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Think of the cover as less ELOspaceship rocktrip and more of a time-traveling bender to Studio 54.
The beauty of music is to remain flexible and open-minded, Rhodes says.
Thats at the heart of what has kept Duran Duran fresh.
But the artists responded very well.
I was so thrilled when Lou actually said, Wow, its a great cover.
If I was able to sing like Simon, thats how I wouldve sung it.
Oh, goodness, itsthat.
Instead, we wanted to make our version of each track as if wed written it.
I mean, Evil Woman has absolutely nothing to do with Halloween.
Theres also dark humor in it.
So does it really fit as a Halloween song?
Switch up the recording process
Electric Light Orchestras songs were so Beatles-esque.
When you listen to them now, theyre beautifully produced, unusual, and unique pieces.
Usually, well all get into the studio together and jam something out until we find the strongest element.
But when we did the deluxe, the songs, quite simply, already existed.
John went into the studio with Simon in Los Angeles and they made a template.
I went into another studio in England and pieced together all the synths and what I wanted to do.
I changed the arrangement, which made me find all the sounds and architecture for it.
It felt like we were gently moving it into a different time period.
Dom Brown, our longtime guitarist, had a lovely and funky solo.
One of our producers said to me, Is that Nile Rodgers playing the guitar?
Get freaky with the keyboards
I can always cook up a good storm sound if you need one.
Its finding samples of things.
And you’ve got the option to combine them.
That thunder that we open with is about two or three different thunderclaps.
Anybody can perform somebody elses song if they dont alter it fundamentally.
Weve had so many cover versions done of our songs.
Some of them Ive really liked.
Other ones, not so much.
