Duran Duran - Last Chance On The Stairway (Manchester Square Demo)

[neonjunglejumper]

love the " in ya face " bass !!!

[jcravens073]

Thanks so much for posting! As a Duranie since 1982 this song brings back SO MANY wonderful memories! 'Too Bad You're So Beautiful' is the first song since this era that evokes those same feelings of youth and summer! So happy Duran Duran are still making gorgeous music!

[jansongs]

Synth string sound and JT`s bass are sheer perfection. Memories of summer 1982, teenage dreaming of girls and romantic scenarios in the English and Welsh countryside, sunbathing to get a tan like Le Bon, light electric blue suit like N. Rhodes, reading Stephen King short stories ("Nightshift"- OK, its an odd juxtaposition but some of the stories seemed to fit the songs on "Rio"!)

So glad now that I lived in that time as a 15 year old, not in the postmodern world as someone else here wrote.

[Simon4642]

i have so much of there albums..not bootlegs..45s picture discs..stuff from japan....never will it leave me..i just..had so much..and still do.fun..i cant be sure but..they have..one hell of a catalouge..

[motleyflush]

Back in the 80's Bands put out an album with 12 to 14 songs and they were all really good, today it's the land of the singles !!!!! Please beam me back Scotty !!!

[mcorioles]

this bass track is right up there with RIO,awesome use of syncapation and ghost notes

[BarrySlisk]

Not even Duran Duran makes music like this anymore. Perfection!

[frantomo]

@BarrySlisk they do now.. with Marc Ronson:) Just listen to some new stuff from All you need is now CD - especially Runaway runaway (in my opinion they run from the stairway - if you know what I mean:), Girl Panic, Being Followed, The man who stole the leaoppard and many more.. brilliant!!

[kirchart2]

Ye gads man, this is an intense demo

[amm1t5]

This is probably the best album ever to come out in the early 80's. All the songs are great. I was 20 .

[frantomo]

@amm1t5 I was 14:) and was just gone after hearing the then-b side of the album... just blown away.. those were the times... I miss so much such a thrill in today's music!

[Noodles37UK]

Even the rain couldn't stop me enjoying Is There Something I Should Know when it was on TV. They did happy songs.

[parisfemme]

This version really brings out Andy's electric guitar riff. What a serene version. Makes me want to spend a day at the beach or on a boat. Wonder whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy­yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy oooooooooooooooooooooooooh that makes me ride so high!

[parisfemme]

This version really brings out Andy's electric guitar riff. What a serene version. Makes me want to spend a day at the beach or on a boat. Wonder whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy­yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy oooooooooooooooooooooooooh that makes me ride so high!

[roxette2]

this takes me back......god i can't wait to see them at the 02 in may,have waited 30 years now

[rikyization]

grzegorzpiasecznyn thanks for the comment.i listened to duran duran since 1978 and the music has inspired me. try TEL AVIV (AIR STUDIO VERSION) the Guitar in the second half takes you to another place.

[grzegorzpiaseczny]

@rikyization I will check :) By the way, I envy people who was adults and teenagers durring the 80's.Now it is different I guess it's because we all live in postmodernism :)

[rikyization]

makes the mind dance like your lost in time

[grzegorzpiaseczny]

@rikyization that's the best coment about song i ever red!

[emeraldstream]

@rikyization gem of a dd song

[rikyization]

@emeraldstream "Hold back the rain" another gem

[MrTHE1GAME]

ok i loved you along time ago

[mravka9]

This version is the BOMB.

The best part is the refrain that fades out over the last minute or so, I could loop just that all day long. Pure heaven.

[luesindy1]

love this version of this song

[TheBleech]

Great post, much missed version...thx

[spanglyfido]

Still remember me, I love the bass.

[TheBleech]

@spanglyfido They were all very accomplished musician's...that's why the end product sound's soooo good :)

[extrafido]

They had style, one of the first albums I owned.

[neonjunglejumper]

great demo versions, awesome bass ! :)

[ralcock]

geez.. they even sound awesome on a demo

[IVANPLLIMAPOARSBRA]

OMG!!! This is one of my favs songs of "Rio"... and in demo version... Fantastic!

TOTAL Acustic...

Thanks fo post, soundping!

Greetings from Brazil!!!

[kocabko]

great!!

[ultrachrome13]

Dance with me.

Thanks....and i have this also.

[ALAN32138]

good to hear something in its raw form , then you know where your fav bit of the track has progressed,,,,mine is the synth then bass guitar

[neonjunglejumper]

@ALAN32138 i agree this is great in its raw form i like it, great bass.