Turning Japanese--I don't get it!

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Well, I always thought I had a dirty mind, but I guess it’s not dirty enough.

I was watching the “100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders” on VH1. One of the songs was “Turning Japanese” by the Vapors.

Well, on the segment, they said over and over that “turning Japanese” had a sexual meaning, but they never said what it was. Henry Rollins did say that it had something to do with a face a man might make at certain times while engaging in an act of self-love…but I still don’t get quite what it means.

Could someone help a poor, naive Bean out and explain this to me? Thanks in advance.

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Does this make it any more clear ?

Taking a Shake Break

or this ?

Sloppy Joe’s Last Stand

You say Tomato…

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When you Lockfist on the Green Bean, and payday approaches, a guy’s eyes often squint shut. Bluntly put, it’s a very crude way to describe an orgasm.
stv

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When you Lockfist on the Green Bean, and payday approaches, a guy’s eyes often squint shut. Bluntly put, it’s a very crude way to describe an orgasm.
stv

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Don’t know why it doubled…:confused:

stv

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Thanks, stv! (never thought of myself as a phallic symbol before… :slight_smile: )

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And the song contains one of the all time great lyrics - “I got a doctor, to take your picture, so I could look at you from inside as well”. Class.

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Hijack about a similar song…

One of my all-time favourite TV moments:

In the mid-80s, Cyndi Lauper was a guest on Letterman. He said to her, “so what is she-bop anyway, some sort of a dance?”

Cyndi laughed and in her trademark heavy New York accent she said, “No Dave, it’s about masturbation!”

Dave turned so red you could have mistaken him for a stoplight.

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Don’t be. It was a great post! :slight_smile:

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Don’t feel to bad, Green Bean. Dave had to explain it to me, too.

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:smiley: I really think so :smiley:

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I’d always heard it was about getting stoned. Learn something new everyday.
dead0man

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Oh great! Now that song will be stuck in my head all weekend.

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To continue the hijack…
I remember seeing that Letterman episode; Hilarious

Even stranger, Lauper was a guest on the old Dr. Ruth show of all things (back in the mid 80’s when both were popular). She talked excessively about twirling the pearl and I remember thinking it was odd that a celebrity would appear on the show first of all, and even stranger that she’d spend all her time talking seriously about masturbation.
What are the odds you’d see that today?
Oh, and now I’ve got that damn “Turning Japanese” song in my head for the rest of the day too.

“No sex, no drugs, no wine, no women,
No fun, no sin, no you, no wonder it’s dark”

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I thought that was “Chinese Eyes”…

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I don’t know about you guys but my eyes don’t squint… they be WIIIIIDE open.

Turning Japanese in my circle always meant Golden showers… you know… Yellow… Pee… You get it.

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Did you notice that there are 4 songs on the one-hit wonder list that sings about the joys of self love?

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Greenie what are you doing asking masterbation song questions when you should be busy squirting out that sprout?

[sup]How’s that for a highjack?[/sup]

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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by The Clawman *
**And the song contains one of the all time great lyrics - “I got a doctor, to take your picture, so I could look at you from inside as well”. Class. **[/Q]

Worst. Lyric. Ever.

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No sex. No drugs. No wine. No women. No fun. No me. No you. No wonder it’s dark.

Always loved that line.

b.