true, Iv'e just posted a comment that mirrors your view exactly. Talent can also be fun, ie- simon le bon. durans music was sometimes on par with japan, but the lads had a good laugh from what I could tell.....don't crawl up your own backside too far David, just trust your own immense talent...
Its funny how genius comes with complication, I loved japan for years and they totally dominated my life, but could never come to terms with david disliking japan. I as an individual adored the music, the image was always second to that, maybe because I play a fretless bass myself I was always listening deeply...not looking to hard.
I am sad that he was not happy with his work with Japan because I think it’s fabulous. I was like that with my work. I wrote a lot of poems and songs and kept journals and tore some of them up later on because I hated them. Creating art can be difficult at times.
Silvian was, is and always will be an excellent lyricist. He's just turned 50 and although I'm not sure when this video was made, it is mildly amusing to see him still sporting those Trevor Horn specs :)
where do you get all this rare sylvian footage? for years i trawled through magazines etc hoping to see something related to him. absolute class nice one!
Otherside of Life is masterful. To me it is. And I love Quiet Life. But perhaps to David it's all below what it could've been. People forget that a band is like any other experience, so when you look back on past projects (very much like looking back on life) it often strikes you that where you once found perfection, a few years on reveals itself as a flaw. All he's doing is giving the new work a break. And he did mention the quality of Japan buried under the image. So he recognized it.
I hate cigarettes too, and i'll be very glad if it will be totally banned :) The idea of David peeling his layers by taking his make up off and later on stop smoking makes a great sense to me, but I prefer David with his make up on, though i'm not sure how is it going to look with all the wrinkles today.
@paintedship i agree if there was an image thing going on, he certainly seemed to be a part of that movement...I think it came down to he wanted to do it all himself..and if you listen to the differnt directions of karn and sylvian its very interesting...Karn has just been diagnosed with terminal cancer sadly..
I think he feels it lacks "truth" To an extent what he said about Japan being too much of an image is true but towards the end of their career (1980s) I don't feel that way at all. I would've loved to see what they could've come up with together after Tin Drum. Most of his fans don't hate Japan (they went crazy at a concert where he played otherside of life) so he really shouldn't either. It's kind of a shame.
god bless mick karn... he has cancer now ans they are saying its not good... all the information is on micks site... im so upset over this...im a bass player of 25 years and mick was one of the reasons i started
Does anyone know who conducted this interview and where it originated from? I am gathering research for my dissertation on the compositions of David Sylvian you see! X
@sprintbass do you mean part of new romantic movement? From what I understand they distanced themselves from any of that. Karn has stage 4 cancer unfortunately. He must of had it for a long time but only revealed his diagnosis until recently, really sad.
He said he hates it mostly because the record company started pressuring them until the point that they weren't enjoying doing music and their project became "The company project" and he felt it wasn't them and plus all the fights they had at the time between the triangle of Yuki, Mick Karn and David
So he risked it all by dissolving the band and all of them becoming solo artists (except for the dolphin brothers) and he said it was the best they could do at the time. Plus they didn't "dissolve" completely, you can see that David appears on 2 songs from Mick's album and Steve and Richard working with David too in his albums
At 4.40 he says he is more clear minded about his faith. Does anyone know what faith that is? I would be interested in knowing. Not necessarily a religion. But it might be.
He stopped smoking at some point in the 90s till early 00s and then he started again (from his rough divorce) and the meat part, he said he's been vegetarian since he left Japan
I've always disagreed with David about Japan's work. To me, Japan's later music is almost perfection. I think he's too hard on it. David's solo work seems to be focused on losing the youthful exuberance of Japan, but I think that's one of the things that makes music great in the first place.
ha, jonny depp has based his very successful image on this period of sylvian's past. this was made in 1987 in France, the same year as vanessa paradis (then 15) had her big international hit Joe Le Taxi, and she is now Depp's wife.
Maybe what sounds so brilliant to all of you sounds underdeveloped to him. You can't really blame people for promoting their work and starting off with: "There will never be another Japan" isn't really very clever.
I'm sorry, but i'm telling my opinion here...I don't think Sylvian looks more than a cute old man today...especially when his young and beautiful face stands in an absolute contrary. Of course it doesn't change my opinion about his noble & charming personallity. P.S: it's a mistake on my profile, i'm 17, and actually I would prefer living on the 80's and be old today.
Yes I agree. He's clearly a very conflicted person, but musically I think he's bordering on genius, and often it's the case with creative people that they take their personal problems and use them to make great art. So I think I'd rather just hear the music, than hearing him talking about it. He should stop doing interviews altogether.
God bless David Sylvian and all the other thinkers in this world.
A talent that has been forgotten and ignored for too long!
Thank you Moodyb :D I love David Sylvian...
Thank you for the upload. Very interesting.
true, Iv'e just posted a comment that mirrors your view exactly. Talent can also be fun, ie- simon le bon. durans music was sometimes on par with japan, but the lads had a good laugh from what I could tell.....don't crawl up your own backside too far David, just trust your own immense talent...
God I've been looking for that for ages! You're a star @Moodyb! 😍
that footage is from the oil on canvas concert video recorded in November of 1982 at the Hammersmith Odeon in London
Its funny how genius comes with complication, I loved japan for years and they totally dominated my life, but could never come to terms with david disliking japan. I as an individual adored the music, the image was always second to that, maybe because I play a fretless bass myself I was always listening deeply...not looking to hard.
I am sad that he was not happy with his work with Japan because I think it’s fabulous. I was like that with my work. I wrote a lot of poems and songs and kept journals and tore some of them up later on because I hated them. Creating art can be difficult at times.
Exactly
Silvian was, is and always will be an excellent lyricist. He's just turned 50 and although I'm not sure when this video was made, it is mildly amusing to see him still sporting those Trevor Horn specs :)
where do you get all this rare sylvian footage? for years i trawled through magazines etc hoping to see something related to him. absolute class nice one!
Otherside of Life is masterful. To me it is. And I love Quiet Life. But perhaps to David it's all below what it could've been.
People forget that a band is like any other experience, so when you look back on past projects (very much like looking back on life) it often strikes you that where you once found perfection, a few years on reveals itself as a flaw.
All he's doing is giving the new work a break. And he did mention the quality of Japan buried under the image. So he recognized it.
It's called 'Let The Happiness In'
I hate cigarettes too, and i'll be very glad if it will be totally banned :)
The idea of David peeling his layers by taking his make up off and later on stop smoking makes a great sense to me, but I prefer David with his make up on, though i'm not sure how is it going to look with all the wrinkles today.
@paintedship i agree
if there was an image thing going on, he certainly seemed to be a part of that movement...I think it came down to he wanted to do it all himself..and if you listen to the differnt directions of karn and sylvian its very interesting...Karn has just been diagnosed with terminal cancer sadly..
I think he feels it lacks "truth" To an extent what he said about Japan being too much of an image is true but towards the end of their career (1980s) I don't feel that way at all. I would've loved to see what they could've come up with together after Tin Drum. Most of his fans don't hate Japan (they went crazy at a concert where he played otherside of life) so he really shouldn't either. It's kind of a shame.
David also played a song from Japan during a 2001 concert and Steve was at the drums :)
I saw him live back in '03 and smoking wasn't allowed during the show.
Is our love strong enough?
god bless mick karn...
he has cancer now ans they are saying its not good... all the information is on micks site... im so upset over this...im a bass player of 25 years and mick was one of the reasons i started
@sprintbass NOT terminal. Hope you've made a donation at his website! ;)
Does anyone know who conducted this interview and where it originated from? I am gathering research for my dissertation on the compositions of David Sylvian you see! X
Interesting interview. bet he dos not smoke now..
@sprintbass do you mean part of new romantic movement? From what I understand they distanced themselves from any of that.
Karn has stage 4 cancer unfortunately. He must of had it for a long time but only revealed his diagnosis until recently, really sad.
@moodyb The time he quit cigarettes,when was that?back in the 90s or earlier?
Somewhere between the 90s and early 00s, then he started again
David is mr serious to the point of it being scary. The level he hates Japan's music really bothers me because it was mostly great.
He said he hates it mostly because the record company started pressuring them until the point that they weren't enjoying doing music and their project became "The company project" and he felt it wasn't them and plus all the fights they had at the time between the triangle of Yuki, Mick Karn and David
So he risked it all by dissolving the band and all of them becoming solo artists (except for the dolphin brothers) and he said it was the best they could do at the time. Plus they didn't "dissolve" completely, you can see that David appears on 2 songs from Mick's album and Steve and Richard working with David too in his albums
At 4.40 he says he is more clear minded about his faith. Does anyone know what faith that is? I would be interested in knowing. Not necessarily a religion. But it might be.
He was a Buddhist at that time and was really deep in practicing the religion
@moodyb About That he is not smoking,drinking and eating meat.Where did you received the information from?
He stopped smoking at some point in the 90s till early 00s and then he started again (from his rough divorce) and the meat part, he said he's been vegetarian since he left Japan
@makiron1227 About what?
I've always disagreed with David about Japan's work. To me, Japan's later music is almost perfection. I think he's too hard on it. David's solo work seems to be focused on losing the youthful exuberance of Japan, but I think that's one of the things that makes music great in the first place.
ha, jonny depp has based his very successful image on this period of sylvian's past. this was made in 1987 in France, the same year as vanessa paradis (then 15) had her big international hit Joe Le Taxi, and she is now Depp's wife.
@moodyb You sure?
Does he smoke today?
He gave up some time ago...
Maybe what sounds so brilliant to all of you sounds underdeveloped to him.
You can't really blame people for promoting their work and starting off with: "There will never be another Japan" isn't really very clever.
5:47 HEEEOLP
Too bad, it fits him so well...but at least he'll be healthy...
I'm sorry, but i'm telling my opinion here...I don't think Sylvian looks more than a cute old man today...especially when his young and beautiful face stands in an absolute contrary. Of course it doesn't change my opinion about his noble & charming personallity.
P.S: it's a mistake on my profile, i'm 17, and actually I would prefer living on the 80's and be old today.
Yes I agree. He's clearly a very conflicted person, but musically I think he's bordering on genius, and often it's the case with creative people that they take their personal problems and use them to make great art. So I think I'd rather just hear the music, than hearing him talking about it. He should stop doing interviews altogether.
He hates them too (most artists do) but sadly is necessary to promote their music