japan - all tomorrow's parties

[BoysKeepSwingin2]

Great version of this song....and I love Japan, from the very beginning I've been writing already about their debut album. But don't forget that this song is a cover of All Tomorrow's Parties from Lou Reed's Velvet Underground.

[universalself]

best track on the album.-not many vu covers as good as this wonder...

[kidcalabria]

Hey, thanks for making & posting all these Japan videos, you've done a terrific job. I discovered them in 1981 and quickly got all their records. Although at the time of Adolescent Sex and Obscure Alternatives they hadn't quite found their very original style yet, I liked those first 2 albums too. From Life In Tokyo onwards they never released a bad song, and some were just astounding. There's nothing like them in the history of popular music. Thank you so much for posting this stuff

[ghostsonatasong]

@kidcalabria thank you very much for watching.

[sugarrds01]

I think this is my favourite Japan tune

[RagnaTheErrant0]

When it comes to singing All Tomorrow's Parties:

Nico > Lou (Peel Slowly and See) > Cale (Live MCMXCIII) > David Sylvian

[az0r22]

@RagnaTheErrant0 I agree

[Bergysot]

@RagnaTheErrant0 bollocks japaN SIMPLY THE BEST BAND EVER

[chickitakoowan]

yes

[Snoopsscrib]

nice homto tune but pity about the regurgitated video

[ghostsonatasong]

@Snoopsscrib what's a homto tune?

yes. this is not the best video.

[marcuslaughton]

great player, 2nd to jj burnel of the stranglers.

[ronin41265]

Great band! There' will never be another like them

[MrOrdinar]

@ronin41265 That's only because Gary Numan isn't a band :)

[seanio100]

Great cover of a VU song, I prefer this to VU's version. Sylvian's voice is sublime.

[robbos44]

loved the band ....mick and dave broke the band up...for whatever reasons...shame...rip mick..relax and swing...

[IosDawn]

Funky song, but the original is better. I mean, it gives it like this awesome ritualistic feel. The original that is.

[alphaomega309]

i love the tune at the beginning and end amazing and timeless

[bgeddyutube]

RIP Mick you legend - we'll all miss your amazing talent

[69schuey]

R.I.P mick kahn

[ghostsonatasong]

@69schuey Mick Karn.

[michigrind23]

@ghostsonatasong

KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHN! xD

[gorillasaurusrex]

Not bad, but a problem I've found with every cover of this song is that there's no respect for Nico's vocals. These other singers seem to sing very nonchalantly, as if they can just do it on the first try without really committing themselves and still sound better than Nico. But the thing is, for all her lack of real singing ability, I still think Nico's vocals sound the best.

[calvintoronto]

I've never heard VU's version, not even hear on youtube, and I don't want to hear it for the simple fact that this song, so brilliant and mood-evoking, might then be spoiled. No one can match Sylvian's glam/gloom vocals.

I picked Quiet Life up when I was a teen..... didn't know anything about Japan, but thought I needed to sample "new wave." What a pleasant surprise. An oasis in a sea of posers and noise.

[dwshill]

@calvintoronto Come on...really? I understand you think you are being loyal to Japan or to your own ill-conceived ideas about whether its best to like the chicken or the egg, but my friend: YOU CAN LIKE BOTH SONGS. To not listen to the Velvets' original, with vocals by Nico which I assure you match Mr. Sylvian's "glam/gloom" delivery, after all these years and when its merely a link away comes off as petulant and stubborn. Earfood is good for you even when you think you are full.

[calvintoronto]

@dwshill

Okay, so I listened to it a couple of times. And you're right, it's a bit like apples and oranges. The Nico version's singing is a bit more flat but definitely suitable to the song's themes. I suppose my hesitancy to listen to it was partly based my aversion to all the Warhol Factory hip-ness. I like Japan's production values better, and I still admire Sylvian's plaintiveness.

[Chigleybus]

This is a great Japan song (I know it's originally a Velvet Underground number but still) and Sylvian's voice was possibly never better than on this track. Melancholy but uplifting at the same time. Nice video as well. Good stuff.

[giacblanc]

@Chigleybus this is a sexier version because of Mick Karn on bass as well.

[cleylinhares]

wonderful video, wonderful song! is this video yours?

[spacemug1]

I just love this song and second that emotion, where did the years go. Im glad I was around when this was all new

[allabouttheink]

Funny thing this! I ALWAYS loved this version maybe even more that VU's version and every bit as much as June Tabor's version she did with The Oyster Band. Thing is, Sterling Morrison was a GENIOUS and arguably one of the earliest "New Wave" Guitarists. He passed away the same day that Jerry Garcia did and no one even knew of it. Point is, that if a great band like Japan and a GREAT singer and producer like Dave Sylvian covered a song like this it shows how great and influential VU was! THANKS!

[ghostsonatasong]

@allabouttheink great comment, i have to look up these names you have mentioned... June Tabor, Sterling Morrison

i am more of a Sylvian listener than Japan.

i am just fulfilling a video request.

thanks for watching.

[allabouttheink]

@ghostsonatasong > No question you will like Tabor's version but you have to find Oyster Band. Of course they are not a super group and to my knowledge have no high quality vids, just ones made by audience members. They have some great CDs though and you can find them resonable on ebay and that.

Sterling Morrison's guitar playing on ATP is some of his best work and in all, I think he was one of the more influential guitarists for punk and post punk players though he was recording in mid 60s!

[allabouttheink]

@ghostsonatasong > One thing, and this has nothing to do with Japan or All Tomorrows parties or Velvet Underground or Velvet anything but looking at music that was WAY ahead of its time; Have you checked out Can? Not all of their stufff is completely listenable or sane or whatever but they date back to about 1968. A Krautrock band. Check out "I want more" I think you may be surprised.

[ghostsonatasong]

@allabouttheink i am a fan of Can/Faust/Neu/Kraftwerk.

[Timmybear]

@allabouttheink - I knew that Sterling Morrison died on a certain day (one day after his birthday, in fact). I didn't notice that Garcia died the same day. Weird - I usually notice things like that, if only because Laurence Olivier and Mel Blanc died the same day, and Olivier got tons of time and Mel a few minutes. I find Blanc's art more enduring and enjoyable than anything Mr. Larry did. I was actually at a concert the night Sterling died, with a bunch of VU fans, so we were all sad. :(

[Timmybear]

@allabouttheink - I don't, by the way, love this more than the VU version (I've heard the June TAbor take, but not recently), but I love it a lot. :)

[silmalila]

I am still watching and loving your videos. I wish you well my dear friend.

[gimpslave1]

i love the original but Sylvian nails this biscuit to his repertoire

[robson1144]

Absolutely flawless and still brilliant

[kutbakkarl]

Still a great tune, stirs up teenage memories!

[giacblanc]

Is this Robert Fripp on guitar? Who was the original guitarist in Japan? What else did he do? Thanx

[fiendwithoutaface66]

Rob Dean, he worked with Gary Numan briefly after Japan, nothing too much of note. He's a bird watcher in South America now.

[giacblanc]

@fiendwithoutaface66 thanks. Saw Numan's first us tour in SF; great show and best visual presentation where set design actually fit music perfectly.

[shum65]

Brilliant track....fantastic video buddy..!!

FIVE STARS...*****

[ghostsonatasong]

thanks, mate:)

[TheFantasticlub]

love this song, love japan, love love me

[diamonddust22]

Incredible

[KamikaziNuWave]

JAPAN - BLISS - kills the original stone dead...

Nice vid fx too

:)

[ghostsonatasong]

thanks for watching and thanks for the comment.

[russ25au]

i agree

[oddmanout1792]

@KamikaziNuWave you think it's better than the original? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH­AHAHA

[robyankovich1]

@KamikaziNuWave I strongly disagree. 

[robyankovich1]

@KamikaziNuWave I strongly disagree. Even though Nico sounds like a man.