Duran Duran - Planet Earth (Manchester Square Demo)

[miraeja]

wow just wow! WOW

[gummiman01]

the 80's was really experiemental and artistic. i loved that about that decade. hopefully we come back to that, but i don't think so. there's too much shit to worry about now that isn't going to go away. we were blissfully unaware ck then

[42bluey]

*OMG* like WOW this is unreal talk about sounding different

[CrypticoJak]

Wow, what happened to musician's voices? Simon's voice sounds almost like the studio album recording. Unbelievable!!!

I don't think artists need to have a good voice anymore. They'll just alter it with technology. And that's unfortunate.

This sounds like no alteration was done. Good stuff! Great song, great voice!

[vmanoover]

@CrypticoJak I agree, you don't need talent to be successful nowadays. Just a big wallet.

[grandabell]

@CrypticoJak I agree with you 100%. The huge difference between a great band like Duran Duran and the majority of todays "artists" - though, not all - is that Duran could sing, play their instruments, write their own music AND do it live. Today we mostly get pretty faces lip-synching to a tuneless row, surrounded by dancers to distract you from how weak the artist is and not a great deal more...

[GizziesGirl2]

You know Simon looks kind of like some sort of live action anime character in this. :) Cool vid.

[22ndWave]

1:06 -- Best new romantic ever?

[Redflashx]

0 People thought this song sucked. :]

[metropolys22]

Thanks for posting. Didn't know about this version & video till watching it this evening!

80's are missing so much and almost this kind of music!

Used to play this title on French FM radio in the early 80's... Parent now and usually play it, my children "adore" as they say!

Many thanks from FRANCE!

[Shapersofthe80s]

This is a priceless glimpse of DD’s first gig, filmed in summer 1980 at the Rum Runner, the Birmingham nightclub where they worked, with the final line-up that signed to EMI later that year. (The original live soundtrack has been lost.) The dancers are the local New Romantics and that has to be Gay John at 3:12 in drag, natch. At 3:30 we glimpse him dancing in the official promo video when PE was released in1981.

[vmanoover]

@Shapersofthe80s lol as cool as it would be, that isn't John dancing in the background of the original music video. The 2 dancers were just friends of the band, Simon confirmed this in an interview which is floating around YouTube somewhere.And i don't think John was into cross dressing and let alone being gay.

[Shapersofthe80s]

@vmanoover - Sorry V, if you thought I was referring to John Taylor! Not at all. Gay John was one of the stars of the Birmingham scene in the 80s, noted for both his drag and his dance moves, at the Rum Runner and beyond

[Shapersofthe80s]

@vmanoover -- No of course the dancing John isn’t John Taylor! Gay John was one of the regulars at the Rum Runner who were followers of the designers Kahn & Bell. Along with Mulligan of the band Fashion, Whiskers, Patrick, Slag Sue and Martin Degville, they formed the core of Duran’s immediate circle.

[Talkingforfree]

@vmanoover

He wasn't referring to John Taylor. There was a guy on the Birmingham scene at the time who was known as "Gay John".

[mattyg3838]

Wow, looks like Gwen Stefani at 3:46!!

I know she was 5 years old tops when the Planet Earth video came out.

My favorites are the 3 clowns dancing around!!!

[Chyna10276524t]

this is sensational! love. love. love!

[Whitelight786]

Love the intro.

[Whitelight786]

Thanks for posting, always liked their early work best, and wondered what the demos sounded like, this is not that far off the released single , unlike the GOF demo

Think Colin Thurston did a good job of making Duran sound polished

[Whitelight786]

Thanks for posting, always liked their early work best, and wondered what the demos sounded like, this is not that far off the released single , unlike the GOF demo

[FidelCastro128]

16mm Color MOS Post Sync for remastered dvd video.

[JeremyThirlby]

Most of this lot were drafted in actors. The Rum Runner had its fair share of out of the ordinary folks but most regulars were excluded from this polished up presentation. I was there around this time and it is The Rum Runner- why this is called Manchester sq demo ??

[vmanoover]

@JeremyThirlby Because the Audio is taken from the ''Manchester Square Demo'' from the new remastered debut Duran Duran album (Which i mentioned in the info tab). The video was featured on the ''Greatest'' DVD, but because the demo has new lyrics and is longer i had to muck around with the footage (loop/repeat things and add the planet earth music video). Took me a while to get the lip sync right.

[TheDeepBlueWater]

From the ashes of new romance the goth and industrial movements were born. Strange that there is so much prejudice and hate against these movements from the very same generation who were part of it.

Epic song, epic times.

[newfuckingwave]

this version is probably the best representation of their 'club sound'

[balinesa]

D-I-V-I-N-E

[lparaujo2003]

BON SIMON LE BON!!!

[marquisDesign]

You're welcome Lady Gaga.

[Lamia7609]

@marquisDesign awesome comment. :)

[davidxrodriguez]

Excellent song and excellent video..

[shinysynthcity]

Wow. Wish i'd been there! :')

[FreeLandS8K]

Does Andy Have a Afro In this ?

[vmanoover]

@FreeLandS8K I guess you can call it that lol

[FreeLandS8K]

@vmanoover i know andy has a mullet but it looks like a afro

[darkvaper2010]

This is the must see for every Duran Duran fan!!!!!!

[Blissbomb2]

kids, if you were wondering how your parents spent their youth check this out. They were freakier than you are lol.

[IIIIdepechemodeIIII]

very early duran. one of their first shows, i think...because simon and andy both have perms lol along with a mini-samuri ponytail for the lead singer. he actually sounds decent 'live' , here in this version.

[vmanoover]

@IIIIdepechemodeIIII I'm not sure when this video was recorded, but i'm guessing it would have been fairly early in their career, due to the fact they're playing in the Rum Runner. But this audio was recorded late 1980 (likely after the video). I just dubbed the audio over the video and repeated small parts of it to match the video. But the audio was probably pretty similar to the way they performed it back then.

[stevekuzmyak]

Their best

[GeorgeJuisce]

Thanks for adding. I like the raw honesty in this.

[TheNouveauxdecadence]

Oh WOW, I am DYING over this. This is just mind blowing.

I am getting my Duran Duran: 2cd: Includes Dvd in the next few days in the mail.

Simon sounds a lot more deeper in this, the synths in this are SO much more dynamic than the released version!

[vmanoover]

@TheNouveauxdecadence The 2cd+dvd album is divine.

It's truly a collectors item. It comes with an awesome new romantic poster, postcard sized photos of the band members and the dvd has some awesome archive stuff along with a digital menu based on their debut designs.

Check out some of the other demos on the 2nd disc. They're a bit raw but they're not as different as the ones i posted, except Tel Aviv, which was already uploaded so i didn't bother.

Enjoy!