Purple Made Japan

Purple Made Japan

Deep Purple video Made in Japan 1972 Rare (part 1)

Harajuku Rebellion Style

Japan is famous for its fashion & hairstyle which are extreme and seduce the youngsters desire. One of most popular hairstyle is Harajuku. What is the Harajuku?

Harajuku is an area in the middle of Tokyo, exactly around Harajuku Station, in Sibuya District, Tokyo. In the beginning of 1990s, it is an important area that connects Tokyo to other sorrounding districts. 1n 1906, The station was opened  as an expansion of Yamanote railway. Several years later there were various kind of department stores around the place that led to the existance of fashion centres. This area became famous all over Japan after having been broadcasted through some fashion magazine like Anan and non-no. That time, some group of girls were recognized wandering around Harajuku area. Their fashion immitated the style of fashion models in the Anan and non-no magazine. And until now, group of youngsters wearing extreme styles  can be seen in this area. Harajuku becomes icon of fashion style rebellion in Japan.

In the capital city of Japan, Tokyo, most officers generally wear dark coats, dark trousers, white shirts, dark ties, dark suitcases, their hair was well combed, and they walk fast because they do not want to waste time. Students wear uniform determined by school authority. But in Harajuku, there is a rebellion of fashion. The youngsters refuse to wear neat and tidy clothes. Their desire to be creative is expressed through extreme, glamorous  fashion and hair style. Not only extreme hair style they perform, but also extreme hair colour like green, purple, red, blue, golden blonde, grey, silver, pink, and ash.

The contrast performance between design, colour, motif, size, and the kind of clothes is the specialty of this fashion style. Harajuku style is divided into several types. Sometimes the style is adapted to the beautifull doll from Japan with white pale skin and nice dressing like the doll displayed in the window. This style is called Lolita. There is also a style called Cosplay (costume play). This style immitates the character of a hero or bandit in the anime or other cartoon movie in Japan. Those style are mostly adopted and promoted by J-Rock personnels. J-Rock is a name of a band from Japan. The assimetrical hair with loud colour is one of their hair style. The assimetrical hair is the hair that is cut unevenly. For example, one part is long but other part is short. Or the length on the left and right side are different.

The fashion style then becomes more famous in many countries. In America, the Harajuku fashion style is getting more famous after a singer from America, Gwen Stefani, created a song that carried the theme of Harajuku fashion entitled 'Harajuku Girls'. In promoting his song, Gwen seemed employing some dancers wearing Harajuku fashion in some of her concert all over the world.

About the Author

Adi Marsudi, a hairstylist. Before you get a new look, Marsudi recommends you to browse his harajuku hairstyle gallery on his blog.

what are your top 5 albums from each decade?

mine are

70s
Deep purple Burn
Deep Purple Made in Japan
Deep Purple Come taste the band
Deep purple in rock
Rainbow Rising

80s
Michael jackson Bad
Whitesnake Slide it in
Danger Danger (self titled)
Black Sabbath Heaven and hell
Dio Holy diver

90s
Axel Rudi Pell oceans of time
Hardline Double Eclipse
Whitesnake slip of the tongue
Deep Purple Purpendicular
Dio Lock up the wolves

2000-present
Axel Rudi Pell the masquerade ball
Heaven and hell the devil you know
Crush 40 (self titled)
Hardline leaving the end open
Meatloaf bat out of hell 3

These are not "Firm" -- just what I think, today )

1970s --

Rock. --

1. Montrose -- "Montrose"
2. UFO -- "Force It"
3. Deep Purple -- "In Rock"
4. Led Zeppelin -- "Zoso"
5. Budgie -- "Bandolier" & Golden Earring -- "Moontan" ( tie

Punk --

1. Sex Pistols -- "Never Mind the Bullocks"
2. Buzzcocks -- "Another Music in a Different Kitchen"
3. Wire -- "Pink Flag"
4. The Damned -- "Damned Damned Damned"
5. The Crass -- "The Feeding of the 5000"

Prog --

1. Genesis -- "Selling England by the Pound"
2. Split Enz -- "Second Thoughts (UK, Aus); Mental Notes (US)"
3. Robert Wyatt -- "Rock Bottom"
4. Premiata Forneria Marconi -- "Chocolate Kings"
5. Brian Eno -- "Another Green World"

New Wave --

1. Magazine -- "Real Life" (1978)
2. Tubeway Army -- "Replicas" (1978)
3. Television -- "Marquee Moon" (1977)
4. The Talking Heads -- "More Songs About Buildings and Food" (1978)
5. DEVO -- "Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!" (1978)

Live --

1. Deep Purple -- "Made in Japan"
2. Yes -- "Yessongs"
3. Genesis -- "Live"
4. Mountain -- "Twin Peaks"
5. Rory Gallagher -- "Irish Tour '74"

Honorable Mentions --

1. Hawkwind -- "Quark, Strangeness, & Charm"
2. Hawkwind -- "Space Ritual" ( live )
3. Van Der Graaf -- "Pawn Hearts"
4. Van der Graaf -- "Still Life"
5. Gentle Giant -- "Three Friends"

Overall -- ( including undefined genres ) --

1. Wire -- "154"
2. Genesis -- "Selling England by the Pound"
3. Magazine -- "Real Life"
4. Sex Pistols -- "Never Mind the Bullocks"
5. Punishment of Luxury -- "Laughing Academy"

Edit --

1980s --
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1. Kate Bush -- "The Dreaming"
2. Psychedelic Furs -- "Mirror Moves"
3. The Cure -- "Disintegration"
4. OMD -- "Architecture & Morality"
5. Public Image Ltd. -- "Album"

1990s --

1. The Cure -- "Wish"
2. NIN -- "The Downward Spiral"
3. Hawkwind -- "Electric Tepee"
4. STP -- "Purple"
5. Smashing Pumpkins -- "Siamese Dream"

2000s --

1. Ange -- "Culinaire Lingus"
2. Frost* -- "Experiments in Mass Appeal"
3. le Orme -- "Elementi"
4. The Mars Volta -- "De-loused in the Comatorium"
5. Tool -- "Lateralus"

2010s --

Scarlett Bubble -- "Last Gasp"
Vital Morbidity -- "The Others"
The Uprising -- "Wasteland"
Victim of Hooves -- "Burst"
Seven Peckered Muskox -- "Saddle Sores"

1960s --

Proto-Prog, Prog, & Eclectic --

1. Frank Zappa -- "Hot Rats"
2. The Velvet Underground & Nico (debut)
3. King Crimson -- "In the Court of the Crimson King"
4. The Soft Machine (debut)
5. Vanilla Fudge -- "Renaissance"

Regular --

..1. Jefferson Airplane -- "After Bathing at Baxter's"
..2. Led Zeppelin (debut)
..3. The Who -- "Sell Out"
..4. Jethro Tull - "Stand Up"
..5. Chicago -- "The Chicago Transit Authority"

"...breakin' all the house rules..."

..6. Jimi Hendrix Experience -- "Are You Experienced?"
..7. The Allman Brothers Band (debut)
..8. CCR -- "Bayou Country"
..9. The Beatles -- "Revolver"
10. The Beach Boys -- "Surfin' USA" ( ahead of its time, imo )

1950s --

1. Miles Davis -- " 'Round About Midnight" (1957)
2. Bo Diddley (debut) - ( collection of singles )
3. Miles Davis -- "Birth of The Cool" (1950) - ( Not in his Top 3, but very significant
4. Chuck Berry -- "Is On Top" ( collection of singles )
5. Miles Davis -- "Milestones" (1958)
6. Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall

1940s --

1. Django Reinhardt -- "Paris 1945"
2. Nat King Cole -- "The King Cole Trio"
3. Frank Sinatra -- "The Voice of Frank Sinatra"
4. Glenn Miller -- "Masterpieces"
5. ( unfortunately -- not many of the Greats did full LPs back then -- just singles

1930s --

1. Benny Goodman -- "The Birth of Swing"
2. Tommy Dorsey -- "Stop, Look and Listen"