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Plucking A Few Pizzicato Five Videos From The Archives

I spent a few hours this week digging through the boxes of CDs that haven’t quite made it to shelves since my move in January; from them I compiled aplaylist of music that I purchased in the late ’90s, back when I probably should have been investing in tech stocks or something that I haven’t really listened to since. At one point, I ran into a somewhat embarrassingly large collection of Pizzicato 5 discs.



Somehow, owning Japan-only CD singles of rare Shibuya-kei tracks seems less useful now than it seemed then, but pulling out the act’s American full-length debut Made in USA is a nice flashback to a time when reimagined versions of ’60s stereophonic sounds seemed like the next big thing. Although I guess I stopped following the band around 1996 or 1997, they continued on until 2002. As far as I can tell, the mastermind behind the group now does remixes of songs from cartoons or something. I was a bit confused by the translation. Anyhow, selections from the album I consider their finest moment, below.

“Sweet Soul Revue”:

“Baby Love Child”:

“Magic Carpet Ride (live)” (if you believe the tags on YouTube clips, this was their last TV appearance):

“Go Go Dancer”:

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  1. Cam/ron  |   Posted on Apr 3rd, 2009

    I love the P5, they always made a jaded, atonal music-loving bum like me act like a go-go dancer in a 60’s department store.

    Check out the great “Happy End” remix collection, there’s an awesome remix by Oval.

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  2. T'Challa  |   Posted on Apr 3rd, 2009

    I used to spin their “Five by Five” EP a LOT when I would DJ back in the day…

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  3. T'Challa  |   Posted on Apr 3rd, 2009

    I used to spin their “Five by Five” EP a LOT when I would DJ back in the day…

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  4. T'Challa  |   Posted on Apr 3rd, 2009

    I used to spin their “Five by Five” EP a LOT when I would DJ back in the day…

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  5. T'Challa  |   Posted on Apr 3rd, 2009

    I used to spin their “Five by Five” EP a LOT when I would DJ back in the day…

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  6. T'Challa  |   Posted on Apr 3rd, 2009

    I used to spin their “Five by Five” EP a LOT when I would DJ back in the day…

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  7. ghostyhead  |   Posted on Apr 3rd, 2009

    That album is just ridiculous amounts of fun.

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  8. Anonymous  |   Posted on Apr 3rd, 2009

    Made in USA pops up on my iPod from time to time. It is both amusing and embarrassing simultaneously.

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  9. rockstarjoe  |   Posted on Apr 3rd, 2009

    I used to hate this group. Turns out I still do!

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  10. Anonymous  |   Posted on Apr 3rd, 2009

    What’s a CD?

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  11. Lou Banjawi  |   Posted on Apr 3rd, 2009

    What, no “Twiggy Twiggy”? Loved it on “What’s Up Matador.”

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  12. westartedthis  |   Posted on Apr 4th, 2009

    man, i loved this group. “twiggy twiggy” actually got quite a bit of radio airplay on Q101 (which is how i heard of them in the first place).

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  13. DrWorm  |   Posted on Apr 4th, 2009

    Might as well share the Twiggy Twiggy love (partially because it’s a great video too):

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