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Article: DURAN DURAN THE COMEBACK `KIDS'
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- July 23, 1993
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Who loves you when you're down and out?
The guys in Duran Duran know the answer to this old rhetorical:
Nobody.
Here's bassist John Taylor's tale of life at the lower rungs of
the pop star ladder: "Let me tell you a story. Three years ago, we
were here in Los Angeles at the time of the MTV Awards and it was the
year that Aerosmith and Janet Jackson cleaned up. We were in town to
promote our `Liberty' album. We wanted to go to the awards -- and we
couldn't get tickets . . . Now, they're thinking about giving us an
award this year. You have to roll with the irony of it."
Comeback of the year? Maybe. Their ninth and latest album,
"Duran Duran" is a multiplatinum hit. Powered by the "Ordinary ...