{"id":1633,"date":"2024-10-20T00:09:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T00:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=1633"},"modified":"2024-10-20T00:09:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T00:09:54","slug":"1633-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=1633","title":{"rendered":"How to Nail a Classic Rock Cover: 5 Key Secrets of Duran Duran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm24vrrog002u0iivgpgm7r35@published\" data-word-count=\"116\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pyxis.nymag.com\/v1\/imgs\/2c5\/85c\/10e3e33c04b8cb2dc91c1a3712388d4b99-evilwoman-split.rhorizontal.w700.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm24vrrog002u0iivgpgm7r35@published\" data-word-count=\"116\">Duran Duran\u2019s sequined cover of<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Electric Light Orchestra\u2019s \u201cEvil Woman\u201d arrived just in time for\u00a0cauldron season.\u00a0Nick Rhodes, the band\u2019s longtime keyboardist, says the idea arose when Simon Le Bon pitched it for the new deluxe edition of their 2023 Halloween-themed album\u00a0<em>Danse Macabre.<\/em>\u00a0It was an easy sell: All four members are \u201cbig fans\u201d of Jeff Lynne\u2019s work, according to Rhodes. But there was something \u201cbeautifully structured\u201d about the specific 1975 hit that could easily be transformed into Duran Duran\u2019s signature sound, with the help of a thunder-clap machine, bouncing synthesizers, and a conga-esque drum beat. Think of the cover as less ELO\u00a0spaceship rock\u00a0trip and more of a time-traveling bender to Studio 54.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm2atm1xo003e3b7aguemxk3x@published\" data-word-count=\"72\">\u201cThe beauty of music is to remain flexible and open-minded,\u201d Rhodes says. \u201cThat\u2019s at the heart of what has kept Duran Duran fresh.\u201d Not everyone can nail such a classic-rock staple, but, fortunately, Duran Duran\u2019s \u201cEvil Woman\u201d is much more aligned with Van Halen\u2019s \u201cYou Really Got Me\u201d than\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZA-CgtmINgc\"><em>Riverdale<\/em>\u2019s \u201cMad World\u201d abomination<\/a>. Here, Rhodes breaks down all of the steps that brought their wildly funky version of the ELO single to life.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"video-component \" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/video\/instances\/cm2arvs5f002k3b7a3s9e8iy6@published\" data-editable=\"url\" data-origsrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WDodrzJk5_k\">\n<div class=\"iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"270038626\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"Duran Duran \u2013 Evil Woman (Official Lyric Video)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WDodrzJk5_k?rel=0&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-6771955_113=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"divider_short\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/divider\/instances\/cm2c4prp400133b869r0i3u1n@published\" data-editable=\"settings\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"clay-subheader\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-subheader\/instances\/cm2arucdq000v3b7aajych0nn@published\">1. Learn from the past<\/h2>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm2artwm8000c3b7a9657hicq@published\" data-word-count=\"165\">We made a record in 1995 called\u00a0<em>Thank You<\/em>, where we covered a lot of iconic songs \u2014 some of which have held up extremely well, like \u201cWhite Lines,\u201d by Melle Mel, which we still play in our live show, and \u201cPerfect Day,\u201d by Lou Reed. There was controversy around the album at the time, because a lot of people thought we shouldn\u2019t have touched certain songs. But the artists responded very well. I was so thrilled when Lou actually said, \u201cWow, it\u2019s a great cover. If I was able to sing like Simon, that\u2019s how I would\u2019ve sung it.\u201d The ones that worked best were when we played them in our style but didn\u2019t try to completely reinvent what the song was. With this whole\u00a0<em>Danse Macabre<\/em>\u00a0project, I felt we didn\u2019t need do something so radical that people would say, \u201cWhat is that song? Oh, goodness, it\u2019s\u00a0<em>that<\/em>.\u201d Instead, we wanted to make our version of each track as if we\u2019d written it.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"clay-subheader\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-subheader\/instances\/cm2aruiu000153b7ao3tcnuqn@published\">2. Make it (vaguely) thematically appropriate<\/h2>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm2artwmb000d3b7acr50o7rv@published\" data-word-count=\"104\">We used Halloween as a touchstone for\u00a0<em>Danse Macabre\u00a0<\/em>for picking a group of songs to cover and redoing some of our own songs that slightly fit into that theme. I mean, \u201cEvil Woman\u201d has absolutely nothing to do with Halloween. It\u2019s actually quite angry, bitter lyrics in what I imagine is a personal experience that Jeff must have had at some point in his life. There\u2019s also dark humor in it. So does it really fit as a Halloween song? I\u2019m not sure, but it sounds like a slightly spooky dance song, and that works perfectly well for the purposes of\u00a0<em>Danse Macabre<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"clay-subheader\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-subheader\/instances\/cm2aruoi6001f3b7a9haa2ij5@published\">3. Switch up the recording process<\/h2>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm2artwq3000l3b7aspub53b3@published\" data-word-count=\"57\">Electric Light Orchestra\u2019s songs were so Beatles-esque. When you listen to them now, they\u2019re beautifully produced, unusual, and unique pieces. So when Simon said, \u201cI\u2019d really love to do \u2018Evil Woman,\u2019\u201d everybody responded, \u201cYeah, great song, why not?\u201d As we Duranified it, it became obvious to us how we would\u2019ve played it had it been our song.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm2arv3b0001l3b7apqmc15la@published\" data-word-count=\"178\">Usually, we\u2019ll all get into the studio together and jam something out until we find the strongest element. But when we did the deluxe, the songs, quite simply, already existed. John went into the studio with Simon in Los Angeles and they made a template. Simon was really keen to keep the rhythm-guitar part to the song as a main element, and they sent that to me. I went into another studio in England and pieced together all the synths and what I wanted to do. I changed the arrangement, which made me find all the sounds and architecture for it. Roger redid all these drums, Simon redid the vocals again, and we added all the other little bits up.\u00a0It felt like we were gently moving it into a different time period. Dom Brown, our longtime guitarist, had a lovely and funky solo. One of our producers said to me, \u201cIs that Nile Rodgers playing the guitar?\u201d I told Dom what he said, and I think that made his year, since Nile is the greatest living rhythm guitarist.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"clay-subheader\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-subheader\/instances\/cm2arvajq001u3b7axmz3620y@published\">4. Get freaky with the keyboards<\/h2>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm2artwnf000h3b7acna9ir7w@published\" data-word-count=\"67\">I can always cook up a good storm sound if you need one. It\u2019s finding samples of things. What I always find when I use a natural sound is if I don\u2019t record them all myself, then I\u2019ll go and find ones online that are good on their own. And you can combine them. That thunder that we open with is about two or three different thunderclaps.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"clay-subheader\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-subheader\/instances\/cm2arvh0g00243b7atuquqcec@published\">5. Cross your fingers that the boss approves<\/h2>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cm2artwpg000k3b7arb1nd9jh@published\" data-word-count=\"104\">I hope Jeff likes it when he gets to hear it, but you never know with cover versions. Anybody can perform somebody else\u2019s song if they don\u2019t alter it fundamentally. If we wanted to change all the lyrics and all the chord structures, then we would have had to ask for permission. We\u2019ve had so many cover versions done of our songs. Some of them I\u2019ve really liked. Other ones, not so much. But if an artist makes the effort to do it, I think generally the unspoken rule is to be polite and grateful that somebody liked the song enough to cover it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Duran Duran\u2019s sequined cover of\u00a0Electric Light Orchestra\u2019s \u201cEvil Woman\u201d arrived just in time for\u00a0cauldron season.\u00a0Nick Rhodes, the band\u2019s longtime keyboardist, says the idea arose when Simon Le Bon pitched it for the new deluxe edition of their 2023 Halloween-themed album\u00a0Danse Macabre.\u00a0It was an easy sell: All four members are \u201cbig fans\u201d of Jeff Lynne\u2019s work, 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