A look back at how Bob Dylan and other Western folk rockers influenced Japanese singer-songwriters.
The Japanese language, Mr. Endo said, was essential to capture the details of domestic life — like the kotatsu, a small heated table and blanket where families or lovers huddle.
“There’s absolutely no kotatsu in Dylan’s songs,” he said. “A girl in a miniskirt is not putting her legs inside the kotatsu. And most importantly,” Mr. Endo added, growing agitated, “cats are not sleeping inside the kotatsu in Dylan songs.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/27/arts/music/japan-archival-series-folk-rock.html?mwrsm=GooglePlus
Hilarious, and I love this stuff~ thank you...
ReplyDeleteDon't know why, but I'm reminded of Los Muchachos, a Mexican, Politically-agenda'd-Societal Commentary Comic Book~classic. No idea what spurred that on: these things couldn't be more unrelated, but the brain does have an arcane filing system, at times...
Maybe it's that they share a rare brand of humor ~the type I actually grok and find poignant; funny.
Or Lost In Translation, and how truths can often 'Out' in relief?
I'm not as big a fan of Dylan as you are, we know... but his influence and the light 'imitation' shines on Human Nature and Cultural Disparity and sameness, etc?
Priceless...
Thank you for sharing!