We all know that Japan are the best band ever but who are the best fans?! Do you love all the albums or are you the Japan equivalent of a Manics ‘fan’ who keeps a copy of Everything Must Go in their mondeo? Are you Tin Drum Lite or Alternatively Obscure? Complete this fun quiz to find out if you are an überjapfan!
Communist China is:
A) A country;
B) Chairman Mao’s dinner plate;
C) A song about, ‘shagging a Chinese girl’;
D) A place in Asia where lots of people live together.
Halloween is about:
A) Mick making pumpkin soup;
B) Bobblet Apple;
C) Kristallnacht, or Night of Broken Glass;*
D) Dave & Steve’s annual Trick or Treat competition.
Jane Shorter is:
A) A very small person who believes in reincarnation.
B) A code word used for needing the loo whilst in the studio, as in, 'I’ve got to nip to the little boys’ room.’ 'Going to be long?’ 'Nah, I just need a Jane’;
C) A sax player who was hired for a tour;
D) A form of identification used when Dave and Steve both went out with girls called Jane;
She carries love in a:
A) messenger bag;
B) nasty old bag;
C) carrier bag;
D) packet of fags.
All you ever wanted is:
A) A date with Dave;
B) To be hiding in Steve’s bathroom while he takes a shower;
C) Television;
D) Mick to stand still on stage.
Ain’t What Peculiar?
A) People who don’t like 'Blemish’;
B) Richard’s Tennis serve;
C) Peculiarity;
D) Steve’s uncanny resemblance to Elvis Presley.
The Width of a Room is:
A) About 12ft by 9;
B) Just a lyric to Nightporter and NOTHING ELSE;
C) A Japan track penned by Sir Bobblet of Dean,
D) Unimportant- size doesn’t matter, does it Dave?
Ann O'Dell:
A) Came about the laptop;
B) Is a fairy who lives in wooded glens;
C) Is the person who composed the orchestration on Quiet Life;
D) Is a slow-acting painkiller.
The line, 'en desespoir agréable,’ literally means:
A) 'A tasty fruit’;
B) 'Mick’s hovercraft is full of eels’;
C) 'In pleasant/enjoyable despair’;
D) 'Where’s the little boys’ room? I need a Jane Shorter.’
The Experience of Swimming is:
A) Very nice if the water’s not too cold,
B) Mr Swimming’s acquired skill set;
C) Richard B dipping his toe into composition;
D) Much tougher than the experience of men.
Mostly Cs:
Congrats, we can’t rain on your parade! You are a fan of all the albums, even the ones Dave makes night time raids on record shops to burn. You love Rob Dean and feel he brought a warmth to the sound which was lost in the overproduced Tin Drum, although Visions of China is one of the best pop songs EVER! Play it Forward: Do us a favour? Play the first four albums to anyone who will listen, you little shiny star, you.
Favourite Japan song: Alien, the quintessential Japan
Mostly Bs:
You are becoming a true Japfan; you love GTP but are yet to delve deeper. Once you hear Dave screaming Obscure Alternatives you’ll be hooked.
Play it Forward: BuyacopyofQuietLiferightnowtoday!
Favourite Japan song: Nightporter
Mostly Ds:
Mostly DS, more like! You are defo a fan but mainly into post-Tin Drum-DS solo work and think taking Ryuichi into the studio during the making of GTP was a really good idea. You enjoyed the RTC album and never said, 'Who mixed Mick? The bass sounds well odd!’
Play it Forward: Buy Assemblage and see how you feel.
Favourite Japan song: You think having heard 'Some Kind of Fool’ makes you cool!
Mostly As
Rob who?
Play it Forward - Maybe stick to, 'Now that’s what I call 80s!’
Favourite song: The Chauffeur by Duran Duran!
*according to UK Lyric Analyst, Hal Kennedy
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