Duran Duran

Duran Duran are an English new wave/synthpop band formed in Birmingham in 1978. They were a successful band of the 1980s and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the US. Since the 1980s, they have placed 14 singles in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart and 21 in the Billboard Hot 100, and have sold over 70 million records.

While they were generally considered part of the New Romantic scene, along with bands such as Spandau Ballet, when they first emerged, the band later shed this image. The band worked with fashion designers to build a sharp and elegant image. The band has won a number of awards throughout their career: two Brit Awards including the 2004 award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, two Grammy Awards, and an MTV Video Music Award for Lifetime Achievement. They were also awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The band's controversial videos, which included partial nudity and suggestions of sexuality, became popular in the early 1980s on the then-new music video channel, MTV. Duran Duran were among the first bands to have their videos shot by professional directors with 35 mm film movie cameras, which gave their videos a much more polished look than was standard at the time. In 1984, the band were early innovators with video technology in their live stadium shows.

Duran Duran (1983 video)

Officially titled simply Duran Duran (just like Duran Duran's 1981 debut album and their 1993 comeback album), this video compilation is sometimes unofficially referred to in print as the Duran Duran video album or Duran Duran: The First 11 Videos. This pioneering video album won a 1984 Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video.

Background

The planning for this "video album" had begun early in the band's career, as Duran Duran and their management realised the power of video as an artistic marketing tool. In a move that is rarely seen today, they filmed videos during this period (1981–1983) for songs that were never released as singles – videos for the album tracks "Lonely in your Nightmare", "Night Boat" and "The Chauffeur" were shot especially for this collection.

The release date, March 1983, was chosen to coincide with the promotion of the band's No. 1 single "Is There Something I Should Know?", and the American re-issue of their first album Duran Duran.

Future filmmaker Russell Mulcahy directed the majority of this "travelogue-style" collection of videos, featuring exotic locations and cinematic style that made Duran Duran's name as a video band. Videos for tracks like "Hungry Like The Wolf" and "Save a Prayer" were showpieces of this style.

Duran Duran (1981 album)

Duran Duran is the debut album by the English pop rock band Duran Duran, released worldwide on EMI Records on 15 June 1981.

The album reached No. 3 on the United Kingdom charts and remained in the UK Top 100 for 117 weeks, achieving platinum status by December 1982. The initial United States release was unsuccessful, but the album was reissued there in 1983 following the success of the band's second album, Rio. This time it reached No. 10 on the US Billboard 200, and remained on that chart for 87 weeks. Duran Duran was certified platinum (a shipment of one million units) by the RIAA in June 1985.

Production

The band wrote and recorded demos for the album at AIR Studios in 1980, while one of their main influences, the band Japan, was recording the Gentlemen Take Polaroids album just down the hall.

The album was formally recorded in December 1980 at various recording studios in London (as well as Chipping Norton Studios) with record producer Colin Thurston, shortly after Duran Duran signed their record deal with EMI. In interviews, the band has recalled the struggle to continue recording after hearing of the murder of John Lennon on 8 December.

Skin Trade

Skin Trade may refer to:

Books

  • The Skin Trade or Dark Visions, a 1989 horror fiction anthology, or the included story "The Skin Trade" by George R. R. Martin
  • Skin Trade, novel by Reggie Nadelson
  • Skin Trade (Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter novel), a 2009 Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter novel by Laurell K. Hamilton
  • Film and TV

  • "Skin Trade" (Beavis and Butt-head), an episode of Beavis and Butt-head
  • Skin Trade, a 2004 short film featuring Jack J. Yang
  • Skin Trade (film), a 2014 film directed by Ekachai Uekrongtham, and starring Dolph Lundgren and Tony Jaa
  • Music

  • "Skin Trade" (song), a 1987 song by Duran Duran
  • See also

  • Fur trade
  • Sex industry
  • Skin Trade (song)

    "Skin Trade" is the second single from Duran Duran's Notorious album, and the band's 15th single in total. It was released in January 1987, reached #22 on the UK Singles Chart, and barely nudged into the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100.

    About the song

    The music for "Skin Trade" was written long before Simon LeBon finally finished the lyrics. The title for the song was derived from the Dylan Thomas book Adventures in the Skin Trade which John Taylor had on him during recording of the album. It was shortened to "Skin Trade" and LeBon eventually wrote the melody and lyrics for the track while spending an evening in Taylor's Upper West Side Manhattan apartment. The lyrics reflect on how everyone is selling themselves, and "there's a little hooker in each of us".

    The single was quite a departure for the band. Not only was Simon LeBon singing in a Prince-style falsetto, but a horn section played a prominent role in the track, as played by The Borneo Horns. The band persevered with the single and many aspects of their future business took inspiration from "Skin Trade". They called their publishing company Skin Trade Music Ltd. and the Notorious tour was called the "Strange Behaviour Tour". Likewise, a 1987 remix EP and a 1999 double CD collection of remixes were also called Strange Behaviour.

    Skin Trade (Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter novel)

    Skin Trade is the seventeenth book in the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series of horror/mystery/erotica novels by Laurell K. Hamilton.

    Plot introduction

    While Anita Blake remains one of the most effective "legal vampire hunters" in the country, her personal life is in turmoil because of her close personal relationship with some vampires. Amid this backdrop, Blake goes to Las Vegas to investigate a vampire's serial murder spree.

    Plot summary

    Summary

    Vittorio has resurfaced in Las Vegas. Anita receives a head of one of the officers in Las Vegas, and sets out to pursue this vampire serial killer. Anita is joined by Edward (aka Ted Forrester), Bernardo Spotted Horse, and Olaf (aka Otto Jefferies).

    Anita becomes bound to two other tigers,Cynric (blue) and Domino (black and white.

    Characters in Skin Trade

    Major characters

  • Anita Blake: Anita travels to Vegas because if she did not, she believes other people will die. She goes without most of her loved ones because she is afraid that Vittorio will use them against her. However, her troupe of men is always near her mind as she has to prove the male characters in Vegas that she is dangerous and does not sleep with anything that moves. A main theme scattered in the pages is the idea of not adding to her list of men that she sleeps with, however, in the end there is no resolution. A few more men are added to list, actually.
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    Before The Rain

    by: Duran Duran

    A stormy summer is rolling closer
    Lighting up this holy smoker
    And if this drinking could ease the thinking
    I toast to my home truth with this glass
    All rise, you promises broken
    Call my lovers by their names
    Lost hearts and words that are spoken to the wind which blows before the rain
    Little pin-pricks, and how my ears bleed
    On the bomb ticks that is my heartbeat
    In every life-flash, in every car crash
    I hear the silence waiting to fall
    (Chorus)
    For all I carry, are murdered secrets
    The price of my blue star-eyed weakness
    And so we travel, and we unravel
    Towards the place where all loose ends go




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    Her agent Corinne Nicolas confirmed to PEOPLE that she had died of breast cancer ... ” ... One of the best ... We chose her to feature in our video for the song “Skin Trade” in 1987 /1 pic.twitter.com/cqgC1KBDuC— Duran Duran (@duranduran) January 12, 2023.

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