May Day, that most wonderful day of the year, falls on a Friday! And so, we have some uplifting music as you prepare for your festive struggle sessions, traditional bread line occupying, and lording it over the wreckers and hoarders! And always remember, you need to break an egg to make an omelet, and you may need to break millions of Kulak's heads to make a Socialist utopia! Your future as a useful idiot beckons!
Have a Happy May Day comrades and enjoy your tree bark snacks as you listen to some melodious and inspiring tunes!
Well, another odd TGIF post. During the Christmas season, figuring we've all
heard traditional Western Christmas songs over and over by now, I always
change things up by posting some Japanese Christmas songs.
While not an official Japanese holiday, Christmas is still quite popular and
celebrated. Not being a Christian nation, the Japanese have jettisoned the
religious elements of the holiday. However, they embrace the secular trappings:
Christmas trees, Santa Claus, decorations and so forth.
On Christmas families will gather for a meal, often, and oddly enough, a
bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken. Meanwhile Christmas Eve has morphed into a
couple's holiday akin to Valentines Day.
That explains Japanese Christmas music. They are either parties, lovey-dovey
couple stuff, or, like the above video, both mixed together (while the band
members are dancing about doing J-Pop girl group sort of stuff -- bouncing on
couches, acting cute, and giggling a lot -- the singer is happy she has a
boyfriend now so she doesn't have another lonely Christmas). In the video
immediately below, they've changed 'jingle bells' into 'single hell', and we
have the travails of a dateless salaryman.
The rest are a sampling of other J-pop Christmas tunes, with my favorite being
the last which has a level of frantic insanity that is very J-Poppy in its
weirdness.
