Ladies and Gentlemen, we bring you the Greatest Story Ever Told.
Back in 2008, the cool cats at Tokyo's Sazanami record label decided to ring up all the female beat and punk bands they knew and get them to contribute to an album. The result was "Girl Sazanami Beat! Volume 1" (sub-title: "Japanese Girls Beat A Go Go!").
There are 21 tracks on the album and almost every one of them is a cracker. So for the next few Saturdays at least we'll be sharing the highlights in a new series called "Sazanami Saturday". And while we are doing that I'm going to see if I can find Volumes 2 to 5.
We'll kick things off with Kumamoto's own The Portugal Japan. You may find the lyrical complexity a little overwhelming at first but stick with it. And who wouldn't want to have a surfin' hootenanny with the groovy gals of That's A NO NO!? I know I would.
"Yeah Yeah" - The Portugal Japan
"Surfin' Hootenanny" - That's A NO NO!
Yeah Yeah as the Portugal Japan might say
ReplyDeleteThat plinky guitar on track 2 at ca. one minute might be The Best Guitar Solo of the day
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