You are alone; the room is empty and the canvas blank. only thoughts, resonate and ricochet from wall to wall. Inside your head a frenzied silence swells as the journey begins. Floating down a stream consciousness slowly sinking in the quicksand of time, to the place of dreams where all fruit is ripe for picking. Which way to go? when no footprints have gone before. The invitation is yours. Then you re-surface in the chill of reality, trying to remember did you R.S.V.P? Roaming through corridors of either in search of a door left open; a gateway to what you saw. And just when it seems hopeless, in the darkest corner a light beckons forth. The idea is born. So LET IT FLOW, LET IT FLOW.
Copyright, NICK RHODES, JULY 1999
This show was THE ULTIMATE NICK FANS DREAM COME TRUE! I was directly in front of NICK! I could not believe my eyes!!!! I was mesmerized by him throughout the entire show!!!! Now on to my review of each song one by one!!!! Enjoy and LET IT FLOW!!!! Please note that this show was shortened due to the fact that it was played in a casino hotel :).
1. GIRLS ON FILM - EXCELLENT! as usual. NICK and SIMON were SMASHINGLY GOOD!!!! It was perfect! They had fantastic energy and the sound was unbelieveable!
2. HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF - CLASSIC! I can never hear this song enough times! The crowd was of course singing to this massive classic and had great fun as always!
3. NOTORIOUS - GREAT SURPRISE! I miss hearing this one on tour, so I was greatly anticipating it! It sounded great as usual and the audience was bouncing all over the room!!!! I had a great time during this one!!!!
4. HALLUCINATING ELVIS - OH MY GOD! That is all I can say about this one! WHAT A GREAT SONG!!!! The sound was unbelieveable and I love the lyrics!!!! A very exciting, happy and just an all around PERFECT SONG!
6. COME UNDONE - HEAVEN!! This has always been one of my favorite songs, ever since I first heard it. They did an excellent job with this one. One of the major highlights was the audience was singing this one very loudly and very enthusiastically!
7. ALL SHE WANTS IS - Thank god for BIG THING! I was blown away by this one, especially as a NICK fan, watching those lips move! Ooooooooooo! I was so excited to hear it again! The last time was in 1989! So I was thrilled!
8. FRIENDS OF MINE - 1981 all over again! This was brilliant as well as mesmerizing! I cannot love this one enough, the sound was amazing! The keyboards WOW! I was shivering all over during this one!!!!
9. WHITE LINES - Very thrilling! wonderful! I think this version was by far the best version I have ever heard of this track EVER! I LOVED it!!!!
10. ELECTRIC BARBARELLA - JUST PERFECT! NICK and his "Magic Box" effects, to see it up close and personal from the front row is like an out of body experience for any NICK fan!!!! I was in HEAVEN!!!!
11. PLANET EARTH - GREAT! Classic song, that makes the audience very excited! We sang every word to this one and SIMON and NICK were thrilled on stage! We could tell that they enjoyed playing it! And that was the most wonderful part of it!
12. ORDINARY WORLD - THOSE LYRICS! So powerful! Every time I hear it it is like the first time. Just like Save A Prayer, it has the same effect on me. Perfection. Classic Perfection.
13. THE REFLEX - YAY! That was a wonderful surprise! I LOVE hearing this song! It is one of the most exciting tracks that they have ever written!! I was so happy to hear this one and it sounded just the same as it did in 1984!!!!
14. POP TRASH MOVIE - Can you say TV MANIA? I CAN! YES! OH YES! It is coming and I cannot wait! This song ROCKS!!!!!!! It is one of the most brilliant tracks EVER! LOVE IT! LOVE IT! LOVE IT!
15. RIO - PERFECT. CLASSIC. Always a show stopper! WE always go CRAZY during this one!!!! Just like hearing it for the first time every time! GO NICK! GO SIMON! WE LOVE YOU!!!!
As usual, the clothes were to die for! NICK was wearing a WHITE STRIPED SHIRT with a FLORAL pattern and pants had GOLD RHINESTONES up and down the sides....MmmmmHmmmmm! And shiny white shoes!!!!!!!! YUM! SIMON was wearing a TIGHT BLACK shirt, BLACK pants with a WHITE stripe up and down the sides, with GRAY RETRO sneakers!!!!!! LOVE IT! I was VERY IMPRESSED as always!!!!!!! YUM! YUM!
This show was AMAZING! They played the entire set list this time, including Out Of My Mind, Secret Oktober, Someone Else Not Me & Lava Lamp which were taken out of the Atlantic City show because of the time that the casino allowed them to play in. Here is my review again song by song for your reading pleasure!
1. GIRLS ON FILM - This one got a LOUD ROAR from the crowd!!!! They were dancing all over the place! I was screaming my head off as usual! It was great to hear it for time #2!!!! Just as PERFECT!
2. HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF - PERFECTION! Just like 1982 only it is 1999 and most of us have matured????? Well, maybe not all of us, I am not including myself in the "mature" category! As my friend would say! It was perfect all around as usual!
3. NOTORIOUS - Now what else can I say! This one was like one of the most anticipated of them all! I could tell by the crowd reaction!!!! It was a great time to be had by all!
4. HALLUCINATING ELVIS - GREAT! WONDERFUL! PERFECT! I was SO EXCITED! Hearing this for the second time was like OH MY GOD!!!! I think this will make an absolutely fabulous single!!!! I am really looking forward to it!
5. OUT OF MY MIND - WOW! The "Perfecto Mix" LIVE! They did a fantastic job with this one!!!!!! I was amazed by how brilliant it sounded, and all of NICK'S hand effects!!!! WOW!!!! PERFECTION!!!! **FAINT**
6. COME UNDONE - HEAVEN as usual! I was thrilled! This song RULES! That is all I have to say!
7. ALL SHE WANTS IS - YAY! BIG THING! I have to admit to this being one of my favorite periods in Duran Duran history. It sounded brilliant and I was very excited.
8. FRIENDS OF MINE - Always a favorite. The audience looked amazed at this one! I can see why, it is becoming a classic all over again!
9. SOMEONE ELSE NOT ME - WONDERFUL! I love the lyrics to this song and the keyboards rock as usual! I was just mesmerized by this one! I could see the audience was too just as I was! I love this one.
10. SECRET OKTOBER - **FAINT** WOW!!!! SIMON & NICK RULE!!!! This track has been given brilliant new life. I never thought I would hear a B-Side live again! I remember back in 1997 when they did it, and now it is even more brilliant!
11. WHITE LINES - ROCKS!!!! This song was a big crowd pleaser!!!! I know I was dancing and singing all over the place!!!!!!! WOW!!!! #1!!!! PERFECT!
12. LAVA LAMP - This song makes me want to go out and buy one! I think it is SURREAL! And makes you want to slip into MEDAZZALAND!!!!!!
13. ELECTRIC BARBARELLA - Ooooooo....THOSE HANDS! NICK YOU ARE A GOD! SIMON YOU ROCK! As you can tell this one is one of my favorite tracks!
14. PLANET EARTH - Sounds just like it did in 1981! Perfect as usual! Loved it!
15. ORDINARY WORLD - WOW! Heaven on Earth! Love this song, and at this show especially perfect!
16. THE REFLEX - YAY! NICK and those voice effects are making me so CRAZY!!!! LOVE IT! LOVE IT! This song rules!
17. POP TRASH MOVIE - SAY TV MANIA....TV MANIA....This song is a MUST HAVE RIGHT NOW THIS MOMENT!!!!!!! LOVE IT!!!!
18. RIO - CLASSIC. ENOUGH SAID.
The clothes at this one was of course STUNNING! NICK was wearing a BLACK T-Shirt with a FLAME design and pants with a shiny SILVER stripe on the sides, and adorable baby sneakers!!!!! Awwwwwww! SIMON in A BLACK SHIRT and BLACK pants with a WHITE stripe. They were of course CAPTIVATING as usual!!!!
This show was perfection, I will not go into each song one by one because if you have read the other two reviews you know what I am going to say about this one! Perfect, wonderful and SEXY AS HELL!!!! But, there were two screens here! This was a major highlight for me, since at certain moments you got some exceptional closeups of NICK & SIMON on stage! This was a GREAT SURPRISE and a great way for me to end my concert experience this time around! I was in awe of them, as always. They were perfect! And the clothes were OOOOOOOOOO!!!! NICK in a TIGHT BLACK SILK shirt and those WHITE PANTS with GOLD RHINESTONES and SHINY WHITE shoes! SIMON in a TIGHT BLACK shirt and BLACK pants that had a WHITE stripe up and down the sides. Fashion perfection as usual. My experience is one I will never forget EVER!!!!!!!! I can never have a better time than when I see them live in concert! If I could tell them of my experiences, thank you would never be enough! All I can say is, this tour has been ONE OF THE BEST EVER!!!! and I can't wait to do it all over again!!!!!!!!! So until next time....LET IT FLOW....LET IT FLOW!!!!
Now on to my NICK review! LOL! I mean DURAN review! The second NICK stepped onto that stage wearing the LET IT FLOW pink shirt, silver pants that has rhinestones all over them! (NICK MUST ALWAYS WEAR TIGHT PANTS!!!!) and a PINK COWBOY HAT! My god he looked absolutely LUSCIOUS!!!! All my eyes saw during that entire show was THE MAN!!!! NICK! NICK! NICK! I was so focused on him and he looked so SEXY!!!! I couldn't even concentrate on the songs! LOL! he looked so luscious!!!! He smiled at us several times! Me and my other RHODIES!!!! I could see that he felt the DEDICATION in the room!!!! YUM! YUM! I screamed out his name throughout the entire show!!!! He noticed me EVERY time! I could see him looking directly at me! And my other friend Rianna, who is also a SERIOUS RHODIE! was acting just as crazy for the man as I was!!!! MmmmmmmmmmmmmHmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! That is about all I can say!!!!!!! YUM! YUM! YUM! As always SIMON was a GOD as well!!!!! Brilliant in ALL BLACK! and YUMMY as well!!!!!!!!! THANK GOD FOR MEN IN TIGHT PANTS! WE LOVE YA! WE ARE EVER SO GREATFUL! LOL!!!! I had one of the greatest experiences of a lifetime! and seeing them walk out into a waiting van to whisk them away was VERY NICE too!!!! Got a great view of NICK'S "backside" LOL!!!!! Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!! Yes, this is why I am A DURANGED RHODIE TO THE MAX!!
GOD BLESS NICK RHODES AND THE RHODIES WHO WORSHIP HIM!
18 years in the making.....THE REUNION OF THE FAB FIVE! I have to say this was THE BEST show to date for me after being a fan for 25 years. They had so much energy on the stage and it was so great to see them playing together as the original band after so many years of WAITING!!!! I was in awe of them, they gave the audience everything DURAN DURAN was meant to be.....For me personally, I have to say I screamed, I cried I showed every emotion imaginable at this show, I felt so incredibly happy for them, to see everything that they put into this show and all the reunion shows so far. It is truly amazing the GIFT that Duran Duran has given to all of us, There were so many highlights that I will NEVER forget, for one it was hearing NEW RELIGION after so many years! what a great surprise! and of course WILD BOYS was another amazing surprise for me, I enjoyed the new material immensely, there is still that Duran Duran energy and CLASSIC Duran Duran sound that I have been addicted to since I became a fan at the age of 7. Now that I am 30 years old, Duran Duran has never changed for me, I am still just as ENTHUSIASTIC, AMAZED and still feel like a teenager every time I see them! It has NEVER changed and NEVER will for me. I know that some of us FANS have gotten older and perhaps there enthusiasm has changed a bit, but mine has always been the same, since in my heart I will always feel that they are and always have been a HUGE part of my life for 25 years! That can never change, the memories brought back at this show will last with me FOREVER. Thank you DURAN DURAN. I will always love you SIMON NICK JOHN ANDY and ROGER...YOU ROCK FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!! I have been to 100's of shows over the years, and I will never forget the memories you bring to me, and I will ALWAYS love how I feel after a Duran Duran show....There are no words to describe this feeling, It is something that is inside you and you just feel like smiling and dancing and you have that DURAN DURAN GLOW about you, and that is something that stays with you FOREVER. Until next time, ROCK ON DURAN DURAN - I LOVE YOU!
2005 ASTRONAUT WORLD TOUR!!!! We have waited for this now haven't we my fellow insatiable Duran Girls and Guys? Yes, this show was in a word AMAZING! my best Duranie pal and I had a BLAST at this show, the guys looked and sounded INCREDIBLE! It was GREAT to hear SOUND OF THUNDER! I was so wishing for this song, and I got my wish! The band was really on top and looked like they were having a great time and the fans were too trust me.
Except for these idiots sitting in front of us, who were just sitting there throughout the ENTIRE show and not even clapping or anything!!!! But I look at it as my friends and I had a better view of all the action going on on stage! and trust me the action was HOT! we were screaming and dancing to every song and singing everything! we had been anticipating this for a while so we were going to enjoy ourselves to the MAX. I also had a blast meeting some new fans who were just so incredible to meet and hang out with pre-show! Most especially DuranFan0620 and her awesome daughter (who totally ROCKS!!!!), GeorgieGirl, and Pepster (who sat with us at the show) is one of the sweetest people ever! I miss you guys already, and it has only been a week since the show! (LOL!) Well, here I am writing a review of another incredible Duran Duran experience.
I look forward to another AWESOME tour and to meeting my best pals again and having a blast and creating more incredible DURAN DURAN memories!!!!
Hello again everyone! I just got the new DURAN DURAN DVD LIVE IN LONDON, and I was just amazed beyond words, it is one of the GREATEST DURAN DURAN shows EVER! The band just look so happy and excited by the crowd and the music. It is great to see them play with such energy and excitement, the set list was GREAT and I love that it included so many of the greatest DURAN DURAN hits ever. It is truly a MUST HAVE for EVERY DURANIE out there in planet earth! (LOL!) I was impressed by the bonus features as well, the documentary was very cool discussing the bands early periods up until now as told by the band members themselves and the image gallery is a blast!
I highly recommend getting this DVD as told by my best friend STARR and she was TOTALLY right too! This DVD ROCKS! and I give it an A+! Go out and buy it now! and you will be amazed by one of the greatest DURAN DURAN shows ever.