Favourite Tin Drum track

[fletchertronics]

It has to be Ghosts, as this is the track that turned me onto Japan originally. The instrumentation heavily influenced my own musical vocabulary...

[Silver Moon]

Hi Paul!

First, I would like to say welcome to JapanSylvian.com! I love your website... It is so informative!

Second, I don't know why Canton and Life Without Buildings aren't in the poll! I will edit that ASAP.

-K-

[deadbees]

My first post
Impossible to single out one track from one of my favourite albums by any artist but for purely nostalgic reasons VOC gets my vote.

[Silver Moon]

Welcome to the forum, Deadbees!

-K-

[sexandpolitics]

Welcome Deadbees as well!

First off, I have to say that every song off of Tin Drum is special on its own, but to break it down a little...

Ghosts was the second song I heard from Japan and it really spoke to me. I love how at first, Ghosts seems like a song with no musical structure at all-but after repeated listenings-you can pick it up.

Overall, I would have to say Visions of China is my favorite. The bass line makes me melt as does the video-the use of synth is genius-and Visions of China remains the best car driving song-because you can hit whatever you have dangling from the rearview mirror when Steve CRASHES those symbols.

Life Without Buildings should have definitely been on the final cut-I love David's "Whoa-woah-woah-oh-wo-oh-wo-woah-woah-wo-oh-wo-wo" and the big symbol CRASH after that. Mmmm... Only those brothers can pull it off.

Also-what do you guys think David's talking drum said to him?

[tallulahtaurus]

I went for the art of parties - damn that was the song that I heard that really made me decide to devote myseslf to the Japan cause....I muchly like Visions of China though - the video and the song just magnifique - these questions are all quite hard but then they would be...

[Romance~Kakumei]

I choose Visions of China but it was another hard choice for me...
I've been hit from the sound of this song... in the beginning it sounded strange to me, can't say in what way but then... i kept singing the intro...
(that means in my case that the song entered in my mind!)

But I LOVE Ghosts because... I can feel deeply this song... I lived and live so often what David sings in this song... and obviously love the music too... ^^

[sisterlondon]

I chose Canton, but I was between that one and Life Without Buildings. Difficult choice!

[Cheery Cherry]

I chose "Sons..." because I love David's voice in that song. I mean...I love David's voice anyway...but I love how low he goes.

[tallulahtaurus]

Such great drumming from Steve on Sons of Pioneers and yeah gotta love David's deeeep voice tis quite sexy (I am so so shallow)

[Brecht]

The Art of Parties.

[Cheery Cherry]

Such great drumming from Steve on Sons of Pioneers and yeah gotta love David's deeeep voice tis quite sexy (I am so so shallow)

You know it, Tallulah...I am right there with ya when it comes to being shallow .

[Melaszka]

I had to choose Ghosts - I've loved it since I was 12, and it has never left my list of top 5 favourite songs ever since.

But Still Life..., Visions of China and Cantonese Boy were all fighting it out for 2nd place, and there's not a single track I don't like. It's an amazing, phenomenal album.

[Burnsjed]

I went for Son's Of Pioneers. I love Steve's drums, but mostly it is Mick's bass playing, incredible. Also was the opening song to the only Japan concert I went to, which turned out to be their last in Europe!