Duran Duran

At Budokan / Live Sp Duran Duran

Even if the English kings of the “New Romantic” Duran Duran have been active in the pop business for three decades it is undeniable that the ensemble was on the highlight of its career during the 80s.The coronation of their popularity came for sure in 1985 when the band was requested to write the soundtrack for the Bond movie “A View To A Kill”. The result: The only ever 007 song that was a number one album hit in the US charts was the Duran Duran composition. However even more impressing than numbers (70 Million sold albums) is the way they succeeded this success: their unique ability to connect pop music, arts and fashion with matchless stylistic confi dence and trust on their own fl air. This enabled the band boundless, generation-spanning and lasting popularity. It’s thanks to them that video clips became an important tool for bands to present themselves and to profi le because beforehand it was simply a nice marketing gimmick. Their impact and infl uence was to such an enormous extent that the Rolling Stone magazine named the Britons - in the style of the Beatles – with the nickname “Fab Five”. The DVD documents the band as funky Glam Rock combo as well as their transformation into a high-tech Pop band with highly commercial demand. All this can be seen in the legendary Tokyo Dome.