Today is the 53rd birthday of David Sylvian, front-man of new romantic outfit Japan. Few bands, few singers in fact, captured the sound and style of the eighties better than Sylvian. At the time, I was less than appreciative of the new romantic movement in popular music (where are the guitars?), but I had a friend at university who was heavily into Japan and it was hard to ignore this man's amazing voice.
'Ghosts' is perhaps their most famous single - a slow, evocative number, instrumentally skeletal - a vehicle for the rich and decorous voice of Sylvian. If you are feeling nostalgic for the eighties, then this is the perfect tonic. And if you cannot remember the eighties, then this is an education. Happy birthday, David.
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