There's only one bad thing that you can say about listening to INXS' "What You Need" and watching the video. You can only see and hear it for the first time only once. The band's August 1985 single is that amazing, and I'm giving myself the Gibbs slap up the back of my head that I actually didn't put it up for five years after posting their later hit "Need You Tonight" as a Reminiscings of Youth article (that song is amazing, too!).
"What You Need" is the wake-up song we need. It's also a great power walk song especially when those electric guitars come blasting away like hyperspace engines. And then, there's Kirk Pengilly's soulful saxophone. You can't help but go into slow stride mode on the street in your longcoat when you hear this. There were also some great music videos coming out at the time. The one for Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" was one of them in the following year and then this one of rotoscope amazement for "What You Need" probably wowed folks onto their butts when it first got onto MTV.
"What You Need" hit No. 21 on Canada's RPM while in the United States, it peaked at No. 5. In INXS' native Australia, it reached No. 2. Really liked the extended version as well. Heard that one all the time on Saturday nights on the radio.
So, what was being released in Japan in what was most likely a stifling hot August 1985? Well, we've got two albums and a single.
Akina Nakamori -- D404ME
Hiroko Yakushimaru -- Yume Juuwa （夢十話）
Yu Hayami -- Passion
Akina Nakamori’s「ミ・アモーレ」on the album D404ME was and still is such an epic song! It still makes a big impression! I didn't think so at first bit it turns out I have heard INXS' "What You Need" on the radio in my younger years I only did not know that it was INXS. I think the first song I heard that I knew for sure was by INXS was "Disappear".
ReplyDelete「ミ・アモーレ」is definitely one of Akina's classics, but to be honest, I've actually had more of a soft spot for the B-side "Lonely Journey".
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