Duran Duran - Hold Back The Rain - 12/31/1982 - Palladium (Official)
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2014
- Duran Duran - Hold Back The Rain
Recorded Live: 12/31/1982 - Palladium - New York, NY
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Personnel:
Simon LeBon - vocals
Andy Taylor - guitar
John Taylor - bass
Nick Rhodes - keyboards
Roger Taylor - drums
Andy Hamilton - saxophone, keyboards
Summary:
Originally broadcast on MTV as the headline act of its New Year's Eve broadcast and simulcast on FM radio for the King Biscuit Flower Hour, this lively set from the popular British New Wave rockers Duran Duran marks their first major New York City triumph.
The group, which was spearheaded by vocalist Simon LeBon, had ruled the MTV charts since the end of the previous year, but they did not take off on radio as rapidly. For this show, Duran Duran was not only performing to a packed house at New York's Palladium Theater, they were playing to millions of viewers all over the world. The stakes were high, and Duran Duran went for the gold. Shortly after this performance, in early 1983, "Rio" was in the U.S. Top 10.
All the essential early hits are featured here - including "Rio," "Save A Prayer," "Hungry Like The Wolf," and "Girls On Film." The show is interrupted to count down the New Year on MTV, but otherwise it remains a consistently upbeat show. The group augmented its original five-piece lineup with the addition of saxophonist/keyboard player Andy Hamilton.
This performance showcases the band when they were on the brink of worldwide stardom, if they weren't already there. The success of Duran Duran during this time period gave them enough momentum to get through most of the eighties as a successful act. It would also serve as the base of hits to keep the band poised for more than one reunion in the years that followed.
WHY OH WHY was this awesome song by Duran Duran never released as a single? It would've been a huge hit just like all the other hit singles from the "Rio" album, and I'm sure a lot of Duran Duran fans will agree with that too. Plus Andy Hamilton's performance in this was great too, just like all his saxophone playing in "Rio" and "Careless Whisper" as well as his playing with Duran Duran on their 1984 American tour. As for John Taylor's bass playing in this song, it completely blew me away!! John Taylor is definitely one of the greatest bass players in the music business.
In past I didn't know too much about Duran Duran but currently this band is rocking my life 🎵
That bassline is full of energy and John Taylor is playing it live really, really well.
Simon wrote “Hold Back The Rain”about John Taylor’s lifestyle. He was worried his alcohol, drug addiction and partying
God genius poetry celebrating nature- 5 awesome musicians in poetic analogy perfection. But (Nigel) John Taylor's bass just kills you. We got SO SPOILED. Erudite, insightful lyrics- boyish playfulness. F me thrice on Sunday. Duran Duran was awesome!
Wbo else is here for the Bass?
So, so good. Anyone still here in 2024 for bass, vocals, guitar or keyboard???
One of my favorite DD songs
This was on their playlist at their 8/20/22 concert in Chicago. Such a Duran Duran classic.
When a band could play and sing. What happen to the new generations.
One of their best. Should have been a single.
Hey~ I'm still loving it in 2024~!!!
I would love to see more of Rogers drum play. in my view he is REALLY underrated as drummer. I once read - don´t know if it´s true - he was the first one who mixed the conventional drums with the (then-)hexagonal electronical drums (I´ll never forget and always love as a kid of the 80ies) - This song is one great example of that mixture.
I can't explain to millennials the finest glamour and style of the first half 80's music bands, neither our feelings. I've never seen that elegance anymore, unfortunately. Believe me, I'm not an old mad shit, now music men are often angry, they watch the camera just like an enemy, made strange menacing movements with their hands, a few smiles. I thought it would have lasted forever, then clothes started darkening, it came rap and now trap.
Simon Le Bon's unique voice maturing perfectly.
Everyone was younger in 82 ..Better times in the 80s
In CLASSIC Duran Duran fashion, the cowbell is mixed LOUDER than Andy!
This song really gallops, the bass, the bass, the drums. A gem.
Excellent! Duran Duran on top form! Brittan use to be such a creative country in the early eighty's with bands, artists, and fashion, and visual art.
If you're curious as to who John's greatest bass guitar inspiration is, just go back and listen to CHIC's Greatest Hits.