TheGreek Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 https://youtu.be/Kdef7XwklkQ?si=YaUiZklHp7ZAxz65 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visog Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 Ooh he was great! Just watching him paired with Bill Bruford for David Torn earlier: 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 Being of a certain age, Japan were my main band 1978/80...I can take joy from the spartanly attended gigs I schlepped up to London for; Dingwalls, The Venue, Music Machine, Lyceum, Royal Opera House. Me and a mate saw them at The Rock Garden and then got into The Greyhound a couple of days later. Mick Karn was always the primary focal point. Nobody/fans gave a rats bumhole about them early days. It was like they were our little secret. The Lyceum shows were interesting; the first was about a 1/4 full, the next was absolutely rammed. Quiet Life changed everything really. Gone was all the psuedo-aggressive punk/funk and the audience was just full of peacocks that were more interested in the clothes and aura behind the band rather than the music. Diminishing returns too. My last gig was one of the later Hammersmith shows and it was terrible, Rob Dean long gone, almost erasing memories of just a couple of years previously. Moving back to Mick Karn, yep, genius. Groundbreaking. Inspiring. Brilliant. I honestly don't believe we, as bassplayers, knew just how great he actually was until he was gone. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael2003x Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 For me, Japan were one of the only few saving graces of the 80's music scene, massively underrated and superb musicians, especially Mick's fretless work. When I was 16 I used to schlep around with my Dave Sylvian "gentlemen take polaroids" era hairdo, happy days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman666 Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 On 13/06/2024 at 18:07, michael2003x said: For me, Japan were one of the only few saving graces of the 80's music scene, massively underrated and superb musicians, especially Mick's fretless work. When I was 16 I used to schlep around with my Dave Sylvian "gentlemen take polaroids" era hairdo, happy days. so if the 80s was bad when was it good for you?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 Japan were around during my art college years, but I never listened to them at all. Just looked like a bunch of pretty boys to me. Likewise I've never knowingly heard Mick Karn. Now I feel like they are a band I should finally listen to, maybe tomorrow at work I usually have music on all day. Best album to start with? Actually I really like live stuff so I may look for an old concert on Youtube Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 To me Adolescent Sex and Obscure Alternatives are the best ones, and also the two first albums. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 But Bestial Cluster and Polytown are definitely Mick Karn's best solo albums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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