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DISC-USSION
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 11/13/05
DURAN DURAN
"Live From London' DVD
Reunited '80s hitmakers Duran Duran complete their comeback with "Live From London," a concert DVD that faithfully delivers the sounds and form that took the band from an art school pub act to the top of the charts.
The footage is taken from a 2004 concert at Wembley Arena in London. While the fab five plods a bit a times, the band mainly soars during this nearly two-hour DVD. It helps that Wembley was packed with raving Duran-ees, worked into full froth, singing along with every lyric and clinging to the days of pegged pants past.
The band delivers its best known songs with great energy, from "Hungry Like the Wolf" to "Planet Earth." Roger Taylor hasn't lost a beat on drums, and his driving tempo on the later song is something to behold.
Lead vocalist Simon LeBon remains the star of this outfit. He was the frontman that all others in his heyday were measured by — though few measured up. This remains the case. He looks spry, jumping around the stage, prancing, preening and still belting out those high-pitched vocals that were a radio and MTV mainstay.
LeBon and the boys really excel on the slow numbers. "Ordinary World" is a beautiful song done beautifully again here.
Any current crop of rockers who thinks Duran Duran was all hair-gel and eye shadow should snap up this DVD and watch closely. And Taylor is absolutely no joke on the guitar.
The Associated Press
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DISC-USSION
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 11/13/05
DURAN DURAN
"Live From London' DVD
Reunited '80s hitmakers Duran Duran complete their comeback with "Live From London," a concert DVD that faithfully delivers the sounds and form that took the band from an art school pub act to the top of the charts.
The footage is taken from a 2004 concert at Wembley Arena in London. While the fab five plods a bit a times, the band mainly soars during this nearly two-hour DVD. It helps that Wembley was packed with raving Duran-ees, worked into full froth, singing along with every lyric and clinging to the days of pegged pants past.
The band delivers its best known songs with great energy, from "Hungry Like the Wolf" to "Planet Earth." Roger Taylor hasn't lost a beat on drums, and his driving tempo on the later song is something to behold.
Lead vocalist Simon LeBon remains the star of this outfit. He was the frontman that all others in his heyday were measured by — though few measured up. This remains the case. He looks spry, jumping around the stage, prancing, preening and still belting out those high-pitched vocals that were a radio and MTV mainstay.
LeBon and the boys really excel on the slow numbers. "Ordinary World" is a beautiful song done beautifully again here.
Any current crop of rockers who thinks Duran Duran was all hair-gel and eye shadow should snap up this DVD and watch closely. And Taylor is absolutely no joke on the guitar.
The Associated Press
