Because copyright law fucked over my last Weird Song Wednesday post, I'm making a new one.
Back in the day, MySpace was an amazing way to find bands. You could find a new band from one band's friend list, hear some of their songs right away, and then find even more bands from their page. It rocked. I found a lot of great super-obscure stuff that way. This band was definitely one of my best finds.
The Portugal Japan was a kickass Japanese punk band. They formed in 2003 and broke up in 2007, not long after I found them. Their original songs are sound very early punk rock and have completely indecipherable lyrics (I don't think anyone in the band actually knew English, but that didn't stop them from trying to sing in it). I like their songs a lot, but what's really stupendously awesome are their cover songs. Their self-titled album has two of them, one of Have Love, Will Travel (originally by the Sonics) and this fucking insane cover of Kick Out The Jams by MC5. I like this cover more than the original, to be honest. It's like twice as fast, the guitar is much more distorted, and there's a bass solo!
I would pay stupid amounts of money to get my hands on this whole album. I think the guy on Amazon who wants $400 for it is being a little ridiculous, though.
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