![]() ![]() ■ The Jesus and Mary Chain parted ways after releasing the album “Munki” in 1998. While the act’s music still holds up, filmmaker John Hughes had a huge hand in making “Pretty in Pink” such an iconic tune. ■ The Psychedelic Furs haven’t released an album since 1991, yet songs like “Pretty in Pink” and “Love My Way” are played nearly as much today as they were in the ’80s. The tunes were so potent that even now, eight albums later, those songs are the act’s most beloved. ![]() The bulk of the band’s biggest songs came during a two-year stretch toward the end of ’80s. ■ Thanks to Robert Smith’s distinctive vocal style, the Cure’s sound is instantly recognizable. Songs like “Blue Monday” and “Bizarre Love Triangle” inspired countless acts, The Killers included, to dive deeper into synth pop. His cameo speaks volumes about the British band’s impact. ■ When New Order stopped by the Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan this past spring, Brandon Flowers of The Killers joined the band for a few songs. ![]() Costello’s prolific catalog features an array of adventurous releases, including collaborations with Allen Toussaint, Burt Bacharach and the Roots. ■ Although Elvis Costello released some of his biggest tunes in the late ’70s, he had a number of hits during the ’80s, including “Riot Act,” “Everyday I Write the Book” and “Veronica,” and he reached a stride that hasn’t slowed since. The act made a gradual transition back to its roots over the next 15 years that culminated with 2014’s “Songs of Innocence.” However, U2 made a lot of enemies when it partnered with Apple and the album was automatically added to the library of 500 million iTunes users. ■ After moving from post-punk to Americana in the ’80s, U2 took an edgier turn into more electronic territory in the ’90s. Like Le Bon and company, some have continued to compose new songs, while others have endured thanks to a strong catalog of music that sparks an everlasting sense of nostalgia: With Duran Duran playing Mandalay Bay Events Center on Friday, we take a look at some other enduring acts from the Reagan era. At the same time, songs like “Last Night in the City” - featuring Kiesza harmonizing with Le Bon on a hook embedded in swelling synths and trance beat - sound perfectly in step with the music of today. The group’s most recent album, 2014’s “Paper Gods,” stays true to its distinctive sound carved out over the course of 14 albums. It gives you currency, which means you’re not a greatest-hits band and you’re not a nostalgia act.” And the joy that you get when you go on the road and you stand on stage and you’re playing something that’s new. “We grew up listening to artists like David Bowie, who never made the same album twice,” the 57-year-old Le Bon said. In a BBC One interview last fall, Duran Duran frontman Simon Le Bon explained why his band continues to create new music. But the outfit has been more interested in staying relevant than reliving the past. Within five years, the group had produced enough hits that it could have continued cashing in on its catalog without writing another tune. That’s what kept the British band from being frozen in time like the Atari 2600, parachute pants, Members Only jackets and countless other cultural touchstones from the 1980s.ĭuran Duran released its self-titled debut on June 15, 1981. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas News Bureau)ĭuran Duran has been too busy moving forward to get caught up in the past. Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran performs at Mandalay Bay hotel-casino on Friday, July 29, 2016.
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