DURAN DURAN - Off the record (November 30, 1981)

DD at the Chichester Festival Theatre, UK on 30 November 1981.
00:11 Friends of Mine; 05:41 Anyone Out There; 09:35 Faster Than Light; 12:35 My Own Way; 16:20 Girls on Film; 20:10 Careless Memories

[@JC-nn4if]

Andy had that raw guiar sound! Great performer

[@SimonJohn67]

I was there. An evening school trip. The teachers had told us to stay in our seats but the occasion got to us and we all ran to the front of the stage. The support was by John Cooper Clark, who swore quite a lot much to the teachers disgust. I was probably about 14 at the time.

[@MsHazza73]

A school trip?! Serious? The most we did in Australia was go into the city and visit the museum or the zoo. 🤣 Now this would have been an epic school trip.

[@suzannecorona6098]

That's amazing!! Love it

[@jennajackson6305]

Wow!😱😱😱 you must have had some Fab teachers. Most of us could never get so lucky! Bet you guys got home real late and told your parents all about it the next day

[@debbiepakulski6484]

I was there too. All the schools local to Chichester got invited

[@astropioneer3296]

Got a little dicey with the fans storming the stage near the end! Such great energy.

[@iamalpharius9483]

What happened to these DARK and moody songs that pop bands like DD were so good at? And THAT GUITAR tone that Andy Taylor had.....SICK!!!!

[@user-vz6vz4rt3u]

I think they could keep a beat in the gloom and the party would still dance and go on with some more up beat and powerful songs to come along. And/or cocaine

[@cash4chaos]

Clearly Andy was such an a important part of the band!

[@philc4520]

Andy was driving things musically!

[@rickr2029]

​@@philc4520 also Andy was singing up a storm. And well he sang!

[@gtamediaproductions1]

Andy added a certain edge and sound the band as they exploded into the scene back then. He shouldn't have left Duran Duran. They all had that perfect chemistry together.

[@warholboy3406]

This 25 min was the beginning of my lifelong obsession....

[@integra818]

When a band sound as good or better live, compared to the studio albums. Thats a measure of how good they are.

[@ericolson9139]

Duran Duran a boy band. Hardly. Very talented all 5 in their own perspective way. Yet raw and original and innovative. No band can come close to the videos this band came out with in the 80s mainly from the first 3 albums.

[@mgparis]

seriously - it infuriates me when people mistake them for a boy band and/or 80s band... we Durannies know better! :P

[@marialemos1495]

@@mgparis I know right!!!

[@judyb1539]

AMEN!! I've been a fan for 37 years and I have no intentions of stopping now! Looking forward to the US Future Past tour!

[@user-vz6vz4rt3u]

All top notch musicians, though most of the guys had little experience, just great ideas and work rate. And, most of all, the drum tracks were all a take through the whole song, no punching in and out back then. Yes, some overdubs with rototoms at some places, but those beats, thats recording straight through the whole song in studio

[@DaftSwank]

This was filmed a mere two months before they would write and record the album that would launch them into international superstardom, “Rio” ... The way their sound just developed, evolved, and blossomed through the early ‘80s will always be a source of inspiration, wonder, joy, and ecstasy for me ... Their music in its totality will always be the soundtrack to my life.

[@michaelscoots]

Ditto! Well said! I remember recording this when it re-aired circa 1983. I still remember every note and inflection in Simon’s voice. So good!

[@whutzat]

God WHY can't we go back to these good times and just stay there!

[@atheistleopard618]

we can with youtube. today's music SUX....im going backwards to find real music, and it starts with duranduran, depechemode, and metal =D

[@BrendaLee381]

Amen to that!!

[@iamalpharius9483]

I'll go with you.

[@franciscomedina7217]

desde los 5 anos de edad escucho a dd. y Wow!! recuerdo esos años maravillosos

[@mogznwaz]

This is awesome. Really shows their energy and that they're a proper band. I'm a lifelong Durannie and have never seen this before. And Simon was just sooo gorgeous sigh.

[@monicaspector2388]

This is when I fell in love with Duran Duran....was completely mesmerized. I miss this time in my life.

[@ge-8135]

The most underrated album and band of all time: Duran Duran.

[@lucine2295]

Ppp

[@forestfire1232]

They are not underrated. That is bullshit

[@rickr2029]

The most "OVERUSED" and "INCORRECTLY" used statement on KZbin. Duran Duran is in a class of theor own. Super Super Super popular and appreciated !

[@toomuchepicness4290]

Andy Taylors is keeping it all together!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@marialemos1495]

WOW..... It's hard to believe that they have been together for 40 years and still making music 🎶 with a new album coming out... INCREDIBLE!!!!!

[@Di5585]

the lighting is ridiculous. the band is in the dark most of the time. this is the best looking band ever and we need to see their faces. well, John's mostly.

[@JC-yz1sf]

He’s kinda hiding behind his hair back then too.. can you imagine that gorgeous boy was shy!! ❤️a year or two later millions of girls adored him.. still do!! 😍

[@michaelscoots]

Just goes to show that their music was more important and didn’t need their looks to make it shine. However, I’m sure it didn’t hurt for many.

[@opwave79]

I remember videotaping this off the tv when I was 12. It was one of the first recordings made on our family's new VHS player. I still have the tape.

[@efeunoalot]

Wow!!

[@helenheathmosher3804]

I did too. I can't remember if it was a late-night feature on Night Flight or Nickelodeon of that era circa 1984 but I could not get enough of it. By the middle of 8th grade, I was a Nick Rhodes clone and an utter fangirl for .. the entire band.

[@astonishingpatch]

@@helenheathmosher3804 Nickelodeon did air it, as part of the Special Delivery block (and presumably as part of the Nickelodeon Saturday Concert block that debuted the following year). The concert was repeated on both blocks several times.

[@michaelscoots]

Yes, me too!!!! I still remember every note!

[@TheSason666]

WOW !!!

[@andif8306]

such talent at such a young age! they were, and still are, seriously underrated as musicians.

[@haro82]

Man...I wish Andy was still with them. They really used to rock!

[@chrismason5905]

As he described himself as "the balls of the band"....

[@AngelSoDivine1]

That's why he left. Didnt feel they ROCKED anymore. If you listen to papergods, you don't hear John's bass LIKE THIS. Nor Rogers drums. 😥

[@TheChadTI]

I still grapple with this😁🤙

[@mattma96]

Geez~~~ the music, the hair style, the fashion : Simply impeccable & unprecedented.

[@paolagucciardini9994]

Fantastic

[@carolmichonne5788]

Too bad you can hardly see it with all the cloudiness

[@RosePetal17]

Those were the days! These kinds of specials just don't exist anymore. I used to think music was so special and exciting...haven't really had that feeling in a very long time~~

[@franciscomedina7217]

si para mi el mejor grupo . soy fan!

[@robbiesampson5399]

Fantastic early DD stuff ! This is what made me want to be a musician when I was 11 years old . JT my bass hero . The best band Ever !

[@positivecrusader]

Beauty, stage presence, energy, musicianship, great songs, crowd going nuts, band loving every minute of it. What a band. What a party. What I wouldn’t give to be transported back there!

[@CatoMinor]

Someone considered them as a boyband, but they were and are real and serious musicians. Nothing to do with One Direction or shit like that.

[@bbsnarky7098]

+CatoMinor EXACTLY. nothing infuriates me more than when I hear people compare Duran Duran to shitty bands like 'depeche mode', 'culture club', 'spandau ballet', and today's 'one direction'. Duran Duran are one of the most underrated rock bands in history. They helped influence and shape the music industry into what it is today: - Credited as being the biggest pioneers for the 'music video' as a serious medium for musicians to pursue. - The 'Fab Five' had an 80's 'Beatlesque' arrival in America - 2nd in world wide popularity only to Michael Jackson. - Pioneered the 2nd 'British Invasion' (which wouldn't have amounted to much without Duran Duran). - Only music act to hit #1 on Billboards hot 100 with a James Bond theme. - First music act to sell a song on-line (Electric Barbarella), going against the stream of the anti-napster lawsuits. - Formed in 1978, and haven't stopped making music since, despite all the so-called 'reunions'. - Nick Rhodes is often credited as being the world's first 'Metrosexual'.

[@CatoMinor]

BBS narky I agree with you but...Depeche Mode are not a shitty band! They had an interesting evolution too (Violator is an excellent album, for example, their top). And Spands and Culture Club were commercial bands but not at all shitty bands. They are not comparable to all these MTV starlettes like Rihanna, Miley Cyrus, rappers, hiphoppers covered with rings and medallions. This is the real big shit. And about DD: their first two albums, the most influenced by the new-wave, DD and Rio, are absolute masterpieces and i am never tired to hear them !!! I also like Japan, John Foxx, Ultravox and Gary Numan and Human League (from Reproduction to Dare), not to mention Joy Division, Cure, Teardrop Explodes, Echo and the Bunnymen and many others. The music of those years will be never coming back.

[@bbsnarky7098]

CatoMinor most of those bands you mentions I was not really a fan of. I did like Ultravox. Joy Division/New Order I like as well. HATE the cure and Japan also. blah. Depeche Mode, meh.

[@CatoMinor]

BBS narky Ok...it's a question of personal tastes, but consider that Duran Duran could never have existed without Japan (listen to Quiet life) and Roxy Music (listen to Country life), their main models (and the electronic Bowie, of course).

[@bbsnarky7098]

CatoMinor Japan wasn't a major influence on Duran Duran. I think I remember Simon saying in an interview that they weren't big fans of them. Roxy Music, Yes. Bowie, Yes. Japan, nope.

[@SWillibr]

The year 2020 and I'm back in 1981 with DD. God help us today, I sure miss the good times of yesteryear.

[@martinburke9178]

Yes,on 2021, and Nick Rhodes Roland JX8P , is 40 years old this Year, still a highly sought after synth.

[@BrendaLee381]

Wow, love the song "Faster Than Light". Seems like that's how time went.....

[@mgparis]

Young Simon looked like a god...

[@ssx8908]

FANTASTICI...Grande sound con Andy!!!

[@iamalpharius9483]

Saw this on Nickelodeon in America in the early 80s. This was the preformance that got me into DD. Been looking for it for YEARS. Thank you for uploading.

[@AngelSoDivine1]

😳 Whoa!! On Nickelodeon? How Awesome they'd show this. 🤘💖

[@BebeLush2]

Yep. They showed it at least once a month. Good times!!

[@JTforeverL]

I can only imagine the "after-party" in their concerts back then...actually John and Andy describe some of those wild parties in their respective books. Crazy times for the boys, as it should for young guys rising to fame, I guess...

[@wendystevens8428]

WOW! SOOO excited to find this Priceless Gem! Thanks so much for posting! Love that their punk roots were still clearly showing. No wonder I was so instantly obsessed - it was absolute love and devotion from the first time I saw the Planet Earth video - went to every live show they did in Melbourne in '82, '83 (even met them a couple of times back then) and then later tours except for 2012. Legendary band and this is a GREAT moment in time & what a GREAT set! I'm having a full (one person) Duran festival in covid isolation - Its been amazing to discover so much incredible footage - interviews, docos, demos, specials and performances, that I had no way of accessing back then - God bless the interwebs!!! So happy hanging out back in 1981's - don't want to come back to the hellish disaster of 2020 just yet so think i'Il watch it a couple more times : )

[@youngchool]

Ah good memories! I grew up in the Far East. Luckly my friend's sister had a casette of their debut album(1981). When I played it, it was 'PLANET EARTH'. And that was one of those rare times in my life when I was blown away! Sometimes I amuse myself by imagining what if it was 'Nightboat' or 'Tel Aviv', not Planet Earth (remember cassette tapes?). Don't get me wrong, I love every single track on their debut album, tastefully dark and even experimental and progressive. I am just thinking about first impression, Then, I knew nothing about them (except an image of them on the cover of the tape). Of course I DID think they were 3 Taylor brothers or cousins plus two friends including a french guy. The small image on the debut album jacket showed 5 stylish, well groomed young men but hard to make out which three were the Taylor brothers. No access to MTV, magazines, not to mention internet, without knowing their reputation as a pretty boy band in England, I just loved them as five young, pretty good, excellent song-writing MUSICIANS. I am glad it happened that way. Along with UK and Camel, DD has been my absolute favorites since 1984!

[@levisguy53]

i got a good chuckle out of your description of the band members especially "including a french guy"

[@youngchool]

@@levisguy53 Glad to hear that. I love their Debut & Rio albums. The 3rd album is good too. The moment I listened to PLANET EARTH for the 1st time, in stereo was MAGICAL. Have a good day!

[@patrickbastow8853]

This was I was here. I was 13 and my first gig! It was a free gig and they gave tickets away in the local paper The Promotor. It was incredibly loud. Quite a few hardcore New Romantics came down from London. It blew me away. Of course I brought Rio when it came out but the early stuff had a real edge to it that you can see in this live performance. It’s really lovely to have a momento of your 1st ever gig

[@raquelherrera4326]

Omg! I was a fan then at just 9 years old! Thanks to MTV! Still a Duran Duran fan 40 years later! ❤

[@athenamaurer9404]

So was me and my twin sis

[@bondslave9957]

As great as they were they were still underrated....

[@carolmichonne5788]

Yeah, they never won a lot of music awards unless they were video-related. A real shame.

[@duran6667]

Vintage duran love it

[@MrBass-ni6rk]

Pure 100% real music!

[@ronfarney6477]

Wow wow wow wow 🎉🎉🎉 memories of the best band ever on planet earth 🌎🌍🌎 🎉🎉🎉 luved um from planet earth to now still era I'm a true die hard Duranie was 12 years old now 55 still era what a band 73 times I've seen um and worth every penny 🎉🎉🎉

[@thomassharoniard4629]

They sound damn great for their early gigs !!

[@MrDrum1969]

Chapter 1 of Duran Duran, legends from the beginning.

[@murraypassarieu9115]

I started watching for "Friends of Mine" since that's one of my fave Duran songs and I couldn't stop. This is a great performance!

[@michaelscoots]

God bless the KZbin algorithms, this popped in my feed. I recorded this off tv when I was 13 - it was replayed around 1983. Haven’t watched it since I was maybe 17; I remember every note and inflection. Crazy! So good!

[@athenamaurer9404]

We were 10 yrs old

[@sulky_grrrl]

Friends of Mine live!!! Yeah!!

[@rob4b]

This how I remember them with Andy and Simon working the front and the rest behind. Great memories.

[@k1productions87]

John is still in front much of the time too. The camera isn't always giving him much focus, but in wide shots, we see the three of them in front.

[@alidiaryofadetour8657]

I was there! Our school were given tickets and we had a choice of a few bands, but I chose Duran Duran - what a great gig it was!

[@MrH4R0]

Roger's Solo on Girls on Film !!!!!!! 18:20

[@michaelengle9062]

He used to get nervous and lapse into just playing 16-th notes on his solo with random accents. shame, cause he was and still is, a really good drummer-probably the most solid timekeeper in the business. If you find some of the more current videos of him and John warming up backstage, he really has some good chops.

[@yamchaken05]

I love how Duran gets a crowd to dance like no other band

[@marguskiis7711]

Great and tight live band even so early.

[@The.Last.Guitar.Hero.]

Duran Duran weren't a band for girls..their early stuff stands up with any other new romantic band of the time

[@gtamediaproductions1]

Watch this video as they unfold and make the world love them.

[@michellangedijk1028]

W O W! How great they perform! Full of energy. Andy jumping around. They were so young. Around early 20's. Yet so professional and driven. I am rediscovering them in this 2020 corona period. Have a lot of albums and youtube to go through. In '80s you could only see on tv what was on it at that exact moment you turned on the tv. Now you can find what you hope for every moment of the day. Happy! Respect!❤️

[@mariflame1821]

I remember recording this concert on VHS from I think Friday Night Videos. Used to love watching it. 😍

[@michaelscoots]

Same!!!

[@debbiepakulski6484]

Cracking memory!!! I was there with my school - Utterly Wicked night 💃. Great big smile on my face watching this while chair dancing 💃 The energy, the lyrics, melodies, harmonies, love it all and always have 🥰🥰🥰. Can’t believe how surprised I am that Simon sings in perfect tune! But he does ✊. Used to enjoy his dancing.........JT still the most gorgeous. I am and always will be an unashamed New Romantic an early 80’s child. I wonder how much more intellectual I would have been without all those lyrics in my head 😆

[@courtneyperry82]

WOW!! One of my first introductions to Duran Duran. This concert came on after a show called You Can’t do that on Television on Nickelodeon. Memories! Thanks for posting this!

[@mikescholtens2033]

I remember seeing it on that channel.

[@abruzziboy2000]

That’s the same place o originally saw this concert.

[@iamalpharius9483]

YES!!!!! Nickelodeon..... This was the first time I'd seen them. I started taking guitar lessons at 8/9 and I remember think that the first song (friends of mine) had the coolest sound and it was very dark. I was hooked. I went to Bass guitar a year later and I have been playing bass ever since. Thanks DD for inspiring a life long musical journey.

[@la_silvia197]

Love it, my first and single love, and I'm still in love with them. Why we cannot come back to this time???

[@alessandromancino8380]

Andy pure energy ... great

[@jsc9000]

I love Andy’s energy & voice I miss him❤

[@bondslave9957]

Just finished watching for the first time and WOW. They almost got mobbed...

[@michaelfisher7759]

Absolutely Brilliant !!👌

[@davidmoore651]

So great that they start the show with Friends of Mine, one of my absolute faves. That ending from the line "what you doing friends of mine" .. wow. The first album is so good. I played it every day for months. And damn they look good.

[@carwiewaims5608]

I remember recording this off Nickelodeon when I was I guess about 12. It was in 1982 after seeing the video and hearing Hungry Like the Wolf. I remember thinking why isnt there more footage of John. lol! Such a Cutie dancing and rocking that bass like nobody's business !! but look at them all!! so f'en sexy and gorgeous!! I love this concert so much, it just shows how they could start and the audience couldnt stay in their seats!! We in the US were behind by a year but we quickly caught up. They hit us and knocked us out!! I cant believe that's 40 years ago! My Gosh! who knew what these beautiful amazing talented men would do and how we would grow up with them in our hearts our whole lives!! Duranies have these songs in our blood! I really think we love them like no other band's fandom. I hope they get into the Rock Hall of Fame this year!! They really deserve it!! Duranies Rock On!!

[@breath888]

Thanks so much for this. John's such a great bass thumper! Can't believe how long ago this was and how much I still love it.

[@breath888]

I had this on VHS. I just wish it could have held up over time.

[@susanxyz5730]

40 years ago. 😭

[@rugby721]

Great Performances at that time. I love the songs they played in that show. Duran Duran For Life.

[@MOLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE]

Could you imagine being there? I’m 51 and would of been a very young teen of 12!!

[@debbiepakulski6484]

Yep I was there. I’m 54 now so the......14!

[@JC-yz1sf]

@@debbiepakulski6484 oh my gosh!! I can’t imagine what that must’ve been like to have been there!! Lucky!!

[@rifk1741]

magical...but oh how i wish there was the technology to clean up treasures like this so we cud just see them more clearly...thank u for posting.

[@nowdid]

I've gone thru two songs already and this is some of their best work

[@nowdid]

This was such a good concert it felt like I was there

[@DonRosa949]

tremendo desempeño de la banda. Andy 14:57 y Roger... tremendos músicos, y Simó con su voz tan especial, J. Taylor 8:35... Nick un gran secuenciador.

[@franciscomedina7217]

tienes rason eduardo.

[@Jayswarno]

A gem of a find. Thanks for posting.

[@sjdrifter72]

By their appearance in their dress and hairstyles, this looks like it was done around the time they filmed their My Own Way music video.

[@jhboob]

Always a pleasure in watching a pre-mania Duran Duran.

[@MsLipsticklover]

i was 2 to that time but damn i wish i would have seen this live

[@Nik531]

Love it...!!

[@patriciaestok9329]

Never saw this one. It’s dated but the sound is sooooo good. You can hear everyone’s work. Love it! Sounds a bit punk and rock. Very interesting !

[@venuswarrior8456]

Their voices weren't the same when younger. Now they r professional

[@sebuahnasehat8663]

80's..is the best era

[@mgparis]

Just found this;;; jumping up and down in my living room

[@jjhofstra5956]

OMG, simon's old dancing style is Hilarious!!!! :D

[@michaelscoots]

Bunny - they called him, Bunny; now you know why. I still emulate him when the old stuff comes on.

[@jjhofstra5956]

@@michaelscoots well i knew that they called him 'elvis' for a while...

[@indigojones8]

I saw this on MTV a year or so later and recorded it at some point and still remember it perfectly 40+ years later. I watched it a LOT.

[@cherdawg]

omg YESSSS, I have been trying to find this clip for DAYS. I had taped it back on VHS as a kid ... you have made my day!

[@dpiedra1520]

So many of these great songs are left out of current sets by DD ... 2016 and they still leave them out. Sad ... such great tunes! I heard that My Own Way is amongst their most hated song ... never played after Rio album tours.

[@mikescholtens2033]

They played a couple years ago live.

[@thomasfilmer9717]

Yeah 1980-1982 era DD was my favorite in the catalog

[@suzannecorona6098]

Last year they did. I saw them in Palm Springs and then 2 nights in Vegas and they added different older songs every night. The crowd went wild hopefully they keep it up. That is if we ever get live concerts again...

[@elijahrojasshow141]

Great!! The boys still got it. Just went to see them a few weeks ago in Oakland ca❤️❤️❤️❤️🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@JaysenLeedotcom]

Absolutely Brilliant*! I am so Thrilled To Enjoy this for the first time*! Thanks So Much For Posting This*!

[@zoso73]

40 years ago.

[@janetmcmanus3108]

What a fantastic video! Every single one of these songs reminds me of being 13. They are such a great band!

[@Juki.227]

Mmm... Qué divinos!!!😍😍😍 Estos muñequitos cómo no iban a inspirar para los Funko Pops???

[@dsedjwjs8411]

Duran Duran is much better than K-pop idol bands and BTS because duran duran has written its songs for itself and played instruments

[@patriciaestok9329]

Exactly.

[@fayesouthward233]

Well damn. Taking me back to 5th grade. I was obsessed for the next 5 years!

[@krissisu1111]

Serious lack of John Taylor in this one!! Bummer.

[@amara_the_god2145]

It’s because he plays the bass. It’s a cliche that they are boring and unattractive 🙄 Clearly Duran Duran is built different.

[@dkmyww]

Delighted to find this gem... they were talented, creative and a ambitious group of lads. The first album is still so fresh. Looking forward to seeing them alive again this year

[@SF-cq6bg]

So much excellence!!!

[@franciscomedina7217]

lo mejor verdad sharyn?

[@franciscomedina7217]

tambien eres fan?

[@franciscomedina7217]

ok.

[@yasneiraesther9486]

Que talentosos como bellos simón el más hermoso que voz potente gracias por compartir con nosotros los fans de Duran Duran este video simón es lindo mi favorito

[@arricammarques1955]

The songs remain iconic classics.

[@daviedlebonnie7721]

I've always heard you calling

[@marksoquetjr4693]

Would have loved to be there. My favorite live version of "Friends of Mine" is on someone's phone that shows their opening/introduction from "Clockwork Orange " the Beethoven Theme. The Hard Rock performance with Warren is pretty good as well (no John Taylor).

[@mattmurdock7444]

Yes!! Opening on clockwork orange was unreal amazing!!!!

[@TitianTopsyTurvy]

Thanks for sharing this, it's fantastic to see such an early gig. ❤

[@Mancesai71]

No more heroes of twists and shouts.. true

[@condereims]

They were treated as real icons since the very beginning...

[@mgparis]

as they should! :)

[@RogerLevert]

What a band! Andy Taylor is awesome.

[@jacquelineiona1996]

wow.... thanks for posting! I love this band and love to see them when they were new

[@daviedlebonnie7721]

Jacqueline Iona Hi went to see them in 1981 just coz they were a new band in town ! I never looked back still a fan in 2017 :):)

[@Mistysmudge1]

Thanks so much for posting this, it is great a real gem :)

[@corybear]

Thank you so very much for sharing this!