Duran Duran: Careless Memories (Original version!!!)

From Duran Duran (1981) DVD. This is the original version, not the one that appeared on the 1983 video album. It's got all the cheesy bits they were (and probably still are) embarrassed by then. ;)
So soon just after you've gone my senses sharpened
But it always takes so damn long before I feel
how much my eyes have darkened
Fear hangs a plane of gunsmoke drifting in our room
So easy to disturb, with a thought with a whisper
With a careless memory with a careless memory
On the table signs of love lies scattered
And the walls break with a crashing within
It's not as though as though you really mattered
But being close how could I let you go without some feeling
Some precious sympathy following
Fear hangs a plane of gunsmoke drifting in our room
So easy to disturb, with a thought with a whisper
With a careless memory with a careless memory
With a careless memory with a careless memory
Oh I walk out into the sun I tried to find a new day
But the whole place it just screams in my eyes
Where are you now cause I don't want to meet you
I think I'd die I think I'd laugh at you I know I'd cry
What am I supposed to do follow you
Outside the thoughts come flooding back now
I just try to forget you
So easy to disturb with a thought with a whisper
With a careless memory with a careless memory
With a careless memory with a careless memory
With a careless memory
Look out look out look out look out

[@dystopian2153]

I love it. Nothing to be embarrassed about. Would kill to go back to the 80s. It was a much better time. This world is crazy now

[@simonandersen1974]

ME TOO! 😂.. i mean BACK!! 2 the AMAZING AWESOME 80s!! ❤

[@Gary0017]

Wasn’t it the best times!!!!!!!!

[@lulaloo]

Agreed! The 1980's was the best of times!

[@tikighoul]

Agree! I have 80’s brain, 24/7! 🎉❤

[@paulanewland2533]

Love the 1980s. Brilliant music and loved the fashion in the early 80s.

[@MJ-tg6wb]

October 2024, Duran Duran '81 still has a great vibe and better than anything on the radio today!

[@daniellekelly4811]

100%

[@marksykes2406]

"I think I'd die. I think I'd laugh at you." He means it. Listen to the emphasis in his voice. Got to be channeling a real-life experience. No one can fake it like that. His dancing is odd, but that bloke can sing.

[@williamhinchcliff6290]

what are you talking about - Simon taught me how to dance!! 😆

[@balticbabe1]

I love the way he moves

[@Experiment6Two6]

Yes - it is that 60-40 percent mix of anger and hurt in Simon’s delivery that elevates this track.

[@pmmrfan9892]

Play that fooking bass John! 😀

[@rosebud5566]

There isn't one single song on their self-titled album that is not spectacular. Such incredible talent. The 80's at its best.

[@simonandersen1974]

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING/AWESOME Debut Album ❤

[@YeReDROMA55555]

They laid out the blueprint in a single album, then outdid themselves with rio a year later🌹🌹

[@Roger8176]

You are correct. It's hard to believe how young they were to put out an album this great. Tel Aviv is so mature it could've been written by Yoda. It's unbelievable to me how critics used to trash them and say that they couldn't play. Nigel Taylor is a stellar bass player!

[@AtheoPaganSith]

To The Shore was even great, yeah. replaced by 'is there something i should know....' rereleased in 1983'....

[@jbrodie007]

Andy wasnt edited in this version!!! The single that flopped- yet probably their best. Raw, edgy, unique- total Duran. Was so unlike anything around at that time, and in fact theres never been anything like it since. Combines rock, punk and electronic in a frantic style- brilliant.

[@sklarks]

Great comment. I'm trying to think of a track previous to this one that sounded so ahead of its time.

[@dvelilla]

@@sklarks Ha! How about every song on their first two albums!

[@sklarks]

@@dvelilla of course I was talking about other bands

[@cnfuzz]

​@@sklarks try Gina X performance no G.D.M. , it's from 1978 , far far ahead of what was to come in the 80s

[@sklarks]

@@cnfuzz hey, great track I didn't know about, thanks. Her voice was still too punkish, but the rest of the track surely sounds ahead of its time and great. Loved it.

[@cynthiakozikowski1765]

John Taylor is a badass bassist. Andy, amazing guitarist. Such an amazing group

[@taraa9087]

No one has cheekbones like John. I wish I had them. He is soo sultry and kinda elegant in a punk pop way. Very cool were these Guys!

[@balticbabe1]

He still is. I saw his appearance as a guest on Loose Women in the UK a couple of years ago and he exudes class, charm, respect. Still good looking to boot

[@avocate2017]

Duran Duran had a great sound, a stylish look that matched their music, and never got enough credit for their musicianship and songwriting skills. Yes, they were a band with attractive members and legions of pre-teen and teenage fans. Yes, they were music video pioneers and, like many other '80s bands, their early videos catapulted them to fame. But if you listen to their music, their music and lyrics were much darker and much more adult than their teenage fanbase let on (and some of their music videos were certainly not meant for kids).

[@enza5787]

Great song with an awesome beat. My favourite off the first album. John and Andy so sexy playing their guitars in this clip.

[@ptanyuh]

Glad to see Andy getting some love :)

[@tessa9094]

@@ptanyuh even though I love them all, Andy was always number 1 to me 😍💖

[@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx]

Duran Duran: "We were never part of the New Romantic movement, because we were in Birmingham and we never went to Blitz." Then they made this video.

[@maxwheeler3241]

Try to listen without moving at all, it's impossible. this is DD at their finest, it only got better and better.

[@JOHNNYSGIRL1960]

I'm here for the man that makes my heart skip a beat John. Still today at 61 he's still amazingly hot!

[@pumping2]

This is their one of the best songs.They were pure, young they played from the heart.They just got together because the most important thing in their mind was playing.You can feel that watching it.

[@rachelar]

The purity comes across in the video. Makes me feel a bit sad missing those days tho actually my schooldays were bad, this album lifted my spirits

[@rachelar]

I quoted this song after a bad break up and girl ghosted me. "Where are you now, cause i dont want to meet you"

[@majormo1]

After listening to these guys for thirty years, I remember my cousin thinking the chorus of this song was " With a girl from St, Marie!" Best band ever! Thanks to the original FAB FIVE who defined my music!

[@AlfieNoakesOhHo]

Im so proud I put this at #3 in my best albums of all time. No one else seems to have the guts to acknowledge the fact that they lead the music of the new romantic generation.

[@needahandle]

Duran is mysteriously missing from some 80s best of bands list. To sound 'cool' (ok they also had really good output) always notice Depeche Mode, The Cure, The Smiths...DD was influential and huge during the 80s. I know their not everyone's taste, but it is a glaring omission not to see them more often on certain lists

[@THEELDER1]

BLOODY BRILLIANT! The 80's were awesome!

[@dailmcdavid5883]

No question 90s 00s and today don't compare even though I was 9 in 1981 80s will ALWAYS be my decade 🎶🎵🎤🎧📻🎷🎸🎹📯1980-1988

[@skinyviny1]

Forget about the cheesy video, listen to the music production on this debut album by TEENAGERS. Absolutely phenomenal. Great production and engineering

[@lionjudah5738]

Talent my friend.

[@natalieeichler6319]

OH Andy!! Soooo cute!! Nick has an infectious smile.

[@luisgiacoma]

The best Duran Duran song......

[@MaryAnneRosato]

They were so beautiful.

[@cessnaverdi]

Love that slight little grin on Nick at 2:04. Sigh, he's always been my favorite.

[@toddmodem]

Saw these guys in the early 80's opening for Blondie at Pine Knob in Detroit. They absolutely blew the place apart!!!!

[@DavidSmith-ki2we]

Todd Ouellette wow i wish i can time travel n see that concert live! i was too young bk then (early 80s)

[@lorireece1970]

DD AND Blondie in one show! I’m jealous! I can only imagine how great that was!

[@theshadowxoxo]

Lucky you for seeing them

[@finntastique3891]

Yep! That would have been someting. Two of my favourite bands on the same stage.

[@evad520]

I have a bootleg of that show.

[@dublingirl6945]

John is such a beautiful man little bit of heaven on earth 😍😍😍🔥🔥🔥

[@lolligiggle8216]

John is so charming in that when he shakes and the shoulder and plays the bass 😍😍😍

[@ShoSensei]

Lolli Giggle John is pretty much charming in everything he does!! He still is to this day. Excellent bassist. Forever gorgeous.

[@bront9990]

One of those songs you forgot about but then realise how much you loved it! God I loved this band. Andy was soooo hot!! So was Simon, Rodger, John and Nick...but I could never take my eyes off Andy!!

[@rachelar]

Good, he didn't seem to have so many fans back in the day so glad you're one of them. Of course JT hogged the limelight but Andy was cute and musically indispensable. Reminded me of Brian Jones of the Stones in retrospect

[@emprabrea]

You’re one of the rare Andy fans. I’m personally a fan of Roger! They seem to be the most overlooked

[@kitbush4670]

No kind of lyrical or instrumental ingenuity can recreate Duran Duran's sound, my ears fell in love with them and it is infinite.

[@electroborg]

They cited Japan, Pink Floyd, Lou Reed, but as you say, while giving the songs their own aura. And 7 and the ragged tiger sounds like something very few people could replicate, in the 80s or for that matter today.

[@RC-lo1we]

I love to watch the band dance, especially John & Andy doing their shoulder thing. But the best part of the video is where the girl waits for Simon to fall asleep and then starts moving on to John.... U go girl!

[@gmansi]

LOL!

[@ivorytower99]

Ditto: *llol*!

[@jennajackson6305]

Hey! You snooze, you lose. Lol 😆

[@natalieeichler6319]

All that shoulder shaking does it for me....!!!

[@rachelar]

Wow, what a b*tch move. You dont go girl. In fact the least attractive female I have ever seen in a DD video, like a frumpy student _

[@sabinewei3041]

John!❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Aramanth]

👉 *"I just try to forget you... ooh ooh ah ohh!"* I can only sing along to the 1984 live version! This is still amazing after all these years........

[@CookieRoxette]

Simon gets an MBE On 15th June 2024. Imagine the band even thinking about this whilst planning and making the video in the 80's! Proud to have been a follower then and now!

[@redsky106]

this got me into the whole new romantic thing back then.used to dress like them, grew my hair long like John Taylor ah the good old days

[@moonbeam946]

John Taylor is a beautiful man!

[@burnout3722]

Beautiful man playing the most amazing bass lines ever! Underrated Bass player of all time!

[@RomVlad]

@@burnout3722 He is the sound of Duran Duran. He is an incredible musician.

[@avocate2017]

I never thought I would say this, but he looks like Jim Carrey these days, as many others have noticed.

[@rosilenedasilva8292]

Concordo com vc

[@KatherineKramer]

I was one of the "teenyboppers" that worshiped them back in the 80s and I still love this band. Yes, they were "cute" but for me, it was always about the music. Through them, I discovered other artists like T-Rex. Plus now that I'm much older, I appreciate the musicianship and the songwriting much more than I could at the age of 14.

[@danielmarquis5258]

Duran Duran has always had this COOLNESS FACTOR about them and caught my attention as a young boy (about five or six years old) in 1982. This was the "Gateway Band" for me as a young child. I should have taken it one step further and begged my parents for guitar lessons so that by the time I hit my teens, I could have been an established Musician (who was HEAVILY INFLUENCED by Duran Duran). This Band will ALWAYS MEAN SOMETHING SPECIAL TO ME; I do not say that about too many Artists or Bands EITHER.

[@Cosmopavone]

I had my imprinting with them too..John Taylor's style was the reason i started playing bass as a child. Thanks Durans, will be always in debt.

[@danielmarquis5258]

Right on!!! John is TOO COOL for words and "The Man" I wish I was.

[@PatrickDiAngelo]

Me too...!!!

[@ashcoffman1831]

That drummer is SOOOO cute! I get the Simon and John fascination, but the drummer is the standout to me. 😍

[@geordio6392]

yawn

[@c4test]

roger come second for me after john. i cant take my eyes off john and i dont think anyone could just look pass through him he's just too beautiful to resist, but i like roger's personality he is so calm and mysterious and he looks cute too

[@geordio6392]

@@c4test yawn

[@jacquelinemullan4900]

My late mum god love her thought Roger was the cutest of all of all Duran Duran she said he was natural handsome, my favourite was Simon thought he was the most handsome guy on earth.

[@darchies3716]

I think john is the one that naturally beautiful without contrived. His face is perfectly sculpted and has very striking feature. Definitely a true God's masterpiece

[@monkeytail1968]

Roger Taylor: the most underrated drummer of the 80's.

[@johnghadimi]

Truth

[@cybertaiga9534]

It is the absolute truth. I agree. Roger Taylor is underrated and overlooked as a drummer. The other Roger Taylor (from Queen) is slightly more recognised in that way.

[@cynthiakhan5483]

steve B Very!

[@anabanana2905]

@@cynthiakhan5483 right? I was a teen and thought I would marry Roger when I grew up. Was crushed when he did not wait for me. 😂

[@midnightwitch4603]

@@steveb1032 me too 💋🖤 love my rogey

[@silebon]

"Fear hangs a plane of gunsmoke..." Grande LeBon!

[@marcopola75]

Unico!!!!!!

[@keithburgess1567]

The 80s was better than now not just music it was everything

[@fernandocontreras50]

FANTASTIC SONG!!!...👍🎶⭐

[@mariamelchor1225]

could never decide which one was the most handsome.DD totally rocks

[@sakuraglenn]

This song has aged really well.

[@lonelyheroine]

Except for the puffy shirts. lol (Seinfeld reference, btw)

[@cntrygal2007]

LOVE the drums and the entire sound of this song. If you can sit still while listening to this song, there's something wrong with you. lol.....I'm realizing now that back in my teenage years (80s), not only were these guys my favorite band of all time (had posters ALL over my room, especially of John...of course)....but they encompass so many different aspects of music. Disco (the clothes), punk (the sound), etc. :)

[@Reprodestruxion]

Shades of Moroders work on Japan's Life in Tokyo

[@robertbell3700]

+cntrygal2007 Agree 100%. Don't forget the funk influence that drifted in durring mid 80s.

[@stephensmith1256]

beautiful, awesome a classic duran song ,that sounds still good after 35 years .le bon girl 71 xx

[@ladyashen4173]

Stephen Smith older than that

[@DaleSteynfan]

The original version has more of Andy... That's the difference I noticed. Love this song!!!

[@owenedwards6655]

They are so young in this video. Its 2019 now.. All older and wiser. Great music Duran Duran ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

[@cafenes176]

Never get tired of listening to this Fabulous Track. Enduring as always. Thx.

[@cherryicecream8049]

One of my fave Duran Duran songs, almost perfect live. It's a pity they aren't doing it anymore.

[@rjjcms1]

The follow-up single to breakthrough hit Planet Earth,this could be the most badass song they did?

[@daviedlebonnie7699]

first saw them 1981 and once they performed this that was it , i was hooked , it changed my life , i modled myself on simons style and got lots of female attention . Manchester uk Apollo 81 .£ 3.50 ticket price and it changed my life :)

[@waynesimpson2074]

Yup, great comment; they had a profound effect on me along the same lines for the same reasons you stated ;-) up here at Newcastle City Hall, UK. I can barely believe I won a J.Taylor lookalike competition....glory days :-) DD weren't just a band, they were a way out of the negative gloom of the early eighties...Ok, I'll say it: They positively lead by example, they were life changing. I can't thank them enough.

[@ge-8135]

The greatest DD song. And a masterpiece. less than 1 million views? Shame!

[@DaProGamer12]

Less than 100 million views*

[@mikaelstridh7165]

WHERE HAVE ALL THIS YEARS FLYING AWAY? I LISTENING AT 27 TH OCTOBER 2018, WHEN SIMON LE BON BEEN 60 YEARS OLD. WHEN THIS VIDEO WAS DONE HE WAS ONLY 23 YEARS OLD. AND THE LOVELY GIRL WHO ARE IN THIS VIDEO, ARE THE LOVELY SARAH BRIGHTMAN! AND THE OLD TELEPHONE WHO EVERBODY HAD IN 1981. LONG BEFORE ALL APPS, COMPUTER, IPHOINE, AND MOBIL PHONE, WHO EVERYONE HAVE TODAY! WHO COULD WE LIVING OUR LIVES BEFORE? WITHOUT THIS ELECTRONIC THINGS? HAPPY BIRTHAY TOO YOU DEAREST SIMON LE BON. I HOPE YOU HAVING A GOOD TIME WITH MEMBERS OF DURAN-DURAN, AND YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, ALL THIS DAY!

[@rifk1741]

Totally agree with majority of comments..it is indeed one of dd's best of the best songs and they kill it live!! Always loved the vid too.

[@jjacks50]

I have to say that hair color was really a state of mind back then. I don't think any of them are wearing what they born with. Love it!

[@Kate-ob7tw]

Best song they ever did, I close my eyes to listen to it and it's 1984, the year I first got into them and I'm 14 all over again.

[@katyalacrua6793]

Wow Nick with his nature black hair!

[@kymodriscoll7759]

My go to 80s band. Love them ❤

[@tamaspapp8560]

back in the 80's with Andy Taylor, John Taylor, Roger Taylor,Nick Rhodes, Simone le Bon, the real Duran Duran.

[@atheistleopard618]

duran duran =one of the best bands ever..........period.

[@robertbell3700]

This song rocks! Andy is in top form.

[@areyoureceivingme]

Still can't believe it wasn't a huge hit after Planet Earth had done so well. Even now it just sounds perfect. At least I bought it, thick card sleeve still pristine in 2013 :)

[@juliecrumpton4832]

If you don't like Duran Duran, we can't be friends :)

[@rosilenedasilva8292]

Eu amo eles

[@rob4b]

Just love Andy in this he looks like he is having a right laugh

[@celtyivesprince8423]

played during a car chase ---Ashes-to-Ashes!!!!!--- I lived the 80,s dream x

[@lorih7936]

Love the boys in the backseat in the beginning of the video. Wish I could of been Andy :D

[@rottenparts]

At 1:49 Andy is trying to order a pizza when then he looks at John like "What do you want on yours again?"

[@darrenmccabe]

But the whole place it just screams in my eyes.. Awesome acting mister Le Bon !! Great song though

[@doreentravis6499]

Fan since day 1!!!!

[@debi1080]

Simon and Andy you got that right!

[@danielmarquis5258]

Duran Duran has been my favorite Band since age 5.

[@HeskethBang]

love the dreamy room imagery

[@PaulEllisaustralia]

coolest of all and still is ...roger taylor . He had his shit going on musically and stylistically.

[@avocate201]

I outgrew them after "Rio," moved on to more serious music, and hadn't listened to them much until the remastered versions of their early albums came out a few years ago. When I heard those albums, I was blown away by how great they sounded. The production and songwriting were solid. Back in the '80s, a few girls at my school met John while he was shopping and told him that they used to like DD but were into bands like Siouxsie and Japan because of DD, and he was very gracious about it.

[@Roger8176]

Why bother somebody to tell them you no longer like them? John should've kneed them in the crotchel as hard as he could.

[@duchessravenwaves]

Whaaaat this is a way cooler, way less embarrassing video than most of the ones they do tbh...plus those closeups of Nick about 2 minutes in fuel me he is an angel

[@DavidLazarus]

Cool! I don't remember ever seeing this video back in the day.

[@KelleyM462]

QIUT talking about their looks, I here for the beat!!! 💃

[@myswanktrendz]

LOVE THIS - long before computer created sound effects and autotune. They recorded a few layers and the effort is noted, and appreciated.

[@joseschmoe2800]

I remember hearing this song on XRT Chicago back in '81. I was still in college then. XRT back when it mattered. Now it's just classic rock competing with The Drive. At any rate, I remember seeing this vid at Berlins on Belmont, Neos on Clark (now defunct, RIP), and Club 950 on Wrightwood. Ah those were the days. Anyone remember these joints?

[@Engelbird]

i do. all dead now. rip, fun chicago.

[@BerlinFan82]

Why are they not in the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame?

[@masonhyden3628]

BerlinFan82 because RRHOF is controlled by idiots who are totally oblivious to 80s new wave and MOST British Bands in General. But they have inducted talentless cRAP artists. So it is a total sham in my opinion.

[@jacquelinemullan4900]

Iv been saying it for years Duran Duran they certainly desverve it nearly 40yrs in the business there talent and preserverance has paid off and still pulling in the crowds in packed stadiums brilliant there a very underated group they should be in the music hall of fame years ago i love Duran Duran cant wait for the release of their new album.

[@crapple009]

Cannot believe that it's true. It's pathetic.

[@talacocheta9001]

We need to get them on the fan favorite list so that we can vote for them.

[@kenkozma6855]

@@masonhyden3628 Totally agree. Crapp isn't music and it isn't art.

[@widowmakerv2]

I get goosebumps still i live and breathe 80s music ❤

[@catherineamoore9449]

Great? Beautiful......they are my love, i can't live with they Once a Durania forever a Durania!

[@rubyweymouth6843]

I had the first DD album with Careless Memories, Planet Earth and Friends of Mine and the other albums followed that I owned🤗

[@PatriciaKnight101010]

Cheesy video or not this is still one of my favorite DD songs of all time. Especially love the drum solo!!

[@cafenes176]

Certainly. Since the release of this track in 1983, I've been listening to, practically at least once a day, not bored yet, first on vinyl disc, then on cassette tape, then on CD (in my home). Glad to know that you've chosen 'Careless Memories' as Duran Duran's "best track".

[@ivonepereira8838]

One of the New Romantic style big Anthem. We looked so brilliantly original on those days. As a daughter of the European New Romantic movement we were such a daring inventive and creative youth....

[@johnaddison1954]

isnt it strange how this type of music wudnt seem at all out of place in todays music charts hey futuristic was not wrong loved it then and still do today

[@naturalmax8474]

one of their finest pieces

[@oscarbelza9456]

one of the best song ever!!! Beers from Uruguay!!!

[@rachelar]

Stills from this were the inner cover artwork of the first album. The band round the table behind Simon...so young, like a snapshot of happier simpler times of youth

[@mariafromsydney]

Very 1st song I heard from Durun Durun and fell in love with them !!!!!

[@gisellabengu4566]

Wow..I never see this video before..Amazing...Original..They are so cute.😎🤗😊🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️

[@juandasch4077]

Mega song🤟

[@rallyingtcp]

the high water mark for me. the best track they have ever done

[@andreafry3428]

Just SO GOOD !🤩😋

[@alicekasey8516]

One of the best songs off the first album … though they ALL were the best off that album

[@trevgreg2]

When played in its live incarnation with Andy back in 2003-2005, it made a solid argument for being the band's best song overall.

[@juliestanley5407]

What a tune. One of their best for me !

[@kkrsnn5632]

bass, synths, drums, guitars, the vocal, the spooky atmosphere, what more could you want :)?

[@Aneka60]

Emlékszem,mikor a barátnőm 1983 nyarán kiutazhatott Svédországba rokonlátogatásra néhány napra és többek között ezt a dalt hozta haza...Teljesen ledöbbenve hallgattuk, hogy Atyavilág..ilyen létezik? És még ennyi idő után is "jól szól". Egyszerűen imádom:)

[@dvontorrvellas]

Badass song and one of there best videos.