DURAN DURAN


DEMO 1979:
Andy Wickett rehearsed with Duran Duran and Vision Collision in his room at Cheapside while Steven Duffy's band 'The Hawks' rehearsed downstairs in the veranda. One night he wrote the melody to 'Girls on Film'. He found a lyric in his book: "girls in film they look better, girls in film always smile". John Taylor suggested that he change it to girls 'on' film. Andy told Nick Rhodes to introduce the song by playing the melody on his string machine and the song was born. They recorded the song along with: See me repeat me, Reincarnation, and Working the Steel as part of their first demo at Bob Lamb's studio in Moseley. Nick's dad took Nick and Nigel to see the London record companies. Andy phoned Nick from the factory and was overjoyed to hear that EMI and A&M loved his voice and would sign the band if they could produce more songs like Girls on Film. However Andy left the band for personal reasons. The album was recorded before John Taylor made a full transition to bass and before members Andy Taylor and Simon Le Bon joined the band.

GIRLS ON FILM 1979 DEMO

See Me Repeat Me, Reincarnation, Girls On Film, Working The Steel

Download released April, 1 2016

DREAMING OF YOUR CARS DEMOS PART 2:
The EP opens with its title track, “Dreaming Of Your Cars,” a seriously cool tune with a wonderful and interesting bass line. “See how we glide/See how we fly/Feel how we move/See how we shine beneath the sky.” That’s followed by “Love Story,” which has kind of an odd, unusual vibe, though with another good groove.

And then “X Disco” is, in fact, a disco song, or at least uses disco elements. It was the late 1970s, remember. As a result, this is a fun one to dance to. Toward the end, Andy Wickett does some different things vocally. The EP then concludes with “To The Shore,” which has a darker sound and feel. This is probably the most interesting of the EP’s tracks, creating a strange and intriguing landscape, and featuring an excellent vocal performance. This song would be reworked by Duran Duran and included on the band’s self-titled debut release (though not on the original U.S. version). This early version of the song is quite different.

THE VIDEOS