Turning Japanese - offensive?

disneychrista · Jan 15, 2016

Is this song from the 80's offensive to you? I am putting together a playlist of one-hit wonders to play at a party and I am not sure if I should include it or not.

Turning Japanese
By The Vapors
"Turning Japanese"
I've got your picture of me and you
You wrote I love you, I love you too
I sit and stare at it, there's nothing else to do

Oh, it's in color, your hair is brown
Your eyes are hazel and soft as clouds
I often kiss you when there's no one else around

I've got your picture, I've got your picture
I'd like a million of you all over myself
I want a doctor to take your picture
So I can look at you from inside as well

You've got me turning up, I'm turning down
I'm turning in, I'm turning out
I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so
I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so
I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so
I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so

I've got your picture, I've got your picture
I'd like a million of you all over myself
I want a doctor to take your picture
So I can look at you from inside as well

You've got me turning up, I'm turning down
I'm turning in, I'm turning out
I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so
I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so
I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so
I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so

No sex, no drugs, no wine, no women
No fun, no sin, no you, no wonder it's dark
Everyone around me is a total stranger
Everyone avoids me like a psyched Lone Ranger, everyone

Turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so
Turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so
Turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so
Turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so

Disneylover99 · Jan 15, 2016

Not offensive at all.

kimblebee · Jan 15, 2016

Do you know what it's really about? I suggest you google it.. I don't care but I don't think I'd play it at a church picnic.

On the other hand, they probably wouldn't know either lol

Kathryn Merteuil · Jan 15, 2016

kimblebee said:
Do you know what it's really about? I suggest you google it.. I don't care but I don't think I'd play it at a church picnic.

On the other hand, they probably wouldn't know either lol

I heard that somewhere too :rotfl:

I lived through the 80s but I never heard the song until I saw the movie Romy and Michele's High School Reunion.

superme80 · Jan 15, 2016

I don't find it offensive, but the subject matter is a little more on the mature side.

RedAngie · Jan 15, 2016

When and what time is the party? If you play a lot of 80s alternative, I'm there!!

usnuzuloose · Jan 15, 2016

I don't find it offensive.

Disneylover99 · Jan 15, 2016

kimblebee said:
Do you know what it's really about? I suggest you google it.. I don't care but I don't think I'd play it at a church picnic.

On the other hand, they probably wouldn't know either lol

Well the band claims it's a love song. Nothing offensive about that.

littleblackegg · Jan 15, 2016

Nah. It's fine. There's no slur or prejudicial content. It's a great song!

low-key · Jan 15, 2016

I got it on my Itunes, Im sure some people will think its racists, so if you dont want to offend anyone take it out, if your comfortable with your own heart knowing your not a racist then go rock on

low-key · Jan 15, 2016

superme80 said:
I don't find it offensive, but the subject matter is a little more on the mature side.

LOL, anit that the truth, not about Japanese at all is it :teeth:

disneychrista · Jan 15, 2016

Considering it is a group of Rugby players who tend to sing songs that shouldn't be sung in mixed company (but are anyway), I figured I was safe. But you know how "offended" everyone seems to be...I thought I would ask.

Personally I loved the song when it came out in the 80's. Until I read the lyrics, I always thought it was about the all the Japanese electronics imported to the US (I think that might be what my mom told me). As a kid, in the 80's, it was more about the beat then the lyrics.

pat fan · Jan 15, 2016

kimblebee said:
Do you know what it's really about? I suggest you google it.. I don't care but I don't think I'd play it at a church picnic.

Actually that's a myth. Watched an interview with the guy who wrote it, it does not mean what you think it means :thumbsup2

And no, not offensive!

mefordis · Jan 15, 2016

No, not offensive.

disneychrista said:
Is this song from the 80's offensive to you? I am putting together a playlist of one-hit wonders to play at a party and I am not sure if I should include it or not.

Turning Japanese
By The Vapors
"Turning Japanese"
I've got your picture of me and you
You wrote I love you, I love you too
I sit and stare at it, there's nothing else to do

Oh, it's in color, your hair is brown
Your eyes are hazel and soft as clouds
I often kiss you when there's no one else around

I've got your picture, I've got your picture
I'd like a million of you all over myself
I want a doctor to take your picture
So I can look at you from inside as well

You've got me turning up, I'm turning down
I'm turning in, I'm turning out
I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so
I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so
I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so
I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so

I've got your picture, I've got your picture
I'd like a million of you all over myself
I want a doctor to take your picture
So I can look at you from inside as well

You've got me turning up, I'm turning down
I'm turning in, I'm turning out
I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so
I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so
I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so
I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so

No sex, no drugs, no wine, no women
No fun, no sin, no you, no wonder it's dark
Everyone around me is a total stranger
Everyone avoids me like a psyched Lone Ranger, everyone

Turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so
Turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so
Turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so
Turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so

hereyago · Jan 15, 2016

Dont play She Bop by Cyndi Lauper lol.

Just play music..if anyone gets offended, tell them to clutch pearls on their way out.

I miss the 80's and when MTV actually was known for videos.

kimblebee · Jan 15, 2016

pat fan said:
Actually that's a myth. Watched an interview with the guy who wrote it, it does not mean what you think it means

And no, not offensive!

But I read it on the internet so doesn't that make it true

pat fan · Jan 15, 2016

kimblebee said:
But I read it on the internet so doesn't that make it true

Oh well then, it MUST be true!!

Cantw8 · Jan 15, 2016

Is anyone who answered actually Japanese?

L&Lfan · Jan 15, 2016

I don't find it offensive, but then again I don't find Redskins offensive either.

hereyago · Jan 15, 2016

I am part white and part Indian.
One of my favorite songs from the 80's era was" I"m Trapped In The Body Of A White Girl".

And I am not.offended by Redskins etc.

My former fiancee was part Japanese and he actually thought Turning Japanese wasa cool song.

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