Warp

Judy and Mary was a Japanese multi-genre band formed in 1991 in Hakodate, Hokkaido. The band is known for their innovative punk, rock, and pop meldings of noisy but melodic music in the 1990s. In all, they released seven albums, three compilation albums and twenty-two singles. Judy and Mary disbanded in March 2001 following the WARP Tour Final held at the Tokyo Dome. The single Peace, in the vid below, is a favourite of mine.

Love Machine (Loveマシーン), another karaoke hit, is the seventh single of the J-pop idol group Morning Musume, released on September 9, 1999. It is from the album 3rd -Love Paradise-.

Shingo Katori is the youngest member of SMAP, a very popular Japanese idol group. Katori is probably best known for cross-dressing as the character “Shingo Mama” (慎吾ママ) on the variety show Sata Suma.

He released a top-selling CD single “Shingo Mama no Oha Rock” (慎吾ママのおはロック), a karaoke favourite of mine. The video is below.

This is a children’s song and the chorus loosely translates as “In the morning I suck mayonnaise”

Shingo Mama’s trademark phrase is “Ohhā!” (おっはー), short for “Ohayō!” (おはよう “Good morning!”).

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