When I dropped out of school aged 16 and got on a bus to London from Stockholm with my friend Suzanna I had one burning ambition. I wish I could say that I was heading to London with a fervent desire to free Tibet or even get a degree but no, I wanted to meet John Taylor. Or maybe Nick Rhodes, but one or the other.
For those of you who are too young to remember them, they were (and are) members of the band Duran Duran. They had a huge amount of hits in the 1980s like Save a Prayer and Girls on Film. They were ‘new romantics’, they followed in Byron’s footsteps, at least when it came to flouncy shirts.
So I packed my flouncy shirt (it was black with lots of ruffles) and headed off with this burning and most worthy ambition. Although I did meet quite a few pop stars (I even sang backing vocals on a Steve Strange single with my friend Floss) I never met any of the members of Duran Duran.
I am pleased to report that is all about to change. Tonight Rupert and I are invited to a private event where they will be performing. Rupert says he is coming along purely to restrain me. I am wondering if they will still be wearing silly shirts and what they will look like; middle aged? gorgeous?
Whatever else, it’s a great excuse to party, dance and wear a flouncy shirt. As the song goes; don’t say a prayer for me now, save it till the morning after….
Copyright: Helena Frith Powell 2008
I may be too young to have Duran Duran as my own band, but I’m old enough to remember dancing to my mother’s Duran Duran records when I was little
You are living my dream! I also wanted to meet John Taylor…though I never left my country because of him…I guess I was hoping he would come to visit ME!
Anyway, give him a hug from me…and please tel us if he’s still as gorgeous as he was in the 80s!
I’m so jealous… lol
Well??? How was it??? Can’t wait to hear!
xoxo
Hi Helena,
I am just about to start reading your book “Two Lipsticks and a Lover”, and think I should read your blog too.
What I am going to say here is probably irrelevant to this post, but since you mentioned “free Tibet” at the beginning of the article, I really hope that you can take a few minutes to watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ow3sK5rDSg
Please do watch the video, and I would love to hear what you think about it.
Lucy
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