Duran Duran & Nile Rodgers Reflect on "The Reflex"
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- On the 30th Anniversary of the release of the single, "The Reflex," Duran Duran and Producer Nile Rodgers reflect on the band's first #1 hit in the USA, and the song many feel launched the band to super stardom!
Fun fact: Nile Rogers also produced David Bowie's song Let's Dance.
Nile is magic.
There's a great interview somewhere on RUclips with Rogers about how he put together Let's Dance.
He produced the entire album Let’s Dance
Somehing we already knew
"Ta-na-na-na ...
Ta-na-na-na ..."
Oh, man, I still get chills when I hear the backup singers setting the tempo in the opening.
I'm so happy to see that history has properly defined Duran Duran -- not just as five good-looking guys but as a quintet of criminally underrated musicians. Those guys could play.
Whenever I start to feel old, all I have to do is listen to Duran Duran. The feeling may not last that long, but for a few minutes, I'm young again.
Thanks, lads.
I remember watching the video on MTV for the first time in 1984.
me too, i am a metallica dude, but i am not shame to admit i also like duran duran.
ponce1968 feel the same, but I’m a megadeth dude. Lol
Love Nile Rodgers! I could listen to his stories all day long.
When he spoke about his experience with Bowie, it was like being there with them☺️
His name was seriously on the back of every cool remix import album, that was awesome. Being like 12 and only having heard and seen his name everywhere...I had presumed he was some English guy 😂.
I didn’t get to actually see him til several years later.
I had no idea I had been listening to him in Chic all the years prior either!
I saw his name literally everywhere- producing/Mixing/composer/arranger...and I swore it was spelled without the D! 😂
I was 12 when that song came out; and I used to dance around the house every time I played it. I STILL dance around the house every time I play it, and now I'm 42, lol. Awesome how some things never change, no matter how much time has passed. I LOVE this band!!
My god, I remember listing to the Reflex and seven and the ragged tiger in 1984 and being 14 at the time! I am now 49 and it still gives me that same feeling I got back in 1984! Duran Duran, you guys are still the best!!! Thank you for everything!!! I still enjoy listening to your music 30 years later!!!!
That song became number #1 all around the world Even where I live Ecuador, Southamerica 😁😍😍 It was the #1 of that year. And also Ordinary World was #1 on 1993 in Ecuador too.
I still remember screaming when Kasey Kasem said the song went #1 will always love duran duran
I just love hearing it in their own words even all these years later. Seriously, Nile was such a absolute god in the recording studio. The man was before his time. Like all members off Duran Duran, I bet even when he was trying to sleep, his mind was ticking over with ideas. What a magic mix they all made. Bring Russell Mulcahy into the the mix and you’ve got the perfect video for the perfect song.
30 years ? No that cannot be right? Oh wait....I'm 43 now, not 13, boohoo! I guess that is right! Where did the time go? Like the blink of an eye. To this day, nothing moves me like the music Duran made. They were everything that mattered in my world as a young, shy 13 year old girl. Thanks for the memories guys! Love you forever:)
me too! I can't believe I was 13 when this came out! Time flies by so fast! I loved Duran Duran back then and I still love them now!
same here with me. I am 43 and it seem like yesterday I went to my local record store and bougt 7 and the ragged tiger. But now that I am all grown up and 43 also, I think their music is still as good today as back then , even better than what I am hearing now.
Janice Element I remember that. When Casey Casum announced that Duran Duran's The Reflex went number one. I was in the park with my radio and when that song came on, my blood started pumping, a big smile came on my face and the song sounded sooo great on the radio in the park. That year was phenomenal for me. Duran's music always put me in a good mood. They are my favorite Band of all time and I will never turn my back on their music!!!
I so agree I turned up my radio when Casey said Duran Duran were #1
you know what, you're 47 now :) 41myself, youtubing john taylor :)
The song is pure power, energy and gold. Every time I hear it I'm transported to a another world and never want to return to reality. It pumps you up and motivates the shit out of you. One of the best songs in history. Duran Duran is the best band in history
wish Nile would produce another album for Duran,,,the guy is amazing
The intro of the original studio version plus the whole tune still echoes in my head just everyday~~~~~~~
This song/mv was on heavy rotation on MTV when it came out - and I loved it! Still do
My favorite track! I like the album version more myself but both are very good!
One of the best groups, best songs and videos of the 80’s MTV era. It was such a great time for music.
Back in the day when videos were in heavy rotation on T.V., I would watch them non stop and when The Reflex came on, I dropped everything that I was doing to watch this video, and my brothers and sister would understand. No one would bother me at that time. And when the video went off, I would resume doing what I was doing, and for a couple of hours I could be playing outside until I think that they're gonna play it again, then I'll go in the house and watch videos until it came back on. Good times.
Happy Birthday Reflex! Can not believe it has been this long! I was 15! :) xo!
Brilliant track and music video
I entered the world the same time as The Reflex did, I can only imagine what it would have been like to hear it at the time. I cant think that far back but maybe it was on the radio in the hospital when i was born haha
uuufff mi first favorite song ever... God save dd
The whole band are underrated in their songwriting process. They come out with these songs almost out of thin air.
I have new respect had no idea they worked with one of the GREATEST producers EVER
They are together even in Pressure Off video , Paper Gods...live gigs...DD always loved Chic. There'a a little Chic-Duran Duran family in the last...37 years💔
thats so smart as i i love motown and funk. And ofcourse the reflex is funk ! cyril
AWESOME SONG! AWESOME VIDEO! AWESOME BAND!
C'mon Duranies, let's get these guys into the R &R Hall of Fame. They truly deserve this honor!!!
As a teen growing up in South L.A. I liked the remix and album. Hey, with Nile Rodgers at the production helm who could lose?
Happy birthfay tô John ! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤I love u 4ever 😘😘😘😘
Cuando vi el video por primera vez quedé fascinado. Increíble esa performance en vivo y esa tecnología ( el efecto de la cascada) para esa época.
Love it! I had no idea of the story behind the record. Thanks for sharing!
I had the 12 inch picture disk
First #1 in USA for a reason.
Damn I'm old :(
I want more!
Why aren't these guys in the R and R Hall of Fame? ... anyhow... this was, deservedly, a no. 1 hit on both sides of the Atlantic ... and I still think the album version is a bit better ... a bit funkier.
Duran’s “Smoke” period! According to John’s book!;)
Essa música é linda!!!!!
I Love you essa banda fantástica
Indeed !!
The Reflect!
1:40 - "The Reflex . . . fle - fle - fle - FLEX!"
💜
1:41 😁 FLE- FLE-FLE- FLE- flex 💪🏼
Back in the days when bands were willing to be innovative and experiment with new sounds. Not like today where everything sounds the same and contrived (yes No Direction).
julia393n Plenty of great music you just have to look for it.. Crap will always exist.
True however there was 'lot more singles and albums in the 80's + 90's that were realllllyyyy good nowhere near as many now
John just woke up.
TR feature early sampling? Decades ahead of the curve.
Apart from changing the intro, did Nile make any other significant alterations to the track?
Just out of high school doin' the 1999 thang with the jheri curl & my cuz tells me 'bout these Duran Duran songs gettin' the pretty white girls nice and wet so we start listening to the Rio l.p. which turns into the Reflex and all I wanna know is how did that Prince and Duran Duran music lead to me havin' bi-racial kids in the US AND CANADA?!
RANDY JUDAH TALK ❤️
You´ve got too far this time...
But I'm dancing on the valentine
@@oubrioko i'tell ya Somebody is fooling around
@@theoneandonlyspook1312 With my chances on the danger line
Where the fuck did the passion in music go? Shit, man.