Japan and David Sylvian certainly had their critics back in the Eighties. Some adored them and cloned them. Some hated them.Whether you were a fan of the foppish bleached haired post blitz kid look that Mr Sylvian and co adopted or not. There was no doubting their talent. From the early coquetry replicas of the Giorgio Moroder sound with "Life In Tokyo" and Quiet Life" to the later albums such as "Gentlemen Take Polaroids" which was worth the price for "Swing" alone.Personally I always thought David Sylvian wanted to be a little too much like Bryan Ferry,but when they made tracks like this I almost forgave them.
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ReplyDeleteAs well as the Roxy influence, they wore their Bowie fandom on their sleeves here, big time. "Burning Bridges" is an unabashed hommage to Heroes/Low atmospherics, and on "Methods of Dance" they even name-check Bowie's tracks "Sense of Doubt" and "Speed of Life" in the lyrics.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I feel that Japan - especially the time of this and Quiet Life before it - contributed a big and largely unacknowledged portion of Duran Duran's early template.