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All You Need Is . . . No
Dec. 21st, 2010 12:00 pmSo, Duran Duran's latest album, All You Need is Now is out on iTunes today.
Downloaded it. (Still have some $ leftover from an iTunes gift card.) Listened to it while working on titles.
It has completely failed to make an impression on me. I remain baffled at the people who are saying this is the best thing they've done since Rio.
They lost Warren; I lost interest. That's what it seems to come down to. Every album they've done since they kicked Warren out to let the Taylors back in has been entirely too bland for me.
But, hey, it's not my career, not my art, not my problem. It's not their job to please me. I'm not a Duranie any more, so my ego isn't hooked to their success or failure. I wish them well, honestly, but I don't see how anybody who isn't already a die-hard fan is going to give a shit about this. But maybe that doesn't matter--they seem to have gotten the hang of this social media thing and if they can maintain their tribe they should keep themselves comfortable for a long time to come.
Today I took pleasure in catching a glimpse of the start of the lunar eclipse. (Went to bed afterwards and dreamed of the full eclipse, which was quite spectacular in the dream.)
Today I learned what the new Duran Duran album sounds like.
Downloaded it. (Still have some $ leftover from an iTunes gift card.) Listened to it while working on titles.
It has completely failed to make an impression on me. I remain baffled at the people who are saying this is the best thing they've done since Rio.
They lost Warren; I lost interest. That's what it seems to come down to. Every album they've done since they kicked Warren out to let the Taylors back in has been entirely too bland for me.
But, hey, it's not my career, not my art, not my problem. It's not their job to please me. I'm not a Duranie any more, so my ego isn't hooked to their success or failure. I wish them well, honestly, but I don't see how anybody who isn't already a die-hard fan is going to give a shit about this. But maybe that doesn't matter--they seem to have gotten the hang of this social media thing and if they can maintain their tribe they should keep themselves comfortable for a long time to come.
Today I took pleasure in catching a glimpse of the start of the lunar eclipse. (Went to bed afterwards and dreamed of the full eclipse, which was quite spectacular in the dream.)
Today I learned what the new Duran Duran album sounds like.
