Duran Duran - The Chauffeur (Live 1984)

[@peruviancuy]

I'm still waiting for someone to build a Time Machine and get me back to the '80s!

[@amyigou7942]

If you find that person let me know! I wanna go too! 😉

[@madiaatwell4186]

It was pretty awesome.

[@patrycjakonieczna]

Take me, too.😊

[@shariqahmed5637]

This song is timeless. Even after almost 40 years it sounds fresh, unique, and amazing. The lyrics are so clever and the flute piece to close is epic.

[@dbl319]

incredible,working as time machine and meditation

[@duranie100]

Probably the best song never released as a single.

[@exxcaliburs6002]

+steven batty What man? Most single releases are rubbish and rarely the best tracks on an collection. Regardless, Simple Minds' Hunter and the Hnted with that award in my subjective world.

[@reservoirdude92]

+Exxcalibur S Nobody ever gives Hunter and the Hunted the credit it deserves!! I'm so happy there are others who feel the same.

[@Kblog777]

steven batty Hold back the ☔️ as well, that's a serious banger.

[@DJJezzebella]

steven batty but wasn't that tour called the "Sing Blue Silver" tour?

[@ZEUSDAZ]

That and "The Chain" by Fleetwood Mac!

[@AlexandrosDeligiorgis]

The instrumantal part in this song is just incredible, one of the best ever!

[@vincentgabato364]

Arcadia - my all-time fave album. ARENA is 20th. my band is looking for a producer of our 1st album. contact me at facebook: Dondon Mollaneda.

[@AlexandrosDeligiorgis]

@@vincentgabato364 YES

[@JCB-bc1lb]

Agreed! Go to the extended album and listen to the acoustic version....so pretty

[@phoenixraine2002]

O.O the fact he is signing THAT good..while in THAT position...ladies and gentlemen let me introduce you to a amazingly talented musican named Simon LeBon

[@stefanolugo9215]

The part I like most is during Planet Earth, when he uses all his energy and concentration to save the fans with the Jedi Force Lighting and still manage to sing! What a great performer!

[@lilioshka]

I thought he was lip synching! I thought there is no way he is singing like that. I can't even talk like that!

[@hekewika]

I can't believe this is live. Why aren't performances today put together so beautifully anymore!

[@-belue-6697]

hekewika...I know! It makes me sad that I'm not still in 1984 & that I missed this concert. :*-(

[@hekewika]

And I can't believe you just replied to this comment TODAY! I heard a cover of this song on Pandora on my way to work today! I think I haven't listened to this song since I last wrote that comment a couple years ago! I think the universe is trying to send me a message through this song today haha.

[@ruthgriffeth9540]

Actually this was taped over 3 days and the Oakland Col. Arena... hence Arena A Absurd notion. The first two days where the "live" parts where done and then the others where done in front a very select small crowd. I was lucky to get tickets to that they where handed out to very few..I was there All three nights

[@BarrySlisk]

@@-belue-6697 I hate going to concerts. I have always said this is the ONLY concert I would ever go to. Unfortunately that requires a time machine :(

[@vincentgabato364]

@@BarrySlisk Arcadia - my all-time fave album. ARENA is 20th. my band is looking for a producer of our 1st album. contact me at facebook: Dondon Mollaneda.

[@Criticalizzy]

Only true Durannies will 'get' this video. Thank you for whomever posted this.

[@rjd0429]

I saw this concert in 1984 when I was 17. Will never forget it!

[@ziggystardust1361]

Nick Rhodes skills are proven in this song so well. He’s a legend.

[@cdkreturns]

I will never forget the first time I saw this concert. ::shiver:: I still love this song!

[@mcgmcmullin]

This is, by far, my absolute favorite song by Duran Duran. Those of us who are old enough to remember that this was one of the sexiest and most sensual songs of its day. It still holds up. Absolutely brilliant!

[@atheistleopard2484]

duran duran 1984, best year ever

[@cherylperry6863]

I saw DD in 1984 in Hampton, Virginia . My sister and I were lucky enough to be really close to the stage. Till this s day, this was the BEST CONCERT I have ever been to. These guys put on an awesome show!!! Absolutely love this song and Simon Le Bon is a sexy , extremely talented front man!¡ #Duranie for Life!!

[@RoRiodd]

i buy Arena when i was 15 , my first album ... my treasure today .. so beautiful song ... i remember that anybody in my family understud me at that time ... but wow 23 year later i still have this vinyl ... and i still love duran duran .. duranie forever

[@isasales3657]

J’avais 13 ans ,j’en ai 51…..je les aimes toujours ❤❤et en 2022 thé chauffeur est une pure merveille ❤

[@NightmansSexyHands]

Same age and similar years of wonder. This song is in my adolescent and adult heart.

[@cheetahts]

It is the best song I have ever heard. And I am definitely in love with Nick Rhodes. He is wonderful :)

[@Chefjayson13]

I am 40 years old and have seen DD more than any other band in my life....they were sooo ahead of their time...and this song , hand down one of the best!!! Looking forward to seeing them in a few weeks here in Denver....LONG LIVE Duran Duran!!

[@Danigot7]

This song is sexy, mysterious, and I love it ❤. This video is awesome! I can't believe it's live too! Simon's voice, his performance, everything! Everything is perfect! 👏👏

[@daviedlebonnie7721]

Danii Cat I think it was separately filmed Dani and then added to the show for effects on documentary they made ! It was the 80s at it's hedonistic height pure good times and indulgence. I loved growing up in the 80s

[@Danigot7]

Davied lebonnie7 Yeah! now I'm thinking about the possibility of being filmed separately. But even so, this video is still wonderful! I wish I had grown up in the 80's too! If I could have a time machine... Haha

[@daviedlebonnie7721]

Danii Cat ah ! Danii you would surely loved these times Artistic and lavish! I remember goin to niteclubs at the time and no one hardly went out for trouble , they went out to out pose each other 😍😎🤣 I used to be Simon le bon lookalike , so if ye pick me up in your time machine I'll be wearing a beige suit white shoes I'll have blonde streaked hair and guy liner on 😍😃🤣😎

[@marioh.3633]

I agree with you, danii!

[@kylabotting]

simply brilliant and timeless.....

[@steveboswell7506]

This is my fav track from them.

[@marioh.3633]

joydivisiongirl i totally agree with you

[@lorih7936]

Masterpiece.

[@Thailux]

Lori H Totally.

[@timelapse.euacho829]

The best live performance all time with Condemnation by Dave Gahan on 1993

[@eduranie]

The most under-rated singer ever! OMG! It's like butter!

[@BiggestBowieFanEver]

my fave dd song. remember my dad telling me how crap they were, then coming in my room, telling me that he loved this song and who was it by!!!n lol

[@psiconauta21]

The best of Duran Duran and one of the best songs in the 80's (and 50's and 60's and 70's and 90's and 00's and.......

[@gregingram1970]

I listend to JD singing this and then listend to this version. This is how it should be done JD...take note. THis song is a classic but not of the 80s. Its frankly as good as the best Beatles or Stones stuff. This is a haunting and moving piece of music that DD are best at and really what makes them so much more than teeny boppers. Who at that time can produce a track in this calibre. One song i will hear till im an old man. Thanks for the music duran.

[@DJJezzebella]

Duran Duran - The Chauffeur Out on the tar plains The glides are moving All looking for a New place to drive You sit beside me So newly charming Sweating dew drops glisten Freshing your side And the sun drips down Bedding heavy behind The front of your dress all Shadowy-lined And the droning engine Throbs in time With your beating heart Way down the lane away Living for another day The aphids swarm up in the Drifting haze Swim seagull in the sky Towards that hollow Western isle My envied lady holds you Fast in her gaze And the sun drips down Bedding heavy behind The front of your dress all Shadowy-lined And the droning engine Throbs in time With your beating heart And the sun drips down Bedding heavy behind The front of your dress all Shadowy-lined And the droning engine Throbs in time With your beating heart Sing Blue Silver And watching lovers part I feel you smiling What glass splinters lie So deep in your mind To tear out from your eyes With a thought to stiffen Brooding lies And I'll only watch you leave Me further behind And the sun drips down Bedding heavy behind The front of your dress all Shadowy-lined And the droning engine Throbs in time With your beating heart And the sun drips down Bedding heavy behind The front of your dress all Shadowy-lined And the droning engine Throbs in time With your beating heart Sing Blue Silver Sing Sing Blue Silver (Known as Albert Schweitzer) There's more to this kind of camouflage More than just colour and shape Who's crawling now, in the tall grass near my tent? Listen

[@noxis93]

It's one of those songs you enjoy most while in a laying position with your limbs stretching awkwardly.

[@mrbungle3310]

One of my favourite 10 songs of all time, and i have like 2000 CDs home

[@rubicon0613]

Simon Le Bon is a god ...his voice is amazing and even now sounds the same as it always has. I'm a proud Duranie since age 11(25 years ago.....haha) This song is probably my favorite....so many memories

[@malakib1998]

I remember my brother in Heaven playing this song as well as their other songs many times on his boombox.💔

[@lervin007]

DURAN NEVER DIES

[@Ghostygurrls]

Saw them at Reunion Arena in Dallas in 84. Frickin awesome concert. Saw them also at Six Flags in 86. One of the best bands of the 80's.

[@peros70]

Listen to the 5 notes Nick Rhodes plays at 00.03! Yes, it's from Close Encounter of the Third Kind by Spielberg... Great song by the way!

[@aidenfitzpatrick7880]

What a frontman, unbelievable. You don't have a guy like this these days.

[@photon72]

So many covers of this song. Some are good, others are bad. But this one is still the greatest. Even after all these crazy years!

[@eduranie]

I'm jealous! What a performance! I saw it one time where he wore a chauffer's hat and sat on a stool w/ a blue light. 3rd fav song, probably tied w/ 7th.

[@geary1234]

I totally agree it was so sad to see them written off as a teen or boyband...in my opinion one of the most underestermated bands ever.

[@GustavoGonzalez-wl2ot]

to think that 40 years have gone, when this was prevalent in my life.... and 40 years is nothing when music really matters cheers gents

[@SamiraRaks]

One of their BEST songs...EVER

[@amyigou7942]

I love this song. Love how, in this version, Simon’s accent peeks out a little!

[@veerlebuyck4243]

the best song of Duran Duran ever

[@ropamu]

And the sun drips down bedding heavy behind The front of your dress - all shadowy lined And the droning engine throbs in time With your beating heart

[@g.j.koster1986]

This is what the eighties had to offer! To bad it al seems to have dissapeared in the last decades

[@RaggedTiger70]

I love how the setup of the concert makes it look like all that stuff is actually happening behind the stage...this was such a visually creative show, I hope "As The Lights Go Down" gets officially released on DVD eventually....

[@ThePinofu]

Molto probabilmente la canzone che più volte ho ascoltato nella mia vita...un MUST di sempre

[@DAGGER70]

DD's best ever.

[@greenshirt33]

solo at the end....every note is genius.

[@KirasAlteredReality]

This man has a voice that heats me from the inside out!

[@abfabjam]

omg why have I never seen this before. It's so Dali-esque!! Love it.

[@brianpatrickofficial]

I’m 14 and I’m living each day like it’s 1987. Truly better times than now.

[@Julia_Mednikova]

One of the great live of this band! My favorite song! Like Simon!!! 🤘🏻

[@simonasole6871]

The best song of this band ♥

[@DiesalAZ]

My favorite song of all time. #DD4ever

[@skod41]

I always thought this to be the best from the Rio album, it just has a huge great sinister feel to it. And the the keyboard theme seems to be able to go on and on and on....its like a farewell to the world in the most beautiful way

[@perikantika]

the best year ever in 1984! when i was born.!!! and is simon le hot OMG!

[@tsquibb22]

Absolutely amazing performance

[@MrSOUTHEASTMANIA]

great band , great video, man i miss the 80`s !!

[@marcorossi1750]

Quando ho visto questo concerto in tv ero un bambino pazzo dei duran duran...sono contento di aver vissuto questa era...troppo bella...canzone del secolo secondo me...mi viene da piangere...bellissimi ricordi

[@gerardhenry579]

timeless classic

[@peruviancuy]

¡Se me hizo el milagro! Duran Duran tocó The Chauffer ayer 04 de noviembre en Lima.

[@fitzroyebanks508]

I went to see them on this tour @ MSG. My favourite track.

[@lemonkooler]

what an amazing and haunting song. I prefer this particular live version over any others. I love the theatrical drama and costumes here.

[@mariannedonato4916]

Maybe I added this comment already but I bought this when I was about 11 years old because I love the reflex. I didn’t listen to any of the other songs until I was in my 20s and then I found the chauffeur. It’s been one of my favorite songs of all time ever since, especially this particular recording for some reason I just love this version. Long live Duran Duran!

[@Aliameem]

Duran Duran. Never thought of it before, but very lyrical. Bloody excellent.

[@thisone248]

A masterpiece! So sweet and sensual as it's possible. Magical...

[@moczar5]

thanks thatis nice I am37 and i love to hear thinks like this from you guys moci ,nove zamky ,slovakia

[@loutiscrive]

perfection at its finest, hands down

[@nonnaserina]

I adore this song!!! The piece one whith flaute then... what emotion to listen again!

[@carstenkimmel7720]

Best song from Duran, best life performance as well

[@peter2meter582]

duran duran..... another hit thats puts a place onour earth..... thats the least i can say! sing blue silver... thnks agan

[@jkar1973]

3.50-end, one of the best instrumental parts of pop music history.

[@zotzklof]

Whow - great! How could I forgot this beloved song??? Thanks!!

[@hzolee67]

it's a chillout song. ooooooh so lovely memories (i was 17 years old in 1984)!!

[@beverlyjaneletts4703]

the best dd song ever. takes me back to my teens and still listen to it most weeks - awesome x

[@sixwhip14]

This is the first time I have seen this. It won't be the last. Very cool.

[@microchillin]

I love Duran Duran all there music. Wish I could have seen them live. Missed out there :o(

[@Zicky74]

I was 10 years old when my father bought me my first tape, Duran Duran "Arena": thanks daddy, that day I knew what is "THE MUSIC", DD forever in my heart !

[@thepanamahat]

wonderful, classic, amazing, was then, is now , Love It !! Siiiinnnnggggg Blue Silver

[@shockingpink66]

My God .. I feel so old! Saw them at Oakland Coliseum (Oakland, Ca.) in 1984!!!! Roger was my fave .. although John was a close second .. rowr!

[@xxXXcyberlegendXXxx]

One of the most haunting performances ever!

[@nonnaserina]

Adoro questa canzone!!!Il pezzo con il flauto poi... Emozionante riascoltarla.

[@tube_trance]

Love everything about this song... and video... and band.

[@tripp262000]

I wish I would have seen this concert. One of the most dramatic concert songs I've ever seen.

[@starrlaurent4294]

Hauntingly beautiful...

[@gregingram1970]

This is a fine and crafted pop song. It HAS to be one of the best ever.

[@giuseppe73ize]

Quanti ricordi avevo 10 anni bellissima da allora li ascolto sempre e sopratutto li amo da sempre...................i love Duran.

[@cour71]

I don't understand why this song was not a huge hit. If you love well written, timeless material this is it

[@tracymccowan4232]

It was never released as a single.

[@alvinx102]

...one of the best....heard over to philippines 1983 thru wxb102.7fm station....hello to all people who dare to be different.

[@michelepellegrino1019]

Quanti ricordi....suggestivo il passaggio col flauto!

[@wodarspooky]

This is one of my favourites XXX

[@marzannael49]

I love this song. It's never old. .

[@amberfwn]

I love the set and acting almost as much as the song.

[@44TeddyBear]

Awesome!!! Surely their best song!!!

[@21Pagine]

Simply the best.

[@ChapinaUSA]

W O W ! ! ! Mesmerizing, tantalizing, charged with mystery and grace. Long live Duran Duran.

[@gcooper10]

Love this vid!!!! I visit it often..even though I am a HUGE duran fan..haven't seen this one till I saw it here!!!

[@sandrasrgc]

classic duran duran-was a teen when they were most popular-still love me-and have their vinyl albums-yup, I am OLd LOL

[@frenchfloor]

My favourite song by Duran Duran. Nick Rhodes and his synths are fierce...

[@elsisters]

this version is perfect, simple superb. A great song of a unforgettable band

[@baradur1964]

to this day none of my old metalhead friends could understand why i would see DD every time they came 'round, well lets see fantastic music, great shows, and oh,yeah- the audience was full 70% love-sick girlies. not until bonjovi was there such a target rich environment. thanks DD!~!