Artist: Duran Duran
Video: From DailyMotion.
We have already seen Duran Duran broken down into its component parts. Now, we get to see the total package.
"A View To A Kill" was recorded in London with a 60-piece orchestra. The song peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time as the band’s performance at Live Aid. It was the last single recorded by the original Duran Duran lineup until their reunion over fifteen years later.
Minus lead guitarist Andy Taylor, the original group is still together today. Later this month, they will perform at the London Summer Olympics opening ceremony.
Of course, “A View To A Kill” is also featured in a James Bond movie of the same name. It remains the only James Bond theme song to reach #1. I’m not personally a fan of spy movies.
If I were a James Bond fan, I might think this was one of the greatest videos of all time. The band members cavort through Paris as spies and assassins, taking part in all sorts of crazy schemes. Simon Le Bon has a great spoof on Bond’s signature introduction at the end of the video – “Bon, Simon Le Bon” – just before he accidentally sets off an explosion at the Eiffel Tower. The video was directed by Godley & Creme, who recorded this classic.
Squeezing in another reference to Godley & Creme? Shameless.
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