![]() ![]() As if that musical combination wasn’t “eclectic” (weird) enough for you, the two bands took the stage together to perform their rendition of the Tom Waits tune “Big In Japan,” off of one of his many best-selling albums “Mule Variations. In mid-2010 nternational gypsy/circus punks Gogol Bordello headed out on tour with alt rock/funk metal group Primus. Big in Japan Lyrics by Tom Waits from the Punk-O-Rama, Vol. Today’s cover song is a good example of the former. It generally means a band is really quite crap. In my mind, some of the most interesting covers come from bands who cover a song/artist completely outside of their genre it usually turns out really awesome, or really bad, but hardly ever boring. Big In Japan has been a phrase for a long time about Superficial Bands that make it big only in Japan. Q: The beginning of Big In Japan is one of the more startling sounds. Sometimes they pull off amazing interpretations of old classics, sometimes they’re not much more than humble tributes to a fellow artist, and other times they’re just downright laughable renditions of otherwise great songs. Tom Waits first album for Epitaph, Mule Variations, is his first new full length. We here at Dying Scene love hearing punk bands do their own take on other band’s songs. Cover songs are like a box of chocolates you never know what you’re going to get. Big in Japan Lyrics by Tom Waits from the Balling the Jack: Birth of Nu-Blues album - including song video, artist biography, translations and more: I got. ![]()
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