Automoderated users, Autopatrolled users, Bureaucrats, Comment administrators, Confirmed users, Moderators, Rollbackers, Administrators
213,483
edits
Pizzicato Five: Difference between revisions
no edit summary
Looney Toons (talk | contribs) (examples template) |
No edit summary |
||
| (5 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
Line 1:
{{creator}}
[[File:P5 maxresdefault.jpg|400px|thumb|From left to right: Maki Nomiya and Yasuharu Konishi]]
'''Pizzicatto Five''' (often stylized "Pizzicato V", abbreviated '''P5''') was a Japanese pop group active from 1985 to 2001. Although it has several lineups, its most famous incarnation, which was active from around 1991 until the band dissolution, was formed by producer/DJ Yasuharu Konishi (founder and the only member to last all the group lifetime) and singer Maki Nomiya.
Line 6:
{{examples|Partial Discography}}
* ''Pizzicatomania!'' (1987), with main singer Mamiko Sasaki, better known by its [[One
* ''Couples'' (1987)
* ''Bellissima!'' (1988) with singer Takao Tajima substituting Sasaki.
Line 14:
* ''This Year's Girl'' (1991), first album with Maki Nomiya and their first successful album thanks to [[Breakthrough Hit]] "Twiggy Twiggy"
* ''Sweet Pizzicato Five'' (1992)
* ''Bossa Nova 2001''
* ''Made in USA'' (1994), a compilation album that brought Pizzicato Five into international interest.
* ''Overdose'' (1994)
* ''Romantique 96'' (1995)
Line 27:
* [[Catch Phrase]]: A rare example of a band having one. "A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular!"
* [[Completely Different Title]]: The song whose Japanese title should translate as "7 O'Clock in Tokyo", was instead named "The Night Is Still Young".
* [[Cover Song]]: they covered some famous songs of the 1960's, most famously "Girl from Ipanema".
* [[Gratuitous English]], [[Gratuitous French]], and [[Gratuitous Foreign Language]]▼
* [[Go-Go Dancing]]: Their song "Go Go Dancer" is sung from the perspective of a go-go girl from the 1960s or 1970s.
▲* [[Gratuitous English]], [[Gratuitous French]], and several other [[Gratuitous Foreign Language]]s
* [[I Am the Band]]: Yasuharu Konishi.
* [[Rearrange the Song]]: They tended to rerecord and rearrange their own songs.
* [[Repurposed Pop Song]]: many of
* [[Throw It In]]: Maki and Yasuharu stumbling over their catchphrase at the start of "Happy Sad": "A new stereosonic found... bam!"
* [[Tokyo Is the Center of the Universe]]: Since they happen to be ''from'' Tokyo, [[Justified Trope|this trope is
{{reflist}}
[[Category:
[[Category:Music]]
[[Category:Musicians]]
[[Category:Pages with working Wikipedia tabs]]
| |||