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May 22, 2013
e@n commented on Ology's Battle Of The Fans: '80s Semi-Finals (Duran Duran Vs. Depeche Mode):
“Duran Duran ♥”
May 22, 2013
Damar commented on Ology's Battle Of The Fans: '80s Semi-Finals (Duran Duran Vs. Depeche Mode):
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May 22, 2013
Chrissie commented on Duran Duran: The Study Guide Version:
“Freakin' hilarious! Tongue-in-cheekiness appreciated by THIS Duranie! ;-)”
May 22, 2013
Chrissie commented on Ology's Battle Of The Fans: '80s Semi-Finals (Duran Duran Vs. Depeche Mode):
“Duran Duran -- I remember the first night I was truly cognizant of the individual band members. It was the first Friday of December, 1984. My BFF Pam and I suffered the same affliction of not having cable TV and had to get our music video fix via NBC's "Friday Night Videos." I'd seen Duran Duran videos and knew their songs, but just wasn't all that into them. The video for "Do They Know It's Christmas" came on and I was like, "Pam, who is this hot guy with the long blonde hair???" "Oh, that's Simon LeBon. He's the lead singer of Duran Duran." Hmmm... "I guess that guy with the red and black shirt that says 'Duran Duran' on it is in the band, too, huh?" "Yeah, that's John Taylor. Like EVERYONE thinks he's hot." (And I remember thinking, "He's okay, I guess," LOL!) "Hey, Pam! Who's this guy back here? Shoot, I keep missing him! They just barely show him, with the amazing make-up and the gorgeous eyes???" "Oh, that's Nick Rhodes. He's in Duran Duran, too. I think he plays keyboards." Hmmm... The next video up? "Wild Boys" by Duran Duran! Just a few moments earlier, during "DTKIC," I had picked out these three men who would fill my dreams, diaries, and Duran-induced imagination for years and years to come, three talented musicians whose band's music would, from that night forward change my life forever and whose music would literally save my life more than once.”
If you groaned at yesterday's four-minute trailer for Lana Del Rey's "National Anthem" video, you're going to balk at the final video's 7 minute and 40 second runtime, complete with a historically confused Marilyn Monroe homage and melodramatic closing monologue. Directed by Anthony Mandler, the clip (as promised) depicts Del Rey and new best pal as hip-hop's answer to Jackie O and JFK, frolicking on their Hamptons estate, throwing lavish, smoke-filled parties and, of course, getting shot at in Dallas… all crammed through blown-out, retro home video filters. ("Dude, they Instagrammed the whole thing!")
Though you instinctively kind of really want to hate it, I have to admit it's easily Lana Del Rey's best video to date. (The creepy, tattooed, white trash, child molester vibes dude is, thankfully, nowhere to be found.) As much as I can't stand her essence, this really manages to capture it. All the same hip-hop meets old Hollywood meets male dependence ideas are here, but it's married with a narrative through-line that approaches well-worn American iconography with a new and mostly interesting take on post-war decadence. That's the fancy way of saying, "They needed a video for 'National Anthem' and JFK is the first thing that popped into their heads." By the way, why are Marilyn Monroe and Jackie Kennedy suddenly the same person? Why am I sweating the details of a Lana Del Rey video? Most importantly, why won't the bear rug go away?!
Verdict? "National Anthem" is a hell of a lot better than it deserves to be. The song, unfortunately, is another matter…
What do you guys think of Lana Del Rey and A$AP Rocky's day trip through Camelot? Hit up our comments section below with your first reactions.
Katie Persichilli:
I was so ready to hate this. But I like A$AP and am a sucker for anything orchestral... so idk. To hate or not to hate, that 'tis the question...
JT Langley:
Anal Del Rey. Here's what's important: was the shooter on the grassy knoll, or in the book depository? I read that a railroad worker found three fully-dressed CIA agents not far away that were hiding out in a boxcar.
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