Sunday, April 22, 2007

Aim's Pick: Sex Machineguns


music: ファミレスボンバー - Sex Machineguns
tags: loud, madness, hair-swinging, head-banging

TRANSLATION OF LYRICS:
Welcome, how many in your party?
Two people? Someone will be joining me
Will you be smoking? I'll seat you.
When you've decided on your order, just call me over.

Today is my first date with her. She hasn't come yet
30 minutes pass and she hasn't come yet. She hasn't come yet

You idiot, you idiot, you waiting idiot

Welcome, have you decided what you want?
The Japanese hamburger? Yes, the Japanese hamburger.
You ordered the Japanese hamburger right?
Here are some hot towels. Don't wipe your face

My order hasn't come yet. It hasn't come yet
The girl I love hasn't come yet either. She hasn't come yet

You idiot, you idiot, you waiting idiot

I've been kept waiting too long. Family Restaurant Bomber, family restaurant bomber
I don't smile. Family Restaurant Bomber, family restaurant bomber
An explosion of anger. Family Restaurant Bomber, family restaurant bomber
It's unforgiveable. Family Restaurant Bomber
Bomber

No that's not all, how long will I have to wait, with this clerk
I'm very sorry about your wait. Here is your onion ramen.
What? I ordered the Japanese hamburger...
Really, the Japanese hamburger? I'll check up on it for you.
I'm very sorry, it was the bibimbap right?
Oh oh oh, I'm going to kill you! You a**hole!

Welcome, nice to see you tonight.
From morning to night, the greetings continue.
That girl that I love probably won't come
The coffee that I didn't ask for is here

My order won't come. It won't come
The girl I love won't come either. She won't come again.

You idiot, you idiot, you waiting idiot

I was rejected. Family Restaurant Bomber, family restaurant bomber
An explosion of anger. Family Restaurant Bomber, family restaurant bomber
A small bomb. Family Restaurant Bomber, family restaurant bomber
It's a massacre. Family Restaurant Bomber
Bomber

Enjoy your meal



Famiresu Bombaa (roughly translated to Family Restaurant Bomber) is mainly themed about a customer supposedly having a date at a restaurant. While waiting for his girlfiend to arrive, the waitress takes his orders. But in the end, he did not get what he ordered. Then he starts raiding the restaurant. To top it all off, his girlfriend did not arrive either. And he had been waiting from morning till night. And as the whole band sang in Japanese, "You idiot, you idiot, you waiting idiot."

This song was released in the Sex Machineguns' first self-titled album in 16 October 1998. The visual kei/speed metal band performed this song quite often during live events around Japan. It also made its first game debut as a cover song, in Guitar Freaks 8th Mix and Drummania 7th Mix. Handsome JET Project performed the cover.

The song, in essence, is what japanese rock and speed metal is all about. It is basically a mix of speed and metal and a tinge of screaming vocals, otherwise found in American metal music. The guitar riffs are loud, but melodic at the same time, similar to visual kei music. It starts out very fast from the get-go, then slows down halfway through the song, and ends like how it began. It features Anchang on lead guitar and vocals, Sussy on rhythm guitar, Noisy on bass and Speed Star Syspan Joe on drums. Famiresu Bombaa was pretty hardcore for their time, with Noisy's ever-changing voices during the bridge, extremely fast and powerful guitar and bass riffs, and Joe's mind-blowing double bass skills throughout the whole of the song, giving it an explosive feel. The guitarists and bassist even had their own dance and hair-swinging moves while playing live, often emulated by the audience when they listen to the song.

The vocals heard are being sung in an angst but melodic tone, but it still brings out the emotions of anger from the lyrics. The song for the most part, shows how gullible the customer is in believing his date (The girl I love won't come either. She won't come again). It also gives the impression of how blank-minded the waitress is (The coffee that I didn't ask for is here).

The solos are amazingly hard to pull off, yet Anchang and Sussy are able to do them very easily, showing off their technical prowess in this song. Anchang also has powerful, unique vocals which blend in well with the other members' background vocals. The song is about 5 minutes long, but some parts are repetitive and could have been done away with. Anyone who is a fan of Japanese Rock or cool solos must listen to this song. Hearing it will make you want to blow up restaurants on a bad hair day, just like me.

Link to the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSuOeKlgU5Q

Done by:

Nu'Aim (61288)

1 comment:

James said...

so angsty... cool lyrics