DURAN DURAN - 2000 POP TRASH ALBUM REACTION/BREAKDOWN
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- Duran Duran's "Pop Trash" era, which unfolded in the early 2000s, marked another chapter in the band's career. The album ‘Pop Trash,’ released in 2000, saw Duran Duran exploring a diverse sonic landscape that included elements of pop, rock, and electronic music. The band's lineup during this period featured members Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, and Warren Cuccurullo, their last album as a trio before regrouping with John Taylor, Andy Taylor and Roger Taylor.
This era introduced a more experimental and electronic sound that was emblematic of the evolving music scene of the time, it incorporated elements of 60's and 70's influences, blending dance numbers with slow ballads. The ‘Pop Trash’ album itself was a testament to their ability to adapt and reinvent, with songs like ‘Someone Else Not Me’ and ‘Mars Meets Venus’ delving into themes of love, modernity, and relationships. This period demonstrated Duran Duran's enduring ability to stay relevant while continuing to push the boundaries of their sound. Enjoy!
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Intro
5:29 - Someone Else Not Me
11:50 - Lava Lamp
16:37 - Playing with Uranium
21:26 - Hallucinating Elvis
28:47 - Starting to Remember
32:28 - Pop Trash Movie
37:09 - Fragment
38:05 - Mars Meets Venus
41:41 - Lady Xanax
46:33 - The Sun Doesn’t Shine Forever
50:42 - Kiss Goodbye
51:50 - Last Day on Earth
56:15 - Prototypes
1:00:12 - Outro
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A very worthy read for anyone looking to read more about the Pop Trash era: duranduran.com/2020/pop-trash-at-20/
The beauty of Duran Duran is that no two albums of theirs are alike. They kept recreating and this one shows a different side of them.
The other beauty is that every time they do a new style and album it is still unmistakably Duran Duran.
❤ exactly
Honestly, it's one of my Top 5 favorite Duran Duran albums. Beautiful at times and just "weird" sounding - Like a continuation of Medazzaland. Love it when DD experiments. All sorts of cool sounds and effects along with heavy Beatles influence.
Playing with Uranium is my fave on this album. When they played it live the big screen behind them played repeating nuclear explosions over and over and it was so cool.
Yes! I saw them in Chicago on that tour. Loved it! It was the first time I saw Warren Cuccurullo. I remember thinking he looked like Vin Diesel in Pitch Black, which came out that year or the previous. He was rockin the bald look with the muscles.
Without it, there wouldn't have been "What Happens Tomorrow"
Very cool!
This is genuinely one of the best DD albums. The lead track: Somebody Else But Me is an incredible song.
Your journey through these albums has been so wonderful, reliving the time and place of each in my life. Pop Trash doesn’t disappoint. By the millennium I’d sort of lost my “Duranie card.” Then this album arrived and two decades later it remains one of my favorites. Lava Lamp and Hallucinating Elvis are among my favorite songs to play or listen to. I think the album really fit the time and caught the retro-flash-rave style, at least in America. The boys dressed the part too, as I recall. Musically, Warren had been on my radar since his Missing Person’s days and I always felt he was a good fit with the band, plus he brought some great songwriting skills into the fold to and his influence is strong on this collection of songs. And Nick always brought the textures and layers, no matter the style. While not every song on Pop Trash remained on my playlist, the album did remind me how amazing the band could be and it wouldn’t be long before the original lineup began talking about a reunion. Thanks so much for your ongoing deep dives! (And a Great jacket! Perfect for the album!) ❤
Starting to Remember is beautiful
Interesting fact, this song was originally titled "Tomorrow Never Dies" and was submitted to the "Bond" people as the track for the same titled movie, but was rejected so Simon rewrote it as "Last day on Earth" there is a version of the Bond song on RUclips 🙂
I remember buy this album the same day that was released by 5 pesos argentinos, with the money of my first job.
Hi there ...
'Someone Else Not Me' is for me a timeless classic. It's animated video is heavily influenced by The Beatles 'Yellow Submarine', and Warren's beautiful guitar solo is lovely nod to George Harrison.
'Lava Lamp' is a lot of fun; and I loved that they lifted a slight sound effect from 'Rio' 😉
'Starting To Remember' is wonderfully trippy, and I personally love the lyrics, as I do the way Simon delivers them - but the crowning moment for me is 'Lady Xanax' 👌
Warren Cuccurullo's final hurrah sadly. Warren gave Duran Duran a very interesting edge between 1986 and 2000; in fact, I think the output Duran Duran produced during those 14 years still sounds like it should be made in the future!!
Hope you enjoy 'Danse Macabre' x
Warren Master of master
I absolutely love "Somebody Else Not Me", and I feel like I do have a 12" single of it.
In this life……………'The Sun Doesn't Shine Forever' And this is one of the most beautiful songs ever written…
I love Playing with Uranium
The song? Or…? 😂
@@Venthracha!
I also got a heavy Beatles influence in this album for some reason. Not sure if anyone else does as well!
Yes, it was intentional. Cause when they lost John, they went full slow tempo. Something they had to do without a strong bass sound.
The Beatles also started out in Germany, similarly the song, Someone Else Not Me was released in Germany due to the similar tone of the song to the Beatles songs.
Yes, Warren added that flavour especially on "Starting To Remember" (also, tempo-wise)
Such an underrated album. Great review! Thx!😊
this was around the time i was getting into Duran Duran i had only just bought there greatest hits around 1999 , then i started listening to Madazzaland and then this album came out i was only 17 and i was mind blown . my favourite era of Duran Duran for sure . been a fan ever since and now i am 41 .
So glad you're doing these deep dives and pacing in order!
Can’t wait for 👩🏼🚀!
For me Duran Duran are the greatest band on planet Earth my favorite band 💖
Awesome!!!! I love this album. Great deep dive!Thanks for end credit!!!! Your Patreon is great!!!!!!
Thank you Greg! Hope you’re doing well 🙏🏻
Another great listen.. thanks 🙏👌👌
Bardzo niedoceniany album. Zawiera kilka perełek. Dzięki za recenzje.
The 'Pop Trash' album cover is a photograph of Liberace's rhinestone car that had just gone on display in Las Vegas at that time as part of a larger Liberace exhibition (that also included his rhinestone piano).
Sei davvero brava e competente. Ascolto i Duran Duran dal 1981 ed apprezzo moltissimo il tuo lavoro. Peccato che non inserisci i sottoritoli in italiano. Fai un grande servizio. Grazie e continua così🙏🔝👏👏👏
I love your deep dives and your reactions. Saludos desde Argentina.
Originally from Scotland, UK, I grew up with this band, I am what you call a loyal fan. This band made me discover and feel music for the first time. This album is absolutely mega, LISTEN LISTEN LISTEN
I have to say I really have enjoyed your reaction videos of Duran Durans albums. They were a big influence of mine when I was a teen in the 80's.
You have a pretty astute characterization of their work I agree with you regarding your opinions about many of the songs.. I look forward to what you have to say about the Astronaut and their more recent work.
It’s a very strange album and I literally only listened to it for the first time a few weeks ago. I feel like it gets better the more I listen to it although there aren’t many standout moments BUT Someone else not me has actually become one of my favourite songs, it’s really beautiful and soft and the lyrics are quite heartbreaking. The best part of this was you humming along to that beautiful melody at the end btw. So pretty ❤️❤️❤️
Someone Else Not Me is definitely one of my top favorite Duran Duran songs ever
My favourite Duran Duran album.
I got this album when it was out and I liked it then but I've come to appreciate it a lot more in the past 4 or 5 years when I rediscovered it. I always loved Lady Xanax and Starting To Remember and wished it was longer.
Fun fact for when you get up to Danse Macarbe - It's not the first time that Andy Taylor, Warren Cuccurullo and Nile Rodgers have all played on the same album, they all played on Notorious.
Welcome back. We missed you.
Missed you guys too!
Great review, loved that album . Found hard to get when it was released. Didn't chart here in Ireland, happy Halloween aswell . Missed ya
They were f*cked up at this time - with Si's depression/writer's block, they had time to fill and started TV Mania. Now *there's* the album you need to do. Bored with Prozac and the Internet. although "miraculously rescued" and released in 2013 (ten years wow!) it was done during this period! Make sure you do it! LOL
I'll definitely do a video/short series on TV Mania.
I remember not liking this album at all the first couple of times I heard it and put it away for a while. A few years later, I was listening to the Duran discography in chronological order and found I quite enjoyed it. The more I listened to it, the more it grew on me. I think it was just ahead of it's time, and I just wasn't ready for it. It kind of reminds me of The Cure's The Top album. Very psychedlic with some great songs and definitely underappreciated, IMHO.
I have a playlist of favourite songs by my favourite artists, and it's funny how many songs from this album are on it. Personal highlights, Lava Lamp, Hallucinating Elvis, Pop Trash Movie, Mars Meets Venus, and I absolutely love Playing With Uranium.
Thanks for another great review. The pop-up facts are appreciated as well.
A kiss goodbye is the chorus of last day on earth chorus slowed down 😊
This reminds of the view to a kill b side.
Absolutey beautiful.
I'm very excited for the new album this Friday...ordered the cd and I'm also getting the coloured vinyl from my local record store!
Kiss Goodbye followed by Last Day on Earth was their opening numbers on the Pop Trash tour. Amazing opener typical of DD. Great stuff.
I'm glad I found your duran duran reaction channel.
I've been a dd fan for 35 years...look up a dd song
Called cry baby cry
And beautiful colors.
Arcadia and big thing and the wedding album are my top 3 favs...but anyway
Love your channel on day 1
❤👏👍👌
Thank you!
Ha sido un largo viaje Glitterkitty, estás a punto de iniciar una de las etapas más prolíficas de Duran Duran para mi gusto, los discos del siglo XXI. Para mí es un agrado ver tus reacciones. En este caso estoy en desacuerdo contigo, pues este disco se ha transformado con el paso de los años en uno de mis favoritos.
Ojo con el nivel de los bajos en la ecualización de tus fonos, puede que baje la presencia de la voz.
En fin, se vienen aún 4 discos (de 6) que creo son los mejores.
Saludos desde Chile.
I got Pop Trash when it first came out and I think only listened to it once not liking it too much but a few years ago I listened to it again and found a few songs I really like now. Being hispanic of course I love the spanish version of "Someone else not me" and listening to Simon sing in Spanish. I love "Last Day on Earth"...probably the most Rock DD has ever sounded. "Pop Trash Movie", Lady Xanax" , "Playing with Uranium", and "Mars meets Venus" are really good too!
Btw 'SENM' is in a very close sound to the 'Astronaut"'s album outake 'Salt in the rainbow" which i adore.
Just want to say a big thank you for these videos. Duran Duran is a huge part of the sound track to my life & I know these songs backwards. Watching your reactions reminds me of how I felt when I first played them (& I agree with most of your conclusions).
The Sun Doesn't Shine Forever is to me a musing on the end of the band as they existed at the time. It's ironic to realise that the first single from their next album is (Reach Up For The) Sunrise.
That’s very cool
I didn’t pick up on that
Just found your channel and glad I did..I've found someone, like myself, who is a big fan. New sub right here. 🙂
Thank you for following, great to have you here 🙂
I love pop trash 🙂and i love your tour into duran's music ...i've been waiting your reactions to this album...i'm curious about the new One "dance macabre "🤗 can't wait...Sorry for my english
If you want even more DD content there's the 1979 Andy Wickett demos and the album Dark Circles by The Devils (Nick Rhodes and Stephen Duffy).
I love that album
Dark Circles is fantastic, proper early DD archaeology.
@@rde4017 I wish they would release the original live tape that inspired Dark Circles though.
Thank you!
For me it wasn't love at first sight with this album, but years after that I felt in love with each track. I appreciate your honesty here and that's why I'll follow the next reactions.
Hi Glitterkitty, another fantastic video, thank you. I have great memories of Pop Trash, in that time I was living in Berlin and I remember to listen Pop Trash a lot. I think this album has great songs but it's not so good as Medazzaland and John's departure before stills be a great loss in that time. My top 5 are: Lady Xanax, Mars Meets Venus, Pop Trash Movie, Playing with Uranium and Someone Else Not Me. You asked a question about Portuguese language in the interlude, it's not Portuguese (I'm portuguese and I don't recognize what is it...) You said Someone Else not Me was edited as a single in Germany but I think this was an international edition because I bought it in Lisbon (Portugal). Thank You again and I'm waiting for the Astronaut video.
Thank you for letting me know, would be interesting to know what language it was.
Another amazing video kitty thank you so much. Such a strange album this one, Someone Else Not Me and Lady Xanax are probably my two favourites. Funnily enough even before watching this, Someone Else Not Me has always reminded me of Strong by Robbie Williams
Playing with Uranium is also good to be fair. 100% agree, Simon as high pitch vocals on Hallucinating Elvis
Thanks Alex. Glad it wasn't just me that got Robbie Williams from this haha.
I think this is the first time I haven't gotten to comment "in time" with this release!!!! I was late to the party. The video for "Somebody Else Not Me" is beautiful. The song is excellent too, however this album should've probably started out with "Mars Meets Venus" instead. Then maybe it could have been a single too. I tend to try to find live versions of certain songs on albums, like I did with "Playing With Uranium." Going back a little bit, I like to find maybe a fan video for something like "My Antarctica" (which I know you brought up in a deep dive) and I found a nice one for "Land." Thank you for your info and reading this longer comment than usual. Myself and the FB "Duran Duran Apreciation Group " really appreciate you! Cheers from Orange County, California!❤
Thanks for stopping by Brian. Ooh would be interesting to hear the album restructured with 'Mars Meets Venus' as an intro. I would have been hooked in straight away!
awesome review :) i think the track "fragment" is familiar to the style Warren Cuccurullo did in his 1996 album called "machine language"
I do love this album a lot!
Nice jacket! 👍 I love Pop Trash. I bought it on the day of release and have always loved it. I found it to be a friendlier and less abstract version of Medazzaland.
When the band toured for this album they had trippy, fun videos playing for many of Pop Trash’s songs. From the aforementioned atomic explosions, to dancing Hawaiian bobble toys.
The Elvis song is based on Elvis legend and lore from his life (shooting the tv set, for example). Fun tour!
Wish I could have seen it!
Omg such timing 2 awesome DD releases. Enjoy the psycho killer cover!
i was on mission to buy this when it came out had to get off the bus to the record shop and walk as it was stuck in traffic,got it home and struggled for months to like it.Ido like it and have it ordered on vinyl and im glad they reformed and made astronaut
I've been waiting for your reaction to Pop Trash, it's definitely one of my favorite Duran Duran albums. For me, every track on the album is amazing, except for the two interludes but even those are interesting as well. But if I had to pick some of my top favorites from the album, they would be Someone Else Not Me, Lava Lamp, Playing With Uranium, Mars Meets Venus, and Last Day On Earth. Despite you not liking the album as much as I do, I still loved your reaction! And one final thing, I love your pop trash themed outfit!
Thank you Oliver! Most of the albums I haven’t really liked have grown on me after listening for a second or third time. I still stand by my top three favourites though. Lady Xanax grew on me a lot.
@@glitterkitty that’s cool to hear!
Starting to remember is a masterpiece.
I really enjoyed your take (always do). It's funny hearing you say some of the same things we all did when each of these albums came out. "Kiss Goodbye/Last Day On Earth" was how they opened the show when I saw them in that era. It was awesome! It would've made a great Bond theme with the intro and song together. Too bad. :( I remember feeling let down with this album when it first came out. The previous album didn't really do much at the time and when this one hit shelves and the first single was "SENM" and that video dropped I knew it would do even worse. It's not that it's a bad album...they just made bad choices that just didn't give it that explosion it needed at release (and the record company sucked at promoting it and didn't give it any real push). They needed one of the heavier songs and a smash video to be the first single release and to open the album. Maybe if they had swapped "PWU" with "SENM" in the album order? I don't know. If "KG/LDOE" had ended up a Bond theme it would've been fantastic! This album definitely grew on me with each listen. Honestly, this video is the first time in a long time I've listened to it again and I think I needed to hear it again through headphones at an older age to really appreciate it. Duran Duran is like 4 bands in one and hearing the music each way is like a new experience each time. There's listening to the album in your room or car with speakers blasting, listening to it while watching the music video and the story gives it a new twist, there's seeing it live with that on stage energy they have ...and then there is the headphones experience. This is definitely an album that headphones make so much better. They always have such amazing production on their albums and you can miss a big part of that without headphones. You can listen to a DD album for years and years but then decide to finally listen to it through headphones and it's like the first time again. Funny story ...I met my now wife on a Duran Duran site (DrDuranDuran) in 1999 when I put up an ad that was slightly pen pal, slightly personals and slightly musicians wanted. 😅 I just needed a Duranie in my life because I lived in Hillbilly Hell. So, I was looking to make music and friends but also looking for maybe something else. I guess it didn't hurt that I said I looked like Simon and John's love child. 😂 So, when "Mars Meets Venus" came out right after we had been talking for only a little while ...we were like "SHUT UP! NO WAY! THIS HAS TO BE THE UNIVERSE TALKING TO US!" ...And we've been together ever since.
Such an awesome story, thank you for sharing!
I remember when I first heard "Pop Trash Movie"....
I busted out crying
"Someone Else Not Me" was trying to ride off the coat-tails of the "Ordinary World" comeback success - it was *too obvious* and in this case, lightning doesn't strike twice. I'd heard a promo for German radio - they played "Uranium" and it was Si's first time hearing the record version - and he complained it was like too fast or something - he was adamant. I remember hearing a live version from like House of Blues or somewhere of "Elvis" that was much heavier and grittier and rockier than the studio version. The tour footage of a bloated, puffy sweaty "fat Elvis" LeBon just miming thru the songs with so low energy - had he had another friend OD or something during this period? He was going thru a depression. Or maybe Yasmin was - and he was bummed out too. His heart wasn't in it. Like it comes thru on Mars/Venus like LeBon would read the telephone directory aloud if Master Bates asked him to.
"Mars meets Venus" and "Playing..." two masterpieces. Pop trash movie makes me cry but I do not know why. I'm so anxious for you next video about "Astronaut".
Pop trash movie is an absolutely brilliant song . Reminds me back in the summer of 2000 trying to convince everyone that Duran were still brilliant ( nobody believed me ) 🤷🏼 😂. How wrong were they 💪
One of the worst Depression and Anxiety and Poor Health benders of my life was the year 2000. Loved ones died that year. Family revealed they were worse than I could ever imagine. Friends moved away. This album was my pick-me-up (off the floor). On a brighter note, I can't help but think of the X-Men film (released that year) when I hear Playing with Uranium. Perfect theme for the X-Men. And I always imagine Last Day on Earth with someone going on a sci-fi sky-cycle visiting all her loved ones before rocketing into space, dying, and coming back as a ghost just in time to pull the sky-cycle out of its dive.
Sorry to hear it was a rough year for you. Very cool imagery to ‘Last Day on Earth”.
Listen to it here I "starting to remember" when I bought the album. Very psycodelic an surrounding acoustic music, that's my impression. Could you make a video of last Andy's solo album (Man's a wolf to man)?? It would be cool!! A big hug to you 😉
I could do a video or short series for Andy for sure!
@@glitterkitty Thxs so much!! I'll be very attentive to your videos in 2024 😉
Cheers and welcome back! I agree with you, when you say it is a kind of unorganized album, but it is not surprising. The way I see it, the band was lost in the way to follow, after John Taylor's departure. It is the first (and only) album in which John have no contribution at all. Yes, the once so-called "sexiest man on earth" was a brain too, and was an important piece on the machine he invented with Nick. A pop-trash-like object is the reflex of that, in an album with only one single taken from (Someone Else Not Me) which is the proof that the band was really out of shape and out of attention from radios and medias. The good news, as far as I'm concern, is that the reunion of the original line-up that followed would not happen without the hard times on these years. In my opinion, "Someone Else Not Me" could be written after John's departure to follow a solo career and form the band Neurotic Outsiders. As for "Pop Trash", well, it could be the "few minutes" of fame in this album. By the way, this is the only really good song, in my opinion...
and it's sad to think that JT, Trigger - that back then even when not directly in with DD while doing Terroristen etc he was creating more musically speaking than he does now. There's no JT on the Dense McComb not on Future Crap nor on Toilet Paper Gods. The guy just sits back and laughs and smiles for the video - and lets his junior partner Master Bates run the whole show. Shame on you, JT!
@@Ytsssss364who hurt you?? 😂
Faça outras audições por favor! Inxs, Simple Minds e outros. Adorei seu canal🤗🤗
Last Day on Earth is in my top 10 DD songs. "I'd kiss you goodbye..."
I bought this one when it came out, and it had a couple decent songs but, again, mostly I was disappointed. Guess it’s Worth revisiting and giving another chance.
I've gone away and listened to many of the albums a second or third time. Certain songs have grown on me each time.
It is missing John Taylor, and a producer. Playing with Uranium, Sun doesnt shine forever, Mars Meets Venus are probably my favs. This one comes second last of their 16 albums
1:02:39...Yeaaaahhh.
Meeting a special girl like that, dancing Mars meets Venus, is every Duranie's dream.
I really appreciate your reaction/breakdown when analyzing each DD album.
Keep it up Glitterkitty!!!
DD's new work and your analyzes are the most musically important thing that will remain with me in 2023... as a Duranie.
Kiss goodbye.
That means a lot, thank you so much Marcos. Happy holidays to you!
Love this album. Ordered the limited picture vinyl version coming out.
"Pop Trash" wasn't my favorite album in Duran's catalog, but they always try new sounds and concepts and that's the risk...As always, Glitterkitty, loved all the critique...
Wooooow. I really love this album!!
O último álbum com Warren Cuccurullo! Aqui ele se desdobra nas guitarras e no contrabaixo, assim como completou o restante das músicas em Medazzaland com a saída repentina de John Taylor.
Last day on Earth é a minha preferida muito louca! A guitarra pesada de Warren Cuccurullo tine até o último acorde.
Playing with uranium is my fav too !
Playing w/Uranium and Mars Meets Venus are DEF the standouts. Saw both live and they were amazing. An album that, other than these and a few other energetic tracks, felt depressing to me.
As a DD fan of 42 years I don't even consider Pop Trash to be a DD album, it is a TV Mania album released under DD's name. In the past every Duran album was written by all the members of the band, but PT was written entirely by Nick Rhodes and Warren Cuccurullo and the only input Simon le Bon had was phoning in Nick's lyrics. It's a decidedly average rock album that sounds nothing like DD, but that said it's still better than the execrable Medazzaland. Thank God the reunion happened!
Nice “walk through the album tracks” by a wonderful girl……by the way got the album from the time of issue, Japanese edition, have to say that was a bad period for the band though this is one of my favorite, beautiful ballads, singing along melodies. Warren support is huge. I think you missed to say pop trash movie is related on some way to Mr Andy Warhol which the band are passionate about. In hallucinating Elvis not female high pitch notes but Simon as you stated right. Thank you 🙏 ❤
Quite an underrated album, except for the end which falters a bit. Lady Xanax and Mars Meets Venus are 2 of my fav Duran Duran songs. One of the reasons this album was panned was because most considered it too eclectic and unfocused, but does have some really unique ideas that linger in the brain
Thank you again for your review I agree as I don’t listen to this Lp anymore
Was a low period productivity wise for DD
I love Hallucinatin Elvis. Simon with those shades on in concert was cool too.
Warren’s melodic guitar on ‘Prototypes’ sounds like the cello chord progression in the chorus of ‘Out Of My Mind’.
You could do a set of vids looking at the various DVD's they have released over the years,of those i have 12 xx
Wait until you hear "The Universe Alone".
The top of your head is gonna catch on fire
Oh dear 😂
I dont know if anyone mentioned it first but Somebody Else Not Me was a single. (In like 3 languages!)
I read that Simon had writers block during the period so perhaps Nick and Warren helped lyrically, they definitely drove the album, but Simon definitely tries new vocals on this album.
Hi glitter.
Nice video.
Pls react to psycho killer and black moonlight/ the entire album. I love Danse Macabre.
Did you know that all of danse macabre songs has been leaked?
Lady Xanax is definitely my fave on the album.
I wasn't expecting to hear anything approaching hard rock, or even metal. K, so that's cool.
I'm going with:
Best track: Prototypes (because it reminds me of Skinny Puppy)
Last Day on Earth
Mars Meets Venus
Hallucinating Elvis
Overall, it's alright. It didn't wow me. I'm unlikely to go out of my way to listen to it again given all the many many choices I have but I'm glad I gave it a listen.
Up next, Astronaut
Thanks
My Favorite tracks are " Someone Else Not Me" and "Playing With Uranium".
Nick Rhodes would love that jacket.
That's is Simon
I always felt that Duran Duran missed an opportunity not pitching Lava Lamp to be used in the third Austin Powers soundtrack..it has the perfect vibe for the movie and would have made a great video
That would have been interesting.
Last Day on Earth is one of the standouts for me, especially the end (54:38): "Waking... standing... feeling... breathing..." The most mundane things in life that become meaningful when done for the last time. FYI, the song was originally "Tomorrow Never Dies," a would-be James Bond theme song that they repurposed (Here's that demo: ruclips.net/video/l1MkOsXLObk/видео.html) Also, Kiss Goodbye is a prelude to Last Day on Earth. You can hear it in the melody. Pop Trash may not be an album of hits and singles but so many tracks are melodically gorgeous, and it's one of my faves post-1983.
Thank you for sharing the demo!
Playing with Uranium and Pop Trash Movie my favourites. And I agree it is the most "awkward album" from DD
Have you heard the "Psyco Killer" cover from the new album?
Not yet!
Don’t know about a top for this album but my least favorites are probably _Mars Meets Venus_ and _Pop Trash Movie_ I think.
About the rest, I love Nick’s bridge at the end of _Lava Lamp_ just like you, the guitare solo from Warren at the end of _The Sun doesn’t Shine Forever_ and the opening of _Lady Xanax_ too.
_Hallucinating Elvis_ is probably their most addictive stuff in this album. And I remember being completely stunned first time I listened _Last Day On Earth_ !
Surprised you didn't mention that Last Day on Earth was originally made for 007 Tomorrow Never Dies ruclips.net/video/l1MkOsXLObk/видео.html. Also, Last Day on Earth is the actual last track and prototypes is just a bonus track.
that should have stayed in the protoplasm. what a total p.o.s. that track is. the pretentious bullsh*t that makes Master Bates think he's an "artiste" - well, he sold the renoir - and the tv set...
@@Ytsssss364_Prototypes_ is what defines them : darkness and weirdness. In french, we call this « beau bizarre ».
Ok that is a not a real song but you should see this as a… signature.
Apologies - thought I may have included it in the facts.
I don't know what version of the CD you have but mine doesn't have "Prototypes" or the French version of "Somebody Else Not Me"
It was just the version they've added to Spotify. Believe it was the German and Japanese editions it featured on.