Sing Blue Silver

Sing Blue Silver is a tour documentary about Duran Duran's 1983-1984 World Tour. A sixty-minute edited version of the documentary was aired on MTV (and later other music channels) under the title Blue Silver.

Sing Blue Silver was originally released on videotape (in VHS and Betamax formats) and on laserdisc, near the end of 1984. It was re-issued on DVD in April of 2004. A 1984 book of the same name featured still photography by official tour photographer Denis O'Regan.

[edit] "18,000 miles, 51 shows, 79 days, over 500,000 fans..."

Filmed at the height of their fame, Sing Blue Silver follows Duran Duran around Canada and the United States for three months from 30 January - 17 April 1984 as they toured in support of their Seven and the Ragged Tiger album around North America.

Primarily, Sing Blue Silver is about the job of making music, so live musical performances feature quite heavily throughout the video.

The documentary features many other standout moments, including a Francesco Scavullo photo shoot in New York, meeting the L.A. Raiders backstage, and a Beatles-style press conference tinged with a bit of comedy. It also captures the band in more candid moments, from backstage antics to trying to stay entertained on the journey between cities.

All the while, the documentary doesn't attempt to gloss over the problems and pitfalls of trying to put on such a large scale show. Professional to the last, tour manager Spy Matthews manages to keep the show running even when the venue won't accommodate the band's stage setup.

The film also documented the band's teen idol status, showing hordes of hysterical young — mainly female — fans attempting to cope with seeing their heroes in a live arena.

Live footage from this tour was later used for the Arena (An Absurd Notion) long-form video and the As The Lights Go Down concert video. The video for "The Reflex" was shot in Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens in March 1984.

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Intro
Press Conference
Load In/Backstage
Is There Something I Should Know?
Meeting the L.A. Raiders
On The Road Again/Planet Earth
John on touring
Simon and Nick on image and recording in New York
Francesco Scavullo photo shoot
Back on the road
Girls on Film
Coca Cola press conference
Visit to F.B.I.
Discussing Filming/The Seventh Stranger
In New Orleans
Save a Prayer
Oakland, California
Soundcheck/Backstage
Hungry Like The Wolf
Careless Memories
The end of the tour

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Former members	Andy Taylor • Warren Cuccurullo • Sterling Campbell

Albums	Duran Duran • Rio • Seven and the Ragged Tiger • Arena • Notorious • Big Thing • Liberty • Duran Duran (The Wedding Album) • Thank You • Medazzaland • Pop Trash • Astronaut • Red Carpet Massacre

Compilations, EPs and remixes	Carnival • Master Mixes • Decade: Greatest Hits • Greatest • Night Versions: The Essential Duran Duran • Strange Behaviour • Singles Box Set 1981-1985 • Singles Box Set 1986-1995 • The Essential Collection

Singles	Planet Earth • Careless Memories • Girls on Film • My Own Way • Hungry Like the Wolf • Save a Prayer • Rio • Is There Something I Should Know? • Union of the Snake • New Moon on Monday • The Reflex • The Wild Boys • A View to a Kill • Notorious • Skin Trade • Meet El Presidente • I Don't Want Your Love • All She Wants Is • Do You Believe In Shame? • Burning the Ground • Violence of Summer • Serious • Ordinary World • Come Undone • Too Much Information • Perfect Day • White Lines • Out Of My Mind • Electric Barbarella • Someone Else Not Me • (Reach Up for the) Sunrise • What Happens Tomorrow • Nice • Falling Down

Videos	Duran Duran Video 45 • Duran Duran • Dancing On The Valentine • Sing Blue Silver • Arena (An Absurd Notion) • The Making of Arena • Three To Get Ready • Working for the Skin Trade • 6ix by 3hree • Decade: Greatest Hits • Extraordinary World • Greatest • Live From London

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