What I Think: Nick Rhodes

Nick Bates (aka Nick Rhodes)

Short Bio: Nick Rhodes was born in Mosley, a suburb of Birmingham, England, son of Sylvia and Roger Bates. Rhodes began playing guitar while still in school, sharing the aspiration of becoming a lead guitarist with neighborhood friend, John Taylor. Soon after, Rhodes also began teaching himself to play keyboards on a WASP synthesizer. Rhodes left school at sixteen, his first and only occupation outside of a band being as the disc jockey for the Rum Runner dance club in Birmingham, where he and Taylor established the core that would evolve into Duran Duran.

Reference Site: www.imdb.com/name/nm0005353/bio

My Opinion (on Nick Rhodes): He plays a mean keyboard. I didn't know he worked with Kajagoogoo--who knew! :) lol His hair do!? Let's not go there. He's part of a perfect new wave group; so I got to give him props for that. :) What else? I guess his hairdo is okay, so forgive me people! I'm not that big on Nick--so don't hate me for that!

What I Think: Simon Le Bon

Simon Le Bon

Short Bio: Singer, songwriter. Born on October 27, 1958, in Bushey, England. As the lead singer of Duran Duran, Simon Le Bon became one of the leading pop icons of the 1980s. As a child, he sang in a church choir but was even more interested in acting. Le Bon started out as a model and appeared in commercials and plays, according to People magazine. After graduating high school, he spent some time in Israel, working on a kibbutz. Le Bon returned England where he studied drama at the University of Birmingham.

Reference Site: www.biography.com/articles/Simon-Le-Bon-263868

My Opinions (on Simon): Great wardrobe; in fact, I give him 8/10 Stars! I loved his outfit in the 'The Reflex' video--the black-and-white jacket is to die for. And those gloves; AWESOME!!!

His outfit on the first Duran Duran album called, 'Duran Duran' (go figure); is pretty dang cool!
It's puffy, and almost overboard--but heck, I care not! lol

Duran Duran: What got me into them!?

Well, a while back in the Summer of 2002; I first heard their music (not knowing who did the songs). I first heard, "A View to a Kill"--me, and my sisters liked it very much (I have five sisters, by-the-way). Then next, "Union of the Snake"--I recorded this song on tape. I actually heard "Come Undone" first (sometime in 1998 or '99) but it feels like I never even heard it then; though I know I did. I also heard "Girls on Film" and "The Reflex"--but not too sure in what order.

I've already mentioned about when, and why I mixed music (stated in my post 'Intro'); but not so much about what I used to do so. I had this crappy 5-Disk changer, which played music in stereo quite nicely. It played it in "Wide Stereo", as a matter of fact, but it quit working the first two weeks I've used it. I used it to record CD tracks onto tape--to produce my mixes. Hard?: Yes!
Did I enjoy it?: Yes, as well! Would I ever do it again?: No (computer software is much easier)!

I started to like Duran Duran music since June of 2003--liked them ever since! Their style of fashion, mixed with their passion for music; made me crave them even more. So, to this day, I do--and who knows, maybe beyond that!