Week Forty-Seven: Side Projects - Arcadia - "Keep Me in the Dark" - So Red the Rose

Arcadia was the side project of those super-deliciously-yummy-looking Duran Duran boys, also known as Simon LeBon, Nick Rhodes, and Roger Taylor. An interesting fact that I read on Wikipedia about this side project was that they were attempting a more "gothic" look:

"Arcadia continued the Duran Duran tradition of a slick image, tasteful fashions and hair-dos. 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."

I'm not so sure they truly achieved the "gothic" look they were after, but I'll let you be the judge - even the person who originally posted this pic commented - "See? They aren't smiling, that's gothic...":

I'm somewhat shocked that the song I selected for today's post, "Keep Me in the Dark", was not a bigger hit for them because it is my favorite one off the album. I am also including one of the songs that was a hit called "Election Day".

When the evening's sunlight fingers

Stretch across the floor

Cover up your eyes with feathers

Softly close the door

Take me in your heavy lips

Take me where the shadows lie

I need your blind full secrets

Hunting fast and loose

The lacy intrigue of this weekend

Should not be abused

You can take me where you want

Could you take me all the time

Away, yeah

Wait a little longer

Don't go too far

I wouldn't like

I wouldn't like you keeping me in the dark

Tender is the truce I’m tasting

Watching you dictate

Heady nights of sleepless wasting

A face I can't escape

We could wave the world goodbye

To all of the boys, cheerio

Away, yeah

Wait a little longer

Don't go too far

I wouldn't like

I wouldn't like you keeping me in the dark

Away, yeah

Wait a little longer

Don't go too far

I wouldn't like

I wouldn't like you keeping me in the dark

Help me now I’m slipping deeper

Tell me what to say

When without words you call me closer

Each time you turn away

Something inside you cries

But is it something I'll never find

Away, yeah

Wait a little longer

Don't go too far

I wouldn't like

I wouldn't like you keeping me in the dark

Away, yeah

Wait a little longer

Before we go too far

I wouldn't like

I wouldn't like to think you

Were keeping me in the dark