…someone mentioned the #11 thing that white people like (Asian girls) and it reminded me of these 80s songs. We had a thing for cheesy rip offs of vague asian melodies in the 80s huh?
Hong Kong Garden by Souxsie and the Banshees – you have to go to youtube to see this one since embedding has been disabled. So much for trying to promote someone’s 30 yr old music…
Turning Japanese by the Vapors – there used to be a rumor that this song was about masturbation because if you imagine someone making a face where they squint their eyes and curl their lips to expose the upper incisors, resembling the stereotypical image of a Japanese person, it would be during masturbation and orgasm. The songwriter however clarified that the song is about loving someone so much that you feel like your turning into someone else entirely.
Fish Heads by Barnes and Barnes – wait for it…1:35 into the video, “Rolly Polly fish heads are never seen drinking cappuccino in Italian restaurants with Oriental women.” Yes – I know it’s a stretch but where else does fish heads fit in except in a Dr Demento post and Barnes and Barnes would be way too obvious for that one.
wasn’t there a show on old nickelodeon that played the fish heads song a lot?
I don’t remember it, but I may have been too busy dumping buckets of slime on people who said, “I don’t know”.