The sound of Duran Duran’s sing-a-long favourites rang out across the desert last night as the pretty boys of ‘80s rock proved they’ve ‘still got it’, minus the shoulder pads.
With a full moon, fiery Mars and countless stars shining down on us, Duran Duran belted out tunes such as The Wild Boys, Rio and Girls on Film, catapulting the audience – most of whom must have been orbiting 40 (not a teeny bopper in sight!), back to an era when teenagers awoke to posters of the five British Midlanders plastered all over their bedroom walls.
The band left the stage with a bang
Which leads me to a confession: I think I might be a Duranie myself. Twenty-five years too late. At school, it was my great friend Joanne who set her sights on becoming Mrs Le Bon (move over Yasmin, Joanne-Joanne sounded just like Duran Duran, we reasoned). I was a Culture Club chick. But in adult life, I’ve seen D-D twice they’re so fantastic live (muffled video clip below!).
I also realised three other things at the Rugby Sevens venue last night:
– Firstly, wearing heels to totter around in sand is not a good idea – you just end up walking on tip-toes.
At least two heads taller than everyone else! But he's forgiven because he kindly didn't move much and his statuesque height meant there was plenty of space
– Thirdly, a height restriction should have been imposed on the audience. The 8ft man just in front of me must have had the best view in the house, lucky chap! Though, actually, standing behind his towering silhouette worked in my favour, because the vacuum behind him was the perfect space for bopping around, even in heels.
Back in the day
Ah, DD – takes me back! What makes me feel really old is that Son#2 is performing in his school’s spring musical, “Back to the ’80s” which he refers to as an ‘Oldies’ musical….ouch.
I heard some girls at work talking about another 80s concert a while ago, and they said, ‘Nope, not going – not our era!’ I felt so old!
The musical sounds great though!
Sounds like a great night out.
Why were they called Duran Duran, anyway?
I just googled it! Apparently – inspired by one of their favourite Birmingham clubs, Barbarella’s, the band took their name from the evil character Dr Durand Durand in the 1968 sexy science-fiction cult film Barbarella…!
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Awesome. My sister was a huge Duran Duran fan, which meant I became one by default…she had control of the radio stations in the car. 😉