Michael Jackson once pitched a collaboration with Duran Duran, but the group turned down the offer.
The Simon Le Bon-fronted band appeared on What Happens Live With Andy Cohen yesterday (August 2) where they were asked whether they had a friendship with Jackson back in the 1980s.
In response, keyboardist Nick Rhodes recalled the time he received an unexpected phone call from the King Of Pop.
“We go home after a tour – it must have been 1983, I think. I get home and the phone rings and my mum says, ‘There’s somebody on the phone for you, he says his name’s Michael Jackson’.”
Rhodes went on to say that he initially thought the call was a prank by a member of Duran Duran’s crew. “After about a minute I thought, ‘Oh my God, it is Michael Jackson isn’t it’,” he remembered.
The musician said that Jackson was “keen to make a record” together following the release of the group’s 1984 album ‘The Reflex’.
“I go to everyone, ‘Hey Michael Jackson called last night. Do you fancy maybe doing a song with him?’ he explained. “And they all went, ‘Nah’.”
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SOURCE: WCMY
Too bad, it’d no doubt still be getting airplay today.
Is it a true story ? I wonder…
I highly doubt anybody would say Nah to Michael Jackson. Pretty easy for them to say and why even bring it up except to get attention. I don’t believe this for a second. Duran Duran is like not even in the same orbit lol