A LiveJournal post in the Sanctum Sunday Salon series revisits 1985 through a double feature built around Arcadia and Power Station, placing both projects in the wider story of Duran Duran's peak MTV-era popularity. The piece frames the year as a key moment for a band that had already become closely associated with stylish, ambitious music videos and the broader Second British Invasion in the US.
The focus on Arcadia vs Power Station points to a period when the Duran Duran world was branching into separate creative directions. Instead of looking only at the main band's success, the feature uses these two related projects to explore how the group's influence stretched beyond a single identity during the mid-1980s.
That setup also underscores why 1985 remains such a strong pop-culture reference point. Duran Duran were widely seen as innovators in the music video format, and any look back at Arcadia and Power Station naturally connects to how MTV helped shape image, sound and celebrity at the time.
Overall, the article presents a nostalgia-driven snapshot of a pivotal year in the Duran Duran orbit. By contrasting Arcadia with Power Station, it highlights how 1985 was not just a moment of mainstream success, but also one of experimentation and expansion around one of the era's most visible acts.
