Japan - Swing

[@solidsilverbullet007]

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

[@DonHaka]

actually there is a metal band who released an album this year with a cover of Still Life In Mobile Homes!

[@DonHaka]

@ratdancer77 Anubis Gate i think they're called, i'd say it was a pretty solid cover, very different tho.

[@Staygoldfarms]

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.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

@@Staygoldfarms it certainly makes for an interesting rhythm section.

[@debranchistesdumondeentier2946]

" it's no wonder you don't hear modern band trying to cover Japan tracks.", no, indeed: those of Gentlemen are just unlistenable to.

[@mexicanson]

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!

[@Bigsbeee]

God bless Mick Karn..missed by so many.

[@TO3F4U]

I was very lucky and privileged to grow up with Japan and I continued to follow David Sylvians career all the way.. truly amazing times the 80’s..

[@scarlett-belle1448]

Absolutely agree!

[@fvazquez64]

me too, thumbs up for that...

[@stuartwray6175]

The early 80's, primarily?

[@JamboLinnman]

Me too. Still listen to Japan, Sylvian and Karn as much today as I did then.

[@slocamel]

Me too, a rare fearless and rewarding artist

[@enricestevemir7965]

Japan, great New Romantic band, along with Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, Visage, Ultravox, Talk Talk...those were great times for great music!

[@briancox8518]

Duran were a pop band Japan were class art rock and progressive and experimental

[@enricestevemir7965]

@@briancox8518 i agree

[@sgreeves3264]

Yes they were!! Don't forget Depeche Mode. Tears for Fears. The Cure, also Flock of Seagulls Simple Minds and more! :)

[@markvader5507]

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

[@briancox8518]

Japan were class and more experimental art rock Duran were pure pop i just didn't like them

[@anniechristien]

Influential band, amazing song, handsome David, beautiful voice, outstanding bass player and great concert.

[@mattma96]

And very unique drumming of Mr. Steve Jansen... And multiple layers of synths by Mr. Richard Barbieri~

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

Yep, Mick Karn had few peers on fretless bass.

[@martmako1]

monster Mick is just flawless on that fretless, so unique and hypnotic, very classy tune, many thanks

[@ねこ-f4d9r]

本国の英国よりも、デビット・シルビアンの日本の少女漫画的美しさで、日本で先に人気に火がついた。

[@spasmspector]

With Masami Tsuchida on one of the guitars... yesssssss. 👌

[@Dudderlyful]

Now researching Masami san, cheers for the heads up!

[@mattma96]

Masami's guitar playin' is phenomenal~

[@TheMirjam68]

Most amazing band and frontman. Big fan for 35 years now!

[@fuzzballio]

Everytime I wear a shirt with big sleeves I come back to this video to remind myself that if Steve Jansen can look cool with it, I sure can try, too.

[@Undersea.Glider]

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.

[@adrianberrocal]

2:30 amazing guitar work

[@robertwatson5104]

Mick Karn,, my fave bass player of all time

[@novo611]

God bless mick. Rip🙏

[@mexicanson]

Mine, too.

[@jaivkoltun4948]

Certainly is uniquely gifted. . .

[@briancox8518]

Hard to believe 2 years before this there music was hard rock and funk and glam

[@mattma96]

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. >

[@rabit818]

Incredible bass and David Sylvian of course.

[@yasukita4873]

土屋さんのギターがまたガッチリ合う

[@novo611]

Brilliant talents in this band. They had everything 👍👍👍😁

[@モロボシダン-y9h]

素晴らしい。最高のバンドだ

[@daniel-v2l6z]

I freaking love this band, til death do us part, just such cool sounds man.

[@zenobowie]

the sound recording is fabulous especially for 1983 and later remastering !

[@ajs41]

Recorded in November 1982 at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, released in June 1983.

[@stevecarter2876]

Only the drums are from the live recording itself,everything else was re-recorded in the studio

[@YLSugarman]

Love this song

[@岸本キャサリン]

素敵🎵

[@manliolieve9043]

Infiniti, unici, indefinibili, immensi, inimitabili, senza tempo, senza uguali

[@adrianberrocal]

0:32 amazing

[@alfredrutz7830]

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!

[@kentborges5114]

PURE MAGIC JUST AS IT WAS 40 YEARS AGO !

[@DonHaka]

Steve Jansen's clothing choice is very weird but appreciated nonetheless.

[@jasonrushton5991]

Brilliant performance all round.

[@RO-qb9zv]

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

[@danw8916]

Richie O I think you may have mistaken Masami Tsuchiya for Ryuchi Sakamoto.

[@Teeb2023]

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.

[@julesvr3899]

This is from Oil on Canvas there is a full feature video of this concert

[@Reprodestruxion]

Sakamoto is featured on the old grey whistle test sessions

[@DianaRuiz2013]

Lo amo😍

[@snake3599]

My idol forever !! 💗💓

[@gjhgjhgjhgvhgvhgvhgv4877]

How the hell do you manage to film a track that is essentially a bass riff and not include the bass player????????????

[@cosmic6937]

I agree!

[@chrisbarlow2131]

Its like watching these 70s rock bands when the lead guitarist lets rip and the cameraman homes in on the bass players left foot.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

There should of been a karn camera especially for Mick doing his shuffle and little leg flicks imo?! 🤷🏻‍♂️😂

[@vpicard4279]

that's funny. don Henley sunset grill has a live video and the spotlight never hit the bass player there either. Mick Karn is something else,huh?

[@mexicanson]

I know, right? I guess the cameraman wanted to focus on David's beautiful face. Lol

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

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.

[@ajs41]

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.

[@baldieman64]

It's picking up now.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

@@baldieman64 not at the rate it should be, it’s criminally under viewed.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

It should have views in the millions by now.

[@Raiderdawg71]

I feel bad that I was just exposed to Japan. I feel bad for missing out on this before.

[@mexicanson]

Me too...me too😔

[@user-999www-52]

(*^ーﾟ)b ｸﾞｯｼﾞｮﾌﾞ!!😉ミックのベースはやっぱりいい❗

[@latinwoof]

Last Japan's gigs were in 1982, not 1983, just to say...but thanks for the upload.

[@joaoreno0]

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

[@paulaserra4773]

David Sylvian has no Equal!

[@mexicanson]

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.

[@georgeglen]

The editor must have been told, surely by David Sylvian, to make sure Mick Karn was invisible. Did a a good job.

[@scarlett-belle1448]

That makes me feel sad. Mick was a hero. x

[@DonHaka]

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.

[@novo611]

Why would david sylvian want him in the backround

[@georgeglen]

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.

[@michaelg6641]

@@georgeglen I believe it, who would want to break this group up?

[@billbartlett3149]

Thanks to Japan there was a Duran Duran

[@dancing_on_the_valentine_83]

God, David looks like a Bowie here 😍

[@ArtemisiaJ]

Yes)))

[@chrisnorthover1398]

Far better looking than Bowie

[@sedwards2207]

@Chris Northover Yes.

[@angelaattenbon4788]

@@chrisnorthover1398 and without the downstairs junk on full display.

[@actio4marchal203]

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!

[@catenozito523]

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.

[@actio4marchal203]

@@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 !

[@willheyniger5454]

Where the f-- is Mick Karn??

[@mrp410]

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.

[@marcobruno3110]

@@mrp410 He meant: Where is Mick Karn in this video. His bass is the spine of it and he's cut out, except for about 15 seconds at 1:45 and a moment at 3:45 where he dips back into the shadows.

[@MrGreathorse]

Bowie Impersonator

[@gjhgjhgjhgvhgvhgvhgv4877]

Really?...I thought it was Bryan ferry ....at least that’s what Sylvian was going for.

[@MrGreathorse]

@@gjhgjhgjhgvhgvhgvhgv4877 Ferry, Bowie, what's the difference, they're all Elvis Impersonators in the end.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

martin richards so why write your initial comment then??

[@MrGreathorse]

@@Eleventhearlofmars He looks more like Bowie

[@TheMirjam68]

He looks like David Sylvian!

[@rafaelwillems3244]

the melodies & rhythms of bass and synth & how they interlock. ???