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 needn't be any more than that, does there? Probably not, but I'll go on anyways...
I'm pretty sure the first time I ever heard about Shonen Knife was the brief mention they received in the liner notes from Incesticide. I'm pretty sure the first time I actually heard Shonen Knife was during one of those music segments on the cartoon network that they used to do. Eventually, I bumped into this album in the Skuff bin at my favorite record store. Riding on the Rocket is the first track on said album, and by the time the song had finished playing for the first time I had been both mocked by a friend and won over by this wonderful band.
Enjoy.
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Ooh! Shonen Knife!
I posted 'Space Christmas' as my blog Christmas greeting a few years ago:
http://kirsty.typepad.com/boblog/2004/12/merry_christmas.html
It's probably the best Christmas song EVAR!
Posted by: Kirsty | December 14, 2008 at 01:25 PM
They sound just like The Ramones, but are ever so much more cuddly. From my perspective.
Posted by: dooliebrunch | December 15, 2008 at 05:19 PM