Falling Down

Stop whatever you are doing (including reading this entry) and go download the single 'Falling Down' from Duran Duran's new CD, 'Red Carpet Massacre.'
You won't be sorry.

It is quintessential Duran. A perfect mix of atmospheric and ethereal keyboards, a signature bass line, and lyrics that, after the first listen, brought me to tears.

I, unfortunately, first heard the song teamed up with its video, so I missed so much of the lyrics as I got pulled into the visual. (Feeding a new fantasy of being able to refuse anything from John Taylor... if only.) Don't be tempted to go to YouTube just yet... trust me.

Lyrics sometimes sit backseat to the overall melody and beat... but not in this song if given the chance.

But maybe it's just me.

Somehow Simon LeBon has yet again peered into the window of my life and written a song that describes my past year as if he walked right next to me through it.
I love and hate him for that.

still clutching a straw...