by Richard Skelly » Thu Oct 26, 2017 9:54 am
When this first aired, back in the day, I was gobsmacked to learn it was NOT Men At Work. Maybe the producer should have persuaded Idle leader Tad Campbell to sing it a bit differently to avoid being dissed, by some, as a Canadian clone of the Aussie chart toppers.
Japan exerted quite a pull on Canuck musicians in the '80s. Bruce Cockburn vividly chronicled his trip to Tokyo with the same-named single. Vancouver alt-folkie Joe Mock (Pied Pumpkin, Mock Duck) moved over there. Vancouver punksters Pointed Sticks remained so popular to Japanese fans that they reunited 20 years after splitting up.
In recent years, Tokyo Police Club have emerged from Eastern Canada.