Falling down duran duran
This formed the basis for the "night version". Back in 1981, the technology to do extended remixes was still quite rudimentary, so the band chose instead to create a new arrangement of the song, loosely based on the version they were playing live at the time. However, the B-side track for the North American release of "Planet Earth" is "To the Shore".īeginning with "Planet Earth", Duran Duran began creating what they called "night versions" for each of their songs extended versions that were featured on their 12-inch singles. The video was recreated in the music video for The Dandy Warhols' " You Were the Last High" (which was produced by Nick Rhodes, the band's keyboardist).ī-sides, bonus tracks and remixes įor most countries, the B-side track for the "Planet Earth" 45 is a concert favourite called "Late Bar" which was one of the earliest songs Duran Duran had written together after their classic Le Bon/Rhodes/Taylor/Taylor/Taylor line-up had solidified. In an apocalyptic science-fiction style, various world facts slide cross the bottom of the screen as the video plays, including: "the area of the surface of the earth is 196,937,600 miles" "247,860 people are born every day" "the oldest known song is the Shadoof Chant" and then it ends with a warning of " Doomsday." At the end of the video, singer Simon Le Bon leaps from the stage, caught in a freeze frame shot above an apparently bottomless abyss.
FALLING DOWN DURAN DURAN FULL
The instrumental middle section features two friends of the band from the Rum Runner nightclub nicknamed Gay John and Lavinya dancing in their full New Romantic regalia.
The video focused closely on the band's faces. Interspersed with the performance are shots of the band members alongside the four elements. The music video for the song was directed by future film director Russell Mulcahy, who would go on to direct a dozen more for the group.įairly primitive by the band's later standards, the video features the band (dressed in New Romantic fashions) playing the song on a white stage tricked out with special effects to look like a platform made of ice or crystal. Whatever happened to the world we used to know? "I came outside I saw the nightfall with the rain, The original demo had an extra verse at the end, as can be heard in the Manchester Square Demo version, released in 2009:
FALLING DOWN DURAN DURAN TV
The song was the first to explicitly acknowledge the fledgling New Romantic fashion movement, with the line "Like some New Romantic looking for the TV sound". The flanging intro sound was the Jupiter 4 processed by an MXR flanger.
The sequenced part on this song is a Prophet-5 synth, while a Roland Jupiter-4 and a Crumar Performer were used for strings and other sounds. Muted guitar carries the up-and-down throbbing as the singer joins in. "Planet Earth" begins with a mid-tempo synthesised sweep backed with sequenced electronic rhythm, but the real rhythm section of throbbing bass and crisp drums soon kick in. 4.4 CD: Part of Duran Duran 2010 Special Edition (CD2).4.3 CD: Part of "Singles Box Set 1981-1985" boxset.