DURAN DURAN - RIO (FIRST LISTEN) | REACTION

[@itscrazyal]

I met my (now) wife at a Duran Duran concert eons ago, so they will always have a special place for me

[@TheJasonCombee76]

No one sounded like Duran Duran before them and no one still does. One of kind

[@dipsydoodle7988]

It's true

[@fuckamericanidiot]

Japan - Quiet Life but Duran Duran have bangers

[@thomasbridges6177]

I am super happy, you are reacting to Duran Duran. They have so many classic and hidden gem songs.

[@alexmarin4245]

One of best songs ever by Duran Duran! Great reaction Sincerely!

[@carlaharrington5120]

Duran Duran and MTV, a match made in heaven! They both owe a lot of their early success to each other. This video and Hungry Like the Wolf were HUGE hits in the very early days of MTV. I think at one point it was being played on the channel once every two hours.

[@xoxxobob61]

This video & song turned me into a "DURANIE" but I actually saw this first on "Solid Gold" pre-MTV.

[@giovannagozzi1077]

Yes, and Spandau ballet, and Talk Talk, and The bangles... Every day there was something to look and listen. Such a great time!... (It helped that I ws 16...)

[@daveversion2.2]

Carla Harrington I remember when MTV came out and I had a Sony stereo tv. Yes, they were huge.

[@nigelhorsley7395]

Your on a roll now. Plenty of Duran gems to choose from.

[@Tiotrotsky]

Duran Duran, the epitome of British 80's pop. Great tune and video.

[@nicholashylton6857]

The second British invasion. So many great memories.

[@si_w8201]

Duran Duran from 81-85 were one of the best bands in the world...

[@aimeek9384]

and early nineties

[@si_w8201]

@@aimeek9384 I'm not really a fan of The Wedding Album, although the two singles were good...

[@BarrySlisk]

@@si_w8201 Love voodoo was good also but I know what you mean.

[@starlightperkins330]

Duran Duran were the darlings of MTV. They were International superstars with their matinee idol good looks,exotic music videos, and incredible music.

[@turnerdan53]

Duran Duran had some of the catchiest song of the 80's. Try Wild Boys and Hungry Like The Wolf.

[@Bandido894]

New moon on Monday, Union of the snake, the Reflex and Save a Prayer.

[@turnerdan53]

@Celtic Revival / Adfywiad Celtaidd I grew up with the term ( that's a catchy tune. ) Meaning it catches the ear.

[@stevebrien1041]

Union of the Snake too

[@purplestuff]

"Girls on Film" is a good one too.

[@shella5963]

@@purplestuff bit porno...is sincerely KSO ready for that?

[@ericlozen9631]

My favorite band back in the day. I was 14 when the RIO album came out. I had it on cassette tape. I listened to it so much that I litterally wore it out and had to buy another, lol! I also had a Duran Duran poster on my bedroom door.

[@neilsun2521]

'The Reflex' was my 1st pop song i liked when i was 6 or 7 years old. My dad had a VHS tape of all the TOTP vids. I used to try and make my hair look like Simon's in the Reflex video, but just couldn't seem to find a hairspray that was strong enough.

[@ericlozen9631]

@@neilsun2521 Ah, another D&D fan from my generation; we were only a few years apart in age. The Reflex had some pretty catchy lyrics. Everytime I heard "I'm on a ride and I want to get off but they won't slow down the roundabout" I kind of laughed. I have no idea why...

[@SynAndVice]

Duran Duran was the first band to use true supermodels in their vids. They changed the industry, not just musically, but stylistically and visually, as well.

[@srae1971]

Oh my goodness. I was obsessed with Duran Duran as a kid. I was about 11 or 12 when they first hit big and I was a goner. Love them so much even now.

[@chuckread5801]

Yes!!!!! More Duran Duran!!!!

[@Ocelot2000]

The most INSANE bass part written and played in a pop song by the amazing John Taylor!!!

[@aimeek9384]

One of the best basslines ever! Notorious is another great song by them (with Nile Rodgers)

[@xoxxobob61]

That whole album that Nile produced was insane !..."Can some please explain?? The reason for the "Skin Trade" !

[@gpreactions3194]

I'm loving all this Duran Duran. Iconic video and I'm sure it's not paint, probably dye xx Could react to Hungry like the Wolf or Save a prayer xx

[@whiskerswv]

I love your look! You got a Madonna feel with the bustier, cross necklace and fishnet gloves. Very pretty and cute.

[@billw715]

Hi K.S.O. !!!!! Duran Duran was the world's biggest band in the early to mid 1980s! ORDINARY WORLD is a Duran Duran Must to Listen to- one of Duran Duran's Biggest International Hits and/or Come Undone from the 90s. Other 80s tracks: The Chauffeur, Save A Prayer, Hungry Like The Wolf (Night Version)!!!! Modern Track: Pressure Off !!!!! Thanks for reacting to Duran Duran!

[@NITE_SHIFTING]

That bass line and sax....GAWDAMN.

[@neilsun2521]

They had a wealth of classic songs in the '80s. Were generally regarded as a 'girls band'. But I was what was known then as a 'male Duranie'. Due to my early exposure to them when I was 7.

[@TheGrimhilde]

I was born in 1983. Good times for music.

[@vjordan1709]

To me, the bass line was the coolest...

[@tofutuesday]

JT is a bass God

[@keithalanbaker535]

So many great songs worth checking out from Duran Duran including The reflex, Wild Boys, Hungry Like the Wolf, Girls on film, Ordinary World, Notorious and the theme from the James Bond film A View to a Kill.

[@GinaGeeILuvu]

This is one of my favorite Duran Duran songs for obvious reasons! The video is so playful and light! They had the best videos ever! This is definitely the magnificent eighties! This song has the best saxophone solo ever! I think the song has a Double entendre meaning (person or place)! Most of their songs have double meanings which I love because it makes me think instead of just laying it out there! Fun fact: they were in my dream last night! Weird huh! 😂❤️❤️

[@sandgrownun66]

🎵 What you need is "Come Undone" by Duran Duran. It has a great video as well. 🎵

[@usermo]

Ordinary World, Duran Duran

[@richardbaker4068]

I'm the biggest Led Zeppelin fan , but I Love this song, Thank you for giving this song and Duran Duran some love!!!!!

[@stevejenkins6924]

I graduated in 85 this is the best music decade of all times their was so much new music coming out you could not keep up with it nothing but new music vids every day.

[@stephenhanft1226]

Rio is one of their best. Duran Duran did so many great songs during the 1980s. Try their first major hit, "Hungry Like The Wolf". and their #1 hit, "The Reflex."

[@emmejayeh.5995]

John Taylor has said his biggest bass influence was Bernard Edwards from the band Chic. And we can hear it; John learned well. My favorite Duran Duran song is still "A View to A Kill". I had pictures of John Taylor, David Bowie, and Daryl Hall in my locker at school when I was 14! John, up until a month ago, was making KZbin videos, and he's still very hot.

[@JedHead77]

Voted best video of all time! Great editing and photography! Perfectly captures the spirit of the song!

[@victorramsey5575]

This boat is a vintage beauty. Its a "Ketch" style yacht named Eilean that was built in 1936. The boat was sailed under many different owners over the next 5 decades. In 2006, Italian watchmaker Panera saw her in an English channel in a sad state of disrepair. Instantly recognizing her from Duran Duran videos Panera bought her and arranged for her to be completely restored. She was re-launched in 2009 as part of an advertising campaign for Panera. In 2012, some original members of Duran Duran were present when Eilean was featured in the classic yacht regatta in Antigua. They wept as she sailed across the finish line in all her original glory.

[@nicholashylton6857]

Duran Duran, AKA, The Fab five. I remember all the girls going totally ga-ga whenever they came into Toronto for a gig! They were screaming, fainting,, giggling, you name it! LOL! The designer suits, pastel colour palette, and that awesome tenor sax still gets me to this day!

[@GeekGinger]

My wife’s favorite band when she was a teenager. She’ll still crank up the Duran Duran on occasion.

[@Sartori2006]

I was such a big Duran Duran fan, still am, so many great songs :)

[@wencireone]

Try 'The chauffeur' by Duran Duran, just listen though video is a bit risqué

[@euphospug]

Duran Duran - "You're gonna love this.... The jury is still out on which way these guys'll go. But they're a lot of fun. And John Taylor is one of the most proficient bass players in the UK at the moment, gives them a really funky edge, that I hope they're gonna go for..." Watch Sing Street movie.

[@Judymoe]

He's been posting bass lessons, or thoughts on the bass in certain songs. They are very fun, interesting videos.

[@davem.2191]

Great band, great song! I hope you play more from them.

[@Gwendys_Nostalgia]

"I'm guessing it's the 80s because I saw a shoulder pad" 🤣 you're so funny, love your channel.

[@YoursAlwaysKemi]

😁

[@Judymoe]

As a young woman, I wore some truly epic shoulder pads!

[@gabrielh815]

Duran Duran and Culture Club are the best bands of the 80s

[@mitchellbaxter6314]

Even better than being born in the 80's is being born in the 60's; I was old enough to enjoy all of this music on MTV and the radio literally every day and night. And when this song was big, I used to wear Capezio dance shoes so I could move as smoothly as Duran Duran.

[@lhuntley4577]

Duran Duran ruled MTV in the early 80's. Their videos were some of the most interesting and visually unique clips on MTV. And it helped their music sales A LOT. Every girl I went to middle school with LOVED Duran Duran!!! Try their videos for "Is There Something I Should Know", "Girls on Film", and "Union of the Snake".....even "Electric Barbarella" is fabulous! You will see what I mean ;)

[@mikell5087]

This was a pretty good hit back in the day. They are really showing their sense of humor in this video.

[@laminage]

This was another one of their Videos. What made them popular is that their Videos took them to exotic locales. They did Hungry Like The Wolf in Sri Lanka.

[@chpman2013]

That combo bass and sax solos make this song easily one of Duran Duran's best.

[@eggy1962]

they also had a big hit with bond film theme....View to a Kill, one of my favs comes from 90's ..Reach Out For The Sunrise

[@sallyphillips9175]

Reach Up for the Sunrise is off their 2004 album "Astronaut."

[@joemiranda7382]

View to a kill was the title song from James Bond movie

[@eggy1962]

Sally Phillips i stand corrected, time flies lol

[@ruthmeow4262]

They had the biggest Bond film theme, the only one to hit #1 on the charts.

[@LearnToRefine]

Three Words John .. Taylor's .. Bass

[@sallyphillips9175]

Play that fuckin' bass, John!

[@daveversion2.2]

Harmony Wisdom play that fuken bass John!!

[@alanpeterson4939]

Duran Duran -Wild Boys. The long version.

[@joannepinnow6929]

Simon LeBon said the song was a metaphor for America.

[@jaywillingham4085]

Yes! Duran Duran help pioneer in a new dance music wave called "the new romantics". All of the bands were awesome, very flashy, great songs, and all seemed to be very good looking, lol. DD were even referred to as "the new Beatles" at one time.

[@echopryme]

Most underrated BAND of the last 40 years! Every one of them is a damned virtuoso... and people talk about the models in their videos and their haircuts. 🙄

[@thatoneguyagain2252]

I'm fairly certain I've seen both this video and "Hungry Like The Wolf" at least 200 times, and none of them in the last 30 years. Duran Duran were one of the first bands to hit really huge due to exposure on MTV. Glad to see you enjoying this.

[@barbaramcgee8933]

Still my favorite band after almost 40 years. More, please!

[@dipsydoodle7988]

This song and Hungry Like the Wolf were in constant rotation on MTV. Rio was one of their biggest albums and is basically a classic. Every song is a masterpiece on that album. I recommend that you watch the official video for Save a Prayer. Then if you're feeling ....spicy...The Chauffer. 😵😬

[@brummiecon3836]

Planet Earth is their best song imo. Proper early 80s tune

[@jaquettajones]

Yep

[@theopinionatedman8939]

Oh my lovely K.S.O., The song is about a woman whose name is Rio. I remember seeing it for the first time when I was in Chicago at the Great Lakes Naval Base going through my schooling to become a Boiler Tech. The first time I the video and heard the song, in my mind, I thought that this band was going to be a success. How right I was to my surprise. The video itself made me laugh due to the prat falls of the band members following this beautiful woman around. The song came out in 1982 and the video came out in early 83. Love love your reaction and may God shower you with blessings.

[@johnrogan9729]

Rio as a single was released in November of 1982 but the album came out in May of 1982. I think the video for Rio was made in early 1983.

[@arboreusmcclane1672]

wow, do not think i have heard this in 30 years....

[@BarrySlisk]

Your loss.

[@michaelparsons5299]

They are very slick with their videos. It is like being on a film set. Their videos are always very innovative and impressive!

[@qthelost]

You're taking me back to jr. high/high school with these 80s songs and we all wanted to dress like Duran Duran. Another great 80's tune is the song "Voices Carry" by the group Till Tuesday. (official video). The lead singer Aimee Mann is great.

[@alphaomega7191]

Russell Mulcahy made some amazing film clips in his day.

[@modder1975]

Definitely needs to listen ''New religion'' of them:)

[@SergioMeneses2009]

Duran Duran View to a kill

[@pablogaeta3815]

i heard once that the song represents how the felt coming to america the first time. it certainly isn't obvious from the lyrics, but if you listen to it with that idea, you get a whole different sense of the song.

[@_eclipz_]

I love this song sooo much!

[@lolalilolily]

While we're talking bass and eighties you should really hear Level 42 - Lessons in love was a big one for them

[@marcelofarah8657]

For me the song is about Rio de Janeiro (the city in Brazil) but in the song the city was embodied as a beautiful woman.

[@joemiranda7382]

Thanks for doing Duran Duran large catalog

[@chrstnanomee7494]

Save a prayer by Duran Duran is one of my all time favies

[@cramcrams7741]

Rio is a great song. ESP the way the instrumentals are orchestrated. 80s baby.

[@kimberlinibambini1988]

“Hungry like the wolf” is my fav-✨

[@stevebrien1041]

Mine too Its "their song"

[@donnareinhart4612]

Great group from the 80s

[@benlee8436]

I used to work with a girl called Rio. Her mum worked there too and I asked, and yes, she was named after this song. It suited her! It's also a better song to name a girl after than, say, 'Ghostbusters', 'Paranoid', or 'Cop Killer'! Good wishes to you Rio and Rio's mum, wherever you may be!

[@fritzk3627]

Great react and great song! 🔥🔥🔥

[@majorphoto]

it was the videos that hooked me, then I became a Duran Duran fan.

[@rosiesummer2711]

Save a pray is one of my favorites by Duran Duran.

[@wencireone]

Hi KSO, love this song, I used to play the bass on guitar hero, what a challenge 🪓😎🎸

[@psukebariah3435]

Power Station Some Like It Hot. Side project with Robert Palmer and a few Duran Duran members, including John Taylor. Super fun.

[@robbie007]

A video that sums up the 80s. 1982 Rio.

[@johnmcdermid6896]

Now your getting to the quintessential 80's three bands too look out for ABC, the Human League and orchestral manoeuvres in the dark or OMD for short, thank you lovely lady...

[@JOHNNYSGIRL1960]

This song is talking about them coming to America! It was also about a girl named Rio!

[@AnyangU]

I watched this Irish movie which used this video and song to describe an escape to freedom. Rio Grande is the river that divides the US and Mexico and people cross either way to escape and find whatever it is they are looking for. It is hope. It is hope for achievement of your dreams, whatever they may be.

[@deesiobhan]

THE REFLEX!!!! GIRLS ON FILM !!!

[@АндрійОвчаренко-я2ц]

I started singing 13 years ago listening to dd songs)

[@carograh]

This is what Wikipedia says about the lyrics “Originating from an idea by John Taylor about Rio de Janeiro - "the truly foreign, the exotic, a cornucopia of earthly delights, a party that would never stop" - Simon Le Bon wrote the lyrics to the song, but chose not to write about the place but about a girl named Rio.” I’m so glad you’re doing Duran Duran I love them so much!!!

[@imanigroce]

The bridge tho is everything "whoooo Hey now"

[@totterdell]

John Taylor's bass playing is beyond legendary 🤘

[@nikaltesla9400]

No ocean life was harmed in the making of this video.

[@completecharleston7142]

Duran Duran had a distinct sound, instrumentals are off the chain, great singing, but always thought the lyrics seemed very sophomoric, but at the time (early 80's), it was more about the song and the VIDEO story.

[@johnpatrickmcaleer7374]

If you want a beautiful video try them singing save a prayer Its the most beautiful I've ever seen!!

[@LMS_HQ]

Perfect skin by Lloyd Cole & the Commotions !

[@anabellelei8540]

That's a great one Rattlesnakes is too,love Lloyd Cole

[@dantolbert324]

*BOAT IN THIS VIDEO---- MAY BE A RACING YACHT CALLED "DRUM"* Simon Le Bon and other band members got big into racing "Fast Yachts" and America's Cup 'J-class' boats in the 1980s.... During one of the longer, multi-ocean races, Simon Le Bon's boat capsized and sank (with all rescued).... Boat was was called Drum.

[@dantolbert324]

@@nancyandrews398 Nancy, THANK YOU...... I have never seen pictures of Drum. I remember that some of the racing boats even looked like the ship on Cutty Sark bottle.... but were called "Fast Yachts"..

[@SunnyBlue77]

anyone else love the Rio/HLTW mash up from Glee? it's a killer!

[@kimberly8858]

Silly by Denice Williams came out in around 1981

[@Kay__Tee]

Ur hair is gorgeous

[@NYVoice]

A catchy well produced radio hit which was the group's first I believe. Their name Duran Duran caught some flak because it sounded like RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan.

[@sallyphillips9175]

Planet Earth was their first radio hit in 1981.

[@NYVoice]

@@sallyphillips9175 Gotcha. Thanks Sally.

[@heathergeary2724]

Please react to A View to a Kill.

[@kempmt1]

It was reported that one of the band members got sea sick doing the riding the boat part 2:51-I was just waiting for you to react to that part

[@neilsun2521]

Glad you're doing Duran Duran. You can't get much more '80s than them! This song (Rio) is one of their most famous but never been one of my favourites. You gotta hear 'Planet Earth; 'The Reflex'; 'Save A Prayer'; 'Electric Barbarella' ...and, best of all: 'A View To A Kill' (but don't watch the video for it - it's terrible! Audio only for that one.)

[@dipsydoodle7988]

I agree on View to a Kill. The video is cute and funny, but it takes away from the song because there are so many sound effects and dialogue, etc.

[@neilsun2521]

@@dipsydoodle7988 Yeah, it's a distraction. Although I quite like watching it on the beginning/ending-credits of the actual James Bond film; with the Golden Gate bridge in background.)

[@dipsydoodle7988]

@@neilsun2521 that opening..it needs to be heard with no distractions!