Your Song is Good

A few years ago I walked into an HMV in Tokyo, convinced that i was going to walk out with some legitimately Japanese music. After twenty minutes of rifling through pseudo japanese western imitations, I came across a small rack of cds and vinyl in the back underneath a sign with Japanese characters that must have read something along the lines of Indie Japan. Just what I was looking for. I knew not much critical analysis was going to go into any of this since I had no idea what any of the bands were called or what genre they might be save what the album art may suggest, so I picked based on that.



What I walked out with was Your Song is Good, a Japanese ska band that didn't disappoint me in any way shape or form. Most of their tunes were instrumental with some shouting in basic english or Japanese. I've long been convinced that ska is a dead genre - and it really still is - but these guys are so unabashed about being a Japanese ska-jazz-fusion band that you can't help enjoy it.




They even did a cover of the little mermaid song that got put on Disney cover CD called Mosh Pit on Disney. Check out the video for the song Good - Bye Bye. I think the only lyrics in the whole song is the word Good-bye.



Here are some of the stand out tracks off the Album i bought, if you like it, try and catch a show or buy a disc.

Your Song is Good - "2,4,6,6,1,64" Number (m4a)




Your Song is Good - Good Lookin' (m4a)




Your Song is Good - Locomotion (m4a)