David Sylvian - The Ink In The Well

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Music video by David Sylvian performing The Ink In The Well. (C) 1984 Virgin Records Ltd.
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[@jimh4072]

I remember when I first saw this video. It was the mid 1980s and I was in a bar in a rural town in Co. Galway, Ireland. I was with a friend who also liked the band, it came on the tv and I was blown away. I think the channel played a couple of Japan videos in a row. It’s really mad thinking about it, I am in my 60s now and my friend has since died. You never think things will turn out like this but eventually life catches up with us all.

[@aileentierney1078]

In the top ten best albums of all time just my opinion though

40 years today. Thank you, David.

[@SonofHendrik]

Ooh, that double bass played by Danny Thompson is so wonderful.

[@Steaminlidz]

I was listening to this and thinking, “Definite 70’s John Martyn vibe…” that’ll do it.

[@rubyrue69]

who gave this man the right to be so damn talented?

[@garyjohnson7628]

The whole album is perfection. Such talent and so young.

[@paulsj]

David had the ultimate hair. Everyone at school aspired to achieve the same style, but never quite managed it!

[@DarranJHankey66]

Snap , me and my old school mate from Blackpool ( KR) We just were like women fighting who could get that ULTIMATE PLATINUM BLONDE TONER, gel, half a can of ELLNET superhold Oh,,,and MaxFactor eyes lol We looked more like David Copperfield pmsl

[@patsystone34]

Haha, can relate! I got the shag and glamrock stylo (kinda) but it was ffing hard back then to bleach jet black hair to platinum blonde... I ended up with yellow straw locks! 🙈😅

[@glennoc8585]

Yet a few years later David looked quite conservative without makeup and a very everyday men's haircut.

[@arefriendsaseptic]

*cough*Nick Rhodes*cough*

[@ericamacleod7245]

💗’Nostalgia burns in the hearts of the strongest...’ THIS SONG was a transcendental discovery for me in my youth. Sylvian is such a gifted artist. Innovative to the core. The whole album (Brilliant Trees) is an inspirational masterpiece, as are his other albums. Japan was a good platform in his earlier days & once he broke away, went solo & also began collaborating with other composers/musicians, his musicality went skyward to new & often sublime trajectories. We thank you Mr Sylvian, for taking us all on some incredible mind-blowing musical journeys over the years. Your work has been & still is much appreciated 👍🏼💗😎👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@jasonkingshott2971]

You stole my words.

[@nensi1972]

...amen...🌹❤️

[@isuckatthesegames7119]

He’s great both In Japan and solo.

[@StephanieNuman1988]

You said it so well. His solo was intoxicating. I love it still to this day and forever.

[@user-xv1gn7yk3t]

It has been with me my whole life, how lucky I feel - blessed beyond belief

[@laiarenaud5538]

The song is so beautiful my ears can’t believe it and David is so beautiful my eyes can’t believe it

[@trevorsheridan5788]

Laïa Ren this was 1984 !!!!!!

[@yorkellic]

same same

[@DianaRuiz2013]

Same feeling 🥰

[@KRAZEEIZATION]

A highlight from Brilliant Trees. Doesn’t sound like anything from the mid 80s. Timeless.

[@dietrichcleijne2715]

My god, this remains to be so beautiful.

[@markmoore2625]

Even an innovative band like Japan, couldn't reign David in. With his solo work he took us on a musical journey and we were more than willing to accompany him. Timeless music.

[@jhienja8678]

it started with the "for the love of life" song, listen to his other song, orpheus (my most favorite recently) and so on. i love this!

[@freddyfazbeargaming8486]

No way, me too.

[@Episodiovívido]

@@freddyfazbeargaming8486 me too hhe, but the sad thing is those are not lyrics made by himself

[@bartputtemans4800]

Music can't come closer to art than David Sylvian's

[@darrylroff3932]

I bought the 7" vinyl of this back in the mid 80s. I used to listen to a "pirate" radio station called Laser 558. I think that's right. I reckon they had a limited amount of tunes to play, so it was always coming on. I don't know why I like it so much, but I just do. Sometimes that's a good enough reason.

[@trevorharman9880]

It was laser 558 and it was a great station.

[@DarranJHankey66]

The best solo album David Sylvian released , RIP Mr Cruz

[@saintetienne755]

Great song - beautiful man

[@billboy2922]

Had the chance to see Japan with suport by Sandii & the Sunsetz on the Sons of pioneers tour at Lancaster university in Nov1982 was- and still is the best gig i have ever been to ( and i have been to many ) all for £2.50 also seen david Sylvian in praise of the Shamans tour in Hamburg may 1988 with his brother steve and Richard also on the line up - also met them all after the gig when they made there way to the tour bus after the show and they all signed my tour poster for me - you had to be there !

[@user-sc9li1qt1e]

Is it on youtube ?

[@loraineberry8584]

I was at that Lancaster Uni gig too.🤩

[@yourmetalsister2958]

I went to a couple of the Hammersmith shows where they recorded the "Oil On Canvas" album. The video of that is on You Tube.

[@lokomiusek]

So glad to see all these videos being uploaded with the quality they deserve after all these years. :)

[@pmfalck]

My favourite song by David Sylvian but you can’t change my mind about Likeing his solo more then Japan

[@frannieo1707]

A masterpiece.

[@sjvdputten351]

Another artful masterpiece.

[@stevepettit2064]

picasso is painting the ships in the harbour wonderful line i loved japan and sylvian's brilliant trees album which includes this ,red guitar,and pulling punches.

[@johnhufton5787]

I remember listening to this while travelling on a bus on a desolate, bleak, snowy winter’s day in the 80s. Absolutely blew me away.

[@andreysma3798]

I get the feeling, too. I was also on a bus when I first listened to "I Surrender", which is almost 10 minutes long with little variation, yet it was such a beautiful experience I'll never forget. There's some kind of magic in Sylvian's music.

[@Kosmo999]

The lights of the ashes smoulder through hills and vales Nostalgia burns in the hearts of the strongest Picasso is painting the ships in the harbour The wind and sails These are years with a genius for living The rope is cut, the rabbit is loose (fire at will in this open season) The blood of a poet, the ink in the well (it's all written down in this age of reason) The animals run through harvested fields of fire The bitterness shown on the face of the homeless Picasso is painting the flames from the houses The sudden rain These are years with a genius for living The rope has been cut, the rabbit is loose (fire at will in this open season) The blood of a poet, the ink in the well (it's all written down in this age of reason) Fire at will

[@leecort4705]

David , you are magical

[@makototagawa4682]

懐かしい!　36年前毎日聞いていた！

[@jn2965]

今でも、何も見なくても歌える自分に驚いています。本当に延々と聞いていました。このアルバムの曲全部。というか、JAPANの頃からのも全部、、

[@iansteels9195]

Music is eternal and very personal , we are from a bygone age where passion and talent ruled.

[@koenraadkoerts9229]

Mooiste muziek van de wereld .

[@simonzinc-trumpetharris852]

A true masterpiece!

[@bertspierings7922]

Saw him back in 1987 in Rotterdam. Once in a lifetime gig...

[@barbarabaan]

Me too 😉

[@Ma-kunte2000]

@@barbarabaan me too

[@DarranJHankey66]

Timeless

[@tomislavzdunic802]

David sylvian.. Most beautiful Voice Lirics Music Face In solar system.. 1978.. today... 19 9 2023 Colours may life Fan from Croatia

[@RedGoldGreen-Dub]

Such a beautiful song 👌🏻❤️

[@g-plan9future204]

Wonderfull

[@josh_olivares]

Te amo tanto David Sylvian

[@andrewjohnstone963]

The sun it shineth on my world 🌎✨♥

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

The magic ✨

[@ginaarber7386]

Anton Corbijn is a genious

[@phillipphillippson8456]

Now Yearbook ‘84 is gonna bring me here. Not released till January 2022

[@davidbull7210]

Me too although I have seen this before.

[@RighteousBrother]

I can't believe I was lucky enough to live in a time when this was considered pop music, now pop music has devolved into ladies with big arses, shaking them around and singing about money.

[@insanityrulestheday]

You must be thinking of that song by the Weather Girls from 1983, "It's raining Men, hallelujah", at least it's no longer a case of "Pennies from Heaven".

[@graemefarquharson465]

Cant beat the 80s

[@rjjcms1]

I do play some newer music at times,but just lately I'm thoroughly enjoying taking refuge in the 80s,as I have done in other eras past. It lifts my mood in a way that not much in today's mainstream pop world comes anywhere near to.

[@jasonkingshott2971]

That's about it!

[@ugo5200]

Plenty of good pop music out at the moment you just have to look for it

[@Grimwriggler]

David Sylvian Always good for a laugh

[@alfonsocarrisi8419]

Ho chiuso gli occhi all'inizio della canzone che avevo poco.più di vent'anni, dopo cinque minuti gli ho riaperti bagnati e mi son ritrovato a sessanta ....

[@UnaRogna]

Come ti capisco....

[@MassimoOmeri]

Già!!!

[@surskinov8630]

Its good, soo good

[@faulknerorkney2692]

Go on, I challenge you, find a better song featuring a double-base than this masterpiece! What a beautiful four minutes.

[@justinebourke2811]

This video reminds me a lot of an old american 50s or early 60s film about a guy with an obsession and difficulty accepting reality..he found a liitle wooden shack-type property on a secluded beach like this where he proceeded to rent and live in with his new-found "family"...ofcourse things eventually turned sour when reality crowded out his simple dream... I will try to remember the name of this excellent study of the fragile psyche and the extraordinary effect that fate or "karma" or God's plan can bestow on a human from their own very valid perspective 😅

[@cloggy010]

superb

[@kreutzerrickyian8824]

Meravigliosa

[@rosemaria2531]

Salve brasil

[@DarranJHankey66]

This is *IMMACULATE*/TIMELESS/& David Sylvian at last was playing to audiences that listened to every octave , this hit me like a Bullet Train when I first nervously played Brilliant Trees on its release , I think I'd have never of forgiven myself though if I didn't attend the final two sold out London gigs prior them ( the fans weren't told !!) Finishing in a country that Japan need to thank , Japan,,,,,,,and the mass fans that kept An income ,not that it was enough to buy them a BMW between them!!, they made BFH ( Bus fare Home) from most of their short time as a band ,but without sold out Japan tours , we'd never have got past Adolescent sex, I do wish Rain Tree Crow never happened, it confused so many ,myself included, it was a bit of a *let's do this album whilst we have spare time *! Thanks for ( which DS HATES ) the music that means more than it did in 79 when I went my IST gig, I don't think it's the fact he hates all the early trax, I think it's because his desire to be so artistic attracted the best musicians ,genius"s to be more precise ,very much like Bowie did , I often wonder what work ( forget Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence) they could have worked on,maybe one producing ? All I know is we will never know , I'm actually wondering if they ever made up ? I know there was pure inspiration from Bowie as he did so many because like DS, he changed direction , but there was rumour of not a front page fall out like we get today with snap happy paperazi , but possibly over something trivia that Smash Hits ( lol) wrote, or David Bowie had double Booked DS Hair appointment,,, we'll never know .Albeit,not all of his solo work I like !! even today still , the cobwebs to prove "Blemish" was I mean hard bloody work to listen to , thank God I didn't go the tour ,, even DS today admits it was hard work performing it live ,,,,,, but the track that does it for me is "Heartbeat",,, I can't think of a song that ( brrrr) makes my body hair stand on edge, it's .........words can't describe , I'm sure you have your own,but Wow,,,,, even the video where he gives his beautiful ex wife a kiss ,it's immaculate .... Peace,and stay safe ✌️✌️✌️✌️

[@Koshirozation]

will this vevo continue uploading more od david's work?

[@DonHaka]

pretty sure he stopped doing music videos later on.

[@anthonyowens69]

This song is about the bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War

[@yo___sofia]

Can you explain that, please?

[@Zorez-fs8zw]

"Picasso is painting the flames from the houses", Picasso's painting named "Guernica" is about that bombing, I think he's right. And "Fire at Will" is a military command.

[@faulknerorkney2692]

It certainly references Guernica, but I think the song is about the whole of humanity and it's ability to be both idiotic and amazing.

[@stuartfrance811]

@@faulknerorkney2692 Correct... but verse two happens before verse one...

[@laurencebousson1865]

"les évènements du jour sous une lumière nouvelle qui monte peut-être des ondes électriques au lieu des gouttes qui scintillent sur une toiles d'araignée. La relation n'est pas la ressemblance mais tirer sur la détente d'un nerf ... Il reste un dernier écart comme entre deux personnes qu'aucun 9 ne peut réunir, au point où l'on perd de vue l'e à travers un horizon de l'esprit" (Rosmarie Waldrop " la revanche de la pelouse")

[@jennysanchezmartinez9121]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@erwinklement1215]

💕

[@Mercury__777]

ياخي فدوه الك عشيرتي

[@jennysanchezmartinez9121]

😀😀😀😀❤❤❤❤❤

[@FunkATeer-qk7hq]

💜🤘🏿

[@ajs41]

Did David and Paul Morley work together? I didn't know they had before seeing this video and the titles at the beginning.

[@ajs41]

@jim hutchison Thanks, although I don't understand exactly what you mean.

[@DeepZeea]

Ohhh, so this is where Jeff Buckley took his inspiration from. It all makes sense now lol

[@nightonmars]

The Allen Ginsberg of my gen....

[@beauforda.stenberg1280]

fire @ will XI

[@JorfranAV]

Kami

[@pilleater]

AxA

[@ps10011]

Morley gets a credit - weird

[@lauradamico3027]

Caspita...lui puo fare david bowie!...gli rassomiglia tantissimo!! ....laura

[@simonu.910]

assomiglia molto a Simon LeBon ...(ex) leader dei Duran Duran .

[@SuperGiletti]

È David Sylvian.

[@simonu.910]

@@SuperGiletti non me ne ero accorto .................

[@SuperGiletti]

È unico...... Non assomiglia.

[@lauradamico3027]

@@SuperGiletti non ti sarai offeso!...parlo di bowie non di pinco pallino! E comunque gli rassomiglia fisicamente...laura

[@wayoflifefutures5017]

Just went for fish & chips and found red plastic in the food, with the female workers looking sheepish, takes me back to a workplace where some black substance entered my mug from dispenser, then the mug was stolen and missing. The message is why have criminal intent and thought in the first place, this is not normal practice. Respect of an individual is very important, unfortunately there are many characters out there lacking basic principles and lifestyles.

[@nimahaohaohao]

Johan Liebert 😂

[@Aman-cb1pt]

why he writes like that : "Thíngs are not that símple"

[@joesphking1167]

Nos

[@christophe051]

David Sylvian who Swallowed one more time Brian Ferry

[@ppgedez]

Looks like the Unabombers hut.

[@pmfalck]

But a too werid ending

[@thebonkera1221]

The lights of the ashes smoulder through hills and vales Nostalgia burns in the hearts of the strongest Picasso is painting the ships in the harbour The wind and sails These are years with a genius for living The rope is cut, the rabbit is loose (Fire at will in this open season) The blood of a poet, the ink in the well (It's all written down in this age of reason) The animals run through harvested fields of fire The bitterness shown on the face of the homeless Picasso is painting the flames from the houses The sudden rain These are years with a genius for living The rope has been cut, the rabbit is loose (Fire at will in this open season) The blood of a poet, the ink in the well (It's all written down in this age of reason) Fire at will