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Smoke on the Water

On Thursday I showed a Japanese song performed on a Western instrument (the ukulele). Here now is Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water” performed on traditional Japanese instruments.

This has got to be seen to be believed.

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Comment from Nico
Time: February 5, 2008, 2:20 pm

thanks, now I have that song stuck in my head…in shamisen.
speaking of cross-cultural: http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/filmseries/readings_hayakawa