Sheena is a Monk Rocker
April 21, 2020 6:37 PM Subscribe
Ramones / Teenage Lobotomy (Buddhist monk cover)
The Beatles / Yellow Submarine (Buddhist monk cover)
Queen / We Will Rock You (Buddhist monk cover)
THE BLUE HEARTS / リンダリンダ (Buddhist monk cover)
From a YouTube channel named Kossan1108. I don't know Japanese, so I know very little about this guy. But when YouTube recommends a video of a Buddhist monk playing a Ramones cover, you click on it.
He also has a live version of the Queen song (at a Tokyo club called The Red Shoes), as well as several shamisen performances at an Okinawa venue called Sound M's. And a helpful tutorial for making a face mask out of a towel.
The drum he plays is a wooden fish, a traditional Buddhist instrument.
(Here's the original version of the Blue Hearts song. Apparently they were a Japanese punk band, active from 1985–1995.)
The Beatles / Yellow Submarine (Buddhist monk cover)
Queen / We Will Rock You (Buddhist monk cover)
THE BLUE HEARTS / リンダリンダ (Buddhist monk cover)
From a YouTube channel named Kossan1108. I don't know Japanese, so I know very little about this guy. But when YouTube recommends a video of a Buddhist monk playing a Ramones cover, you click on it.
He also has a live version of the Queen song (at a Tokyo club called The Red Shoes), as well as several shamisen performances at an Okinawa venue called Sound M's. And a helpful tutorial for making a face mask out of a towel.
The drum he plays is a wooden fish, a traditional Buddhist instrument.
(Here's the original version of the Blue Hearts song. Apparently they were a Japanese punk band, active from 1985–1995.)
The Blue Hearts are great! Here's another good song of theirs, called "Hito ni yasashiku".
posted by J.K. Seazer at 7:18 PM on April 21, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by J.K. Seazer at 7:18 PM on April 21, 2020 [2 favorites]
Best post title
posted by ferret branca at 7:55 PM on April 21, 2020
posted by ferret branca at 7:55 PM on April 21, 2020
light monks on hope
posted by otherchaz at 8:31 PM on April 21, 2020 [4 favorites]
posted by otherchaz at 8:31 PM on April 21, 2020 [4 favorites]
That Teenage Lobotomy video was somehow exactly what I needed to see today. It was a tonic!
Loved how at the end of the Blue Hearts cover the video just keeps going until all the reverberating overtones fade away.
posted by ejs at 8:41 PM on April 21, 2020
Loved how at the end of the Blue Hearts cover the video just keeps going until all the reverberating overtones fade away.
posted by ejs at 8:41 PM on April 21, 2020
This is the best We Will Rock You cover ever.
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 9:21 PM on April 21, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 9:21 PM on April 21, 2020 [1 favorite]
Yeah, it knocks this one I just recently learned of into second place.
posted by ejs at 9:28 PM on April 21, 2020
posted by ejs at 9:28 PM on April 21, 2020
Now I want to see a Buddhist monk play Thelonious Monk.
posted by Greg_Ace at 9:29 PM on April 21, 2020 [3 favorites]
posted by Greg_Ace at 9:29 PM on April 21, 2020 [3 favorites]
These were Great! Best of the Web.
posted by Rash at 9:31 PM on April 21, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by Rash at 9:31 PM on April 21, 2020 [2 favorites]
the original version of the Blue Hearts song - apparently they were a Japanese punk band
Their song inspired a 2005 movie, "Linda Linda Linda" (trailer).
posted by Rash at 9:35 PM on April 21, 2020
Their song inspired a 2005 movie, "Linda Linda Linda" (trailer).
posted by Rash at 9:35 PM on April 21, 2020
It's also a stage in the Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan videogame.
posted by sukeban at 10:08 PM on April 21, 2020
posted by sukeban at 10:08 PM on April 21, 2020
LINDA LINDAAAHHH!!!!
Best karaoke song ever! The way it starts out slow... and then explodes with energy. And yeah, that Linda Linda Linda movie is one of my favorites. It has a languid, thoughtful pace and a nice story, with atmospherics that make you really feel the.. humidity.. of the summer days in Japan. Plus it includes my favorite cover of the song.
posted by antinomia at 1:18 AM on April 22, 2020 [4 favorites]
Best karaoke song ever! The way it starts out slow... and then explodes with energy. And yeah, that Linda Linda Linda movie is one of my favorites. It has a languid, thoughtful pace and a nice story, with atmospherics that make you really feel the.. humidity.. of the summer days in Japan. Plus it includes my favorite cover of the song.
posted by antinomia at 1:18 AM on April 22, 2020 [4 favorites]
J.K. Seazer: The Blue Hearts are great! Here's another good song of theirs, called "Hito ni yasashiku".
I found them via the opening to the Rolling Girls anime, which is a J-pop cover of that very song. I still like that show even though it’s objectively not great, and I think it’s mostly because of that theme song.
posted by robcorr at 3:55 AM on April 22, 2020 [1 favorite]
I found them via the opening to the Rolling Girls anime, which is a J-pop cover of that very song. I still like that show even though it’s objectively not great, and I think it’s mostly because of that theme song.
posted by robcorr at 3:55 AM on April 22, 2020 [1 favorite]
I like to think Kannon would approve.
posted by GenjiandProust at 6:30 AM on April 22, 2020
posted by GenjiandProust at 6:30 AM on April 22, 2020
I found an interview with him!
posted by escape from the potato planet at 9:15 AM on April 22, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by escape from the potato planet at 9:15 AM on April 22, 2020 [1 favorite]
This is great. And, today I learned about both The Blue Hearts and Max Raabe. Thanks!
posted by eotvos at 3:18 PM on April 22, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by eotvos at 3:18 PM on April 22, 2020 [1 favorite]
Take cover!
posted by abuckamoon at 5:07 PM on April 22, 2020
posted by abuckamoon at 5:07 PM on April 22, 2020
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Man, I would love to send this guy some requests.
posted by delfin at 7:16 PM on April 21, 2020 [4 favorites]