• Japan took '80s music in a whole other direction. Not quite "New Romantic." Smooth, clean, Asian influenced, and featured Mick Karn's unmistakable fretless bass stylings. A very unique take on a Velvet Underground classic, All Tomorrow's Parties is still a sleeper-favorite.

    And what costume shall the poor girl wear
    To all tomorrows parties?
    A hand-me-down dress from who knows where
    To all tomorrows parties?
    Where will she go, what shall she do
    When midnight comes around?
    She'll turn once more to Sunday's clown
    And cry behind the door
    And what costume shall the poor girl wear
    To all tomorrows parties?
    Why silken trimmings of yesterday's gown
    To all tomorrows parties?
    What shall she do with Thursday's rags
    When Monday comes around?
    She'll turn once more to Sunday's clown
    And cry behind the door
    And what costume shall the poor girl wear
    To all tomorrows parties?
    For Thursday's child is Sunday's clown
    For whom none will go mourning
    A blackened shroud, a hand-me-down gown
    Of rags and silks, a costume
    Fit for one who sits and cries
    For all tomorrows parties