Comments on: Are Duran Duran “Officially Cool At Last”?

By: NeverEnough

NeverEnough — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:43:30 +0000

@bcapirigi: Sure, it all starts out fun. Five drinks in and two hours later when I have you backed into a corner, breathlessly babbling about random Duran b-sides and explaining in tedious detail about why Warren Cuccurullo is worse than cancer you'll regret ever having visited Idolator.

By: bcapirigi

bcapirigi — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:16:13 +0000

i always thought they were cool ever since elastica said they liked them in '95 or so. i even think their cover of white lines is pretty good.

also, i wanna hang out with NeverEnough. she sounds like fun.

By: Chris Molanphy

Chris Molanphy — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:55:56 +0000

@Maura Johnston: Fair point. But that's pretty recent. (I guess I'm showing my age by declaring "pretty recent" a phenomenon that's come and gone in the early-mid part of this decade.)

I thought the premise was that through the first two decades of their existence, to anyone with a bullshit detector, DD were not quite "cool." (Not to me, mind you! I had a Fab Five poster on my wall in '85. But I write about Billboard for a living.)

By: Clevertrousers

Clevertrousers — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:33:30 +0000

They were cool ever since ‘82, when Jill Rader let me feel her up at our 8th grade dance. Don’t overanalyze your makeout music, kids.

By: nat lyon

nat lyon — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:04:41 +0000

The Norwich group Bearsuit made them cool by putting the song “Duran Duran” on the “More Soul Than Wigan Casino” single. Geez…

By: NeverEnough

NeverEnough — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:02:58 +0000

@spazandmojo: I aim to please.

By: spazandmojo

spazandmojo — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:50:55 +0000

@NeverEnough: pure class. that whole entry.

By: Jasonbob7

Jasonbob7 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:07:56 +0000

What are these “internet pages” I hear so much about nowadays? I must telephone my switchboard operator and have her connect me with one, posthaste.

By: revmatty

revmatty — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:58:08 +0000

Andy Taylor remains one of the most underrated guitarists in popular music. That is all.

By: Maura Johnston

Maura Johnston — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:47:38 +0000

"Which they've almost never been."

MisShapes?