TURNING JAPANESE
“Turning Japanese” is a song released by English band The Vapors, from their album New Clear Days, and the song for which they are best known. The lyric consists mainly of the singer talking about pictures of his love. It prominently features an Oriental riff played on guitar. (More from Wikipedia)
Songs about masturbation were fairly common in the 1980’s, and several became hits. (Prince’s “Darling Nikki” was not even released as a single). Examples include “The Stroke” by Billy Squier, “I Touch Myself” by DiVinyls, and “Turning Japanese” by the Vapors – the latter song is a reference to what some people say a face can look like at the moment of climax.
(June 2016)
