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Postby Mulboyne » Thu Jan 13, 2005 10:55 am

Slight cultural confusion here:

"Talkin' Karate Blues" by Townes Van Zandt (1968 )
Well, I ain't very big for twentyone
and it seems I never could have any good clean fun
cause every time I'd go outside some great big bully'd come along
he'd hit me in the face and he'd knock to the ground
and he'd start kickin' me all around
and that ain't exactly fair, friends, that's wrong.

So I got me a paper the other night
and I crawled up on the sofa and I turned on the light
and flipped through the pages till I found the classified ads.
Said, "take karate from Lee Hung Chow
man, make your first appointment now
this course is guaranteed to make you bad."

Well, the next day I drove to the address
by japanese design I was really impressed
it looked like a regular house of the rising sun.
I walked inside, I was all alone
I had a nervous feeling down in my bones
I was kind of sorry I'd ever even come.

Then a giant jap came through the door
he must have been about seven foot four
and he looked like he's prone to easy aggrevation.
He said, "Lee Hung Chow, Ah kee dung"
that's japanese for fee fie foo fum
I tried to explain my entire situation.

He said, "Number one course, yankee, self defence,
twohundred dollars and twentyfive cents"
I said "What's the twentyfive cents for?" and he said, "Repairs."
I said, "Repairs to what?", and he said "To you"
and I thought to myself "Man, that won't do"
felt about a half inch tall under that ol' slender stare

Ah, you think he was yellow...

I said, "I believe I better go check another place"
he said, "Ha so, Yankee don't like my race"
I said, "Now, there's a mistake, man, and that's true
I've been for you you japanese all along
you japanese just can't do no wrong
and I thought you got mighty dirty deal in World War II."

Well, he grabbed me by the hand and gave a heave
I figured there's a pretty good time to leave
before he had a chance to do me any definite harm.
But my plan worked out in the end, you see,
now no bully is gonna pick on me
who's gonna hit a fellow with just one arm?
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Re: My internal theme music for commuting to work in Japan

Postby Andocrates » Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:04 am

Taro Toporific wrote:

Heigh-Ho! (The Dwarfs' Marching Song) - Tom Waits



Listening to that just might damage a child for life.

Tom Waites singing "Romeo is Bleeding" - Good
Tom Waites singing "Somewhere (A place for us)" - Bad

I have been looking for my Hollywood and Vine CD all day, so it's funny you should bring him up.
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Postby Mulboyne » Thu Jan 13, 2005 3:37 pm

"Mr. Roboto" by Styx (1984)
Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto,
Mata ah-oo hima de
Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto,
Himitsu wo shiri tai

You're wondering who I am-machine or mannequin
With parts made in Japan, I am the modren man

I've got a secret I've been hiding under my skin
My heart is human, my blood is boiling, my brain I.B.M.
So if you see me acting strangely, don't be surprised
I'm just a man who needed someone, and somewhere to hide
To keep me alive-just keep me alive
Somewhere to hide to keep me alive

I'm not a robot without emotions-I'm not what you see
I've come to help you with your problems, so we can be free
I'm not a hero, I'm not a saviour, forget what you know
I'm just a man whose circumstances went beyond his control
Beyond my control-we all need control
I need control-we all need control

I am the modren man, who hides behind a mask
So no one else can see my true identity

Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto, domo...domo
Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto, domo...domo
Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto, domo...domo
Thank you very much, Mr. Roboto
For doing the jobs that nobody wants to
And thank you very much, Mr. Roboto
For helping me escape just when I needed to
Thank you-thank you, thank you
I want to thank you, please, thank you

The problem's plain to see: too much technology
Machines to save our lives. Machines dehumanize.

The time has come at last
To throw away this mask
Now everyone can see
My true identity...
I'm Kilroy! Kilroy! Kilroy! Kilroy
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Postby Mulboyne » Thu Jan 13, 2005 4:26 pm

Can open, worms everywhere. I asked a couple of mates for suggestions and now I'm getting random emails. I've never heard the last three song posts. And I should have put this thread in Media Fix, not Fucked News

"Kamikaze" by Ambrosia (1980)
I've heard them say the war is over
But here am I, out flyin' again
Who knows if I'm wrong or right
But when time has ended this flight,
This koan of life will be at an end

When you're a kamikaze
Fly more from inspiration than for joy
Though they think I'm crazy,
I'm really just an ordinary boy

I've heard them say that life is easy
Then why am I at zero again?
I drink from the sake cup
I leave when the rising sun's up,
And take my fate and fear to the skies

When you're a kamikaze
Fly more from inspiration than for joy
Think I'm crazy,
May be just an ordinary boy

I've heard them say the war is over
But here am I, out flyin' again
Who knows if I'm wrong or right
But when time has ended this flight,
This koan of life will be at an end

When you're a kamikaze
Fly more from inspiration than for joy
Think I'm crazy

Kamikaze I'm a kamikaze
Yes, I'm a kamikaze Oh A kamikaze
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Postby gaijinzilla » Thu Jan 13, 2005 4:30 pm

I believe Nick Lowe had a song called Gaijin Man back in 88 or was it 89 or it could have been 1990...I do remember that the word Gaijin wasn't spelled correctly!! I don't have the lyrics handy :oops: Sorry.
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Postby Charles » Thu Jan 13, 2005 5:04 pm

gaijinzilla wrote:I believe Nick Lowe had a song called Gaijin Man back in 88 or was it 89 or it could have been 1990...I do remember that the word Gaijin wasn't spelled correctly!! I don't have the lyrics handy :oops: Sorry.


Yeah, that's on the CD "Party of One" which is right about where Nick Lowe's career went down the toilet. I'll type it in from the CD booklet, with his bad spelling.


Gai-Gin Man
by Nick Lowe (1990)

Touchdown Narita five GMT
But it's nine hours later than that for me
Through immigration we did crawl
I'm a giant of a man in the customs hall
Osaka-Supporu that's a two hour hop
Just time to grab a bite in the Skysnak shop
You've only got to utter one "seema-seng'
That's gonna set you back about a thousand yen
But me, I'm up here having nothing but fun
I'm a gai-gin man in the land of the rising sun

Well a nation's waiting on a vacant throne
Hirohito's heart-beat rhythm way on down
On the streets of the Ginza all they know
Is the crown prince flew back to Tokyo
But me, I'm up here having nothing but fun
I'm a gai-gin man in the land of the rising sun

I'm a gai-gin gai-gin gai-gin gai-gin man
I'm a gai-gin gai-gin gai-gin gai-gin man
Everybody kow-tow to me when we meet
While the kids cat-call at me in the street
They say there goes a gai-gin man, gai-gin man

I'm a gai-gin
Can't you tell?
Gai-gin man
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Postby kamome » Thu Jan 13, 2005 5:05 pm

Mulboyne wrote:And I should have put this thread in Media Fix, not Fucked News


OK, done. Thanks for starting this cool thread, Mulboyne!
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Postby Mulboyne » Thu Jan 13, 2005 5:05 pm

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Postby Charles » Thu Jan 13, 2005 5:28 pm

[BTW, I saw The Tubes perform this song live in 1981, you should have seen the lead singer Fee Waybill fucking the woman in a huge octopus costume..
This was the most incredible concert I ever saw, I'll never forget seeing Fee pick up a nude dancer and hold her upside down with her legs up in the air, doing a 69.. and then doing CARTWHEELS with her across the stage, jumping from his legs to hers..
But anyway, I love this song. My girlfriend Susie used to always sing "Sue Sue sushi" whenever she wanted to go out for sushi.]

Sushi Girl
by The Tubes (1981)

Skating down in Shinjuku
When I smelled love in the air
Rolling by the pagoda
The fragrance floats from somewhere

Will my Suki find me in time
Or will her sushi spawn
The odor drives me out of my mind
The scent goes straight to my prawn

Su-su-sushi
Mushi-mushi
Cherry blossom and rice
Su-su-sushi she's so nice

Recklessly I order away
This one thinks it's still swimmin'
Tail and fin she dives right in
Who could ever want more

Su-su-sushi
Mushi-mushi
Cherry blossom and rice
Su-su-sushi she's so nice

Su-su-sushi don't you cry
Take you to the sushi bar and buy you some
Fillet and claw
Clam and tuna
Gonna eat it raw
She's my my abaluna

Suck a tentacle dip it in sauce
Hot green root it sure is boss
My only vice is to slice it nice
And wrap it in rice
Oh, what a device

Su-su-sushi
Mushi-mushi
Cherry blossom and rice
Su-su-sushi she's so nice

Su-su-sushi
She go mushi
Cherry blossom and rice
Su-su-sushi got that right tonight

Su-su-sushi
She go mushi
Cherry blossom and rice
Su-su-sushi
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tokyo rose

Postby Taro Toporific » Thu Jan 13, 2005 5:33 pm

One Home Run
"tokyo rose" 1989 Warner Bros. Records album release # 925 9
Words by Van Dyke Parks and Amy Furumoto


...You take a bat of pine
From some denuded forest
The glove was made by Mr.Spaulding
From a cow in Salvador
And by some power divine
The crowd joins in the chorus
It is a case of now or never
And you can hear them roar

Ko ko lo to ki me ku to ki
Ka ze wa to ma li
To mo ni su su mi yu ko
Mi la i bo ku la no

Ao zo la hi lo ga lu no ha la ni yu ko
Kyo o wa ta no shi i ku sa ya kyu u sa
Bo ku no ne ga i wa ta ta hi to tsu no
Ho o mu la no i pa tsu u tsu da ke sa
Ta da bo lu ni mu ka i o mo i ki i li pu le i su ru da ke


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Postby gaijinzilla » Thu Jan 13, 2005 5:52 pm

Thanks Charles.
Here's a lesser known tune with Japan as a theme (I left the spelling "mistakes" in)

Move to Japan (from the CD Jericho by The Band 1993)

Well, I'm starin' at my Sony, a-drinkin' Kirun beer.
I had a nickel in my pocket when it all came clear.
I hopped into my Honda, it's a little bitty car.
And I'm drivin' down to meet you at the Sushi Bar.
But don't tell me I'm crazy until you hear my plan.
I'm gonna buy two tickets and move to Japan.

I'm gonna move to Japan,
I'm gonna move to Japan.

So if you've got no job and runnin' out of dough,
And they moved the factory down to Mexico,
Just pack your bags and don't forget your Kimona,
And you'll be followin' me, honey, all the way to Yokohama.

We're gonna move to Japan,
We're gonna move to Japan.

Tokyo's got the neon.
I put a pot of green tea on.
Akira Kurosawa,
Sapporo Okinawa.
Girls with almond eyes,
Eatin' seaweed and rice.
It's the land of tradition,
But I'm a man on a mission.

When we get to Japan we're gonna do our part,
We're gonna love Japan with all of our heart.

From the unemployment line I see lots to be done
And they're taking all hands in the land of the risin' sun.
And I love my mom and my apple pie,
But sayonara Uncle Sam, hello Samurai.

We're gonna move to Japan,
We're gonna move to Japan,
We're gonna move to Japan,
Hey, we're gonna move to Japan,
The home of the working man.

It's rolling.
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Postby AssKissinger » Thu Jan 13, 2005 10:45 pm

As soon as you're born they make you feel small
By giving you no time instead of it all
Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all
A working class hero is something to be

They hurt you at home and they hit you at school
They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool
Till you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules
A working class hero is something to be

When they've tortured and scared you for twenty-odd years
Then they expect you to pick a career
When you can't really function you're so full of fear
A working class hero is something to be

Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV
And you think you're so clever and classless and free
But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see
A working class hero is something to be

There's room at the top they're telling you still
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
If you want to be like the folks on the hill
A working class hero is something to be
If you want to be a hero well just follow me
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Postby AssKissinger » Thu Jan 13, 2005 10:51 pm

Red Floyd wrote:About Roger Waters stuff with Jaoan: Roger wasn't so much anit-Joan, he was more just a really political, anti-big business kinda guy. When Waters recorded the songs The Post War Dream and Not Now John for his last album with Pink Floyd, The Final Cut, Japan was still in the bubble. What Waters was referring to when he was talking about Nips and ships was during the Flakan Island wars, the British used ships built by the Japanese, rather than the British, which put a lot of people out of a job.


Thanks for the imput. Just for the record, I love Pink Floyd and The Final Cut is an awesome record.
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Postby kotatsuneko » Fri Jan 14, 2005 2:04 am

this would make such a good mixtape/md/cd! :D
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Postby Mulboyne » Fri Jan 14, 2005 4:14 am

"Working Class Hero" is a great song. For me, so far, the Tubes "Sushi Girl" wins out even though I've never head it. The best line, though, is still the Ramones with
The Ramones wrote:We ran into a miracle
There was beer in the soda machine
but I also like
I shouted sayonara it didn't mean goodbye
and
fuck all that we've got to get on with these
got to compete with the wily japanese
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Postby AssKissinger » Fri Jan 14, 2005 9:45 am

This is one I wrote myself

Tokyo Lucky Hole

When I was a boy I used to play with knives
But now that I'm a man I'm playing with the neighbor's wife
Tokyo disco housewife jubilee
I know that you are married but won't you dance with me?
Where is the husband? Out slaving for the yen
Where is his woman? Out looking for some sin
come to my apartment so I can teach you how
to show more respect and even more deeply bow
for you, Asian sister, I was built to please
and I'll nibble on your clit like a rat on cheese
and I'll rest my head on your hot sushi pie
and I will fall asleep to your Nippon lullabies
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Postby Mulboyne » Sat Jan 15, 2005 4:26 pm

"Tokyo Joe" by Roxy Music" (1977)
My Girl Friday she no square
She like the lotus blossom in her hair
Be-bop records and something new
Sometimes borrowed but she's never blue
Oh no........not Tokyo Joe
Way past midnight - she not home
She cut the ice down the Danger Zone
Water-tight dresses - she don't care
A trifle risqué, a tart, no sir........
Oh no........sounds like Tokyo Joe
Geisha girl show you she adore you
Two oriental eyes implore you
Femme fatale or ingénue?
She very cunning, fiendish clever
Geisha girl suffer many times a fool
Sayonara moon
When all the world's a stage, oh where are you?
Tokyo Rose on the radio
Or Diz 'n Bird puttin' on the moan
Tappin' out telexes to Tupelo
Dear John, doh ray me fah so?
Let's go........call for Tokyo Joe
Walkin' tall down the Danger Zone
She hokey-cokey till the cows come home
Big shot - from the hip - neon cool
Say, when you've been around, what's left to do?
Don't know? Ask Tokyo Joe
So inscrutable her reply
"Ask me no question and me tell you no lie"
GI boys howlin' out for more
VIP's purrin' "Je t'adore"........
Ah so........that's Tokyo Joe
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Postby Ol Dirty Gaijin » Sun Jan 16, 2005 9:45 pm

I Was A Kamikaze Pilot - Hoodoo Gurus

I was a, was a kamikaze pilot
They gave me a plane - I couldn't fly it home.
Taught how to take off, I don't know how to land.
They say it doesn't matter and I just cannot understand.
I was a kamikaze pilot,
They gave me a plane - I couldn't fly it home.

Left my happy homeland in a Zero,
I got engine trouble so I couldn't be a hero
(Do you think I care?).
Now I'll keep my two feet on the ground
'Cos when you're in the clouds
Everybody tries to shoot you down
I was a kamikaze pilot,
They gave me a plane - I couldn't fly it home

On an island there ain't too much to do
Look after number one 'cos I think I can see
Lee Marvin chasin' after you.
I was a kamikaze pilot
They gave me a plane - I couldn't fly it home.

Cherry blossoms falling down.
Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.
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Postby Mulboyne » Sat Jan 22, 2005 9:55 pm

"Bring Me The Head Of Yukio Mishima" by The Snivelling Shits
[Songs like]"Bring Me Head of Yukio Mishima," are brittle buzz saws that capture the lumpenproletariat appeal of early British punk better than any of their better-remembered peers

Yellow Belly Yellow Belly
Act 1 Scene 1
Skinny boy, no friends, rewrite, day and night
Sleep with pen - nothing - aha

I want to be, when I grow up I want to be,
Corrupted steel, solid hand
Got a big crush on that Joan of Arc
I want to be top guy, leather jacket, sharpshoot, (indistinct) hold his booze
With muscles to spare
In a word I want to be samurai, samurai, samurai
Go find a knife, like a samurai

Bring me the head of Yukio Mishima
Bring me the head of Yukio Mishima

Act 2 Scene 4
Cartoon squarejaw a bolt flash lightning
(indistinct) in a good place
Its in my vein, its in my vein

But most of all I want to be
Corrupted steel, solid hand
I still have to try for that Joan of Arc
I gotta be top guy, leather jacket, sharpshoot, (indistinct) hold his booze
With muscle to spare
In a word I want to be samurai, samurai, samurai
Go find a knife, like a samurai

Bring me the head of Yukio Mishima
Bring me the head of Yukio Mishima

Act 10, last dance
Mishima sat on knees
A dagger flies thirty foot,
sword kicks in
I'm ready know, I'm ready know

Bring me the head of Yukio Mishima
I want to see,
I said bring me the head of Yukio Mishima
I want to see
I want to see a man of steel one last time

Sayonara samurai, banzai samurai
Samurai
Don't die the die like a samurai
Like a samurai
Like a samurai
Like a samurai
Die

I don't think this rendering of the lyrics is entirley accurate. Have a go yourself by listening to it on WFMU: Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine. Fast forward to 1 hour 43 mins in to the broadcast.
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Postby AssKissinger » Sat Feb 12, 2005 10:59 am

I Ain't Marching Anymore
Written by Phil Ochs and Bob Gibson
Album: I ain't Marching Anymore

Phil Ochs was one of the great voices of our century with such songs as "Lincoln Park", "I Ain't Marchin'...", "Pleasures of the Harbor", "The World Began in Eden and Ended in Los Angeles" and "Crucifixion".

Lyrics:
Oh,I marched to the battle of New Orleans
At the end of the early British war
The young land started growin'
The young blood started flowin'
But I ain't a-marchin' anymore
But I've killed my share of Injuns
In a thousand different fights
I was there at the Little Big Horn
I saw many men lyin'
I saw many more dyin'
But I ain't a-marchin' anymore
CHORUS
It's always the old to lead us to the war
Always the young to fall
Now look at all we've won with the saber and the gun
Tell me, is it worth it all
For I stole California from the Mexican land
Fought in the bloody Civil War
Yes I even killed my brothers
And so many others
But I ain't a-marchin' anymore
For I marched to the battles of the German trench
In a war that was bound to end all wars
Oh, I must have killed a million men
And now they want me back again
But I ain't a-marchin' anymore
CHORUS
For I flew the final mission in the Japanese sky
Set off the mighty mushroom roar
When I saw the cities burnin' I knew that I was learnin'
That I ain't a-marchin' anymore

Now the labor leader's screamin' when they close the missile plants
United Fruit screams at the Cuban shore
Call it "Peace" or call it "Treason" Call it "Love" or call it "Reason"
But I ain't a-marchin' any more.
No, I ain't a-marchin' any more
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Postby Captain Japan » Mon Feb 14, 2005 2:54 pm

Pixies, The - Bone Machine
This is a song for Carol
Your into Japanese fastfood
And I drop you off with your Japanese lover
And you're going to the beach all day
You're so pretty when you're unfaithful to me
You're so pretty when you're unfaithful to me

You're looking like
You've got some sun
Your blistered lips
Have got a kiss
The days are lit like everyone
Uh-oh, Uh-oh, Uh-oh, Uh-oh

Your bones got a little machine
You're the bone machine

I was talking to preachy-preach about kissy-kiss
He bought me a soda
He bought me a soda
He bought me a soda and he tried to molest me in the parking lot
Yep, yep yep YEP!

I make you break
You make me hard
Your Irish skin *
Looks Mexican
Our love is rice and beans and horses lard
Your bones got a little machine
You're the bone machine

Uh-oh, Uh-oh, Uh-oh, Uh-oh (3x)
Uh-oh, Uh-oh, Uh-oh, Uh-oh
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Postby Mulboyne » Mon Feb 14, 2005 2:56 pm

Captain Japan wrote:Pixies, The - Bone Machine
This is a song for Carol
Your into Japanese fastfood
And I drop you off with your Japanese lover

Of course! Excellent, Captain.
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Postby gomichild » Mon Feb 14, 2005 3:06 pm

The Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian

All the old paintings on the tombs
They do the sand dance don't you know
If they move too quick (oh whey oh)
They're falling down like a domino

All the bazaar men by the Nile
They got the money on a bet
Gold crocodiles (oh whey oh)
They snap their teeth on your cigarette

Foreign types with the hookah pipes say
Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
Walk like an Egyptian

[The] Blonde waitresses take their trays
They spin around and they cross the floor
They've got the moves (oh whey oh)
You drop your drink then they bring you more

All the school kids so sick of books
They like the punk and the metal band
When the buzzer rings (oh whey oh)
They're walking like an Egyptian

All the kids in the marketplace say
Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
Walk like an Egyptian

Slide your feet up the street bend your back
Shift your arm then you pull it back
Life['s] hard you know (oh whey oh)
So strike a pose on a Cadillac

If you want to find all the cops
They're hanging out in the donut shop
They sing and dance (oh whey oh)
[They] Spin the clubs cruise down the block

All the Japanese with their yen
The party boys call the Kremlin
And the Chinese know (oh whey oh)
They walk the line like Egyptian

All the cops in the donut shop say
Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
Walk like an Egyptian
Walk like an Egyptian

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Course this was from the 80's.....
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Postby Mulboyne » Tue Feb 15, 2005 6:28 am

gomichild wrote:"All the Japanese with their yen"
Course this was from the 80's.....
Same idea but this is from 1995 -
"All the Umbrellas in London" by The Magnetic Fields
If I make it tonight it'll be all right
It'll make a good song or something
I've been trying to give myself reasons to live
And I really can't think of one thing

I drive around, I walk around in circles
'Cause I've got no sense of direction
And I guess I've got no sense at all
[chorus:]
All the umbrellas in London couldn't stop this rain
And all the dope in New York couldn't kill this pain
And all the money in Tokyo couldn't make me stay
All the umbrellas in London couldn't stop this rain

I don't cry anymore, I go out the door
And I usually keep on walking
I will sit in the bar where the cocktails are
But I really don't feel like talking

I lie around and let the darkness fall
'Cause I've got a sense of perfection
And nothing makes much sense at all
[repeat chorus]
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Postby Mulboyne » Tue Feb 15, 2005 7:15 am

John Entwistle (R.I.P) off on a Roger Waters tangent:

"Made in Japan" By John Entwistle (1973)
I went down to my tailor, to get myself a suit, and to measure
It's been a long long time since I looked like a gentlemen of leisure
He spent an awful lot of time on my inside leg
You don't get that kind of treatment when you buy stuff of the peg
When I finally picked it up and saw the label inside
I saw a sight that made my mouth gape open wide.

It said made in Japan
Made in Japan
There ain't nothing made here in this country anymore
Try the made in Japan, Hong Kong or Singapore
Made in Japan

I went along to the showroom to buy myself a secondhand car
I didn't have much money so I knew I wouldn't get very far
The salesman said " how much do intend to spend,
you only get what you pay for, in the end"
He said "you can't afford a Bentley or a Cadillac
But take a look at this motor I've got out back.

It said made in Japan
Made in Japan
There ain't nothing made here in this country anymore
Try the made in Japan, Hong Kong or Singapore
Made in Japan

Me and my girl last week we went to church and got wed
I didn't bother cost so I decided I'd get married instead
We went to Miami for the honeymoon
I couldn't wait to get her in the hotel room
But when she came out of the bathroom,
My knees turned to jelly
Well I saw what she had tattooed just below her belly.

It said made in Japan
Made in Japan
There ain't nothing made here in this country anymore
Try the made in Japan, Hong Kong or Singapore
Made in Japan
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Postby Captain Japan » Tue Feb 15, 2005 11:56 am

This recent FG thread "Tetsujin" Movie Trailer brushed aside a few cobwebs...

Dickies - Gigantor
gigantor the space age robot
he's at your command
gigantor the space age robot
his power lies in your hands
coz he's bigger than big
taller than tall
quicker than quick
stronger than strong
ready to fight for right against wrong

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Postby Captain Japan » Tue Feb 15, 2005 1:02 pm

I'm slowly coming up with them...
Red House Painters - Japanese to English
i went as far as losing sleep
i went as far as messing up my life
unloving still strike me different
a million miles away from home
and fifteen from a payphone

where we sat lonely on the sand

you're ten years older
we translate japanese to english
and english to japanese

it's not that simple
this dictionary never has a word
for the way i'm feeling
it's nothing plain for me
of a different god and moral
what if i laid my head down on your stomach
or put my mouth to your hand
i cannot translate
japanese to english
or english to japanese

what i had to say is unsaid
what i had to do is undone
and if it was done
i'm sure it would have killed our hour

where we sat lonely on the stand

above the water the awful gray
our current from japan
didn't sweep away
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Postby Mulboyne » Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:43 am

I've never heard of this but I found it while looking for the John Entwistle song:

"Made in Japan" by Buck Owens
My transistor radio comes from far away
And when it's night over here over there it's a breaking day
I remember all the good times I had walking in the sand
With a beautiful girl that I met made in Japan
The beauty of her face was beyond my wildest dreams
Like cherry blossoms blooming in the mountains in the early spring
As we walked by the river and she softly took hold of my hand
That's when I fell deep in love with a girl made in Japan

In the dark of night we would lay on Tokyo bay
And the singing of the birds woke us up at the break of day
Her smiling eyes always seemed to try to understand
All the love in my heart for the girl made in Japan
My transistor radio comes from far away
And when it's night over here over there it's a breaking day
She cried when she said she'd been promised to another man
That's when I left my heart with the girl made in Japan
Yes my heart will always be with the girl made in Japan
Salon.com wrote:With his unmistakable honky-tonk sound and 15 No. 1 hits in a row, Buck Owens owned country music. [this song was No.1 in 1972]


Cover version by Two Dollar Pistols:


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Postby Mulboyne » Wed Feb 16, 2005 1:05 am

And this:

"Made in Japan" by The Great Kat
[Japanese Corporation Raider:]
"Um...Okay...Let us see
Three billion dollar to buy your corporation??
You want cash??"

There's no place left for Americans!
They're buying out the WHOLE DAMN WORLD!
ALL I SEE is "MADE IN JAPAN"!
It's MAKING ME SICK!

WAKE UP, DAMMIT! WAKE UP!
These people are buying the World!
GET READY FOR THE 21st CENTURY!
THEY'RE GOING TO OWN IT!

Mitsubishi
Kawasaki
Suburu
IT'S OUT OF CONTROL!

Sony
Fuji
Honda
Sanyo
Nikkon
Casio
Nissan
Seiko
IT'S OUT OF CONTROL!

MADE IN JAPAN!!!!!!

MADE IN JAPAN!!!!!!

"...Okay, we take it!"
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