I fell in Love with Early Japan

Zerda Haziran 26, 2021

I have been aware of Japan for a while, mostly for the new romantic-dandy looks of David Sylvian, appealing to the more new-wave goths among us.

Boris, however, was more busy admiring their insane bass player, Mick Karn, which gave so much to their music from his funk-Greek playing influences.

Then Boris told me they began as a glam rock band, and that´s where things really took a turn...

Before the shoulder padded suits came in, in the 70s Japan were a wannabe New York Dolls band; David Sylvian played guitar and sang a lot higher than he would later on in the 80s; their music was a lot cheekier and rockier and their dresscode and hairstyles made the perfection you now see above you.

And omg, this video:

Everything about this video is what I want to hear, see, play, have and be....

Eyecandy aside, the song kicks ass, and from a bassist´s point of view Mick Karn is a god. Now I want to be like him more than ever. Not even mentioning Sylvian´s sex appeal here, not at all...

Then Boris told me he wants to have blonde hair, and I told him I want to have orange hair again, wear loose button up shirts and thin scarves... life will never be the same again now.