Wow, check out the 80's hair and clothes on those excited groupies waiting to meet the band at the 2:34 mark! Backstage raw video from 3/4" master tape by TV cameraman Rick Sanderford, (WGGT & WLXI). Thanks Rick!
Excuse me for saying this but I'm a 51 year old Black man who likes DD and have been a fan since the early 80s and beyond! I grew up with MTV and watched all their videos , including the spin offs of Duran Duran ! Long live the80s and DD!
Ahhh, well I’m a 53 year old white male who’s been in love with this band since 1982…. and btw, what relevance is our color and gender in loving a band??????
Yes....yes....yes..... and yes !!!!! Wonderful times the 80´s. We have everything in music. What we do call real genuine creative music. No techno and Gaga. There were plenty of choices for each and every taste on TRUE MUSIC. The 80´s were THE BEST !!!!!! Yes, sir
When you talk to him it's almost like you hang on his every word & he seems generally interested in what you're saying. It's a little bit intimidating.....to me it is anyway.
First impression....Simon: a little annoyed and exasperated; Roger: tired and sort of over it, Andy: just over it; John: too good for this; Nick: ok, I'll just go with it & smiling. Still LOVE them ALL❣️
Just exactly how they were in 1993 and the rest of the times they played in my country -Argentina- ... actually I remember last time they didnt even said hi to fans - all over 40 y o people waiting outside their hotel - ...but to be honest I dont blame them much for that ...
Yeah. At around 0:46. The close up of Simon's face and his expression. By this time they were probably all tired after 5-6 months of touring and just wanted to to go home and rest. Unfortunately for us after their hiatus and side projects we lost Andy and Roger. But years we got them back ( Andy for a little while anyways).
John seemed like he was really engaged in conversation with the fans near him. The rest of them seem pretty exhausted. Simon seemed congenial but pooped.
In 1984 I would have the been the red-headed friend of the girl in the fedora. Quietly FREAKING OUT. You can feel the nervous excitement of these fans. Amazing footage.
Some of it. My mother made me take my little sister to the Pittsburgh, Pa. concert in 1984. I didn't want to go, but my sister had their posters all over her wall, and played their music incessantly, it meant everything to her. So, we went, and I have to say, it was a fantastic concert. It's not that I didn't like their music, because I did, but I was always more into classic rock . I'm glad I went, plus, I love my lil Sis!
I went to the 1984 Seattle Superdome concert. It was a sea of girls. To this day it was the most exciting concert I've been to. I'm still a Duranie today. Great music from this band.
Greensboro NC 1984... This was my first of MANY Duran Duran concerts. Wish I was at this meet and great. I did get to meet them finally in 2016. These guys are amazing and still put on a great show.
it's funny how that girl with the hat is using every ounce of will she can summon from going completely bat-shit crazy being just a few feet and seconds away from meeting DD.
Those guys have been class acts since day 1, so kind to their fans, I remember stories of how people would meet them randomly in public, and any of them would take the time to stop and greet them. Duranie '85-present!
THIS is HEAVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!! Simon looks utterly STUNNNNNING I must say., absolutely beautiful! And the way Nick stands, OMG!!!!!!!!! The fans are SOOOOOO cute!!!! Love the girl with the hat and badges, WOW!!!
I saw them at their Cleveland show in '84... drove through a blizzard to get there, was senior in high school, and got in trouble over it but It was worth it! I taught myself to play the bass because of John (loved his style - my hair was like his and I wore a fedora hat, too), and loved singing along with Simon whenever I was in my car. My wife was a huge fan of Nicks. If you want the most in depth look at them possible, read In the Pleasure Groove: Love, Death, and Duran Duran, by John Taylor. Just finished it and it was great! Rock on, DD.
+nymike06 that The thing Andy 's book ( a must read - just for the rant against the music industry st the end) has some fights & arguments with Nick and covers a bit more 'fun' in the early days. With JT still inDD it's not going to be 'warts & all' except a case of crabs.
Ha Ha, the girl starting at 2:20 is the epitome of the 80s..She looks like she can't decide if she wants to be Madonna, Debbie Gibson or Boy George....but She's gonna have fresh breath when She gets there!
ahhh I wanted to see that girl's reaction to meeting them, lol. the one chewing the gum. we saw her anticipation & now I wanna see her reaction with them!!
Wonderful!! Oh, to have a time machine & relive it all at least once more. Thanks for uploading this, a superb & charismatic band and people, then & now.
This was the same time as the Sing Blue Silver documentary (Duran Durans 1984 American tour) was being recorded, if any DD fans are unaware of it I'd definitely recommend checking it out; it's a fantastic snapshot of Duran Duran at their height
AWESOME FOOTAGE !!!! Thanks for uploading! - This is actually March 30, 1984 - Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC, USA acording to duran tour timeline- and the last USA show was April 17, 1984 - San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego.
And I was at the San Diego show!! 😁😍 I still have my program... I was bat-shit crazy for JT, I went to the show by myself...my mom drove me 90 miles there and 90 miles back. Thanks Mom!! 🥰
@@TigergirlM amazing! I was but 10 years old and was a huge duran fan living in midwest USA wishing I could get that same cool duran hair to impress the ladies haha thats how my mind worked then
Most of the young fans in this video were winners of a contest at WKZL, the radio station I worked for in Winston-Salem, NC. I was asked to be their chaperone. I had been a Durany fan since I bought their first album on import before they were known in the USA. Needless to say, I accepted the chaperone task.
Not to make comparisons...but what the Beatles were to the 60s...Duran Duran is/was to the 80s. Both were Brit bands that helped define a generation and an era. Proving twice in pop culture history the British beat us Americans at our own musical game. Even though "rock n roll" music was born here in the good ole USA, the British did us one better (at least a couple of times). Of which the likes we will never hear and see again!
OMG I'm 14 again! I would have given anything to be in that room, I was in love with them especially Simon! Saw them that year back in Chicago and loved them and still do since 1982 ❤️
My sister got me into Duran Duran. She was a teenager at the absolute peak of their fame, so her walls were COVERED floor-to-ceiling in all Duran Duran posters, and that’s all she played on her record player. I was just a toddler, but because of her, I grew up listening to all of their music throughout my childhood and I love them more than her to this day!!!!!!❤❤❤
Me too, they really dont know how privileged they are meeting one of the best groups in the world I love Simon i first seen him on tv in 1980 I thought I had died and went to heaven, he's so handsome here also. Simon has agreat personality and presence when he comes into a room.
I still have a "Triad's Video Music Channel - TV 61" sticker on a speaker in my basement. I LOVED that Channel. It was great for those of us who lived outside the city limits where cable had not reached yet.
This is #1 on my bucket list of things to do before I hit 50 in 2023 so guys, if anyone can help me get a Meet and Greet with my heroes then please please help me. I've had so much trauma in my life that this one thing would make my whole life being a fan for over 40 years. ❤❤❤❤❤
Wow, I would love to have a meet and greet with the Duran boys!! But I must say they don't look very pleased to be there. And why aren't any of the girls trying to jump on them??? I know they would have been tearing me off them if I had met them in the 80's they were gorgeous :) and still are
My goodness I would have been in seven heaven meeting DuranDuran. Im alife long fan off DuranDuran from 1980 I heard them first on the radio and loved there music always loved Simon from I first seen him on top of the pops not only talented but incredibly good looking. I thought Simon was the most handsome man on earth he's gorgeous and extremely very tall there still going 40plus years there brilliant I knew back then they had something unquic and special DuranDuran are very underrated.
Avrei dato un anno di vita x avere una camicia come quella di john con lui dentro magari ke tempi con loro i ricordi più belli della età più bella grazie duran vi amo
This is an excerpt from the documentary Sing Blue Silver of DD's 1984 Seven and the Regard Tiger tour. Yes, great memories of those early 80s years and our youth. 😋 🎶They lay back laughing at naivety's star🎶
