Shonen Knife is the greatest band that most people have never heard of, but should!
@markmcguire99537 жыл бұрын
Pretty Little Baka Guy had me from the start. I got all my SK from Zero Records after that. I was so in love with their happy sound I wrote them when they lived in Osaka, and they wrote me back and even sent backstage photos. Shonen Knife is original, pure rock and roll.
@ShikataGaNai1004 жыл бұрын
Hard to believe Naoko turns 60 in December...and is still rocking!
@Omaru198211 жыл бұрын
The current Shonen Knife lineup are great, but I feel like I really missed out on something special with it was Michie and Atsuko with Naoko. Guess I should just be thankful to be a fan and that I got to see them play my hometown last year.
@ERICF6611 жыл бұрын
Old school Shonen Knife is awesome! How could anyone NOT love this?? I miss Michie!
@ShikataGaNai10010 жыл бұрын
The Yamano Sisters and Michie...the original formation.
@stevensmith762812 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this excellent quality film from 92. Did not think anything this good existed of SK
@jeffg152411 жыл бұрын
Priceless document of the original group. Good video and sound quality makes it a must-have. Thanks for uploading!
@mr.6six6219 жыл бұрын
Love this group. Hearts
@plasticshapes10 жыл бұрын
Excellent quality video of old school SK. I must say Michie is a highly underrated bassist.
@Shoknifeman10 жыл бұрын
In my opinion both Michie and Atsuko (on drums) are both highly underrated
@coreyedwards539510 жыл бұрын
I agree but sadly,it looks like she will never play bass ever again.
@jerryhase486 жыл бұрын
plasticshapes I agree completely.
@allanhernandez25083 жыл бұрын
I liked Shonen Knife in the 90's. I stopped listening to SK after Happy Hour in 1998. I bought Let's Knife, Rock Animals, Brand New Knife, Explosion cd single and Happy Hour. I trying to catch up now with their 2000's and 2010's teens output.
@shannon_198912 жыл бұрын
This is brilliant! Thank you so much for uploading this.
@jarrelsixtytwo39935 жыл бұрын
Great video. Saw them around this time period in San Francisco and this is pretty much how I remember them.
@socalopus7 жыл бұрын
Shonen Knife is Cuteness Personified. Even when they hit a wrong note or sing out of pitch it's adorable. They gained more polish later, especially during the Ritsuko/Emi years, but their early years are the best.
@Naoko196011 жыл бұрын
Way back when -20 years ago Naoko with her Yamaha RGX and Michie on her Yamaha 400 - Thanks for Uploading some Classic Knife
@MilesQuatermass6 жыл бұрын
First gig I ever went to was on this tour, at the Zodiac Oxford, with BMX Bandits.
@shoknifeman2mikado1357 жыл бұрын
Atsuko sure looks as she's having fun singing "Boys"
@monstergod8889 жыл бұрын
This is more punk than many sweaty,violent,ugly,spiky and leather bands around!!!
@shoknifeman2mikado1359 жыл бұрын
+thiago lima They are nicknamed "The World's happiest punk band"!
@startervisions5 жыл бұрын
all ramones baby lol. very punk, thank you
@gregorioalmapiscis8 жыл бұрын
Hoola Naoko este es un super grupo saludos... Sudamerica
@palfab962ify10 жыл бұрын
Great early video...still rocking...
@alann50037 жыл бұрын
Naoko was so cute with short hair
@ROBLOXMightyBranco11 жыл бұрын
thanks
@TheJoeluxuria10 жыл бұрын
great wow
@gm9984Ай бұрын
Birds and the B sides is still a personal favorite
@Naoko196011 жыл бұрын
Fruit Loop Dreams - Its and easy Chord song to learn on Guitar !
@ShikataGaNai1007 жыл бұрын
I forgot Atsuko sang lead on Boys.
@Jason-Scott5 жыл бұрын
❤️
@Shoknifeman12 жыл бұрын
One of those rare times when Michie's hair was much longer than Naoko's (Let's Knife tour)
@Shoknifeman12 жыл бұрын
Note that Michie sings Johnny Johnny Johnny before it actually came out on the NEXT album, ROCK ANIMALS
Love this old video. Says part 3 or something, Where are the other 2 videos? Thanks Can you sell this to me on cd?
@niqenik11 жыл бұрын
lol. this is great!
@Shoknifeman12 жыл бұрын
my guess is that the interviews were done at a different time
@johnny-r Жыл бұрын
I bet when they were just getting started, they heard something like, "Come on, you guys - nobody is gonna want to hear a bunch of songs about food and animals."
@jerryhase4520 Жыл бұрын
The real Shonen Knife.
@startervisions5 жыл бұрын
11:30 *highlight*
@titaniumpecker12 жыл бұрын
Hello Kitty is a punk rocker!
@BenedictYedaditama10 ай бұрын
Name the first song?
@matiasmonzon76376 ай бұрын
What song is from minute 20:00 ?
@matiasmonzon76376 ай бұрын
And the song from 22:00
@佐藤治-p2u4 ай бұрын
Johnny Johnny Johnny from the album Concrete Animals
@佐藤治-p2u4 ай бұрын
Boys the Shirelles' cover song
@Naoczny24 жыл бұрын
This band has very poor advertisment. This year they had played in Cracow in Poland and only a small group of people knew about it. I really wanted to go but didn't know ...
@ROBLOXMightyBranco11 жыл бұрын
whats the name of the song at 12:00 ?
@tdottim11 жыл бұрын
Amazing band. Great show. Lamest crowd ever.
@darncrow Жыл бұрын
9:15 13:52
@Shoknifeman11 жыл бұрын
YVW or should I say , vous etes bienvenue?
@Shoknifeman11 жыл бұрын
Froot Loop Dreams
@アナールオナール5 жыл бұрын
made in japen
@Shoknifeman12 жыл бұрын
Naoko seems to be a bit off key here
@revol14810 жыл бұрын
no wonder the girl on bass left the band a few years later - a cursory look at her expression here gives me the impression that she would like to be elsewhere! Oh and don't you find it odd that a band with english lyrics - yet they can barely manage a word when interviewed?
@danielscissorhands10 жыл бұрын
Not surprising at all. It is easy to learn the lyrics phonetically without understanding what you are saying. Parrots don't understand what they are saying and yet they speak pretty well sometimes.
@redpancake366210 жыл бұрын
Since they write lyrics themselves they obviously can understand what they are singing. And writing lyrics for those who are not very good in English is actually much easier than conversing. I can judge about that from my own experience.
@revol14810 жыл бұрын
Red Pancake the lead singer can "get by" in English - I have some early albums of theirs and some of the songs are in Japanese.I don't see what's so bad about that - unless they had their commercial eyes set on the US market (who would not accept a band speaking in anything other than English)!
@revol14810 жыл бұрын
danielscissorhands here's the deal Japanese people sing in their own language....
@tubridge10 жыл бұрын
They sang and spoke in English for British TV, because you don't understand Japanese! Simple as that. Bandleader Naoko is much more proficient in her second language now. Bassist Michie's grey-faced expression comes from the dread of making a technical error (she does), and also the unhappiness of being on the spot in front of a camera with a great deal to say, and a number of obstacles in the way. The band had been together for over a decade, but they were pretty far out at sea, here. That's not comfortable...
@TvuxoRoiale9 жыл бұрын
lol, these girls can't even play the easiest Dream Theater song. Poor technique.
@shoknifeman2mikado1359 жыл бұрын
+TvuxoRoiale Who ASKED you? Don't like them, then bugger off!
@shoknifeman2mikado1359 жыл бұрын
+shoknifeman2 mikado Not to mention, they are in their 35th year, and selling more CDs than ever, while they have made 3 World tours in the last 5 years! Can you beat that?
@kevinpeterson61858 жыл бұрын
Moron.
@Equinoqs987 жыл бұрын
Dream who?
@socalopus7 жыл бұрын
ROTFLMSO! I'm a big fan of bands like Rush, ELP, Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Pink Floyd, Beatles, etc.... I'm also a huge fan of Shonen Knife. Do I care that they don't go from a 4/4 time sig to a 3/4 to a 7/8 to a 17/32 to a 47/64? Pfft! No, their musicianship is not the best, their singing isn't the best, their lyrics....are a bit....simple. LOL. But these girls ROCK!! I put them right up there with the other bands I mentioned, and if you don't understand why there's not much hope for you. P.S. Michie, the world of music will always miss you.