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Post by mikado-AKA-Shoknifeman on Feb 25, 2011 3:56:54 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]I've noticed so many great comments on You Tube about the Knife that I've decided to give them their own thread ...[/glow] If you hear a good one about the Knife, or, you want to write your own, you can post it here!
~God I love these guys.They have powerful antidepressant properties without the scary side effects.by exeuroweenie
~Ahh, the pure and simple joys of the mythical Shonen Knife world - songs written by a woman who has retained a fast hold on her inner child, without being annoyingly immature or silly. We get to be kids again, carefree in a lyrical world completely untarnished by the usual rock ‘n roll rubbish of jaded cynicism, drugs, violence, hatred and all the other garbage that pollutes the music.
God bless these ladies!
Peace, love & Shonen Knife." Sirrealify, You Tube user
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Post by lazybone on Feb 26, 2011 0:22:15 GMT -5
From Artrocker: “Objectively, it could be pointed out that they can only play in a rudimentary fashion, that their songs are ludicrously simple and that they are not doing anything new. Objectivity can f*ck right off, because Shonen Knife are brilliant”
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Post by mikado-AKA-Shoknifeman on Feb 26, 2011 0:34:53 GMT -5
From Artrocker: “Objectively, it could be pointed out that they can only play in a rudimentary fashion, that their songs are ludicrously simple and that they are not doing anything new. Objectivity can f*ck right off, because Shonen Knife are brilliant” HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! (I don't agree that they can't play, or about their songs being overtly simple, but, I agree with the "brilliant" part )
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Post by mikado-AKA-Shoknifeman on Mar 7, 2011 3:55:51 GMT -5
LondonPaper: (Super Group review) “Part Shangri-La’s, part Ramones, you can’t resist the charm of lyrics … so give in, and don’t.” • Time Out London: “Punchy Pop-Rock” • Japan Times: “Shonen Knife are one of the most important bands in history, even if the world at large doesn’t know it” • Time Out Sydney: “It’s a whole lot of fun” • BBC 6Music (Steve Lamacq): “Shonen Knife – they know how to rock – Japanese punk pop at its best.” • Subba-cultcha: “brilliantly bonkers” vivoscene.com/feature/shonen-knife-greatest-girl-band-ever
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Post by Nuclear Seagull on Mar 13, 2011 8:53:48 GMT -5
Someone on Youtube:
"If The Ramones were female, Japanese and still alive, they would be Shonen Knife!"
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Post by mikado-AKA-Shoknifeman on Mar 14, 2011 2:58:53 GMT -5
Someone on Youtube: "If The Ramones were female, Japanese and still alive, they would be Shonen Knife!" Yeah, that is a good one, a ton of thumbs up, as I recall
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Post by mikado-AKA-Shoknifeman on Apr 25, 2011 2:32:59 GMT -5
Snippets from interviews and reviews (Over several years) of the Knife, by the Japan Times Newspaper: "Spiderhouse" is my fave song off the album. But I am shocked that such a nice girl like you could be so cruel to animals!
I would wipe away that spider's web on my balcony every day and the next morning Mr. Spider had built another one. So I plotted to get him with a vacuum cleaner or some tissue paper, but eventually I caught him with a plastic bag and tossed him off my 9th-floor balcony. That's what the song is about. Yes, he probably did survive. He could make a string to save himself, just like Spiderman.
In 1993 pop/rock trio Shonen Knife was asked by its label, MCA Victor (now Universal Victor), to remove an alleged drug reference from a song on its album "Rock Animals." The song, "Catnip Dream," originally included the line, "Tane o maetara happa ga dettekita," which translates as, "I sowed a seed in the ground, and leaves came out." Bass player Michie Nakatani, who wrote the song, said she was surprised when MCA Victor asked her to cut the happa (leaves) reference. "I didn't mean it as a drug reference," she said. "I meant it as something a cat takes and enjoys, like medicine. But Japanese people are too strict -- they don't understand jokes. There are bands that say a lot worse things than us."
Shonen Knife: This Osaka band's new album, "Heavy Songs," is the record I've played most all year. These chicks defy the rock 'n' roll law that insists you should become crap after being together for more than five years. A thrilling 90-minute gig at Shibuya On Air West a few weeks back proved that.By JASON JENKINS Special to The Japan Times
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Post by naoko1960 on May 2, 2011 18:10:52 GMT -5
Ask why Shonen Knife walked away from MCA after Rock Animals... Smart Move Naoko ! Not to mention that The Birds and the B sides was released without permission and the title was not from a Shonen Knife member but from a contest also not approved by Naoko. Infact Naoko will not even mention the album nor post it on any Anthology Personnal its a great album though not endorsed by Shonen Knife. The Next album Brand New Knife was a personnal protest against MCA. Brand new Knife was to say You cant tell us what to do !
Pete 712
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Post by mikado-AKA-Shoknifeman on May 2, 2011 23:42:27 GMT -5
Ask why Shonen Knife walked away from MCA after Rock Animals... Smart Move Naoko ! Not to mention that The Birds and the B sides was released without permission and the title was not from a Shonen Knife member but from a contest also not approved by Naoko. Infact Naoko will not even mention the album nor post it on any Anthology Personnal its a great album though not endorsed by Shonen Knife. The Next album Brand New Knife was a personnal protest against MCA. Brand new Knife was to say You cant tell us what to do ! Pete 712 Yeah, but, thx to the lawsuits that followed, Let's Knife and Rock Animals may never be rereleased
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Post by mikado-AKA-Shoknifeman on May 19, 2011 4:39:30 GMT -5
About Banana Chips: "This video is solid Platinum, shiny pastel gold-flecked precious metal, sugar cotton candy, honey ice cream sundae, blissed out, popalicious and premium punk pink powdered soul drugs." (Sirrealify's buddy)
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Post by mikado-AKA-Shoknifeman on May 23, 2011 12:25:52 GMT -5
The existence of SK gives us the dream and hope. huruken4989 of You Tube, in Japan
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Post by mikado-AKA-Shoknifeman on Jun 9, 2011 2:02:30 GMT -5
So cute and happy! Yes, you can tell they're having a grand old time up there playing their songs, and the crowd is awesome too. Every time I watch these clips or hear their songs I always end up with a huge silly grin plastered all over my face. This is a *good; thing!KamenRiderNecro
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Post by mikado-AKA-Shoknifeman on Jun 16, 2011 5:17:30 GMT -5
From "The Line of Best Fit": After this, it’s off to Shonen Knife who are as pleasantly full of Raw Power as the aforementioned punks. With group harmonies, chuntering Ramones-style riffs and unrelenting hooks, the Japanese three-piece fire out brash bubblegum punk, brimming with positivity but a ferocity which belies their cutesy matching pastel-coloured frocks. Yelping vocals and break neck speeds, their sound is not-so-quietly confident and decidedly massive for such a small bunch of ladies. www.thelineofbestfit.com/2010/05/atp-curated-by-matt-groening-butlins-minehead-8-10-may-2010/
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Post by mikado-AKA-Shoknifeman on Jul 12, 2011 22:47:42 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]You Tube quotes on "Twist Barbie"...including from myself:[/glow] how Ironic ,,hot azz japan's girls, singing about American blondes.. I would choose the Japan gurls,, over any dizzy blonde... especially gurls that can play a guitar .. wwgt7 people dislike this video; note their lobotomy scars! Shoknifeman[glow=red,2,300]After some Troll named Flipidy started putting down Knife Collectors:[/glow] @flipidy94 ummmm you won't get a lot of support here, flip; we don't "blindly follow" the Knife, we love them for what they are, the greatest unknown band* of all time * I meant as in a band that isn't well-known in the mainstream [glow=red,2,300]And my reply to Flip was topped by this epic one to another troll:[/glow] @grandetrepertre i have 48 thumbs up you nincompoop. you're the idiot here. they are not a bad copy of the ramones. they were inspired by them and are damn great. get off this video clown, before i drop kick you through a wall while shonen knife plays in the background.roejogan8 (That one always makes me laugh!) [glow=red,2,300]The "Chris Barrie" controversy.....[/glow] This song is about Chris Barrie HarryUpHarry ... [glow=red,2,300]To which I replied:[/glow] Btw, this song is not about Chris Barrie....unless he's had a sex change lately!Shoknifeman [glow=red,2,300]About Michie, and her hot pants:[/glow] Michie never looked better than she does here in the tight shirt and hot pants, how I miss her...but, Ritsuko (the new bassist) is a hottie too! ShoknifemanCheers to Michie Nakatani, one of rock's most underated singer-songwriter-bassists, and, to her sexy leather shorts ^_~ (I do miss her contribution to SK) Shoknifeman@shoknifeman Agreed. Michie's songs rock...and so do her hotpants! lajolla200 [glow=red,2,300]After several annoying posts on the TB video, about other bands; I shot back with this: [/glow] Can we all get back to Michie's sexy shorts now? Shoknifeman[glow=red,2,300]Which led to this funny line.....[/glow] Get back to Michie's sexy shorts, I'd rather get IN Michie's sexy shorts.iloveshonenknife1
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Post by mikado-AKA-Shoknifeman on Jul 12, 2011 23:09:56 GMT -5
These tiny ladies have enough energy, passion and sheer balls to wrestle a full-grown bison to the ground with their bare hands.Sirrealify
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