Asian Tongue Fu
When today's musicians take to the mic, it's often hard to figure out exactly what they're saying. When people around us misquote our favorite band, we can engage in some fairly intense discussion about the politics of verse and the thematic undercurrent of said tunes (because we know they're saying, "mega-mega white thing, mega-mega white thing..."). It's even harder if your native tongue is English, and you're (trying to) singing along with some Japanese rockers.
If you're into Asian Kung Fu Generation, and their latest album, Sol-fa, mumble no more! Tofu Records, the band's American distributor, is here to help with "official" English translations.
Tofu Records specialize in bringing Japanese pop music to the States. Their roster to-date includes not only Asian Kung-Fu Generation, but other big-in-Japan pop bands like BOOM BOOM SATELLITES, L'Arc~en~Ciel, Puffy AmiYumi, and Koizumi-san's favaorite, X(JAPAN).
For the complete English lyrics to AKFG's album, go to Tofu Records and click on the 'Artists' sidebar on the left. Choose AKFG and you can see the link on the right. Then, check them out Friday afternoon at the Green Stage from 13:50 to 14:50. Hiiiiiiieeeeee-ya!
Jeff
