Duran Duran

Duran Duran

A little something about Duran Duran
Duran Duran is perhaps the ultimate example of the departure that early '80s bands made from the angry, dirty punk movement of the late '70s. Everything about Duran Duran was slick and polished: their makeup, their hair, their videos, their concerts, and even their music. They led the new romantic movement into the mainstream, and then turned the volume and tempo up a notch to win the hearts of tean-aged girls everywhere. There was certainly no lack of Duran Duran posters and photos on the market, be they promotional pictures, live shots, or that every-day shot of the serious musician on the beach with his shirt off. I know people who, to this day, still have Simon Le Bon on their wall. And when some people recount the most traumatic moments of the 1980s, the Duran Duran boating accident ranks up their with the space shuttle and the Reagan re-election. Still, despite all the hype and pretty packaging, Duran Duran produced some music that is still fun to listen to today, and their videos are a hoot.

Lyrics featured below: "Hungry like the Wolf", "Is there something I should know", "Rio", "Save a Prayer"
"A View to a Kill", "Girls on Film", "Union of the Snake", "The Reflex", "New Moon on Monday" , "Notorious" , "Planet Earth".

Hungry Like the Wolf

Dark in the city night is a wire
Steam in the subway earth is afire
Do do do do do do do dodo dododo dodo
Woman you want me give me a sign
And catch my breathing even closer behind
Do do do do do do do dodo dododo dodo

In touch with the ground
I'm on the hunt I'm after you
Smell like I sound I'm lost in a crowd.
And I'm hungry like the wolf.
Straddle the line in discord and rhyme
I'm on the hunt I'm after you.
Mouth is alive with juices like wine
And I'm hungry like the wolf

Stalked in the forest too close to hide
I'll be upon you by the moonlight side
Do do do do do do do dodo dododo dodo
High blood Drumming on your skin it's so tight
You feel my heart I'm just a moment behind
Do do do do do do do dodo dododo dodo

In touch with the ground
I'm on the hunt I'm after you
Scent and a sound. I'm lost and I'm found
And I'm hungry like the wolf.
Strut on a line it's discord and rhyme
I howl and I whine I'm after you
Mouth is alive all running inside
And I'm hungry like the wolf.

Hungry like the wolf
Hungry like the wolf
Hungry like the wolf

Burning the ground I break from the crowd
I'm on the hunt I'm after you
I smell like I sound. I'm lost and I'm found
And I'm hungry like the wolf
Strut on a line it's discord and rhyme
I'm on the hunt I'm after you
Mouth is alive with juices like wine
And I'm hungry like the wolf

Is There Something I Should Know

Please please tell me now
Please please tell me now
Please please tell me now
Please please tell me now

I made a break I run out yesterday
Tried to find my mountain hideaway
Maybe next year maybe no go
I know you're watching me every minute of the day yeah
I've seen the signs and the looks and the pictures they give your game
away yeah
There's a dream that strings the road with broken glass for us to hold
And I cut so far before I had to stay

Please please tell me now is there something I should know
Is there something I should say that would make you come my way
Do you feel the same 'cause you don't let it show

People stare and cross the road from me
And jungle drums they all clear the way for me
Can you read my mind can you see in the snow
And fiery demons all dance when you walk through that door
Don't say you're easy on me you're about as easy as a nuclear war
There's a dream that strings the road with broken glass for us to hold
and I got so far before I had to say

Please please tell me now is there something I should know
Is there something I should say that would make you come my way
Do you feel the same 'cause you don't let it show

Please please tell me now is there something I should know
Please please tell me now can you see what makes me blow
Please please tell me now is there something I should know
Is there something I should say that would make you come my way

Rio

Wow!
Moving on the floor now babe you're a bird of paradise.
Cherry ice cream smile I suppose it's very nice
With a step to your left and a flick to the right
You catch that mirror way out west
You know you're something special and you look like you're the best.

Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand.
Just like that river twisting through a dusty land.
And when she shines she really shows you all she can
Oh Rio Rio dance across the Rio Grande.

I've seen you on the beach and I've seen you on T.V.
Two, of a billion stars, it means so much to me
Like a birthday or a pretty view
But then I'm sure that you know it's just for you

Hey now (wow), look at that. Did he really run you down?
At the end of the drive, the lawmen arrive you make me feel
alive alive alive

I'll take my chance 'cause luck is on my side
I tell you something I know what you're thinking
I tell you something, I know what you're thinking

Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand
Just like that river twists across a dusty land.
And when she shines she really shows you all she can.
Oh Rio Rio dance across the Rio Grande
Her name is Rio she don't need to understand
I might find her if I'm looking like I can
Oh Rio Rio hear them shout across the land
From mountains in the North down to the Rio Grande

Save a prayer

You saw me standing by the wall, corner of a main street
And the lights are flashing on your window sill
All alone ain't much fun, so you're looking for the thrill
And you know just what it takes and where to go

Don't save a prayer for me now, save it 'til the morning after
No, don't say a prayer for me now, save it 'til the morning after

Feel the breeze deep on the inside, look you down into the well
If you can, you'll see the world in all his fire
Take a chance (like all dreamers can't find another way)
You don't have to dream it all, just live a day

Don't say a prayer for me now, save it 'til the morning after
No, don't say a prayer for me now, save it 'til the morning after
Save it 'til the morning after, save it till the morning after

Pretty looking road, I try to hold the rising floods that fill my skin
Don't ask me why I'll keep my promise, I'll melt the ice
And you wanted to dance so I asked you to dance
But fear is in your soul
Some people call it a one night stand
But we can call it paradise

Don't say a prayer for me now, save it 'til the morning after
No, don't say a prayer for me now, save it 'til the morning after
Save it 'til the morning after
Save it 'til the morning after
Save it 'til the morning after
Save it 'til the morning after

Save a prayer 'til the morning after

A View To A Kill

Meeting you with a view to a kill
Face to face in secret places feel the chill
Nightfall covers me
But you know, the plans I'm making
Still oversee
Could it be the whole earth opening wide
A sacred why, a mystery gaping inside
The weekends why, until we

CHORUS:
Dance into the fire
That fatal kiss is all we need
Dance into the fire
To fatal sounds of broken dreams
Dance into the fire
That fatal kiss is all we need
Dance into the fire

The choice for you is the view to a kill
Between the shades assassination standing still
The first crystal tears
Fall as snowflakes on your body
First time in years
To drench your skin with lover's rosy stain
A chance to find a phoenix for the flame
A chance to die, but can we

CHORUS




Girls on Film

See them walking hand in hand 
Across the bridge at midnight 
Heads turning as the lights flashing out 
Are so bright 
And walk right out to the four line track 
There's a camera rolling on her back 
On her back 
And I sense a rhythm humming in a frenzy 
All the way down her spine 
Girls on Film 
Girls on Film 
Girls on Film 
Girls on Film 
Lipstick cherry all over the lens as she's falling 
And miles of sharp blue water coming in 
Where she lies 
The diving man's coming up for air 
'Cause the crowd all love pulling Dolly by the hair 
By the hair 
And she wonders how she ever got here 
As she goes under again 
Girls on Film (Two minutes later) 
Girls on Film 
Girls on Film (Got your picture) 
Girls on Film 
Wider, baby, smile and you've just made a million 
Fuses pumping live heat twisting out on a wire 
Take one last glimpse into the night 
I'm touching close 
I'm holding bright, holding tight 
Give me shudders in a whisper, 
Take me up til I'm shooting a star 
Girls on Film (she's more than a lady) 
Girls on Film 
Girls on Film (Two minutes later) 
Girls on Film 
Girls on Film (see you together) 
Girls on Film 
Girls on Film (see you later) 
Girls on Film 



Union of the Snake

Telegram force and ready I knew this was a big mistake
There's a fine line drawing my senses together
And I think it's about to break
If I listen close I can hear them singers oh-oh-oh
Voices in your body coming through on the radio-oh-oh

The union of the snake is on the climb
Moving up it's gonna race it's gonna break through the borderline

Nightshades on a warning give me strenth at least give me a light
Give me anything even sympathy there's a chance you could be right
If I listen close I can hear them singers oh-oh-oh
Voices in your body coming through on the radio-oh-oh

The union of the snake is on the climb
Moving up it's gonna race it's gonna break through the borderline
The union of the snake is on the climb
Moving up it's gonna race it's gonna break through the borderline

If I listen close I can hear them singers oh-oh-oh
Voices in your body coming through on the radio-oh-oh

The union of the snake is on the climb
Moving up it's gonna race it's gonna break through the borderline
The union of the snake is on the climb
It's gonna race it's gonna break it's gonna move up to the borderline
The union of the snake is on the climb
Moving up it's gonna race it's gonna break through the borderline
The union of the snake is on the climb
It's gonna race it's gonna break it's gonna move up to the borderline



The Reflex

(Ta-la-la-la, ta-la-la-la, ta-la-la-la)
The-the-the-the The Reflex (ta-la-la-la, ta-la-la-la)
The Reflex (ta-la-la-la) The Reflex (ta-la-la-la) The Reflex
Fle-fle-fle-fle-flex

You've gone too far this time
And I'm dancing on the valentine
I tell you somebody's fooling around
With my chances on the danger line
I'll cross that bridge when I find it
Another day to make my stand, oh woh
High time is no time for deciding
If I should find a helping hand, oh woh

Why don't you use it
Try not to bruise it
Buy time, don't lose it

Oh why don't you use it
Try not to bruise it
Buy time, don't lose it

The Reflex (ta-la-la-la) is an only child (ta-la-la-la)
Who's waiting (ta-la-la-la) by the park (ta-la-la-la)
The Reflex (ta-la-la-la) is in charge of finding (ta-la-la-la)
Treasure (ta-la-la-la) in the dark (ta-la-la-la)
And watching (ta-la-la-la) over lucky clover (ta-la-la-la)
Isn't (ta-la-la-la) that bizarre (ta-la-la-la)
Every little thing (ta-la-la-la) The Reflex does (ta-la-la-la)
Leaves you answered (ta-la-la-la) with a question mark (ta-la-la-la)

I'm on a ride and I wanna get off
But they won't slow down the round-about
I sold the Renoir and the TV set
Don't wanna be around when this gets out

So why don't you use it
Try not to bruise it
Buy time, don't lose it

Why-ya-ya-ya-ya why why why-ya-ya
Why-ya-ya-ya-ya why why why-ya-ya
Why-ya-ya-ya-ya don't you use it

The Reflex (ta-la-la-la) is an only child (ta-la-la-la)
Who's waiting (ta-la-la-la) in the park (ta-la-la-la)
The Reflex (ta-la-la-la) is in charge of finding (ta-la-la-la)
Treasure (ta-la-la-la) in the dark (ta-la-la-la)
And watching (ta-la-la-la) over lucky clover (ta-la-la-la)
Isn't (ta-la-la-la) that bizarre (ta-la-la-la)
Every little thing (ta-la-la-la) The Reflex does (ta-la-la-la)
Is an answer (ta-la-la-la) with a question mark (ta-la-la-la)
Fle-flex

So why-ya-ya-ya-ya don't you use it
Try not to bruise it
Buy time, don't lose it

The Reflex (ta-la-la-la) is an only child (ta-la-la-la)
Who's waiting (ta-la-la-la) by the park (ta-la-la-la)
The Reflex (ta-la-la-la) is in charge of finding (ta-la-la-la)
Treasure (ta-la-la-la) in the dark (ta-la-la-la)
And watching (ta-la-la-la) over lucky clover (ta-la-la-la)
Isn't (ta-la-la-la) that bizarre (ta-la-la-la)
Every little thing (ta-la-la-la) The Reflex does (ta-la-la-la)
Leaves me answered (ta-la-la-la) with a question mark (ta-la-la-la)
Ah (ta-la-la-la), The Reflex (ta-la-la-la), what a game
He's hiding (ta-la-la-la) all the cards (ta-la-la-la)
The Reflex (ta-la-la-la) is in charge of finding (ta-la-la-la)
Treasure (ta-la-la-la) in the dark (ta-la-la-la)



New Moon on Monday

Shake up the picture the lizard mixture
With your dance on the eventide
You got me coming up with answers
All of which I deny
I said it again
Could I please rephrase it
Maybe I can catch a ride
I couldn't really put it much plainer
But I'll wait till you decide
Send me your warning siren
As if I could ever hide
Last time La Luna

CHORUS
I light my torch and wave it for the
New moon on Monday
And a firedance through the night
I stayed the cold day with a lonely satellite

Breaking away with the best of both worlds
A smile that you can't disguise
Every minute I keep finding
Clues that you leave behind
Save me from these reminders
As if I'd forget tonight
This time La Luna

CHORUS




Notorious

I can't read about it
Burns the skin from your eyes
I'll do fine without it
Here's one you don't compromise
Lies come hard to disguise
Let me to fight it out 
Not wild about it
Lay your seedy judgements
Who says they're part of our lives?

You own the money
You control the witness
I hear you're lonely
Don't monkey with my business
You pay the profits to justify the reasons
I heard your promise
But I don't believe it
That's why I'll do it again

no no notorious

Girls will keep the secrets
So long as boys make the noise
Fools run rings to break up
Something they'll never destroy
Grand notorious slam 
BAM!
And who really gives a damn
For a flaky bandit?
Don't ask me to bleed about it
I need this blood to survive

(chorus)

no no notorious




Planet Earth

Only came outside to watch the night fall with the rain
 I heard you making patterns rhyme
 like some new romantic looking for the tv sound
 you'll see I'm right some other time

 look now, look all around, there's no sign of life
 voices, another sound, can you hear me now?
 this is planet earth, you're looking at planet earth
 bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop this is planet earth

 my head is stuck on something precious
 let me know if you're coming down to land
 is there anybody out there trying to get through?
 my eyes are so cloudy I can't see you

 look now, look all around, there's no sign of life
 voices, another sound, can you hear me now?
 is is planet earth, you're looking at planet earth

 bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop 
 this is planet earth
 bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop 
 this calling planet earth
 bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop 
 this looking at planet earth
 bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop 
 this is planet earth