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Artist:

Duran Duran

Song:

Rio

Album: 

Rio

Year: 

1982

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At the dawn of the 1980s, Duran Duran was part of Britain's "futurist" or "new romantic" scene, which merged glam-rock attitude with disco beats...
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KarenMagill | MEMORY FROM 1988

Negotiations

LOCATION: My apartment , Calgary

YEAR: 1988

TAGS: LPs, Friends, Shaun Cassidy, Garbage

PUBLISHED: March 14, 2008

I lived in an apartment building in downtown Calgary and there was a little room with a chute for tenants to put their garbage in. In this room people would put things he or she wanted to dispose of. One day I went to take out my garbage and found a bunch of LPs. It took me four or five trips but I got them all back to my apartment.

 

A good friend came over and was excited by my find. Especially when she saw this LP by Duran Duran. She got her hands on it and told me how much it meant to her, how much she really wanted it. I didn’t say a word.

 

This friend and I had both been young fans of Shaun Cassidy and she had his complete collection – including the live album, which I didn’t have. Now I had something she wanted but should I start dealing.

 

My friend was silent then said,

 

“If I can take this, that live album is yours.” With those words she could have taken most of the LPs in the pile! The funny thing is that after I got the album I maybe listened to it once. But I had it.

 

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COMMENTS (3)
RHMF said: Funny how sometimes just owning the music is what makes it special...not so much the music itself. I think in cases like yours...the music represents memories - a period of time in your life. And so by owning that album...it's somehow the same as always owning the memories and the feelings of them. Great post...fun to listen to this song...surprised they didn't have the clip...wonder if it was farther down in the search results???? (3/14/2008)

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RHMF said: .I just watched Duran Duran's Rio video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... It was awesome fun to see and hear it again....You should cut and paste it into your post....Sign in and go to My JamsBio/edit/click on YouTube icon/paste the link, then Publish.... (3/14/2008)

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sunshinelikeacid said: I love Duran Duran!!! Its amazing how actually having the music/album in your possessions can mean so much. It is the physical representation of all your memories associated with it. (3/14/2008)

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