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CBS News Transcripts
SHOW: THE SATURDAY EARLY SHOW (7:00 AM ET) June 10, 2000, Saturday
TYPE: Interview
LENGTH: 537 words
HEADLINE: DURAN DURAN TALKS ABOUT THEIR LATEST ALBUM AND THEY ALSO
PERFORM
ANCHORS: RUSS MITCHELL
BODY: (Footage of Duran duran performing)
RUSS MITCHELL, co-anchor: They are legends of the MTV generation.
Duran duran has been turning out hit after hit since their self-titled
debut album back in 1980. They reached Beatlemania heights of fame
with pop rock classics like "Rio," "Hungry Like A Wolf," "Union
Of The Snake," "The Reflex," "Ordinary World," "No--Notorious."
And they're here with their 16th album released this week, "Pop
Trash," that has critics saying, 'The boys are back.' Welcome Duran
duran to The Second Cup Cafe. Hi, guys. How are you?
Mr. SIMON LeBON: Hello, Russ.
MITCHELL: Good to see you. Hi, Mitch? How are you? Hi, Warren.
WARREN: Thanks a lot.
MITCHELL: Good to see you. The two original members of the group
here, Simon LeBon and Nick Rhodes.
Mr. LEBON: Yeah, that's us.
MITCHELL: That's you. In the '80s, you had millions of teen-age
girls screaming, following you everywhere. It seems like you still
have millions of teen-age girls following you everywhere. To what
do you owe this longevity?
Mr. LeBON: Well, we love music. We love being a band. We love each
other. It's a great laugh. It's a great excuse to not to have to
grow up, really, you know. And--and we write pretty good songs.
MITCHELL: Yeah. I think they write pretty good songs. Do you? Let
me borrow that from you for a second, the mic. What are you going
to do for us today, Nick?
Mr. NICK RHODES: Well, we're going to start with our new single,
actually, which is a song called "Someone Else Not Me."
MITCHELL: And tell me about this song.
Mr. RHODES: Well, it's a fairly intimate, simple song with a--with
a lyric that I think people can relate to. It's very heartfelt.
And Simon wrote it about something that--that happened to him.
MITCHELL: Yeah.
Mr. RHODES: You'll have to check it out. Have a listen.
MITCHELL: We'll check it out. Ladies and gentlemen, Duran duran.
(Footage of Duran duran performing)
Mr. LeBON: Thank you.
MITCHELL: Simon LeBon, Nick Rhodes, Warren Cuccurullo. Thanks again.
Mr. LeBON: Thank you.
MITCHELL: We really do appreciate it. Wonderful. It is time now
for some of you to join your local stations. For everyone else,
we'll be right back with more music from Duran duran so don't go
away.
Announcer: For more on THE SATURDAY EARLY SHOW, cbs.com on the Internet.
And on our interactive partner, America Online, keyword CBS News.
MITCHELL: Welcome back. Russ Mitchell along with Duran duran. Want
to show you guys something. Hey, your fans are quite rowdy. Look
at this. Look at this. Can you get a shot of this right here? She
has a picture of herself and you, Simon. Where was that taken?
Mr. LeBON: Oh, I don't know, but that's what we call a blackmail
T-shirt.
MITCHELL: I was going to say. Where was that taken? You want to...
Unidentified Woman: In Chicago.
MITCHELL: In Chicago. OK, we'll leave it at that, eh?
Mr. LeBON: Exactly.
MITCHELL: All right. What--what are you going to do for us now?
Mr. LeBON: Going to play another song off "Pop Trash." This is "Lava
Lamp."
MITCHELL: Ladies and gentlemen, one more time, Duran duran.
(Footage of Duran duran performing)
(Announcements)
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