Mick Karn tribute, Japan- Art of Parties

The Art of Parties performed on the Old Grey Whistle Test 1982.Including Masami Tsuchiya on guitar

[@jk1395]

i love japan R I P mick karn god save mick karn

[@tommyluvstraci]

This sounds ahead of its time even now.

[@gregjay1537]

Steve Jansen one of the all time underrated greats. He along with Copeland plus the drummers from Devo and The Who these guys were true legends of the art.

[@josephletts1093]

What a good looking band Japan were, music, style, no other band compared to them or has since matched them, they were truly unique.

[@a51stef]

Mick Karn got me playing bass. After all the years still my heroe!

[@sevendaggers4678]

+a51stef ..... happy about that ... i also play bass but i never could replicate that style and sound ... well - also because a wal fretless mk 2 costs about 4700 pounds

[@littlenige]

What a remarkable track this is - there was nothing like it before or since. Blessed to have been around in the 80's!!! The most inventive decade by a country mile for my money.

[@belmac7102]

mick karn. .. you live amongst us every day. ... I need this every day ... just like breakfast and coffee! !!

[@_H_2023]

Amazing musicians, the guitar solo for this track was so right for this song.

[@charlesstewart829]

You can think what u like about the individuals in Japan and reasons for them splitting up, but as band they almost reached sublime heights.

[@chatelain567]

Tsuchiya going Belew and Fripp on us for our pleasure ; great revisited funk groove with a killer bass line. Japan transformed from cheap glam rock to inspired creative tech rock for the ages.

[@carls2318]

I don't hear ANY Fripp type guitar mannerisms, but Belew definitely.

[@DonHaka]

their earliest albums were very creative and inspired for being glam rock though. Not as much as Tin Drum but they always employed that kind of style. Songs like Wish You Were Black, Obscure Alternatives and Love is Infectious prove that.

[@zazz63]

thank god for the old grey whistle test ...just imagine if they didnt do these shows ..this shows japan at their ultimate best.

[@ricwoodhouse8336]

Steve is outragous as anyone accomanying Micks grooves could be, BELLISIMO !!!

[@ireneruthfox]

Mick karn is a bass god. RIP

[@mashamorgan]

Mick looks cool as fuck at 1.11-1.17

[@mobiuspaw494]

They were so beautiful and the music sublime. I've got the best of Japan playing in my car, awesome !!

[@mariettestraathof]

Great music in my early twenties ...i loved it,still do. sylvian with his particular sound and appearance it was one of the highlights in music in the early 80 ties

[@hilmon1]

Great post. I hadn't seen this before. Besides the fact that they were (IMHO) the most musically talented and innovative band of that 79-83 era... they were just so fucking cool!!! I've been listening to Mick's bass playing for 30 years.... I just never tire of his sound... It will live on forever.

[@tevann17]

Videos at that time... But the music speaks for itself. The art of parties blew my mind first time I heard it and still does some thirty years later.

[@DonHaka]

Way before its time. Very 80s but at the same time so futuristic.

[@nekuramaron99]

懐かしいな　ディランディユランとジャパンのコンサートに学校の授業休んでいったの。あの時は知らなかったけどミックカーンのベースってすごかったんだね。

[@67theavatar]

I don't think I realised at the time when I first saw Japan in my teens what god damned brilliant musicians and artists they really were. This is a treat of a trip down memory lane for me. And, David , I still think ur gorgeous babe!!! Thanx for the memories boys! love xxx

[@fvazquez64]

one of my japan all time favorites... thanx

[@dermotoblong]

magnificent drumming

I just love how Steve Jansen play the drums and would love if someone has a detailed video how he does it, just amazing. Sad that the videos are so old so the quality is not the best but still so thankfull that there is anything from them.

[@glenmanson985]

4 legends in one harmony. so glad you got your dreams. mk, loved and never another like .xxxx

[@belmac7102]

I don't play bass. .. but mick will always be part of my life

[@CONSIDERABLYMORE1]

Thanks for posting this beautiful tribute

[@Damoneth]

•I miss you. The figure that Masami Tsuchiya plays the guitar. I long for Masami Tsuchiya and a member of the Japan having gone to the Japanese music channel in guests. I am the time of the junior high student.

[@dazlilley2556]

still sounds as good as ever,even in 2017

[@miked3168]

People always talk about jaco as a great bassist but never bring up Mick in the same conversation. It's sad since he was an amazing musician

[@chatelain567]

From Tin Drum on Japan became legend; to this day nothing compares

[@mariousui5432]

Masami Tsuchiya guitar is great, like Adrian Berew! Mick is playing Flet with Bass! Thanks,

[@忌野清志郎-s9t]

ミックカーン、great！

[@HIGHFIELD67]

beutiful , bring backs , so many angsts adolecent memorys lol , still love sylvian ,xx

[@pinkfrost89]

Steve is so cool and badass he can drum like that and not break a sweat.

[@solidsnake5712]

Much respect for Rob Dean, and his work with Japan, but Tsuchiya was much better

[@DonHaka]

Tsuchiya might have been technically better than Dean, but i prefer Dean's playing on the records he played on because of his melodic playing. Tsuchiya only played the parts that Sylvian wrote and recorded pretty much. No offense meant to Tsuchiya, he is a great guitarplayer.

[@Tony-kc5fi]

@@DonHaka so are you saying Sylvian wrote the main guitar part on this track?

[@DonHaka]

@@Tony-kc5fi he is the only one credited on the album for guitar so yes, i believe so, but i could be wrong.

[@Tony-kc5fi]

@@DonHaka yeah ...good point..well done Dave 😄

[@brad42948]

Many influences maybe, but totally unique in output. Astonishing musicality all round.

[@damianb2374]

What influences?

[@brad42948]

Oh, maybe Bryan Ferry/RM, Bowie, NYD, YMO, Holger Czukay, Talking Heads, Eno, and so on. Japan proved to better better than all of them, though. @@damianb2374

[@a51stef]

Mick is epic here!!

[@rikenyoshi]

Tsuchiya!

[@tonybiscuits]

what brilliant musicians!

[@jonnivvvvvvvvvvvv]

mick karn, david sylvian, richard barbieri, steve jansen A BAND OF SUPERSTAR...great

[@AMSRMX16]

Mick Karn @2:49 = god

[@MikeKeel]

Thanks for posting. Shame the camera man didn't pick Mick up as much as I would have liked to see. RIP Mick.

[@i.t.1722]

same thoughts:-((

[@mikew4001]

Steve Jansen is a real killer drummer!

[@theartist124]

@mikew4001 He really is, follow his Twitter if you want, that's where a lot is going on!

[@didierduplenne2325]

And a stylish one !

[@Mao-max454]

Steve Jansen Drumming !!!

[@user-jz8qn8qw4l]

It's a shame the fantastic outro is cut off...

[@briancox8518]

Class act

[@KarlHainer]

Great memories

[@metrakos]

wicked...thanks

[@Negative7bass]

Yup, both of Mick's Wals were fretless with lines and dots

[@belmac7102]

am addicted

[@thelabtechnicians5657]

Mick Karn Cool As Fuck, May The King Karn Rest In Peace ;-)

[@Ledgeview]

VERY killer! good call...and very tasteful..!

[@maachan65]

wow! 土屋 昌巳さん！

[@ハイエクフレデリック]

素晴らしい演奏😮今と何が違うのか？

[@schofieldmusic]

Looks like Mick was using a fretted Wal on this one. Especially the way he's slapping and hammering-on instead of sliding. Pretty cool as I thought he played fretless exclusively. Anyway, great live version!!

[@miked3168]

You can slap a fretless bass, plus the sound here is total fretless

[@i.t.1722]

so was this fretless?:-)) @@miked3168

[@ledzep888]

RIP MK .......!

[@chatelain567]

The Great Funk has moved to Japan.

[@extantia]

Guitarist reminds me a bit of Adrian Belew owing to the beat up strat and the vibrato -induced wails. Really like Mick Karn's sound. Interesting song overall.

[@provoqueleftswitch3956]

ミックにまた会いたい。（涙）RIP

[@NakedSongwriter]

We are remembering Mick on his Birthday and always. Please join us Team Mick Karn on facebook. Keep Karn and Carry On.

[@johnpurcell6989]

seen japan 5 times what loss , mick khan

[@antrivers46]

Rip Mick

[@Amiratora777]

David was so fine goddamn

[@Maxiclaudi]

@marehtseira Because of his over-the-top antics, that's why.

[@grimlyfiendish3003]

So fucking excellent!! 🖤

[@amdby]

ah, i did love this band; david's guitar isnt even plugged in, though, i reckon. i've seen him play guitar many times since, and he's no guitarist. it hasnt aged well though, has it, this music? whereas some of (not all) sylvian's solo stuff will last forever. japans best track? television, off adolescent sex, or the other side of life..

[@kornilioswayout]

what tribute to mick karn? they dont show him at all! he is a fenomena!

[@richtenbacker]

Little wonder with cuts like this that he would corroborate with the likes of Fripp and Eno. One only has to listen to Tin Drum to realise they were head and shoulders above their peers at that time.

[@kungffualienn]

Just noticed Barbieri and Dean are not there but Sakamoto is.

[@102straz3]

This is from October 1982, just before the start of the 'Farewell Tour' so the guest guitarist is Masami Tsuchiya from Yellow Magic Orchestra. At that point, Rob Dean had been told that his services were no longer needed -in a very lame, mealy-mouthed way- more than one year before so sadly he never really got to enjoy Japan's brief time as a major band in the UK (after those long years of struggle and bad reviews.) Barbieri is there, on the left, wearing a white jacket. You can see a glimpse of him at the end of the song. Basically the guy directing this TV show just chooses to ignore him and as a matter of fact Rick was also largely ignored by the people filming the concerts for the Oil on Canvas live anthology -to the point he had to go back to a video production studio after the Tour for a few shots of him miming keyboard parts that would be added to the final product... As for Masami, he's all over the place on the Oil on Canvas video tape... I guess Virgin were expecting to shift a lot of units in his country.

[@R.Kinney1492]

The Part of Arties. 😉

[@jonnivvvvvvvvvvvv]

incredible marvin gaye cover

[@anthonyintexas]

one of the weirdest time signatures efer..fessing that is

[@zazz63]

yeah ...him and steve morris.

[@jbqueenfan]

Please any Mick Karn fans come and join our facebook group Team Mick Karn, -an active group dedicated to Mick's memory.

[@daz9275]

still relevant now.... just ask bands like Deftones

[@masajp1009]

土屋がいるー！まじですか？

[@heronbone11]

@kornilioswayout ,yeah what tribute to mick karn this is japan playing on the old grey whistle test we,ve all seen this before....................thumb down for this one..

[@smeagolthebulldog]

Steve Jansen really is a superb drummer, but it's a shame that the Director is so guitar-centric that he high-lights two people doing very little, when Mick steps forward.

[@Danthehorse]

Why did they never do a christmas album ;)

[@belmac7102]

andonis michealidis efgaristo! !

[@Maxiclaudi]

I'd rather hear and see Mick anytime compared to dicky Masami! So sad MIck's gone...

[@davidcosgrove733]

Remember seeing this fantastic check out my sylvian Sunday nights on my twitter # enjoy

[@Nervejam]

Who is the guitarist?

[@Nervejam]

Masami Tsuchiya. Duh! Didn't read the bloody thing before posting..

[@sirius_li]

Guitar totally sounds Frippy, anyone?

[@Cesarpena]

Ha! Adrian Belew

[@cosmic6937]

To be quite honest, I would rather have sen Rob Dean in the line-up.

[@sammybazi7636]

Art music se parece a king crimson

[@samforster2353]

Looks like they must have had a three for two offer on at the Edinburgh Woollen Mill the day before they made this.

[@ss2672]

土屋昌巳氏のギターが良い！

[@TheCONTAX139]

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