Kiss Kiss Jesus Jesus
Once again, tonight after coming home from work I plopped my fat ass down and watched some TV. I ended up catching the end of a 3-hour special episode of London Hearts, which used to be one of my favorite programs on Japanese TV (meaning that it was one of a few that I could actually stand). These days, the show usually features a regular lineup of woman talents ranking each other based on certain criteria (e.g., ‘Most likely to have sex on a first date’, ‘Least likely to do housework’, etc.) and harshly insulting each other in the process, but tonight’s special was different. Cohost Tamura Atsushi set about to help one of the show’s regulars, former-gravure- idol-turned-short-lived-80s-pop-star Aota Noriko (pictured), achieve her dream of reviving her singing career.
To accomplish this, Tamura went to famed music producer Komuro Tetsuya and received an unproduced single from his back catalogue. He then went to one of Komuro’s most successful acts, pop/ dance group TRF, for help with choreographing. After nearly a month of voice training, dance lessons and intense exercise, Aota — performing under the stage name of Bubble Aota — gave a live concert before 2,500-strong audience, including Japanese impersonators of Madonna, Michael Jackson and Robert De Niro (Teru from comedy duo Doyo).
Sounds pretty uninteresting, right? Well, consider the title of the song: ‘Jesus‘. No, it isn’t a religious hymn praising the Lord and Savior of Christianity or whatever; it’s actually bumping dance track about seduction and the bearded fellow from Nazareth, with a nutty chorus of “I wanna kiss Jesus’ power & soul.”
And no, this isn’t a joke. The single — with album cover featuring Aota’s driver’s license photo, no less — will be released next Wednesday, April 19th. Praise Jesus!
UPDATE: A video of Bubble Aota’s live performance of Jesus at Makuhari Messe can be viewed here [AVI, 40MB] and on YouTube here. Enjoy!
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Buddha must be laughing
Comment by Ubaldo — 4/12/2006 @ 1:09 pm
I wonder if Japanese girls are Jesus’ type?
Comment by Ashley — 4/12/2006 @ 9:29 pm
Doesn’t anyone else see the treachery afoot? I mean, she admittedly just wants Jesus for His “power & soul”… and she plans to do it WITH A KISS.
Comment by Oliver — 4/13/2006 @ 12:36 pm
This sounds like South Park ‘Christian Rock Hard’, the songs Cartman sings also have this carnal aspect
Comment by Pio — 4/13/2006 @ 3:38 pm
Haha, you’re right Pio. That was a great episode. Religion needs something like this for sure.
Comment by Rob — 4/13/2006 @ 4:23 pm
Especially, I love what’s printed at the bottom of the screen in Japanese: “It’s not a prayer Let’s kiss”
Comment by Sfida — 4/14/2006 @ 1:49 pm
“like a prayer…” maddonna
That woman’s crazy-hot, even on a driver’s license
Comment by Claytonain — 4/17/2006 @ 1:12 am
Thanks for the heads up about that South Park episode. I finally had a chance to watch it over the weekend — hilarious stuff!
I’m sure Bubble Aota’s song would fit right in.
Comment by jeff — 4/17/2006 @ 8:07 am
Nice to see this was around for Easter, too.
You should submit this to Engrish.com if you haven’t already.
Comment by Lelia Katherine Thomas — 4/18/2006 @ 2:20 am
NOW THIS IS WORTH FIGHTING AND DYING FOR omglolz THE HELL WITH JERRY JACKZON! Ommfg
Comment by Acadian10 — 4/18/2006 @ 3:39 am
I really should read this site more often, I always learn so much!!
Comment by Monique — 4/20/2006 @ 4:04 pm
Yeah, that South Park episode is hilarious. “Fuck Jesus!” LOL. You gotta love Cartman.
Comment by Santos — 9/25/2006 @ 11:29 pm
Very fitting I think: “God is the inner principle of all movement, the only identity which already fulfils and illuminates the universe. Everything is incorporated in this one principle, because it encloses infinity, it includes everything, and there is nothing that could be outside of it. ” Giordano Bruno
Comment by Tom in Cala Dor Palma de Mallorca — 10/1/2006 @ 4:52 am
Haha, funny subject..
Comment by Peter — 6/15/2007 @ 2:10 pm