DuranDuran - Night Boat/Anyone Out There (OGWT 07/07/81)

Introduced by Annie Nightingale, DD plays 2 songs from the debut album: " (Waiting for the) Night Boat / Anyone Out There". This episode of "Old Grey Whistle Test" was aired on 7 July 1981.

[@aob505]

They were all so young here, Nick Rhodes was 19. Wow. I have to say Simon still sounds great these days.

[@luvr381]

I caught so much grief for liking these guys back in the 80's because my friends and family thought they were 'pop pretty boys', I could never convince them of the level of musicianship in this band. Man, I hate musical elitists.

[@Nova_Avalon]

I got the same thing from family and some friends, they gave me hell about loving DD. Now some of the same people who use to give me a hard time about them now say " You know, I've recently realised that they were very talented musicians and a good band".

[@pcrangle5581]

Their first album was incredible. Saw them in 1983 in Toronto when they filmed the live portion of the Reflex video (ticket stub to prove !). Still love their first album as their best.

[@ultrapurple111]

Ha ha, I feel your pain. As a bloke I got the same heat from my school friends. I remember one friend calling them a bit a girls band. I was a closet Duranie for years after that.

[@MontagZoso]

Good for you for knowing outstanding music and now you’ve had your revenge! Duran Duran have been out there for 40 years proving the “they’re just pretty boys” crowd. The same thing happened with the Beatles in the 1960s…all the girls screamed for them and they were called “just a boy band that the girls scream over.” 😉👍

[@MontagZoso]

@@pcrangle5581Same! Their first album is stunning!

[@JOHNNYSGIRL1960]

John is the best bassist ever. Even at this age and even now!

[@rswpt]

that bass.....amazing how young j.taylor was at this and already fully capable of such performance... such raw talent

[@CruceEntertainment]

Their sound was very unique for the time

[@nylons1967]

the most underrated band in British pop music history

[@c4test]

john taylor is the most beautiful man on the planet, not to mention a spectacular bass player!

[@Tony26971]

John Taylor has aged like fine wine

[@JOHNNYSGIRL1960]

I second that!

[@jamesjackson-df1hi]

Certainly the best band ever and just listen to Johns pulsating bass

[@bvg83]

I love Simon’s voice in the 80s

[@DiesalAZ]

The greatest band of all time. #DD4ever

[@AndrewCarlisle]

Scott I totally agree!

[@Gulosa1976]

They could be, yes. Bigger than Coldplay, Guns & Roses and U2 mixed together. Very sad they lost they way upon the tracks over the years :(

[@teddyballgame406]

Roxy is better

[@BarrySlisk]

@@Gulosa1976 Their first 5 albums makes them the best ever in my book. But you are right, they have made a lot of shit after that. I don't listen to Medazzaland, Pop trash and whatever their later albums are called.

[@davidwelsh8107]

Rab C Nesbitt head gear 🤕

[@rswpt]

Andy is just fantastic guitarist

[@adambinnie1332]

Good on Duran Duran to go on the show the Old Gray Whistle Test to prove they can actually perform well live.

[@chiaradic813]

Adam Binnie underrated band

[@adambinnie1332]

@@chiaradic813 r u non binary?

[@pcrangle5581]

You have to actually be able to play and sing to go on the OGWT. No lipsyncing / miming allowed.

[@iamyourfuture808]

...except the keyboards

[@Sydroo1969]

Wow!!! Over 40 years now. I still love them. Have since 1983.

[@martinkooistra7867]

I love the tightness of the rhythm section, which has always been one of DD's greatest strengths.

[@rodrock85]

The Coolest band ever ! 80`s music fans, Its There Anyone Out There ? lol

[@TheSason666]

Yeah! In 2021 !!!

[@claudiogomes7547]

I wish time roll back and they could be these young,beautiful,charming and elegant men again!

[@JorgeMedina-cs5tg]

Maybe in the Metaverse in a few years

[@djphineart]

15 years old - watching in the UK this sound seemed so achingly futuristic - still listen to the debut and its 12’s to this day

[@RoRiodd]

i love love the first album!! more of this in the concert set list and less of the hits!!

[@christohr9957]

Classic ... love how John tucks in his scarf between songs, such the consummate.

[@maxheadroom4796]

Love these ..wow what a fantastic band from then to this day lifelong fan 👏 defied the critics and cynics

[@sittingbythepool]

I love this time, what an amazing band

[@alancooper3106]

Jesus, this takes me back, I played that album to death as a teenager, great memories, thanks for posting 😃

[@vanxl9]

Fantastic song. I was blown away at the last concert i attended last weekend. This was the intro song. Hell of an Intro. Nick Rhodes with the sythesizer sounds effects etc so genius.

[@gw2031]

Got free tickets for Duran Duran early eighties,someone couldnt go,,went along thinking not my cuppa but i shit you not,as good as any rockband ive ever seen,they played their asses of and the blew the roof off.aswell .Ingliston near Edinburgh,please comment if you were there.

[@squishmallowfan025]

I miss this whole era. I was about 11 when they were getting noticed, but in public school in England we ALL liked them. Even those who were more into The Jam. Definitely realized the Roxy Music influence later but they opened our eyes.

[@anndebondt2393]

My men!!!!!❤❤❤❤

[@alinepowercat]

Wow. How handsome, my God. Iconic music. Thanks for posting this wonderful video. DD

[@stefaniacampus3569]

I più grandi per sempre. Bello e bravo il mio Dio del basso. John❤❤❤❤🔥🔥

[@AwesomeGee]

Absolutely love this performance! Their early 80’s stuff is my favourite sound of theirs. Night Boat is great!

[@user-or8fy9km2m]

I still remember these songs. I still have this tape.

[@andycuthbert2763]

JT -what a bassist. Didn’t like the band much as a kid, but as a mid 50s appreciate their work properly now and their staying power. Nothing remotely like this in 2024.

[@michaelmitchell8218]

Use to love this show. Shame we don’t have this stuff no more. What happen to good band who made there own music. It’s all shit now and made up rubbish. Music never been so bad. Give me the 80s Any day much better music. Great band Duran Duran.

[@jacquelineiona1996]

What a treat to find this on KZbin ❤

[@Luciana1060]

Fantastic, magic songs! And the beauty of Simon was unique ed incredible!

[@msheives]

I'm here. 2020

[@indigojones8]

I'm a hardcore Duranie, and I was introduced to the band Japan through Nick and Simon on MTV in 82 or so. I've since learned how much an influence Japan was on Nick in particular, but the band in general and it's definitely evident here with Night Boat. Not taking away from Duran Duran at all, just commenting on how great a job they did with an excellent inspiration. John's first bass notes definitely remind me of Mick Karn's in certain Japan songs, which is a MASSIVE complement and John went on to become an impressive and inspirational bass player himself. Nick's style musically and sometimes sartorially definitely owes some to Richard Barbieri. They chose an excellent band for inspiration.

[@TheSason666]

Anyone Out There ???!!! In 2021.

[@claudiafernandes3448]

Brazil y love Duran Duran 🇧🇷

[@rodrock85]

I love them !

[@peterkelley07]

Seen them live strange behavior tour my favorite out of all of them

[@yasneiraesther9486]

Andy, roger, nick, John, son bellos pero simonnnnnn es sexi bello lindisimo, guapísimo y tiene una voz estupenda son muy profesionales y sus canciones son muy buenas y actuales se adelantaron a su tiempo, ❤💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋😍👌👌👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@theWARMJET]

What a sound

[@Gulosa1976]

Amazing memories. Thanks a lot :)

[@whutzat]

Wow...I was 11 years old, haha. Simon was so young, dramatic, and pretty.

[@brendaechols2228]

Damn! I was 9 years old. I was just a baby? 48 years old today....i still have a 14 year old age gap to Simon...😃😃😃😃😃

[@Zoecat101]

Brenda Echols wow I was -23 years old! Not even a baby heh Simon is over 40 years older than me

[@greeneyes8313]

Amazing, fantastic, spectacular.

[@claudiafernandes3448]

Beautifuls 🇧🇷

[@waz3128]

First Duran Album > Everything else they released after

[@Juki.227]

Mmm... Qué divino babyJohn... Ja,ja,ja... Me fascina cómo mueve las patitas!!! 2:05

[@marguskiis7711]

Night Boat is evidently Joy Division influenced.

[@fernandoquiambao2263]

Its nice song hope you do shows to phillipines or manila.

[@sammencia7945]

Taylor's all 20 or 21 here. Nick 19. Simon 23.

[@jasonmoman9614]

True

[@rodrock85]

Anyone notes that Simon appears to fall of the bed ? Look at his cut near the rigth eye ! lol It must have been " THAT NIGHT " ! If you understand me ! Dont get me wrong ! lol

[@rodrock85]

SEX , DRUGS AND GLAM ROCK ! LOL

[@KitsukiTheLostIsland]

br detectado

[@BarrySlisk]

I don't understand you...

[@debbiepakulski6484]

And he still sings in tune 👊

[@petergoode4737]

simons from london

[@claudiafernandes3448]

Show spetacular em Belo Horizonte 2017 welcome New show super Fan

[@rifk1741]

Thanks for posting the date as I wasn't sure if I had seen this (and recorded it) when first aired or later. Does anyone know if they repeated this broadcast after the band hit it big?

[@lindae6035]

Simon has something his face, it is a fly or tatoo?

[@michaelmalone7231]

Did this upload start out, out of sync, or is my computer doing this. If anybody else notices it, reply. Roger's cymbal crashes, John's bass strokes, and Simon's lips not timed with his singing is a bit off. I'll use another computer in the future, maybe the local library's, and re-watch it. Besides that, early Duran Duran is like crack cocaine for my inner youth!

[@tomking2030]

Noticing that too and not wondering is this all live or was some playback on the first song.

[@petergoode4737]

andys from newcastle

[@finchharper4647]

I know Andy's an Arse, but I sure miss his playing.

[@rickr2029]

Disturbing that at 0:50 Nick pushes the start button of the reel to reel. Was that synthesizer that difficult to play? C'mon!!!!!

[@lnxred7176]

O baixista carrega a banda.

[@dipsydoodle7988]

Looks like Nick Rhodes is some kind of wizard or something. Love these two songs. Love Simons swag. He cracks me up. Guitar is mixed way too low. Other than that, this is beautiful.

[@stevenfunderburg1623]

So Nick totally used tape early on like his hero Eno?!!!!

[@arricammarques1955]

Peerless live performances.

[@fromchomleystreet]

Man, Nick Rhodes had already perfected that “try to look like you’re busy doing an actual thing” act that I did in every shitty office job I ever had. Just how much twiddling do those knobs require before they’re just right, Nick? Shouldn’t you have already set the levels during sound check?

[@dkmyww]

Did you come on stage after Duran ... to clean it !

[@Kblog777]

Panto-pop. There’s a long forgotten term lol.

[@VladimirRadiomay]

Вокал вроде бы живьем, но по гитаристу выидно, что под фонограмму.

[@oaktowndimond668]

Old grey whistle test used playback. Not the band's choice. Are you trying to say Andy Taylor can't play guitar? Hilarious!

[@andremcpherson1424]

Good songs!! I was bang into them in 1981/82 and then found out what a gang of arrogant pricks they were who didn't care about the fans!! Especially Le Bon!! I remember watching this broadcast the night it originally went out!! Shame they're miming their backsides off as per usual, proving that they were always just about being good looking for the girlies and couldn't really play!!

[@andremcpherson1424]

Hi Matt, Hope you're having a nice Sunday!! Thank you for your reply to my KZbin comment which, I assure you, was not meant to be incendiary!! We might not agree on much, but one thing's for certain, in this life, one can only take as they find!! If you'll allow me, please let me take you back to a freezing cold November night in 1982!! I was 16 years old at the time!! Duran Duran have just performed their second consecutive sell out show at the Liverpool Empire Theatre on the Rio Tour and I am outside a plush city centre hotel situated right on the banks of the River Mersey with a huge army of loyal Duran fans hoping for an autograph!! It soon becomes clear that there's absolutely no chance of that as the band have already returned to the hotel and show no sign of coming out!! Some time passes and most of the crowd begin to disperse!! Suddenly, on seeing me standing by my younger sister who, due to a severe disability is confined to a wheelchair with blue skin due to the perishing cold, the hotel doorman comes out and asks me if the plastic bag I'm holding has record covers inside it which I'd like autographing!! When I tell him that it does, he offers to take them inside for me with the intention of getting the members of Duran Duran to sign them, but tells me that he "Can't promise anything as they've been staying at the hotel for the past two nights and are NOT very nice people!!" Almost an hour later (The time is now after midnight!!) the doorman returns with my bag and says that he did his very best but, like he said, they aren't very nice people!! When I look at my covers, 'Andy Hamilton', the guest saxophonist has signed everything, even the debut album cover and first few singles which he didn't even play on!! On the other hand, the only other autograph was John Taylor's who just signed my Rio tour brochure!! What did he write: "Down The Pool!! John Taylor!!" I thought that was pretty mean spirited to say the least, not just because the people of my city had given him and his band two brilliant nights of rapturous support throughout their shows, but because being a huge football fan, the very proud Liverpool born striker and devout Liverpool F.C. fan "Peter Withe" had scored the only goal in the European Cup Final a few months before, which had won John Taylor's very beloved Aston Villa their first and to date, only prestigious European title!! That said, I certainly take your point that at the time, they were in their early twenties and everybody wanted a piece of them!! But that was my Duran Duran experience and I didn't really bother following them after that, which is just as well really because in my opinion, and it is only my opinion, though they became arguably one of the biggest bands in the world soon after, I felt the quality of their material began to go rapidly downhill after their first two albums!! With regards to the Old Grey Whistle Test, one of the very best TV show of all time in my view, it became strict BBC policy a very long time ago, to have all artists pre-record their performances so that there was no way anybody could say or sing anything which would cause offence to viewers!! Also, it minimized the chances of equipment failure!! Take it from me as a long standing session keyboard player, Duran Duran are definitely miming in that OGWT performance!! If you were or are a musician yourself, you would know what to look out for to know that!! Maybe they became great musicians as time went by, you would know that much more than I would, but personally, I'm sure that even they would agree that, in their early days they were pretty basic!! I've often wondered if they became more humble and more fan orientated as time went by too, they certainly weren't in 1982 that's for sure!! Nevertheless, I always respect other people's opinions!! Peace to all!! Have a good one!!

[@marguskiis7711]

@@andremcpherson1424 Check out DD Live @ Måndagsbörsen '81 which is pure live and even better than OGWT one.

[@mariosabga3730]

Oh please shut up.

[@MsLylals]

@@andremcpherson1424 "down the pool" what does that mean lol??

[@andremcpherson1424]

@@MsLylals Hi Clarissa, thanks so much for the question, hope you're well!! Sorry for the delay in getting back to you!! I took what John Taylor had written on my tour programme as a bit of mischievous football related banter!! Being as I am from the city of Liverpool, which, at that time (1982) had one of the best football teams in the world, Liverpool FC, (my team!!) I believe in writing "Down the pool", he actually meant down with Liverpool FC!! Which was very surprising as he supports Aston Villa and as far as I know, there isn't and has never been any bad feelings between the club he supports and mine!! Plus, a little earlier that year (1982) his team (Aston Villa) had just won their first and, to date only European Cup (now know as the Champions League!!) and the only goal in the game which won the trophy was scored by fellow Scouser (Slang term for a native of Liverpool) and self confessed fellow Liverpool FC supporter Peter Withe!! So, with all of that in mind, despite being just 16 years old at the time, I've since felt Mr. Taylor is a bit of an idiot to say the least!! Hope that answers your question, thanks again and take care, Andre!!

[@antjemaier7514]

so awful and yet soooooooo touching!!!!! :-)))) But watching this - can anyone tell me which drugs the chaps were on in '81???

[@JOHNNYSGIRL1960]

None in 1981. But later when they splintered John had trouble with alcohol.

[@rodrigovalerosancho2234]

I guess like other people, a spliff here, a line there. Later it is said that their cocaine habit could save the economy of a South American banana republic.