He might be a good player, but at this concert, his guitar was tuned down too low......Girls recording requires the guitar part to be upfront or loud in the mix. The guitar carries the tune, but not here......it's the vocal and the keys. The guy at the mixing board blew it.
the 5 original members are irreplaceable, the truth is that Andy Taylor should never have left the band in 2006, he always put the classic rock touch with his guitar. I pray 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼that one day he thinks it over and returns to Duran Duran. Without Andy the band doesn't sound like a lot of people want😟
This is the post punk new wave, not funcky of the 70's..Andy was there for some reason, their sound was suppost to be not just one more synth pop, pop funcky band. And Andy is not only a guitar player to play whoever pop songs...I'm not saying Andy is the best piece of DD, but they are not Roxy music, OMD, Human League... They are a best set of five: SLB, AT, JT, RT, NR. It's what it is, and that is Duran Duran.
Anyone who really knows knows that this performance at this moment with this lineup with this particular song with this london crowd and recording quality is the best version of Duran Duran live anyone will ever hear. This is them at their very best. Andy brings an urgency to the music that is sorely lacking in their other manifestations. And I love songs like Notorious and Come Undone and many others without A.T., but he is the only who can play these classic Duran Duran songs from the first 3 albums the way they are meant to be heard. The others are great guitarists, but Andy is the greatest guitarist for DD.
Fantastica , ineguagliabile canzone . Cantata straordinariamente dal vivo. Per suonare in questo modo dal vivo devi essere molto molto molto bravo .... E loro lo sono veramente ....BRAVI!!!!!. DURAN DURAN PER SEMPRE ❤️❤️❤️❤️😍😎
This concert was DD's best live performance ever by a mile. Much better than anything they did in the 80's. As well as this great ending - Ordinary World and Come Undone were unbelievable. These things that we thought of as pop songs back in the day we rightly recognize now as masterpieces. All of the band are good in their own rights but it has to be said that this concert was as good as it was because of Andy Taylor. The best songs of the night were all centered around his guitar playing. He didn't write or play on the studio version of Come Undone and he doesn't play it the same way that Warren did. He simplified the guitar parts on the verses and hardened them up a little bit in terms of the sound. But those alterations completely changed the nature of the song. In the studio version it feels like the beat and the pace of song has already set and the guitar is accompanying it - not in the background exactly but it's playing on top of what's already going on. The way Andy plays it transforms the guitar part into the main driver of the song. Don't get me wrong the studio version of Come Undone is fantastic - DD's best in fact. But this live version is better. In my view and regardless of the rights and wrongs of who left and why, Duran Duran is simply a better band when Andy Taylor is in it.
TheSmithDorian Very Good observation on Andy's excellent guitar playing. He was exceptional that night, gave the songs that extra grind and heavier sound.
Ladys and gents, on the stage: Mr Nick Rhodes, Andy taylor, Roger Taylor, Simon le Bon and John Taylor, 5 extra top musicians, yesterday, today and tomorrow, enought said.
Nobody else can rock it in concert like DD!!!! Today's "musicians" can compare to DD's live shows!!!! Play the F*******ing bass John... Just the best bass player out there!!!!
Everybody is arguing over who was responsible for D2's sound but I'm of the school of thought that if a drummer doesn't know how to keep the rhythm going then there's no way a band like this will EVER sound as good as this.
Before Roger quit the band it seemd like he had a sort of sadness about him. Like he didn't want to be there. But now that he came out of retirement this is the happiest that I've ever seen him.
Everyone talks about John being a great bass player, but lets give props to Nick! If it wasn't for Nick, Duran Duran wouldn't sound the way they do! Roger is awesome on the drums!
I've seen DD live 4 times and this tour was the best by far. They were all at the top of their game. I feel so fortunate to have gotten to meet them backstage and have a ring-side (closer than front row) view. They did not disa
I have to say that is the funny thing I have seen with Simon sitting by the drums after John finishes his solo saying,"I'm just gonna sit here and no one will know that I've gone." Then he starts whistling. Nick goes thru a list of his former occupations before joining Duran Duran, and then introduces him. Even Andy is smiling at this whole thing. They look so close then. Too bad it didn't last.
I've seen DD live 4 times and this tour was the best by far. They were all at the top of their game. I feel so fortunate to have gotten to meet them backstage and have a ring-side (closer than front row) view.
7:56 Wow! Look at how happy Roger is. I don't think he was ever this happy before. I think that now that he's back in the band again he seems so happy. Whereas before he wasn't very happy at all. :(
Can't say they were my cup of tea back in my teen days when they first hit the scene in the early 80's. But effin-a they were talented. It's just when you grew up listening to all your older brother's Zeppelin, Stones, Areosmith, and Deep Purple albums, it was hard to morph over to this style.
Oh my God! I love Duran Duran in concert! Can't believe I didn't see this video until now. Start at 3:00 mark for best jam session ever. Guitar & bass riffs at the end are amazing. You could tell John, Rog & Andy had a blast jamming together! You can definitely hear each instrument & every crazy sound that Nick & Simon can possibly bring forth!
Watch Andy when Simon is sitting down near the drums near the end of the song when Nick introduces Simon. You can see Andy smiling and looking at Simon as Nick goes thru the various occupations Simon had before joining the band especially when he says "milkman's assistant." Then when Andy plays his solo at the end Simon and John smile and seem to be enjoying it. Simon even starts dancing around to it. That is what I meant. They seemed to be having fun 2gether then.
This song makes me wanna play the bass guitar. Wow John Taylor is a beast on the bass guitar on this song. He should join the who he kinda plays like the late John Entwistle with that punchy bass lines
But what he does here is not the whole he does in DD, composing, producing...So I don't see it like that. Would DD sound the same without him? I don't think. As I don't think it does without Andy.
