I am surprised how well David's voice sounds while singing live...and the whole performance is so great...What an outrageous band Japan is, not only in that aspect :)
@@badmotorfinger8335 That's funny... I guess they're playing over the recording. The drums really sound live in this video. And at the end, the vocals sound duplicated.
Adolescent Sex must be one of the best first albums ever. Much underrated this band influenced much that followed and remained relatively uncommercial.
We must not forget that they were massive in Japan since 1978. This album sold more than 100 thousand there that year and in 1979 they filled entire arenas in Japan.
One of my favourite songs by Japan. Always had the hots for Dave n Steve. They looked better in the 70's me thinks with those long locks. I'm feeling nostalgic and old!
Agree. Sylvian even wore tight trousers sometimes in 1978! The baggy clothes which followed were such a waste of a great pair of legs. And as '82 approached, he started looking more and more like my eccentric great aunt. 😲
Just an incredible band. I recall CFNY playing the hell out of them when they first came around. And Yeah, he sure did reference a lot of Bowie lyrics throughout his career. I guess he thought of it as homage. Nonetheless the first two albums were right up there with the best of the scene. Which is to say they were as good as Television and nothing less.
This is the Japan I fell in love with. I saw the cover of their first album in the window of our local record shop and bought it on the look. I've just reengaged with it after all these years and fallen back in love with it. It's fab!!
@@kdp8133 I'm the same, played this album so much on Spotify last year. It's a classic. Is there any footage of them actually playing live from this period on UA-cam (this is clearly a mime :) but brilliant all the same)
@@girllionness5944 People are just do fixed on that idea. Japan and Duran Duran are to totally different bands. Ok Nick was so much influenced by Sylvian, maybe a little bit too much. But saying that DD stole Japan's style it's just a bullshit. Back in early 80s DD looked exactly like each new romantic era band....
2bewiz You're welcome. I have the Human League cd Dare too. I wish they (surviving former Japan members especially David) themselves wouldn't put down their glam funk days. I love some of the songs from their pre-Quiet Life days as well especially this one.
ooo he is playing guitar. I kinda love this early and different style of Japan; Honestly agree with Sylvian on how it doesn’t have as much value and quality as their later stuff though.
I love when singers that aren’t known for playing guitar can actually play guitar… DS with LP Custom here is a natural, you can tell he grew up playing unlike other front men that wear a guitar look silly and uncoordinated.
Here are the lyrics: With the sidewalks trading love As subway lights grow brighter We're just another hype But the pressure's getting harder (Get up, get up, get up take it much higher) All lover's etiquette Make love on first impression And adolescent sex with juvenile intentions (Get up, get up, get up take it much higher) Whatever gets you through the night Just keep on dancing Whatever gets you through the night Just keep on dancing babe Well the lady buys a thrill Excitement in succession But a heartache won't partake In articulate obsession Well pretty things at rest No courtesy surprising For love is heaven blessed All catastrophes denying (get up, get up, get up take it much higher) Whatever gets you through the night Just keep on dancing Whatever gets you through the night Just keep on dancing babe Well you're out on the street With your lover's infections Count impossibilities by limination And your body still damp From your one-room apartment And your heartache reminds me Love's ?? any doubt You submerge again, emerge again Just get out the strain
"just get out the strain" i literally have always thought he was saying "just get off the street" i can't believe i've been singing it wrong this whole time omg...
man!!!! fantastic - such happy memories.... I was gutted when Japan went all weird and stopped rocking - they would have been bigger than all the 80s metal rubbish
It's great getting to see Rob Dean get to be a bit of a rock/guitar god for a change. I love the musical direction Japan went in, but I also like their earlier stuff.
Rob Dean also plays on it. Numan was supposed to work with the entire band Japan but it didn't happen. I didn't mean for Dance but for something else. Numan mentioned this in a interview from the 90s I saw. An interview that's on here, it's called "GARY NUMAN. GARY TALKS ABOUT MUSIC HE LIKES." search it. If anyone knows more details about this please post, been wondering awhile what he is exactly talking about.
wonderful, wonderful...why did they stop this look and sound? they could have been massive in the 80s????? I adopted it at the time and thought I was the mutt's nutz!
hugobear1 Well it might be that outside mainly Japan (the country) it wasn't working as well as can be for them. Plus they were very young, their tastes were changing and so was the musical landscape. They were massive in the 80's and split at their peak of popularity so could've got even bigger maybe, but yes it looks like Hanoi Rocks were inspired by is look of theirs
Listen to fripp and David sylvan on the 3rd day a return to rock music And Richard barberi the keyboard player went on to join porcupine tree a Floyd influenced band with some metal influences
by the time this group entered as recording artists id near finished college and preferred not riding upon carpetry or open davenports apt to tip-over on account of improper weight distribution a-deux_yet thought mr Sylvain would look great upon any sofa sharing a latenight film while munching popcorn tho better yet wonderful as a shopping companion at some place alike ms selfridge looking for party attire in which he + i would enter some arty fete grandly_
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I am surprised how well David's voice sounds while singing live...and the whole performance is so great...What an outrageous band Japan is, not only in that aspect :)
thank you This is not live,sorry!
But anyway,its damn cool!
@@badmotorfinger8335 That's funny... I guess they're playing over the recording. The drums really sound live in this video. And at the end, the vocals sound duplicated.
still loving that bass
+ Dragonbitchy Mick Karn
I love your name so much !👍
Dead my ass!
The best and most accomplished band for their age ever.
I think Japan's problem was timing. They came with Glam too late, and with New Romantic/Electronic too early.
Lol they literally switched just after 2 albums that came out in the same year.
Yeah way too late for glam and essentially was proto New Romantic ...then left before they were nabbed as scenesters
@@krisscanlon4051 what are you on about?
Have a listen to porcupine tree Richard barberi is amazing the keyboard player who was in Japan
@@damianb2374 not as massive as a lot of glam or electronic/new romantic bands
Adolescent Sex must be one of the best first albums ever. Much underrated this band influenced much that followed and remained relatively uncommercial.
We must not forget that they were massive in Japan since 1978. This album sold more than 100 thousand there that year and in 1979 they filled entire arenas in Japan.
The were so tight live. Super-talented group - in their own league.
RIP Mick Karn (July 24, 1958 - January 4, 2011)
One of my favourite songs by Japan. Always had the hots for Dave n Steve. They looked better in the 70's me thinks with those long locks. I'm feeling nostalgic and old!
Agree. Sylvian even wore tight trousers sometimes in 1978! The baggy clothes which followed were such a waste of a great pair of legs.
And as '82 approached, he started looking more and more like my eccentric great aunt. 😲
大好きだった!
日本武道館LIVE行きました
当時、13歳❤
David Sylvain sure did have a lot of charisma....thank you for posting such a lovely quality upload :)
most underrated band
♥♥♥
RIP Mick Karn
I dyed my hair the same :-)
Just an incredible band. I recall CFNY playing the hell out of them when they first came around. And Yeah, he sure did reference a lot of Bowie lyrics throughout his career. I guess he thought of it as homage. Nonetheless the first two albums were right up there with the best of the scene. Which is to say they were as good as Television and nothing less.
Absolutely stunning album and track should of been huge toured with blue oyster cult in 78
Sad that they rarely did this song once they moved on to their more refined sound.
It’s a cool song!
They did it as late as 1981.
@@heathergeary2724 SUPERCOOL yes!
1981 it sounded totally different
I had no idea that they started out with such a punk vibe! I bloody love it!
This is the Japan I fell in love with. I saw the cover of their first album in the window of our local record shop and bought it on the look. I've just reengaged with it after all these years and fallen back in love with it. It's fab!!
@@kdp8133 I'm the same, played this album so much on Spotify last year. It's a classic. Is there any footage of them actually playing live from this period on UA-cam (this is clearly a mime :) but brilliant all the same)
@@anthonyhall2483 ua-cam.com/video/GD53JG8S0_E/v-deo.html
There’s live footage of them in 1979 performing European Son and Sometimes I Feel so Low on Let’s Go Young. It’s on UA-cam.
I can't stop laughing at David jumping in front of Rob and pushing him out of the way 🤣 poor Rob
timestamp?
The older stuff is the best. Raw power.
よく聞くと、レコード音源に、デビシルの生歌、少なくともロブのギター、もしかしてデビシルのギターも混ざってる🎵？
奇跡の音源。これはこれでカッコいいですな🎵
i love japan fking great band
bloody hell this is rare, nice find m8 and thx for sharing, downloaded and saved to my files,,thank you
THANKS for this video! Very RARE!!! And LIVE VOCAL!!!
Duran Duran were undeniably copying Japan.
+MrHoefnix ABSOLUTELY!!!!!
And Roxy Music.
How told you that?
this doesn't sound anything like duran duran
@@girllionness5944 People are just do fixed on that idea. Japan and Duran Duran are to totally different bands. Ok Nick was so much influenced by Sylvian, maybe a little bit too much. But saying that DD stole Japan's style it's just a bullshit. Back in early 80s DD looked exactly like each new romantic era band....
Holy fuck this is great! Thanks so much for uploading this :)
+Vincent Atkins Thanks - my pleasure!
+2bewiz After watching your video, it made me appreciate Japan's insane eclecticism.
+Dana Vixen Thanks - I am very glad!
2bewiz You're welcome. I have the Human League cd Dare too. I wish they (surviving former Japan members especially David) themselves wouldn't put down their glam funk days. I love some of the songs from their pre-Quiet Life days as well especially this one.
2bewiz Bet you have the bio too!
This is fantastic.Superb.Thanks so much for posting!
The birth of a legendary new wave band with 3 great eternal albums (quiet life, gentlemen take polaroids and tin drum)
They look so cool ! They sound so cool ! David Sylvian forever . . .
Exquisite bass from Mr Mick Karn!!!!
ooo he is playing guitar. I kinda love this early and different style of Japan; Honestly agree with Sylvian on how it doesn’t have as much value and quality as their later stuff though.
I LOVED this then and still do
I love when singers that aren’t known for playing guitar can actually play guitar… DS with LP Custom here is a natural, you can tell he grew up playing unlike other front men that wear a guitar look silly and uncoordinated.
@1yellowapple My pleasure! Hope you have the sound, as it is made unavailable in certain countries.
Thank You for this amazing video!
BITCHIN thanks for posting!!
david sylvian...la classe !!!
初期のJAPAN 最高
Cool vid deffo a live lead vocal to the backing track going on here though these guys were excellent live.
CLASSIC. I got into japan about 1983
Here are the lyrics:
With the sidewalks trading love
As subway lights grow brighter
We're just another hype
But the pressure's getting harder
(Get up, get up, get up take it much higher)
All lover's etiquette
Make love on first impression
And adolescent sex with juvenile intentions
(Get up, get up, get up take it much higher)
Whatever gets you through the night
Just keep on dancing
Whatever gets you through the night
Just keep on dancing babe
Well the lady buys a thrill
Excitement in succession
But a heartache won't partake
In articulate obsession
Well pretty things at rest
No courtesy surprising
For love is heaven blessed
All catastrophes denying
(get up, get up, get up take it much higher)
Whatever gets you through the night
Just keep on dancing
Whatever gets you through the night
Just keep on dancing babe
Well you're out on the street
With your lover's infections
Count impossibilities by limination
And your body still damp
From your one-room apartment
And your heartache reminds me
Love's ?? any doubt
You submerge again, emerge again
Just get out the strain
'love is not the antidote'
I think is the line you are missing in the last verse?
"just get out the strain" i literally have always thought he was saying "just get off the street" i can't believe i've been singing it wrong this whole time omg...
man!!!! fantastic - such happy memories.... I was gutted when Japan went all weird and stopped rocking - they would have been bigger than all the 80s metal rubbish
Shame as this material is excellent
なにこれ！初期のジャパンってこんなに演奏上手かったっけ？
これお宝映像かも！
1978, I was 14, in to the Jam The Police, Specials et al and dismissed Japan as 'pretty boys' - how wrong I was.
I think they're deeply embarrassed by this now , but I love it.
They shouldn't be. I've loved this album since it first came out!
Listen to porcupine tree Richard barberi on board they did some fairly heavy rocking music
It's great getting to see Rob Dean get to be a bit of a rock/guitar god for a change. I love the musical direction Japan went in, but I also like their earlier stuff.
Rather rough cacophony than music at the beginning, but the boys would have grown up very soon. Pure talent.
Mick Karn talks about Numan in his book. I haven't read it though. He also worked with Rob Dean as well.
Rob Dean also plays on it.
Numan was supposed to work with the entire band Japan but it didn't happen. I didn't mean for Dance but for something else. Numan mentioned this in a interview from the 90s I saw. An interview that's on here, it's called "GARY NUMAN. GARY TALKS ABOUT MUSIC HE LIKES." search it. If anyone knows more details about this please post, been wondering awhile what he is exactly talking about.
thanks for this super song
Such a great ad, unbelievable if you didn't know the blonde is David Sylvian!
Thankyou! - Love Japan!! :)
Merci beaucoup, c'est merveilleuse!
Such an underated song!
Just keep on dancing!
wonderful, wonderful...why did they stop this look and sound? they could have been massive in the 80s????? I adopted it at the time and thought I was the mutt's nutz!
hugobear1 Well it might be that outside mainly Japan (the country) it wasn't working as well as can be for them. Plus they were very young, their tastes were changing and so was the musical landscape. They were massive in the 80's and split at their peak of popularity so could've got even bigger maybe, but yes it looks like Hanoi Rocks were inspired by is look of theirs
yeah he was and he was even supposed to work with them but it didn't happen. You could hear the influence all over Dance and I Assassin.
OH WOW THANKYOU THANKYOOU thanks =D
I wonder if they weren't inspired by David Bowie? Their sound in this reminds me of his Spiders stuff.
This was my youth and I'm proud lived through
@ztcatchy The first comment on this video - well done & THANKS!
So Japan was more glam rock-ish in the beginning before they moved into the more sobre moody sound new-romantic look...
Rob Dean was just as good at posing and looking cool as the rest of them, Sylvian was a total tit for booting him out!
Oh jeez, this is fabulous. :D
Whatever gets you through the night
great!!
Hot stuff. Was and still is.
How amazing is this :)
Glad you are amazed ! 😊
The 'whatever gets you through the night' bit is very similar to Lennon's 1974 single. So, Bowie fans, Roxy fans AND Lennon fans, eh?
There's a pic out there in internet-land of John Lennon on a sail boat, wearing a Japan t-shirt.
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
is david singing live?
There is a backing Track with vocals but he is competing with the recording by singing rather then miming along to it.
Indiaaarr No he's not!
maybe he said Art rock not hard rock?
Endzeitstille
He said hard I can confirm
Trailblazers!
Really, Karn plays on 5 "Dance" tracks.
MK sounds amazing
wow so awesome! japan was so cool for there first two albums before they became the 80s garble that i hated lol
Listen to fripp and David sylvan on the 3rd day a return to rock music
And Richard barberi the keyboard player went on to join porcupine tree a Floyd influenced band with some metal influences
"That's hard rock"... Ha ha ha !!!
Get on up, take it much higher! 😘
Splendidi
LA TÊTE DE OUAM ILS SONT PASSES EN FRANCE ? XD
WHY DOES ROB'S LEG MOVE LIKE THAT AT 4:03 LMFAOOOOO
I knew Yes that Times!
all night long!
Japan, du hard rock?! loool
🤣🤣🤣
Is fjøs live? So good anyway.
brill
Is this the only time Japan performed on this show?
Yes, and maybe even in France…
How to play chords on a monophonic MiniMoog: ua-cam.com/video/GmL7ZpveTec/v-deo.htmlm57s
temón!
by the time this group entered as recording artists id near finished college and preferred not riding upon carpetry or open davenports apt to tip-over on account of improper weight distribution a-deux_yet thought mr Sylvain would look great upon any sofa sharing a latenight film while munching popcorn tho better yet wonderful as a shopping companion at some place alike ms selfridge looking for party attire in which he + i would enter some arty fete grandly_
Not a crime for both bands to be influenced by Bowie. This is very Duran tho to be fair
Japan came out first though.
what I meant was that Duran likely copied Japan. my original comment wasn't clear
+parallelsuns1 So Lou Reed and Bryan Ferry, then?
+parallelsuns1 oh yes, I'm sorry that I didn't understand it :) I would agree with that by the way
Ferry vocals are good, the Eno connection. I never got into Lou Reed so I cant comment on that
@2bewiz sounds perfect :)
Duran imitated then a lot
Indeed !
Why didn't he just continue to use this voice instead of trying to be a ferry wannabe?
Too much strain to his vocal chords
Du Hard Rock... Tsss
Japan à la TV française de l'époque ?? Bigre !!
Du hard rock ???? arf arf arf !!!!
Has got to be a female hands down.🩰
always thought that bass sounded crap,wood bodies & aluminium necks were never a good marriage.
Yang takut kena ajab ALLAH klik ⭐ :v
Never could fancy David Sylvian when I was a teenager. Too much make-up! I watch him now and I really like the image
EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED
-THE CUTE----------------------GIRLS. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i Sepecial hot girls for you Trending👙
👉 CUTEHUB.LINK/VHIEE?HDRCam私のヌード ❤🔥
Gaze: "Amazed"
Lips: "Sensual"
Smile: "Sweeter"
Body: "Colder"
Жизнь, как красивая мелодия, только песни перепутались.
#однако #я #люблю #таких #рыбаков #垃圾
* Everyone talking its true *
While me:
" Wow that looks so delicious i wanna eat it so badÓ╭╮Ò"
Жизнь, как красивая мелодия, только песни перепутались
#однако #я #люблю #таких #рыбаков
#垃圾
THREE IN ONE
Everyone talking its true
UA-cam is the best forever
Life's story is a short journey so have fun before eternal sleep forever
Жизнь, как красивая мелодия, только песни перепутались
#Чо #эт #делает #на #2 #месте #в #тренде
#однако #я #люблю #таких #рыбаков #垃圾1:16
Enserio esa canción tiene más de 30 años???
THANK YOU!!