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Subject: "tokyo police club"
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dafriquan
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Thu Feb-24-11 10:13 AM
1. "tokyo police club"
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bands w/foreign names that have 0 to do w/their ethnicity or sound
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Thu Feb-24-11 10:09 AM
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lmao
lonesome_d
Feb 24th 2011
7
also Tokio Hotel, and apparently Tokyo Rose
lonesome_d
Feb 24th 2011
51
Japan.
bluetiger
Feb 24th 2011
2
Asia
bluetiger
Feb 24th 2011
3
De La Soul?
AFKAP_of_Darkness
Feb 24th 2011
4
good one I hadn't thought of
lonesome_d
Feb 24th 2011
LOL yeah
AFKAP_of_Darkness
Feb 24th 2011
13
Afrika Baby Bam Thought De La Soul Was A Latin Rap Group...
Dj Joey Joe
Feb 24th 2011
66
Wang Chung.
AFKAP_of_Darkness
Feb 24th 2011
5
lmao x2. Is that even a Chinese word/phrase?
lonesome_d
Feb 24th 2011
11
that group is weird.
Dr Claw
Feb 24th 2011
19
Berlin
bluetiger
Feb 24th 2011
6
I must confess I wasn't thinking of place names
lonesome_d
Feb 24th 2011
8
yeah, they threw me for a loop too
AFKAP_of_Darkness
Feb 24th 2011
14
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
linglinglito
Feb 24th 2011
9
dunno Los Campesinos, but Los Straitjackets came to mind
lonesome_d
Feb 24th 2011
10
While they do have mariachi influence (and dress like them too)
linglinglito
Feb 24th 2011
56
L'Arc en Ciel (Japanese band)
lonesome_d
Feb 24th 2011
12
Hearing its name makes me want to go Shonen Bat on some fangirls
Dr Claw
Feb 24th 2011
20
if you pronounce it correctly, lotsa nihonjin have no clue
lonesome_d
Feb 24th 2011
33
misreading is misleading?
shockzilla
Feb 24th 2011
35
los campesinos!
shockzilla
Feb 24th 2011
15
le tigre.
shockzilla
Feb 24th 2011
16
um.. phoenix?
shockzilla
Feb 24th 2011
17
toro y moi
shockzilla
Feb 24th 2011
18
yo la tengo
shockzilla
Feb 24th 2011
21
I was going to make a snippy comment
lonesome_d
Feb 24th 2011
24
is it cause i didn't read the posts ahead of me?
shockzilla
Feb 24th 2011
25
Los campesinos?
lonesome_d
Feb 24th 2011
27
are the fucking shit.
shockzilla
Feb 24th 2011
30
first one that came to mind
__Spread__
Feb 24th 2011
52
See also: bands with 'blues' in their name but that don't play blues
lonesome_d
Feb 24th 2011
22
grand funk railroad
shockzilla
Feb 24th 2011
28
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
lonesome_d
Feb 24th 2011
40
blues traveller
shockzilla
Feb 24th 2011
49
Blues Magoos
lonesome_d
Feb 24th 2011
53
A good friend of mine's father was in the Blues Magoos.
bski
Feb 27th 2011
71
this one, particularly, pissed me off.
MISTA MONOTONE
Feb 24th 2011
65
Come on man...
Jakob Hellberg
Feb 24th 2011
67
No Neck Blues Band
stylez dainty
Feb 24th 2011
61
The Blues Brothers
lonesome_d
Feb 24th 2011
62
titus andronicus
shockzilla
Feb 24th 2011
23
twist answer: Les Mysteres Des Voix Bulgares
lonesome_d
Feb 24th 2011
26
RE: twist answer: Les Mysteres Des Voix Bulgares
el_rey
Feb 24th 2011
70
***edit** missed the "foreign" part
mrhood75
Feb 24th 2011
29
Daft Punk
lonesome_d
Feb 24th 2011
31
air
shockzilla
Feb 24th 2011
36
what's misleading about air?
howisya
Feb 24th 2011
39
and phoenix, whom he's now mentioned twice?
lonesome_d
Feb 24th 2011
45
shock's gone crazy!
shockzilla
Feb 24th 2011
54
air = english
shockzilla
Feb 24th 2011
50
air also = French
lonesome_d
Feb 24th 2011
55
and then of course there's Young Black Teenagers
lonesome_d
Feb 24th 2011
60
guillemots
shockzilla
Feb 24th 2011
32
art brut
shockzilla
Feb 24th 2011
34
anybody remember Saigon Kick?
lonesome_d
Feb 24th 2011
37
or even just Saigon
howisya
Feb 24th 2011
38
yes, hilarious, and *shrug* whatever
lonesome_d
Feb 24th 2011
41
RE: yes, hilarious, and *shrug* whatever
howisya
Feb 24th 2011
48
Hanoi Rocks were ace...
Jakob Hellberg
Feb 24th 2011
68
I listened to those guys for a minute in high school and college
dalecooper
Feb 24th 2011
58
The Flying Burrito Brothers
dgonsh
Feb 24th 2011
42
hahah, excellent
lonesome_d
Feb 24th 2011
47
Beirut n/m
dgonsh
Feb 24th 2011
43
Jets To Brazil n/m
dgonsh
Feb 24th 2011
44
I'll add that the complete antithesis to this post: Miami Sound Machine
dgonsh
Feb 24th 2011
46
The Afghan Whigs
ZipZapZopZoup
Feb 24th 2011
57
no one said brazilian girls ?
amplifya7
Feb 24th 2011
59
No one gonna mention Wu Tang?
Luke Cage
Feb 24th 2011
63
i was going but then the op also said "sound"
dafriquan
Feb 24th 2011
64
Manilla Road
Jakob Hellberg
Feb 24th 2011
69
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