1778114 Responseshttp://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/10/20/horrible-awesome-japanese-girl-group-synth-band-jam/Horrible+%26+Awesome+Japanese+Girl+Group+Synth+Band+Jam2009-10-21+03%3A47%3A19synthhead to “Horrible & Awesome Japanese Girl Group Synth Band Jam”  

1. 1 Hoomin Been on Oct 21st, 2009 said:

   It's no worse than any music by white people! Where is the bass player?

2. 2 synthhead on Oct 21st, 2009 said:

   So true. It's not about color, it's about the music!

3. 3 Gordon on Oct 21st, 2009 said:

   There's something about the jittery camera-work that suggests the work of either a proud parent or an excitable older camera-man. There's something about the overall stage set-up that shouts '1980's chat show'. There's a bizzarely repressed sexuality in the girl-with-the-breath-controller. Most bands would raunch this asset up to the max. So, overall, a deeply curious proposition. Was this actually made in, say, some provincial Japanese city c. 1979? If so, all is explained. But if this was filmed just the other day, then it's an incredibly knowing pastiche which is absolute in its intentions to demonstrate that it isn't 'knowing' about 'knowing'. For comparison, check out the video to 'true romance' by Golden Silvers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns9o1gEhaE8
   which is concerned about 'showing' that it's 'knowing'. For me, the plain truth is – whatever it does or doesn't do deliberately, it doesn't work. Musically and visually, it's out of date and not of sufficient intrinsic merit to make it a 'timeless classic'. But damned interesting, nonetheless…

4. 4 Gordon on Oct 21st, 2009 said:

   There's something about the jittery camera-work that suggests the work of either a proud parent or an excitable older camera-man. There's something about the overall stage set-up that shouts '1980's chat show'. There's a bizzarely repressed sexuality in the girl-with-the-breath-controller. Most bands would raunch this asset up to the max. So, overall, a deeply curious proposition. Was this actually made in, say, some provincial Japanese city c. 1979? If so, all is explained. But if this was filmed just the other day, then it's an incredibly knowing pastiche which is absolute in its intentions to demonstrate that it isn't 'knowing' about 'knowing'. For comparison, check out the video to 'true romance' by Golden Silvers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns9o1gEhaE8
   which is concerned about 'showing' that it's 'knowing'. For me, the plain truth is – whatever it does or doesn't do deliberately, it doesn't work. Musically and visually, it's out of date and not of sufficient intrinsic merit to make it a 'timeless classic'. But damned interesting, nonetheless…

5. 5 Gordon on Oct 21st, 2009 said:

   There's something about the jittery camera-work that suggests the work of either a proud parent or an excitable older camera-man. There's something about the overall stage set-up that shouts '1980's chat show'. There's a bizzarely repressed sexuality in the girl-with-the-breath-controller. Most bands would raunch this asset up to the max. So, overall, a deeply curious proposition. Was this actually made in, say, some provincial Japanese city c. 1979? If so, all is explained. But if this was filmed just the other day, then it's an incredibly knowing pastiche which is absolute in its intentions to demonstrate that it isn't 'knowing' about 'knowing'. For comparison, check out the video to 'true romance' by Golden Silvers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns9o1gEhaE8
   which is concerned about 'showing' that it's 'knowing'. For me, the plain truth is – whatever it does or doesn't do deliberately, it doesn't work. Musically and visually, it's out of date and not of sufficient intrinsic merit to make it a 'timeless classic'. But damned interesting, nonetheless…

6. 6 Gordon on Oct 21st, 2009 said:

   There's something about the jittery camera-work that suggests the work of either a proud parent or an excitable older camera-man. There's something about the overall stage set-up that shouts '1980's chat show'. There's a bizzarely repressed sexuality in the girl-with-the-breath-controller. Most bands would raunch this asset up to the max. So, overall, a deeply curious proposition. Was this actually made in, say, some provincial Japanese city c. 1979? If so, all is explained. But if this was filmed just the other day, then it's an incredibly knowing pastiche which is absolute in its intentions to demonstrate that it isn't 'knowing' about 'knowing'. For comparison, check out the video to 'true romance' by Golden Silvers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns9o1gEhaE8
   which is concerned about 'showing' that it's 'knowing'. For me, the plain truth is – whatever it does or doesn't do deliberately, it doesn't work. Musically and visually, it's out of date and not of sufficient intrinsic merit to make it a 'timeless classic'. But damned interesting, nonetheless…

7. 7 Gordon on Oct 21st, 2009 said:

   There's something about the jittery camera-work that suggests the work of either a proud parent or an excitable older camera-man. There's something about the overall stage set-up that shouts '1980's chat show'. There's a bizzarely repressed sexuality in the girl-with-the-breath-controller. Most bands would raunch this asset up to the max. So, overall, a deeply curious proposition. Was this actually made in, say, some provincial Japanese city c. 1979? If so, all is explained. But if this was filmed just the other day, then it's an incredibly knowing pastiche which is absolute in its intentions to demonstrate that it isn't 'knowing' about 'knowing'. For comparison, check out the video to 'true romance' by Golden Silvers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns9o1gEhaE8
   which is concerned about 'showing' that it's 'knowing'. For me, the plain truth is – whatever it does or doesn't do deliberately, it doesn't work. Musically and visually, it's out of date and not of sufficient intrinsic merit to make it a 'timeless classic'. But damned interesting, nonetheless…

8. 8 Gordon on Oct 21st, 2009 said:

   There's something about the jittery camera-work that suggests the work of either a proud parent or an excitable older camera-man. There's something about the overall stage set-up that shouts '1980's chat show'. There's a bizzarely repressed sexuality in the girl-with-the-breath-controller. Most bands would raunch this asset up to the max. So, overall, a deeply curious proposition. Was this actually made in, say, some provincial Japanese city c. 1979? If so, all is explained. But if this was filmed just the other day, then it's an incredibly knowing pastiche which is absolute in its intentions to demonstrate that it isn't 'knowing' about 'knowing'. For comparison, check out the video to 'true romance' by Golden Silvers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns9o1gEhaE8
   which is concerned about 'showing' that it's 'knowing'. For me, the plain truth is – whatever it does or doesn't do deliberately, it doesn't work. Musically and visually, it's out of date and not of sufficient intrinsic merit to make it a 'timeless classic'. But damned interesting, nonetheless…

9. 9 Dubby on Oct 21st, 2009 said:

   You might also listen to shakatak 80's nightbird…
   http://www.shakatak.com/

10. 10 Prole Art Threat on Oct 21st, 2009 said:

    Japan produced some really good synth music back then, too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM9qs8KCkDg

11. 11 jack smiley on Oct 21st, 2009 said:

    prole art threat?? who dat, a cleveland cat?

12. 12 @ideletemyself on Oct 21st, 2009 said:

    rofl… the little keytar bit was awesome. they rocked that song about as hard as it could rock?

13. 13 MirlitronOne on Oct 21st, 2009 said:

    Awesome. Er, full. No, some. Full.

    No jam, though.

14. 14 Toby on Oct 22nd, 2009 said:

    Kind of bland yet upbeat. This has a retro disco type beat and I wouldn't call it horrible really, it just OK.

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