A few years ago, I posted an article regarding chaotic techno band Denki Groove's（電気グルーヴ）cover of Yellow Magic Orchestra's "Cosmic Surfin'". This was a coupling song to the band's debut single "Mud Ebis" from October 1991.
Well, I finally got to see the music video for "Mud Ebis" and even from the beginning, Takkyu Ishino（石野卓球）and his gang relished their roles as the wild and crazy guys of Japanese music. I gotta admit though that the three members looked so young and clean-shaven back then, although that was the least weird part of the video.
As for the title of the song, "Ebis" refers to the Japanese god of money, Ebisu. However, the "Mud" part I'm not sure, unless it actually means "mad" or "insane". According to the J-Wiki article for "Mud Ebis", Ishino wanted to provide his own comical indictment on the pampered children of the nouveau riche but the lyrics weren't meant to be taken that seriously.
I saw the guy with the accordion and was expecting some polka music, but what I got was a nice surprise.
ReplyDeleteHello, Brian. I'm sure a lot of people were wondering what they were going to get when they got a load of that cover. Accordion, it wasn't.
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