Oh that song is their swan song; it is their absolute best. In my mind, and I don’t know if this is true, I consider it Duran Duran’s FINAL song. My sister was obsessed with them. For me they were just background but I had to hear every song from them. I mostly tolerated them; they weren’t awful but because my sister loved them, I automatically tried to find ways to hate them. I would nit pick the videos, how stupid they were, or try to pick apart the symbolism as only a 13 year old can. (that is: poorly but I thought I was smart) But Ordinary World came out YEARS AND YEARS after I thought Duran Duran was over. Their heyday was the early 1980s: The Reflex 1984. But Ordinary world was 1994 – a full 10 years later. They’d disappeared, gone away, the world had changed. And their era was over. So to hear that final song from them ran deep and painful. I don’t know if it was tied to Kurt Kobain’s death or not. I never researched it. But it was definitely a sign that what we thought was an innocent was over-over.

My sister was obsessed with them. For me they were just background but I had to hear every song from them.

I mostly tolerated them; they weren’t awful but because my sister loved them, I automatically tried to find ways to hate them.

I would nit pick the videos, how stupid they were, or try to pick apart the symbolism as only a 13 year old can. (that is: poorly but I thought I was smart)

But Ordinary World came out YEARS AND YEARS after I thought Duran Duran was over.

Their heyday was the early 1980s: The Reflex 1984. But Ordinary world was 1994 – a full 10 years later. They’d disappeared, gone away, the world had changed.

And their era was over.

So to hear that final song from them ran deep and painful. I don’t know if it was tied to Kurt Kobain’s death or not. I never researched it. But it was definitely a sign that what we thought was an innocent was over-over.

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