"On Top Of The World" Shonen Knife, Minneapolis 21 Oct 09

[bartlettohio]

I just want to hear "We Buy Daddy A Hammer"!!!!

[fatcatbuzz]

Where was this? 7th Street Entry?

[kc7fys]

@fatcatbuzz Yes. The Entry it was.

[fatcatbuzz]

@kc7fys 7th Street Entry and 1st Ave are great venues. I've seen so many great bands at that place. Unfortunately, I've never seen Shonen Knife live.

[fdavidboynton]

Pure F'ing brilliance- the Knife rocks!

[Bewboc]

...and anyhow Etsuko Nakanishi is an awesome drummer-- any band would be lucky to have her.

[skywalker74]

Kawai!

[Gooseh66]

Pure joy, always have been always will be......

[chowyunfat1000]

The "band" has been around since 1980. If you look at the indivudual, pure talent, it's true that they are not outstanding. But it's the whole is greater... This is Naoko's band. She's an outstanding songwriter who really believes in rock and roll. She walks the talk. Ask Kurt Cobain and Elvis Costello. Shonen Knife's alter ego is a band called the 5,6,7,8's... check out their videos.

[asdfghjkl8493]

@chowyunfat1000 Well said, CUF1k :-)

[kc7fys]

@iloveshonenknife1 Brilliant use of the "ss's" mechanism in your pluralization of dumbass. Yes, they do still look good.

[garretguidry1]

The drummer is the only one that can play her instrument worth a damn, and even she is not very good! What a joke.

[kc7fys]

@garretguidry1 Your understanding of this musical style seems to be based on something besides what the thousands of fans care about. Nobody in the band is a virtuoso--that's not what they're all about. If they wanted technicians, they would have hired other people to sing their songs. What an utterly worthless remark you've made. Why did you bother?

[matt47forTED]

@garretguidry1 put up some clips of u playing the guitar. or an original song that u have written. i would very much like to see that. Pointing out that this band isn't very good at their instruments is like saying the ocean is wet. i seriously bet you wouldn't be able to play the guitar live in front of a crowd as well as her. dont dispute what i say with more words, im demanding video proof you dont suck worse than them. please please please post a video of u cranking out some tunes

[matt47forTED]

@garretguidry1 dont be a total coward either. just suck it up and do it. who cares if everyone will prob make fun of u at how u most likely suck at music but just man up and post your videos of your awesome band that we havent heard of, or just u really showing your knowledge of theory on the guitar by demonstrating how quickly you can run the all the formations of every minor /major chord or maybe u could run up and down some scales at lightning speed. please do show

[wmg1958]

@garretguidry1 This style of music is harder to play than it looks. If the player doesn't understand what rocknroll is, the audience gets stuck with a lifeless performance. Shonen Knife can rock. The beauty of this song only really came out to me when I heard this version many years ago. I appreciated the Carpenters but having the poetic lyrics juxtaposed against a punk back drop and with an honesty and innocence that comes out even now was a revelation. Its a big, beautiful world of music.

[huch1966]

@garretguidry1 Wanker

[Grantalonus]

Whenever Naoko gives her trademark headshake, i smile.

[cingle2004jp]

I owe you one, sounds pretty cool

[beachnut82]

great!

best band!

[Rockrol913]

Saw then at Maxwells in Hoboken , N.J. last night . AWESOME show !!! I may go see them in Brooklyn next week again ^_-

[bobdukedog]

Shonen knife forever!!!!