Duran Duran concert review
So last night a friend of mine and I went to see the Duran Duran concert. They mixed a large number of their songs from 'All You Need is Now' with a lot of their hits from the past. The audience, from what of it I was able to see, was made mostly of people who were teenage fans of theirs in the 80's, like me. That was fine with me.
The audience seemed to like their 80's hits better than their latest album as the cheers for their hit songs were loud and sustained. I, however, really enjoyed hearing their new songs as this is the reason I wanted to go to the concert. While they left the stage to wait to be called back for an encore, the crowd started to chant a chant that gets sung at Canadiens games, and then when they came back, we continued, and the drummer started playing a rhythm to match the chant. Duran was enthralled by this and Simon paid a compliment to us.
I often wonder what life must be like for successful bands such as these - the night before they were in Windsor, Ontario, then they played here, and then a night off, and then at the MSG in NYC, and then a night off, and then in Toronto, Boston and Atlantic city, three nights in a row. How do they keep their energy up doing show after show like that? How exhausting is it to be travelling so much? They were on stage last night from about 20:30 until about 22:30, and that must be fairly typical for them.
Anyhow, it is the first concert I had gone to in a very long time, and I probably won't be going to another one any time soon.
5 comments:
i was never a fan of theirs but i do remember some of their bigger hits.
If they are on stage for 2 hours that leaves 22 hours of doing....what exactly?
I feel like music completely passed me by in the 80's. I was too busy raising 2 very small people to be bothered taking notice of the noise coming out of the radio. Teeny Tiny came along in '92 so I missed out on music in the 90's as well. I swear I only started listening to Nirvana early 2000's
Hmm..
When I think about it, two hours on stage, one hour dress rehearsal/sound check (every venue is different), three meals a day (three hours), eight hours of sleep, that leaves 9 hours for possibly :
1 - visits to several radio stations
2 - press junket
3 - photo shoot
4 - visits to hospitals/charity
5 - VIP responsibilities (often radio stations in each city will offer a prize to spend time with the band - so I figure that might be 15/30 minutes or so to be somewhere)
6 - spending time with loved ones on video chat
7 - working on new songs
or - and I'm often wrong - it's just 22 straight hours of drug-fuelled craziness.
I think the younger stars who go quickly into major success are the most likely to get into the drug-fueled craziness. I could be wrong, but I think Duran Duran is too old.
I never miss They Might Be Giants in concert. So much energy, and they seem to be having a good time.
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