[HN Gopher] Honky-Tonk Tokyo (2020)
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       Honky-Tonk Tokyo (2020)
        
       Author : NaOH
       Score  : 21 points
       Date   : 2025-08-09 19:20 UTC (4 days ago)
        
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       | JKCalhoun wrote:
       | Not honky tonk, but when I discovered the collection of Japanese
       | tributes to (once great) The Muffs [1]. That punk vibe: getting
       | together to play raunchy music is something I sorely miss from my
       | college-days. And the two tributes, while celebrating the music
       | of a very American band, feel like the most Japanese thing ever.
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       | [1] https://youtu.be/5GiL7FJIHRQ?si=9Sm32c-TRrtLuil1&t=1139
        
       | ch33zer wrote:
       | I used to see the Rockabilly dancers all around Yayogi Park in
       | Shibuya (1). These guys would hang out in the park on the weekend
       | with pompadours and jean/leather jackets and do goofy dances. It
       | was sick. Something about Japanese culture encourages dedication
       | to your hobbies, and people get super involved in them.
       | 
       | 1) https://www.tokyoweekender.com/art_and_culture/tokyo-
       | rockabi...
        
         | klausa wrote:
         | They're still very much there in 2025.
        
           | jama211 wrote:
           | That's awesome
        
         | traeregan wrote:
         | Watched them in January this year, cold and windy and they were
         | still going hard. It was a lot of fun!
        
       | RickJWagner wrote:
       | I'm a bluegrass fan, and can confirm that there are some awesome
       | pickers in Japan.
        
       | zzzbra wrote:
       | my gf in Tokyo years ago was a country folk singer. played slide
       | on a metal resonator guitar. for much of my time there my
       | evenings were spent at folks and roots music bars, listening to
       | talented live musicians. in States we live in abject poverty,
       | culturally.
        
       | kmoser wrote:
       | In 2018 I had the pleasure of seeing "Elvis" at a Kyoto nightclub
       | called "Live Spot Nashville" (closed since the pandemic) which
       | was decked out like a cross between an American honky-tonk bar
       | and the Grand Ole Opry. Highlights included line dancers (in
       | cowboy hats and boots, of course), as well as somebody singing
       | "My Way" in Japanese.
       | 
       | A couple of weeks earlier, in Seoul, I literally stumbled across
       | the official Korean Elvis Presley fan club HQ (his name is in
       | large letters across the top of the building; you can't miss it)
       | and walked in. The president didn't speak a word of English but
       | he was super excited to show me around and even gave me a few
       | souvenirs.
        
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