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I need songs about Aisa - where some Asian country or theme is repeated over n over in the chorus.
i.e. "Little China Girl" or "I'm turning Japanese" or "Big in Japan"

― Juggs McClane, Thursday, 26 February 2004 01:47 (twenty-two years ago)

The India Song - Big Star

― pete s, Thursday, 26 February 2004 01:51 (twenty-two years ago)

One Night in Bangkok - Murray Head

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Thursday, 26 February 2004 01:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Puffy - True Asia (Asia no Junshin) (translated lyrics)

― (Jon L), Thursday, 26 February 2004 02:01 (twenty-two years ago)

the shop assistants - 'somewhere in china'

― cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 26 February 2004 02:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Ah, Singapore - Shonen Knife

― gas coin, Thursday, 26 February 2004 02:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Tori Amos - "China"
Matthew Wilder - "Break My Stride"
& um about a zillion 'Nam protest songs

― -_- (-_-), Thursday, 26 February 2004 02:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Monty Python - I like Chinese

― Sasha (sgh), Thursday, 26 February 2004 02:52 (twenty-two years ago)

'We are Siamese' from the Aristocats

― pete s, Thursday, 26 February 2004 02:53 (twenty-two years ago)

"Woman From Tokyo" -- Deep Purple
"Godzilla" by BOC (repeats "Tokyo")
"China My China" -- Eno
"Chinese Rocks" -- Heartbreakers
"Old Siam Sir" -- Wings

I'm in kind of a classic rock trench this evening....

― Nom De Plume (Nom De Plume), Thursday, 26 February 2004 02:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Moving to Shanghai - Ed Harcourt

― The Second Drummer Drowned (Atila the Honeybun), Thursday, 26 February 2004 03:00 (twenty-two years ago)

"Anything Ghengis Khan Kubla Khan Do Better" - The Van Gogos

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 26 February 2004 03:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Back In The U.S.S.R. - Beatles

― jim wentworth (wench), Thursday, 26 February 2004 03:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Holiday in Cambodia - Dead Kennedys

― pete s, Thursday, 26 February 2004 03:29 (twenty-two years ago)

"Viatnamese Baby" The New York Dolls

― BrianB (BrianB), Thursday, 26 February 2004 03:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Kantner/Slick/Freiberg, "Sketches of China," from Baron Von Tollbooth and the Chrome Nun

― Joseph McCombs, Thursday, 26 February 2004 04:08 (twenty-two years ago)

"Passage to Bangkok," Rush

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Thursday, 26 February 2004 04:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Bangkok- Alex Chilton

― Applepie Baseball, Thursday, 26 February 2004 04:23 (twenty-two years ago)

― Jeremy (Jeremy), Thursday, 26 February 2004 04:26 (twenty-two years ago)

"We are Siamese" was from Lady and the Tramp, not the Aristocats!

Anyway: "Hong Kong Garden" by Siouxie and the Banshees.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 26 February 2004 04:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Beach Boys - Somewhere Near Japan
Bacharach/Pizzicato 5/Harpers Bizarre - Me Japanese Boy

― maypang (maypang), Thursday, 26 February 2004 04:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Countess from Hong Kong - VU

― BrianB (BrianB), Thursday, 26 February 2004 04:28 (twenty-two years ago)

tom waits, "singapore"

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Thursday, 26 February 2004 05:52 (twenty-two years ago)

and how have we gotten through two threads of this without mentioning:

pavement, "cut your hair"

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Thursday, 26 February 2004 05:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Aja-Steely Dan

Or is that song about aja? It's confusing. Is Japan in Asia or Aja?

― Scott, Thursday, 26 February 2004 05:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Tokyo Eyes -- Sonic YOuth

― Jaromil (Jaromil), Thursday, 26 February 2004 07:42 (twenty-two years ago)

"Georgia on My Mind" (kidding)

― OleM (OleM), Thursday, 26 February 2004 08:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Japan - Cantonese Boy
Air - Alone in Kyoto

― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Thursday, 26 February 2004 08:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Cambodia - Kim Wilde
Vietnam - Half Japanese

― NickB (NickB), Thursday, 26 February 2004 09:25 (twenty-two years ago)

how many of these songs could be considered orientalist?

― Sym (shmuel), Thursday, 26 February 2004 09:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Well , Aja mentions Chinese music, so I guess it fits.

― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Thursday, 26 February 2004 10:58 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00005Q4KO.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 26 February 2004 12:13 (twenty-two years ago)

How is that album, Stewart? Got good reviews, I seem to remember...

― NickB (NickB), Thursday, 26 February 2004 12:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Led Zepplin-Kashmir

― lukey (Lukey G), Thursday, 26 February 2004 12:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Riot in Lagos

― manuel (manuel), Thursday, 26 February 2004 12:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Hmmm, do you mean Laos? Cuz Lagos is in Nigeria

― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Thursday, 26 February 2004 12:57 (twenty-two years ago)

china doll - julian cope
chinatown - the move
tokyo - thompson twins
taste of india - aerosmith
30 seconds over tokyo - pere ubu

― Rocco, Thursday, 26 February 2004 13:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Christmas, "Great Wall of China."

― mike a, Thursday, 26 February 2004 14:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Sorry if I'm repeating any of these.

"China" by the Red Rockers
"My Woman from Tokyo" by Deep Purple
"Cambodia" by Kim Wilde
"Turning Japanese" by the Vapors

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 26 February 2004 15:41 (twenty-two years ago)

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