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Yoshida Brothers — Overland Blues
Album: III
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6.6

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Released: 2006
Length: 4:27
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 fredriley wrote:

It's not a song (clue: no singing) and it's not rotating. I think this is way cool :) - 8 from the Nottingham jury.

 
12 years later, it's still not rotating. Easy 8 for me too!!!


Posted 3 years ago by mrtuba9    [ Reply ]
Great stuff - not taking itself too seriously, very enjoyable - this just brightened up my day :-)
Posted 5 years ago by adib    [ Reply ]
Fun little diddy!!!
Posted 5 years ago by mrtuba9    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:

It's not a song (clue: no singing) and it's not rotating. I think this is way cool :) - 8 from the Nottingham jury.

 
My stepfather thinks it's not music unless someone is playing an accordion.

Posted 14 years ago by LastChance    [ Reply ]
I don't hate it but I don't understand why they bothered.
Posted 14 years ago by steelpaw    [ Reply ]
like a bicycle peddling itself and I can't get off!
Posted 14 years ago by maineeclectic    [ Reply ]

What? Whoa. Wait. Oh, excuse me.  Just dozed off for a second there.  Now, what were we saying?


Posted 14 years ago by sandymac2010    [ Reply ]
STOP
Posted 14 years ago by whtahtefcuk    [ Reply ]
Just right for getting off my butt and running in place for a few minutes to get the blood moving!
Posted 14 years ago by plaice3    [ Reply ]
Fun, but goes on too long. {#Sleep}
Posted 14 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
{#Roflol} it's fun, I like it
Posted 14 years ago by BowTieDad    [ Reply ]
My cats get nervous when this plays. . . maybe they worry they will become the instrument?
And too many folks are whining about the lack of cords. . . not to bad for three strings. 
I'd love to see the complaints if Bill played some Microwave Dave or Seasick Steve playing a Diddley Bow.

Come to think of it. . .how about it Bill?

Posted 14 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
 BigTimber wrote:
sounds like a cover of a Beck song "Go it Alone" from Guero
 
Yes - that's it. Thank you!

Posted 14 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
Plink, plink, plink, plink........bleh
Posted 14 years ago by Beez    [ Reply ]
 whtahtefcuk wrote:
I am so over this song  3 to 1.  Please remove from rotation.
 
It's not a song (clue: no singing) and it's not rotating. I think this is way cool :) - 8 from the Nottingham jury.

Posted 14 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 MrGreg wrote:


"Okay kids, now that you know three chords, we can play this song..."
 

Exactly what i was thinking. Slow, 3 chord, kids.
Posted 14 years ago by Flipmode    [ Reply ]
Noooooooooooooooooooo!!!!
 Candela wrote:
Just... YEAAAAYH!! {#Bananajam}

 


Posted 14 years ago by LastChance    [ Reply ]
Hey, this is cool. These fellas got the blues. {#Bananajam}
Posted 14 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
Was this in a movie? I can't recall. I'm picturing Ocean's 11, but I know that's not it. 
Posted 14 years ago by piefection    [ Reply ]
Just... YEAAAAYH!! {#Bananajam}

Posted 14 years ago by Candela    [ Reply ]
 DaveInVA wrote:
Was cute the first time or two but just annoying now
 
YES

Posted 14 years ago by whtahtefcuk    [ Reply ]
I am so over this song  3 to 1.  Please remove from rotation.
Posted 14 years ago by whtahtefcuk    [ Reply ]
This is bad and I'm being kind...but I'm really concerned about those poor people that gave this a 10.  We really should help them.
Posted 14 years ago by yodasan_magoo    [ Reply ]
 Felix_The_Cat wrote:

This is quite offensive, I think

 
more like, "now that we've learned these three chords we can play every song ever"
PS 8->9

Posted 14 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 Taraincognito wrote:
Plunk plunk plunka plunk{#Bananajam}plunk plunk plunk plunka plunka{#Bananajam}plunk plunk plunkata plunk{#Bananajam}plunk plunk plunka plunk
{Plunkas plagiarized from Peter_James_Bond}
 
The bananas are in time with the music! LOL!!!
Posted 14 years ago by audiophelia    [ Reply ]
I really like this.  Every time I hear it I start smiling.  Just so happy and infectiously silly.


Posted 14 years ago by ChrisL    [ Reply ]
it sounds like music from TRUE BLOOD! 
kinda cajun swamp music.

Posted 14 years ago by dollmouse    [ Reply ]
 Taraincognito wrote:
Plunk plunk plunka plunk{#Bananajam}plunk plunk plunk plunka plunka{#Bananajam}plunk plunk plunkata plunk{#Bananajam}plunk plunk plunka plunk
{Plunkas plagiarized from Peter_James_Bond}

 
Couldn't have said it better myself.
'cept maybe added: {#Cowboy}
Posted 14 years ago by rockstarbro    [ Reply ]
Plunk plunk plunka plunk{#Bananajam}plunk plunk plunk plunka plunka{#Bananajam}plunk plunk plunkata plunk{#Bananajam}plunk plunk plunka plunk
{Plunkas plagiarized from Peter_James_Bond}

Posted 14 years ago by Taraincognito    [ Reply ]
I think of this comment every time I hear this song. LOL!

 peter_james_bond wrote:
Plunk plunk plunka plunk {#Eek}....this is music...other people like it....give it a chance...plunk plunk plunk plunka plunka...{#Think} stay with it...eventually you'll get it....plunk plunk plunkata plunk.{#Sad}. must... try... harder....{#Yell} plunk plunk plunka plunk {#Arghhh} Damn! I don't get it ...I don't get it...I don't like it {#Doh}{#Snooty} ...maybe next time.
 


Posted 14 years ago by audiophelia    [ Reply ]
It's got a well crafted funky kinda bluesy/bluegrass groove but it goes nowhere...just kickin' the jams.
Posted 15 years ago by Achilles    [ Reply ]
Was cute the first time or two but just annoying now
Posted 15 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
tasty{#Cool}
Posted 15 years ago by jblankenship    [ Reply ]
I'll pay twice as much to keep it coming! {#Roflol}
Posted 15 years ago by dggeek    [ Reply ]
 dwlangham wrote:
I'll pay you not to play this again.
 
Sorry. I'm already paying him to play it once in awhile.

Posted 15 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
I'll pay you not to play this again.
Posted 15 years ago by dwlangham    [ Reply ]
Awww come on let it roll... is dirty little pleasure song...
Posted 15 years ago by Captn_Pea    [ Reply ]
So goofy, I love it! domo arigato...{#Stupid}
Posted 15 years ago by btilrn    [ Reply ]
boring boring
Posted 15 years ago by AdyMiles    [ Reply ]
Alvin:  That's the worst banjo player I've ever heard.
Dave Seville:  That's not a banjo, Alvin, that's a shamisen.
Alvin:  That's the worst shamisen player I've ever heard.

(from Around the World with the Chipmunks)

Posted 15 years ago by nate917    [ Reply ]
 nevar23 wrote:
I can't say why exactly, but this is growing on me, in an earworm kind of way.

Kind of like a bad case of the clap... 


Posted 15 years ago by raewah    [ Reply ]
Okaaaayyy...  whatever THAT was...  {#Stupid}
Posted 15 years ago by cochlear    [ Reply ]
I can't say why exactly, but this is growing on me, in an earworm kind of way.
Posted 15 years ago by nevar23    [ Reply ]
I agree.  I'm not a fan of this song AT ALL.

 Montyontherun wrote:
hmm.. no matter how many times I hear this instrument.. it just still sounds like someone plucking a string attached to an ice cream container... okay.. it's slightly more complex.. it's got three strings... attached to an ice cream container
 


Posted 15 years ago by lolitafontaine    [ Reply ]
hmm.. no matter how many times I hear this instrument.. it just still sounds like someone plucking a string attached to an ice cream container... okay.. it's slightly more complex.. it's got three strings... attached to an ice cream container
Posted 15 years ago by Montyontherun    [ Reply ]
 BigTimber wrote:
Guitar sounds like a cover of a Beck song "Go it Alone" from Guero
 
Wiki

pair of brothers and performers of the traditional Japanese music style of Tsugaru-jamisen ...playing the shamisen. is a three-stringed musical instrument played with a plectrum called a bachi.

like a dulcimer

Posted 15 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
Boring and repetitive. Just horrible IMO.
Posted 15 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
 MrGreg wrote:


"Okay kids, now that you know three chords, we can play this song..."
 
This is quite offensive, I think

Posted 15 years ago by Felix_The_Cat    [ Reply ]
Just watched one of the you tube videos and took this from a 6 to a 9  pretty cool stuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDexxMf0kDg&feature=related
Posted 15 years ago by gregr79    [ Reply ]
 peter_james_bond wrote:
Plunk plunk plunka plunk {#Eek}....this is music...other people like it....give it a chance...plunk plunk plunk plunka plunka...{#Think} stay with it...eventually you'll get it....plunk plunk plunkata plunk.{#Sad}. must... try... harder....{#Yell} plunk plunk plunka plunk {#Arghhh} Damn! I don't get it ...I don't get it...I don't like it {#Doh}{#Snooty} ...maybe next time.

 

{#Lol}

 

but i do kind of like it anyway



Posted 15 years ago by Dave_K    [ Reply ]
 spraehbuer wrote:

hehe{#Wave}...plunk plunk plunka plunk...I like your comment {#Roflol}...plunka plunka plunk plunk...so I do this song...plunk plunk plunka plunk {#Dance}

 
Maybe it's starting to grow on me, I almost enjoyed it this time.
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
 peter_james_bond wrote:
Plunk plunk plunka plunk {#Eek}....this is music...other people like it....give it a chance...plunk plunk plunk plunka plunka...{#Think} stay with it...eventually you'll get it....plunk plunk plunkata plunk.{#Sad}. must... try... harder....{#Yell} plunk plunk plunka plunk {#Arghhh} Damn! I don't get it ...I don't get it...I don't like it {#Doh}{#Snooty} ...maybe next time.
 
hehe{#Wave}...plunk plunk plunka plunk...I like your comment {#Roflol}...plunka plunka plunk plunk...so I do this song...plunk plunk plunka plunk {#Dance}

Posted 15 years ago by spraehbuer    [ Reply ]
 Don't over analyze people! I think it is quite catchy and I really like it!{#Clap}
Posted 15 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Plunk plunk plunka plunk {#Eek}....this is music...other people like it....give it a chance...plunk plunk plunk plunka plunka...{#Think} stay with it...eventually you'll get it....plunk plunk plunkata plunk.{#Sad}. must... try... harder....{#Yell} plunk plunk plunka plunk {#Arghhh} Damn! I don't get it ...I don't get it...I don't like it {#Doh}{#Snooty} ...maybe next time.
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]


"Okay kids, now that you know three chords, we can play this song..."
Posted 15 years ago by MrGreg    [ Reply ]
digging Yoshida bros
funny and pretty cool I think

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=yoshida+brothers&search_type=&aq=0&oq=yoshida


Posted 15 years ago by Wizzuvvoz    [ Reply ]
GREAT TO HEAR JAPANESE INSTRUMENTS USED  IN SUCH A PERFECT WAY.
ARIGATO GOZAIMASHIITA
Posted 15 years ago by ZLEX    [ Reply ]
Interesting for the short term but incredibly gimmicky.  They should try covering the stones, beatles or tull.
Posted 15 years ago by rick666    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana_2}

Genius.
Posted 15 years ago by btilrn    [ Reply ]
I guess I'm feeling more Urban Hipster today.

5 {#Arrow} 6

Posted 15 years ago by smdeeg    [ Reply ]
My old grandfather use to say to me, "Son, opinions are like a**holes.  Everybody's got one and they all stink!"
Posted 15 years ago by bb_bubbab    [ Reply ]
Edit: The Guitar stringy thingy sounds like a cover of a Beck song "Go it Alone" from Guero

Posted 15 years ago by BigTimber    [ Reply ]
I keep thinking it should turn into an actual song.
Posted 15 years ago by annersjen    [ Reply ]
It's boring, but I'm still tapping my finger!
Posted 15 years ago by desouza    [ Reply ]
Love it.  My first exposure to this one.  Give it a nine for now.  Delightfully twisted.
Posted 15 years ago by robbiethet    [ Reply ]
Kinda interesting at first, but never really rises up.  I give it a "meh".
Posted 15 years ago by smdeeg    [ Reply ]
Boring. Seems like some of the other commentators liked it somewhat on first listen. This was my first and I could honestly live the rest of my life without hearing that one again.
Posted 15 years ago by FrankMc    [ Reply ]
 jedley wrote:
WOW, is this ever lame - which of course means it's ultra-cool among the bored urban hipster set. It'll probably show up in a Tarantino soundtrack at some point. Total garbage.
 

Posted 15 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
I am super sick of hearing this track.  It was OK at first, but is totally overplayed and now I turn it down when it comes on.... I usually like RP for the variety, but now I am hearing some tracks way too frequently....
Posted 15 years ago by dynamaniak    [ Reply ]
This one was moderately cool for a while but it's worn out it's welcome.  Mute is on.  Too pretentiously weird.
 
Posted 15 years ago by Ballzak    [ Reply ]
I love lame!!!
Posted 15 years ago by sqqqrly    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of the soundtrack from the old N64 game Banjo-Kazooie.
Posted 15 years ago by TernaryBit    [ Reply ]
WOW, is this ever lame - which of course means it's ultra-cool among the bored urban hipster set. It'll probably show up in a Tarantino soundtrack at some point. Total garbage.
Posted 15 years ago by jedley    [ Reply ]
Could fit onto the soundtrack of Kung Fu Hustle. Really cool fusion.
Posted 15 years ago by sans    [ Reply ]
 leathepea wrote:
Sounds like a Lo Mein Western.

 
now that there was funny!

Posted 15 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
Why did I just get a picture in my head of an old, white haired woman sipping sake and drunker than Cooter Brown (Toshiro Mifune?) sitting in a rocking chair going back and forth to the beat?

Dunno........must be waaaay past time to go home for the day and find that bottle of plum wine I've been saving.

{#Roflol}{#Cheers}{#Drunk}{#Puke}{#Sleep}


Posted 15 years ago by lwilkinson    [ Reply ]
 MayBaby wrote:
yea... even the naysayers are tapping their feet, yanno.
 
It was driving me nuts at first, but now my feet won't stop!

Posted 15 years ago by mtbskisail    [ Reply ]
DAMN I dig this!!!

Yeeee-HAW!!!!!
{#Bananajam}
Posted 15 years ago by agnes    [ Reply ]
Very cool
Posted 15 years ago by fuh2    [ Reply ]
Incredibly repetitious and boring.  Gaaah!!!   When will it end?
Posted 15 years ago by Johnny_Wave    [ Reply ]
Totally digging this tune. 8
Posted 15 years ago by HarrO    [ Reply ]
yea... even the naysayers are tapping their feet, yanno.
Posted 15 years ago by MayBaby    [ Reply ]
Now this is more like it Bill.  Something great i've never heard.  I love RP.
Posted 15 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
Yeayyy!!

Posted 15 years ago by Candela    [ Reply ]
words cannot express my boredom listening to this song.
It just isn't stopping. Painstaking!
Posted 15 years ago by Baum74    [ Reply ]
This song ist just soooo good...
The combination between slide guitat and the "Shamisen", the (string/synthesizer or whatever) arrangements, the whole feel.
Only RP provides such a feel
Posted 15 years ago by ulibcn    [ Reply ]
Sounds like a Lo Mein Western.

Posted 15 years ago by leathepea    [ Reply ]
 MojoJojo wrote:
Nothin like hard rockin cat nipples!
 
No kidding...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RERXiliJfdI
Posted 15 years ago by ryuujin23    [ Reply ]
Love this song.
Posted 15 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]
 DaveInVA wrote:
This song makes me visualize tap dancing Samurai for some reason...
 

Geishas doing a western line dance.  Not sure why.
Posted 15 years ago by coffee-eyes    [ Reply ]
The combination of the resonator and shamisen is really interesting and inventive.
Posted 15 years ago by zaknafein    [ Reply ]

Posted 15 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
Plunk plunk plunk plunk plunk plunk plunk plunk plunk plunk plunk plunk plunk plunk plunk plunk plunk plunk plunk plunk plunk plunk plunk plunk.

Oy.

Posted 15 years ago by holborne    [ Reply ]
 pvassbotn wrote:

 
Well said.

Posted 15 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
This piece may be unusual, cute, whatever, but it isn't indicative of their sound at all - so much so I won't even bother rating it. And they are just sooo much better live either just the brothers or with support musicians. Their performances are usually a blistering 2 hours or so in which they produce an impressive high-energy aural assault with two acoustic instruments playing both traditional pieces and their own compositions. If you're occaisionally into something different they're worth checking out if they tour your area!  


Posted 15 years ago by inindian    [ Reply ]
10! {#Mrgreen}

Posted 15 years ago by Candela    [ Reply ]
 joanie wrote:
incredibly boring
 

I think the player is stuck!!!
Posted 16 years ago by sharkey    [ Reply ]


This is good stuff.
Posted 16 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
 MrGreg wrote:
Completely elementary four bar blues.  I guess this is more of a sight gig?

 
The more I hear this, the more I like it for what it is.

Posted 16 years ago by siandbeth    [ Reply ]
Completely elementary four bar blues.  I guess this is more of a sight gig?

Posted 16 years ago by MrGreg    [ Reply ]
brilliant...just brilliant...
Posted 16 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
This song makes me visualize tap dancing Samurai for some reason...
Posted 16 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
incredibly boring
Posted 16 years ago by joanie    [ Reply ]
For some reason, I visualize toe dancing elephants.   Probably had way too much fun back in the 70s.

Posted 16 years ago by Zocket    [ Reply ]
OK, now I want to hear 'em do Foggy Mountain Breakdown! {#Cowboy}
Posted 16 years ago by HarrO    [ Reply ]
Isn't this kind of long?  We think it's long.  Good, though!
Posted 16 years ago by ROSSinDETROIT    [ Reply ]
Fun, but how about Jimi's 'Red House'?
Posted 16 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
Kung Fu Omelettes!
Posted 16 years ago by sans    [ Reply ]
 macadavy wrote:
This conjures up a vision of ox-drawn conestogas wending their way westward! 

 
. . . past Mt. Fujiyama.  Frontier-town saloons with geishas.

Love it!{#Biggrin}
Posted 16 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
"Na na na na na na na, gonna go it alooone..."

Posted 16 years ago by ArbiterOfGoodTaste    [ Reply ]
These guys are great :)  Thanks once again, Bill :D
Posted 16 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
Funny song
Posted 16 years ago by renegade_X    [ Reply ]
I hear a Beck song in this..."Nah nah-nah-nah nah-nah"
Posted 16 years ago by snowcat    [ Reply ]
macadavy wrote:
This conjures up a vision of ox-drawn conestogas wending their way westward!
.. inside of a Japanese bar with a small theater!
Posted 16 years ago by rawaccess    [ Reply ]
bokey wrote:
How cool is this? I dunno, it's so cool I just have sit here in my uncoolness and wish I was that cool.
You're not sitting here alone. You're still uncool of course, but you're not alone.
Posted 16 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Reminds me a little of Aucostic Alchemy. You know from back in the 80s? Jon and Bill Yoshida.
Posted 16 years ago by Alpine    [ Reply ]
Like the most twisted down-home version of Tom Waits' "Clap Hands"!
Posted 16 years ago by RongoTBurg    [ Reply ]
This conjures up a vision of ox-drawn conestogas wending their way westward! Ah, the wild, wild East! (Actually North, the Yoshidas are from Hokkaidō.)
Posted 16 years ago by macadavy    [ Reply ]
Nothin like hard rockin cat nipples!
Posted 16 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]