Duran Duran Special TOTP2

Greetings Duranies! Time to travel to those New Romantic times now

with Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes and the Taylor gang,

Andy, John and Roger.

Girl On Film up first with Simon sporting the design classic

crop-safari suit look.

Blimey, Simon! Calm down!

Too many sweets and fizzy drinks, I expect.

Oh, and Nick, you're supposed to play the keyboard, not just hit it.

# Then walk right out to the four line track

# There's a camera rolling on her back

# On her back

# And I sense the rhythm humming in a frenzy all the way down her spine

# Girls on film

# Girls on film

# Girls on film

# Girls on film

# Lipstick cherry all over the lens as she's falling

# In miles of sharp blue water coming in where she lies

# The diving man's coming up for air

# Cos the crowd all love pulling dolly by the hair

# By the hair

# And she wonders how she ever got here as she goes under again

# Girls on film, two minutes later

# Girls on film

# Girls on film, got your picture

# Girls on film

# Wider baby smiling you just made a million

# Fuses pumping live heat twisting out on a wire

# Take one last glimpse into the night

# I'm touching close I'm holding bright

# Holding tight

# Give me shudders in a whisper take me up till I'm shooting a star

# Girls on film, she's more than a lady

# Girls on film

# Girls on film, two minutes later

# Girls on film

# Girls on film, see you together

# Girls on film...#

Now, then. I don't know what these uniforms are about.

Perhaps they're army surplus from a Spanish bullfighting regiment!

Nick's carefully placed a flower on the keyboards.

You're fooling no-one. I can still see you're not doing anything much.

Thankfully, the genii of the design department got the tin foil out

to lend some much needed sparkle to the set.

# I'm never bothered what you say

# Someone's kid just lives for today

# It ain't your problem anyway

# Cos I've got my own way

# I can find my own way

# Cos I've got my own way

# Hey, yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah

# Cos I've got my own way

# I can find my own way

# Cos I've got my own way

# A public figure, what a pain

# Just puts another rattle in your brain

# Take another green but it's not the same

# So now you're on the sand lane every day

# Dancing with the bulls in any old way

# Running like a fox to keep up with me

# Cos I've got my own way

# I can find my own way

# Cos I've got my own way

# Hey, yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah

# Cos I've got my own way

# I can find my own way

# Cos I've got my own way

# Hey, yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah

# Cos I've got my own way

# I can find my own way

# Cos I've got my own way

# Hey, yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah

# Cos I've got my own way

# I can find my own way

# Cos I've got my own way

# Hey, yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah...#

SCREAMS AND APPLAUSE

Moving on to 1982 now

and I promise you, those jackets were supposed to fit like that.

Poor old Andy was so late

to the Closing Down, Everything-Must-Go shoe sale,

everything had gone and he had to do Top of the Pops barefoot.

On a positive note, hurrah, Nick finally plays with both hands!

# Woman you want me give me a sign

# And catch my breathing even closer behind

# Doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo

# In touch with the ground

# I'm on the hunt, I'm after you

# Smell like I sound

# I'm lost in a crowd

# And I'm hungry like the wolf

# Straddle the line in discord and rhyme

# I'm on the hunt, I'm after you

# Mouth is alive with juices like wine

# And I'm hungry like the wolf

# Stalked in the forest too close to hide

# I'll be upon you by the moonlight side

# Doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo

# High blood drumming on your skin it's so tight

# You feel my heat I'm just a moment behind

# Doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo

# In touch with the ground

# I'm on the hunt, I'm after you

# Scent and a sound

# I'm lost and I'm found

# And I'm hungry like the wolf

# Strut on a line it's discord and rhyme

# I howl and I whine I'm after you

# Mouth is alive, all running inside

# And I'm hungry like the wolf

# Hungry like the wolf

# Hungry like the wolf

# Hungry like the wolf

# Burning the ground, I break from the crowd

# I'm on the hunt I'm after you

# I smell like I sound

# I'm lost and I'm found

# And I'm hungry like the wolf

# Straddle the line #

Next, it's Rio. I used to like the video of them on a boating holiday in inadequate clothing.

But here they are, in a dimly-lit BBC community centre,

running off the back-up generator, after the director general forgot to pay the electricity bill.

# Moving on the floor, now, babe

# You're a bird of paradise

# Cherry ice-cream smile I suppose it's very nice

# With a step to the left and a flick to the right

# You catch the mirror way out west

# You know you're something special and you look like you're the best

# Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand

# Just like that river twisting through that dusty land

# And when she shines she really shows you all she can

# Oh Rio, Rio dance across the Rio Grande

# I've seen you on the beach and I've seen you on TV

# Two of a billion stars

# It means so much to me like a birthday or a pretty view

# But then I'm sure that you know it's just for you

# Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand

# Just like that river twisting through that dusty land

# And when she shines she really shows you all she can

# Oh Rio, Rio dance across the Rio Grande #

SYNTH, DRUMS AND BASS

LAUGHTER AND BIRDSONG

CHEERING

SAXOPHONE

# Hey now, wow, look at that did they really run you down

# At the end of the drive the lawmen arrive

# You make me feel alive, alive, alive

# I'll take my chance 'cause luck is on my side

# I tell you something I know what you're thinking

# I tell you something I know what you're thinking

# Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand

# Just like that river twists across that dusty land

# And when she shines she really shows you all she can

# Oh Rio, Rio dance across the Rio Grande

# Her name is Rio she don't need to understand

# I might find her if I'm looking like I can

# Oh Rio, Rio hear them shout across the land #

Terrific bass line from John Taylor on that one.

Did Simon look like he was going through a 'Bay City Roller' phase?

This is a TOTP2 Duran Duran special.

Here, we catch Le Bon performing en route to a job interview.

He didn't get it, sadly, and has had to stay with Duran to this day.

Still, with all those years of service, he must be on a pretty good pension.

# I made a break I run out yesterday

# Tried to find my mountain hideaway

# Maybe next year maybe no go

# I know you're watching me every minute of the day

# I've seen the signs and the looks and the pictures

# They give your game away, yeah

# There's a dream that strings the road

# With broken glass for us to hold

# And I cut so far before I had to say

# Please, please tell me now

# Is there something I should know

# Is there something I should say

# That'll make you come my way

# Do you feel the same cos you don't let it show

# Ooh, ooh

# People stare and cross the road from me

# Jungle drums, they clear the way for me

# Can you read my mind can you see in the snow

# Fiery demons will dance when you walk through that door

# Don't say you're easy on me

# You're about as easy as a nuclear war

# There's a dream that strings the road

# With broken glass for us to hold

# And I cut so far before I have to say

# Please, please tell me now

# Is there something I should know

# Is there something I should say

# That'll make you come my way

# Do you feel the same 'cause you don't let it show

HARMONICA

Is he really playing the harmonica there, or just blowing into his cupped hands?

Now then, The Reflex is next.

Featuring Andy Taylor sporting the worst mullet you will ever see.

At least, until we get to the next song.

# You've gone too far this time

# But I'm dancing on the Valentine

# I tell you somebody's fooling around

# With my chances on the danger line

# I'll cross that bridge when I find it

# Another day to make my stand, o-oh

# High time is no time for deciding if I should find a helping hand

# O-oh

# Why don't you use it try not to bruise it

# Buy time don't lose it

# Why don't you use it

# Try not to bruise it

# Buy time don't lose it

# The Reflex is an only child

# He's waiting by the park

# The Reflex is in charge of finding treasure in the dark

# And watching over lucky clover isn't that bizarre

# Every little thing The Reflex does

# Leaves you answered with a question mark

GUITAR

# I'm on a ride and I want to get off

# But they won't slow down the roundabout

# I sold the Renoir and the TV set

# Don't want to be around when this gets out

# Why don't you use it

# Try not to bruise it

# Buy time don't lose it

# Why-y-y-y-y, wha-wha, why-y-ya

# Why-y-y-y-y, wha-wha, why-y-ya

# Why-y-y-y-ya, don't you use it

# The Reflex is a lonely child

# He's waiting in the park

# The Reflex is in charge of finding treasure in the dark

# Watching over lucky clover isn't that bizarre

# Every little thing The Reflex does

# Gives an answer with a question mark

DRUM AND SYNTH

COWBELL AND SYNTH

# So why-y-y-y-ya don't you use it

# Try-y-y-y-ya not to bruise it

# Buy-y-y-y-y time don't lose it

# The Reflex is an only child

# He's waiting by the park

# The Reflex is in charge of finding treasure in the dark

# Watching over lucky clover isn't that bizarre

# Every little thing The Reflex does #

OK, not far to go, now. I always felt sorry for Simon on this track,

it's not in a comfortable key for him, is it?

Lucky he didn't give himself an embolism.

Nick Rhodes has brought a TV with him, in case he gets bored.

And surely that drum kit consists of Tupperware drinks containers?

REVERB: BOYS!

# The wild boys are calling

# On their way back from the fire

# In August moon surrender to a dust cloud on the rise

# Wild boys falling far from glory

# Reckless and so hungered

# On the razor's edge you trail

# Because there's murder by the roadside

# In a sore, afraid new world

# They tried to break us

# Looks like they'll try again

-# Wild boys

-# Wild boys

# Never losing wild boys

-# Wild boys

-# Never chose this way

-# Wild boys never close your eyes

-# Wi-wild boys

# Wild boys always

# Shine

DRUMMING

# You've got sirens for a welcome

# There's bloodstain for your pain

# And your telephone been ringing while your dancing in the rain

# Wild boys wonder where is glory

# Where is all you angels

# Now the figureheads are fell

# Lovers war with arrows over secrets they could tell

# They tried to tame you

# Looks like they'll try again

-# Wild boys never lose it

-# Wild boys

-# Wild boys never chose this way

-# Wild boys

-# Wild boys never close your eyes

-# Wild boys

# Wild boys always shine

KEYBOARD AND DRUMS

# Wild boys, wild boys, wild boys

# Wild boys, wild boys, wild boys

# Wild boys never lose it

-# Wild boys never chose this way

-# Wild boys

# Wild boys never close your eyes #

APPLAUSE

Moving on to '86, and Duran, the next generation.

Roger and Andy have gone, although, Andy has kindly left his hat for John to wear.

I must apologise, here. Somebody has been doodling on the ceiling with a magic marker.

There was no time to clean it up before filming. Sorry, lads.

# I can't read about it

# Burns the skin from your eyes

# I'll do fine without it

# Here's one you don't compromise

# Lies come hard in disguise

# Need to fight it out not wild about it

# Lay your seedy judgements

# Who says they're part of our lives

# You own the money you control the witness

# I'll leave you lonely don't monkey with my business

# You pay the profits to justify your reasons

# I heard your promise but I don't believe it

# That's why I've done it again

# No-no, notorious

# Girls will keep the secrets

# So long as boys make a noise

# Fools run rings to break up

# Something they'll never destroy

# Grand notorious slam, BAM

# And who really gives a damn for a flaky bandit

# Don't ask me to bleed about it

# I need this blood to survive

# You own the money you control the witness

# I'll leave you lonely don't monkey with my business

# You pay the profits to justify your reasons

# I heard your promise but I don't believe it

# That's why I did it again

# Notorious

# Notorious

# You own the money you control the witness

# I'll leave you lonely don't monkey with my business

# You pay the profits to justify your reasons

# I heard your promise but I don't believe it

# You own the money you control the witness

# I'll leave you lonely don't monkey with my business

# You pay the profits to justify your reasons

# I heard your promise but I don't believe it

-# That's why I did it again

-# No

# No-no

-# That's why I did it again

-# No-notorious

-# Yeah, that's why I did it again

-# No-no-notorious

KEYBOARD

# Ye-eah that's why I did it again #

Notorious, rounding off this Duran Duran special.

God bless 'em, and all who still sail in 'em.

See you next time on Top of the Pops 2.

Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd.