Duran Duran - Tiger Tiger

Music video track "Tiger Tiger" from the 1983 album "Seven and the Ragged Tiger" by Duran Duran. Created by Mitchell Gore of Third Wave Design. third-wave-des...

[@rswpt]

Nick Rhodes amazing skills and genious, thank yoiu for this and for tel aviv, Nick!

[@pip4457]

Wembley Arena, December 1983 and as the lights go down this track kicks in from the sound system to let us all know the show is about to start - the screams are deafening and then reach hysteria as the first few bars of ‘Is There Something I Should Know’ kick in and the curtains begin to pull back…….

[@acapps6341]

My love for Duran Duran came from my sister's obsession with them. She would dress like Simon, and play all their records on repeat. She bought us tickets to one of their shows in '93 I want to say, because out of respect for all the flooding going on in our part of the country, they did not play "Drowning man". That's pretty damn classy. After that night, I too became a fan.

[@rswpt]

your sister has great taste in music

[@MJC22.03]

Yeah respect to the sister and to those who understand what some people have been through. Great tell acapps

[@jessmuj]

Nick Rhodes just received the Roland lifetime achievement award. 🏆 its about time! Just amaaazing!!

[@nitinkeny1170]

40 years on and still enjoying Tiger Tiger.

[@FrankBaumann-cb8nh]

What a great sound. This is Duran Duran at its best. Thank you Simon, Andy, Roger, Nick and John for your great catalogue of music for over 40 years.

[@durandurantulsa]

This should be the official music video. This is absolutely gorgeous!

[@lestatdelc]

Thank you for the kind words. It actually means a lot that people feel it has the quality of the early Duran (aka Russell Mulcahy style) videos, which was the intention.

[@tracieh215]

@@lestatdelc Dude, you understood the assignment PERFECTLY. My mind is completely blown.

[@teodelfuego]

Wonderful video, perfect for the song. Until I read the comments, I assumed this was an official video.

[@Aditya-yg1ce]

2020 and it still sounds magical. Timeless.

[@Aprlmoore]

@@gjd9527 Agreed

[@caliden3785]

I love it....

[@ericar1826]

Yes, it will always be an eternally beautiful song!

[@BobbiElmanND]

2022 and yep

[@shaneprince6634]

The memories. The girl. The memories of the girl. Sigh

[@MJC22.03]

You wanna know how I first found out about this band ?.... I grew up in a small town in the North west of Australia . when I was about 10 years old I had gone down the river for a swim and was walking home through bushland (scrub) over what we called "the levee banks" as I approach the only road i needed to cross to get home . This road was elevated and on a sweeping bend . My eyes were focussed on the ground to avoid stepping on double gees and bull ants... when a cassette tape fell from the sky and hit me on the head.. I picked it up *Duran/Duran - RIO* . Someone had flung it out the window of their car as it swept around the bend . got home... played and FKN loved it .Been a Duranie ever since . John Ts bass on the song Rio.......talk about manna from heaven!

[@dipsydoodle7988]

You cannot make that 💩 up! 😂 You were destined to be a Duranie.

[@jeffersonjeffo8457]

I am Brazilian, and I'm a Duranie since 1983 when I heard Save a Prayer. I was 15 then...

[@victoriacages2399]

Hunny, I've been a Duranie since 1981..John Taylor is my soul mate!

[@thomasharrigan9595]

Bought this album 30 years ago. Still one of the most beautiful and moving songs I've heard.

[@tracieholladay8221]

Amen and amen

[@gjd9527]

"Moving All Right"...

[@reality0815]

A songs got lyrics

[@Luiscastillom]

@@reality0815es un instrumental, pero se entiende a que se referia.

[@adambinnie1332]

Same here, back then listening through a Sony Walkman - pure heaven 😊

[@kennyolivero411]

As a lifelong Duranie...this is AMAZING beyond words!

[@lestatdelc]

Thank you you for your kind words.

[@mrmedallis]

Another Duranie here.....yup❤️

[@tracieh215]

AMEN!!!

[@gjd9527]

Its Pretty Special Aye...

[@J.L.Nelson]

Another Durannie here!

[@7dianegreen]

Duran Duran can write any kind of music and it's beautiful. I am a true loyal fan of Duran Duran since 1981. A special thank you to each one in this Band,, Simon Le Bon, John Taylor, Nick Rhodes, Roger Taylor, Andy Taylor and the entire Band for making my life a bit easier listening to your gorgeous music all of these years. I love you guys dearly. XX

[@ShaneNorleansSpencer]

I remember how exotic this song was to me. The band really showed how worldly their music is.

[@izzyworld8068]

This is just STUNNING - it's like the video that was never made but SHOULD have been made - shades of Save A Prayer and the intro to 'As The Lights Go Down' concert film - it is the best interpretation of the song i've seen. LOVE the 7&RT inspired DD logo with the tiger's eye - just like the symbol used on the cover! I posted this on DD's facebook page - i bet the love it as much as the fans do!!

[@terecastro-saldana517]

BEST INTRO EVER......!!!!!!!

[@lestatdelc]

Obviously I'm biased, but I concur.

[@MultiMorgan1]

I want this to be my wedding song....... As I walk up the aisle.....

[@KarlBertyn]

This is my favorite Duran Duran track of all time. I first heard of them while downloading tracks of the 80s and there they appeared. I got hooked on to their music and quickly started to look for more albums. Then, after buying seven and the ragged tiger, I listened to this track and it was sooo moving that I played it a million times. It still moves me. and I thought I WAS THE ONLY ONE that was moved by this track because honestly not many people at my age (28) listen to 80s stuff.

[@sandrafaith]

Awesome! ETA: Just noticed this was from 4 years ago, eep, no I'm not a creeper, just was a Durannie in the mid-80s :)

[@GB30505]

My favorite Duran Duran jam, it evokes a gorgeous hallucination of an exotic paradise somewhere far away. This video captures that impression well...

[@denisesmarr9447]

Still gives me chills to this day.

[@lestatdelc]

37 years on and this still is such an evocative and beautiful piece. Between Nick Rhodes’s spacious textures on the Fairlight, to John Taylor’s perfectly placed lead on the fretless bass line. From Andy Taylor’s measured accents on the guitar, to Roger Taylor’s syncopated counter-percussive rhythms that slowly build, to Andy Hamilton’s perfect sax solo... it all works so damn well. This, like much of Arcadia’s stuff as well, I just love. It has such atmosphere and space in it. Something I so greatly appreciated in much of Duran’s output in that period. I often wonder how much of an impact Alex Sadkin had though his hand in production? He produced the “Seven and the Ragged Tiger” album, as well as the “Monster Mix” version of their earlier single “Is There Something I should Know?” (along with Ian Little), as well as the Arcadia album “So Red the Rose”. They all seem to have that magical “space” in their sound.

[@lustforkicks7392]

This classic instrumental song is beautifully mesmerizing! ~Dutch

[@7dianegreen]

I could listen to this song for hours and never get tired of it. Xxxxx

[@MJ-tg6wb]

Nick Rhodes is an amazing studio producer. One of my favorites, as a lifelong DD fan since 1981.

[@hatwebebook1064]

One of The Most Interesting 1980´s Songs

[@elizabethtalavera9300]

Ok, Katy Perry, you see and hear this? Well, this is how you capture the spiritual purity of a place and people. This is how you interpret the power, grace and power of a tiger. Filming natural real enviroments. Nothing more beautiful than that. Real music. Natural. Real art.

[@Engelbird]

Mitchell Gore has recaptured that Russell Mulcahy aesthetic perfectly, with a modern touch and quality. well done from a Duran Duran fan since her early teens, circa 1982

[@lestatdelc]

Thank you very much. I did indeed put effort into capturing that aesthetic. Glad it came across that way.

[@zenadeleon7785]

I still remember hearing this song for the first time. I was 16, I thought it was the most beautiful, sensuous song I had ever heard. To this day, it remains my favorite song. I happened to stumble upon this video today. (10-17-19) 😳 My goodness, where have I been?!? It's a beautiful video, and captures the song well. Thank you.....❤

[@lestatdelc]

Thank you for your kind words. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

[@lewisner]

I still have the cassette. Total genius song writing.

[@lestatdelc]

I concur. I never tire of this track.

[@robbiestewart89]

I used to have it on cassette back when it first came out in 1984. It was my first introduction to Capitol Records' then new XDR cassette mastering and tape duplication process, which was something that desperately needed at the time because all of their prior cassettes before XDR were over distorted. I was forced to get rid of my tape collection shortly after the World Trade Center / Pentagon terrorist attracts on 9-11-2001. After that happened, I found myself laid off from job and with no other job prospects I was forced to live on the streets for several years afterwards.

[@MichelleSatovsky-wz8kw]

Such #gorgeouspictures and #beautifulmusic #gel so well #together on the tune #tigertiger !! 💜💝♥️💖

[@tinytoonces1]

This song was the intro music that blasted through the sound system in dark stadiums as the band took their places on stage at the start of their shows on the Seven and the Ragged Tiger tour of 1984. And you could hear the band warming up their instruments and playing extra fillers live behind this recorded music just before the curtain lifted - like John Taylor playing extra bass lines live along with this recorded track. Then the lights went up and the show kicked off. I was there for the Houston, TX show with floor seats, center stage. The place was packed to the rafters and the show was worth every penny.

[@Marcelo.Reezende]

2022, musicas boas nao envelhecem, se tornam tesouros !

[@rswpt]

2023 Marcelo, ainda aqui estou a ouvir, enorme abraço daqui deste lado do atlantico, de Portugal! espero que estejas bem, tu e a tua familia toda! abração meu irmão!

[@Marcelo.Reezende]

@@rswpt boa meu amigo satisfação em ler sua mensagem, um grande abraço e que Deus abençoe vocês ai em Portugal tambem 🙏🏽🌎

[@7dianegreen]

I so agree with you Thomas Harrigan below.. Gorgeous. xx

[@donnadavies4630]

My nana got me this album ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ it's my favourite ❤

[@velasquez880]

Génial. Les images mettent en valeur de façon presque parfaite l'instrumental de cet album.

[@nildachamorro5496]

Amo este tema!!!! Impresionante 👏👏👌👏 Espectacular. Bello q más decir!!!!!

[@lestatdelc]

Muchas gracias por las bonitas palabras. Me alegro que hayas disfrutado.

[@terinasargeant138]

This song makes me get goosebumps. Remember taping Sing blue Silver off TV when I was 11 and this played. Omg I'm still a fan now aged 47. 40 years of my infatuation with John Taylor ❤ "he will be mine...oh yes he will be mine" 😆

[@dimasavila9158]

Close your eyes and drift to your own magical place 🔥

[@lestatdelc]

I have to confess this is one of my favorite tracks of theirs as well, though I think so many of their pieces are brilliant. This one just always seems so evocative.

[@yannis1]

If the band had made a video themselves, they could't have made it any better.Excellent!

[@7dianegreen]

This song as well as all of Duran Duran's music is an Art Of Work, beautiful. xx

[@pero0221]

奥の深さに泣けます。 有難うニックさん

[@sabinewei3041]

I Love duran duran !!!♡♡♡♡♡ And John Made the Best Bass Lines ever:)

[@rubyweymouth6843]

Nick was great on the keyboard and the synthesizer🤗

[@7dianegreen]

Duran Duran Rules, they always will. xx

[@lestatdelc]

Thank you very much for the kind words and compliments on the video. It is appreciated.

[@mrplasma7094]

Yes. Indeed.

[@julianaferrone8734]

Leststdelc this is your video? You directed it?

[@lestatdelc]

@@julianaferrone8734 - Yes. I created the video, and did all the editing, which is composed mostly of stock footage and some custom graphics and composite images.

[@julianaferrone8734]

That is an incredible series of images, the music fits the narrative. Great effects from fire to lips to monastery becoming blue-green. Did Duran know?

[@lestatdelc]

@@julianaferrone8734 - Thank you. I met Simon, Nick and John as the Notorious record release party at The Limelight in Chicago back in the day, but otherwise no. Just a big fan from 81 onward.

[@sararodrigues1764]

Amazing!!! Love Duran Duran.

[@lestatdelc]

Thank you.

[@MontagZoso]

Beautiful video for a beautiful piece of music, well done! Duran Duran opened their Seattle show in 1984 with this music, as the lights were still down and the crowd went NUTS in the dark listening to this..great memory.

[@lestatdelc]

+MontagZoso Thank you for the compliments.

[@lorenzomorisco427]

Amo i Duran e questo pezzo...quanti ricordi

[@isla2753]

I have always been a fan of Duran Duran but for some reason I never heard this track before, however listening to it now it is amazingly evocative and hypnotising I’m kicking myself for not listening to it sooner

[@rosewoodfretboard]

This is awesome. This visuals here are astounding, and the editing paces the song beautifully. Thank you for paying tribute to such an underrated track.

[@lestatdelc]

Thank you for the compliments.

[@Astburysring]

How I imagined this video would look and more..... ethereal

[@lestatdelc]

Thanks.

[@trinisniper7064]

Just true. Seven and the ragged tiger....Legend

[@ricmartinez2590]

This is the PERFECT video for this song. Whover did this is an artist. These were the exact kind of images in my mind as I listened to this song as a child.

[@lestatdelc]

Thank you for the high praise.

[@sylviajm833]

I love this song from the moment i heard it for the first time. The bassline...the drums...the whole atmosphere..

[@patriciagiedraitis4166]

Love this song and the album....I can listen to it over and over....great video..

[@lestatdelc]

+Patricia Giedraitis - Thank you.

[@briankaplan3588]

The way the shooting stars match up to the sound of the tambourine at 2:40 is superb. Amazing video, thank you.

[@lestatdelc]

Thanks. One of the the things I tried to do throughout the video is make every cut or timed element fall on the beat. Even the toe kicking up dust off the matted floor at kzbin.info/www/bejne/imKlnHmNgJyeY80 timed to the first bass note in the track.

[@yasneiraesther9486]

Duran Duran siempre superando su impresionante calidad de música excitante y fantástica bellísima música guaooi😎😎😎😎👌👌👌👌👌👍👍👍👍👍❤

[@SrWhite-tv2lv]

La mejor fucking banda del planeta

[@boxinginquiry_333]

Duran Duran play concerts like this kinda stuff every year in Ibiza Timeless ahead of its time for 1983 - 84 one of my first memories as a kid was stealing my big bros Duran Duran cassettes n id listen to it in my bed with my massive walkman 😅 For me Anyone born in the 80s Raised in the 90s this song inparticular encapulates our generation moody uplifting Duran Duran never get talked about so far ahead of their time its unreal similarly were New Order but artistcally Duran duran with John Taylor on the bass n nick Rhoads on the keybord unreal listen if your listening you have impecable taste

[@heman1770]

extremely duran'esque edit. spot on. I'm positive the boys would approve this modernised footage edit. 👍👍

[@IEXOTICBEAUTY]

I used to listen to this on repeat to help me go to sleep 😴 soooo soothing

[@7dianegreen]

Gorgeous, Gorgeous, Gorgeous song. Why didn't this song reach #1 on the charts? Duran Duran has so many that didn't hit the level on the RADIO STATIONS that should have, sad.

[@Ippacciani]

AMAZING......i knew this song from 1985 but i?ve never seen this video.....is encroiable!!!!perfect for this song....i've no words.....

[@Babuir1]

Oh my.......WOW.......I can't even.......this is completely amazing. Best fan made video of a DD song I have ever seen. The track itself is one of my favorite instrumentals, but this video really compliments it and perfectly captures the vibe of both the song and Duran Duran in 1983. Thank you so much!

[@BIGTONEonline]

One of my favorite Duran Duran songs!

[@lestatdelc]

It has always been one of my favorite tracks of theirs as well.

[@Aprlmoore]

This IS the definitive music video for this wonderful song.

[@lestatdelc]

Wow. Thank you for the praise.

[@strangerrose538]

What an absolutely fab vid for one of the best Duran instrumentals. 🌹

[@lestatdelc]

Thank you for the compliment.

[@stefanmarraccini8646]

Beautiful vid. I love love love this song. Laying on my bed in boarding school getting lost with my Walkman to Duran...The beauty of this breaks my heart today even still. The sax riff floating along with the keyboard takes me away to a sweet and sad place.

[@lestatdelc]

Thank you for the compliment.

[@rescue270]

This does not carry me to a sad place. In fact, it carries me down the road that must lead someplace new and amazing.

[@rescue270]

My favorite Duran Duran piece. Just listen to that masterful fretless contrabass!

[@richardgillman384]

Amazing song was the intro to seven & the ragged tiger tour in the 80s still lovev duran today the best band ever

[@wendyg1990]

This song still gives me chills! Every time I play it it’s like I’m playing it for the first time. Such a beautiful piece and that saxophone wow

[@elizabethtalavera9300]

Beautiful, leaves me absolutely breathless every time I see and hear it. This is the art of life.

[@lestatdelc]

Thank you very much for your high praise. Glad you enjoy it so much.

[@georgepapatheofilou6118]

Precious memories of youth. Peace out .

[@justimagine2403]

Fantastical! Love it! I miss this music!

[@lestatdelc]

Thanks for the compliment.

[@bengtjericho1395]

Beautifully executed video ... thank you ... one of my favorite songs ever ... not just Duran Duran songs ... but songs, period.

[@lestatdelc]

Thank you.

[@lynettevoumard3100]

I love Duran Duran

[@massimozavagli1989]

Mitici Duran.... Che pezzo!!!

[@agnesbonnetain8656]

My favorite music.....of band.......Magnifique......

[@RebelTiger7]

Video to music is perfection here. Bravo!

[@lestatdelc]

Thank you for the kind words.

[@harleyrhodesbates]

Beautiful video! It gave me oxygen😃😍 Ever since I've been strongly into Duran Duran I now take this gorgeous animal, Tiger... as one of my favorite animals. Proud to be a Duranie since February 2020 and I will LOVE these wild boys FOREVER plus my charming favorite DDmember Roger Taylor aka my charming Froggie Prince of the Desert Island pond. He is the beat of my heart to keep me ALIVE🥁🐸💙💋💋💋 DURAN POWER 😘😘😘😘💓💓💓⚡😎💖💕💖💕💖💕🐅 🚢

[@positivecrusader]

Outstanding. Not only did you capture the feel of the song but you managed to incorporate a number of stylistic edits right out of the Russell Mulcahy era. Really beautiful work!

[@positivecrusader]

+positivecrusader - I should really tell you some of what I noticed: obviously the sweeping landscape shots à la Save a Prayer (tigers and Sri Lanka do go together after all), and of course the lines, squares, screen splits and slow dissolves, even a ball falling and glass shattering à la Rio and Is There Something I Should Know, the sax player goes without saying, and the sky fills (red at 1:50, deep blue at 3:03) which again took me back to Rio.

[@lestatdelc]

+positivecrusader Thank you for the kind words and the observations. I did indeed try and go after the look and feel of the Russell Mulcahy video style of the time. I thought the style of the editing and photography of the videos of the time were so impactful and unique, I intentionally wanted to give the visual homage to them in this one. Particularly since Tiger Tiger (and the album Seven and the Ragged Tiger) was just shortly after Is There Something I should Know? and Arena (and "As the Lights Go Down"). So I tried to keep it within that visual language. It is heartening to hear from someone who noticed and appreciated the effort.

[@kgallagher8698]

@@lestatdelc you definitely succeeded. Very noticeable stylistic elements beautifully incorporated throughout. Nice job!

[@lestatdelc]

@@kgallagher8698 - Thank you for the compliment and glad you enjoyed the video. It is appreciated.

[@thomassharoniard4629]

I wanted to be the first one putting a comment here for 2020 year and this is done : to achieve our aim we need to be firm and intransigeant, sparing no effort without any further delay. Dare to hope Duran Duran will lead me to the top of my trajectory through the city of Marseille and towards significant and real gains. Thomas SHARONIARD from Marseille, 2020. Now.

[@elenmitak]

Jesus Christ! What an outstanding video for a masterpiece like this one of the great DD band. Thank you 🙏🙏

[@lestatdelc]

Wow. Thank you fro the kind words.

[@DepecheMoser]

This is more or less what I figured in my mind when I heard that song for the first time!

[@lestatdelc]

Thanks. Glad I got close to how you imagined a video for this track would look.

[@logigmusic6458]

Incredible track and the video does it pure justice. Beautiful

[@lestatdelc]

Thank you for the kind words.

[@RobertoPeretti-vw2gu]

Fairlight...still souunds wonderful

[@raimundperz3036]

Simply Wow! Bought that album thereadays, but didn't know a thing about the video. Great piece of music, anyhow!

[@elfillari]

Washburn chorus effect still gives a chills, on both guitar and bass we used to use!

[@philc4520]

Still an artistic & musical masterpiece

[@StacyL.]

Wow! I come back 1 year later and 6.4 MILLION VIEWS!!! I'm not surprised!! Congratulations!!! 🎊 👏

[@SagiVTamer7287]

Simon, Nick, John, Roger and Dominic must see this awesome video you've made. It's fantastic. They definitely have to see this! 😀

[@lestatdelc]

Thank you for the high praise.

[@SagiVTamer7287]

No problem. In fact, I wish this could also be recognized as the official video for this song. 😀👍

[@davidwooldridge7570]

I know for a fact my great friend Andy Taylor has seen it.

[@evanjazzista]

Magnificent video, congrats! John Taylor is one hot cat on bass here, wow!

[@lestatdelc]

Thank you for the compliments.

[@bovinedowie2803]

Trying to do a Mick Karn

[@kramsniggah4333]

Best track they ever did, No Simon Le Bon over-singing and wailing!

[@user-hx7hq7sv4v]

Its gives me chills and feelings of excitment. The best opening a Duran Duran concert.

[@chanihahner615]

Extremely well done video. So fitting. I guarantee they would be proud.

[@lestatdelc]

Thank you fro the kind words. High praise indeed.

[@elveggoloco]

Thank you thank you thank you!!! This has always been my favourite DD song, and this is the video that the boys should have made 30 years ago! This video perfectly encompasses the mystical, exotic-locationed sense of faraway adventure that so many other DD videos aimed for- and this one does an even better job of it, and the editing-style even captures that good old DD visual style- but in a fresh, exciting way. The only thing missing are shots of the boys in their vests and fedoras, sitting around in the jungle and looking wistful (LOL). Mitchell Gore, you are a genius. :D

[@lestatdelc]

Thank you very much for your kind words and praise for the video.

[@user-ij3kv2lc5z]

What a tune, what a video ❤

[@lestatdelc]

Thanks (for the compliment on the video) and yes, that track is one fo the favorite Duran pieces.

[@7dianegreen]

Gorgeous song. xx

[@tracieholladay8221]

So beautiful. Beautiful song and beautiful video.

[@lestatdelc]

Thank you for the compliment on the video. As to the song, I more than agree.

[@ruthyzaphir]

Great & Formidable Video!!!! Well Done whoever created it with such talent!!

[@lestatdelc]

Thank you for the compliments.

[@davidjensen4702]

Eerie beginning like to a film, yet rockable

[@dimasavila9158]

Hauntingly beautiful

[@lestatdelc]

Thank you for that.

[@Aramanth]

Very beautiful video synched well with the iconic song!

[@lestatdelc]

Thank you for the kind words. It is appreciated.