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POL Ranters Rant!
MAY
2004
 DURAN
DURAN
At the recent Brit Awards 2004, 80s band Duran Duran picked up an award for
“Services To Music.” What was that all about? This collection of musically
limited fashion models who originally appeared in the guise of New Romantics may
have sold a lot of records, but “services to music,” I don’t think so. OK they
had over a dozen top ten hits and some of the early ones like “Girls On Film,”
“Rio” and “Is There Something I Should Know” were pretty good songs.
Only problem with Duran Duran as far as I am concerned was Simon Le Bon,
over-weight, overprivileged and overrated with a voice like a rottweiler gripped
tightly by the scrotum. While the rest of the band were reasonably competent
musicians and like Le Bon highly photogenic in their now out-dated clobber, the
Le Bon voice was a nasal, whining irritation. It seems unbelievable that Bond
theme “A View To A Kill” sporting the quintessential Le Bon whine was the most
high-selling Bond theme ever in the UK and the USA.
 Equally
unbelievable is the fact that Duran Duran are on tour next month
and tickets are actually selling! Surely the people who were fooled by the pop
idol image of the band have grown up by now and realised the error of their
ways. Who on earth would want to listen to the superfluous music of Duran Duran
at extorted prices all over again. Good God, Charles and Di were fans, doesn’t
that say anything.
Anyway, it feels much better to have got that off my chest. It’s only the
opinion of one individual who has a few musical skeletons in his own closet, but
it is sincerely believed and stated. Anyone out there who would like to tell the
world just what makes Duran Duran so successful and how wrong I am can submit
their opinion to our messages column where all responses will be printed in full
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MAY
Featured artists:
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Stacey Kent Concorde Club, Eastleigh
Tuesday May 25 Wednesday May 26
Peter Bruntnell
The Railway Inn, Winchester Thursday May 27
Eugene Bridges
Mr Kyps,
Poole
Friday May 21
Yat Kha
Salisbury City Hall, Salisbury
Sunday May 23
Michael Marra Talking Heads, Southampton Wednesday May 12 Tower Arts Centre,
Winchester
Saturday May 15
Danu
Turner Sims, Southampton Thursday May 20
Freed
The Marine Theatre, Lyme
Regis, Dorset Fri March 19
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