Salad days
When my friend Ken was in Tokyo to attend a design show, he picked up this CD for me --a belated birthday present. The Romanes are an all-female Ramones cover band from Japan!
They sing in Japanese, so it takes a split-second to figure out each song... Most of them are older ones: "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker," "Chinese Rocks," "Rockaway Beach," "I Wanna Be Sedated." I think the newest songs are "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio" and "Pyscho Therapy." All classics. The playing is no perfect but the vocals are spirited, bordering on breathless. I'm pretty sure the handclaps are real.
I wonder if they play The Romanes' version of "Blitzkrieg Bop" at baseball games in Japan?
They sing in Japanese, so it takes a split-second to figure out each song... Most of them are older ones: "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker," "Chinese Rocks," "Rockaway Beach," "I Wanna Be Sedated." I think the newest songs are "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio" and "Pyscho Therapy." All classics. The playing is no perfect but the vocals are spirited, bordering on breathless. I'm pretty sure the handclaps are real.
I wonder if they play The Romanes' version of "Blitzkrieg Bop" at baseball games in Japan?
posted by gr at
2:34 PM
Glad this cd was new to you. Vince was bummed I didn't get him one.
This is the greatest CD ever (this week). I listen to it over and over again...
-mw
i saw them in tokyo. they rocked my ass. i bought the cd. they're great. here's a photo
the romanes
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