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SIMON SAYS: THE DURAN DURAN OPINION OPINION
Simon le Bon on Hip Hop: "I think hip hop was the great musical revolution of the '80s really. It changed everything. And
its influence is very, very broad reaching, right down to Duran Duran, for God's sake. I've always been a big fan of Cypress
Hill. I liked that whole gangster rap thing that was happening as well. N.W.A.--I thought they were really good. I think they
had a great sound. I don't necessarily agree with the lyrical content, but then you don't have to, do you? It's music and it
made a statement. You know who I really like now? Busta Rhymes. I think he's really brilliant. I think just the way he puts his
words together is so incredible. It's like jazz."
Simon le Bon on Stalkers: "It's different for us because the [stalkers] tend to be girls. I think it's very different for a man to
be stalked by a woman than it is for a woman to be stalked by a man. You don't have that feeling of threat nearly to the same
degree. Having said that, I remember an occasion in Paris when we came out of a studio and this girl who had been writing
letters to Nick--and he tends to get the real crazy ones anyway--walked up and pulled a knife out. And she told Nick to kill
her. She said, 'Put it here.' and pointed to her chest. She wanted him to stab her in the heart, she was so desperately
obsessive about him. He gave the knife back and left quickly. Stuff like that does happen, though."
Simon le Bon on "Big Willie-ism": "We were Big Willies. You know what a 'big willie' means in England? A 'willie' is
another euphemism for a cock. A big prick. I kinda like being a Big Willie. I can live with that, no problem. You know what,
though? [Actual Big Willie-sim] ain't all it's cracked up to be. I tell ya, man. You can lose yourself to all of that."
Simon le Bon on "Playa Hatas": "There was a time--and it still happens--when I would go out and people would try to
start a fight with me in bars. But I think the best one was once when I was on stage. We used to get a lot of things thrown on
stage, like underwear, teddy bears, chocolates, and jewelry. Once I looked up and there was this thing arching toward me
flashing in the light. And I was just about to catch it, but I thought, 'Nah, I'll just duck and I'll let it go behind me and pick it up
later because it looks fantastic, whatever it is.' So I moved my head out of the way, the thing whizzed past and landed on the
stage near the drum kit. And at the end of the song, I turned around to go and have a look and see what it was. And it was a
fucking knife--like a hunting knife that somebody threw at me. Amazing. I've still got it at home. I kept it."
Simon le Bon on Duran Duran's Black Audience: "What seems to be the thing a lot of people are saying now is that of
all the white groups [in the '80s], Duran Duran was quite cool to like. And I guess that's becuase we had a bit of the
funkiness. And I'm really proud of that. I believe in the universal or international language of music. And I love Black music as
well, so it's important to me. I met Snoop Doggy Dog at an MTV show and we had a conversation about it. He's a very
intelligent man. He said, 'Duran Duran--I used to love you guys!"
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