David Bowie Crystal Japan Promo 1980
David Bowie Crystal Japan Promo 1980 Crystal Japan was originally released as a single in Japan in February 1980. A year later it was finally released in the UK as the Bside of the Up The Hill Backwards single. In 92 Ryko included it as a bonus track on their reissue of the album Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps). The footage here is from three of the1980 Japanese TV commercials for Crystal Jun Rock, a Japanese liquor. The ad featured Crystal Japan in the soundtrack. Quoting Chris OLeary, from his always excellent blog, Pushing Ahead of the Dame: In early 1980, Bowie did a TV ad for a Japanese shochu manufacturer, Crystal Jun Rock, filming a spot at a Kyoto temple and licensing out an instrumental outtake called Fuji Moto San (sometimes incorrectly referred to as Fuje San Moto). The money is a useful thing, Bowie later said, also noting that he got more airplay via TV ads then he did with radio at the time. Though often referred to as a Scary Monsters outtake, and originally intended to
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