Polysics Or Die

Polysics | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 22, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Tofu Records
• ASIN: B0007OP194
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #129,410 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Buggie Techinica

2. Hot Stuff

3. New Wave Jacket

4. Plus Chicker

5. Kaja Kaja Goo

6. Black Out Fall Out

7. My Sharona

8. Making Sense

9. Lookin' Lookin' Gaa

10. Commodoll

11. For Young Electric Pop

12. XCT

13. Peach Pie on the Beach

14. Each Life Each End

15. Code4

16. Modern

17. Urge on!!

18. Eno

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars What the hell is this?, June 3, 2005

By 

Jan Makarewicz "pop culture dilettante" (New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Polysics Or Die (Audio CD)

Sony, it appears, is starting to push some more established Jpop acts stateside, in the hopes that they will catch on this time. Well, Polysics aren't cute, and they don't have their own cartoon show. (Although it might be interesting -- I'm thinking Ren & Stimpy, but weirder.) What they do have is a thoroughly original, bizzarely entertaining sound.

What do they sound like? A friend of mine suggested techno punk, but that description is too glib. Imagine the bastard child of Devo and a hardcore punk group, fronted by a guy who, umm, hasn't been keeping up with his meds, and you start to get the idea.

The music is braindead fun, spastic, and thoroughly addictive. Chief Polysic Hiroyuki Hayashi (once known only as Poly-1) mugs and wails off key over a bed of thrashing guitars, bleeping synthesizers, and the sugary sweet harmonies of keyboardist Kayo and bassist Fumi. The few non-Japanese songs are more Engrish than English, but it all fits somehow. This isn't brain surgery music.

Sure, Hayashi's over-the-top style can wear on you, and they do love their vocoders. Some songs don't work -- a "live in the studio" re-recording of the single "Black Out Fall Out" (found on Japan For Sale Vol 3, for the curious) introduces unnecessary elements and loosens the songs tight charm. But the sped up, vocoded cover of "My Sharona" deserves to be on everyone's list of alltime bizzare songs, and numbers like "Kaja Kaja Goo", "Lookin' Looin' Gaa" (with its childlike verse chants), "Peach Pie On The Beach" (just TRY not singing along -- pippikippippippi!) and "Code4" really do show off the band at its hyperactive, geeky finest.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is where you dance around like a crazy child., April 14, 2005

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Andrea Peterson (Manhattan, KS) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Polysics Or Die (Audio CD)

This is not the deep music you think about, this is made for having a happy hyper time. Don't dwell on it, just groove with it. Urge on!! and Each life each end are some of the most addictive electro-punk music you'll ever hear, and they're cover of the knack's my sharona is definately worth a listen, as is the original, the knack doesn't get enough credit; But I digress, the entire album is worth giving a shot, and if you can appreciate it a buy.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars POLYSICS REVIEW OR DIE!!, November 5, 2004

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Hidekipooj (Washington) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Polysics Or Die (Audio CD)

If you want to listen to some very strange, (good), but strange music...this would be ideal. The Polysics are a 4 person group from japan. A lead vocalist/guitarist, a bass, a drummer, and a keyboarder. But, there is a huge emphasis on the keyboarder to come up with very.....strange but very cool funky electric beats etc. You'll have fun with this cd if you like video game music or punk rock, or j-pop.

Only problem with this group is the male vocalist CAN get VERY annoying at times. Most of the time he isn't singing but he is.....yelling. Which kind of takes the cd down a peg.
Now, off to the song review

Buggie Techinica-4/5
A very strange song indeed, but a good opener. No lyrics at all but an instrumental (btw, I consider a vocoder to be an instrument)

Hot stuff-3/5
I don't like the lyrics on this song...sorry.

New Wave Jacket-5/5
A very fun, fast, energetic song. I love the male and female vocals in this one! One of their greatest hits.

Plus Chicker-4/5
I like the lyrics, and the crazy electric sounds...but the guys vocals kind of get irritating quickly.

Kaja Kaja GOO 4/5
This song is so funny. Great music and the chorus, KAJA KAJA GOO!!!!

Black out fall out 5/5
Another greatest hits for the Polysics. The female vocals with the vocoder make an excellent peppy, fun song to listen to.
*THIS IS NOT THE REGULAR VERSION*

My Sherona-5/5
An awesome cover of the original my sherona. The vocoder is used throughout the entire song, which is great!

Making sense-4/5
A very cool 80's style beat at the begining, but then becomes another song of polysic craziness!!!

Lookin' lookin' GAA-3/5
Sort of annoying, but the hard rock section makes up for it!

Commondoll-5/5
A computer talking about crying, how sad......GOOD SONG!!!

Four young electric pop-3/5
Another random polysics song, nothing Special except what I call the "Jump Break" part, in the middle of the song.

XCT-4/5
Pretty good average Polysics song

Peach pie on the beach-4/5
Keeps your interest throught the entire time.

Each life end life-4/5
Strange lyrics, female covals, it's all good.

Code 4-5/5
My favorite song on the cd.

Modern-4/5
"I WILL SING YOU SOMETHING COOL" yes, yes you are.

URGE ON!! 5/5
A very fast heavy song. It almost sounds like they were trying to put as many things in 1 song as possible...and they succeded in creating something very LOUD!

ENO-5/5
The closing song, which is less than a minute. Is easily a song that could be on the soundtrack to an NES game!