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Taylor walks back to his dressing room, emerges in a bright yellow shirt with plaid golf pants encasing his endless string-bean legs and heads for his limousine.ĭuran Duran members are not exactly hurting for cash - they still live in relative style in London (except Mr. "Bravo!" In what seems like 15 seconds, the shoot is a wrap. Taylor says sullenly with a shrug, not unlike a fifth-grade boy who is modeling school clothes for his mother at J. "Do you like the clothes?" he asks, as he begins to snap away. Patrick Demarchelier, the French fashion photographer, lifts himself from a chair and approaches the camera. Nearby, a model in a bra and jeans gets her hair snipped while chatting about her gardening techniques.

(He is still good looking.) He is dressed in a long coat and a winter scarf, his bangs falling into his face, and he appears embarrassed. That would be John Taylor, 34, the group's bassist and heartthrob, for whom teen-age girls were once known to fall down and weep. Garcia realizes that a reporter from a publication other than his own is furiously taking notes on these scoop-ettes and asks her to leave.Ī short limousine ride away is the "cute one" of the group, who is shooting an advertisement for Saks. Garcia just played is not among his favorites. LeBon discloses that he watches only the Discovery Channel, that he loves Island Sunset tea, that the INXS song that Mr. "I've got three kids, and those are mouths to feed," he said, giving the fib to the notion that Duran Duran is a walking symbol of protracted adolescence.

They chat about why the band keeps going. How long will it take? It will depend on how much musical critique Mr. LeBon will react to the songs, and then they will take a silly picture together. That's why Simon LeBon stretches out on a couch, sunglasses on, in a hallway at Vibe, the hip-hop magazine.Īfter some minutes, Bobbito Garcia, a columnist for the magazine, calls him into an office and describes the format for their interview. Life is hard for those who want to keep the flame burning. People want to remember icons from their youth with the moussed hair and flamboyant costumes, not pushing 40 and hauling three children around. And it has become socially acceptable to admit that you skipped a chemistry exam a decade ago to get tickets for Depeche Mode.īut none of this means that 80's band members are welcome sights, perhaps because their appeal is largely built on nostalgia.

Gay discos around the nation pulsate with their electronic beats every weekend. Radio stations have devoted themselves to musicians from that era like Duran Duran, INXS and Cyndi Lauper. He later moved on to direct films including 1986's cult favorite Highlander and others in later decades.In one sense, bands from the 80's, made and played for the masses on MTV, could not be hotter. Mulcahy was recognized for his incredible work when he received the Video Vanguard Award at the 1985 MTV Video Music Awards. He became one of the most prolific music video directors of the decade also creating The Motels "Only the Lonely", Billy Joel "Allentown", Spandau Ballet "True", Elton John "I'm Still Standing", Elton John "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues", Bonnie Tyler "Total Eclipse of the Heart", Billy Joel "A Matter of Trust", Kenny Loggins "Meet Me Halfway", Def Leppard "Pour Some Sugar on Me" and Billy Joel "We Didn't Start the Fire" in addition to dozens of others. For Duran Duran, Mulcahy also directed videos for "Rio", "Is There Something I Should Know?", "The Reflex" and "The Wild Boys" among others. Previous to this, as the artform was evolving into mainstream popularity, Mulcahy had directed other music videos including The Buggles "Video Killed the Radio Star", The Vapors "Turning Japanese", Rod Stewart "Young Turks" and Kim Carnes "Bette Davis Eyes" among many others. Director Russell Mulcahy, who had directed the band's first video "Planet Earth," was brought back to make the music video for "Hungry Like the Wolf" and would direct many of Duran Duran's music videos in the decade.