SONG REACTION: Japan - Ghosts
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►Song Link: • Ghosts (2003 Digital R...
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I love Japan. They're much more than a David Sylvian project. The other members are equally important. Mick Karn was such an unique bass player/musician, much of the bands character is due to his style of playing the fretless bass. Richard Barbieri on synths and Steve Jansen (Sylvian's brother) on drums are also unique musicians. This song is not much representative of the band's sound, though. My favs here are "Cantonese Boy" and the "Visions of China". They've reunited briefly in the 90s, releasing an album under the moniker Rain Tree Crow. Unfortunately David Sylvian and Mick Karn had another fall out towards the end of the sessions, ending the band for good.
Spot on. Japan's musicianship was nearly unmatched in their era. Karn, Jansen, Tsuchiya, Barbieri - they were a _monster_ of a band live. The live album _Oil On Canvas_ is the Japan starting point I generally recommend. Powerful, elegant music.
@@bigneon_glitter Oil On Canvas was mostly a studio creation,apart from Steve's live drums
Ah my youth,i loved being a teen in the early 80s in the UK ,we had the best music.The new romantic scene ,mod scene,two tone .new wave and the metal scene were awesome.
This song was actually a big hit in the UK charts around 1982. Another one of their hits was Quiet Life..more upbeat.
"Quiet Life" would have been a more accessible song for first exposure to Japan
@@Malady But Ghosts doesn't sound like any of their other songs and it's one of their very best.
A classic. Arguably one of the most leftfield singles ever to be a Top 10 hit in the UK charts.
And O Superman?
@@maxine2798 I agree.
The UK audience sent this to #5 in our singles chart.
Idiocracy was but a distant dream then.
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So ironic this gets posted on the 1 year anniversary of my best friend’s suicide. I introduced him to this song and he fell in love with it.
“Halloween” by Japan is probably one of the greatest tunes out there.
This is a beautiful song. Loved it for 42 years xxx
My favourite band of all time and all members are individually incredible musicians 💜
This is a Sylvain song. Please note that there is no bass from Karn. This is more like Sylvain solo projects.
Seeing this live at the Glasgow Apollo was amazing. The stage was dark, and a light only shone on David Sylvian, suited the track because it made it even more eerie.
This is the level of 'pop music' sophistication that was happen 40 (FUC**N) years ago Alex!…And Japan WEREN'T writing 'ART' pop…They were just working on the music they wanted to write…BTW, my local hospital radio played this track as a patient request to me when I was in hospital recovering from having my appendix out in 1992…Seriously, true story.
For me, this song got me through my first months of recovery from alcohol many years ago..
Nice. Still sounds haunting today.
Amazing this abstract gem charted at no 5 on the UK 'pop' CHARTS!
To place Japan into historical context, they were the "Radiohead" of the New Romantic scene - innovative, cerebral (yet, admittedly fad-ish, anchoring themselves in the early '80s Asia-phile trend) futurists who broke up just as they earned their first chart hit with "Ghosts".
Starting off as a NY Dolls knock-off in '77, they (like Sparks) evolved their sound with Giorgio Moroder, building off of early Roxy Music & Bowie's Berlin sound. Duran Duran would later crib Japan's sound & asked Sylvian to produce them at one point.
Sylvian, the stubborn visionary & survivor, carried on through the decades on the fringes of relevance - in recent years the Sylvian cult has grown.
Yes, dive into solo Sylvian. Key starting points:
- Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto "Forbidden Colours" (1983)
- Sylvian & Fripp "Wave (live)" from _Damage_ (1993)
- _Gone To Earth_ (1987 - double album; the 2nd half is one of the best albums of the '80s)
- Brett Anderson (of Suede) w/Paraorchestra "Nightporter (Japan cover)" - 2021 live performance; Sylvian is today considered "classical music" in some quarters of the UK
Gone to Earth is simply beautiful. Wish he'd done more with Bill Nelson as there philosophies, sounds and approaches to music making aligned so well.
Wrong Japan song to recommend. 'Ghosts' is okay, but the route you should have taken was reacting to their other songs, such as: 'Swing' (full version, not the music video version) or 'Methods of Dance' Trust me, you won't be disappointed. Those songs are so much better.
They are all good. Japan is my fav band now.
@@blinksstayfresh2524 Japan is my favorite band, too, but that doesn't mean all they're songs are good and equal, at least in my opinion. It just depends on which genre of music you like best from Japan, their more glam rock punk sound, or their art rock, new wave sound. I prefer the later, with my favorite albums being 'Gentlemen Take Polaroids' and 'Tin Drum'
@@mexicanson
That's my fav too. Especially tin drum.
Oh my GOD, you're pretty much the only person who's *ever* mentioned Virginia Astley on RUclips! I love her very much, one of the most uniquely English artists around. I'd love you to react to her song My Smallest Friend, dedicated to her daughter Florence - it reduces me to a blubbering mess every time. Her former bandmate in The Ravishing Beauties, Kate St John has made some wonderful music too, notably her album Second Sight.
Love Japan and this song, brilliant.
If more Japan.... then: Swing; Still Life in Mobile Homes; Quiet Life; Alien; The Art of Parties; Cantonese Boy
I was a nightclub DJ from the late 70s and Japan was a big hit on the dancefloor with Quiet lIfe, Life in Tokyo and European man. Worked well with Visage, Ultravox, John Foxx, Depeche Mode, OMD and Gary Numan.
I have been a sylvian/jansen admirer for ages...deep stuff
Saw them live at Hammersmith Odeon - insanely good!
Oh, and if you're doing David Sylvian reactions, all his best songs are: Taking the Veil, Pulling Punches, Red Guitar, The Ink in the Well, Orpheus, and Bamboo Music. 👍 You're welcome. 😎🤟
Wave
@@realityboost4405 Yes, "Wave" as well. How could I forget. 😓
Bamboo music is a hidden gem!
These late albums of Japan, have a huge Oriental influence. If you want a similar sound listen to the Swedish band Knife and more specifically the side project Fervor Ray.
My two teenage daughters really like this track. I don't really know why, but Ghosts really seems to strike a chord with a lot of people (I like it a lot, but I remember being quite surprised to see it hit the top 10 in the UK charts).
Japan was not a David Sylvian project. He was in the band. Before the split.
You should listen to quiet life or life in Tokyo
A good band split to early
My god, I love Japan, i love David Silvien ❤
Richard Barbieri will take you to Porcupine Tree and Steve Wilson. Jansen is David’s brother.
Thalheim by Sylvian is lovely
Incredible song ❤
I first heard this whilst watching an episode of Ashes to Ashes, was played at the end credits of series 1 Ep6 i think.
It's a good song, but not the most accessible. There are a lot of more accessible tracks from Japan and from David Sylvian projects both solo and in collaboration. I tend to recommend Secrets of the Beehive as a starting point because the songs, whilst somewhat morose are both beautiful and poignant. If I had to choose one it would have to be Orpheus just because it takes the least effort to appreciate. Trust me though that the whole album rewards repeated listens. Pure quality.
Black Tape For A Blue Girl? Song-We Exist, Entwined
My favourite David S track is Orpheus 😊
I wonder how many LPs are still in circulation. I did college radio around this time and barely heard mention of Japan. I liked Rare Silk, Happy The Man, Face Dancer, and baroque.
I would have definitely recommended Methods of Dance or Nightporter over this song. Orpheus would be THE solo tune I’d recommend fro him personally. New to you btw, refreshing change of reaction videos diversity is everything.
Some excerpts of this song remind me a lot of the song "Run" of the greatest band AIR. If you don't know the French duo, you SHOULD!
Secrets of the Beehive....one of my 5 desert island albums
Secrets of the Beehive ( or any of his solo records ).. ..A bit more polished and "classic" than the Japan stuff...don't give up on David Sylvian(even if Japan aren't your cup of tea)
This music is way, way over your head. You really shouldn't be attempting to review music like this.
In my top 10 of all time.....
Hi, New here, it`s looking good. I`d like to see a few more Depeche Mode tracks. I put forward "I Feel you" and "Walking in my Shoes". Thank you.
One you go down the david Sylvain/Japan discography you will never be the same.
Lets not label.it art pop. Makes u sound like a noob.
Just go listen to the song nostalgia and you will understand
Hasn't dated well...
Japan were a great band, all four members were incredibly talented. I like david sylvian but I prefer the music of the other guys - steve jansen, richard barbieri and particularly mick karn (the most orginal bass player i've ever heard). If you do any other david sylvian stuff, i reckon brilliant trees is a good place to start.
IF you ever decide to do a none payment Japan review .. try the Album "Adolescent sex" by Japan
Their first 2 albums aren't very good
Hey after your reaction to "the Bands' it makes no differrence'
I looked at list of your selections Morrisy unorginal monotone crap
depechemode crap all pop culture what used to be known as teeeny bopper
music commercially constructed to sell to simpltons also known as top 40 at
least 95% of your selections are the way I just described crap
What’re your favorite albums and/or bands?
@@AlexHaitz Roxy music 1rst 4 albums,Genesis/gabriel
selling england by the pound and The lamb lies down on
Broadway without Gabriel wind and wuthering, and trick of the tail
Peter Hammill with Van Der Graff Generator albums Godbluff and
"Still life" Peter Hammill solo albums "Nadirs big Chance"and
"The silent corner, The empty Stage". Than theres Robert Calvert
who was in and out of "Hawkwind" his best piece of work is a
concept album" Captain Lockheed and The Starfighters a parody.
Than "Streetwalkers" featuring the vocals of Roger Chapman
best album "Red Card" than Gentle Giant early style most liked
Brian Eno,s first four albums starting with "Here come the warm
jets" and the last is a Band started by Andy Fraser of Free and whose
assorted members went on to become Bad company. The name
of the band is The "Sharks thier first and 2nd albums are really
good first called "First Water" next was 'Jab it in you eye" thier are stories
of them being the opening band for the headliners and would get
standing ovations and calls for encores while the headlinig band waited
in the wings. Theres also John Cale solo of the velvet underground
and Kevin Ayers solo of The soft Machince. thats all I can do for now
@@robertwands9185 I enjoyed Cale's Paris 1919. A cool collection of baroque numbers.
Love Eno too, been eager to get to Another Green World.
@@AlexHaitz now you know where my heads at
Sorry mate, not my cuppa tea. You pass from glorious worldwide icons such as New Order and Depeche Mode to bands liked by 4 or 5 "hipsters". Music is a business like the others. It is not to reach 4 or 5 people in the world. For that you shouldn't produce and sell music. An artist is made from the billing turnover.
Complete BS.
Horses for courses, mate. To each their own. To depend of a social integration income in order to produce music for 4 or 5 people, I wouldn't bother. Nobody knows about this band but 4 or 5 lads including you. That's not a legacy.
@@afonsoalaodemagalhs740 They had big hits in the UK. A MASSIVE influence in the late 70s/early 80s. Just because you have a limited knowledge, doesn't mean others have too.
Japan is one of those bands that some social rejects love to say they're cool because they are so obscure and no one knows them really. They broke up before achieving any form of success. The genres they were associated with were fully developed by the others who achieved mainstream success. No solo projects of their members was successful. They only graduated in things outside the music industry. They are not relevant to the music industry in any way. I think it's time to stop being fascinated with people that never achieved any kind of credibility in this area.
This post makes so little sense I shouldn't even bother to reply. First off, you are objectively wrong about them not being popular. Japan was very successfull back in the yearly 80s in UK, Europe and other countries, appearing in some of the major tv shows of that time. They had a deal with a major label, which was offered to them not out of charity, but because they consider the band a viable commercial product, because they wanted to make money off Japan, which they did, tons of It. That's what you don't understand, something can be commercially viable without having global appeal. How many people who only listen to top ten nowadays (which is basically hip hop, btw) are oblivious to New Order of Depeche Mode? Does that make them any lesser artistically because of that? More often than not art is only popular because of people simply dont care enough and take whaever is feed to them, which the very definition of mediocrity. How many people never heard of the sistine chapel? It's not always all about the hype or making massive success.