David Bowie Crystal Japan sake commercial

[dancechick007]

i am both frightened and aroused

[jalanis1980]

a trasmission from stationtostation on planet bowie

[Sanisaninja]

ah, now i see where 'A Warm Place' comes from...

[Peacharia1]

This is sorta freaky the way it just starts with all that distortion.

[Rizimar]

I love the distortion of the audio. It's kind of eerie, but hits my ear just right.

[SvalbardJanMayen1976]

Hard to believe the Japs made such good tellys, I think I'd want my money back if it sounded like this.

[worldofbong]

I think this commercial is where they got the idea for "the Ring" from lol

[xaveryPL]

this video makes me think about "Lost in Translation". does anybody else get that feeling? the way Bowie stares into the camera is quite similar to the look Murray gave while shooting a whiskey commercial in the aforementioned movie.

[RealCoolCat]

@xaveryPL: First thing I thought when I saw Lost in Translation.. Gosh it's a reference to Bowie's sake add!

[whateveritsnoyes]

@xaveryPL True. I wouldn't be surprised if Sofia was partly inspired by this commercial, or at least saw it and thought about it, had on the inspiration board so to speak.

[shoemanbundy]

Just shows how much more stuff that wasn't art becomes so when it's aged...to death! :D

[AFirmKickInThePants]

I just can't stop laughing

[cubehead978]

I THINK I JUST DIED A LITTLE.

[Boltgrinder]

Run, it's the Thin White Duke! I've heard he throws darts in lovers' eyes.

[Onmitsu]

I actually love the quality of this. I love listening to it.

[heretherenothing]

this is great really freaky

[bonjourmyfriends]

This is hilarious. David Bowie's expression is so dubious.

[JesusChrist4REAL]

this is scary in a trippy way.

[vikingfaen]

the condition of this taped commercial makes it a very nice advert for acid trips.

[jgreedy512]

picture your tv turning on in the middle of the night playing this.

[xpurity666]

haha it would be like the ring very freaky

[Moseslawgiver]

Nice copy of the advert you have there, RealCoolCat. Top condition tape.

[PanthereMauV]

You just killed my ears.

[moonismine123]

This is too funny, the video, the comments. Added to favourites :D

[SomeoneCommenting]

Ooooouch! My poor ears!!! roflmao

Damn, people should learn to edit clips a litle bit before posting them lol

But I love YouTube anyway because it allows anyone to post such rarities like these, which are almost impossible to find anywhere else :-)

[TheCONTINUE]

you will now die in 7 days.

[AthosJosue]

xD, david come from the tv ?.. deal xDD

[Stranglehold432]

My brain turned to mashed potatoes.

[wingingerd]

このＣＭを見て、大島渚は「戦場のメリークリスマス」に出演を依­頼したそうだ。

[ghouliegirrl]

sorry but this is hilarious!!

[artlesclark]

Crystal Meths more like was that video beamed from his rocket ship?

[corlenbelspar0]

I'm commenting just because my two friends did so we could make a line of three people.

[GreenvilleGuitar]

I'm not favoriting this because its David Bowie but because its the most hellish thing I've ever stumbled across on youtube... I'm expecting a phone call in 7 days from David Bowie and him to walk out of my TV.

[ricuw11]

That would be nice though... wouldn't it?

[insaneforstuff254]

@GreenvilleGuitar

And that's bad, HOW?

[mogstah]

Whatcha doin' right there in Bad VCR Land, Bowie? isn't VHS dead, Bowie?

[BForeverProductions]

I'm going to have nightmares for an eternity.

[JoeNostalgiaReturns]

this is actually really normal, its just a very distorted video.

[worldofbong]

this was scarier than "the ring"

[namagaderas]

i didn't heard the sound. The images looks like an Andy Warhol picture mixed with "lost in translation". Really wired but pictured nice.

Et si tu n'as pas compris mon anglais, tampis

[greenlion135]

1980年の

焼酎　純　のコマーシャルでした。

当時、このＣＭで　ボウイさんのことを

知りました。

綺麗なＣＭだけどちょっと怖かったのを

覚えてます。

[juegas]

what a trip.

[afiendishglee]

I don't know what I was expecting when I played the vid, but it certainly wasn't this!! LOL. Creepiest thing the Bowie's ever done.

[slapyouwwithafish]

and best :)

[DizzEEramone]

its like something from "lost in translation"

[oxtheravenxo]

Someone´s got to remix the whole second side of low this way lol

[Randyrhoads4lyfe]

kinda sounds like 8 bit music

[Pergiacomo]

IS the quality that is very low...Crystal Japan is one of the most beutiful insturmental ever made by Bowie, IMHO.

[SuperActionFight]

agreed

[Bodacea1]

LMAO. Please leave the quality like this... it makes it really scary to watch. :)

[Aueneye]

First you watch it, then the phone rings, and then you die.(but not before dancing around the room to Blue Jean).

[FriedEggsandChips]

Mummy I'm scared . . .

[halosoul]

hilarious! love it!

[cosmichippoted]

i have the single and i thought that was scary enough but this is just sinister

[strangelittleboy]

i love this so much.

[blazquezzz]

kinda scary

[topclaw]

Like a fine wine, this VHS has gotten better with age.

[bitterhorn]

@topclaw: 100% yes!

[bixbysnder]

Damn, this is distorted to hell; the actual music track is very mellow.

Judging by the extremely poor quality and the fact that that commercial came out in '79, I think we're looking at a 29 year old VHS tape...

[Knifymoloko]

Why would Bowie agree to this?

[tayfan26]

didn't know bowie composed a noise track :p

[DecayingOrgasm]

Oh, wow...

This sounds really badly disfigured and or circuit bent.

I think this is something I should make everybody I know watch. Hahaha

[Furyoka]

How to transform an ambient instrumental into distorted industrial noise post-rock.

[sirenamber]

lol, I can't look at his face in the beginning..

[eeelectricboogaloo]

ohhh, i know, right? so freaky.

[Hypher69]

haha this is terrifying

[NevertrustaMuslim]

It looks like the VHS video from 'The Ring'.

[djtrixen]

next time i'm in a room w/ someone having a bad acid trip, i'm going to show them this (but only if I really, really hate that person). maybe they'll kill themselves.

lol

[minorplace1988]

Bizzare.

[slowfuse]

noob shit

[K2armadda]

That is seriously creeeepy.... It looks like his head disappears at one point.

And it has to be said, That is a shit way of advertising :L:L:L

I guess that stare really sticks in your mind though.

[Entwistle905]

Without the distorted quality, it still would have been scary, I mean that look in David's eyes, oh my! Great Song though!

[artificialmonkey]

This is fantastically creepy! It makes it better that the quality is so bad!

[Subliminallll]

Fuck if you showed this to a child they'd be haunted forever.

[BigMilan]

i wish david bowie haunted me everywhere i went. it would be like a really cool friend. lol

[lukasutc]

need... to... sample... this...

[sasseriansection]

If you mean the sake, good luck. If you mean the song... well Nine Inch Nails did the part of the song just after this on A Warm Place off Downward Spiral. The keyboard part is directly lifted from Bowie's Crystal Japan.

[lukasutc]

i know, i was thinking on a warm crystal place (?), using this video's sample as a creepy intro =)

[brujahziggy666]

Gotta throw my two cents in that I agree. The normal version of the song is beautiful, this one makes me think of a horror flick.

[slikquiver]

This wouldn't be out of place on his Outside album. Very cool.

[SparklingHorizon]

Woah, creepy!!

[broruss]

PS this song had nothing to do with the album Scary Monsters and Super Creeps which came out in 1980, but on some CD versions of that album that came out later, this song was added as a bonus track.

[broruss]

You can get this instrumental "Crystal Japan" on CD if you look hard enough for it. It is actually a beautiful little tone-poem played on synthesizers. Unfortunately this video is so overdriven and distorted that it sounds like some sort of torture method.

[fumartehacemal]

this is a terror masterpiece

[JaceWazHere]

...this is what life means...xD

[emmaviolinist]

So the Japanese have stopped trying persuasion and skipped straight to brain-wash?

[tedmacat]

holy shit! XD when it played, it was uber loud-- i was watching other things that were much quieter, and.... XD this is freaky.

really freaky.

lol

[nobodiesland]

MY EARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[drellla]

Omg. ;~~~; I actually lolled. That's so scary. :D:D

[hikaru975]

AAAUUUGHHHHHH!!!!! *runs away screeming in terror*

[toyamac]

*runs too*

[ShovelDuct]

More disturbing than Revolution Nine.

[modeck1]

Excellent

[marzichan]

JESUS CHRIST.. !!!

[psychicwhoosh]

Oh crap...the video...I am going to die in 7 days!!

[KikyoDepp]

lol

[brooksie19]

he looks gorgeous!

[bowie1983]

very strange...

[MaryJaneBlackHeart]

This sounds like a hangover.

[tedmacat]

lmfao XD it DOES sound like a hangover! xD

[ipanova2]

really rare video but sorry for bad quality..

[guit4rg0d7]

didn't Trent Reznor use this song for "A Warm Place"?

[xaveryPL]

Yes, he indeed did.

[ResistingHolyan]

No, but he was inspired by Crystal Japan.

[jackyll]

this is so amazing.

[zabupausa]

great song from the scary monsters album

[xaveryPL]

Good one. I wish I could get this in better quality.

[crystaltips]

this is old - about 1979. its the weirdness that appeals...

[Hostile]

Argh! For the love of God, I'll buy your crystal! JUST STOP STARING AT ME!

[thesweetthing]

oh dear...

[Alianger]

this freaks me out.

[JayjayAbnormal]

The distortion of the bad quality in the video makes the song scary as fuck

[JaceWazHere]

Yeah, but it makes the song HEAVY! XD \m/

[alorindanya]

Lordy lordy...they make the weirdest commercials over there. They are too corny to be tried over here in the US.