Apparently Duran Duran are still around....

[neilrr]

......Duran Duran headline Olympics gig: this lineup could not be worse – Telegraph Blogs

Duran Duran to represent England in Olympics opening concert | Music | guardian.co.uk

They are second choice after Keith Moon couldn't make it.

It's like a script from 2012.

 

[Deleted member 37751]

Who's Duran Duran?

 

[neilrr]

Who's Duran Duran?

Exactly.

 

[Palfrem]

I wonder which LOCOG big wig was a Duran Duran fan back in the day...

 

[scottishman2]

Please please tell me no......

 

[Buster'stheboy]

Two of them were being interviewed on TV last year and they were saying how annoyed they were with people associating them with the "greed is good" culture of the 1980's and grumpily pointed out that it was nothing to do with them and they were all about the music.

Up til then I hadn't realised how far up their own @rses they were. They were a decent pop band in their day.

Seems an odd choice for this gig though. Is Shakin' Stevens playing support?

 

[Bellow]

Apparently Duran Duran are still around....

Not for very much longer if the stories from The Rum Runner are true...

 

[Dryce]

Who's Duran Duran?

Milo O'Shea

 

[Bellow]

Milo O'Shea

Handy - a doctor in the house.

 

[Palfrem]

The Rum Runner - that takes me back...

 

[trapperjohn]

Has someone got the London Olympics mixed up with The Eurovision Song Contest.

 

[developer]

Problem is Le Bon couldn't sing in the first place.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Problem is Le Bon couldn't sing in the first place.

If you were him, would you be able to concentrate on anything other than Mrs LB?

My brother-in-law kissed her at a party

 

[Dieselman]

If you were him, would you be able to concentrate on anything other than Mrs LB?

My brother-in-law kissed her at a party

Was this just a peck on the lips or are we talking tongues...

 

[grober]

Sounds as if selection might be based on Seb Coe's or David Cameron's CD collection? Since "gettin' it down with the homies" is probably not their strongest suit it might explain a singular lack of black musicians in the line up. One might venture perhaps a trifle unrepresentative considering many of Britain's Olympic hopes may also be black? I hope Paolo Nutini all wear kilts.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Was this just a peck on the lips or are we talking tongues...

It was one of those mwah mwah darling kisses, I think, or at least that's what I tell myself, when I think it should have been me