo O'Shea in Roger Vadim's sexy science-fiction cult film Barbarella. "

Durant-Durand was in J.C. Forest Barbarella comics an obvious reference to "Dupont et Dupond" aka the Thompson twins. Any connection with the band of the same era ? 62.212.105.216 17:03, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)