I just spent a good seven minutes laughing at the "David Hasselhoff is David Hasselhoff" line For some reason, you talking about Davids is funny af to me? Well, I haven't watched the whole video. Hopefully I won't eat my words due to some clandestine David
Calling the neighborhood rose grew up in somewhat violent is a huge understatement. It was more like a gang warzone. Her little brother was beaten to death in the street when he was 6 years old and her father was mutilated in an axe attack. She used to tell stories about having to crawl on her belly in the dark to get to school and back without being attacked. I think a lot of her trauma came through in her lyrics for songs like beautiful end.
Rose McDowells later work in Current 93 and Nature and Organization, is really amazing and beautiful. It's nothing like Strawberry Switchblade, which I also love but, her later work is on a whole different level.
@@GrimMetropolis Never really liked Boyd Rice, his music is just kinda boring to me. He is interesting as a character. As one of the earliest pre-internet edge lords and paid CIA culturally engineered social agitator, he's like the Jackson Pollack of industrial music. He shouldn't exist or be successful but, someone somewhere paid good money to make sure he did.
I can see how their aesthetic influenced in many ways the look of Japanese pop idols from the 80s until mid 1990s. Can also see how this translated on the Oshare-kei style and the visual-kei looks. Strawberry Switchblade is somewhat of the missing link involved on this
As I sort of said in the video, this history is half written; but there's still work to be done with linking groups like Strawberry Switchblade into the genealogy of production and aesthetics. That though is a project for another day...
You can enjoy the Rose-Björk connection by listening to Current 93's wonderful album 'Island'. Björk herself sings on the track 'Anyway, People Die' and it's some of her most haunting earlier work.
i think strawberry switchblade (as well as most other bands labeled with "neo-acoustic") were a big influence on the less loungey and more indie side of shibuya-kei. flipper's guitar (a band cornelius was in) sampled/interpolates trees and flowers on the track "dolphin song". a couple other tracks by flipper's guitar give me those cutesy, dreamy pop vibes too.
Really? Very interesting. I didn't come across that Cornelius connection. I'm very far from a studied sage of Japanese music so thanks for pointing that out.
to add some additional information about Rose post SSB. other than her work with Death In June, Current 93, and Psychic TV she also worked on projects with Coil and Nature and Organisation. Beauty Reaps the Blood of Solitude is my favorite neofolk album and Rose sounds so beautiful here. aside from her solo work under Rose McDowall, she collaborated with Boyd Rice on a project called Spell. it was like a poppy 60’s country style where they covered songs in and around that era. another side project was Sorrow with her husband at the time. the songs were more on the folky side of neofolk I guess. in that era of neofolk you found her literally everywhere. she worked with everybody. she was so Julia
Thank you. The post-SSB stuff was largely out of my purview and I only planned to briefly touch on it. I'm only really familiar with Current 93, but I saw she was very prolific even beyond that.
@@Pseudiom oh yes I enjoyed how this video was very concise and more focused on Strawberry Switchblade, I just get really excited about Rose’s work with those groups and people
I wish they would have released more officially together, especially a few more with Jill's vocals standing out more. I totally agree with what has been mentioned, it's hard to not to see how they influenced Visual Kei (and the style specific tendrils).
It would have been very interesting to see where they would have went, but, in interviews, Rose and Jill basically make it clear the band was basically doomed by 1984/1985. In another world though, I would have like to hear more stuff like "By The Sea" and "Dark 7" from Bryson.
They remind me of my mom (in a good way), but my mom never heard of them and she was very much into this sort of scene in the 1980s. I don't doubt they were probably very popular on a small scale in the USA though, in certain regions.
A Ryuichi Sakamoto-produced Strawberry Switchblade album would have been killer. I love his work with Virginia Astley's "Hope in a Darkened Heart" and Miki Nakatani's "cure".
Jill Bryson said Rose had got into Nazi memorabilia at the time, which was one of the things that showed the irreconcilable differences that broke up the band.
One of those lightning in a bottle type phenomenons in the realm of 80s alternative New Wave, I feel they could’ve rivaled Siouxsie & The Banshees and The Cure if McDowell and Bryson kept Strawberry Switchblade up past the peripheral factors and complications impeding the group (and the possibility of a sophomore slump album)
Strawberry Switchblade and Rose McDowells vibe is similar to japanese subculture lolita fashion and music so that rlly makes sense hence their success in Japan
Rose and Jill made some great music together. I remember being really young in the late 80s and hearing "ecstasy on the radio all the time in CA. I didn't know their name at the time, but life has a way of taking you back to your roots. Thanks to The Cocteau Twins, Siouxsie and the Banshees, they bought me full circle to Strawberry Switchblade. I'm on a prowl at the moment for their 4 piece demo and their debut album on vinyl. Just to add to my rock memorabilia.
@@Pseudiom Another inspiration for that OVA was the film Streets of Fire, which was highly influential on Japense media of the time despite mostly bieng forgotten in the west. A video on that would be cool
I think they were trying to take a more western direction with their next album when you mentioned that the Jolene cover was planned to be on the next album. aesthetically, at least. I saw that picture of them that looks very western inspired with Jill holding the skull and there being this sandy sunset background. a fellow SSB historian told me that this was one of their last photo shoots as SSB. also, since many songs from Cut With A Cake Knife were intended for SSB 2, it makes sense that Sixty Cowboys was put there. I also think the Don’t Fear The Reaper cover fits that vibe a lot.
One interesting item to note about Strawberry Switchblade's final Japanese single, "I Can Feel", is that it is very much more stylistically similar to Hi-NRG and Euro-Disco music than most of their other work. I find this notable because Hi-NRG (and later, Eurobeat) would end up having a significant impact on J-pop in the late 80s and throughout the 90s through acts like Wink (who bear a heavy visual and aesthetic resemblance to SSB). Unfortunately, both Rose and Jill seem to have been very dissatisfied with the production on the single - enough so that their Platinum Collection best-of instead includes a previously-unreleased demo version of "I Can Feel". The single version does, however, appear on later Japan-only CD reissues of their debut album as a bonus track.
Interesting idea I would have never thought of! I did allude to the Wink connection in the video, but I would have never thought to look at it like that.
as an enthusiast of gosuloli fashion i've always loved strawberry switchblade. i'm not sure there's much depth to this connection but it's definitely there, and brands like Peace Now/Black Peace Now or Putomayo were putting out polka dot goth clothes until maybe 2010 or so.
@@akirakosaintjust you know, back in 2007 i believed Black Peace Now, Putomayo, Arachnophobia and many more would exist forever more but who knows if all of the brands from the Gothic & Lolita Bible mooks still live, or if they just sell different stuff. At least Mana-sama keeps the memories of the old days, along with Full Tomokawa's Guniw Tools and his plethora of 80s pop covers he has around
@@khaimk4r4su I know right? But there's a bit of hope. BPN is now Sheglit and they have a more kuraloli/gothic hybrid style, but they put out some very BPN pieces from time to time, like the Restraint corset vest or their assyme frill skirt. Putomayo is now more typically lolita, and they have a kurarori line too, called Reload a Classic. Mana-sama has thrown a few tea parties around the world this year and I think Moi dix Mois have played like almost 10 times this year. I haven't heard from Nookicky or Guniw in ages though :(
I really know very little about fashion (I'll fully admit to that), but I hope this video did dig a little more into the Japanese side. Enough to confirm that SSB did have some influence on gothic lolita trends in Japan. I think there's a Japanese consensus to that, but, yes, that style has sort of faded since the late 2000s into the 2010s. It is very interesting reading comments from people who have a history with it, I'm enjoying the retrospectives. This is sort of a side of the Internet I have little interaction with.
This was very well made and i learned so many new things. I cant wait for that upcoming documentary, thank you sooo much for this. Also the tommy heavenly6 connection blew my mind because i listened to tommy for the longest time and never realized she covered a strawberry switchblade song!
Great video, loved the Dark Cloud tracks used haha, instantly made me throw on the game itself and do some dungeon crawling while listening to the doc🕹🎶
I got a loose tooth in the front and I really don't look forward to going to the dentist. Why can't I just tie it to a doorknob like they do in cartoons?
@@RosenHeartQueen You too! I think it's just the physical trauma from all the wiggling that aches today; feels more like I went 10 rounds with my dentist and lost 😅
@@Pseudiom yesssser ❤️ was Cloud to me growing up. I love it and 2 both! One of my old school internal achievements was finishing the Demon Shaft and getting the, at the point, useless Chronicle 2 sword ⚔️ haha! A spiritual ultima weapon at heart.
I heard their big single "Since Yesterday" in an independent new music/new wave radio station in Long Island, NY at the time. I don't recall being particularly attracted to it, remembering them only by the opening chords from horns, which I wasn't fond of. And since their album was not released in the US, available only as an expensive UK or Japanese import, it didn't help them. Meanwhile, there was a lot of crap released in the US, both foreign and domestic, so this band should have made it bigger if only they had a US label to support them. Although the opening chords may have not been pleasing to hear (for me), the rest of the song and the album is pretty good and solid. Jill's phobias were a major contribution to the failure of the band. If you can't travel to record or tour, your band is doomed, no matter how good you are. The Beach Boys are the exception but only because there were 5 other guys to travel and tour while Brian stayed home composing and recording.
I love strawberry switchblade the only reason i discovered them in middle school is because some goths absolutely love strawberry switchblade and it's a band that a lot of goths recommend.
Fun fact: I was basically familiar with McDowall for years through Current 93, but it was only making this video when I actually realized who she was. One of those things you never notice until you double check yourself.
Hello Mr. Pseudiom Enjoying your content as always. I stumbled across your Steely Dan videos, re-watch them and ended up wondering if you would ever go back to SD or maybe just DF or WB. I'm sure many of your viewers would be more than interested. You'll know better. Thank you.
Japan, David Sylvian, Mick Karn, Steve Jansen, all great. I very much enjoy Sylvian's independent work and collaborations with Ryuichi Sakamoto. We can't forget "Forbidden Colors".
Pseudiom, sorry for the insistence, but are you still reading Laiseca's stories? Another thing, I'm very very late, but the 8-bit animation in the Steely Dan video is really gorgeous, congratulations to the artist and you.
The fact this video is about strawberry switchblade WITH professor layton music in the background is the most insane and personal connection I've ever experienced on the internet glad there's someone who is literally me for real
@Pseudiom His music has been the background to my life since I was 7 or 8, such a wildcard to see someone else love his work as much as I do and in a place least expected too, crazy how it all works out. Great video by the way I'm excited to listen to your other videos and see what you have to say
If you have an interesting topic you can DM on Twitter or e-mail me (e-mail on channel page). I've been very busy recently, but I'll try to respond. I'm working on a few videos right now so any fan requests will have to wait until next year. I'd appreciate any suggestions even if I don't take them though.
They were quite distinct from other British pop punk bands of the time, I can see how their dark feminine pop punk aesthetic appealed to Japan more than the US, they look very gothic lolita avante garde something that's hard to describe
Thank you. I scrolled to see if anybody else pointed this out. It's such an obvious detail that to get it wrong makes me question the rest of the research in the video.
Despite not being goth and looking like a strawberry goth they are loved by them it’s weird because they are like a band for goths but not a goth band because their sound is new wave and synth pop
There was a purpose to using the Dark Cloud and Professor Layton OSTs. Though the Professor Layton soundtracks sound a bit more French than anything SSB did.
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How many people did I mention named David in the video? More than you would think.
You forgot to mention her former husband Drew McDowall from the band Coil, who she also sang for.
I just spent a good seven minutes laughing at the "David Hasselhoff is David Hasselhoff" line
For some reason, you talking about Davids is funny af to me?
Well, I haven't watched the whole video. Hopefully I won't eat my words due to some clandestine David
@@Matt-y7l Strawberry switchblade lore really goes too deep for a 30 minute video! I'm fighting the urge to drop so much info. lmao
How many times did you say Japan?
@@dove4977 Do it!
Calling the neighborhood rose grew up in somewhat violent is a huge understatement. It was more like a gang warzone. Her little brother was beaten to death in the street when he was 6 years old and her father was mutilated in an axe attack. She used to tell stories about having to crawl on her belly in the dark to get to school and back without being attacked. I think a lot of her trauma came through in her lyrics for songs like beautiful end.
Rose McDowells later work in Current 93 and Nature and Organization, is really amazing and beautiful. It's nothing like Strawberry Switchblade, which I also love but, her later work is on a whole different level.
Not to mention Spell :)
@@GrimMetropolis Haven't heard of Spell, gonna have to check them out.
@@lanceuppercut8220 Boyd rice and rose one off
This is how I know her. It constantly amazes me that she owns the only self-portrait I've ever drawn of myself.
@@GrimMetropolis Never really liked Boyd Rice, his music is just kinda boring to me. He is interesting as a character. As one of the earliest pre-internet edge lords and paid CIA culturally engineered social agitator, he's like the Jackson Pollack of industrial music. He shouldn't exist or be successful but, someone somewhere paid good money to make sure he did.
I can see how their aesthetic influenced in many ways the look of Japanese pop idols from the 80s until mid 1990s. Can also see how this translated on the Oshare-kei style and the visual-kei looks. Strawberry Switchblade is somewhat of the missing link involved on this
As I sort of said in the video, this history is half written; but there's still work to be done with linking groups like Strawberry Switchblade into the genealogy of production and aesthetics. That though is a project for another day...
@@Pseudiom props for the indepth analysis 👏🏻
You can enjoy the Rose-Björk connection by listening to Current 93's wonderful album 'Island'. Björk herself sings on the track 'Anyway, People Die' and it's some of her most haunting earlier work.
I love Björk so much
Björk 👍
i think strawberry switchblade (as well as most other bands labeled with "neo-acoustic") were a big influence on the less loungey and more indie side of shibuya-kei. flipper's guitar (a band cornelius was in) sampled/interpolates trees and flowers on the track "dolphin song". a couple other tracks by flipper's guitar give me those cutesy, dreamy pop vibes too.
Really? Very interesting. I didn't come across that Cornelius connection. I'm very far from a studied sage of Japanese music so thanks for pointing that out.
I’ve been listening to Strawberry Switchblade for a while now, nice to see more people talking about it good video man
to add some additional information about Rose post SSB. other than her work with Death In June, Current 93, and Psychic TV she also worked on projects with Coil and Nature and Organisation. Beauty Reaps the Blood of Solitude is my favorite neofolk album and Rose sounds so beautiful here.
aside from her solo work under Rose McDowall, she collaborated with Boyd Rice on a project called Spell. it was like a poppy 60’s country style where they covered songs in and around that era. another side project was Sorrow with her husband at the time. the songs were more on the folky side of neofolk I guess.
in that era of neofolk you found her literally everywhere. she worked with everybody. she was so Julia
Thank you. The post-SSB stuff was largely out of my purview and I only planned to briefly touch on it. I'm only really familiar with Current 93, but I saw she was very prolific even beyond that.
@@Pseudiom oh yes I enjoyed how this video was very concise and more focused on Strawberry Switchblade, I just get really excited about Rose’s work with those groups and people
I wish they would have released more officially together, especially a few more with Jill's vocals standing out more. I totally agree with what has been mentioned, it's hard to not to see how they influenced Visual Kei (and the style specific tendrils).
It would have been very interesting to see where they would have went, but, in interviews, Rose and Jill basically make it clear the band was basically doomed by 1984/1985. In another world though, I would have like to hear more stuff like "By The Sea" and "Dark 7" from Bryson.
They were VERY popular in the 80's in America in my bedroom. And with my friends.
They remind me of my mom (in a good way), but my mom never heard of them and she was very much into this sort of scene in the 1980s. I don't doubt they were probably very popular on a small scale in the USA though, in certain regions.
Very popular to me as a teen in the early 2000s as well
A Ryuichi Sakamoto-produced Strawberry Switchblade album would have been killer. I love his work with Virginia Astley's "Hope in a Darkened Heart" and Miki Nakatani's "cure".
Jill Bryson said Rose had got into Nazi memorabilia at the time, which was one of the things that showed the irreconcilable differences that broke up the band.
Damn that’s kinda sad
Well, that does kinda explain how she ended up working with Current 93...
Glad to see this band getting more attention! One of my favorites for sure
One of those lightning in a bottle type phenomenons in the realm of 80s alternative New Wave, I feel they could’ve rivaled Siouxsie & The Banshees and The Cure if McDowell and Bryson kept Strawberry Switchblade up past the peripheral factors and complications impeding the group (and the possibility of a sophomore slump album)
Strawberry Switchblade and Rose McDowells vibe is similar to japanese subculture lolita fashion and music so that rlly makes sense hence their success in Japan
This band is fantastic, they really deserve more love
Rose and Jill made some great music together. I remember being really young in the late 80s and hearing "ecstasy on the radio all the time in CA. I didn't know their name at the time, but life has a way of taking you back to your roots. Thanks to The Cocteau Twins, Siouxsie and the Banshees, they bought me full circle to Strawberry Switchblade. I'm on a prowl at the moment for their 4 piece demo and their debut album on vinyl. Just to add to my rock memorabilia.
Trees and Flowers and Go Away are probably my favourite songs of theirs.
Strawberry Switchblade sounds like the name of an OVA from the 80's. I can see why they where popular in Japan
Convinced they influenced the name of Bubblegum Crisis, but I have no solid proof about that, just conjecture.
@@Pseudiom Another inspiration for that OVA was the film Streets of Fire, which was highly influential on Japense media of the time despite mostly bieng forgotten in the west. A video on that would be cool
I think they were trying to take a more western direction with their next album when you mentioned that the Jolene cover was planned to be on the next album. aesthetically, at least.
I saw that picture of them that looks very western inspired with Jill holding the skull and there being this sandy sunset background. a fellow SSB historian told me that this was one of their last photo shoots as SSB.
also, since many songs from Cut With A Cake Knife were intended for SSB 2, it makes sense that Sixty Cowboys was put there. I also think the Don’t Fear The Reaper cover fits that vibe a lot.
Interesting theory. I don't have much to add, but I like analysis. I was mostly reliant on the interviews from the 2000s fan site.
Putting the strawberry switchblade cafe on my bucket list
I hope someone sends me a report from there one day. Curious how it is! Also, we need clarification if it was actually named after the band.
@@Pseudiomim taking a trip to japan in about two weeks but i wont be anywhere near that area, kind of upset now lol
I think I've discovered a new favorite. I've always liked things that are sweet and scary. Reminds me of The Birthday Massacre.
Check out Switchblade Symphony as well!
@@ashasalanyI love this band ❤
I'd recommend checking out more of Rose McDowall's work if you're interested! Strange, but fascinating.
I’ve been a fan since middle school, introduced to them from an artist! I’ve seen them continue to grow since then and it’s pretty neat.
One interesting item to note about Strawberry Switchblade's final Japanese single, "I Can Feel", is that it is very much more stylistically similar to Hi-NRG and Euro-Disco music than most of their other work. I find this notable because Hi-NRG (and later, Eurobeat) would end up having a significant impact on J-pop in the late 80s and throughout the 90s through acts like Wink (who bear a heavy visual and aesthetic resemblance to SSB). Unfortunately, both Rose and Jill seem to have been very dissatisfied with the production on the single - enough so that their Platinum Collection best-of instead includes a previously-unreleased demo version of "I Can Feel". The single version does, however, appear on later Japan-only CD reissues of their debut album as a bonus track.
Interesting idea I would have never thought of! I did allude to the Wink connection in the video, but I would have never thought to look at it like that.
as an enthusiast of gosuloli fashion i've always loved strawberry switchblade. i'm not sure there's much depth to this connection but it's definitely there, and brands like Peace Now/Black Peace Now or Putomayo were putting out polka dot goth clothes until maybe 2010 or so.
@@akirakosaintjust you know, back in 2007 i believed Black Peace Now, Putomayo, Arachnophobia and many more would exist forever more but who knows if all of the brands from the Gothic & Lolita Bible mooks still live, or if they just sell different stuff. At least Mana-sama keeps the memories of the old days, along with Full Tomokawa's Guniw Tools and his plethora of 80s pop covers he has around
@@khaimk4r4su I know right? But there's a bit of hope. BPN is now Sheglit and they have a more kuraloli/gothic hybrid style, but they put out some very BPN pieces from time to time, like the Restraint corset vest or their assyme frill skirt. Putomayo is now more typically lolita, and they have a kurarori line too, called Reload a Classic. Mana-sama has thrown a few tea parties around the world this year and I think Moi dix Mois have played like almost 10 times this year. I haven't heard from Nookicky or Guniw in ages though :(
@@khaimk4r4supretty sure mana has a fashion Brand too
I really know very little about fashion (I'll fully admit to that), but I hope this video did dig a little more into the Japanese side. Enough to confirm that SSB did have some influence on gothic lolita trends in Japan. I think there's a Japanese consensus to that, but, yes, that style has sort of faded since the late 2000s into the 2010s. It is very interesting reading comments from people who have a history with it, I'm enjoying the retrospectives. This is sort of a side of the Internet I have little interaction with.
@@Pseudiom thank you for your work on this video!!! it's awesome to be able to have this crossover!
This is fantastically well researched - well done, I'm amazed not only at the detail but the accuracy of this biog. Well done. I even get a mention !
Interesting, who are you? I can't tell by the username. Whoever it is, I'm glad I got the seal of approval.
Glad to see you post again
Thank you. Been very busy irl so I'm just getting around to comments.
such an amazing and underrated band, thanks for this!
Your videos always make my day better
This was very well made and i learned so many new things. I cant wait for that upcoming documentary, thank you sooo much for this. Also the tommy heavenly6 connection blew my mind because i listened to tommy for the longest time and never realized she covered a strawberry switchblade song!
Thank you for introducing me to a really neat band. I love their music!
Glad you enjoy it. It was actually one of my viewers who showed them to me first.
Very interesting to see their work in this context. Big fan of Rose, c93, coil and the various big hitters of early neofolk.
Welcome back Pseudiom
I was never really gone. Hopefully the next video will be the Halloween video though.
Big in Japan
YWNBAW here or in Japan.
@@Fuggettabouttittwhat does this have to do with the comment or video? 💀 keep ur comments on topic or to yourself
Glad to have you back!
Thanks for the recommendation! This was a very interesting topic. There was actually a lot of stuff from it I ended up cutting.
@@Pseudiom I might have a good topic for a Christmas video, one that would be like a "spiritual sequel" to the Tweetsie Railroad video
Great video, loved the Dark Cloud tracks used haha, instantly made me throw on the game itself and do some dungeon crawling while listening to the doc🕹🎶
My youth was spent in many such dungeons.
@@Pseudiom Same the sword building was so cool and fun. So nostalgic 🍻
Crazy that I got into this group because of a comment someone posted on one your videos, and here we are.
It all comes full circle... I just take a while to get there.
I had a tooth pulled today but a Pseudiom upload makes everything okay
I got a loose tooth in the front and I really don't look forward to going to the dentist. Why can't I just tie it to a doorknob like they do in cartoons?
Bruh, I'm on my third day of recovery from the same thing! Hope everything heals up well!
@@RosenHeartQueen You too! I think it's just the physical trauma from all the wiggling that aches today; feels more like I went 10 rounds with my dentist and lost 😅
I Love Love Love this band thx for making this videooooooo~
Thank you for the tilde symbol!
And music from DARK CLOUD?!
Dude, I love you.
Dark Cloud is great! Dark Chronicle too if you live outside North America.
@@Pseudiom yesssser ❤️ was Cloud to me growing up. I love it and 2 both! One of my old school internal achievements was finishing the Demon Shaft and getting the, at the point, useless Chronicle 2 sword ⚔️ haha! A spiritual ultima weapon at heart.
I heard their big single "Since Yesterday" in an independent new music/new wave radio station in Long Island, NY at the time. I don't recall being particularly attracted to it, remembering them only by the opening chords from horns, which I wasn't fond of. And since their album was not released in the US, available only as an expensive UK or Japanese import, it didn't help them. Meanwhile, there was a lot of crap released in the US, both foreign and domestic, so this band should have made it bigger if only they had a US label to support them. Although the opening chords may have not been pleasing to hear (for me), the rest of the song and the album is pretty good and solid. Jill's phobias were a major contribution to the failure of the band. If you can't travel to record or tour, your band is doomed, no matter how good you are. The Beach Boys are the exception but only because there were 5 other guys to travel and tour while Brian stayed home composing and recording.
I love ZELDA and Ann Lewis!
I love strawberry switchblade the only reason i discovered them in middle school
is because some goths absolutely love strawberry switchblade and it's a band that a lot of goths recommend.
Fucking loooooove strawberry switchblade and Rose McDowell so good
Fun fact: I was basically familiar with McDowall for years through Current 93, but it was only making this video when I actually realized who she was. One of those things you never notice until you double check yourself.
Hello Mr. Pseudiom
Enjoying your content as always.
I stumbled across your Steely Dan videos, re-watch them and ended up wondering if you would ever go back to SD or maybe just DF or WB. I'm sure many of your viewers would be more than interested. You'll know better.
Thank you.
Motion produced two other albums that I love.. WIN's..Uh! Tears Baby (A Trash Icon) and Gangway - Sitting in the Park
This video will be important later
THIS WILL be important later.
My favorite band that was big in Japan was Japan. My god, David Sylvian is awesome.
Don't forget Mike Karn, his fretless bass is iconic.
@@maou8253and Barbieri!!!
Japan, David Sylvian, Mick Karn, Steve Jansen, all great. I very much enjoy Sylvian's independent work and collaborations with Ryuichi Sakamoto. We can't forget "Forbidden Colors".
@@Pseudiom I love World Citizen (I Won't Be Disappointed)
It seems like Japan has the most interesting bands
Strawberry Switchblade was a Scottish band. They were just popular there
Check out G-Schmitt and ill bone
haven't watched you in years but love this band... you've won me back... for now.
Hope you liked the video. No need to always stick around, but enjoy the brief return.
Japan again and again, the true Gordian Knot that binds the world.
You have the pulse of now with a Scottish girl band from 40 years ago. Love Strawberry Switchblade, and love to see this video!
One of the more interesting compliments I've been paid.
Take a shot everytime he says popular in Japan
Pseudiom, sorry for the insistence, but are you still reading Laiseca's stories?
Another thing, I'm very very late, but the 8-bit animation in the Steely Dan video is really gorgeous, congratulations to the artist and you.
This video will be important later. It get's complicated. More on that later.
I'll say more on that later, but more on that later.
were they popular in Japan?
With their style, they would disappear in Harajuku.
Huh, this has to be where Wink comes from. The musical and fashion styles look like a pretty obvious source.
I think Wink descends from Strawberry Switchblade and Zelda influence. I'm not an expert, but I see a lot of shared aesthetics.
Only Pseudiom would make a video about a niche 80's band I've never heard of.
The fact this video is about strawberry switchblade WITH professor layton music in the background is the most insane and personal connection I've ever experienced on the internet glad there's someone who is literally me for real
I know Nishiura's music for Dark Cloud, but Professor Layton is good too! Thanks for being literally me.
@Pseudiom His music has been the background to my life since I was 7 or 8, such a wildcard to see someone else love his work as much as I do and in a place least expected too, crazy how it all works out. Great video by the way I'm excited to listen to your other videos and see what you have to say
Do you do requests?
If you have an interesting topic you can DM on Twitter or e-mail me (e-mail on channel page). I've been very busy recently, but I'll try to respond. I'm working on a few videos right now so any fan requests will have to wait until next year. I'd appreciate any suggestions even if I don't take them though.
They were quite distinct from other British pop punk bands of the time, I can see how their dark feminine pop punk aesthetic appealed to Japan more than the US, they look very gothic lolita avante garde something that's hard to describe
(Scotland is part of the UK)
Thank you. I scrolled to see if anybody else pointed this out. It's such an obvious detail that to get it wrong makes me question the rest of the research in the video.
Not for long
@@mariuspoppFM I've been hearing that for decades.
I know them because Mu Mu.
The band with Bill Drummond? Or another one?
@@Pseudiom Yeah King Boy D.
I wonder if all the : „more on that later“ were resolved 😊
Despite not being goth and looking like a strawberry goth they are loved by them it’s weird because they are like a band for goths but not a goth band because their sound is new wave and synth pop
They're also not to be confused with Switchblade Symphony which may add to the confusion. New Wave, Synth Pop, Bohemian, etc...
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Thank you for the love.
I wanna be popular in Japan
Always dream big and you will one day.
Man, if you asked me I would have assumed "Strawberry Switchblade" would be a current cybergrind/hyperpop band. What a great name.
i someone do thinking of you again be rock band invation in normal
sure lets use some random ost instead of the bands music for a retrospective
Oh, I think "Go Away" kinda sounds like something off the Naruto soundtrack
I was not prepared for this comparison, but, yes, I can see where you're coming from.
2:04 insert Big In Japan by Alphaville
I somehow have never heard this song before, thanks for introducing it to me!
Woo someone said sardonic whereas must men would have mistakingly said sarcastic 🤌
Oh man this is really interesting- 5:10
Hey why are you hitting me with the Dark Cloud 1 sound track?
17:42 Oh that's why! Cool point to make
There was a purpose to using the Dark Cloud and Professor Layton OSTs. Though the Professor Layton soundtracks sound a bit more French than anything SSB did.