# Duran Duran's Ünion of the Snake"-What Was It About?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duran-durans-union-of-the-snake-what-was-it-about/677222>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 26, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duran-durans-union-of-the-snake-what-was-it-about/677222 "2013-12-26T17:36:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duran-durans-union-of-the-snake-what-was-it-about/677222/1 "2013-12-26T17:36:45Z")

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I find DD to be an interesting group…but I cannot figure out what these lyrics mean.  
Was it something sexual?

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**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duran-durans-union-of-the-snake-what-was-it-about/677222/2 "2013-12-26T18:23:17Z")

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I believe it was a metaphor, referring to a substantial south-american city though my memory fails me as to exactly which one, I’m sure other dopers will help out.

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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duran-durans-union-of-the-snake-what-was-it-about/677222/3 "2013-12-26T21:47:37Z")

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Labour relations among ophidians?

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**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duran-durans-union-of-the-snake-what-was-it-about/677222/4 "2013-12-26T21:50:13Z")

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[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_the_Snake) says it’s about Tantra. No citation, though.

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duran-durans-union-of-the-snake-what-was-it-about/677222/5 "2013-12-26T22:56:50Z")

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Duran Duran was going for the weird esoteric lyrics to make them sound deep and poetic, I think. _The Reflex_ doesn’t make any sense either.

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**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duran-durans-union-of-the-snake-what-was-it-about/677222/6 "2013-12-27T02:10:01Z")

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> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#):
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> I believe it was a metaphor, referring to a substantial south-american city though my memory fails me as to exactly which one, I’m sure other dopers will help out.

Ha\*\*[COLOR=“Red”]R\*\*, har, har. **I** see what y **O** u did there.[/COLOR]

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**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duran-durans-union-of-the-snake-what-was-it-about/677222/7 "2013-12-29T07:52:51Z")

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> [@JpnDude](#):
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> Ha\*\*[COLOR=“Red”]R\*\*, har, har. **I** see what y **O** u did there.[/COLOR]

😃