4 Decades Of Loving Duran Duran, And Finally… - IMRAN™
4 Decades Of Loving Duran Duran, And Finally… - IMRAN™
Duran Duran was one of the great New Wave / New Romantics type music groups I loved during my youth in Lahore, Pakistan. Even in a conservative Muslim country like that, where swooning over music groups was unheard of at least in the 1980s, I think my teenage sister Ambereen & her friends all had a joint “crush” on Simon Le Bon. She may like knowing that Simon named his eldest daughter Amber. 😊
During the 80s I loved their music and also title song for a James Bond film. They sort of faded from the scene until they released Decade In 1989, literally the year I came to America for my Columbia MBA.
A few years later, in 1993, two of their most meaningful and sentimental songs, very different from their previous hits, were released. “Ordinary World” as well as “Come UnDone” came out at a very poignant time for me.
They resonated very closely with relationships in my life and are forever associated with the end of a very special love that specific year. The songs perfectly marked the end of an era of infinite possibilities, and start of a whole incredible new life for me.
A full three decades later, this start of summer weekend in 2023, I finally got around to seeing Duran Duran live, in Tampa. And what an absolutely incredible experience it was. They opened with Night Boat, which is an ok song to me, much that I love night boating. But, every single song they played after that was,and still remains, on my favorites list.
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#IMRAN #concert #music #MusicGroup #legend #rockstars #DuranDuran #love #life #memories #eighties #nineties #history #family #autobiography #stories
4 Decades Of Loving Duran Duran, And Finally… - IMRAN™
4 Decades Of Loving Duran Duran, And Finally… - IMRAN™
Duran Duran was one of the great New Wave / New Romantics type music groups I loved during my youth in Lahore, Pakistan. Even in a conservative Muslim country like that, where swooning over music groups was unheard of at least in the 1980s, I think my teenage sister Ambereen & her friends all had a joint “crush” on Simon Le Bon. She may like knowing that Simon named his eldest daughter Amber. 😊
During the 80s I loved their music and also title song for a James Bond film. They sort of faded from the scene until they released Decade In 1989, literally the year I came to America for my Columbia MBA.
A few years later, in 1993, two of their most meaningful and sentimental songs, very different from their previous hits, were released. “Ordinary World” as well as “Come UnDone” came out at a very poignant time for me.
They resonated very closely with relationships in my life and are forever associated with the end of a very special love that specific year. The songs perfectly marked the end of an era of infinite possibilities, and start of a whole incredible new life for me.
A full three decades later, this start of summer weekend in 2023, I finally got around to seeing Duran Duran live, in Tampa. And what an absolutely incredible experience it was. They opened with Night Boat, which is an ok song to me, much that I love night boating. But, every single song they played after that was,and still remains, on my favorites list.
© 2023 IMRAN™
#IMRAN #concert #music #MusicGroup #legend #rockstars #DuranDuran #love #life #memories #eighties #nineties #history #family #autobiography #stories