duran duran - planet earth

║▀▄ ► Recorded Red Bus Studios, London December 1980, writer Duran Duran & producer Colin Thurston"Planet Earth" is the debut single by the pop/rock band Duran Duran, released on 2 February 1981. The song later appeared on the band's eponymous debut album Duran Duran, released in June, 1981.The music video for the song was directed by future film director Russell Mulcahy, who would go on to direct a dozen more for the group.Fairly primitive by the band's later standards, the video features the band (dressed in frilly, floppy New Romantic fashions) playing the song on a white stage tricked out with special effects to look like a platform made of ice or crystal. Interspersed with the performance are shots of the band members alongside the four elements. The video focused closely on the band's faces. The instrumental middle section features friends of the band from the Rum Runner nightclub dancing in their outlandish outfits. At the end of the video, singer Simon Le Bon leaps from the stage, caught in a freeze frame shot above an apparently bottomless abyss.____________"Planet Earth" begins with a slow synthesised sweep backed with electronic rhythm, but the real rhythm section of throbbing bass and crisp drums soon kick in. Muted guitar carries the up-and-down melodic hook of the song as the singer joins in.The song was the first to explicitly acknowledge the fledgling New Romantic fashion movement, with the line "Like some New Romantic looking for the TV sound".

Channel: Music
Uploaded: December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm
Author: velvettapeoficial

Length: 03:45
Rating: 4.85
Views: 1004209

Tags: 1980 colin duran earth london mulcahy planet pop rock russell thurston

Video Comments

Isochest (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

That's all gone now: Satanised Cover versions of old crap from Simon Cowell Inc. is all it's at now. I'm glad I don't watch the telly now as I'd throw it out of the window. The shite of the times from Grate Britain: Never Mind.

mainface (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

personaly i dont think simon had the greatest voice, but to compare it to jon bon jovi is just fucking insane, like comparing pavarotti to chuck d

frankyputube (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

I agree but now we old timers can use this new technology and enjoy those good old days on YouTube. hey and the kids now can enjoy what we had. Its Great.

0ActionMonkey0 (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

The Eightys was a true gem,i think it shameful that during that time all we had was less than half an hour of Top Of The Pops per week,yet the uk produced some of the finest pop bands ever,video's were not cheap&getting pop video's were a luxurie,i remember seeing Italian t.v.& friends would huddle round to watch pop vids,which were played somtimes for many hours,while here all we had was three/four channels,how thing's have changed!

OriginalityImpaired (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

lol, no need to be snotty i was just making a point

inusgf13 (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

whatever

OriginalityImpaired (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

lol....have u even heard of Justin Hawkins, he sings in falsetto 95% of the time...i wouldnt call that deep or husky, Shadows and Draiman dont either, they dont sing in a deep or low octave, both their voices r clear as well, except when Draiman does his signature...i dont even kno wat to call it, xD

vifa1234 (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

duran duran will go down as the best band of all time befor long 100 million sales so far

inusgf13 (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

All those singers voices are deeper and more huscky than a lot of people, except for Ozzy.

OriginalityImpaired (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

lol, his voice isnt either, altho hes a great singer, im talking Ozzy Osbourne, David Draiman (Disturbed), Matt Shadows (Avenged Sevenfold), Justin Hawkins (The Darkness, Hotleg), they were born with unique vocal ranges and abilities,

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