Onyanko Club: '80s Japan-pop with weird sexual references

Boing Boing pal Todd Lappin says, "Marxy has an interesting series of posts on his blog about a mid-80's Japanese girl group called The Onyanko Club, which translates loosely as Pussy Club (with very similar connotations). This is must-read/listen stuff, in a jaw-dropping, Hello Kitty-meets-Peaches kind of way."

Snip:

In 1986, the Pussy Club hit Number One on the Oricon with their peppy surf-rock ode to sexual harassment on the public transportation system: Otto Chikan! (mp3). The word "chikan" means "male sexual pervert" and also refers to the action of men feeling up women on the subways. Not exactly a term that just screams "pop song chorus." The song starts as an anti-chikan rant from a high school wanting revenge on the suspcious males in her train car, but turns out, she was wrong to complain: the creepy kid in thick glasses just wanted to give the girl a love letter. Crisis averted.

The song seems to say: these men who appear to be in the art of – excuse me for this one – chikan'ery in fact have pure romantic intentions (love letter). Don't jump to conclusions, little girls!

If you dig that one, don't miss "Stop it, Teacher!" an upbeat pop morsel about a tenured pedophile.

Onyanko Club I: Link, Onyanko Club II: Link, Onyanko Club III: Link, WTF does chikan mean: Link