Talk:Turning Japanese

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The Kinks never covered this song.

Offensive?

Any reason why some Asians have taken exception to this? Mwv2 (talk) 06:15, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Do you have a source saying that they did? Stonemason89 (talk) 16:24, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

I can not quote any official source, I can only state that in my youth when this song came out, it was understood to be a song about masturbation, as in when one masturbates, one's eyes might become slits, hence "turning Japanese". The rythem of the song also suggests it, as well as references to pictures, and pictures of "inside you". 98.194.239.177 (talk) 01:05, 20 February 2012 (UTC)Tanya the dinotrader

Bands are not an authority on meaning

People can lie... if The Vapours didn't realize how their song may have had connotations of masturbation I would be very surprised. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.11.198.174 (talk) 18:46, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

The references are contradictory anyways... [1] says that the band keeps changing the story on what the song is about, while the second is entirely speculation and ONE of these 'band-confirms-meaning' interviews. Alternatively, they only investigate the phrase 'Turning Japanese', as opposed to the rest of the songs lyrics. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.89.40.34 (talk) 04:54, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Robson?

A male prisoner in robson? This makes no sense! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.47.111.205 (talk) 14:57, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

What's "robson"? Stonemason89 (talk) 16:14, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

Hikikomori

I always thought that it was a metaphorical prison cell, and that the song is about hikikomori, hence the title. Stonemason89 (talk) 16:24, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Update to Covers List

the HAZIES covered this song on the 1997 soundtrack to 'Beverly Hills Ninja' http://www.amazon.com/Beverly-Hills-Ninja-Original-Soundtrack/dp/B000002UJI — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.81.189.240 (talk) 21:38, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

I just found this song on a Missing Persons record. Pcrow (talk) 17:04, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

References

The B Side

The B side of Turning Japanese, 7 inch record in the UK (1980, United Artists Records – BP 334), was supposed to be 'Here comes the Judge (live)', but there were some miss-pressings and The Stranglers 'Sha Sha A Go Go' appeared instead. I have no idea as to how many pressings there were. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.28.23.129 (talk) 15:05, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

I have a copy with Here Comes The judge on the B side. I actually came here to see if anyone could tell me what it's about. It's an excellent tune, I recommend a listen to it for fans of Vapors/Jam/Secret Affair/etc. Pollythewasp (talk) 14:48, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

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the song was also a minor hit in Japan

... mentioned here and the website cited also says that, but neither show an actual chart or other info to back it up. AMCKen (talk) 22:39, 2 August 2023 (UTC)