I LOVED how shook you were when it started 🤣🤣🤣 This is a great song & their "new" sound was the result of their 1st-time collab with the legendary Nile Rodgers of CHIC fame. He produced and played guitar on this track!
Also influencing their sound was the absence of their drummer Roger Taylor and guitarist on the majority of the tracks, Andy Taylor, as they both left the band. When you have Warren Cucurullo and his style of guitar along with Nile Rodgers and drummer, Steve Ferrone, and his drumming style, the sound is going to change even more than from the concept of making a funk-inspired album.
This was not Duran Duran's first collaboration with Nile Rodgers. Rodgers remixed "The Reflex" single in winter of 1984 and then co-produced "The Wild Boys" single with Duran Duran in the summer of 1984. The "Notorious" album itself was co-produced by Duran Duran and Nile Rodgers. The new sound was inspired before Rodgers became a part of the project. Duran Duran were listening to Motown music and funk and the likes of Sly and the Family Stone prior to wanting to make this album. Yes, Nile Rodgers played on the Notorious single along with multiple other tracks. Former Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor played on 4 of the songs on this album and then quit, and Warren Cuccurullo played guitar on various tracks as well. The Notorious sound within the album is diverse from Proposition to Notorious to Skin Trade to Winter Marches On. The sound of Duran Duran also changed with having 3 guitarists on the album and being without Andy Taylor's playing on the entire album along with the absence of his co-songwriting. In addition with Roger Taylor leaving the band, you have Steve Ferrone's style of play on the record. So there are varying factors that influenced this sound that came from Duran Duran with the "Notorious" album. Also, the band likes to go into a different direction with each album as their "Big Thing" album, which followed the"Notorious" album, gives the audience a sonic blend of house music mixed with jazz.
John and Nick discovered funk and soul music at this time and that gave them the idea for this album. A lot of the songs are names of old hitchcock movies they were watching at the time. Andy finished four songs until he decided he wanted to go solo halfway through the album and didn't tell the rest of band so they only had Nile Rodgers to play guitar but one day a guy by the name of Warren Cucurulo who eventual spent 13 years with DD called them and said that Andy was going solo and he knew because the members of his band Missing Persons was in Andy's band now and Warren needed to have a job so DD hired him as their lead guitarist. He wasn't named an official member until the early 90s. He was, according to John, a virtuoso because he could play anything. After that he was let go in order for the reunion to happen with Roger and Andy. Andy left again in 2006. Eventually, Dom Brown was hired as their touring guitarist and has remained there ever since. He also wrote a few songs with them along the way.
Loved this! As a Duranie & jazz-lover, the whole album has always been a fave due to the jazzy, funky element throughout (though bittersweet since reduced to 3 band mates 😢) Nile Rodgers produced it & yes, the late GREAT Notorious B.I.G. sampled it, RIP King 🙏❤ You guys always give great reactions & Im glad you liked one of my faves ❤🎶
Hello my favourite ppl on TH-cam I can't believe how many videos you av watched on Duran Duran I just totally luv ya response you keep giving um they are totally epic awesome amazing band out of this world 🌎🌍🌎 I would luv if ya played skin trade off the notorious album ok and invisible off there album future past they are totally epic awesome both singles please play um I would be over the moon and so so so happy if you did enjoy Many thx 🙏🙏🙏🎉🎉🎉 Duran Duran best band on planet earth 🌎🌍🌎
you should check out their cover of "White Lines", performed with Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel. They also did an amazing covers of "Perfect Day" and "Needle And The Damage Done" (rare). Lou Reed said in an interview that Duran's version of "Perfect Day" is the best recording of any of his songs, and if he could've performed it as well as Duran Duran did, he would have.
Check out their off shoots that happened back in 1985. Duran Duran took a break - Simon, Nick and Roger created a group called ARCADIA and John & Andy Taylor created THE POWER STATION with Robert Palmer. Both groups are amazing. Arcadia - "Goodbye is Forever", Election Day" & "Say The Word". The Power Station - "Some Like it Hot", Get it On Bang a Gong".
What an incredible band😎 So many people do not realize the diversity and depth of their 16 album catalog It’s true ..no songs or albums sound even remotely the same Simon’s lyrics and vocals are top tier .. he is still killing it !!😎 John Taylor’s badass bass playing is unmistakeable They are tied with Porcupine Tree/ Steven Wilson for my # 1 favorite band Just incredible
John Taylor had a massive appeal, too, so much so that he went solo around between 1995-2001 and even had a single called "I Do What I Do for the movie" 9 1/2 Weeks and a song you guys should react to. It's so different from Duran Duran's music. He also was in the band Neurotic Outsiders, and before this album, Notorious worked with Robert Palmer to form the band Powerstation, who you should check out too. It had 2 hit singles. One is Some Like It Hot and the other was a remake of a 70s song. It's a great album.
To be specific. John Taylor went solo during the Medazzaland sessions as he was involved in four tracks and then quit the band in 1997. He did release his own album in 1995 called "Feelings Are Good And Other Lies" and more material through 2002. And as you state, he worked outside of Duran Duran with the Neurotic Boy Outsiders, which included: Steve Jones (Sex Pistols), Duff McKagan (Guns N' Roses) and Matt Sorum (The Cult and Guns N' Roses). The band later changed their name to Neurotic Outsiders. Steve Jones and John Taylor replaced original members Billy Idol and Steve Stevens (known as Billy Idol's guitarist in the early 80s). They weren't a serious band meaning they were just playing gigs at the Viper Room in L.A. When Jones and Taylor joined the band, Maverick, Madonna's label, offered the band a contract and the band recorded an album and went on a U.S. tour. The band existed between 1995-1997.
They are still playing this live on there current future past tour 🎉🎉🎉 listen to skin trade of the same album notorious it's epic brilliant awesome amazing band 👌👌👌👍
@ronfarney6477 Skin trade is just fantastic 😢 Notorious , skin trade ,American science ,matter of feeling , proposition , hold me , do the demolition, el presidente, winter marches on … Notorious is one of my top 5 DD albums start to finish Funky, smooth and sultry 😊 I highly recommend looking up Duran Duran Live at the Beacon Theater 1987 from the Notorious tour .. what a show 😎 I love Simon’s version of the Power Station songs
Check out Grace Jones' "I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect For You). It was also produced by Nile Rodgers and it also came out in 1986. It has an extremely similar rhythm and groove, but it festures the keyboard more.
Have you done "Some Like It Hot" or "Bang A Gong" by Power Station yet? Guitarist and Bass players from Duran, with Robert Palmer, and Tony Thompson of Chic on Drums.
I feel this album was the turning point to their more mature albums I fell in love with DD the day they first appeared on MTV and was instantly hooked I was 20 and well past the Fab 5 screaming teenager age at that point and have never considered them as pop stars What attracted me to Duran Duran was their unique style ,slightly dark edge.. killer bass lines cryptic poetic lyrics . And a really charismatic frontman I have loved these guys for over 40 years
John Taylor is one of the most underrated bassist. He is beyond EXCELLENT
He's not underrated. His peers recognize how great of a bassist he is, and he received Bass Player Magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2021.
Yes He still is.. and when Roger joins him on drums hits keeps on going.. On the rythm section.. Simon writes amazing
There is a reason they are in the hall of fame
Such a great song. The bass line is so good.
My favorite Duran song!
Duran Duran Forever 🥰❤️❤️
John Taylor probably the most underrated bass player in pop/rock
Very true! He rocks!!!
I LOVED how shook you were when it started 🤣🤣🤣 This is a great song & their "new" sound was the result of their 1st-time collab with the legendary Nile Rodgers of CHIC fame. He produced and played guitar on this track!
Also influencing their sound was the absence of their drummer Roger Taylor and guitarist on the majority of the tracks, Andy Taylor, as they both left the band. When you have Warren Cucurullo and his style of guitar along with Nile Rodgers and drummer, Steve Ferrone, and his drumming style, the sound is going to change even more than from the concept of making a funk-inspired album.
This was not Duran Duran's first collaboration with Nile Rodgers. Rodgers remixed "The Reflex" single in winter of 1984 and then co-produced "The Wild Boys" single with Duran Duran in the summer of 1984. The "Notorious" album itself was co-produced by Duran Duran and Nile Rodgers.
The new sound was inspired before Rodgers became a part of the project. Duran Duran were listening to Motown music and funk and the likes of Sly and the Family Stone prior to wanting to make this album. Yes, Nile Rodgers played on the Notorious single along with multiple other tracks. Former Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor played on 4 of the songs on this album and then quit, and Warren Cuccurullo played guitar on various tracks as well.
The Notorious sound within the album is diverse from Proposition to Notorious to Skin Trade to Winter Marches On. The sound of Duran Duran also changed with having 3 guitarists on the album and being without Andy Taylor's playing on the entire album along with the absence of his co-songwriting. In addition with Roger Taylor leaving the band, you have Steve Ferrone's style of play on the record. So there are varying factors that influenced this sound that came from Duran Duran with the "Notorious" album. Also, the band likes to go into a different direction with each album as their "Big Thing" album, which followed the"Notorious" album, gives the audience a sonic blend of house music mixed with jazz.
Just saw Duran Duran in concert and they still sound amazing! Their Notorious album is one of my favorites.
Great band love these guys. Great reactions
Love you guys 👦 ❤️ 💓
Hello 👋 from Pa USA 🇺🇸 💖 💕.
This really takes me back!💘💘💘
John Taylor has been the ❤ of my life since 1982!
John and Nick discovered funk and soul music at this time and that gave them the idea for this album. A lot of the songs are names of old hitchcock movies they were watching at the time. Andy finished four songs until he decided he wanted to go solo halfway through the album and didn't tell the rest of band so they only had Nile Rodgers to play guitar but one day a guy by the name of Warren Cucurulo who eventual spent 13 years with DD called them and said that Andy was going solo and he knew because the members of his band Missing Persons was in Andy's band now and Warren needed to have a job so DD hired him as their lead guitarist. He wasn't named an official member until the early 90s. He was, according to John, a virtuoso because he could play anything. After that he was let go in order for the reunion to happen with Roger and Andy. Andy left again in 2006. Eventually, Dom Brown was hired as their touring guitarist and has remained there ever since. He also wrote a few songs with them along the way.
Loved this! As a Duranie & jazz-lover, the whole album has always been a fave due to the jazzy, funky element throughout (though bittersweet since reduced to 3 band mates 😢) Nile Rodgers produced it & yes, the late GREAT Notorious B.I.G. sampled it, RIP King 🙏❤ You guys always give great reactions & Im glad you liked one of my faves ❤🎶
Paula Abdul was one of the female dancer in this video ! Did you know ?
P daddy sampled the chorus for his tribute song to Biggie Smalls. Duran duran gave them permission immediately to use it
Hello my favourite ppl on TH-cam I can't believe how many videos you av watched on Duran Duran I just totally luv ya response you keep giving um they are totally epic awesome amazing band out of this world 🌎🌍🌎 I would luv if ya played skin trade off the notorious album ok and invisible off there album future past they are totally epic awesome both singles please play um I would be over the moon and so so so happy if you did enjoy Many thx 🙏🙏🙏🎉🎉🎉 Duran Duran best band on planet earth 🌎🌍🌎
Saw them do this in concert, many years ago at the fabulous Forum in L.A. great memories 🤩
It was the FIFTH Album! (If you count "Arena", which included "Wild Boys")
you should check out their cover of "White Lines", performed with Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel. They also did an amazing covers of "Perfect Day" and "Needle And The Damage Done" (rare).
Lou Reed said in an interview that Duran's version of "Perfect Day" is the best recording of any of his songs, and if he could've performed it as well as Duran Duran did, he would have.
Great group amazing duran duran
Insane
This song peak at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 early in 1987.
Check out their off shoots that happened back in 1985. Duran Duran took a break - Simon, Nick and Roger created a group called ARCADIA and John & Andy Taylor created THE POWER STATION with Robert Palmer. Both groups are amazing. Arcadia - "Goodbye is Forever", Election Day" & "Say The Word". The Power Station - "Some Like it Hot", Get it On Bang a Gong".
What an incredible band😎
So many people do not realize the diversity and depth of their 16 album catalog
It’s true ..no songs or albums sound even remotely the same
Simon’s lyrics and vocals are top tier .. he is still killing it !!😎
John Taylor’s badass bass playing is unmistakeable
They are tied with Porcupine Tree/ Steven Wilson for my # 1 favorite band
Just incredible
Some damn good songs that came out in 1986.
Notorious album is 🔥
My band!!❤🎉
John Taylor had a massive appeal, too, so much so that he went solo around between 1995-2001 and even had a single called "I Do What I Do for the movie" 9 1/2 Weeks and a song you guys should react to. It's so different from Duran Duran's music. He also was in the band Neurotic Outsiders, and before this album, Notorious worked with Robert Palmer to form the band Powerstation, who you should check out too. It had 2 hit singles. One is Some Like It Hot and the other was a remake of a 70s song. It's a great album.
To be specific. John Taylor went solo during the Medazzaland sessions as he was involved in four tracks and then quit the band in 1997. He did release his own album in 1995 called "Feelings Are Good And Other Lies" and more material through 2002. And as you state, he worked outside of Duran Duran with the Neurotic Boy Outsiders, which included: Steve Jones (Sex Pistols), Duff McKagan (Guns N' Roses) and Matt Sorum (The Cult and Guns N' Roses). The band later changed their name to Neurotic Outsiders.
Steve Jones and John Taylor replaced original members Billy Idol and Steve Stevens (known as Billy Idol's guitarist in the early 80s). They weren't a serious band meaning they were just playing gigs at the Viper Room in L.A. When Jones and Taylor joined the band, Maverick, Madonna's label, offered the band a contract and the band recorded an album and went on a U.S. tour. The band existed
between 1995-1997.
They are still playing this live on there current future past tour 🎉🎉🎉 listen to skin trade of the same album notorious it's epic brilliant awesome amazing band 👌👌👌👍
@ronfarney6477
Skin trade is just fantastic 😢
Notorious , skin trade ,American science ,matter of feeling , proposition , hold me , do the demolition, el presidente, winter marches on …
Notorious is one of my top 5 DD albums start to finish
Funky, smooth and sultry
😊
I highly recommend looking up Duran Duran Live at the Beacon Theater 1987 from the Notorious tour .. what a show 😎
I love Simon’s version of the Power Station songs
That bass❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Check out Grace Jones' "I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect For You). It was also produced by Nile Rodgers and it also came out in 1986. It has an extremely similar rhythm and groove, but it festures the keyboard more.
this is a very good song, try their song skin trade its a good one also.
Wasn't John Taylor so pretty back in the day with his luscious mane.😄😄😄
DON'T FORGET THAT "KILLER" SMILE. SENT NEARLY EVERY FEMALE INTO HEART FAILURE MODE, HE HAD ACWAY OF MAKING YOU THINK HE WAS JUST SMILING AT YOU.
As Much As I Adore Duran Duran This Is Thanks To Nile Rodgers 🔥🔥🔥
Have you done "Some Like It Hot" or "Bang A Gong" by Power Station yet? Guitarist and Bass players from Duran, with Robert Palmer, and Tony Thompson of Chic on Drums.
from songbook live
🔥🔥🔥1980s 🔥🔥🔥
YOU two REALLY need to check out POWER STATION. JOHN AND ANDY TAYLOR TEAMEC UP WITH ROBERT PALMER
JOHN'S BASS PLAYING ON THOSE ARE AMAZING
Paula Abdul choreographed the dancers.
The typical Simon s "cry singin"..
The guitar player didn't reunite for health reasons..he is now stage 4 cancer....but keep having fun.
Salute to Nile rodgers!!!
This was their "TEENY-BOPPER" YEARS 80'S, 😂
I feel this album was the turning point to their more mature albums
I fell in love with DD the day they first appeared on MTV and was instantly hooked
I was 20 and well past the Fab 5 screaming teenager age at that point and have never considered them as pop stars
What attracted me to Duran Duran was their unique style ,slightly dark edge.. killer bass lines cryptic poetic lyrics . And a really charismatic frontman
I have loved these guys for over 40 years
guys please try skin trade
I wasn't a fan until the 90's and "COME UNDONE"
More a fan of rob squad reactions..js
But Andy didn't have a hit with his solo album even though he got a big record contract. Without John, for me Duran Duran is nowhere!
I just looked for a reaction vid. Why do people have to be insufferable and have blue hair?