Hearing this always induces a mix of nostalgia and wonder in me... When I was in Kindergarten; must have been '66 or '67; a teacher from a 6th Grade class held in the same school building came and took us upstairs to see a documentary about life in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo was a modern miracle, having been rebuilt from a parking lot of ashes, the narrator said, and as the camera showed the milling crowds and chaotic intersections, added, "it is also the most densely populated place on the planet...yet the Japanese don't seem to mind being in such close quarters... Here, everything is the latest marvel of technology, from the new Bullet Train to the local commuter trains that run like clockwork..." Around the same time, my parents took us to a local Japanese restaurant. I was entranced. When I was 11, our house burned down one night while we were at The Circus, and we moved across town. When I was 16, I got my first job at a new restaurant that was owned by the same lady from Kobe who had owned the one we used to live near, with the same painting of Fuji-san on the wall. Also hanging on the wall was an exquisite kanji poem, "Ju Zan, Fuku Kai," or "Great Mountain, Happy Ocean," that is perhaps best translated as "The Mountain is Majestic, Proud, and Fortunate in its Great Height, while The Ocean is Happy and Content in its Vast Depth." It plays particularly well on the double meaning gained by interpreting Fuku for both its visual meaning of "happy," and its phonetic meaning of "deep." To me, this is rather like a kind of Quantum cerebration, and fully embodies and eloquently expresses the complex idea of Dao or the concept of Yin and Yang. When I was 18, leaving town for Engineering School, Emi took it off the wall and gave it to me, predicting that within ten years I would be in Japan, because it was my dream and destiny. Eight years later, I found myself presented with amazing views of Fuji-san from my windows, and began my 20-year stay there... Life is an often inscrutable mystery, woven in a tapestry not easily comprehended from any particular viewpoint along its path. May I always be a happy and content participant in its frenzied dance of infinite intricate flux!
This has got the most 'Likes' I've ever seen on an RP post. It's gone up another one now.
Whenever this comes on I get fooled into thinking it's going to be "No Church In The Wild" by Phil Manzanera and Sonia Barnardo. That notion is quickly dispelled once the vocals start but that track itself has an interesting origin. If you're interested in the details, see
It wasn't a tour— it was only a couple live shows at Hammersmith (or other venue). I know it was only in London. I scoured YouTube to see if anyone had snuck in a camera & posted a video, but I didn't find anything.
If you call 22 sold-out shows at London's Hammersmith Apollo in 2014 "a couple"...!
really? Did n´t know thanks shaun i ll check it out
I've been a massive Roxy fan since the early days but have never cared for their go at this. Not them at all IMO, jarred even when I heard it in concert. Quite like the original and this version though, funnily enough!
Hearing this always induces a mix of nostalgia and wonder in me... When I was in Kindergarten; must have been '66 or '67; a teacher from a 6th Grade class held in the same school building came and took us upstairs to see a documentary about life in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo was a modern miracle, having been rebuilt from a parking lot of ashes, the narrator said, and as the camera showed the milling crowds and chaotic intersections, added, "it is also the most densely populated place on the planet...yet the Japanese don't seem to mind being in such close quarters... Here, everything is the latest marvel of technology, from the new Bullet Train to the local commuter trains that run like clockwork..." Around the same time, my parents took us to a local Japanese restaurant. I was entranced. When I was 11, our house burned down one night while we were at The Circus, and we moved across town. When I was 16, I got my first job at a new restaurant that was owned by the same lady from Kobe who had owned the one we used to live near, with the same painting of Fuji-san on the wall. Also hanging on the wall was an exquisite kanji poem, "Ju Zan, Fuku Kai," or "Great Mountain, Happy Ocean," that is perhaps best translated as "The Mountain is Majestic, Proud, and Fortunate in its Great Height, while The Ocean is Happy and Content in its Vast Depth." It plays particularly well on the double meaning gained by interpreting Fuku for both its visual meaning of "happy," and its phonetic meaning of "deep." To me, this is rather like a kind of Quantum cerebration, and fully embodies and eloquently expresses the complex idea of Dao or the concept of Yin and Yang. When I was 18, leaving town for Engineering School, Emi took it off the wall and gave it to me, predicting that within ten years I would be in Japan, because it was my dream and destiny. Eight years later, I found myself presented with amazing views of Fuji-san from my windows, and began my 20-year stay there... Life is an often inscrutable mystery, woven in a tapestry not easily comprehended from any particular viewpoint along its path. May I always be a happy and content participant in its frenzied dance of infinite intricate flux!
This has got the most 'Likes' I've ever seen on an RP post. It's gone up another one now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A61-wcM9sQo
It wasn't a tour— it was only a couple live shows at Hammersmith (or other venue). I know it was only in London. I scoured YouTube to see if anyone had snuck in a camera & posted a video, but I didn't find anything.
If you call 22 sold-out shows at London's Hammersmith Apollo in 2014 "a couple"...!
really? Did n´t know thanks shaun i ll check it out
I've been a massive Roxy fan since the early days but have never cared for their go at this. Not them at all IMO, jarred even when I heard it in concert. Quite like the original and this version though, funnily enough!