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- On the tour, Shonen Knife taught Cobain how to play their infectious bubblegum punk track, ‘Twist Barbie’, which Nirvana covered during one of their elusive secret shows.
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Naoko Yamano taught Cobain to play the Shonen Knife song "Twist Barbie", and Nirvana covered the song several times during the tour. Cobain later listed Shonen Knife's Burning Farm as one of his favorite albums.
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Together the bands played nine shows across the U.K. and throughout November and December of that year. On the tour, Shonen Knife taught Cobain how to play their infectious bubblegum punk track, ‘Twist Barbie’, which Nirvana covered during one of their elusive secret shows.
Burning Farm is the first album by Shonen Knife. It is almost entirely in Japanese, with only "Twist Barbie" on the original release in English. The Japanese 8" vinyl (Zero Records 0-0783) had eight songs.
A song which, incidentally, Kurt Cobain dug. In 1991, Nirvana enlisted Shonen Knife as an opener on their U.K. tour. Naoko didn’t know who the band was but was floored when she finally got to catch them live. “During the tour, Kurt wanted to play my song ‘Twist Barbie’ at [a] secret gig.
May 1, 2024 · JANICE: In 1991, Kurt Cobain told Melody Maker magazine that when he saw first saw Shonen Knife in concert, he "turned into a nine-year old girl at a Beatles concert. I was crying and jumping up and down and tearing my hair out — it was amazing.
The song is about a girl who has beautiful blue eyes, blond hair, a tight body, and long legs. She is smart and a good dancer. Boys are attracted to her and think she is glamorous. The song says that the singer wants to be like her, and they repeat "Twist Barbie" many times.
Irving Plaza NYC, 1993.
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