Greetings to all at JapanSylvian! And a belated Happy New Year! I'm not at all sure what I want to say here, but I am soooooooo glad I discovered this site - other people who are crazy about David Sylvian and Japan! Yippeeee! I'm so excited I'm practically doing cartwheels across the floor!
I've not been a fan of the divine Mr S (and Co) for very long, err, well I have and I haven't (OK that makes no sense at all) let me explain: I WAS a fan way back in the early eighties, had some of the vinyl (not the first 2 albums) and had the posters on my bedroom wall etc, etc, however, Japan split up just as I was becoming old enough to appreciate them (I was 13 at the time) then I deliberately gave up on 'contemporary' pop music somewhere around 1987 ( I blame that on the emergence of boybands like Big Fun! and Bros! - need I say more?) and so, I missed out on a lot of the career developments of Sylvian, Jansen, Barbieri, Dean and Karn (swoons at the very mention of his name ...) OK, so my interest was re-ignited when quite by chance I came across an interview with DS (Rollingstone 1999) on the net, saw the photos and thought "Whoa! Mamma! Who is that gorgeous, amazing, totally drool-worthy specimen of manhood"!!!! It can't be ... it is: David Sylvian. And so the madness begins (again) ...
I'm also a big fan of Mr Nicholas James Bates and his best buddie Nigel (yeah - you know who I mean)! Even though I think Nick would look sooooo much better without all that mascara and stuff at his age - but he's still yummy! I wouldn't say no given half a chance!
Well, thats me - briefly ... ... ...