This is so fascinating! His synthesizers have always been my favorite part of their music. He's brilliant, and I could listen to him and look at him for hours.❤
IO ERO LI' SOTTO IL PALCO, UNA PIOGGERELLINA INSISTENTE HA ACCOMPAGNATO IL CONCERTO, A TRATTI, MA ERAVAMO TALMENTE ACCALCATI CHE NON ARRIVAVA PER TERRA. LORO GIOVANI, STUPENDI E SPETTACOLARI
Always loved Duran Duran and Nick Rhodes and still do. As a synth nerd, I just realized that when I close my eyes I hear Tim Shoebridge talking 😄...... is it just me or are their voices very similar?
Avevo 18 anni, ero in prima fila davanti a John Taylor e le mie lacrime di gioia appena sono entrati in scena si mescolavano al diluvio che cadeva dal cielo... il loro primo concerto in assoluto in Italia, una delle più grandi emozioni della mia vita, uno dei giorni più belli della mia vita (insieme a Caserta, Milano, Reggio Calabria, Roma e Taormina...). Li amavo allora, li amo tuttora, li amerò sempre... ❤❤❤❤❤
Digital has only just now in the last 5 years started to sound “ok”. It still doesn’t compete with analog though. Same thing with tape plugins vs a real tape machine, or digital mastering vs. analog mastering.
Nick I’m A kid and I still really like music especially your music you’re controlling of the synthesizer makes Duran Duran basically Duran Duran my favorite is Tiger Tiger!im8 and I still like your music! I’m in third grade this could be easy to do right?
I watched a fascinating video here on RU-vid earlier today in which a musician 'dissected' the Duran Duran song 'Save A Prayer'. In particular, that video reproduced the arpeggio introduction of the song and showed exactly which Roland instruments were used by Nick and how it was done/layered/sequenced, etc. Nick used very basic monophonic synths, like the SH-02. It was amazing to get such beautiful music/sounds from such rudimentary late 70s / early 1980s equipment... here is the link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wJ-Zurh3yLU.html - and ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-L-wTJefs2T8.html - wow!
I love when he talks about music and his keyboards. He was my greatest influence in playing synth keyboards. Like he I still have my first synthesizer. I Ioved the Roland and Yamaha. It's all you heard in the 80's. I hope to thank Nick one glorious day.
This man here is the reason I started collecting and playing synths. I always think of him when I play. He is a major inspiration for me as a musician alongside John Foxx, Gary Numan, Thomas Dolby and Mark Mothersbaugh.
With JOHN TAYLOR in the band there is NO NEED for using synths for bass. To do so pisses me off. John's playing on the 1st 2 DD albums set a precedent that should NEVER be f*cked with. PERIOD.
