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| From | Richard Gagnon <gasp@aga.ca> |
| Subject | Japan's evolution |
| Date | Wed, 4 Aug 2004 11:39:08 -0400 |
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Stewart wrote:
>Japan had a violent shift in artistic focus after their first couple
of albums.
Yeah, because Roxy Music had regrouped and updated their sound. Japan
just followed, without the organic evolution that Roxy had undergone
between the first album and Manifesto.
>There are vocals, but David Sylvian had dropped
>the Bowie affectation and was singing in an entirely different voice
Sure, there's some Bowie in there, but you can't write several
paragraphs about Japan without mentioning Bryan Ferry. Sylvian went on
to sound, to me, like a severely constipated Ferry (might be the Bowie
he took). Mind you, I *like* late-period Japan, and it was heading in
interesting directions, but Sylvian's vocals weren't. I love Sylvian's
"solo" Gone to Earth, but only the instrumentals, where he takes credit
for god-knows-what while Bill Nelson and Robert Fripp do all the work.
imho, of course. ;)
Richard
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