Duran Duran’s Nick Rhodes Talks Second Life
Remember the blonde-haired male avatar you were dancing with at that goth club in Second Life a couple of weeks ago, the one with a recent rez date who seemed like he might still be getting his legs in SL? It just might have been Nick Rhodes, keyboardist and songwriter for the platinum-selling new wave band Duran Duran. I just got off the phone with Rhodes, talking to him about the futuristic utopia the band is now working on creating in Second Life, and I was pleasantly surprised to find he really does seem to “get it” where the virtual world is concerned, and is actually quite excited about the possibilities SL holds as a way to communicate and interact with fans.
To Rhodes, Second Life has as much potential to revolutionize the music and entertainment industry as MTV did when it first came on the scene. And that avatar at the goth club? Rhodes reports that he’s been exploring SL quite a bit lately: “I’ve not actually had a whole day to sit there and do it [but] I’ve been to some clubs and danced with a few goths, looked at what people have created so far. The detail is what really impressed more than anything. For example, we came from a long way out and flew into one beautiful garden, and we went so close in, macro close, that we went inside of a flower — and there was a bee in there, and it was collecting pollen. Now that’s my kind of place.”
Duran Duran, of course, has been at or at least near the forefront of entertainment technology throughout the band’s nearly 30-year history. According to a press release describing their SL project, they were “the first group to shoot a music video on location [‘Save A Prayer’, ‘Hungry Like The Wolf’, ‘Lonely In Your Nightmare] with director Russell Mulcahy, in 1982; the first band to use live video cameras and videoscreens in their concerts, on their 1984 US tour; the first artists to make a song available for digital download on the web [‘Electric Barbarella’] in 1997; and the first band to produce a pop video made entirely using Macromedia Flash software.” Such firsts are often questionable, but Duran Duran is actually widely recognized for being innovators and early adopters of music video technology, and can lay a valid claim to being among the very first, and often ahead of the curve.
In Second Life, they seem to be in a similar position. When the virtual world was first brought to Rhodes’s attention several months ago, he was instantly captivated, he said: “I just thought, This is what I’ve been waiting for. It’s everything that I’d hoped for, and that people had been predicting for the Internet from virtually its inception — if you’ll pardon the pun.”
The band soon hooked up with virtual-world services company Rivers Run Red, and the two “clicked together perfectly,” according to Rhodes.
So far, Rhodes has been exploring Second Life under cover of anonymity, and sounds like a natural SL resident. “It remarkably reflects our real-life experiences,” he said. “I realized that when I was looking at certain things and seeing when there was a group of people together and sharing a collective experience, just watching their reactions, how they all looked in the same direction or all jumped up with glee. You are sharing those same experiences.”
Rhodes will eventually share experiences with SL residents under his own name, he said. “I will have [an avatar] named Nick Rhodes, and I will spend as much time as I can interacting with people because I’m fascinated and curious. Goodness knows what I might run into. The beauty of the Internet is that one is rather safer than in the real world.”
Details of the band’s island are still coming together, but Rhodes said initial plans are for four sims, with a concert stage where Duran Duran will play (perhaps as soon as next month), and where he also hopes to be able to invite younger acts to come and perform. A cinema, clubs and various other buildings are also planned.
Rhodes seems to take naturally to the creative characteristics of the virtual world. Much of the island’s development, he said, will come only after the band has launched the initial stage of the project, so as to give residents a chance to have some say in the design: “For example, we started to decide what kind of weather we wanted, and I said, I think I’d like people on the island to be able to decide how much rainfall we need and when, and what hours of darkness there are and whether we’re going to have regular seasons or not. This is the stuff that makes me smile all day.” Nor will the island be limited to the more standard tropes of SL architecture. “We have some skyscrapers that go way up, but I also wanted them to go underwater,” Rhodes said. “Figuring out the nuances of these things is pretty extraordinary.” Rhodes also seemed cognizant of the fact that the best laid plans of metaversal mice, men and musicians sometimes go awry: “I’m not going to know for another couple of months, until we actually launch the thing, what we’ve really succeeded in and what our failures have been.”
For Rhodes, entering Second Life is a natural evolution for the band. “I love beautiful songs about the reality of our lives, but I also like sci-fi fantasy,” he said. “I think Second Life is the beginning of it. There are inevitably going to be many, many, many other virtual sites that spring up that are equally as good and eventually will become the next level of it. But right now, this is the most exciting place for us to be.”
3pointD looks forward to seeing whether Duran Duran can make the virtual world a more exciting place for music fans as well.
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There’s already a resident called Nick Rhodes, though. (There’s already a whole sim called Nick Rhodes too.) I wonder how that’s going to play out?
Hehe, yep, as soon as I read that I thought “uh oh.” And Nick’s been around since beta… I would imagine LL might try to convince DD to get their own last name like “Duran Duran.” We shall see….
we’ve developed a new naming system to cater for this issue, you’ll see more when the band’s avatars are released soon.
hmm. i need a new score for StarbasC3 as it enters SL next week…… Mark, have Nicks people call my people.:).. seriously…..drop him an email, lets tawlk….:)
by the way- magazine article this month- doug rushkoff- on mtv gen kids/vr worlds/vids and manufactured memories/id via the corporate media..— follow onto the 60s-30s riff…
larryr
starbasec3
“how they all looked in the same direction”
I was just this last weekend trying to get across how something as simple as knowing where the other individual/avatar is looking can add an amzzing depth to the interaction one experiences inside a virtual space (as opposed to conversing on the telephone). The fact that he keyed on this is a pleasant surprise… although not really a surprise. The first album I ever bought sound unheard was “Rio”, and because I was an fan in the early 80’s, I’d read some time ago that Rhodes was the tech-savvy member of the group. It’s good to now have them help break new ground.
We have already begun the 3D/streaming media meets music syndrom in our place. It is a galaxy based on ActiveWorlds format dediciated to promotion of Indie Bands. Live streaming concerts are going on every weekend from one RL club, and several others on the way soon. It’s incouraging that Duran Duran also sees the potential of the concept. I think we’re on to something!
Nick’s on my last nerve these days!! I would like to see the OTHER members of the band for a change!! Think about it, Nick is EVERYWHERE!!! Parties, awards shows, clubs, interviews….whatever happened to the rest of the guys particularily Sexy Simon and Juicy John?!?!?! Nick is not an attractive man….he wasn’t then, and he still isn’t now!!
Nick is so intelligent. I can listen to that man talk 24/7!! I love all the guys, but Nick holds a special place in my heart. This Second Life is so brilliant, and leave it to Duran Duran to be on top of all things technical. I just wish the new album would be out, so that they’ll be all over the place again, like in 2004 for “Astronaut”!! Enough with the Britney Spears/Kevin Federline CRAP already!! These guys need exposure!! As for the above blogger who said that sh*t about Nick…..I will have you know that he and John started DD!! And, if you have any ill feelings about/against Nick - or any of the other guys for that matter - I strongly suggest that you keep them to yourself!! And, for the record, Nick is attractive……VERY attractive!!
John Taylor and Simon LeBon are the two sexiest men on earth!!
Meredith’s cheating on you, Nicky!!! She has the hots for Simon and John!!!
MAN!!!! NICK IS BUTT UGLY!!!!!!
[…] It happened to be some Duran Duran fans who hang out for quite a while at avalong waiting for the event (3pointd was talking about Duran Duran coming to Second Life here). Well, not really trying to be first in line but more so as meeting point for other Duranies and to eventually get hold of some information (as I read on the DD forum, Fizik was so kind to add some seating to the place). They told me that they did not hear about Second Life before and they just joined because somebody posted photos of the location in Avalon on the Duran Duran forums (you need to register to see it). And they quickly made their way through Second Life and eventually even got some land. This shows that this upcoming event does not only affect Second Life residents but also brings a complete new community into the world. And now I was meeting three of them at Avalon. […]
John and Simon are the best!!
John and Simon are still so sexy. How do they do it????
Since when did SHIT RHODES suddenly become Duran Duran’s spokeperson?!?!?! Why can’t John, or Simon, ever do any press for a change???
Stop with the Simon/John SHIT already!! They’re not all that hot!! Nick is the hottest because of his intelligence and because he is sexy without trying and he is nice to all people, where as Simon and John are a couple of shits!! Nick is the sexiest man on earth!! So shut up and quit bashing my Nickypoo!! Lot’s of women love him!! The Simon/John CRAP is just alot of hype!! Believe me!! I went to a concert last year and Nick got the biggest reaction from the crowd!!
What’s with the Nick bashing all of a sudden?! What did he ever do to you guys?! I think he is adorable and handsome and a nice person. He is aging the best of the DD guys. Sure, many Duranies tend to fawn over John, or salivate over Simon, or pine for the both of them….but there are a number of us who dream about Nick. He is beautiful, so stop bad mouthing him!!
This is to Nookie. You might say that Nick Rhodes is and was not an attractive man but that is just your opinion. One that is not important. There are a lot of people out there like myself who think that he is the sexiest man who ever lived. You really shouldn’t be so nasty. He was and still is very good looking, even without the make up, and looks aren’t everything. He is a highly intelligent person as well. Iwas attracted to him as a teen and still find him very attractive.
I agree that Nick is highly intelligent and maybe somewhat attractive, but as far as good looks go, Simon LeBon and John Taylor take the cake. Both are nearing 50 and are aging gracefully. And hate to burst your bubble but no one thinks Nick is the sexiest man alive except you. I remember there was a running debate over whether Simon, or John, was sexy back in the day, and Nick never even came up. Sure he’s one of the founding members of Duran Duran, but it’s Simon who makes DD.
To Lebonnie….SHUT UP!!!!! Nick is gorgeous and every bit as important to Duran Duran as Simon and John are, even if the f*cked up media fails to think so. But the fans all love him as he is a very intriquite part of DD’s fame and success. And, Simon and John may get the most publicity, and John may be the heartthrob, but Nick is very much loved by millions, because from what I have heard, Nick is a million times nicer than Simon and John who do tend to think highly og themselves. But quit saying all this stuff about Nick not being attractive and not having fans, because he has got plently of fans out there, all who are women who want to have his babies! :)
Simon Lebon and John Taylor are so freakin’ HAWT!!!!! :p
I am very fascinated by this whole second life thing, though pissed off that it never got any mass media coverage. I mean, enough with the Britney Spears crap already, man!! Nick is very interesting and fun, but John and Simon are y far the hottest Duran men. They were always the most popular DD members. I remember my older sister telling me about how she used to go see DD in concert, and John and Simon were always the hardest to get to, because they always had the most fans around them. But she always got stuck talking with Nick and said he is a very nice guy, though not much to look at (kinda’ short and stocky, as opposed to Simon and John being so tall and hunky).
I don’t know about anyone else, but I personally just happen to adore Nick. To me he is precious because of his wit, his charm, his kindness and his overall inner and outer beauty. Simon and John may get all the attention, but Nick has tons of fans out there who love him. I just happen to be one of them.
Nick kinda gets on my nerves as well. Simon and John are gorgeous. They’re nearing 50 and looking better than ever. Nick’s only 45 and he looks 60. I hate how he uses all these big words and rubs his index finger along his ear all the time. Simon and John never do shit like that. I agree Nick is annoying.
Nick Rhodes looks like a frog, I’m sorry. Sadly John and Simon are not aging that well either, but they were always the best looking members of Duran Duran and the most sexiest. Johnny Depp is aging better than any of them. Yet, Zack Efron is the hottest man alive!
Nick is annoying, in my opinion. I agree, John and Simon should be out in the spotlight more, going to parties and such. Nick’s always out there, and no one likes him. He is also very horrendously unnattractive.
Nowadays Nick is really portly and not aging well at all, but even back in the day when he was wearing all the makeup and crazy hair colors he was always very average looking whereas John Taylor was always breathtaking. Nowadays I have to say that Simon is looking the best because he is staying firm and has a great build.
I have loved Nick for the longest time since the 80s, yet I feel so strange because all the other fans loved John and Simon, and I feel all alone. He’s so nice and all, but not too popular like Simon and John are.
I think Nick is a nice guy and clearly intelligent, but he could NEVER hold a candle to Simon and John looks wise! John and Simon look better than most men half their age while Nick is starting to look more and more like a 60-year-old drag queen. Maybe if he lost a few pounds, did something with his hair, cooled it with the makeup and - well - his height we can’t really do anything about sadly, he might be alright. But John and Simon are the kings of Duran Duran no matter what!
Oh my god! Just came across this article and saw all the negative stuff being said about my beloved Nick Rhodes! I have to speak up here! To all those verbally bitchslapping Nick do any of you even know the man?! Have any of you evem met him?! And what right have you to call him “ugly”?! To me he is the very essence of beauty! Simon and John are okay but Nick is the most beautiful man in the world! Stop talking shit about him! The man has done nothing to you! And, yes, he does have fans out there, probably more so than John and Simon because along with being so sexy and gorgeous he’s also a nice person and knows how to treat people! While I have heard some pretty horrible Simon and John stories! Not putting down anyone who may favor another member of the band but that does not give you the right to go off on someone just because you don’t happen to like him when there are so many out there who adore him!
Maybe if Nick were taller and dressed more masculine….NAH!!! He’d still be lower on the totem pole! Simon and John are the hotties of the group!
NICK?!?Aargh!!!I LOVE You so much…much…much.He is an intelligent,cute,has a great sense of humour.Oh God, the handsomest man in the world….
He..he..he…actually I’m Abigail but I tell you one more, or two,or three, Nick is cool!!!Oh, what a pity !I’m just a twelve years old. Nick would you be my papa?or my uncle?or my boy friend?uppss….I hope Nick say “yes” for the last question. HE HE HE ^^…V
Nick is the cutest DD member now. Back then, it was clearly John, but he ain’t aging too well these days. Nick is looking better than ever.
Nick’s alright, but Simon and John are clearly the superstars of Duran Duran.
WHAT THE HELL are you????John is and Simon are good,but NICK IS BETTER,ok? He is 45, but he looks 20,ok?
Uh, Gayle…you are definately in the small minority thinking that, cause Simon and John are the ones all the women love.
John Taylor is 46, and he looks better than most 20-somethings. Nick, I am sorry, is freaking ugly!! He looks like he’s 100 years old and he’s the youngest member of Duran Duran. Maybe that’s one of the reasons no one likes him!
gayle U R crazy! it is well known and any true duranie would know that simon and john are the resident hotties of duran duran. nick is annoying and he talks entirely too much. we need to see more josi out there.
simon and john are sexier than nick!
nicks okay but he aint never popular like simon and john cause they are so hot and nick isn’t.
I personally think Nick is the best looking of all the guys, because he has an angelic quality to his face. He has the most beautiful great big smile and the most beautiful big green eyes in the world. How so many people could say that Simon and John are more attractive is beyond me. Okay, maybe they fit the more normal criteria of what women consider sexy in a man, but that’s why I love Nick so much because he is such a free spirit and does things his own way. I am aware that pretty much all of his past girlfriends have been known to flirt with Simon and John on occasion, which is a shame. I hate his current girlfriend though. She seems really stuck up and superficial. He needs a nice normal woman who won’t faint at the site of Simon and John.
I love Nick. He’s so sweet and intelligent, though I do agree he doesn’t get nearly as much love as Simon and John. I don’t know why, though. I have read where people say he’s the nicest and most down to earth member of Duran Duran. I also think he’s really cute and nice looking, even adorable at times. He has that enormous smile and those beautiful green eyes. And, to Betty, yes I agree about the women he dates. He doesn’t seem to have as much luck with women as he should. Simon and John are both happily married yet it seems all the girls (except me of course) want them instead of Nick. Such a shame.
Who say I’m crazy? Maybe I’m really crazy. But I love Nick when I am normal.To Betty U R really good.I’M AGREE.GOOD JOB!!! And maybe I’ll add comment in this website once a week.Oh yeah Betty, Am I the nice woman, as your opinion? answer me,please!
I think you are very nice, Gayle. And, no, you are not crazy. But there are people around here saying some pretty nasty things about poor Nick, when they probably never even met the man, so it is up to us to stick up for him.
Betty,you don’t answer my question? please…answer. who says that nick is ugly? are you see with eyes, thinking with your brain? SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Umm…okay…Gayle, what is your problem??? I am on your side here. Why are you talking like a moron, for??? Learn to type like a normal person!!
simon and john may get all the girls but nick aint doin too bad himself in the ladies department. i hear he’s got himself a sexy new girlfriend who was actually one of the models in the falling down video and he’s no longer seeing mr. ed…i mean meredith!
I’m sorry betty. my question in the 11th…. you don’t answer it yet.okay…okay?betty, why don’t we online(chatting) in tommorow?
sorry to break it to all you nick girls, but simon and john are the renouned heartthrobs of the band, while nick, roger and andy were always the least popular ones. i never liked nick, or roger and andy, i was always a simon and john girl, but my childhood friend was a really big nick fan, and she loved him so much, but she often had to hide it from everyone else (except me) and she would go overboard with the phony simon/john worship, like putting a ton of simon/john pictures in her notebook and locker. but, one day, we all had a sleepover, and her sister came in the room, and looked around and then asked “i thought you liked nick”, after looking at all the simon/john pictures covering her bedroom. sadly, all the other girls wanted nothing to do with her, and she would get teased on a daily basis. so, see, if you love simon and john, you’re in the game…if you love nick, or andy ad roger, your out of the loop.
No way!!
Nick “not popular”??? I dunno, because I just found a bunch of pictures of him at some party with a pair of Playboy bunnies draping themselves all over him. And how do you explain all these hot young girls he’s been dating??? If you ask me, Simon and John are way past their prime.
nick with a couple of “bunnies”!! golly, he must be really starved for attention, aye?!?! as far as these young girls he’s dating, well who knows?!?! maybe he chased them down. but simon and john will NEVER pass their prime. they are sexier than ever.
Wow!!!Gayle….you are a little eccentric. But I’m very agree with you.And…Betty!Hi~~!I’m very agrre with you too. In my opinion, Nick is VERY CUTE guy I ever seen. John? I like him, but Nick is more cute.
rhodesaholic whoever you are, you need glasses!! how the hell is nick cuter than john?!!! john is tall, lean, dark, rugged, chiseled, handsome and sexy. nick’s short, fat, femme, gay, giggly and not aging well at all!! ack!! john is the hottest member of duran duran with simon coming in second!!
I think Nick’s ugly.
aye! you talk like you crazy man!nick no ugly and he no fat! he adorable! he the most beautiful man on earth! he is an angel!
johns cute too but he not nearly as gorgeous as nickypoo! simons the fat and ugly one!
nick has always been popular with the ladies because he is gorgeous but also sweet!i know this for a fact because i met him after a show recently and he was the nicest one there!
next time i hear anyone saying hes ugly ill kill them!!he not ugly!! he is an angel on earth!!
perosnally i think roger’s the hottest in the group. but hey that’s just me.
Is Nick ugly? The answer is BBIIGG NNOO!!!!!!!!!!Christine, I need glasses? My doctor say that my eyes is normal. Or….there’s problem in your eyes?Please check!!!!Bellellino…hi!!!^.^
i never said nick’s ugly, but i just said he is not nearly as gorgeous as john. and apparently nick’s girlfriend seems to think so, too. i hear she has quite the hots for john, and she even has her eye on simon. nick’s alright, but he is short and fat. he isn’t as gorgeous as you make him out to be. men are supposed to be tall, dark and handsome, like john taylor.
Well, I have been in love with Duran Duran for most of my life. However, it seems they have fallen under the teenybopper/bubblegum curse, first by joining forces with Justin “N Stink” Timberlake and Timbaland for their new CD. Then, it would seem these guys apparently still have the major hots for Britney “no-talent/no-class” Spears, as their new song and video was clearly inspired by the fat bitch!! Just when I thought these guys had better sense than to fall under the spell of Shitney and all her ‘hoe-clones, they have disappointed me immensly by showing they are nothing more than a bunch of dirty old men with their tongues virtually hanging out of their mouths everytime some hot young barely legal blondie comes along! All these years, I honestly thought that they were true gentlemen and that they were beyond all that Britney/Paris/Lindsay shit!! Then again, when you think about it, theirs was the very first music video banned by MTV (”Girls on Film”; naked girls rubbing ice on their nipples, ect.). I guess these so-called “gentlemen” still get stiffies over Britney and her party pals just like every other male with a pulse!!
of course they would be. britney’s a very beautiful young woman and has had every straight man under her spell for the past 9 years, ever since she strutted about in that catholic schoolgirl uniform. even with the likes of jessica alba, scarlet johanson, christina aguilera, jessica biel, beyonce, rihana and jessica simpson, britney still stands out because she is a sexual icon. i also happen to know that simon and john both have the major hots for her.
i read an interview simon did a few years back and he was asked about jennifer aniston who is one of duran duran’s biggest fans, and he said he likes britney spears better because of her controversial jailbait image. he then talked about jennifer encoutnering him in a record shop once and he just blew her off and then said he would have been alot more accomidating if it was britney encountering him instead of jennifer. this is why i love roger the best, because unlike simon and the other guys, he’s not all stuck up and superficial. he seems to be a respectful husband and father and at least he doesn’t blow his wad over the young teenybopper set.
Well, what can ya do?! Every middle age man with a hard on still gets wet over Britney Spears, even with all the beautiful, classy women out there right now. Actually, I wouldn’t be too shocked to find out that John and Simon still carried a torch for her…but to hear about Nick having the hots for her is pretty bothersome, especially since he seems to be the most mature member of the group and he has a young daughter near Britney’s age. Why would he be sweet on trash like Spears?!
How in the name of Duran Duran did a discussion about Nick Rhodes suddenly become a Britney Spears debate?! I don’t think any of them have the hots for Britney, especially now! They may be a bit worried about her because they’re all fathers of teenagers, but I highly doubt any of them get moist over her. I know they are all happily married to beautiful, classy ladies. why would they ever want to waste any time salivating over that trainwreck?!
to be fair, besides britney spears, who else is out there for men to lust after these days???
Uh…..Jessicas Alba, Biel and Simpson, and countless others spring to mind. But, again, why are we even talking about who the fellas in Duran Duran find desirable??? At least we are talking about something else besides Nick being “ugly” for a change, but still not a terribly riveting topic to be talking about.
Lots of men still masturbate to trash and they don’t even want to be bothered with class or intelligence. Why else do you figure Britney’s the most searched for celebrity of the year on yahoo??? It’s just easier for men to deal with a brainless trainwreck rather than someone with brains and substance, because they don’t want to be challenged. Something to do with the fragile male ego, I suppose. We can’t expect our Duran boys to be any better than most middle aged dudes out there. I shake my head, but what can you do??? Men will always be men.
Speak for yourself. My husband is almost 40 and he is fed up with Britney and her pals. And why do we have to still discuss her on a Duran Duran blog? It’s bad enough that people are coming on here and saying shit about Nick not being popular and how no one likes him and that Simon and John get all the girls and Nick gets the shaft, but to now say that the guys are all in love with Britney shittin’ Spears!! Why can’t we just stop all the Britney CRAP and all the Simon and John being hotter than Nick garbage and just stick to being positive?!
agreed! enough britneyspearscrap already!
the only duranduran member who seems to get
hard over britney is simon because he
is a dirty old man!
the other guys i dont think
have a thing for spears!
the video is not about britney
or anyone in particular.
the women are models and it
is about models in rehab.
tongue-in-cheek look at
celebrities in rehab.
that being said lets stop all
this britneyspearsshit already
because she is too overexposed
and i am sick of her and her
fat ugly face!
Hey…hey…This is about Nick and the DD. How can you talk about Britney? And 4 christine, I talk to Whimzy , okay?
Oh ya! And we’re talk out of the topic. Be to the point , ok?
rhodesaholic…..first of all, LEARN HOW TO TYPE LIKE A HUMAN BEING!!!! no one can understand a friggin’ word you write! second, how can we NOT talk about britney, when she’s the most famous human being in the world for the past several years and when the guys in duran duran all regard her as the hottest woman on the planet???
Alright, lets not get mean here. We’re just saying that it’s a shame that with all the beautiful, sexy, classy women in Hollywood and even thought they are all married to beautiful women, they are all endlessly lusting over trashy, ugly, no-class Britney Spears! If they weren’t lusting after her, they wouldn’t have made a video based on her.
I wouldn’t worry about it. I do remember hearing Simon used to fancy Britney back when she was the hottest woman in the world (which was, like, seven years ago) but recently he said he lost all interest in her when he learned she was just in for cheap publicity (I think this was around the time when she hooked up with KFed and started going into public restrooms barefoot and stuff). Anyway, I don’t think Simon, or any of the other guys, still have any sort of lusty feelings for her. Actually, I read somewhere that Nick has a secret crush on Angelina Jolie. So, that being said, let’s focus on how wonderful Nick and Duran Duran are. And I am trying still trying to figure out this whole “Second Life” thing.
I wouldn’t put it past the boys. After all they do love their girls on film.
well they do have a britney lookalike in their ew video but i don’t think that really means anything.
The video was also supposedly based on Lindsay Lohan, Amy Winehouse and Kate Moss. I guess they fancy women who are eternally fucked up.
I think Nick prefers Justin Timberlake if you wanna know the truth. HEHEHEHE!!!!!
Britney?!?!?!?!?! No way!!! Maybe back then, but now?!?!?!?!?! No way!!!
I did read once that Duran Duran had an odd encounter with her once at an award show three years ago. She was still with Kfed at the time and they said she behaved strangely. I believe it was Simon who recounted it. It was something like she was sitting next to them and she was all loopy and weird, or whatever. There was this other thing that she jumped the stage while they were playing the Emmys this past year and the guys all tried to ignore her, but she kept grabbing at Simon and at John, but a security guy kept carrying her away. In any event, I’m sure the guys all probably at one point got moist over her when she was hot, but now there all worried about her because she is truly at the end of her rope.
i read that someplace too. it was actually the billboard music awards in las vegas (i think it was either in 2004, or 2005) and simon, john and nick were walking the red carpet and made it inside and were sitting in the celeb lounge area, while someone else was performing, and they happened to be sitting next to britney, who of course was making out with kevin federline, and i think john said she was acting up and being really weird and stuff, and they all laughed at how she was acting. then later on, the guys were in the green room watching the show on one of the monitors and they were hanging out with britney and gwen stefani. simon commented on britney’s dress being really short and transparent, and he said he could almost see her “goodies”. damn, he is such a dirty old man, but that is why i love him so! as i recall it was an interview they did a few days after the show and they spent most of it talking about britney, well simon and john did anyway. i think nick was probably getting bored. the emmys thing i never heard about. in any event, i think the guys all like her and want her to come back and get help, like the rest of the civilized world. we all love britney. she is truly one of the world’s great beauties and very talented.
Wow!! They have a thing for Britney?!?! EWWW!!! Why?!?! She’s so gross!! I remember reading that Simon always had a thing for Emma Bunton of The Spice Girls, but I never heard of him liking Shitney!! At least Emma is pretty and has some class to her!! Britney’s just a pig!!
You must really have nothing better to do with your time to be spending all your time debating whether or not the guys in Duran Duran are hot for some washed up pop star! Personally, I could give a crap. It’s their lives and their libidos. They can salivate over whoever they want. And let’s be honest Britney is still one of the top lusts for middle-aged men the world round. Why shouldn’t she be? She’s still got a hot mid-section I guess. But enough about her! I can’t be bothered with the thought of Nick sitting in his home studio somewhere jerking off to an old Britney Spears poster to be frank with you.
I’m pretty sure Nick at some point in his life had his crush on Britney Spears just like the rest of the world, but he’s probably looking at recent photos of her right now and thinking this girl is out of her mind.
i can’t believe all these horrible things being said about nick rhodes when he is one of the nicest people in the business. at first when i started reading this, i couldn’t help but laugh at how pathetic some of you are. then i started reading some really nasty stuff about nick’s personal life and his physical appearance and how he doesn’t have any fans while simon and john’s fan base could take over an entire continent, and stuff like that, and you know what? that stuff really hurts, not only nick and the rest of the band, but the fans as well. i know nick isn’t your typical studly hunky beefcake type and simon and john may be considered the good looking ones in the band to most, but that is exactly why i love nick so much and there are others who love him too. nick is very unusual looking, but he is still the most beautiful and sexy man i have ever seen in my life. believe me, i have been a devout duranie since the early eighties and i always loved nick the most but i was also aware that most of the other girls were dreaming about john taylor, mr. heartthrob himself, but i didn’t really care for him, and neither did some of the girls i went to school with. sure i had my share of ridicule from other kids, but i didn’t care. i began liking him again during the pop trash era and discovered there were lots of other people who loved him almost as much as i did. there were tons of websites devoted to him and alot of fanlistings where people were saying wonderful things about him. so, you may have your preferences and that’s fine, but don’t say such horrible, nasty things about someone as wonderful as nick rhodes, not to mention he happens to be one of the founding members of the band and the only original member who has stuck with them all the way. and, another thing, what’s all this about him being in love with britney spears? that is bull!! i’m not sure about the other guys in the band, though i do know about simon’s obsession with her, but i am pretty certain nick has absolutely no feelings for her whatsoever, judging by interviews he has done where he talked about her being a wreck and not being a real artist but rather a tabloid junkie. he likes his women sophisticated and leggy with cat eyes, like nicole kidman and renee zellweger, not messed up trainwreck trashy hoes like britney and her young starlet followers. even back when she was considered “hot and sexy” she was always trashy, and don’t forget he has a daughter around her age, so i highly doubt he’d have fantasies about her. the only think i ever read about him saying he likes her was when he said during a 2000/2001 interview that he liked her song hit me baby one more time, and that it was peppy and upbeat and fun to listen to, but he never once mentioned wanting to get into her pants. simon’s the one who said that. i know i may sound long-winded, but i know my stuff. and please if you are going to come on here, don’t say mean spirited things about nick, because there are many out there who love and adore him, including myself.
i wouldn’t be too surprised to hear nick’s got a soft spot for britney and her underage clones. i remember a friend of mine told me she went to see duran duran in concert once, this was back in either 2000, or 2001, and when she went over to talk to nick, he gave her a great big bear hug without her conscent, which she said made her feel uncomfortable, then after that, the other bandmembers came over, and she said nick kept his hand tightly around her waist and she said he seemed to really be enjoying it, and she finally moved away from him, but a few minutes later, she found herself standing next to him again, and he placed his hand on her hip, touching her inappropriately. and she had turned 16 at the time. before all this, she told him it was her 16th b-day and he got even more flirty with her. however, she did say that simon was a true gentleman and was very funny, but she was shocked at how pervy nick was, especially since he has a daughter who at the time was the same age as my friend. i totally lost all respect for him after hearing that. so, hearing he gets it up for britney spears doesn’t surprise me at all.
poor girl!
seems nick will do just about anything to one-up simon.
nick’s a moron! he thinks everyone in the world loves him when in reality he is the unloved member of duran duran while simon and john continue to rule the world with their sexiness and crazy good looks! i sincerely hope your friend took several showers when she got home that night to wash all the nick-coodies off herself!!
Okay, now you are just being nasty and downright disrespectful!! Nick would never do anything like that. He is a decent human being and a gentleman who knows how to treat a lady. Damzel, you must have an active imagination and no social life to make up such a story. Sadly, I have never had the privilage of meeting Nick personally, but I have talked to many who did, and they all have said he is the nicest guy ever and a true gentleman and he gives great hugs and kisses, but just to be friendly. I never once heard anyone say that he groped them, or tried to cop a feel in any way, until Damzel concocted such a story. If anything I only heard about Simon being a tad pervy at times, but never, ever Nick. And once and for all, Nick is not in any way interested in Britney Spears!! He likes his women classy and sophisticated and mature. Maybe he feels sorry for Britney, but that don’t mean he wants to get in her pants. You people really need to get a life and quit bashing Nick!
I also think it sucks that whenever they do a review on Duran Duran, they always say how beautiful John is and how sexy Simon is, but they always pick apart poor Nick, calling him fat and ugly. If anything, Simon’s the one who’s fat and ungly, not to mention full of himself. Nick is the dreamiest of them all and he looks much better than all of them put together and he is hotter than other guys half his age.
This is all bull, because first of all, Nick is
a terrific guy and the nicer of the Durans. John and Simon
think their shit don’t stink and that they are God’s gift
to women, while Nick is so sweet and down to earth, as is
Roger. And while I am almost pretty sure John and Simon get
hard-ons over Britney and her jailbait image, I know for a
fact that Nick doesn’t go for that type of thing. He likes
REAL women. I even recall an interview he just last month
in the BBC and the interviewer asked him who his favorite
Spice Girl is and he replied, rather adorably, “Angelina Jolie”.
And I also met him a few times, and he always takes the time to
talk with the fans and hates it when he is being pulled away by
his bodyguard. But after the shows, he always talks to me an my
friends and we all feel as if he’s one of us as opposed to a celebrity.
I tried meeting John and Simon once, but they really are a couple of
pricks who were too preoccupied with these girls who looked like barely legal models. I also met Roger a few times, and he is also really
nice, but not nearly as talkative as Nick. I also always get a hug
from Nick, and trust me, he never touched me inappropriately, not once! True, I personally wished he did, but he is too much of a gentleman and respectful of women. I’m only a year older than his daughter, and I know he’s already taken, but I still have dreams about marrying him one day.
look as messed up as she is, lots of men still fancy britney because lets face it she’s truly one of the last truly great beauties in hollywood. and her new video is the sexiest thing out there right now. i think people should stop saying she’s fat because in truth she looks better than most women out there who look like rails. as much as i love him, nick is looking a little bulky these days, yet he doesn’t get any crap about it. it’s a total double standard that men who have meat on their bones aren’t considered fat, while women with curves are considered fat. i also feel people should leave her alone, because she comes from a messed up family and now her little sister is following in the same tragic footsteps. britney and jaime-lynne are both very beautiful girls who were basically pimped out by their bastard mother. but, not to get too far away from the initial topic, i don’t blame nick or any of the other guys for fancying britney because she’s beautiful.
I know about Simon and John’s mutual Britney Spears obsession, but I never read or heard anything about Nick, or Roger and Andy for that matter, having the hots for her. If this really is true, than it’s sad, because right now, Britney is so fucked up and looks nasty, while there are so many other beautiful and classy girls out there. I’m sure lots of guys still want to get into her low-riders, but I always thought sleezy fleabag types, or middle-aged perverts were the ones who get it up for her. But, not my precious Nick. I know of his love for Angelina Jolie and Renee Zellweger, but I never once heard him talk lustfully about Britney. He did say once that he likes some of her songs, but that’s just about it, because he has a young daughter. I think alot of whatever you heard and read about this “crush” Nick has on Britney was just some fabricated junk, because Nick has a certain type her goes for, and trashy troubled starlets are not on his list.
Are we really still on this stupid thing?!?!?! Seriously, it’s pathetic! Nick does NOT fancy Shitney Smears, especially now that her 16-year-old sister is pregnant!! That whole Spears family is fucked up!! And Nick liking Angelina is news to me. She’s not half as bad as Britney, but she’s also no angel either. She can find a cure for cancer for all I care…to me, she will always be the woman who broke up Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston and won’t own up to it. And while she is attractive in certain ways, I highly doubt Nick would ever go for her. I think her prefers tall, leggy blondes. I have heard him talk about Renee Zellweger lots of times as well as Nicole Kidman and Cate Blanchett. That being said, why should we even concern ourselves over who Nick fancies in Hollywood when it is really nobody’d business?!
On a side note, Jennifer Aniston is one of Duran Duran’s biggest fans, and I happen to know Nick is very fond of her…..so why would he be interested in someone who took her man?!
How the freak did a conversation about “Second Life” and Nick Rhodes become “Britney Spears Central”?!?!?!?!?! Isn’t it bad enough that this FUCKING WOMAN gets more press than God nowadays for the stupidist reasons while there are women out there doing marvelous and inspirational things and they keep having to take a back seat to this moron!! I don’t know about most men, and maybe Simon and John fancy her, but I can tell you this much…Nick doesn’t go for her type at all. So let’s drop all this Britney Spears CRAPOLA once and for all!!
I also just read another unsavory story about Nick. Some girl was talking about going to a concert and seeing this girl in front of her handing him a big boquet of flowers and he just rudely tossed them aside. That’s downright rude and nasty!! Maybe this girl wasn’t young enough for him…maybe she wasn’t “Britney” enough for him!! Maybe this would be a good time for me to convert to John/Simon worship.
Why such negativity about Nick Rhodes for? He may not be one of the popular DD members, but he is the nicest. Esepcially to his fans. And as far as I know regarding Britney, I am aware Simon is absolutely infatuated with her, but not Nick. I read in an interview he gave recently where he said she’s a complete wreck and she’s not a real artist. Good for him! I love Nick, and even though he doesn’t attract the massive adoration that’s usually aimed at Simon and John, that still doesn’t warrant the unecessary Nick-dissing.
speak 4 urself spicy latina!!
u got me all spiced up because what
you just said about nick not being
as popular as simon and john is
so wrong!!
he has always been popular and girls
everywhere love and worship him!!
he is the sexiest man who ever lived!!
john and simon dont have half his charms
and chivalry and intelligence!!
and where the heck did all this britney shit
come from?!?!?!
i dont know about simon but nick has taste and
he would never go for a piece of shit like her!!
i think all this shit being said about him
not being popular and not having any fans being
ugly and fancying britney spears are all being
said by girls who are in love with him and he
wouldn’t give you the time of day so now youre
all going off on this “i hate nick” campaign
because u have nothing better 2 do with ur lives!!
I like listening to Nick talk during interviews and such, and I’m sure he’s a nice person, but for the most part, he kinda’ bugs me. I don’t know why. Just the way he’s always scratching his ear and stuff, and also he talks too much during interviews. I agree that Simon Lebon and John Taylor are alot easier on the eyes than Nick is. They’re two of the best looking men I have ever seen in my life.
The Britney Spears thing is completely true. I have heard all of them talk about liking her a number of times, individually and together. On Roger’s Myspace page he names Britney as one of his favorite singers and he would love to meet her one day. Nick also said during a 2002 interview where he said he enjoyed her music, especially “Baby, One More Time”, calling it peppy and upbeat, and then he capped it off by saying she was rather easy on the eyes. And John thinks she’s really cute and he “admires” her…alot. But Simon’s the one who really has his eye on her. He always says stuff about wanting to go to bed with her and loving her videos and stuff. There was this one interview when someone asked him who/what he would want with him if her was ever stranded on a deserted island and his reply was “money, toothpaste and a naked Britney Spears”. So, sorry to say our heroes are a bunch of dirty old men.
I also read somewhere that they wanted to work with her on their new album being that they were already working with her ex, justin timberlake, as well as nate hills who was also working with britney at the time. it was like they were looking for a female singer for one of their songs, and they also had nelly furtado and lily allen in mind, but britney was pretty high up on their list. i personally think that would have been really cool to have britney and duran duran working together because they both have similar sound. its a shame it never worked out, because i think working with duran duran would have helped her career, and maybe they could have given her some helpful advice. and for the last time who cares if they fancy her or not??? im pretty certain they do because she’s gorgeous!
Interesting, on a blog where we’re supposed to be discussing how hot Nick Rhodes is and here we are discussing Britney Spears? Doesn’t this bitch get enough publiciation as it is? Damn! I for one could care less, but I don’t think anyone with any taste would want to have anything to do with this fat ugly bimbo when there are so many other women out there. And I never heard about them working with her. And their video was loosley based on her and all the other Hollywood fuck-ups, but none of the girls look even remotely like Britney and her pals, because the models in the video are acutally beautiful and sexy. I’m also offended by all the nasty anti-Nick things being said, because it’s mean. He is not ugly and he is every bit as popular and well loved as the other guys in the band. Growing up in the ’80s, I happen to know for a fact that Nick was always one of the most popular DD guys, as was Roger, as well as Simon and John. Andy, on the other hand, I won’t go there. But let’s try and keep this a Britney-free zone and quit the Nick-bashing, okey-dokey???
Man Nick Rhodes is AWESOME!!! He’s like the coolest member of Duran Duran because he’s not afraid to wear pink and ruffles, plus he’s so tech savvy. And for the record Britney is still babelicious so of course Simon and the boys would still salivate over her!!
No shit! Duran Duran’s hot for Britney?! Even though nowadays she looks like she came out of somebody’s butt?! Ew!!!! I do know their new video is inspired by her but with all the gorgeous classy ladies out there now why would Simon, John and the boys still lust over someone who looks like shit and behaves like an idiot for?!
HEAR THIS NOW!!!! I AM ONLY GOING TO SAY THIS ONCE!!!! FOR THE LAST TIME NOBODY IN DURAN DURAN IS SALIVATING, LUSTING AFTER, OR HAVING ANYTHING TO DO WHATSOEVER WITH BRITNEY FUCKING SPEARS!!!! SHE’S A FAT, UGLY PIECE OF SHIT AND A COMPLETE WASTE OF FLESH AS FAR AS I’M CONCERNED AND THERE ARE SO MANY WOMEN OUT THERE WHO ARE BEAUTIFUL AND TALENTED WHO DON’T HAVE TO FLASH THEIR P*SSIES WHEREVER THEY GO OR RUN OVER PEOPLE WITH THEIR CARS OR SHAVE THEIR HEADS JUST FOR FREE PUBLICITY!!!! AND THERE IS NO WAY THAT ANY OF THE DURAN GUYS WOULD EVEN BOTHER WITH CRAP LIKE BRITNEY AND HER PALS!!!! FROM WHAT I HAVE READ THE GUYS FAVOR WOMEN LIKE SCARLETT JOHANSSON AND NICOLE KIDMAN WHO ARE SOPHISTICATED!!!! NOT WOMEN WHO STUFF NACHOS IN THEIR FACE AND OPEN THEIR MOUTHS WIDE FOR ALL TO SEE!!!! ANY FEELING OF SYMPATHY I MAY HAVE FELT FOR THAT UGLY TRAINWRECK ARE NOW NON-EXISTENT AND IF THESE GUYS FEEL SYMPATHY FOR HER THAT’S THEIR PROBLEM!!!! AND LET US NOT FORGET THEY ALL HAVE BEAUTIFUL WIVES AND GIRLFRIENDS SO WHY WOULD THEY EVEN BOTHER WITH BRITNEY AND HER TYPE?!?!?! THAT BEING SAID IF I SEE ONE MORE MENTION OF SHITNEY OR ABOUT THE GUYS LIKING HER I AM GOING TO CONSULT THE MODERATOR!!!! DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?!?!?!?! >:(
i really love Nick Rhodes im 45 aswell i have always loved nick still do yes i was born in birmingham i dont have a brummie accent lol . i met nick back in 1981 he’s a great man he has give me a hug he aint ugly who thinks he’s ugly can look in the mirror and i still have a s the picture of me and him john taylor took it and i have met all the members back in 1981 it was great meeting nick he is the most charming and sexist man i’ve met he aint fat or bulky or a frog so dont not be so horriabel he has millions of fans .
John and Simon may get most of the media’s attention, but I can tell you that Nick really is by far the most popular with the fans, because he is the most down-to-earth, charming, sweetest and cutest. He is the one who loves giving great big giant bear hugs and kisses on the face. I met them a few months ago in NYC and Nick was the only one who took time to talk to me and hug me. He also gave me a kiss on my cheek, which was ice cold, and his lips felt wonderful. Roger was also pretty nice, but much more reserved. Simon and John couldn’t be bothered. But, Nick was the kindest and loved it when I gave him a stuffed bunny I bought especially for him (he loves his stuffed toys) so much so he gave me another great big hug. I also saw how he interacted with the other fans, giving giant hugs and kisses to everyone and talking with them. Let me tell you he is a GREAT hugger!! Don’t let anyone tell you he isn’t, cause he is. Also, Britney Spears….come on!! Nick would never go for her, because she is too messed up. I know Simon and John did and still do, but not by Nick. I think we need to lay off of poor Britney because she’s going through alot right now and spent her entire adult life being exploited. So, let’s just leave her alone and talk about Nick and how great he is, okay?!
i got a kiss on the lips instead off nick he gave me a big hug my feet didnt touch the ground lol when peopel say they love john and simon i say i love nick because i love him he’s great i was born on the 8th of june aswell i was born on the excatc day as him and year its great he is amazing.
I love Nick too but I don’t think he’s even close in popularity as Simon and John. Why? Who knows? I think he is alot cuter and alot more charming than both of them, yet I seem to be one of the very few women who loves Nick. Even Hilary Swank, who posed with Nick and Roger at the Oscars a few years ago, admitted she’s a Simon/John freak! Personally, as much a Duranie as I am, I happen to think Simon and John aren’t aging well and they both have their big fat heads up their arses!
BTW I for one am sick and tired of hearing about Britney and how fucked up her life is. I feel bad for her and I love her music and think she’s really beautiful, but there are other people in this world and I think Duran Duran got totally screwed because when they released their new CD all anyone could talk about was Britney and that Brit’s on the same record label as Duran Duran, and I personally think they were more concerned with selling Britney than Duran Duran. I guess it does make sense being that Britney is a much bigger star and she’s trying to get back into doing music.
I love Nick!He’s cute,handsome,and clever.I love him so much.
I want to be Nick’s girlfriend!!!HE IS CUTE
Personally, I think Nick’s really interesting and seems nice, but looks wise, I don’t find him at all appealing. Simon and John are the ones I find sexy, as do so many other women. And did you guys read recently that Hilary Swank came out as a Duranie and has a severe JoSi obsession?
omigod! i looooove duran duran! they rock! next to britney spears they are my favorite music act! and i always hoped one day the they-britney and duran-would join musical forces. i hear britney sites them as one of her main musical influences and duran duran are fond of her as well. i think simon especially likes her and said once he would love to do a duet with her. i feel so sad about what is happening to britney now because she is so talented and pretty. she was doing so great with her new album, which rocks by the way, but then this happens. for a while there we were stuck with christina aguilera’s crappy music, so i was thrilled when britney came out with her new album. the music world needs her, but she needs to pull herself together for the sake of her kids and herself. and i have faith that she will return to topping the charts and once again be america’s sweetheart…and that she and duran duran will record a song together.
Britney’s old news and is not Nick’s type at all! He likes his women tall, lanky, sophisticated and beautiful. I have heard him talk about liking Nastassjia Kinsky, Daryl Hannah, Michelle Pfieffer, Renee Zellweger and Nicole Kidman. The only time I recall any mention of Britney was when he was complaining during an interview about how the music industry has become so manufactured, but he never once mentioned having the hots for her. I think because he has a young daughter he prefers to not fancy jailbait. That and Britney is a total mess. Though, I do remember him mentioning Christina Aguilera once and he said how beautiful she looks, or something, at some award show a few years back. That would make sense, because Christina is gorgeous.
and im certainly not a john or simon person im a nick rhodes girl and i’ve met him loads of tmes first time was back in 1981 i got shy the then n it lol and im tall and blonde and lanky myself and i was born on the same day as him and year arent i lucky lol i hate it when peopel call him horriable names or say he aint got no fans when he has millions of them and people think john and simon are the best they arent .
oh i’m pretty sure nick had his britney fetish at one point. i remember hearing some people seeing him at alot of her shows and he even stated that he used to keep a sexy britney spears poster in his home studio for as he calls it “inspiration”. i even remember when duran duran posed with christina aguilera at some awards show in london some reporter approached nick and noted he didn’t seem too thrilled about carrying christina and he said, “that’s because i think britney spears is cuter”, or something like that. he has great taste in women, so of course nick would fancy brit at some point in his life because she is absolutely gorgeous. even his girlfriend ressembles britney spears if you think about it.
I only recently fell for Nick after years of drooling over John and Simon, like most girls. At first,I thought Nick was weird and gay, but then I noticed him one time while seeing him on TV in 2003 and I fell hard for Nick noticing for the first time.he is handsome and funny and sexy as hell.Hey, and he has a thing for Brit?!! Good for him!! At least now I know for certain he is not gay! I might have a shot with him because I’ve been told many times that I resemble the old Britney Spears from 1999.That’s a compliment!Aye!
when i met nick back in 1981 i was nervous but i had to say that im in love with him right infront of simon john and andy and roger they started laughing nick then gave me a hug . mary
everybody loves nick! don’t listen to people who say otherwise! some may favor simon or john or andy or roger but there are who also favor nick. he is the most beautiful, lucious man who ever lived and he proves a man doesn’t need to be 6′2″ and built like a construction worker in order to be sexy. i have met him a few times-first in 2000 after a florida concert and he signed my shirt and talked to me, but he was swarmed by eager women trying to get to him so he was trying to be accomidating to everyone like a true gentleman. i then met him again a few years later in new york at a record signing but he couldn’t really talk to me because there were a ton of people waiting and they were on a tight schedule. but here’s what’s really cool. i met with him again after a concert in new york and he actually remembered me! i could not believe it! i have changed considerably through the years. lost some weight, dyed my hair many colors, all that stuff. i was lucky enough to be able to hang out with him for a while this time and we talked about the new album, working with timbaland and justin timberlake, playing in broadway and the writers strike. this was when the show changed venues. i have seen them a few other times during their broadway run but was always too nervous to meet with nick again. he then talked about his love for animals and he noticed my ipod. he saw that most of the songs on my ipod were duran duran songs and even some devils songs. when he noticed my ipod and commented on it i started getting really embarassed and started blushing and giggling. i think nick caught on and started laughing and smiling at me that devilish little grin of his. i then had to tell him that i was in love with him and that i knew i didn’t have a shot because he already has a girlfriend and i’m only 5′2″ and not exactly leggy and model-like…but he was so sweet he gave me a giant hug when i was in the middle of talking. i was really nervous and shaking and he whispered in my ear “calm down…don’t be nervous.” he then whispered “we’ll see what happens in a few years”, then gave me a kiss on the cheek, which must have been several shades of red by now, said goodbye then left. it was the most memorable nights of my life even if it was only for a few minutes. i met the other members and they were okay. well, roger’s really sweet and almost as talkative as nick (he also gave me a hug but a quick one). john was cool, but seemed really tired and couldn’t be bothered. he said “hello” to me and asked if i enjoyed the show. simon flirted with me a bit and commented on my red hair and he likes red hair on women. he signed my cd told me to take care and left. like i said all the guys are pretty neat, but nick is by far the greatest and is very affectionate. that guy gives great hugs and the feel of his warm, lucious lips on my face was heaven on earth. if anyone has the opportunity to meet this man, by all means take the chance. he is an angel on earth.
I hate Duran Duran because their videos are sexist and exploitive, but I love the whole Second Life concept. But isn’t it wrong of these guys who have a largely female fan base to keep shelling out this image of being misogynistic playboys with videos and album cover art that needlessly depicts women and girls in a less-then-favorable light???!!!
I haven’t been lucky to meet him, or any of them, yet, but I came close a couple of years ago when Nick was in NYC and IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD!!! Unfortunately I didn’t find out he was there until a day later…ARGH!!! I hope he hugs me and kisses me like that. I want to feel his body pressed against mine and his lips on my face. I wouldn’t mind meeting the other guys as well. And maybe some of their videos do come off being a little sexist, but to me they are tame in comparison to the crap out there now. Their latest video is a tongue-in-cheek look at pretty girls in peril, which is the big trend these days, but I didn’t find it in any way exploitive. Britney’s videos are exploitive and sexist, because she exploits herself and has no backstory to her videos except an excuse to dance around in her underwear!! DD’s videos have stories to them.
I met Nick before Good morning America after going through a lot during the Broadway stint just trying to meet him…I told him I’m in love with him even though i’m 2 years older than his daughter. He was patient and a really sweet guy. I was waiting for my friends to be done with Simon so I could get my picture with him. I can officially say I have a picture of Nick with the worst bed-hair lol. He waited around with me for a few minutes and was such a gentleman. I asked him for a huge and he said of course…it was such a great day. Next time I meet him I’m going to make him some things. It would be awesome if he remembers me next time they come back to NY :-)
Nick Rhodes is the most wonderful person who ever lived because he just is. I met him in New Orleans a year ago and he was really sympathetic to what the situation was after the hurricanes. I told him I was a fan for years and that even though I’m no socialite and no model, I have been madly in love with him for years. I asked for a hug and he obliged. Imagine being embraced by an angel. That’s what it felt like and I was so overwhelmed that I actually started crying and he told me not to cry and kissed me on the cheek and hugged me some more. I’ll never forget it. I can still see his beautiful emerald green eyes looking at me as I was talking to him and the feeling of his warm, soft lips on my cheek. I blush everytime I think about it. I wish there were more men like him in the world, because most guys are jerks and they could care less about what’s going on in the world…unless, of course, it involves Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan running around without underwear!
i am in love with nick rhodes for ten years now even though i’m only 22 years old and i didn’t discover duranduran until i was age 11. at first i fell for simon, because i don’t know he was cute and funny and i loved the way he moved onstage, but a year later my eye shifted to the sexy little dude behind the keyboards and i thought he was the cutest and i still do. i actually got a chance to meet him after a concert back in 2001 and anyone says he doesn’t like to be touched is wrong because i went behind him while he was sitting at a table with some friends and wrapped my arms around him from behind and asked him how he was doing. he said he was doing fine and that he liked what i was doing and then he caressed my arms with his hands and felt sooooo good! then i told him “great show, you looked so sexy up there” and gave him a kiss. he let me stand there and cuddle with him for the longest time, until it was for him to go and before he left he gave me a kiss on the lips (*sigh*) and bid me goodnight. i was forever a changed woman. i doubt he’d let me do that now because he was still single at the time and now he’s got this goddess girlfriend for several years now. but i would still love to meet him again and give him a big hug and a kiss. i still like simon, though i never met him and have heard some not too nice things about him. ah well, i love nick more.
I can’t picture Nick doing a lot of these things some people say…I think some people are just writing some fan-fic lol
i ain’t making none of that up! its true and he is a very physically affectionate person. he loves hugs and kisses, especially from girls. ask anyone, he is the most affectionate guy in the band.
I have no clue about this whole “Second Life” thing because I ain’t all that computer or video game savy, but I am pretty savy when it comes to Duran Duran, namely Nick Rhodes. I adore all of them including Andy and Warren but Nick he’s the one I swoon over to this day. He is so dreamy. I met him a few times, first back in 1993, then in 2000, then in 2001, 2003 and 2004. The first couple of times he was all kisses and hugs and he would put his hand on my shoulder and on my back a few times. Last few times I met him he was friendly but not nearly as huggy as he once was. I think Meredith might have a tight leash on him or something. I personally do not like Meredith, while I tolerated his other girlfriends, but I can’t stand Meredith because she seems like she’s only in it for the money and free publicity. How they managed to last this long is beyond me. Last time I hung with Nick which was in late-2004, Meredith was standing nearby and kept posing for the cameras and a few times she shot me and all the ther female fans who were around Nick a nasty look. The other guys’ wives were really nice. I met Simon and Yasmin, and they’re both really cool.Then I met John and his wife, really nice, and finally Roger and his lady, also very nice. But I did not get good vibes from Meredith at all. She was very into herself and it appears she don’t let us Nickolites get too touchy-feely. Funny, cause first time I met Nick back in ‘93 he was with Madeline, and she couldn’t have been sweeter, and was very understanding of all the female attention Nick was getting. She’s actually my favorite of Nick’s girlfriends. Anyway, I think the reason why he isn’t as affectionate with the fans is because he’s totally pussy-whipped by Meredith! :( And it would seem natural for him to fawn over Britney and her troubelmaking pals as long as he keeps dating these 20-something socialites.
Hmm, Nick “p*ssy-whipped”, aye?! Well that might explain his fondness for dressing and acting like a woman maybe all the ladies in his life have forced him into foresaking his masculinity. I am no expert on Nick or any of his “gals”, but I am an expert on Simon and I know he ain’t one to be PW’d by ayone. BTW, it is Simon who is the most affectionate of the band, not Nick.
Nick is my fave DD guy since 1982 when I first saw them on MTV. He is the most beautiful man ever born. I also love John, but I love Nick even more. John’s really cute, but Nick is absolutely gorgeous. I wish I could meet him and give him one of my Houston bear-hugs! Even if I have to just grab him and hold him in my arms for a good solid hour, or even longer! The hell with the horseface he’s been dating! If she ain’t strong enough to handle another woman hugging her kept man, then it’s her hang up! Say, why are they still together anyway?????
nick is the greatest and i wish he’d leave meredith, too. she’s draining him of his personality.
I think Nick looks miserable with her when I see them together in pictures. I can just tell by his body language. That’s just my feelings though, I could be wrong.
rachael, you are right on the money. and he talks about meeting her in harper’s bazaar, and he mentioned he thought she looked like daryl hannah or something. well, goes to show that one cannot base an entire relationship on someone looking like a certain film star he/she once fancied. i don’t care what anyone else says, i give them about another week and then it’s splitsville.
Not sounding sexist or anti-woman, but it seems sometimes certain women tend to feel like they need to suck the life out of the men they end up with. Not saying all women do this, while there are some men who do the same, but Meredith seems like an attention whore who needs the camera and focus on her at all times, and it is so obvious she saw an opportunity as Nick’s girlfriend as her ticket into Hollywood and fame. She ain’t all that talented, so she’s just a regular Paris Hilton type who latches onto whoever she feels can get her into all the exclusive parties. I have no idea why he’s still with her, maybe because he feels he has no shot with anyone else being that most girls tend to drool over John or Simon. Well, I know he tends to set his standards a bit high (long legs, thin, cat eyes, really tall) but he should try giving a more average chick a shot. I ain’t no model type, but I’m a decent human being, maybe he should learn to value brains over shallow beauty for a change!
i loved nick from the moment i saw him in the save a prayer video. even when all the other girls were going crazy over simon and john i was head over heals over nick. just his demeanor and his androginy. i loved him for a long time, then didn’t see him for a while. well, outta site outta mind. then i saw him again during the pop trash era and i fell in love all over again, and remain in love with him to this day. at times i would grow a bit disillusioned especially after seeing him with all these gorgeous barely legal model types who have gotten head to toe makeoves from nick himself. and i am all too painfully aware of his crush on britney spears…*sigh*…what can ya do? still a god to me.
Wow!Nick’s got a crush on Britney???!!!I never would have guessed!!She’s NASTY!!But men will always be men I guess!!I’ve been in love with Nick for years and just discovered this site and I wish we wouldn’t spend so much time talking about his supposed crush on Brit when we really should be talking about how wonderful Mr. Rhodes is (despite his dirty old man tendencies) and how awesome Duran Duran is!
Nick does NOT have a crush on Britney shittin’ Spears!! Why does everyone keep saying that?! Meybe the other guys do, but certainly not Nick. He wouldn’t go for an ugly Barbie Doll like that. While his current girl is a little annoying and does look like a blonde bombshell, at least she always makes herself look presentable, which is the least I could say for Britney who always looks like trash even back when she was considered “hot”. Either or, Nick is a very classy man and he has a young daughter around Brit’s age, so I don’t think he’d fancy someone like Britney.
hi,i’m mary from montreal,personally i think in spite of the fact that you are all fans of the band,you are all loopy.how old are you all anyways debating who is most attractive,NICK OF COURSE!!but that is just my opinion how can any of you think any of the guys are ugly they are all gorgeous ev en andy in his own way he just had to age into his looks/anyway for those of you who have met them kudos lucky all of you/i would love to have met them especially NICK i have been in love with NICK RHODES since i heard one of my sisters friends describe a certain red haired keyboardist when they played their first gig in montreal in 1981/82 i fell in love with the rest ofthe band after iheard afive year old humming is there something i should know i’ll be 36 next week sunday and i love them still
hi,i’ts mary again sorry about the triplicate comments/i’m not computer savvy so i didn’t realise that i hit submit more than once/thnx for letting me voice my thoughts
Kudos, Maria! Don’t sweat the triplicate comments, I’m still learning the ways of the computer me damn self! I agree, all the Durans are handsome in their own unique individual ways, but Nick is by far the most beautiful of all of them. Maybe it has something to do with how clear his skin always looks, or maybe it’s his eyes, or his lips, his smile…who knows?! Many disagree with me, but I d
Nick seems like a nice guy but to tell the truth…I find him to be a little annoying at times. As far as looks go, John and Simon clearly are the best ones in the band. Nick is too short and a little freaky looking (even more so without the makeup), whereas John and Simon are hot at all times.
Yeah, Vanity Fair, I know what you mean. I don’t know, it’s just his pretentiousness and his snobbery and self-important attitude that bothers me about Nick Rhodes. As far as his looks go, well he used to be attractive in an odd sort of way but now…EW!! He’s kinda’ fat if you ask me! I agree Simon and John are the best looking and in contrast to Nick seem like really down-to-earth laid back guys.
Melania, you are so wrong!! It’s okay for you to favor other band members, but from what I have seen and heard from others, Nick is the down to earth one in the group. And Nick is not fat!! He’s put on a little weight, but I for one am glad he did because for a while there, he was looking a little gaunt and skinny I was starting to get worried. And he is still very attractive.
Nick is a very nice guy and he is very talented, but Simon…OH-MY-GOD!!!! He is the sexiest man in the world (even though John ain’t so bad himself)!! But Nick really isn’t all that hot, or sexy to be fair.
Well I just heard from a very reliable source that Nick and his “Barbie-Doll” girlfriend are oficially engaged!! AAAAGHHH!!!!!
don’t believe everything you read. i don’t think this is true. there’ve been rumors about them getting married for years now, but i don’t think it’ll happen. in fact, i don’t even think they’re living together. nick even said he never wants to get married again. i don’t know where you read it but i for one don’t think it’ll happen. and i’m not just being hopefull but i’m even willing to bet that they won’t be together for much longer because they just don’t seem genuinely in love. and for the record i don’t think nick has any sort of feelings for that ho, britney spears.
i’m new here and love duran duran for a long time. however i never once read or heard about nick fancying britney spears. the only duran man i ever heard saying anything favorable about her was simon at the Q awards back in 2003 when he and the guys were posing for a picture while holding christina aguilera, simon said something like “it was fun but i wish it was britney we were posing with instead, or something like that” and a few other interviews he always used to take time out to talk about how hot britney was and how he wanted to basically jump her bones and such, but this was way back when britney was still hot. i’m not too sure he feels that way about britney now because of her current mental state. but i don’t even care about simon because i am a nick fan since way back and i don’t think he goes for trashy whores like britney. he prefers classy women, but who cares whether, or not, he likes britney spears? i for one am sick to death of her. but again i could care less if nick, or any of our duran boys, still fancy britney.
Actually I do remember hearing Nick talk about Britney in an interview. He said he liked her music and said it’s always nice to see a pretty girl like that making good music.
i think the whole band has a serious crush on miss spears because they keep talking about her during interviews and their music video is based on her. dirty old men will be dirty old men i guess. ah well no accounting for taste. love the boys anyway.
In a recent interview, Nick talked about Britney alot. He said stuff how Britney needs to take some time away from the spotlight, and how he feels she needs to stop focusing on her career so much and take the time to be a mother and to take care of herself. He also mentioned how she went from being one of the great beauties of the world to a complete wreck, but he also said he has faith that she will come back and be beautiful and successful again. So, Nick has dated beautiful leggy models, so it’s really no surprise he thinks of Britney as a great beauty.
Can we please knock off all this “Nick/Duran Duran fancies Britney” talk?!?!?! They may feel sorry for her as concerned daddies themselves (remember they have young daughters of their own) but I doubt they look at bald pictures of Britney and think, “man…I’d sure like to take her to bed”. Now, back on track, I happen to think Nick is brilliant but horrendously underrated. Simon Lebon and John Taylor usually get all the attention, but it’s really Nick who is the brains behind the group and the one who’s always trying new things, whether in technology, or with his looks. As far as his looks go…yeah, John and Simon are more classically good looking, mostly tall and have more chiseled cheekbones and they have more ladies falling at their feet, but don’t take anything away from Nick. Despite the makeup and crazy hairstyles, Nick has some attractiveness going on, especially now. I think he looks better now than he did before, because he’s starting to look more manly and he even has a little meat on his bones. Yeah, he’s short, but he’s still good looking. He also comes across, and from what I have heard from other people, as the nice one in the band, and the one who’s kinder to the fans, while the other guys (namely John and Simon) tend to be a little arrogant and short with people, but Nick makes time for all the fans. I wish more people could see how good and kind he is, while he may not fit the crudentials of “tall, dark and handsome”. But I still think he’s got some people out there who like him.
I don’t know why, but for some reason whenever I see Nick, I always get the impression that even though he has his bandmates, his girl, his daughter and maybe a few friends here and there, he’s really a lonely guy. I guess he just always has a sad look in his eyes.
I get that too at times. Even when he smiles he always has this looks of longing in his eyes. I guess he does get lonely, because his daughter’s an adult now, his girlfriend is a model and an actress and probably spends alot of her time away from him…yeah, he has the other guys, but they have lives of their own. It does appear that deep down, Nick is a lonely man.
i don’t think nick’s lonely. he has a beautiful girlfriend, he has alot of friends outside the band, he’s very close with the bandmembers and he has plenty of fans. i think for the most part he’s just very shy especially around women.
Hello! I’m new around here and seeing some talk of Nick Rhodes. I love and adore Nick, so I figured I’d better get in on this! I think he is the best and such a beautiful, wonderful, exquisite man! I hate when people talk trash about him while putting Simon and John on these pedestals just because they’re considered more popular by some, but to us devoted Nick girls that ain’t true! And Nick likes classy women so there’s no way he’d ever fall for Britney Spears because she’s a total pig!
i often feel like nick is often put upon. it’s like he has a few true fans of his, but most of the time he seems to find himself surrounded by a hord of simon and john girls, but i think he deals with it in his own unique way. i did get the feeling that he was lonely especially after his breakup with madeline, but he seems to have found someone who likes him. i hope she makes him happy and i don’t want to see him get his heart broken.
Nick isn’t terrible but he has alot going against him. He’s short, pudgy, wears makeup, ir effeminite…this is why women tend to go more fo Simon.
i am both a second life freak and a duran duran freak so i had to stop by here. but i am seeing alot of animosity aimed at nick rhodes but why? i don’t think he’s a bad guy. in fact he has been my fave duran since i first got into them. but why are you saying no one likes him and he has no fans? i always thought he was one of the more popular ones and that he’s loved by lots of ladies because he’s so charming and cute. i know simon and john get alot of attention, but i don’t think nick is any less popular with women.
IMO, I think Simon is by far the hottest and accounts for most of the band’s sex appeal. It has nothing to do with looks, but his charisma is what makes him totally irresitible (oh, and the way he uses his eyes!) Yummy! John is the prettiest. He was obviously a big drawcard as far as mass female appeal goes, as he used to share the spotlight with Simon as an extra piece of eye candy.
The rest of the guys: Mick is far too androgynous for me to think he’s hot. Roger is just average to me and (in the old videos anyway) didn’t seem very enthusiastic to be in the band. Maybe he was just shy. Andy? All I can say is Ewww!
Who cares who they lust after and who they think is hot. Their music is definitely hot!
Stop slamming Nick!! He is every bit as gorgeous and popular as the other guys in the band and has as many female fans!! If girls don’t like him as all of you claim, why has he been known to date such lovely women over the years? Without even mentioning his trainwreck of a wife, there was Elizabeth Hurley, Madeline Farley, Tara Palmer Tomkinson, Lady Victoria, Lady Victoria Hervey and his current girlfriend, I don’t know her name but she’s a known actress. In my opinion, he is the most adorable and sexiest guy in the band, mostly because he’s unuasual and free-spirited.