I know everyone says how great Mick was, and he was truly a genius, but Steve is one of the most original and innovation drummers I've ever heard. The way he merges traditional rock / pop with ethnic ,Asian and Eastern rhythms is incredible and it's no wonder you don't hear modern band trying to cover Japan tracks. Steve also has a voiece almost as good as David's if you check out his work with Richard as The Dolphin Brothers
Agreed 110%. He locks in with his brother. It was like code but I imagine Mick brought out a lot of his talent as well. I can’t imagine how odd it would be to play drums to a fretless bass player like Mick.
I love David Sylvian's voice in this version of Swing, and I like how Masami Tsuchiya makes the guitar sound like a Whale call or something at 2:46-2:50. It sounds so incredibly otherworldly! Can't forget the interplay between the drums, keyboard and bass to create that funky, groovy beat. Props to Mick Karn, Steve Jansen and Richard Barbieri!
Duran were a great band with killer tunes and teen appeal. Even as a teen in the 80's myself, I thought of Japan as being much more sophisticated and way cooler than Duran Duran
This will always be my favorite version of this song. Even compared to the studio track and the OGWT performance. The keyboard absolutely rules this performance.
December 3 & 4, 1982 (Some 39 years ago) Japan were in Hong Kong performing this live. To me, time flies & freezes at the same time... My dearest Sylvie/Vivian Poon, I really DO miss you, no matter what. >
Remember the Jazz Greats have told us many times: Relax & let it swing !!! But no one - except Japan has told us the same thing in an Asian influenced vibe, with absolute visual beauty, style & elegance before or ever after !!! And that is why: Japan is the most unique Band of all times!
Taken from the LP Gentleman take Polaroid’s released in October 1980 featuring Rob Dean on guitar who left the group, I believe this tour was from Tin Drum 🥁 Japan’s final tour featuring Ryuichi Sakamoto on guitar. The musicianship displayed here is as good as it gets, no auto tuning, the only presets were sequencers but then again that was Japan’s sound, innovation right to the last ever recording. 🇯🇵 坂本 龍一
Don't be so damned naive. This is an almost entirely re-recorded session, with so many overdubs and re-takes it would be an absolute insult to actual live-playing musicians to call it "live". I idolised Mick from way back in the late 70's, loved the music the band produced from the mid 70's til the early 80's, but do not for one second, try to pass this off as anything more than it was; an extreme glossing-over of a band in complete dissolution, who, by this point, had given over almost complete control of their output to those in charge of their public image, people to whom the word "integrity" was as foreign as the music itself.
This has been up for 8 years and has only had 25k views? Wtf!! People don’t know good music when you get the likes of beeber or an x crapter winner getting millions ffs.
Duran Duran said that if Japan had put out anything commercial it would have gone straight to number one. They still managed to get to number 5 in the UK charts with Ghosts in March/April 1982.
why would you think that it was David Sylvian who said that. I do agree that this song is all about the rhythm section, but i wouldn't count on making Sylvian seem like the bad guy, since he isnt. But yes, Mick Karn should've had much more screen time.
Mick hardly appears through the whole DVD in comparison to David. Read Mick's book and you might understand how manipulative David could be. Just my opinion.
Nope, he really doesn't, not even Bowie can hold a candle to him, and I've listened to all of Bowie's music and he just doesn't do it for me anymore, but David Sylvian and Japan keep knocking it out of the park every time, and I never get bored.
Tell me when the work is done Tell me when the day is through And I'll drive safely inside my car Taking islands in Africa [Verse 2] Shout if someone gets too near I'll know just what I ought to do And I'll arrive safely in my car Taking islands in Africa [Chorus] Now your feet are back on the ground Again she'll say the weather's dim But relax my love Relax and swing And swing [Verse 3] Things you say are not too clear I'm someone you'll neither know nor care But I'll sit here and watch from afar Taking islands in Africa [Chorus] Now your feet are back on the ground Again she'll say the weather's dim But relax my love Relax and swing [Outro] Whisper in the wind Whisper in the wind
Je me souviens d'un concert de Japan, ils avaient pourtant la réputation établie d'être gay, friendly, mais gay ! Et donc il y avait deux filles devant moi, soudain elles enlèvent leurs jeans les roules en boule et les jettent sur la scène ! Très étrange comme souvent les 80's et j'ai finis le concert avec deux filles en 'slip qui dansaient devant moi!
Salut c’est Cateno j’ai lu ton commentaire j’aurais aimé être à ta place j’ai découvert Japan on écoute vision or china et maintenant je suis fou DAviD SyLvian.
@@catenozito523 Salut! C't les 80's et sur ce plan là c't formidable ! (Bon on pensait qu'on allait tous finir dans la guerre atomique, alors on prenait du bon temps ; la force de l'instant !) Ma préférée c'est "Method of dance" ! Après tu as aussi sa collaboration 'vec Sakamoto ! Sur le film à Bowie "Furyo". Un très très bon chanteur sous son apparence maniéré !
Dead, a few years ago. Lung cancer while living in Cyprus (or was it Malta?). Huge loss - no training and no music knowledge. In fact the hole band has never had any real training per DS.
