Turn Japanese

Turn Japanese
EP by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Released February 21, 2001
Recorded Motor Studios, San Francisco
Genre Punk rock
Length 13:02
Label Pizza of Death
PZCY-2
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes chronology

Are a Drag
(1999)
Turn Japanese
(2001)
Blow in the Wind
(2001)

Turn Japanese is an EP released by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes on February 21, 2001 by Japanese label Pizza of Death Records.[1] The EP is made up of covers of songs from the 1960s and 70s.

The majority of the songs were previously released, with "The Boxer", "You've Got a Friend" and "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" each originally appearing on 7" singles (Garf, In Your Barkalounger and Elton respectively) in 1999. All three later appeared on Have Another Ball. "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times Are A-Changing" were both unreleased at the time, with the former appearing a month later on the album Blow in the Wind and both appearing on the Bob 7" later in the year. "The Times Are A-Changing" also later appeared on the compilation album Happy Meals Volume 3.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Original artist Length
1. "The Times They Are A-Changin'"  Bob DylanBob Dylan 2:09
2. "The Boxer"  Paul SimonSimon & Garfunkel 2:49
3. "You've Got a Friend"  Carole KingCarole King / James Taylor 2:35
4. "Blowin' in the Wind"  Bob DylanBob Dylan 1:44
5. "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"  Elton John, Bernie TaupinElton John 3:49

References

  1. "TURN JAPANESE". Pizza of Death Records. Retrieved 2014-02-25.