Song titles "Twist Barbie," "Flying Jelly Attack," and "I Am a Cat" offer an accurate snapshot of this Japanese band...then there's the environmental anthem (?) "Bear Up Bison": "He has a right to live though he's ill ill ill-shaped/He's on the way to extinction/We only want what's best for him/Bear up bison never say die!" There's something fascinating about having Western culture thrown back at us in this quirky, unpretentious manner, and Shonen Knife is well on their way to becoming a cult favorite -- for those who "get" it.
I'm going to go ahead and break format here and post just this one video, instead of two. For one, if I did find a companion video for it, it would be completely contrived, lacking the connection that previously existed before any of the other pairs were posted for your pleasure. For two, what we have here is a fantastic song, and, what I just discovered to be, a fantastic video. There really...
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If I ever had a first date that went much like this song I would get married the next day. Every year on the night before our anniversary we would initiate another flying jelly bean attack. We would be the happiest people in the world, even when it got dangerous.I'm gonna eat jelly jelly jelly jellyJelly jelly jelly jelly beansYou're gonna eat cherry cherry cherry cherryCherry cherry cherry ...
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I'm going to go ahead and break format here and post just this one video, instead of two. For one, if I did find a companion video for it, it would be completely contrived, lacking the connection that previously existed before any of the other pairs were posted for your pleasure. For two, what we have here is a fantastic song, and, what I just discovered to be, a fantastic video. There really...
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