careless memories Archives - Vinyl From The Vault https://vinylfromthevault.com/tag/careless-memories/ Wed, 24 Nov 2021 19:09:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 198238920 Duran Duran “Hungry Like the Wolf (night version)” https://vinylfromthevault.com/duran-duran-hungry-like-the-wolf-night-version/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=duran-duran-hungry-like-the-wolf-night-version Thu, 27 Oct 2016 18:40:06 +0000 http://box2101.temp.domains/~vinylfro/?p=3122 Duran Duran “Hungry Like the Wolf (night version)” 1982. 12″ single b/w “Careless Memories” (live version from the Hammerstein Odean, ‘81). Today, October 27th, is Simon LeBon’s birthday (b. 1958) but it’s also almost Halloween. D2 does not have many songs that are scary, creepy or goth so a song with a wolf will have to not-so-neatly [...]

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]]> Duran Duran “Hungry Like the Wolf (night version)” 1982. 12″ single b/w “Careless Memories” (live version from the Hammerstein Odean, ‘81). Today, October 27th, is Simon LeBon’s birthday (b. 1958) but it’s also almost Halloween. D2 does not have many songs that are scary, creepy or goth so a song with a wolf will have to not-so-neatly fit the week’s theme.

A cursory glance back through the history of this blog demonstrates my former obsession with all things Duran, most especially Simon, so I’ll leave it here with this gorgeous picture of him circa Seven and the Ragged Tiger (the photo is of a portion of a poster that accompanied the 7″ single “The Reflex”).

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]]> 3122 Duran Duran “Is There Something I Should Know?” https://vinylfromthevault.com/duran-duran-is-there-something-i-should-know-3-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=duran-duran-is-there-something-i-should-know-3-2 Tue, 06 Sep 2016 19:46:53 +0000 http://box2101.temp.domains/~vinylfro/?p=3218 Duran Duran “Is There Something I Should Know?” 1983, b/w “Careless Memories.” It’s the first day of school for our young Vault member and I don’t have a lot of back-to-school music (who does?), so a hit single with lyrics questing for knowledge will have to fill the need. (Granted, the song was not referring to a [...]

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]]> Duran Duran “Is There Something I Should Know?” 1983, b/w “Careless Memories.” It’s the first day of school for our young Vault member and I don’t have a lot of back-to-school music (who does?), so a hit single with lyrics questing for knowledge will have to fill the need. (Granted, the song was not referring to a 6th grader’s desire to learn history, science and math but rather “the typically artsy Duran Duran lyrics deal with a difficult romantic relationship in rather obtuse terms, including such odd turns of phrase as “and fiery demons all dance when you walk through that door/Don’t say your easy on me ‘cause you’re about as easy as a nuclear war.” – Allmusic) (though I would argue that my kid walking through the door does often recall fiery demons AND a nuclear war)

“Is There Something I Should Know?” is D2′s 8th single, released as a stand-alone and then included on the US re-release of their debut Duran Duran album. The single debuted at #1 in the UK and reached #4 in the US in 1983. In the UK the 7″ single has the instrumental “Faith in This Colour.”

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