"Still, the Next Beatles tag seemed more of a curse than a compliment until the band-so-good-they-had-to-name-it-twice came along. Duran Duran may have been the best Next Beatles ever. Critics never gave the boys a whole lot of credit, but the MTV-spawned band's string of hits holds up surprisingly well 20 years later. And I defy anyone to listen to "The Reflex" and tell me those guys weren't channeling the Fab Four. "