Half Japanese - 1/2 Gentlemen / Not Beasts

An excerpt from the Half Japanese documentary, "The Band That Would Be King".

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Half Japanese
1/2 Gentlemen / Not Beasts
(1980)

All Music Guide:
"As with any album that is three records long, 1/2 Gentlemen/Not Beasts unwittingly shows Half Japanese's true roots. Over the three records, the band "covers" such minimalists as the Velvet Underground, the Stooges, and Jonathan Richman, as well as deconstructing such wordsmiths as Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan. Although they would have you believe that their untuned, almost unlistenable, instrumental clatter is the result of being so enthusiastic that they didn't bother to learn how to play their instruments, it's just the logical, inevitable intellectual extension of Richman's naivete and the Velvet Underground's stripped-down guitar. Half Japanese is consciously primitive and amateurish. "

Tracklist:
DISC 1
1. "No Direct Line from My Brain to My Heart" - (2:00)
2. "10th Avenue Freeze Out" - (1:50)
3. "Ta Sheri Ta Ta" - (4:55)
4. "My Girlfriend Lives Like a Beatnik" - (1:05)
5. "Her Parents Came Home" - (0:59)
6. "Shhh-Shhh-Shhh" - (2:12)
7. "Girls Like That" - (2:12)
8. "Rrrrrrrrrrr" - (1:27)
9. "No More Beatle Mania" - (1:53)
10. "Tangled Up in Blue" - (3:45)
11. "Patti Smith" - (2:23)
12. "School of Love" - (1:07)
13. "Jodie Foster" - (2:15)
14. "Shy Around Girls" - (1:37)
15. "Grrrrrrrrrr" - (2:24)
16. "Bogue Millionaires-Cool Millionaires" - (2:11)
17. "Tn Tn Tn Tn Ki" - (3:10)
18. "I Can't Stand It Anymore" - (2:24)
19. "I Love Oriental Girls" - (1:44)
20. "Dream Date" - (1:33)
21. "Du Du Du - Du Du Du" - (7:22)
22. "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" - (1:10)
23. "Ann Arbor, MI" - (0:33)
24. "I'm Going to the Zoo" - (1:13)
25. "Shi Yi Yi" - (0:58)
26. "Rave On" - (1:42)
27. "I Ta Na Si Na Mi Eee" - (1:02)
28. "Till Victory" - (2:16)
29. "Rip My Shirt to Shreds" - (0:19)
30. "I Don't Want to Have Mono No More" - (1:41)
31. "She Cracked" - (1:57)
32. "Bbbb-bbbb" - (1:36)
DISC 2
1. "Funky Broadway Melody" - (4:13)
2. "I'm Sorry" - (1:37)
3. "T-T-T-T-T-T" - (6:43)
4. "The Worst I'd Ever Do" - (0:44)
5. "Live in Baltimore MD" - (20:17)
6. "Live in Washington DC" - (18:16)
7. "Battle of the Bands" [*] - (1:59)
8. "Worst I'd Ever Do" [*] - (0:42)
9. "Ann Arbor, MI" [*] - (0:53)
10. "School of Love" [*] - (1:32)
11. "Her Parents Came Home" [*] - (0:57)
12. "Shy Around Girls" [*] - (1:11)
13. "Dream Date" [*] - (1:43)
14. "Bogue Millionaires-Cool Millionaires" [*] - (3:29)
15. "Knock on Wood" [*] - (1:44)
16. "Top Secret" [*] - (0:48)
17. "Guitar Solo" [*] - (0:41)
18. "Calling All Girls" [*] - (1:04)

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