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  • It's such a shame when you come to a video like this to enjoy the music and everyone's doing nothing but bitch!

  • Japan were in a completely different class to Duran Duran ....

  • @sjdfuj You are right...an inferior class!! well spotted buddy.

  • Orsm Fashion in that time - Davids Hair is so cool :0)

  • i love their hair so much~

  • damn!! were we really that good looking and young!!!lol

  • Great Video group and song as for tight trousers ??? they are all baggy. these guys are soooo thin.

  • I know MissNovemberTuseday; she's a friend of mine on Facebook! :) And I love Duran Duran! But I also love Japan! So, haters of both these bands--knock it off and go watch videos of artists you prefer! Thank you!!!

  • @RuarkBrumbaugh Thank you.

  • damn Greg you're a fucking mental case, shut up already nobody cares.

  • "paintedship" - SECONDED.

    Additionally, I have it on good evidence greg & "MissNovemberTuesday" are the same person. Sad sad little man....

  • @JohnoEAL wouldn't surprise me this guy has been trolling Japan videos for 3 years. A lot of time for a band he professes to hate so much.

  • @JohnoEAL My name is Nique. I am a woman and a lifelong Duranie. Check my profile. I have my own opinions and I can choose to agree or disagree with whomever I wish. Damn. Seriously.

  • @JohnoEAL haha the same person??? you fucking nutball. I officially own you japan fairies. I have quashed every argument you ever presented about your spat on duran duran v japan...ffs. japan had 2 albums...duran duran 15. thus, duran duran have had 7.25 times the out put of japan in the generes you keep referring to.japan, other than a few songs, are utter shite if im honest. duran duran are a fucking collussus in talent and its fucking silly to argue other wise you thick fucks.

  • @gregingram1970 Who are you to tell us what music we should like?

  • THe only person who makes sense on here is MissNovemberTuesday...thank God for clean minded, decent and honest people in the world...there is good people out there than just cyber-warriors trolling and spitting venoumous comments accross the internet. Long live duran duran.

  • @gregingram1970 Thank you. I really don't understand why people feel the need to act this way. In the words of Duran Duran, "Would someone please explain the reason for this strange behaviour?"

  • @MissNovemberTuesday haha...well said.

  • What in the FUCK is wrong with all of you? Stop all the crap and the gay bashing and the judgments and just appreciate the amazing music this band made. And as for who influenced whom, I will say I am a lifelong Duranie and it is because of them I ever heard of Japan. In the US, Japan just did not reach our awareness until DD came along and mentioned them, yes, way back in the beginning, as one of many influences.

  • @MissNovemberTuesday Along with Roxy, Bowie, Chic, and Sex Pistols. It is well obvious Nick Rhodes flat out stole David Sylvian's style and look and frankly carried it on FAR longer than David ever did. Back then, bands starting out often shared influences and had some similar sounds. DD's main difference was infusing funk in a way the others did not. And yes, they are still around and doing quite well. We as fans are VERY loyal.

  • @MissNovemberTuesday they did on MTV and played the then new visions of china video. I always felt like DD didn't name check them as much as those other bands because they were more contemporary and still going when they first started but the influence is apparent and they have acknowledged it several times.

  • @paintedship Yes, I said they DID acknowledge Japan. That is what got me interested in Japan in the first place. And why they didn't mention them as often, I am sure when asked about influences, the bands who influenced them longer were simply the first to come to mind. nothing wrong there. That is normal. What I also appreciated was when news of Mick's illness broke, the entire band was quick to spread the news to their fans and send their sincere well wishes and support.

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  • @paintedship what song on RIO, 7 AND THE RAGGED TIGER, NOTIOURIOUS, ARCADIA, LIBERTY, WEDDING ALBUM, MEDAZZALAND, POP TRASH, ASTRONAUGHT, RED CARPET MASSACRE, ALL YOU NEED IS NOW - RESEMEBLES JAPAN? I DEMAND YOU JUSTIFY YOUR WORDS YOU SPASTICATED BARRELL OF MONKY GISM.

  • @zendoking why are you so angry? Just relax. I am not wanting to antagonise you - unless you insist?

    

  • @zendoking thanks, i take that as a compliment and indeed praise and will certainly reinforce my comments on here. thanks for the compliment once again!

  • More talent in his little finger than every single X Factor contestant ever put together....

  • I don't even have to reply gregingram1970. Your lack of intelligence is illustrated vividly by your childish comments. Maybe you should have your mum wash your mouth out with soap since that's about the only thing you can cling to.

  • @paintedship childish? you insulted me intitially for putting a comment up regarding japan and duran duran two years ago. since, you have called me a troll etc etc. it is you who started any bickering. It is you who has lost out since, thick cunt.

  • @gregingram1970  what's with all the thick cunt comments? You sound like a doofus enough said, grow up 40 something year old cry baby.

  • @gregingram1970 and I started the bickering? Judging by how many people argue with you it would appear to tell otherwise troll.

  • @paintedship You are even thicker than I had previously thought. This particular video on here is watched by Japan fans...like you and the others who throw insults electronically over the net by posts. You get that much. The bit you dont get is: i actually used to love this song and a lot of Japans material;' I post a comment over a year ago and people like you still attack me as if i shouldnt write what i think. So, it is you and a few like you who are at fault. Not me. Thick cunt.

  • @paintedship Judging by how man people argue...it would then seem to be that, magically, there are lots of old japan fans on this page reading these posts, and, mysteriously, are offended when the mighty old japan have criticisms because, in their old minds, japan are the pinnacle or archetype of what it is to be a great band. You are a thick cunt. But you are super funny in what you say...

  • @gregingram1970 what's your obsession with the term "thick cunt" it's like the only two words you can mutter. Seriously man I'd be REALLY embarrassed posting this nonsense on the net if I were you. Get help

  • @paintedship Thick cunt is suitable for you because i think your just that, my pal.

    as for help, well if your not a thick cunt, (which im sure you are), then you wouldnt respond to my provocation would you>?

    so, what is it to be? rise above me or carry on the pointless slanging match that you started and now cant deal with?

    You are a thick cunt.

  • @gregingram1970 suitable for me? It's suitable for everyone it seems. You use it so many times it's pretty much the only two words that come out of your mouth. And what's with all the stuff you're trying to imply about Sylvian being bisexual? I've seen you write other anti-gay slurs before as well. Are you some crazy homophobic or something? I think maybe you're just trying to hide your repressed homosexual feelings and look macho or something.

  • @paintedship Fuck i thought you had flung in the towel with me? I dont actually read your posts because its not worth the time but I would hope you find comfort in this ancient video you seem to be watching a lot. All the best bum bashing for 2012 big baws.

  • @gregingram1970 get help seriously- unlike you being on youtube 24/7 I log in here and responded to your comment you wrote just under a week ago. Did you forget already what you wrote?

    You don't actually read the posts- then why do you reply to them always? Which is likely what you're going to do to this one as well. Here's a suggestion don't bother and go get help.

  • @paintedship OMG...are you still there? I think you must be on here all the time. You are probably mentally ill and probably suffering from learning difficulty of some description. I am feeling sorry for you now...in fact, I am growing to like you! How about you come round to mine for tea and scones? say 4pm this Sunday? I will drop my addrss to your private mail...hey, and dont forget the jam.

  • @gregingram1970 you will drop your address? likely you will drop your pants also, to show us your yawning chasm of an asshole

  • @TheHeuristicIslander Drop my address? If you want it i can pass it on for you but as for dropping pants, well you would be disappointed. Infact, I am super-curious why these thoughts entered that crazy and idiotic mind of yours? There was a comment on here not that long ago that some dude loved watching this video coz davy sylvian had tight white trousers on in this video, and that this dude tugged his man pole to it most days of the week. Are you that man??>? Am i right??

  • @gregingram1970 damn, you got me, im rumbled! those tight white trousers always get me , eh

  • @gregingram1970 thats pretty rude and belligerent, you obviously dont "get" the 80's., they werent all genderbending or gay, this was the beginning of the great Questioning. Who? Why? where? what?

  • @TheHeuristicIslander Im not caring if you think its rude? wtf? I dont get the genderbending thing? i dont want to get it either coz im not interested in that. sodomy is for disease spreading fags.

  • @gregingram1970 Why cant you get past that aspect and just enjoy the music for what it is? You inhibit yourself with your own prejudices

  • @TheHeuristicIslander I dont think that is the case here. I am engaging in meaningful dialogue with the protagonists of nasty banter.

  • don't feed the troll gregingram1970 guys, ignore this clown and just mark his comments as spam

  • @paintedship i am getting the feeling that my truth comments are so nauseating to the closet fags and pseudo intellectuals that you guys are ganging up on me? haha. what fun this is...bring it on thick cunts.

  • mick karn looks very wiry in this vid.

  • @DrChuckBMD I am getting the impression that you believe Japan are the only influence on how the mighty duran duran sounded early during their 30 year career. I think if nick rhodes did name check davy sylvian, it wasnt often, as I aint heard that or read it before. I have heard - roxy music, chic, sex pistols, kraftwerk, blondie, generally krautrock, velvet underground, joni mitchell, yet Japan were really 'too new on the scene' to have shaped duran duran sonically...

  • @DrChuckBMD  Rent boy lover...

  • @DrChuckBMD I am well aware who influenced Japans sound. Unlike you, I do read.

  • @DrChuckBMD Has david sylvian name checked roxy music at all for their 'entire sound'? i hope he has acknowledged this influence. Its so similar its almost artistic theft.

  • @DrChuckBMD IN adddition, hung around as you state, i would say watched random japan videos - and not very often at all because they are so far back in time I wasnt old enough to appreciate them and, of course, they have been deceased for nearly 30 years. I notice your profile on here is very sparse. can you explain this sparisty for me? I am super-curious for your 'justification', my firend.

  • @DrChuckBMD I dont think any of your attempt to insult are accurate. I think i can put out my opinion where i like. i guess thats the benefit of a democracy. Maybe you dont know that and indeed have attempted to shame into retreating from this particular page. Indeed, you have served only to strengthen my will to challenge you. I am not homosexual. I am super curious how you raised that issue? perphaps your an expert on Freudian psychodynamic interventions? we will see.

  • STOP HATE ON U TUBE.  STOP INSULTING. STOP INSULTING OUT OF THE HIDING PLACE OF BEING UNKNOWN, STOP HATE, PASS THE WORD

  • @DrChuckBMD there is not a single fact accurate in your statements. thick fucking cunt

  • You started the snide comments Greg and I'll finish them. Go and take your Wife out for a Christmas drink. Oh, that's right you can't, you buried her in the garden because she ripped one of your Simon le Bon posters whilst cleaning your caravan.

    Fuck off you cunt, and get help.

  • @kevdop Get help? you are the person defending a band who disintegrated nearly 30 years ago and that nobody with exception of about 200 people world wide care about. It is you who clings to memories of 3 decades ago and thus, are not living in the present and probaly require a degree of counselling intervention. indeed, you are to be pitied. Take care my ill buddy.

  • Mick Karn, genius!

  • Great bassline.

  • Take the baton Greg!

  • @kevdop take the batton? or is it baton? hmmm, well there your first mistake you thick cunt. Anyway, I will restrict my responses to very simple sentences as I dont wanna offend you by too much large compound sentences as I can tell you are the mindset of an animal. And in addition, why do I need a batton/baton (haha)? It is your passion for a dead band that is keeping me super amused...have a nice xmas - you fucking toss pot.

  • And soon realised, that taking speed in large amounts mixed with Viagra, whilst trying to spread the truth about "Duran"! Was probably the wrong way to be constructive with Japan fans. Bless him.

  • And in 1981 (Greg1970 whatever...) took one for the cause from Simon. Deal with it!

  • Bowie

  • man I wish this stupid asshole Greg would just shut up about Duran Duran already. We all know you love them, do we really need 10 more comments about it? Nobody cares, ugh don't even mention Japan with them again please.

  • @paintedship Japan are dead. They had such a brief and uneventful career. In contrast, the mighty Duran Duran still tour the world, sell downloads, cds, records and gain a respectable amount of press. I think if 'anyone outthere' was asked who is ja-pan, who would actually know that name? who??? maybe some obscure cretin from outer mongolia or some elderly lady who thought wee Davy Sylvian was 'good looking' 30 years back. I heard Davy S was playing the new Asda in Motherwell...?

  • @gregingram1970 The mighty Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music..Get with the program..If there was no Roxy Music this band wouldn't exist and neither would Duran Duran and about 100 other bands..Ah So...That's Tokyo Joe..

  • @801liveable HI asswipe. I am more than aware of the influence roxy music has had. My point you thick cunt is thats thick japan fans believe duran duran modelled their career on japan...infact, it is roxy music who influenced both bands sonically and in part stylistically. now fuck off you pest.

  • @gregingram1970 ..Hey Fatso..It seems you're pretty good at name calling when you're in front of a little computer screen..You wouldn't say that shit to my face, Fatso..If you did Fatso, I'd screw you in the ground and shove that baton up your dark brown Lymie asshole...Viva Roxy Music!..Fatso..

  • @gregingram1970 Hey Fatso..I just noticed you're all over the place with this Duran Duran crap..simon le bum, isn't worthy to be a pimple on Bryan Ferry's stiff brittish ass....

  • @801liveable whos fatso??

    your as clued up as my 5 year old daughter. another thick cunt. duran duran crap? you know as much about music as i know about knitting. i am guessing your about to be a pest...

  • @gregingram1970 I know more than you..You can take that to the Tower of London FATSO...Quit cornholin that "baton" and get with the program..The queen of England has tits on her back and continues to rip you dumb brittish bastards off..

  • @801liveable whats fatso?? i aint fat? you must be blind? that means you have two disadavantages - mentally retarded and vision impaired. Do you live in usa? i hope you say yes...

  • @gregingram1970 Oh that's where I belong it seems to be...Lonesome star shine on the BIG COUNTRY...

  • @801liveable How lucky you are? 

  • @801liveable Hey when you going to stop 'sparsing' your profile you thick fucker?? I want you to put details on this site. Reveal yourself ? cmon you sack of pig shit.

  • @801liveable there is not queen of England. She is queen of the United Kingdom. You know, one of the countries who was very very influential in how you thick retared, insular and arrogant trouble makers are now. Oh how we have short memories. Thick cunt.

  • @gregingram1970 Alright...alright.. I'll throw you a bone..Geez!..The sun never sets on the Brittish Empire..Ha..Ha..Ha..If it wasn't for us bailing you Lymies out you'd all be Nazis today..You can go back to eating your bread pudding now..

  • @801liveable Bread pudding is healthier than Macdonalds you lot eat. THe fattest and unhealthiest country on the planet. British Empire? You forgot education and politics...just in case you forgot...and i forgot your the country who steals other countries inventions and claims them as their own - television, telephone etc etc...

  • @gregingram1970 Hey pal..You ever watch The Wizard of Oz? We'll do it this way..Go get met Bryan Ferry's white tuxedo jacket and I'll grant you a brain..

  • @801liveable Your full of shite...Your in no position to insult anyone you thick cunt. You a dope smoking wife beater (if you have one)?? You certainly have issues other than the shit hole you live. 

  • @gregingram1970 At last the crimson chord cascade..With fountains fizzing forth with pink gin....

  • @801liveable poetry for an insult? at least your more challenging that you thick buddies...but your still a sad cunt.

  • @gregingram1970 Now my finger points at you another loser..You were knighted on your own complete in every detail..I see you're courting more despair no hope not a glimmer..Now you're nothing but second hand in glove with second rate now..

  • @801liveable Your finger may as well point at your arse hole...as its indicating what i think of you. You are a thick fucker with too much time on their hands. GO and tug your manpole to davy sylvian in his tight white trousers...you tosser.

  • @gregingram1970 Now you're getting a bit out of hand bloke..It's Christmas..Don't be a Scrooge..Charles Dickens..Good by..

  • @801liveable ok/. i take it back. Your a tosser.

  • @801liveable John Taylor's main idea for forming Duran Duran was to create a sound that was a mix of the bassline from Chic's Good Times, with the sound of Pretty Vacant by the Sex Pistols. While they may have sounded differently if not for Roxy and Bowie, they would have still formed as a band, so it is not fair to say they wouldn't exist.

  • @MissNovemberTuesday Quotes from Duran Duran November 1981 issue Rolling Stone. Simon Le Bon" bands say they were influenced by The Beatles and The Stones.We were influenced by Roxy Music and Bowie".John Taylor" we wanted to be like Roxy Music".Duran Duran's "Hungry Like the Wolf" for the most part was constructed based on the 3rd verse of Roxy's "Both Ends Burning".Some of Duran Duran's album covers derived from the style of Roxy. Duran Duran ran with Roxy's influence.

  • @801liveable I never said they were not influenced by them. But John and Nick formed the band in the first place, not Simon. John's idea was not inspired by Roxy @ that moment. I am only saying that the band WOULD have still formed, even without Roxy's influence. And what album covers are you referring to, specifically? Anyway, none of it matters. ALL bands draw influences. It is what they do with them to make it their own that shapes their individual style. DD is original in that.

  • @MissNovemberTuesday I agree with you. You are very astute..

  • @MissNovemberTuesday Well said MissNovember Tuesay - great name taken from Meet El President - duran duran single from notorious album. as for drawing influences, you can read here, like me, that japan fans believe duran duran modelled their entire career on japan. this is super interesting because we both know the key formative influences on duran duran yet japan fans, somewhat sickly and defiantly, persist in citing japan are the parents of duran duran and this spawn was inferior.

  • @801liveable i would say Hungry like the Wolf was not spawned from that part at all. Indeed, i will tell you what gave birth to this song - it was T-rex and Get It On. That is the source. You are wrong. but, roxy music were a large influence on duran duran but never fail to include Chic, davie bowie or kraftwerk because they were as influential as roxy music. 

  • @gregingram1970 Once again, for bands like Japan, Duran Duran, ABC, Human League and those similar to them the seed for the most part was planted by Roxy Music and Bowie. To quote the lyrics from Roxy's 'Whirlwind' " This case is closed. Elementary my dear." ps. In reality I think you guys are a tad young. You weren't around to experience the ambience.

  • @801liveable HI i think your statement is partly correct concerning duran duran. roxy music were a huge influence. however, if you could quantify this you would say about 20%. CHic and bowie and kraftwerk all were the rest.

  • @gregingram1970 As I wrote earlier I think you're a bit too young to have experienced the feeling of the glam/new wave/progressive 70's so I'm going to give you a fast tip. Maybe this will help you to understand the situation as a whole. You can get it on U-Tube. More Than This-The Story of Roxy Music, 8 parts. It has most of the people you've mentioned, Duran Duran, Nile Rodgers of Chic, the punk movement, etc. Check it out. It may give you a clearer reference point. Good luck.

  • @801liveable I dunno why you give me advice? I am familiar with roxy music catalogue since early 80s. I am aware the sounds that influenced duran duran - like the ones that influenced japan. I dont need to have been a 70s child to know this so my advice to you is to think again.

  • @801liveable I'm just curious, but were you including me in your comments about being too young to have experienced the glam rock movement? I will say that being in the US, our experience with it was a bit different than in the UK, regrettably, but I DO remember a lot of what was going on then. The US was also busy with the deep funk sounds of the 70s, which was a huge influence on my own tastes. While I WAS a child then, I have ALWAYS loved music and have clear memories of the era.

  • @MissNovemberTuesday I do respect very much your knowledge and opinions. There is a difference though between being there/not being there. I have developed my opinions from seeing a lot of these new wave/glam/progressive bands. I'm not trying to be presumptuous but I saw Bowie, Roxy Music, Elvis Costello, ELO, New York Dolls, Mott the Hoople, Lou Reed, Procol Harum,etc. at the "peek of their powers" in the early to mid 70's. I lived it. I did not see all but I SAW ENOUGH.

  • @801liveable Then I will just say I envy your experiences. I know sometimes, people don't give enough credit to others who may have been young. They assume that their opinions don't matter. (I am not saying this is you. I can just clearly remember people scoffing @ me when I offered an opinion on something when I was young. I think this is unfair to some who might have more to say on things than people think.) I have many friends on FB and we all talk music. Some are still teens.

  • @MissNovemberTuesday I value the opinions of my younger friends, and when I can, I fill them in on the history and significance of things that shaped music and they, in turn, occasionally give me a fresh perspective from someone who was not around the first time. My tastes vary widely and I LOVE much of what came decades before me. I don't believe in limiting myself to my own lifetime. @801liveable Thank you for sharing your views and insights and experiences.

  • @paintedship Man, how much as this band Ja-pan robbed roxy music of their sound and style? oh jings...robbers ja-pan are.

    ps - davy sylivan took it up the fudger for fun and gave the drummer a hand job from spandau ballet. Davy S is a panzie...

  • うわさは 聴いて いましたが・・・・ ここまで・・・・・ 彼らは 彼ら なりに 成長 して 行きますからね。 日本で 華が 咲いたこと。 日本が 好きに なったこと。 そして、彼らの スタイルを 作り上げた 苦しみながらも、 「生きて行く」 と言う ことを 忘れない 精神を 持った。 と言う ことは 彼らの ポリシー ジャパン と 名付けて 良かったですね。
  • Just listen to that bass playing...

  • Barbieri synth playing (assisted by Moroder?), Steve's drumming and Mick's sax playing add so much to the track. Poor Rob Dean on guitar was always restrained from doing what he was capable of.

  • These guys were stylish, flamboyant and all without being gay, see you can be straight and have style!

  • @TrainmasterCurt thast wrong...davy sylvian was bi-sexual. he was caught on last week in a public toilet in Morrisons in Glasgow being sodomised by a 17 year old boy. I know, my image, like your shatterd. Oh well.

  • @gregingram1970 He just needs help, I know someone who was gay and quite promiscuous, and now he is straight and has a wife and family, Jesus does miracles

  • @TrainmasterCurt ah...that makes sense

  • Why didn't I know about Japan sooner?

    I think I'm in love.

  • Love the 80s and japan ,miss all the great music still play alot at home ,depeche mode ,bowie .the cure the list is long and for the hair it would have been boring if he had normal hair.

  • My god they were all smoking hot at this point. Can't believe so many tracks off this old unsuccessful album is available with video on youtube over 30 years later. Massive fan at the time. Still love them to an unhealthy degree :)

  • ジャパン は 好き では なかった です。

  • cool as fuck

  • Dead pan. Talent oozing. Job done.

  • all about the pickle

  • Thanks for letting me see what I never had a chance to see live!

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  • i remember meeting david in birmingham in 79 the band had a major influence on my mates band "duran duran" you might have heard of them

  • Just because you like Japan you don't have to slate Maiden etc. I loved Japan,Soft Cell,Bauhaus,Sisters of Mercy growing up and still listen to them now,but went to see Iron Maiden at the NIA in Birmingham on Sunday and they were absolutely brilliant so how can you say they are defunct!?! Maiden are still going strong with new fans emerging year on year. As much as I like Japan,Dave Sylvian still comes across as very self centred and didn't seem to have much to say on the sad death of Mick Karn.

  • @helenthebanshee I didn't slate them? all i responded to was an ill informed remark regarding David Sylvian. They both come from two different genres and both continue to make, record or tour music for differing reasons and ideals. As for your comment on Mick Karn, me and you are not privvy to insider knowledge so that was a bit low and rather dissappointing.

  • @helenthebanshee - when I met the band during that last tour, Mick and David were barely speaking, and they had a serious fall out over Yuka Fujii. Maybe David had nothing to say?

    I saw the Sisters a couple of weeks ago - as good as ever!!

  • @Lilaeth I saw the Sisters last year in Leamington Spa. Meh. At the time I wasn't feeling it but my friend who I accomodated was a huge fan. But oh well, it was a night out!

  • forever and forever. long live Mick!

  • Mick was just SO effortlessly cool....

  • RIP Mick!

  • Alot of women in scotland have there hair like David's but they just look chavy. David is a sex god.

  • David in this video is kanda of rough diamond... He's after David Bowie, I guess. I prefer him wheh He got more sophisticated later.

  • does anybody know the synths Barbieri is playing?

  • @tommyboynude

    i think its a roland system 100, and i'm almost certain the other is either a octave cat or its little brother the kitten.

    feel free to correct me, but thats what they look like

    sean

  • David is the goods.

  • spot on LIFE can be CRUEL, especially in Poor Street, Glasgow, Scotland, c/o LUNATICE ASYLUM ?????????????????

  • am 48 now n this band r still special 2 me.they take me back 2 my young days

  • Was there ever any particular reason why the band was called "Japan"?

  • What album is this from. Pardon me if i've been blind and missed it, but i cant seem to find it...?

  • @Tom93M it,s from the album assemblage.

  • @tokyocooney brought me here!

  • Both these bands were concurrent (Roxy and Japan) but you cannot possibly compare the level of musicianship between the two; Roxy Music had a fantastic sax player in Andy McKay and lead guitarist Phil Manzanera, they were light years ahead especially with the vocals and songwriting of Bryan Ferry. Plus Roxy Music was around about 1972, way before Japan.

  • I think we should just move along about Japan being a Roxy music tribute band !! They were Japan was Japan & Roxy music was was Roxy music !!! End off ... both fantastic in there own way... bring back good music

  • i saw them live...wicked

  • Roxy music tribute\!!! god you gotta be kidding. Japan were amazing in their own unique right!

  • @cobbwwebb No..A Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music tribute..This band doesn't even try to hide it..BLATANT!!!

  • @801liveable i agree...yet, some Ja-Pan fans think Ja-Pan are original and were devoid of a music influence to shape their own sound. How thick that makes them...

  • Their clothes would fit in perfectly nowadays.

  • @marcogiuliani : guarda che i Japan sono venuti prima , e sebbene anche i Duran

    fossero bravi non lo nego,,,ma poi Sylvian ha fatto una carriera artistica superiore

    almento artisticamente, a Le Bon o a qualsiasi altro di loro....ripeto, anche i Duran erano bravi,,,ma ...contesto nettamente con la tua frase

  • Duran Duran dei poveri

  • topical song spesh with the power station problems they having

  • *love* Mick Karn! Rest in peace, pal.

  • @poprockspaceboi Rest in peace, pal????? why are you calling him pal? that's just mad, unless you're from Scotland UK. Have some respect for the dead!

  • *love* Mick Karn! Rest in peace, pal. ;-(

  • I'm 25, I discovered japan when I was about 14 or 15, I loved it, but when I showed them to a friend he would be like "WTF is this sh1t?"

  • if Japan was in Tokyo I'd go visit, but I won't cus they ain't

  • @meatbeat Well, THAT is a stupid statement!

  • @WhopBobbaLuBop read it a hundred times and you may finally understand, tardo

  • @loosemeatbeef Why bother, you idiot!

  • @WhopBobbaLuBop was just trying to help you. Sheesh. But if you want to keep on being a tard, then go right ahead.

  • @loosemeatbeef Beat off, meat beat!

  • @WhopBobbaLuBop don't try to be clever. Doesn't suit you at all.

  • @loosemeatbeef Don't try to appear to be intelligent. Doesn't suit you....

  • @WhopBobbaLuBop a copyist style. Doesn't fit a Japan fan. Must like Duran more.