Night Porter - Japan

[soxster101]

Slightly haunting and surreal!

[Dryadash]

Just heard that Mick is dead, Sadness.

[STONEBEADMAKER]

THIS IS THE FIRST JAPAN SONG I EVER HEARD AFTER GROWING UP LISTENING TO ERIK SATIE AND CLAUDE DEBUSSY, SO YOU CAN IMAGINE I WAS RATHER FASCINATED. AFTER OVER TWENTY YEARS OF LISTENING TO GENTLEMEN TAKE POLAROIDS, IT STILL HOLDS ITS INTEREST.

[rloontie]

RIP Mick. Thanks for the memories. I hope they play this one at my funeral al as well...

[papab3015]

Mic was my hero when I was teenager I admired his style and fashion too

R.I.P.

One of Japanese fan from Japan

[kcufdam]

OMG... never knew Mick had died.. RIP. Thanks for the memories.

[TheJust4theride]

love this,takes me back to good times

[Uthergreen]

R.I.P. Mick...

[jeanperiquito]

Mick Karn R.I.P.

[1945lola]

heart shivers1!!!!!

[Star45ja]

If you like this song...let me recommend you: Camouflage...'I once had a dream'...

It's lovely....

[kcufdam]

Mental. 20 when I first heard this - 51 now, each piano key stroke feels like a year of my life went past!!!! 31 of them.

[teddingtontcu]

@kcufdam me 51 as well.....................prog and jazz rock all my life with much classical too. However when this lovely band appeared I was truly mesmerised.

The only new romantics I listened to i'm afraid! 

[kcufdam]

Seen them twice in the early 80's

[keynestortoise]

@kcufdam I will quote an extra from Monty Python's Life of Brian: "You lucky bastard!"

[twopara68]

The thinking mans Duran Duran

[carolineharry]

Beautiful! ♥ Evokes fond memories for me......

[wendybrownkatz]

I'm constantly transfixed watching/listening to this, it's mesmerising... hypnotic... soothing... feels like home.

[ieatorbs]

Love this song so much.

[pulaat]

it gives me the shivers.....again

[chancesareshewears]

Love this song, I can forgive the Bryan Ferry and Bowie thing.

[annettemarie1969]

David's voice is like melted dark chocolate....glorious.

It acutally makes me head spin...best listened to with a glass a wine, the lights out perhaps a few candles....bliss.

[newfuckingwave]

@annettemarie1969 david's mouth produces not saliva, but caramel

[case1956]

Om kippenvel van te krijgen !

[43447]

Ja idd, ik hoorde hem voor het laatst op de Nederlandse radio voorbij komen tijdens de top 2000 op Radio 2.

Bij 3FM, de zender die ik normaal gesproken altijd luister komt hij nooit voorbij.

[porterhead]

I love Japan and Dave's solo stuff but Rain Tree Crow? Not great. Don't reform unless it's going to be amazing...

[ItsAllTrue]

What a haunting song..love it

[shesgotmedals]

Timeless classic song from the most underrated group ever..... Oh !! to have a reunion like so many 80's groups have recently done( with much less talent )

"I dream of something like that"

[TheKwakaman]

David Sylvian, what a talent, Japan, what a group. Night porter one of the most influential records of my youth. FANTASTIC.

[kcufdam]

Fuckin brilliant...bowie with a dress on.

[kcufdam]

On the Night Shift again. I wondered 30 year ago when I first heard this wot nite shift would be like? well now I know. Time for beer at 07:00 am ye ha. Its Friday night ish.

[kcufdam]

I have the programmes from both concerts. I showed them to my old man at the time. He saiid Mick Karn looks like he has wankers doom. Never knew what he meant then.

[kcufdam]

Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence.

[kcufdam]

hi people.

[RichardSwaine]

Very touching. From the time I put the needle on the record to You Tube Now.

Wonderful

[027sarah]

Not ever heard Satie, but take word for it. David Sylvian was voted the best looking man for 3 years running in the early 80's, I fancied him to death as a teenager. I love all Japan, then and now and I love Brilliant Trees his first solo album, wonder if his skin is so fabulous now he is in his 50's.....

[liamrossabby]

wtf....are u on about...this is 1982 not fucking 1892 u assholes.

[tapkae]

If you want to open up a lot of understanding about 20th century music, you must hear Satie. Contemporary/friend/mentor of Debussy and others of that turn-of-the-century Paris scene, and ultimate influence on people like Eno, and obviously, Barbieri, and many others who employ spare harmonies and melodies. Gotta hear Satie. The father of ambient music, he.

[Danz1984]

I agreed, Gary Numan has made a synthesizer version of Erik Satie's Gymnopedie # 1 as the B side of one of his singles, totally amazing. He's definitely a big influence and a great composer. I think Gymnopedie # 3 has much influence on 'Night Porter'. Love this song, one of my favorite Japan's song.

[cullyvan]

@tapkae You are totally correct. Rumour has it that Satie once told his audience to chat away during one of his performances. If Satie was alive in the early 1980's he could probably have sued. HUGE influence on all sorts of people, all the way through to Aphex (check out the durgks album , cant remember how to spell it). Anyway, satie is bliss. debussy too. Bach gets ripped off all the time. "sampling' goes back a long way

[Ghorkhun]

love this song this band

[silmalila]

Listening to the old Japan material just makes me realise what a bottomless well of talent David has.

...And the former "pretty boy" is now a beautiful man who sings from the heart.

As he always has.

[kyokushinbabe]

Brilliant - touches my soul - such a unique group.

[Yulietab]

So far I used to hear this song, enjoying my loneliness... and now it's a pleasure to see it on video... just the perfect atmosphere...

[chantrynutjob]

Yeah...Andy Carol's house (Ipswich) at 4.30am. All the lads crashed...Nightporter brings in the dawn.

[juem]

yeah.memories for me too...just lying on the floor in my bedroom with the lights off and headphones on !

[johnnieuw]

Yeaaah,... brings back memories...

Of wild party in Brussels's VUB (university) 1985,.. party till morning in open air, ..and just when the sun rises,.. DJ slows down the beat to this track from Japan,... people slow dancing,, sun rays hitting the dew covered lawns,.. what a song !

Thanks for uploading this !

[marklove77]

I love playing this song on even just piano - 3am melancholy is satiated..

[karinvandermeer]

Satie would liked to have composed it, one of the most beautifull songs of David

[strangerthanme]

Fantastic, brings back memories

[yalien66]

Wicked!! totally underrated,cant believe the amount of people who dont actually know who they are

[DuckDAWorld]

@yalien66 Of course we know, we just can't tell ..;)