The Vapors Turning Japanese totp2

[carntspell]

Japan had a similar song called "Turning Westerner" about the money shot.

[KillBaddBugz]

This reminds me of when MTV was good

[keef40]

@KillBaddBugz this was years before MTV

[ZYRADIA]

This is bullshit ! Either someone is Japanese or you're not ! So many Chinese call themselves Japanese and they aren't. Japan isn't some melting pot like the USA is. And you can't just turn Japanese. Bullshit.

[drummerkingmike]

@ZYRADIA Are you serious? Do you really think the song is about "Turning Japanese"?! It's about too much masturbation dude...

[ZYRADIA]

@drummerkingmike ... What are you saying dude ? That the Japanese masterbate too much ? Yeah alright, I could believe that.

[drummerkingmike]

@ZYRADIA Lol, no I'm not saying that at all! I'm not entirely sure exactly... I think possibly referencing certain sexual facial distortions that may resemble the stereotypical image of a Japanese person. Or perhaps to do with the "going blind" myth..? But in anycase it's pretty widely believed that that's what the song's about, and not the guy actually waking up to find himself part of a new race!

[TheSSMusicChannel]

Love this song - reminds me of going to Japan, landing at Tokyo - thats one fuckedup place but magic

[yashahime]

Ah this song reminds me of Jackass the movie...

i miss the show :)

[Xs0r]

check cracked.com!

[TwoPointsUp]

Reminds me of 5th or 6th grade! Had no idea what the song was, um, conveying..everyone just thought it was cool :)

[kbrace11]

IM HERE CAUSE OF TOMMY LEE!

[kbrace11]

IM HERE CAUSE OF TOMMY LEE!!!

[TheGordon558]

I Really Tink SO !!

[1984rockcity]

Tommy Lee posted this on twitter



[MonsterMeg26]

Sheldon Cooper?



[Howells69420]

Tommy lee sent me here

[chris080270]

The Vapors hit #36 on Billboard Hot 100 on 11/29/80. Thanks for posting it! :)

[tangerineskyline1]

My song .... my eyes are hazel my hair is brown :-)

[MrJojoalla]

great!

[wendydcoltmanhotmail]

omg this brings back soo many memories of my teenage years!love it....



[tangerineskyline1]

This is my song , my eyes are hazel my hair is brown :-)

[durlocoo]

@tangerineskyline1 I think i'm turning japanese *.*

[clintonlies]

the Japanese are wonderful and honerable people

I pray for the control of the nuke reactors in Fukushima.

[gerryponfar]

its about the faces people pull when beating the bishop.

[spikes671]

Long live the mullet

[007dhen]

lip-sync



[88frobisher]

its about self indulgance

[Scribble669]

just been watching japense porn style shit i know what this guy was into lol abit racist this video sure they arent all japense bbc being racist

[Scribble669]

just been watching japense porn style shit i know what this guy was into lol

[jiffy67]

Does anybody else know wot this song is really about?...

[fr4nky4fingers]

omg its sheldon!

[GonzaMetalero1]

Coool song :)

[3DUARDOgr3ates]

My face is always Japanese -_-

[chilby00]

a thought to ponder.. this song wouldn't get airplay now because it isn't PC

[TwoPointsUp]

@chilby00 - It wouldn't get played in Church, that's for sure..And it would be odd at a wedding reception, as well :O

[BunWackettBuzzard]

@chilby00 Actually anything with another culture in it would be hounded by the PC brigade especially if sung or produced by a white person, which in itself is racist, funny hey?

Why can't people celebrate other cultures without the word "racist' being put into the lime light? is their some sort of hidden agenda?

[chilby00]

@BunWackettBuzzard I agree. I'm so anglo-saxon sometimes I feel like invading another country.. and yet at school here in Australia I got called a most derogatory term.."POM".. lol. Wear it with pride eh.. Up bush we have to call the aboriginal people "indigenous Australians"..try saying that 3 times fast after a few beers. The irony is that desert tribesman like to be called "blackfella's" and they call me a "whitefella".... oops I mean TRIBESPERSON.. :-).. 2X oops INDIGENOUSAUSTRALIANPERSON

[GAREMPOTS]

@chilby00 oops dont say the Bword its stupid pc nonsense over here im a jock oops i mean ahaggis muncher ooooooooh a scotsman who gives a shit even in scotland diffrent citys have terms like aberdeen are sheepshaggers a bit like the welsh but you can understsand what a welsh man is saying cheers [ an indigenous scottish tribes person or jock for short

[chilby00]

@GAREMPOTS lol!

[mymucktub]

my true sisterhood n you know who i am.... I REALLY FINK SOOOOO LOL XXX

[Feisty1967]

Recentlly seen in Corrie

[spanktopolis]

me + my katana = turning japanese

[KTrivers]

epic part 1:07 + .......

[MATTeverton2010]

TURNING JAPANESE, I THINK I'M TURNING JAPANESE I REALLY CHINK SO

[Draconicstarz89]

24 are turning chinese

[TheStifflittlefinger]

the ultimate tribute to masturbation :)

[wintersgrace]

I cant fucking believe that this song came out when I was fucking 14...and now Im fucking 45...love it.

[spongetomo]

this is china

[DarkKetzerisch]

Featured on TV Tropes! =D

[procomania]

Why intro melody is china????????/

[gailmckennag]

@procomania i've always wondered too.it's atardiotnal public doamin chinese into but the song is called 'japanese'.why?

[mozz65]

@gailmckennag I think it's a generic Eastern sounding tune rather than being specific Chinese - in fact it might be a Western invention.

[MrHrchak11]

@procomania its called TURNING japanese

[damiantiderecha]

@procomania because they all look the same

[SuperMegabar]

@procomania Not sure why so many people thumbed you up?? Its actually the Oriental riff to represent China, Japan and Korea... BOOM

[mcmorrowful]

What was that concert Vic?

[mymucktub]

oh yeah cos im turning japanese cos i fink so lol

[caslok]

sheldon rockstar

[diegoandy100]

Very nice I live this music from 80´s """""""""""""" LA MUSICA MUEVE AL MUNDO ,SALUDOS DESDE PERU"""""""""

[ynjlky7121]

This song and Aneka's "Japanese Boy"  were totally flopped here in Japan. Lyrics are badly misunderstood about Japan and they sounded too Chinese.

[GoblinXXX]

@ynjlky7121 Well, the Japanese are ALREADY Japanese, so they don't need to turn Japanese. ;)

[BbilllyNoMates]

@GoblinXXX heheheh

[LazzariJ]

ラドクリフ、マラソン五輪代表に1万m出場にも含み

[coolkayaker1]

In the land of one hit wonders, The Vapors are Godzilla.

[hurryupharry69]

vokuhila lol ... but an

underestimated one-hit-wonder as well

[scotsmaninusa]

funny how the singer has all the mannerisms of Bruce Foxton who was their manager at the time.

[ALICEcupofjuceyjayy]

i think im terning japanies ^_^

[MetallicBill]

1st gig I ever went to was MSG and Armored Saint...and my sister was there as well, a surprise to me. Famous First AVenue Purple Rain nightclub, Mpls

[youwhatnow]

Was that Brett Clancy in the audience?

[youwhatnow]

@clancynet1

No. You meant the 1.20 point.

[smkozlowski]

Talk about returning to the great 80's......memories.....

[chillyrooster]

do the japanese turn amerlcan when jacklng off

[scrumsie]

Hahaha the singer looks like Elron from LOTR.

[kurtizzyflush]

As another posted on a diff version the lead singer said this is not a song about slapping the snot out of Junior. We however don't give a wank!

[MetallicBill]

@kurtizzyflush I think it's literal in adopting the culture of your significant other, or if not culture, their modus Operandi , You tend to focus less on yourself and more on them. I don't think about the meaning too deep, most artists are not looking for passing on literal meaning, just look at Beck, he makes NO sense with song lyrics

[procomania]

Why intro melody is china????????????????

[talbot809]

I heard it for the first time when I was in high school (1981) and I've been hooked to it ever since.

[chrisdavid4026]

@theultradude....turning japanese twice a day...i salute you sir

[3070crazy]

cool song!!!=-)

[karlhenrikberger]

soooo coool sooooong <3

[gyonis]

Love their food and the way they eat, love their systematic mentality, love their anime, love their game shows.. heck, I even love their sadistic porn. LOVE JAPAN!!

[Glumlock]

21 people are Wapanese

[markmally999]

lol@TheUltraDude :)

[MrJakko22]

I have a japanese sniper hiding in my bamboo trees. told him the wars over

[TheDajo]

Till Johan!



[MultiCrashh]

jebany pokemon w opisie -.-

[FatherTime89]

So what would happen if I tried to 'turn Japanese' while applying for Japanese citizenship?

[stfwho]

@FatherTime89 they'd kick you out for indecent exposure ;P

[carntspell]

@FatherTime89 they`d say "Welcome, now here is tissues"

[shumishumi100]

esos son los ochentas , para los chicos de hoy en dia, comparen con la musica actual.

[hideoblues]

sheldon ?..jajjajajajaja es igualito..bueno casi igual los recordados 80s

[minkymott]

This song makes me laugh whenever I hear it and I don't know why. Thanks for posting.

[stfwho]

@minkymott Maybe cuz its about masturbating? makes me lol every time =P

[MarkArandjus]

I'd die laughing if the songfacts came in at one point and said "The song is actually about mastrubation."

[metadofmaster]

jejeje, asi eran los 80s???

muy bueno el video chevere

[puremalta69]

and what happens when japanese jerk? they turn european??

[exxyeddie]

@puremalta69 no silly they turn chinese probably. a european eye does not have a slant.......... then again.. w..k song anyways, by the way i know a guy in oswestry who's called jap eye and although it is because of his eyes he is also a complete tosser..... x

[hardeeadd1117]

Very nice Video :D

[xXxMasterSpootsxXx]

parece de guitar hero rock de los 80s

[titovizard]

@xXxMasterSpootsxXx es k guitar hero rock de los 80 sako este tema pal juego

[ralcock]

my uncles fav song.. lol

[mondyboy81]

@beepollen1 - those haircuts were popular in the early 1980's, circa 1980/1, mostly with footballers of the time.

[supervapors]

Muito bom The Vapors, Civic Hall :D

[goldfirefenix]

all of you are weird stupid so so so damn stupid bounch of jerks ,guitar hero is a game and no more ,and if you fight because of that is cause you lack of a life.jaja im laughing with your comments

[procomania]

intro melody is turning chinese

[walangTaongBobo]

NICE

[gtasimvideo]

i love this song

[XxTHE101stV2xX]

Reminds me of jackass lol everytime I hear this song I see pandas tackleing each other lol

[junerockstar]

I think I'M turning japanese.

XD

[morrisonfan1977]

This song is soo cool on GH! Funny too bout the myth that it's about jerkin off..lol!

[TheUltraDude]

@morrisonfan1977 dear god, you are the single stupidest FUCK i have ever seen. GH is a piece of shit and it IS about masturbation. I bet you're american ;)

[IDEMANDPOPCORN]

@TheUltraDude

(yes, I know that this comment is a month old)

Actually, that's a rumor. It isn't about masturbation.

"Fenton explained: "Turning Japanese is all the clichés about angst and youth and turning into something you didn't expect to.""

Also, you think that people who like Guitar Hero must be a stupid fuck? I might be missing something here, but...they like a game that you view as shitty, so they must be stupid? What retarded thinking.

[TheUltraDude]

@IDEMANDPOPCORN Fuck off and stop trying to be a smartass. Guitar Hero is for the stupid American fuck maasses. A bunch of idiots who don't have the talent to play a real instrument.

[IDEMANDPOPCORN]

@TheUltraDude

Only if you stop being a vacuous douche. ;)

You seem to be forgetting that Guitar Hero is a -video game- that people play for -fun-. They don't play it because they can't play a real guitar, they play it because it is a form of entertainment for them.

Let me ask you this, what would you say if someone that was of, say, British heritage liked Guitar Hero?

[TheUltraDude]

@IDEMANDPOPCORN "You're a disgrace to your country."

Also, anyone who finds that piece of shit excuse for a game fun, belongs in a mental hospital.

[IDEMANDPOPCORN]

@TheUltraDude

Mindless insults, the classic resort of a person who can't come up with a reasonable argument.

Enjoy your bullshit.

[unclepunkle]

nice base

[Hjernespreng]

This song is somewhat old but simply does not FEEL old whatsoever!

Ït is funny how this song was made in the time when Japan had started developing a "modern" image which have created an entire generation of "Wapanese" youth :D

[lollapalooza18]

really catchy

[samshji]

It's like playing Guitar hero again

brings back memories of the old...

[TheUltraDude]

@samshji lol@ all the losers who think of that shitty ass game when they hear this XD

[TheKrakensai]

Kirsten Dunst Akihabara Majokko Princess

[JBrrou]

Yep, tragically Kaikai Kiki Co. took them all of for copyright problems....bitches

[lukspin]

Could this be more Orientalist? Said would be proud!

[TheUltraDude]

i turn japanese twice daily

[Wootwootingson]

@TheUltraDude hahahahahahah well said

[mrdee11091]

owqqqw2n lyrics the doctor said to me i got water on my knnee i really think so lol thanks for the post ....

[prettyblkftgurl]

LMFAO! DIS SONG IS SOOO STUUUPID! wow.. well goes to show that anyone can release a record..hehehahahahehehaha

[dovie2blue]

It was really good to dance to, though.

[lacisbla]

and you are SOOO STUUUPID as well

[JBrrou]

I want to go down on you

[Atheneastro]

I think I've turned Japanese!

[englishman1960]

It may be no sex ,no drugs, no wine and no women, but my god he's having a damn good wank.

[ryangardner08]

jamboy

cloud nine manchester 1980 brilliant

[ColumRogers]

I'm from Manchester, where was this club?

[shino9797]

first heard this on the night pandas skit on jackass...until i knew what the song was called every time the movie came on i wacthed for the song...and of course the laughs lol

[robotrobotanmachine]

i love it ahaha

[montekid305]

makes me remember not another teen movie...

damn shorty faking that he's from asia or sumthing like that

[Abigail7thofJuli1777]

No sex, no drugs, no wine, no women, no fun, no sin, no you, no wonder its dark ;-)

[dominico1983]

This song reminds me of martial art movies in the 80s

[apneatique]

He looks too much like Sheldon from the Big Bang Theory..

Great song btw ;)

[izizful]

@apneatique you're right he really does

[AnimeLover51013]

this is the theme song for all otakus XD

[narutozelda123]

Hahahaha xD

[richintalent]

'otakus'?

[dominico1983]

yeah, a guy obsessed by mangas

[InuzukaKiba16]

HAHAHAHA xDDD.

Epic WIN xD

[androides2]

el vocalista de The Vapors se parece a sheldon de The big bang theory de la warner :D

[NoNickNoKick]

Yeaaaah !

Ah ah ah ah ah Nice Catch Mate! : D

[A3videos]

@androides2 jajajajajajaja es EXACTO!!!!

[YoSeIbnato]

@androides2 i'm italian but i understand what you write. you're right! LOL

[campfirebitchesify]

@androides2 No puedo leer en español, pero me las arreglé para entender eso. Él se parece a Sheldon.

[Musicaljunki]

@androides2 holy...god, u are so right! well...maybe sheldon is a little cuter...dont judge me!

[julius1326]

nice song

[Dipisco]

They say that "turning japanese" means the expression men make when they orgasm. Funny if it is true.

[annonimuz2]

i felt it sometimes

[znevetsch]

It's not true - have a look at the Wikipedia entry on the song.

[weavehole]

Aaaah! What was Vic's first gig?

[sweetnssssssssssss]

masturbation

[abelgomo]

Caramba, años sin escuchar esta canción de mi adolescencia. Ahora mis sobrinos se creen japoneses, jajajajajajaja.

[gatitodemente]

jajajajajajajajajaj

[olearysgrave]

The 'York', Islington. Every Sunday morning I'd put this on the jukebox (1991) . Now living in Tokyo. Just goes to show. 'Be careful of what you wish for'.

"No sex, no drugs, no wine, no women

No fun, no sin, no you, no wonder it's dark

Everyone around me is a total stranger"

Not that bad actually but ...

All the comments about wanking are totally irrelevant. Just a great, great song.

[qewr4231]

olearysgrave said "All the comments about wanking are totally irrelevant. Just a great, great song."

I agree with this. It's just a good song. Forget all the masturbation crap.

[sasakuzmanovic]

lol at lyrics

[rail0magic]

the best onehit wonder ♫♫ yeah :D

[labambawatusi]

Okay, enuff about wanking. Let's move on to the more erudite topic of "having the vapors" the old Victorian expression. I've heard it has to do with fainting spells, but is really a reference to having GAS, and the attendant pain when a tight corset traps said gas.

[andymouse123]

crap my friend

read the fucking interview in NME by the guys who wrote it

it's about tossing off in jail

[mastersduhgree]

NO...its actually when he said"its dark" Wich is the old attempt at detering one from masturbation...meaning youll go blind if you masturbate.

[izizful]

@mastersduhgree oh like "they say i better stop or i'll go blind" from cindy lauper's  She Bop?

[mastersduhgree]

yeppers..like that.

[kissmyass9195]

I remember this song back in high school in 1980. Cool song! Tora, Tora, Tora!!