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Various things tidied up, and comments:
I'm not a fan of the band (looked up this article after watching Alan Partridge dancing to Gary Numan's "Music for Chameleons" which reminded me of Karn's bass playing), so I can't expand the article more. I assume fans will have access to old reviews and so on to substantiate the "critical success" claims. -- ajn ( talk) 07:10, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
Japan were not New Romantics nor were they ever part of the New Romantic scene. The band have refuted this assertion on many occasions, despite having the label dumped on them because they wore make-up and used synthesisers. There is even a sourced quote in this article from Sylvian himself from 1981 in which he flatly denied they had any association with it, stating it was a misconception due to trends at the time. The New Romantic movement was a nightclub scene started by Steve Strange et al at clubs such as Billy's and the Blitz. It was characterised by the "weird and wonderful" as club-goers would dress up flamboyantly, often adopting styles from the European romantic period (hence the name). Bands that rose from that scene included Visage, Spandau Ballet and Duran Duran, whose early looks were very much based on the New Romantic scene. But bands from the late 70s/early 80s that wore make-up and used synths were not New Romantics by default, nor is "New Romanticism" a genre of music. Japan had always worn make-up, years before the New Romantic movement even happened. Kookoo Star ( talk) 02:00, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
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Various things tidied up, and comments:
I'm not a fan of the band (looked up this article after watching Alan Partridge dancing to Gary Numan's "Music for Chameleons" which reminded me of Karn's bass playing), so I can't expand the article more. I assume fans will have access to old reviews and so on to substantiate the "critical success" claims. -- ajn ( talk) 07:10, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
Japan were not New Romantics nor were they ever part of the New Romantic scene. The band have refuted this assertion on many occasions, despite having the label dumped on them because they wore make-up and used synthesisers. There is even a sourced quote in this article from Sylvian himself from 1981 in which he flatly denied they had any association with it, stating it was a misconception due to trends at the time. The New Romantic movement was a nightclub scene started by Steve Strange et al at clubs such as Billy's and the Blitz. It was characterised by the "weird and wonderful" as club-goers would dress up flamboyantly, often adopting styles from the European romantic period (hence the name). Bands that rose from that scene included Visage, Spandau Ballet and Duran Duran, whose early looks were very much based on the New Romantic scene. But bands from the late 70s/early 80s that wore make-up and used synths were not New Romantics by default, nor is "New Romanticism" a genre of music. Japan had always worn make-up, years before the New Romantic movement even happened. Kookoo Star ( talk) 02:00, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
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