BS: O'Carolan's Irish Pub, Tokyo, Japan

Subject: O'Carolan's Irish Pub, Tokyo, Japan
From: GUEST
Date: 06 Jun 01 - 10:07 AM

Has anyone been there ?

Subject: RE: BS: O'Carolan's Irish Pub, Tokyo, Japan
From: jeffp
Date: 06 Jun 01 - 11:21 AM

Haven't been there, but after checking out the site, if I ever find myself in Tokyo, I just might check it out. Thanks for the link!

jeffp

Subject: RE: BS: O'Carolan's Irish Pub, Tokyo, Japan
From: CRANKY YANKEE
Date: 06 Jun 01 - 08:53 PM

No, but I did learn the song, "Take me back to Tulsa" from a Japanese Hillbilly band (Country music hadn't been invented yet) called "The Blue Ramblers, at the Itazuki NCO club, in 1950. They were a great group, easilly as good as my "Ricepaddy Ramblers"

You have to close your eyes (after you read this) and imagine, "

TAKU MI BAKU TURSA AMU TU YUNGU MARI. (Take me back to tulsa I'm too young to marry)

The line "Little bee sucks the blossom, big bee gets the honey
Darkies grow the cotton, White man gets the money", was beautiful to hear. Only trouble was, I had to stifle the laugh that wanted desperately to roar out, so as not to embarass them, they were really fantastic musicians and singers. Couldn't understand most of the lyrics, but who cared. we knew the words to most of them, anyway.

regards, Jody Gibson.

Subject: RE: BS: O'Carolan's Irish Pub, Tokyo, Japan
From: CRANKY YANKEE
Date: 07 Jun 01 - 05:58 AM

Also learned, "If teardrops were pennies and heartaches wee gold." from them.

new story:

The Japanese word, "BENJO" means , "OUTHOUSE"

I was standing on the bridge across the fukuoka river at 0200 in 1950, in my cups, playing my banjo and singing, "eight more miles to Louisville", when a Japanese woman who was on the bridge across the Fukuoka River at 0200 in 1950, for professional reasons, inquired as to the nature of the musical instrument I was playing, I said, "it's a banjo.

She thought I had said, "Benjo ". She laughed uproriously and called all of her frends over to see this crazy American playing music on a "shit house".

true story.

Regards. Jody Gibson

Subject: RE: BS: O'Carolan's Irish Pub, Tokyo, Japan
From: GUEST
Date: 24 Aug 01 - 03:38 PM

Upcoming events include a fiddlers' evening. It makes me want to sing "taku me baku Tokyo" -- even though I've never been there.

Subject: RE: BS: O'Carolan's Irish Pub, Tokyo, Japan
From: InOBU
Date: 24 Aug 01 - 04:56 PM

I WANNA PLAY THERE!!!!!!!!!! Lets all write to them, telling them they should hire Sorcha Dorcha... WHAT A GIG!!!!!!! Guiness and Sushi! I will have to rent a liver! Larry

Subject: RE: BS: O'Carolan's Irish Pub, Tokyo, Japan
From: Marymac90
Date: 24 Aug 01 - 05:07 PM

Don't know of any livers for rent, Larry! Guess you'd better slack off and stick to sushi!!!!!

Any chance of you coming to the Getaway or Folk Alliance?

Subject: RE: BS: O'Carolan's Irish Pub, Tokyo, Japan
From: GUEST,Steve N.
Date: 24 Aug 01 - 05:50 PM

Loved Cranky Yankee's notes! I was in the area for a couple of years back in late 60s, and many's the night we would pack a couple of guitars and a benjo into any of the nine million little bars around Shinjuku. They'd welcome us to the little stage, we'd play all evening, the patrons would get all whipped up and send us free beers, and we'd finally crawl up the stairs and into a taxi. One of my most treasured memories is a night we couldn't even call a taxi....just slept in the gutter, clutching our instruments. Woke up the next morning, guitar at my side and wallet still in my pocket, dusted off and went back to USAHCZJ (Camp Zama Hospital). Tokyo is the safest place in the world. Somehow, I don't recall those joints being quite as snazzy-looking as this O'Carolan's Pub, though. If and when I go back, I'll definitely stop at this place for a Sapporo or five!!

Subject: RE: BS: O'Carolan's Irish Pub, Tokyo, Japan
From: InOBU
Date: 24 Aug 01 - 07:45 PM

Hi Mary... so as not to be guilty of thread cread... Gee... I don't know where and when those events are! Are they in Tokyo... do tell me! Cheers Larry (PS I sent a tape to your friend in NC about the winter festival, which will be held many thousands of miles away from Tokyo.... ) Cheers again Larry)

Subject: RE: BS: O'Carolan's Irish Pub, Tokyo, Japan
From: GUEST
Date: 28 Nov 01 - 11:00 AM

Another story of the two island cultures: An Irishwoman with Japanese-born parents visits Japan: http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/features/2000/0701/feat4.htm

The text seems to be garbled at the point where the Japanese passport control agent speaks to the author in Irish, but one can still get the gist of it.

Subject: RE: BS: O'Carolan's Irish Pub, Tokyo, Japan
From: Skipjack K8
Date: 29 Nov 01 - 04:58 AM

I heard years ago that the Japanese were switching on to the idea of Christmas, but someone in design got their stories mixed up, and they were doing a roaring trade in Christmas tree decorations, selling Santa nailed to a crucifix. He had it coming.

Skipjack