Classic or Dud: The Pillows?

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i find it a little odd that there's no thread yet (that i can find) devoted to these likeable japanese chaps, since it seems like they're something of an institution overseas. i first heard them via the FLCL soundtrack in 2001 or 2002, and even though i was absolutely obsessed way back when, i haven't listened to that stuff in many moons. i had always assumed that the pillows were one of those 'gateway bands' that one looks back fondly upon as being seminal in the development of their taste in music, but doesn't pull out very often. yet i dug up my burnt copy of the FLCL ost a few days ago and listening to them again i was pleasantly surprised to find that my expanded knowledge of music has only increased my appreciation for them. in determining points of reference i find myself at a loss, but as the saying goes, i know what i like. and i like the pillows.

more importantly, does anybody else?

p.s. s/d, pox/v/o, etc.

― Adolescence Mokushiroku! (gendo ikari), Thursday, 15 June 2006 15:47 (nineteen years ago)

i say "institution" though i can't speak to their popularity in japan. what i meant was that they've been around since the dawn of time (or at least the mid-80s, as near as i can figure) which would ideally mean that they are subject to the 'stay together for 15 years = get 15 minutes of fame' cult-band equation.

― Adolescence Mokushiroku! (gendo ikari), Thursday, 15 June 2006 15:51 (nineteen years ago)

And FLCL is short for...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 15 June 2006 16:00 (nineteen years ago)

Field Lab/City Lab. It's a whaling term.

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Thursday, 15 June 2006 16:23 (nineteen years ago)

I kinda like Happy Bivuoac(sp?) btw, that's as far as I've gotten

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Thursday, 15 June 2006 16:25 (nineteen years ago)

sorry, ned. it's short for 'fooly-cooly' which is the phonetic translation of 'furi-kuri,' the meaning of which is debated, or else nonexistent. it was a six-episode tv show that was basically a pastiche of every animé cliché ever. it has very little plot to speak of and no character development, but within the six episodes there are enough giant robots, space pirates, vespas, guitars, explosions, aliens, and references to other animé (also south park?!) for five or six seasons' worth of 'serious television.' i thought it was the total shit when i was thirteen; now it gives me seizures.

― owen moorhead (i heart daniel miller), Thursday, 15 June 2006 16:35 (nineteen years ago)

c'mon dude you just made that up

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Thursday, 15 June 2006 16:57 (nineteen years ago)

FLCL is the most irrepressibly joyous thing I've ever seen.

The Pillows: well, when they're on, they're on...

― zach mercer (suizen), Thursday, 15 June 2006 17:12 (nineteen years ago)

it's short for 'fooly-cooly' which is the phonetic translation of 'furi-kuri,'
Two weird "facts" I vaguely remember.
1) I could've sworn Furi-Kuri is a degenerative brain disorder that can only be contracted through cannibalism.
2) To accurately translate it phonetically into four letters of english, it would've been F.R.K.R.; Nope...Can't put that title on Cartoon Network.

Also...
As for the Pillows, I've only heard two songs of theirs and both were great. The FLCL Theme ("Ride on Shooting Star") is classic and I've gotten people into JPop just by playing it.

― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Friday, 16 June 2006 12:11 (nineteen years ago)

The fatal disease from eating human brains (and it's a prion disorder, just like Mad Cow) is "Kuru."

― Dock Miles (Dock Miles), Friday, 16 June 2006 14:42 (nineteen years ago)

three years pass...

A+ thread

― Jeff LeVine, Thursday, 17 September 2009 05:43 (sixteen years ago)

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