Duran Duran vs. Power Station vs. Arcadia

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i looked at that once and it was an insane amount of remixes. i could be wrong, but i don't think arcadia's remixes were so good i need 3 cd's worth

fried ice cream is a reality (outdoor_miner), Monday, 12 July 2010 17:05 (thirteen years ago) link

four years pass...

http://thequietus.com/articles/17506-coke-wet-arcadia-versus-the-power-station-by-simon-price

Another way in which the studio was remarkable, even by rock & roll standards, was the availability of Class As. John Taylor, whose own coke habit had reached the point of getting high during Duran Duran gigs, slotted in comfortably. "I'd never seen more drugs in my life," he later recalled. "The access to cocaine was unlimited." The studio even used a phoney bike courier service, through which 23 different types of drug could be ordered from a menu, attached to photographic sheets. The bassist's intake became so prodigious that Park Belvedere neighbour Boy George, no saint himself, mischievously left a silver tray piled high with white powder (actually sugar) outside Taylor and Simonsen's door. Andy Taylor, speaking to Goldmine magazine, was candid about the chaotic lifestyle the band were living: "We used to hang out down in the Village at Beebop and get whacked, do Power Station and fuck about. We were really living it up, spending $500 a night, just doing stupid things. It was just a massive party all the time. I don't know how we got any work done. It was great." John would put it more tersely: "1985. Nobody ate that year."

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 March 2015 16:59 (nine years ago) link

Ahhhh great article

Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 26 March 2015 17:38 (nine years ago) link

Duran Duran, easily. The Arcadia/Power Station stuff does very little for me, but then the same could be said for the majority of post-Rio Duran Duran.

So Red the Rose and Notorious are both great. The drums on the 12" of Some Like It Hot are great.

brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 26 March 2015 23:44 (nine years ago) link


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