Turning Japanese
October 3rd, 2006
Have you ever heard the song Turning Japanese? At the beginning, there’s a bit of an “oriental riff,” something that Americans might associate with Japan, as the musicians obviously did.
Interestingly, Japanese people are familiar with the little melody as well–but they associate it with China, not Japan. One of my students tells me that it’s played in a Chinese cooking TV show.
Interesting!
Another interesting thing about that song — it’s about masturbation.
Care to support that statement?
^ just a fan misunderstanding.
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=689
And as for the intro, it’s always sounded Chinese to me, too.
OMG. Check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCbCA5z1Ygs
Awesome for karaoke! Sting did a pretty good job.