Man, I've been searching KZbin for Sylvian's interviews and watching every single one of them that's available for the last couple of days, and its interesting to see the shift in the comment section here compared to the previous, earlier interviews. From "the most beautiful man and the most sublime original artist" to "ew I can't believe this ugly uggo once used to be Japan's pretty-faced frontman! such a self absorbed twerp with his head far up his arse!" I think I can now understand why David values his originality and artistic freedom above anything else. For someone who is aggressively critical of himself, he couldn't give two fucks of what others have to say about his work. And good for him. I prefer an artist like this than someone who is out there to people please and suck up to record labels and management.
@morganyoungisplayingdrums2 жыл бұрын
The shift probably comes from many people reading Mick's book and really getting the definitive answer on just how much Sylvian is just a backstabbing, greedy, narcissistic megalomaniac. The shit that he put Mick and the band through is preposterous. After I finished Mick's book it took me a while before I could even listen to Sylvian's solo work again. I rarely do at all anymore. In some cases, I can separate the art from the artist, but this was different.
@EnnuiOn2 жыл бұрын
@@morganyoungisplayingdrums David really was a difficult man to work with, but to be fair, so was Mick. Richard had said that as much as Mick was talented and a joy to know, he was also deeply troubled and a liability. And if you had read what David had to say about the whole thing, then you might be able to see both sides - how Simon Napier-Bell exploited the weaknesses of Mick and ultimately led to tensions in the band because he was a greedy little shit. It wasn't a simple Mick vs David conflict to put the whole blame on a single person solely. And as for listening to his music, he's nowhere near the kind of person who's flawed enough to the point that I'd completely shun all his work. If I required all my artists to be the epitome of perfection in their personal lives, I'd have to stop listening to almost all of them.
@kevinmyuen3 ай бұрын
Just at the end, I found it really moving to hear what he hopes people gain from his music. We all must have heard so many musicians talk about music - but Sylvian's description seems the truest, the most profound of them.
@23sugarcane13 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for posting these interviews
@kevcatnip75894 жыл бұрын
r i p
@richardichard42374 жыл бұрын
probably had chemo....chemo kills, cancer doesn't.
@millybops1133 жыл бұрын
@@richardichard4237 what a stupid, uninformed and ignorant thing to say, please do some research before coming out and saying something as idiotic as that and making yourself look stupid!!
@garyjohnson76285 жыл бұрын
His speaking voice has changed so much he sounds like Peter Sellers in this interview. Love all his early stuff but struggle with later stuff.
@siientsinger66372 жыл бұрын
Funny you say that , pre Tin Drum , I'd have had a Beer with him , but I'd be looking at my watch ere in 2001 ? He went far Darker, I felt suicidal at The Blemish Tour
@siientsinger66372 жыл бұрын
It was all over for me until Rain Tree Crow Project and 2 tracks after Brilliant trees, Orpheus and Heartbeat with RS , must admit I loved Ingrid C his ex DS wrote "Who's Trip is It "( or this) after that ,I'm 100% Japan, I don't mind not ""Letting go "" as DS puts it
@ggkitchener11222 жыл бұрын
İts become mid Atlantic accent
@neilrobinson511526 күн бұрын
Great interview,I have all his albums,Solo work,Collaborations,Japan,Nine Horses,Rain tree Crow,I love The Taste of Magnolia,Everything and Nothing is Brilliant,To me David is A Poet,A modern day Shakespeare,Some of his songs remind me of Stratford upon Avon for some reason,”The Blood of a poet,The ink in the well,Fire at will in this open season”.
@spiritualparadise48874 жыл бұрын
Very thoughtful, intelligent and Bowie -esk interview. Most interesting.
@musicmad19 жыл бұрын
RIP Robert Sandall.
@aimeemcbride76767 ай бұрын
He is such a beautiful person and will always be!
@steffanhoffmann6 ай бұрын
He's not aged well. He's not attractive here either
@peternagy-im4be4 ай бұрын
@@steffanhoffmannplease don't be silly pal.
@jackromero75543 жыл бұрын
I saw this live, back in the day.
@MellorDR6 жыл бұрын
i wait every day for new work as we neeed it
@RosePetal175 жыл бұрын
He is incredibly Zen!
@jake-fj2zi2 жыл бұрын
man people were not lying when they said his accent changed, i haven't heard him speak all that much, but its a huge change o_O
@andrewparke1764 Жыл бұрын
He seems to have settled on mid-Atlantic.
@peternagy-im4be4 ай бұрын
Isn't he from South London?
@michaelpotts29644 жыл бұрын
Not completely sure why people dislike DS for walking away with the writing credits and hence royalties, when he wrote 90% of Japan's music! "Ooo! Why don't we try it this way?" - does not necessarily mean you are entitled to a writing credit and ultimately the cash!! As I understand it, Mick Karn didn't follow through with the enormous talent he clearly had! Potential ain't worth anything, unfortunately, as we all have it, but few of us pursue it and some are fortunate enough to be successful.... whatever that means!!
@kevcatnip75894 жыл бұрын
Yes ,,and brothers involved ,,,
@kevdop12 жыл бұрын
Love him.
@jake-fj2zi2 жыл бұрын
also, these comments are overly mean. you've never met the man, dont act like you know him
@julianmbrown3 жыл бұрын
I took a lot away from this interview. One slightly trivial thing being how strange it is that David is starting to look, maybe even sound a bit like Bill Nelson in this video. It could be just me of course..
@davidbence72292 жыл бұрын
Sound like Bob Fripp to me!
@dermotoblong13 жыл бұрын
@23sugarcane yeah he was a great journalist. (hence the mercury music prize) david sylvian frustrates me tho. i wish he wasnt so aloof and cold. the music he made with japan shouldnt be so dismissed by him. it was fantastic. i understand artists dont want to look back, but it really was the greatest era of his career for me. (and his first three solo albums)
@elliottmoore824010 ай бұрын
Quiet life ❤, what an album 👌
@peternagy-im4be4 ай бұрын
They had split up before it was released
@cloggy010 Жыл бұрын
brilliant trees is my swan song for cremation
@OPTIMISPOOH13 жыл бұрын
That's a grizzled old Gnome?? I see a need for reality check here . HE LOOKS BLOODY GOOD FOR A 42 YEAR OLD MAN!!. Which is what he was here.
@matako0712 жыл бұрын
Oil On Canvas...EPIC .
@Stephen1574010 жыл бұрын
I guess he was having problems with his marriage at the time. I have heard the interview in 1987 posted by magus1805 and have some clues about the split with Mick Karn. Their music is great even they split.
@evad5208 жыл бұрын
Steve Jansen, Richard Barbieri and Mick Karn worked together a lot, so I guess we know who the real problem is.
@KarlHainer6 жыл бұрын
Behave.
@plasticweapon4 жыл бұрын
well...no. we don't really know anything, because we weren't there.
@brokarisbelmico Жыл бұрын
It doesn't really mean much, Sylvian always wanted to work with new people and make new music that he was passionate about, that's why he worked very little with Fripp although the two got along very well, I guess it's a bit the same with Rich, Steve and Mick....
@Thedirtinyoureye8 ай бұрын
The main reason for why they dissolved the band was not only for their fights with David, was also because they were starting to have different ideas and they also felt that the discography was constantly "Making them" do things they didn't wanted and it was sad but the best they could do was move on and work with other artists. But still all of them worked with each other together either way. For example David on one or more occasions invited Richard or Steve to work on his albums but he didn't want to credit them because it was supposed to be his solo career, not Japan again. But he did like to work with them, only that they had a lot of different ideas. David even gave his voice for 2 songs on Mick's album "Dreams of reason produce monsters", when they went their own ways.
@flashtheoriginal7 ай бұрын
Disagree. Steve Jansen is David's brother. The only real schism was with Rob Dean - they collectively treated him with total distain
@liverawkstar7 жыл бұрын
I love all things todo with him from mid 90s and backward. Like a lot, and very very special. But it wasn't till youtube came around that I very much found he is sort of "up his own ass". Sometimes maybe better to not hear interviews with certain folks.
@kevcatnip75894 жыл бұрын
How can creativity come from low esteem? I want artists to mean it ,,then i can live it
@patickward8073Ай бұрын
what album is he talking about doing a new version of ghost and other tracks hope some one can help
@angiecuteass4 жыл бұрын
I have such difficulty relating this guy to the David Sylvian from Japan who was so beautiful...is it really the same guy?
@HectorLopez-ct3kq4 жыл бұрын
The same ! More great musician than handsome Guy !
@alwaysinseptember11 Жыл бұрын
i think he still looks great! i mean, he'd look the same as the 70s him if he just got the same haircut and brought back the makeup! even nowadays in his mid sixties he would.
@patrickduffy27443 жыл бұрын
David Sylvian more Bowie than Bowie
@paulkazjack3 жыл бұрын
Fuck me im falling asleep here!
@korkyk6901 Жыл бұрын
David really takes himself quite seriously
@ajs4110 ай бұрын
I preferred David around 1982 or 1983.
@mikrophonie56337 ай бұрын
Too bad no one else does.
@jcBurton20942 ай бұрын
He's an artist
@clearviewmind12 жыл бұрын
Now that's an impossibility.
@anthonyscully29984 жыл бұрын
He was very camp in the seventies. I wonder if was teased
@dragonsmythical162 жыл бұрын
I think he was just very self-critical. I don’t necessarily think he was picked on by anyone (but maybe he was too?) as strongly as he felt towards himself. He seems to be pretty stubborn and serious in how he approaches his work.
@cooljapanguys10 жыл бұрын
Why DS always wearing sunglasses on TV program ?
@rosieday32594 жыл бұрын
Private man
@mybookfacetube3 жыл бұрын
Why do you care?
@gavinreid53873 жыл бұрын
Too cool for tv
@jake-fj2zi2 жыл бұрын
swag
@andreysma37983 ай бұрын
After reading Sylvian has dealt with a lot of social phobia throughout his life, and I suffering that myself as well, I can totally see the possibility of him wearing sunglasses to bring some sense of concealment. Using the face masks during the pandemic worked wonders for me in that regard.
@Captain_Rhodes12 жыл бұрын
japan would probably not have survived today. they would have been dropped after the 2nd album and never had the chance to progress.
@kevcatnip75894 жыл бұрын
They didnt have to,,,, did they?
@v-town19803 жыл бұрын
Of course they wouldn't have. They have/had true talent.
@Captain_Rhodes3 жыл бұрын
@@v-town1980 your missing the point. a lot of the best bands took a few albums to get going and these days labels dont give them enough time
@alwaysinseptember11 Жыл бұрын
@@Captain_Rhodesohhh, i understand! i thought you were picking on them by saying that they weren't good enough compared to nowadays music but now i get what ur saying and i totally agree. record labels will pay no attention to their artists after a year or two of working with them.
@damiangriffiths78012 жыл бұрын
I am struck by the parallels between David Sylvian and that other, less musical, more political David - Miliband. Like Miliband, Sylvian had a similarly good looking brother, with whom he had a rivalry. Like Miliband, Sylvian broke away from the organisation he was associated with, in his case not the Labour party, but the "New Wave", or "New Romantic" band, Japan, possibly hoping that greater things were ahead of him. Both Davids disappeared into relative obscurity, Sylvian writing albums such as "Brilliant Trees" and "Voice of the Beehive", (or something like that. I can't be bothered to look it up), Miliband becoming CEO of the International Rescue Committee. I mean, do you know anyone that they have actually ever rescued? Looking back at the body of work they have done over the last 20 years, can either David feel it justifies those 20 years? However, hard those Davids look, it seems unlikely that those 40 years can possibly look justified. Both of them lurk in the dark. Angry, bitter Davids, fondling their ear lobes. To be honest, there isn't much more similarity that I can see. Steve Jansen didn't take over Japan like his brother, Ed did the Labour party. And the Labour party didn't change it's name to "Rain Tree Crow". It might be time to consider bold moves if you want to win a general election though. I suppose Steve did hang out more with the other members, which Ed also did, so maybe it is similar. However, the main thing is that I think David Sylvian looks a bit like David Miliband. There is also quite a striking parallel with Bros, having watched that documentary they did. I never had a brother. It seems intense
@peternagy-im4be4 ай бұрын
I gotta brudda
@cloggy010 Жыл бұрын
for me its trees
@kennyRumbles3 жыл бұрын
I’m not digging his hair .
@ariesscorpiorising13 жыл бұрын
@lunaboomboom Ants in pants. ;D
@tkshots3 жыл бұрын
david.i like you...but please stop lying
@lunaboomboom13 жыл бұрын
@ariesscorpiorising troll
@makalu6911 жыл бұрын
This is probably because Sylvian was the only one who walked away from Japan with any money... I've never warmed to Sylvian and reading Karn's book confirmed all my thoughts about him. Now I simply detest the guy.
@LeviTate20007 жыл бұрын
He hates you too.
@pihoihoi6 жыл бұрын
Why bring 'hate' into it? Do you have personal issues?
@v-town19803 жыл бұрын
@@LeviTate2000 don't get salty; they made a valid point.
@gavinreid53873 жыл бұрын
Song writing credits earn the most money in a band.
@dragonsmythical162 жыл бұрын
Well there are things I don’t particularly like about him either, but I also enjoy his music. I hold a pretty balanced view on him. He’s quite a questionable person, but has some amazing work.
@clearviewmind13 жыл бұрын
I was only drawn here cos'I heard on the radio how weird he was in another interview. I don't think he's weird at all. Shit singer thou.
@Wilantonjakov6 жыл бұрын
such a good singer mate
@alwaysinseptember11 Жыл бұрын
one of the best singers ever, along with pete burns
@shamsoni4 жыл бұрын
All stuff before tin drum brilliant then went fuckin arty
@ariesscorpiorising13 жыл бұрын
Hard to believe this grizzled old gnome was once the ubercool singer of Japan. Ah well, what can ya do?? ;)
@v-town19803 жыл бұрын
Grizzled old gnome?! Huh? He looks good. Plus, when you're in your early forties, you're not gonna look 20.
@jake-fj2zi2 жыл бұрын
and you're a model? grizzled old gnome....funny, he looks great here but ok
@alwaysinseptember11 Жыл бұрын
let's see how grizzled YOU are! i think he looks great here, especially for a 42 year old man..
@MowgliX7 жыл бұрын
He's so pretentious and artificial.
@KarlHainer6 жыл бұрын
He is the most unpretentious artist ever.
@blackmore46 жыл бұрын
@Mowgli Pretentious?! With such humble titles as 'When Loud Weather Buffeted Naoshima', Flux and Mutability' or 'Plight and Premonition'?? Surely not? ;)
@crystalc1ear4 жыл бұрын
That’s not how the song goes
@DonHaka4 жыл бұрын
@@KarlHainer exactly. I mean he knew that Blemish was gonna be a hard listen for many but said that he was extremely grateful that so many people enjoyed it. Pretty sure it was free on Samadhisound at first release because of how different it was.
@DonHaka4 жыл бұрын
@@KarlHainer Some people just dont understand Sylvian. Im not claiming to understand everything that Sylvian is, but with every interview i listen to i seem to get closer and closer to understanding him. I've become more open to spiritualism, buddhism and hinduism thanks to Sylvian and his music. I take more care of the moments when i am at peace with myself, which do not come very often.