Duran Duran - Their First Live TV appearance 1981
YouTube via Blockbuster9002. Sequential Circuits Prophet-5. Anyone ID the second synth? I'm guessing the Roland Promars.
"Another gem from Block's tape archives. Here is Duran Duran performing Careless Memory on the BBC Midlands TV show Look Hear! March 10th 1981. They played 3 numbers in total but I've just put one of them up here for you to enjoy."
Duran Duran - Planet Earth (Night Version)
YouTube via samegirl.
"1981 The Night Version video with lots of fabulous New Romantics"
Some brief synth shots in this one.
Just a couple of videos inspired by AnalogSuicide. It reminded me that their first synth of choice was actually the Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, not the Roland Jupiter-8 which came later.
Friday, April 18, 2008
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It looks like a Jupiter-4. The Promars has the buttons between the control panel the keyboard. The Prophet-5 is a rev 3.
ReplyDeleteJupiter 4. Nick used it to write the arpeggios on the songs on Rio. He also used a Crumar Performer for strings on their first three albums.
ReplyDeleteI love the 2 duran duran cds, some of my favorite songs of all time.
ReplyDeleteAgreed on the Jup 4. The Promars is monophonic and Nick plays 3 note chords around 2:00 of the vid.
ReplyDeletebah the "careless Memories" one seems to be Live vocals sung over backing tapes. The sound is way too perfect to be live.
ReplyDeleteAs much as New Romanticism is about style over substance, this still bothers me.
bill murray? looks more like dee snider ;)
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