Japan Quiet Life

From their 1980 album Quiet Life

Lyrics:

Boys, now the times are changing
The going could get rough
Boys, would that ever cross your mind?
Boys, are you contemplating moving out somewhere?
Boys, will you ever find the time?

Here we are stranded
Somehow it seems the same
Beware, here comes the quiet life again

Boys, now the country's only miles away from here
Boys, do you recognize the signs?
Boys, when these driving hands push against the tracks
Boys, it's too late to wonder why

Here we are stranded
Somehow it seems the same
Beware, here comes the quiet life again

As you turn to leave
Never looking back
Will you think of me?
If you ever, could it ever stop?

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[deni zen]

being an 80s teenagers myself, i did like duran duran , japan , spandau ballet TFF , DM etc... but to say duran duran were the best band of the 80s is pushing it somewhat. Their music was nothing more than average and they have failed to evolve into anything of any substance or significance...,Japan made 2 mediocre albums never really hit the heights in the songwriting stakes but this is a good track all the same...due to GM in the main...ps Depeche mode are lightyears better than both...

[JohnoEAL]

"gregingram1970" - SEE?!!! Now you've jumped to a different area again! MUSIC VIDEOS. "if we are thinking 80s music we are thinking the Music video era Duran Duran owend it." REALLY? Intriguing, given I can't think of one ICONIC Duran Duran video - you know, like Thriller, Billie Jean, Beat It etc.; all critically-acclaimed well-known ICONIC music videos, that everyone on earth would instantly recognise. How many people could describe a single DD video? You're clearly a Duran Duran worshipper.

[Inand Outagain]

Correction...Duran Duran really sounds like Japan.

[SaintsBoss06]

First heard on Vice City Stories. Good soundtrack but the first VC was better as a game

[Math3Mike]

The beginning of this sounds like a Duran Duran song.

[LantaGem]

Same here! I bought this album as a teen, and loved it. I never forgot about Japan, but more or less neglected their stuff for many years while I moved on musically... then "rediscovered" the band relatively recently, to my great pleasure. (Some of Sylvian's recent projects are pretty good too.)

[LantaGem]

Most people who lived through the 80s would instantly recognise the video for DD's "Rio" - with the exotic girl and Simon singing his little heart out from the prow of the yacht.

[the ScreamS]

Cracking synth

[patcoppo]

Awesome tune

[james birkbeck]

one of the best songs. EVER

[JohnoEAL]

Where in the HELL did you get that from? If anything, I think the complete opposite.

[Alexander James]

You obviously think that everything (American) is better than everything (British) ...... wake up!