Greetings on this Tuesday, in a new Three Tune Tuesday, meeting space, which for today corresponds to the 71st edition. This brilliant initiative has been created by the friend@ablaze, so that those who make life in the blockchain, bring those songs that we like and we consider that they are worthy of being known.
For today I also bring you another good eighties and nineties band, and I am referring to Duran Duran, a British group that, although they did not play rock, worked with different rhythms, achieving musically very interesting fusions; and although I always opted for rock, I was not closed to listening to other rhythms, all in all, the music is wide, beautiful and grandiose.
I met Duran Duran in the early eighties, thanks to the radio stations in my city and in the wars of minitecas, especially for the song Hungry Like The Wolf, and also for the beautiful Save A Prayer. I was always impressed by the versatility of this band, that they could write and perform a very energetic song, and another sublime and subtle one, in addition, their lyrics were very interesting.
The album that I bring you today is Big Thing, which was released in my country, Venezuela, in 1988. I bought this album later, in 1990 or 1991, I don't remember the exact date; and I bought it because Duran Duran is a great group, with beautiful melodies and good lyrics. Some of his songs always played on the stations, even when they had time to have been great hits, and as soon as I could, I went to my disco store and bought this acetate, which, as you can see in the photos, has a very striking cover, honoring its title, with huge letters, and very striking colors, a combination of tones and shapes that was used a lot in the late 80s and early 90s. Strangely, on its back cover, there are no names of the 12 songs that compose this LP, I seem to remember that it brought a songbook, (as almost all the acetates of the time), but the successive changes ruined it. I don't remember the exact price either, since the record was marked up, by removing the label on it, I can see that its original sale price was 140.00 Bolívares, which in 1988 was equivalent to 3.56 US dollars.
Well, in the early 90s I used to go to clubs from time to time, not much, to be honest; but whenever I went I heard something from Duran Duran, even if it was a piece of song. So when I bought this album I did it to see if the magic of their previous albums would be repeated, and although there are no fabulous songs on this one, there are some quite good ones, which I particularly liked and still like, because the melody and the lyrics are cool. It should be noted that this album was produced under license from Emi Records by Emi Rodven in Venezuela, being marketed by the entire Sonorodven chain.
Ahora vamos con mis canciones / Now let's go with my songs
¿Crees en el amor?
Aquí les dejo el video oficial, que es bastante interesante.
I start my trio of songs with the melody "Do You Believe In Shame", which corresponds to the first groove of the B side of the acetate, (in fact, I only brought songs from that side of the album). I like this song a lot, because it has a beautiful melody, really good, and it also raises questions that, although they could be simple, if you look closely, they are deep, existential; and this took on special importance for me, when I was already beginning my 20 years, because I was in a deep personal transformation, which forced me to mature very quickly, and within these aspects, obviously, there is love. Look at this question with which this song begins:
Do you believe in love?
Here I leave the official video, which is quite interesting.
The next song I bring is “Palomino”, and this time I leave you the live video. I like this song for its beautiful melody, which is reminiscent of blues, (that guitar and sax sound beautiful), and for the lyrics, which in turn remind me of a song by the great Fito Páez, the well-known Polaroid of Ordinary Madness. Both songs deal with the theme that a person can get lost in the mists of the night (so to speak), an aspect of human nature that has always intrigued me. Let's see some of his lyrics and then enjoy the live video.
Lejos de ti, lejos de aquí
Cariño, lo siento mucho
Y pronto mi barco zarpará
Tu amor es vida, porque el amor es tierra
I close my trio of songs with the beautiful melody Land, which in addition to its beautiful music, has beautiful lyrics that deserve to be known and celebrated. This song accompanied me later, at a time in my life, when I had to migrate, and whenever we migrate, even if it is within your own country, due to circumstances that you have not consciously chosen, it is a difficult process; that's why I remember it and I wanted to bring it to share it on this very special Tuesday. Here are some of his lyrics:
Away from you, away from here
Baby, I'm really sorry
To walk a howling sea lane
Este ha sido mi aporte para esta genial iniciativa del amigo
@ablaze en su edición número 71, a manera de homenaje a una banda británica, versátil y única, como es Duran Duran.
This has been my contribution to this great initiative by my friend
@ablaze in its 71st edition, as a tribute to a versatile and unique British band: Duran Duran.
Aquí puedes ver mis otras participaciones en esta iniciativa / Here you can see my others participations in this initiative
Bibliografía / Bibliography
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