Arcadia “Goodbye Is Forever” 1986, 45 rpm. B-Side “Missing.” From their only LP “So Red the Rose.” Arcadia was, of course, the side project of Duran Duran members Simon LeBon, Nick Rhodes and Roger Taylor, all with dyed black hair. I’m quite sure I picked up this 45 around its release in January ‘86 as I was still at that point in the throes of my DD2 obsession.

“Goodbye Is Forever” reached #33 on the US charts and is a really great, catchy pop song with an elaborate and surreal video (what else?!), but sadly is not available for viewing on YouTube, though a short for the making of the video is. Interestingly, they also made a video for the B-Side “Missing,” a haunting, sparse and melancholy song, which Simon’s unique vocal style perfected.