Why are the vapors turning japanese

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Shelf help: 10 of the best books for songwriters. Four strategies for improving your lyrics. Skip to content The Vapors. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Search Search for:. Capella Grey. So Fenton figured, "Sod this" and went back to the day job. Apparently he's a music industry lawyer these days.

There is another and more intriguing version however: that Paul Weller was miffed that Turning Japanese spent more time in the UK top 20 than the Jam's Going Underground so told his dad to drop the Vapours from his roster.

Which he did. Either way, with no management and no honesty from the record company, the Vapours simply disappeared -- but they did leave behind a cracking pop single in Turning Japanese. Almost as good as the Knack 's My Sharona!

Thanks to the website ModPopPunk Archives here for keeping this music and these stories out there. One house restaged the Woodstock Festival and another did a Top of the Pops event where David made a guest appearance giving them a rendition of Turning Japanese.

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