Message

Message Artist: Mongol 800
Label: Wea/Warner
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 4547292112012
ASIN: B00005OCS5


Release Date: 2001-09-16

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  1. Turning Japanese! 11 Cool things from Japan!
  2. skapunk for people who hate radio

Tracks:

  1. Japanese
  2. Song For You
  3. Japanese
  4. Melody
  5. Japanese
  6. For Life
  7. Summer Again
  8. Hey Mommy
  9. Marriage Blue
  10. Japanese
  11. Japanese
  12. Dear My Lovers
  13. Japanese
  14. Dandelion

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Japanesse pop-punk goodness.......2004-05-06

Mongol 800, or "Monpachi" as their Japanese fans call them, are one of the most exciting bands I've come across in a LONG time. This trio of college kids from the small Japanese island of Okinawa pack all the power and ferocity of their American counterparts such as Green Day & Blink-182, but with an added touch of heart and vulnerability.

Some tracks I love:
2. Song for you - Up-tempo number about repeating mistakes of the past, being open minded, and the idiocy of war. Relevant today even though it was written pre-9/11.
3. Chisai Ai no Uta - Song that launched the band from indie obscurity to MTV in Japan. Translates to "small love song."
4.Melody - Song through the eyes of an ideal and naýve man about wanting to change the world for the better.
6.For Life - A son sings about his life going on after his father turns to crime.
8.Hey Mommy - Great punk song about being lost in the world and not knowing what to do. I love the chorus: "I don't know what I wanna be/Please somebody/tell me what is most important!"
9.Marriage Blue- Mid-tempo song about pre-proposal anxiety and wanting the good and bad that comes with marriage.

MESSAGE is Mongol800's second album and probably my favorite of their three albums (Go On As You Are & their new release MoMo are also very good). This album is sung in both Japanese and English, but these guys have such a gift for melody that even when they are going on in Japanese you don't notice because you're too busy banging your head along. Import prices are always a bit of a bummer, but if you're a fan of modern punk and tired of the Blink-182 "nasaly" punk singer clones flooding the airwaves in the USA, well, then give this Japanese band a try. The CD is well worth the price.

5 out of 5 stars

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  2. Hampton Salvador Clark Terry Moustache Et Leurs Amis Jouent Brassens ~ Georges Brassens
  3. How I Feel ~ Russell Thomas
  4. I Have His Promise ~ Martin Adu
  5. Cold & Intimate ~ Nitin Sawhney
  6. Hittman Presents Viruz: El Fin del Milenio ~ Various Artists
  7. Metamorfosis ~ DJ Reflex
  8. De Letra a Musica ~ Nei Lopes
  9. Animetal Marathon V.7 ~ Animetal
  10. Rebirth ~ Edge of Spirit

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