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71. Duran Duran could

Thu Sep 4, 2014, 03:37 PM

Sep 2014

REALLY play. They woodshedded for months before going on stage and looking for a record deal. They turned into Tiger Beat fodder but their first single, "Planet Earth", was excellent, especially the extended version. And this just plain kicked ass, especially The Great John Taylor's monster bass guitar work and the fact that a Bond theme is the perfect place for overwrought, hyperdramatic vocalizing (see Bassey, Shirley) :

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