Jake in the desert

Title track 'Rio' was actually the seventh single from Duran Duran's 1982 sophomore album of same name. The single hit Australia and the UK in 1982, but it took until this week in 1983 for it to release in the U.S.

It's only one of the best songs and videos EVER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTizYn3-QN0

#DuranDuran #80s

Duran Duran - Rio (Official Music Video)

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Apr 2 at 5:43pmWeb
Show threadErik1d ago
@jake4480 yeah this is great
Show threadJake in the desert1d ago
@erikcats right? It HITS. I remember seeing the video for the first time, MTV, I believe. Just blown away. Still sounds amazing. AND the album has Hungry Like the Wolf. Just unreal 😂
Show threadBrian Nicar1d ago
@jake4480 Do you remember when they finally identified the model for the cover from a Vogue magazine? That was cool... ;>)
Show threadJake in the desert1d ago
@wendigo yes!! That was SO wild. Yeah, in Bone Temple, Ralph Fiennes' character has a copy of this and yes playing it 😂 you see the cover several times. Just yesterday! Of course the songs he plays in the movie are Girls on Film and Ordinary World, not from this. But so wild. The Iron Maiden at the end, too. I'd say you should probably see it haha - if you're caught up on the 28 Days flicks.
Show threadBrian Nicar1d ago
@jake4480 Duran Duran was so huge when I was in high-school... ;>)
Show threadChris 👾1d ago

@jake4480 @wendigo

I'm watching the Rio video rn 😄 hard to imagine today how huge Duran Duran were in the 80's, probably even more so in the UK. I still remember the whole New Romantic, New Wave, Synth-Pop era - Depeche Mode, A-ha, Soft Cell, New Order, The Cure - that's what we used to listen to as teens 😄

I've read this interesting behind-the-scenes story on Polygon about that Iron Maiden scene, they've said:

"Ahead of filming, DaCosta made the choice to keep Fiennes’ performance a secret from [the rest of the cast]. Their reactions to the scene are genuine (at least for the first take), including their own dancing in response... Nia wanted it to feel like their first ever mosh pit"

Show threadJake in the desert1d ago
@chris @wendigo ha! Yes - all of this. And DD are one of the few bands I can really do from this era, them and The Cars - I mean, I like Tainted Love, can't do a TON of Soft Cell haha. But yeah I'm not even a Depeche, New Order or Cure guy. But Duran Duran, anytime, anywhere. Any time they come on. Ordinary World and Hungry Like the Wolf were some of the first songs I grabbed on Napster too, I believe hahaha
Show threadforrest1d ago
@jake4480 that baseline is incredible, unforgettable, a great musical achievement, i think. Duran Duran gets too much hate. they’re viewed as this like ’80s boy band that didn’t make their own music or something, but they actually did write their own music, and i’m pretty sure they played all their own instruments as well. they just had a very plastic image, i guess, which rubs some people the wrong way. i personally love Duran Duran.
Show threadJake in the desert1d ago
@f0rrest ha! I love em so much too. Yeah, I know some people are gonna bag on em. Hey, if they don't want great songwriting, everything else, their loss. Love Ordinary World and of course like, Girls on Film.. even Michael, You've Got a Lot to Answer For haha - just watched Bone Temple yesterday and there were 2 DD songs in it! (Girls on Film and Ordinary World). And he has Rio, you see the cover several times in it.
Show threadAaron1d ago
@jake4480 That bass line though
Show threadJake in the desert1d ago
@therealahall oh wow yeah. The bassline is INCREDIBLE hahaha
Show threadAaron1d ago
@jake4480 Yeah, it’s honestly the best part about that song and that song is honestly pretty decent
Show threadJake in the desert1d ago
@therealahall that's true. It really carries it. Every spot without Le Bon's voice.