![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It was heavily edited and rearranged for inclusion on Pizzicato Five™, and this version still clocks in at 7:41. The original single version of "Darlin' of Discothèque" is 11:26.On the House Music-influenced Sweet Pizzicato Five, all but two of the songs are over 6 minutes long.The radio edit reduces this to about 30 seconds. Epic Instrumental Opener: The original 11 and a half minute version of Darlin' of Discotheque is instrumental for the first seven and a half minutes.Decade-Themed Filter: Various of their music videos have filters as if they were recorded in The '60s, The '70s or The '80s, depending of the song.Dance Sensation: Various of their songs, especially Tout va bien (which comes the image of the page).Cross-Referenced Titles: "Mon Amour Tokyo" and Tokyo Mon Amour", which are unrelated other than the titles.During a radio live in 1995, Konishi and Nomiya performed a live version of Kyu Sakamoto's "Sukiyaki". ![]() And of course, they made a cover of Lupin III opening theme, and later Konishi participated in the Remix Album Punch the Monkey! with various remixed songs from the anime.Not quite Pizzicato Five, but after P5 broke up, Yasuharu Konishi put out a whole album of Disney's movie songs, titled Readymade Loves Disney.Çà et là du Japon featured a cover of the Pokémon: The Original Series anime theme, slightly retitled "Gatta Call'em All"."Tout, Tout Pour Ma Cherie", originally by Michel Polnareff, appears on the Darlin' of Discotheque EP (and The Fifth Release from Matador).They covered the Bossa Nova classic "The Girl from Ipanema" (the English version) for the Lounge-a-Palooza compilation.Their Signature Song "Twiggy Twiggy" was a cover-of a Maki Nomiya song from before she joined Pizzicato Five, off her 1981 album ピンクの心 ( Kokoro no Pink or Pink Heart).Chromosome Casting: In the formation with Takao Tajima as the only male singer in the history of the group, the only time all the group was male only.Chekhov's Gunman: On Her Majesty's Request features Maki Nomiya as the guest singer on one track, "Satellite Hour"-two years before she'd officially join the band as the full-time vocalist.On the American version of the album ( The Fifth Release from Matador) the opening track is "A Perfect World (Single Version)" instead, but the snippet from "Goodbye Baby & Amen" is inserted into that song to preserve the Book Ends. On Pizzicato Five™ the first track ("Love Again") opens with a brief snippet of the final track ("Goodbye Baby & Amem").On Bossa Nova 2001 the first song ("Rock'N'Roll") and last one ("Cleopatra 2001") are both bossa novas, while most of the songs in between are different genres.Beehive Hairdo: Maki has one in the music video for "Happy Sad".The rest of the album featured a bunch of guest singers and songwriters. The Band Minus the Face: Not completely minus the face, but for Çà et là du Japon, Maki Nomiya only appeared on a few songs.Back for the Finale: Takao Tajima, after being out of the band for about a decade, returned to sing a few songs for P5's farewell live show.Author Catchphrase: "A new stereophonic sound spectacular!".One of them left almost immediately after their first recording, but the band name stuck-even as they were whittled down to a duo by the time of their biggest international success. Artifact Title: Yes, they did have five members to begin with.The Sound of Music by Pizzicato Five (1995)Ī new stereophonic Pizzicato Five tropes spectacular:.The Night Is Still Young - 7:00pm Tokyo (1993).Pizzicato V in "The Audrey Hepburn Complex" (1985).Pizzicato Five™ (1999, released in the US in 2000 as The Fifth Release from Matador).The International Playboy & Playgirl Record (1998, released in the US in 1999 as Playboy & Playgirl).Soft Landing on the Moon (1990, a compilation of sorts featuring mostly unreleased songs and alternate versions).Pizzicatomania! (1987, a compilation of early EPs and singles). ![]()
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