Japan - Quiet Life video free download

Marcos Antônio

Boys...

alex dornelli

an amazing bassist, a drummer that even Neal Peart admired

1965mod

ABC nicked the guitar riff from these guys for 'Poison Arrow'!!

Morena Farabegoli

i love this song JAPAN HAVE ALWAYS BEEN DEFINETLY ORIGINAL .

Ian Bland

The Band that Duran Duran Ripped and Rode off ...

derek cornish

listen to the Synth sound towards the end...Duran Duran LITERALLY stole it for "Hold Back The Rain"

Electric Warrior

Duran who? 

Jack Bryan

I like the mysterious absence of any guitar or guitarist hahaha. Dave takes the guitar in the later November 1981 TOTP clip.

Anthony Reynolds

was anyone reading this in the audience at this taping?

Hannah Davies

they dont make music like this anymore,i was growing up through the 80s so u could call me one of thatcher's kids!

Muse Seymour

Japan - Quiet Life (Live on Top of the Pops)

Cal Qlus

One Philistine clicked dislike.

gregingram1970

am i blocked?

gregingram1970

Last point from me - i have saw probably 30 live shows in my life. U2, superb. Over -rated a tad. Bon Jovi - great and lifts the roof. Rolling Stones - utter shit. Coldplay - quite good. The best live vocal i ever heard was Simon Le Bon, Edinburgh Castle 2009, on a View to a Kill. Like Japan, duran duran were pretty boys and today duran durans general perception is something of 'former pretty boys who can play great live shows, and exceeded in the test of time, with a catalogue of classics'.

gregingram1970

And for DD live - factoid: in the first 10 years of their career DD played over 1000 live shows. I thnk that is what shaped them into the live band they are today. I have saw them 8 times spanning from the 80s to 2011. I know how good DD are and furthermore, they are professional. The tracks they play are elevated above and beyond they vinyl, cds and mp3 files we now listen to.

gregingram1970

I thnk duran duran always were a great live band. And what you and I should be mindful of is that both Japan and Duran Duran were unschooled musicians. None of them were professionally trained. But when i see duran duran after Rio - i see tremendous live band who had millions of young female fans because they were clearly very good looking. But Le Bon would say - his expectations for DD audience at first were students. The teen thing just occurred.

gregingram1970

First off - NR and DS looked similar on fleeting moments because they both looked strangley androgynous and 'pretty' in make up. Thousands of young men looked like that. Its not like DS patend a certain look. NR changed his hair colour as often as his pants in the early 80s? The look thing between these two people is not significant.

gregingram1970

Other than mick karn, Andy Taylor was a massive factor in sound that had a striking difference in sound to anything japan did. AT was the aggressive and electric edge that gave duran duran the option to be either atmospheric and ambient or aggressive and more punk influenced. Of course duran duran were and are a much more diverse sounding musical entity than japan were (past tense for them of course).

gregingram1970

I am glad you notice lots of differences between DD and Japan. There are very little similarities. Other than they both had some members wearing make up and had similar musical influences that is about the stretch of the comparison between these two.

NewMoon7609

Amazing the similarities between Japan and DD! :)

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