Duran Duran - Electric Barbarella (Official Music Video)
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- The official Duran Duran video for "Electric Barbarella" from 1997's MEDAZZALAND. Directed by Ellen Von Unwerth.
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Lyrics:
I knew when I first saw you
On the show room floor
You were made for me
I took you home
And dressed you up in polyester
Princess of my dreams
Emotionless and cold as ice
All of the things I like
The way you look
The way you move
The sounds you're making
In Ultrachrome, latex, and steel
I plug you in
Dim the lights
Electric Barbarella
Your perfect skin
Plastic kiss
Electric Barbarella
Try to resist
Then we touch
Hallucinate and tranquilize
Our private life is subject to investigation
No time to waste
People say they heard about our deviation
But you never looked so good
Wear the fake fur fake pearls for me
And put on your mystery
The way I feel you know
I never keep you waiting
In Ultrachrome, latex, and steel
I plug you in
Dim the lights
Electric Barbarella
Your perfect skin
Plastic kiss
Electric Barbarella
Try to resist
Then we touch
Hallucinate and tranquilize
I plug you in
Dim the lights
Electric Barbarella
Your perfect skin
Plastic kiss
Electric Barbarella
Try to resist
Then we touch
Hallucinate and tranquilize
Princess of my dreams
Princess of my dreams
Majordomo plasticomo Barbarella
(She's so fine)
Pro genetic your Electric Barbarella
(She's all mine)
My pretty pretty
Pretty pretty
Barbarella
Barbarella
Barbarella
Barbarella - เพลง
Hands down the most underrated Duran Duran song I don't know why people didn't like this one
I don't think they get that it's supposed to be satire
I love it I really do
It's my favorite song of theirs
Way too corny
New Moon on Monday is their most overlooked.
It is a shame that Duran Duran were not given the credibility they deserved. They were quietly one of the most innovative and experimental bands of all times. Medazzaland is the most underappreciated albums they did.
Just a shame their channel only got less than 400k followers!! so fckn unfair!
They were pretty huge in the 80s as I remember, at least in the UK.
AND they are such a GREAT LIVE band, soooo rare now!
" were not given the credibility they deserved. They were quietly one of the most"
Someone missed the 80s.
I think you just didn't know the Cocaine issue they're having in their 80's
The model/actress is so talented ! She totally looks like a barbie doll
Such a beautiful lady and good acting like doll
@@andreak8384 Myka Dunkle
Who is she?
Electric Barbarellas,.
@@Bluzian74 She is a VAM Electric Barbarella.
I'm only just appreciating what a great job the actress did portraying the robot!
People are saying things like, 'too bad they didn't...blah", or "not enough views on their channel".
These guys were Mega-Stars in 83-90. They didn't miss the boat.
I "THINK" what people really mean is that why aren't Duran Duran STILL as HUGE as they were?
Because this is a band that creates QUALITY music, and insist upon it. All of their work from their classic, younger days is still fantastic, but their music since than is JUST as incredible!
I think all the girls in my youth screaming when they came out grew up & forgot Duran Duran like the Backstreet Boys, Menudo, etc. Only thing is they were never like those bands. Duran Duran has held nothing but high quality, skilled musicians from the start.
That's what it is....they are so damn good STILL....why are they not more famous. I dunno...but I love em still.
@@certifiedscrubtech3402
Thank you😊!
Your words are so very kind to me!
I love these guys...even Andy too..who left them traumatized until they found Warren. Miss him too.
Only Yank Privileged to be in the band.
Be Blessed Cert.ScrubTech, and all who stop here to appreciate Duran Duran.
Amen to that brother!! That is so true!!!!
true, they are getting their due now as one of the most important bands of the 80s
exactly every album from 1981 to 1993 had top 10 hits globally (even Liberty Violence of Summer went top 5 in Italy) so people need to let that go. Even Big Thing had two top 10 hits in the US
@@vincerob369 I fully agree very well said! I just think that DD are not that huge just because Pop rock industry is based mainly on young and new people , the "sensation". In DD case that went with talent , fun and damn good songs that remain fresh. Or even true timeless classics. The album out now, Future Past is full of songs that would be a total chart Triumph if performed by new acts. That said, I'm a second generation fan I came late to the party but truly enjoy it
More than 20 years and it's still futurist.
1997, parece video hecho en 2003 o 2004
This song is sooo underrated :////
Agreed. Discovered this song in the 90s courtesy of a roommate's compilation. Was thinking to myself 'Duran Duran, if you'd only put this one out a few years earlier...'
(And this song is still a guilty pleasure for me from time to time even now. Not gonna hide from it)
Well I dunno, I actually learned about it from the "popular hits" karaoke disk
Thats very true
me.no care about any.of these things nobody I am little nemo.on HBO.I hate everybody.else don't care about the babies you cn keep them.the governme t means shut..
And so is the humorous vid!!! dj
These guys are the masters of choruses! They hit you with a chorus that sends you to another planet. "All you need is now" is prime example
they have incredible choruses...im a rock guy...I love this band though...can't say enough good things about how they have put out great stuff decade after decade...even the song anniversary has a killer chorus...you nailed it
yes yes yes yes yes - what great hooks
I will never get tired of this song. Way ahead of it's time.
Chris P Bacon.yeah sdrdadra rotting apples it no kick.off.not way to say.person np I stitution.please or jail.itching and biting rapping an say fast geartbeat fornadderall can threat Kent ave lurtkenebie strong gaur and 9 getting strong wumd days..
Agreed.
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I think it even look/sound older than it like, like an 80's song but it was intended. Like some here said, it was like 20 after thier hayday and this one sound like classic song wich such a 80's vibe to it!
Saw Duran Duran in Dallas a couple months ago for the very first time, and I'll admit; I was a very casual fan - I only knew the hits from a few the 80's. After exploring songs on the setlist that I'd never heard to prepare for the concert, I've become a HUGE fan of theirs. This song, along with many others, are insanely good - what a fantastic band. Long live Duran Duran!!!
DITTO!!!!!!!!!
This a real video. Duran Duran is a lot more fun than Chris Brown, Taylor Swift, and Eminem. Duran Duran is more about art and less about money. Some of the radio stations I used 2 are no longer independent. Let's bring this kind of music back. Thanks for posting this video.
In 2023 Duran Duran had s thousand times more talent then any artist on the radio hands down 💯
Crazy to think this came out in 1997-98. This song and video was way ahead of its time
@Marvin Morawski And the same year too
I was the online editor on this video... what a great time it was to be in the industry! worked with many stars but these guys were so low key and just wanted to move forwards... and they did!
Omg how awesome! Time flies by, doesn't it
I'll bet it was! That's awesome!
Holy cow, how is this song 25 years old? It's one of their best.
Dont have a favorite song by Duran Duran they have had so many hits ! What a career.
Okay, so this was 1997...10 years after Duran Duran's heyday...yet this song sounds so classic Duran, they still look young and hip and the video is just plain magical! Even almost 20 years later!
Porch Fyre This had such a big 80's vibe to it!
+james santangelo Absolutely! Even their latest album Paper Gods still has that 80s touch in it
funny, i dont hear 80's in this song at all.. very mid 90s production, no 80s synth sounds.
Adam Lewis So, let's pretend, if Duran Duran broke up in the 80's and another band wrote and produced this song in the latter 90s, would you not agree that this song sounds like a Duran Duran song?. There are many songs written with modern day technology that has an 80s vibe to it. That's all I'm saying
this song would not fit on any of their previous albums is what I am saying.
Memories of late 1997/early 1998.
There is something unsettling in Duran Duran's music, which makes it beautiful/innovative..
Duran Duran, the kings of good videos!
Their most under rated song
One of their best.
Basically, almost all songs from Medazzaland album are underrated, yet it's my favourite album instead!
This song is pure fire. Totally underrated.
Duran Duran were the pioneers for the 80's, They are still making music when others from the era failed....THEY ROCK!!
Hello Everett, how are you
In concert a few weeks ago 😮😍😍🤩🤩
It's weird seeing comments here like "this music video wouldn't fly these days" or "this would anger feminists" because the lady who directed this, photographer Ellen Von Unwerth, is literally a feminist. I think here, not only is she paying homage to Barbarella (the movie, which has... interesting commentary on sexuality), but Von Unwerth is also illustrating the consequences of objectifying women--of doing what she herself tries to avoid in her photography. This interpretation lines up pretty well with the implication presented on the single cover of this song (a simple but hypersexualized drawing of a woman with a bunch of eyes behind her).
By the way, Von Unwerth specifically chose the model (Myka Dunkle) to play the main lady here since she could do the panicked-looking robot act well. So there was intention behind that also.
Anyway, the song is really good, and after thinking about it a lot, I think the video is too. :)
Nice comment and very informative. Thank you. I didn't know these details but this video seems deliciously hilarious, full pf humour and very subtle. To add on the three of DD are so damn good looking and helpless with the a.i. going Crazy that they end up being the real lovely "objects" 😁 Not to mention, it's kind of prophecy, nowadays sex Dolls (male female etcetera) are reality and they are evolving quickly exactly in that way... P.s
This is the first song sold through internet ,DD ahead 💗
I've been a big fan for 40 years and thank you everyone for liking them too...there is hope in these dark times..ta!
so do I Paula. This song reminds me when the furst time I worked and I met a girl then I considered her as my real javanese Barbarella
Same here Paula. Loved em from the git-go. They're as much a part of the 80s as MJ,Madonna, or Men at Work.
Medazzaland and Pop Thrash were two underrated works
Since then they have been awful. The reunion and everything after just offers nothing. They need a creative guitarist again. Warren was such a good fit. Just finished John Taylor's book. Nick Rhodes didn't want the reunion, or to dump Warren by the sounds of it. It was J Taylor entering the frame and Le Bon who thought a reunion was a great idea. You could see why when J Taylor's band were playing to 8 people in the states. Taylor says Warren bowed out amicably but that is garbage. They didn't even tell him he was out the band, he found out about the reunion in the press.
Thank you Uncle Ethan for introducing me!
Hail the High Council
Lolis R Us same here love the high council
Lol yep i'm in the middle of watching the EVS stream replay. Broke off to watch this.
@@TheChatterer Me too!
Me 3 it is the mirror of automatic man one of the oddest videos of the 80's. Ironically thanks to feminism this is 10 years away for better or worse...
Simon and Nick look pretty amazing. Heartthrobs for life!
Nick is the sexiest😋
True confession: I’ve listened to this song for hours at a time. Back to their roots and why I loved em as a yoot! Plus the Duran Duran/Barbarella theme poppin back was quite smart. World class Brummies! Cheers to all
And a Brooklyn boy
👍 Making Me proud 👏
It's my blast in the car song
I'm a lifelong DD fan and they will NEVER get old.
she looks perfect! duran duran always have the best girls!
Electric Barbarella is, in my opinion, THE single best song of Duran Duran's post-Andy Taylor material. This song hearkens back to their early 80s heyday, which is why it's so totally and incredibly awesome.
The best band of Universe.
rugby721 right on they are the best of the best .my favorite .look at my last name. iam merry to dd:)
Lucky bastard for carrying de last name.
Carlos Arias lol
I hate ya..¡...jajajajaj...just kidding bro...good for you
Carlos Arias don't worry I know that your kidding. .I super ♥ Duran Duran .they r my favorite band on planet earth :)
One of the greatest new wave band ever...
One off the best bands in the 80's and today.
Duran Duran... BW-AW! Before Warren, after Warren! The beast Cuccurullo! This guitar sounds are revolution! Greetings from Uruguay!
For 40 years many times of our lives "have passed" with a DD Song. Specially for my childhood when my mom was ill and finally lost her at my 13....when the cassette of Arena was playing again and again , many times a day. Save a prayer was my everyday "prayer" to God to keep my mom to life. Then Notorious was a an unknown area of kind of music,an uplifting road after my mom loss...etc. Many songs & videos, a whole life with a lot of DD good times. I don't know for Andy, I don't know for Warren, I know for what happened , what I listened and what i saw and who did it each time.
Nick & Simon was always on the run and had to do with every good moment of the group. John was magnificent , always a good point when was into DD and Roger also always a good point into DD. Warren had a much more connected with DD "playing" than Andy,although I loved a lot Andy LP but was something else Andy's playing. More than Andy,Nile I preferred to be 2nd guitarist of the band after Warren, matches better,I think.
Closing,a concert with the 3 of them in every song that everyone matches better would be great.
Dreams are dreams,OK,but I think they still have it and Nick more than ever is in a full creative period and all of them can still do extraordinary fine music for us.
Thanks DD.
What a beautiful comment. "Save A Prayer" on 12" was the first record I ever bought. Three years later I was 13 and my mother died. It was the year that "Do You Believe In Shame?" was released which helped me a lot.
I think it's amazing in how many ways some pop band can have such an impact in some people's lives. I still have friends I got to know 35 years ago - starting out as Duranie penpals. "I don't believe it all - but I believe in you."
Cheers!
The actress for the doll is really good, she really nailed the robotic movements. I couldn’t tell if she was real or not in some scenes!
Simon le bon is so fit in this video....from a british fan 💜
I think this is Duran's most underrated single along with Sunrise.
Masterpiece of the pop music
That gorgeous transition from 3:26-3:29 takes my breath away everytime. It's just so beautifully done.
She really does have that look
This video was soooo ahead of time!
When i look back at the year 1997 releases - well the "Medazzaland"-album is amongst the TOP releases from that year - each song on that album is a pearl - yes you can sit down and listen to "Decade", "Greatest", "Rio", but please please - for your own joy and pleasure - discover this album !
One of the most beautiful and representative songs of the group (remember where their name came from) and made at the end of the career. Great musical quality without any doubt.
It may be past DD's prime, but I love this song. It has the creativity and talent that let Duran Duran sweep the charts in the mid to late 1980's. Though many tried--and some came close--nobody could/can duplicate Duran Duran's sound.
My all-time fave Duran Duran song.
Mine,too...
Same here
I love this song. It's in my top five Duran Duran songs. Really underrated.
Most robotic part 3:38 😱 this Girl does move like a robot!!! Most underrated DD Song!
This song is a true masterpiece that combines futuristic sounds with provocative lyrics that invite you to explore the dark side of technology and sensuality. "Electric Barbarella" is a brilliant song that challenges our beliefs and takes us to exciting and unexplored places.
I love everything these guys do.
I finally found it. I have very faint emories of me as little kid playing POD on PC with thing song on the radio.
Warren's guitar solos were spot on. Loved all of them. Would be nice to see them playing together again.
Their on tour now, just saw them!
Warren played on two of the songs off their new album, and the band has said they're open to having him and Andy contribute to other tracks in the future. So there's hope yet!
Brings back memories of my last year of high school. Nice memories.
I used to play this over and over and over and over... like... 12 times in a row, and never get enough of it.... this song is like that
Best video of the 90s and ever since,and brilliant song,shows a great sence of humour
I still say Nick Rhodes is secretly a mad scientist.
I'll never ever get tired of this song
Epic!!! Medazzaland is my favourite D2 album. Ever. So underrated!
Nick's hair reminds me of a volcanic eruption and I love it! That man will always be gorgeous.
Shaina Park your very gorgeous yourself shaina
Yes nick is gorgeous and still is
For me, this is the pinnacle of Nick's glamour
Takes me back to 97 the 90s rule and so did Duran Duran always 💯 been a fan since 83 highschool tenth grade
Very good song. I don't really listen to radio music but this song is cool.
I love this song💖💖💖
Can't believe I never heard this gem until now... Instant favorite.
I saw them live on the Medazzaland tour. This was the first song they played. People went ballistic.
best band in the world
This song lifts me up when I'm down. Thank you DD.
Ah the glorious 90s. This art would be canceled today by the plebes.
why tho?
@@3nailprogre
When you know this song by heart, you might be a Duran fan. There are passing fans and then there are those that knows the beat.
Duran Duran was the Roxy Music of the nineties.
Oh my what a Angel thank you Pie father
Go Go High Council
Hail the high council
Cool song. Duran Duran does not get enough credit for their work. New Wave chart toppers and influencers. This song is one of the first EDM hits on the Billboard 100.
The Shopkeeper who sells the Girl to Duran Duran is Dr Evil from Austin powers!
HAHAHAHAHA THAT´S RIGHT XD
No it's not!
THIS Dr. (or salesman ) is NOT Dr.Evil.
He's Joe Pantoliano (Jerseyboy) of The Matrix & Sopranos.
By far my favorite DD song! They should play it again live, it's been a long time!
only this year that I discovered this wonderful song. i´m Brasil.
fantastic song. obrigado, amigo. from Italy.
Of course. Barbarella is where their name comes from.
Find Duran Duran...
HabAnagarek Yes,"Find Duran Duran." The renegade scientist seduced on Weir in Tau Ceti System & corrupted into a weaponry engineer.
Do I GET those lyrics at last!
HabAnagarek - 'pretty-pretty' is what that evil queen called Barbarella.
Yup, except they dropped the D at the end of Durand Durand :)
Welcome to the 2022 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!
Brilliant song and video
Wow 🤩 The best video music and song….🦂🦂🦂…2022….⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💃🕺💃
Amooooooo este tema 2019??? Escuchando esta maravilla??
Yo
2021 Y AUN ES GENIAL
Great song and video
I wish they'd include this in in their current setlist...just brilliant
Yup, would be dancing like crazy
I remember I first saw this video on MTV's '12 Angry Viewers'. Shit freaked them out so bad they all hated it, but it was a few years ahead of its time I think.
Frank Lee I agree with you, ahead of it's time for certain...
The model shows an incredible feminine irony and outstanding mimicking abilities, that's so cute.
As I said earlier,best band ever
🔥 Everything by this band is brilliant 🔥
I mean it looks like it definitely
I remember seeing this video, after not having heard anything from Duran Duran for years, and thinking "They're still around? This is what they look and sound like now? Cool."
It reminds me of Simon LeBon talking about Duran Duran's low point in the '90s on Behind the Music. It's not what they wanted, it's not what the fans wanted, but it was the best they could do. And it's not bad at all.
2:25 Electric Barbarella dancing-the best part
She's a hottie but it looks like she is shaking/mixing a drink like a bartender to me.
The boys successfully predicted a future with love robots! Theeey’re Heeeere! 😍🤖
fantastic video, most stunning song ever
Love it!! I remember this great song and video, with D2 the creativity never ends...miss JT here
Makes me hungry. Hungry like the wolf.
Duran duran at it best
I was a schoolboy in 1997. This song was cool.
First heard this song a couple of years ago when my dad played it in the car it's still one of my favorite duran duran songs.
Great fun and a stonking sound. One of their best, and they are still knocking out great tracks on the #futurepast album
👌😍🤩
Love every song that Duran Duran sings great group of Lads!!
Emotionless and cold as ice, all of the things I like.
This is my favorite Duran Duran Song of all time. I became a fan when I first heard it on their greats hits album when it came out in 98.