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Simon John Charles Le Bon MBE (born 27 October 1958) is an English singer. He is best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the new wave band Duran Duran and its offshoot Arcadia . Le Bon has received three Ivor Novello Awards from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors , including the award for Outstanding Contribution ...
In a retrospective review, Donald A. Guarisco of AllMusic described it as having "a warm ballad feel," blending "elegant verses full of entrancing repeating-note hooks with a rousing chorus built on soaring runs of ascending notes." Guarisco also highlighted Simon Le Bon’s vocal delivery as "rich in emotion but tastefully restrained". [12]
[22] [20] In May 1980, London vocalist and drama student Simon Le Bon was recommended to the band by an ex-girlfriend who worked at the Rum Runner. [23] The band were immediately impressed by Le Bon and soon completed their first composition with the new line-up, "Sound of Thunder", featuring lyrics by Le Bon.
PopMatters ' John Bergstrom observed that "not even nearly 30 years of cultural change have been able to budge the careful juxtaposition between Andy Taylor's power riffing and Simon Le Bon's willfully artful lyrics and vocals, or the brilliant interplay between the awesome, seriously funky rhythm section of John Taylor and Roger Taylor, and ...
For the Arcadia incarnation of their ever-changing band aesthetic, Le Bon, Rhodes and Roger Taylor donned an upmarket 'gothic' look of black tuxedos, vintage formal wear, and bow ties. The three also dyed their hair black, as seen when they performed (as Duran Duran, with Andy and John Taylor) at the 1985 Live Aid concert in Philadelphia .
Simon Le Bon – lead vocals; Warren Cuccurullo – acoustic and electric guitars, background vocals; Nick Rhodes – keyboards; John Taylor – bass guitar (except track 6), background vocals; Additional musicians. John Jones – programming, engineer, keyboards, drums (all tracks except 1, 2, 7 and 9), bass (track 6) Milton Nascimento ...
Smash Hits ' Beverly Hillier was also unimpressed, finding "Simon Le Bon's dull and lifeless vocals, together with lots of synth noises and rock guitar combine to make this album sound like one long drawn out single." [38] In Melody Maker, Steve Sutherland believed the album worked better as background music and is "actively better not to ...
Lead singer Simon Le Bon also sang in a Prince-style falsetto. He later admitted he was inspired by the Rolling Stones ' Mick Jagger on their song " Emotional Rescue ". Steve Ferrone and Warren Cuccurullo played the drums and lead guitars respectively, with producer Nile Rodgers also playing some rhythm guitar on the single.