Monday, July 8, 2019

Number 9 Most Overrated Musical Act of All Time: Duran Duran


Duran Duran: Generally representative of the worst decade in the history of recorded music, Duran Duran epitomized the Style-Over-Substance motif that marked pretty much the whole 80’s. Any “band” that employs synthesizers for any reason automatically belongs in the dustbin of history, but Duran Duran took such fakery to Crap Hall of Fame levels. Combined with angsty expressions, over-moussed locks and OoLaLa-We’re-Too-Awesome-For-America schtick, this “band” cranked out a lot of the soundtrack to our parachute-pants-owning, John-Hughes-Movie-Watching innocence. Just a whiff of their “music” makes me remember sitting in the vice-principal’s office waiting to get licks for disrupting English class. Any actual survivors of the 80s will likely exhibit embarrassment at owning anything related to Duran Duran.

Over-Ratedness Rating: 3/5 Miley Cyruses
 
 

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