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Shonen Knife

For No Reason Other Than It's A Damn Fine Tune .....
25 days ago

That's it. Great song and you should listen.I command it.Can you tell I've been missing the old DJ days?

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I don't know how shmily did it...
about 1 year ago

but I am impressed.

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How can something be so much damn fun
over 2 years ago

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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let's do the UKA BOO
11 months ago

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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Shonen Knife - "Space Christmas"
about 1 year ago
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From here to everyone....have a great & merry Christmas ahead...Cheers!

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Shonen Knife: new album details, "Super Group" MP3
4 months ago

Japanese female pop-punk trio (damn that's a lot of adjectives) Shonen Knife are back. The group has announced the release of their new studio album, Super Group, on August 25th.I don't know about you, but if anything on the album is even remotely as catchy as "Tomato Head" I'm going to watch my singing in the shower.Get a taste with the first track here:"Super Group"- MP3Here's the track

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Shonen Knife - E.S.P.
over 2 years ago

I love this song...I like how pleasantly ridiculous this is! Shonen Knife, in my view they are Japan's greatest export. Watched them play edinburgh venue early 1990'si was at the front and center-they were brilliant. Great talent, the music, the designs, and how they present all of this together is magnificent. Naoko and Atsuko also happen to be some of the nicest people on the planet, and have...

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Monday's Cover: Dreams, Knives, Monkees
over 2 years ago

Shonen Knife isn't nearly the first act from Asia to cover the Monkees (I have an awesome tape that originates in pre-Khmer Rouge Cambodia with a cover of this song, as well as some Joni Mitchell and the Carpenters), but they really came close to perfect with this cover.

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Ride that rocket shonen knife, ride it goooood
over 2 years ago
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As per my previous post, 2 lyrics make my little teary eyed grandfather come out:1) "we know this world may someday end,lands fall into seeeeeees."2)Any shonen knife lyric.Yesterday I tossed up 1)Here's 2)To guarantee cognitive dissonance when your indie heart rejects a cute punk band, remember these girls opened for Nirvana back in the day.That's the really real

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Shonen Knife: 'Super Group' Gets US Release in August!
4 months ago

Shonen Knife are a Japanese female pop-punk trio that formed in Osaka in the early 80s, and steadily acquired a cult following through their unique blend of 60s girl group and pop sounds with Ramones-esque D.I.Y. punk- a tribute album Every Band Has a Shonen Knife Who Loves Them, released in 1989, even included Redd Kross and Sonic Youth amongst cover artists, and Shonen Knife opened for Nirvan...

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[VIDEO] Shonen Knife do “Twist Barbie” on Pancake Mtn.
10 months ago

Remembering that Deerhoof had a great appearance on the kid's show Pancake Mountain led me to youtube around and see what else I could find from the show. Here's a long clip of Japanese band Shonen Knife's performance of "Twist Barbie."

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PREMIERE: Shonen Knife - Super Group (new album / MP3) (Mixed Media)
4 months ago

Shonen KnifeSuper Group(Good Charamel)Releasing: 25 August 2009 (US)Japanese girl-pop/punk stalwarts Shonen Knife return to US shores with a new platter of tunes on August 25th. We've got the...

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MP3s: Shonen Knife - Super Group
3 months ago

Video: "Shonen Knife - Super Group" MP3: Shonen Knife - "Super Group" from Super Group, out August 25 on Good Charamel. Shonen Knife makes it impossible not to love them. Cynics might suggest that their broken English is a cutesy...

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Video Hook-Up: Shonen Knife – “Super Group”
3 months ago

This is a pretty neat moment for me. After close to 12 years, I get this moment to finally express my heartfelt gratitude to my college roommate who really, truly introduced me to all things Japanese in my freshman year of college. Yohei Bando was rad and great and chain smoked and laughed [...]

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Happy! Candy! Fun! Shonen Knife's Rock Euphoria Returns (video) (Mixed Media)
2 months ago

Your favorite Japanese-all female-banana chip lovin’-pop punk trio is back. With new bassist Ritsuko Taneda added to the lineup, alongside lead/guitar Naoko Yamano and drummer Etsuko Nakanishi,...

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