Monsieur, Alan Merrill, WOW, Vodka Collins

Group Sounds veterans, the ancient Tokyo band Vodka Collins perform W.O.W. (world of whores) in Tokyo 1997, at Nissan Power Station. A cynical lyric deriding the flesh trade is the theme of this punk rock song, which appeared on the band's Pink Soup album out that year. You strut it down the streetcruising for some actionyou're always dressed to thrillyour victims to extractionIn a world of whoreslove is just a viceIn a world of whoresevery heart is chrystalized iceYou soak 'em like a spongefor every penny you can getand when you drain the bloodyou still ain't finished with 'em yetIn a world of whoreslove is just a viceIn a world of whoresevery heart is chrystalized iceI wonder how it feelsbeing so cruel underneathI watch you kickin up your spike heelsand hissing insults through your teethIn a world of whoreslove is just a viceIn a world of whoresevery heart is chrystalized iceWords & music Alan Merrill 1996.Vodka Collins started as a band in 1971, and have made 5 albums over 4 decades, with long breaks in between reunions. The band members are Monsieur Kamayatsu, Alan Merrill, Hiroshi Oguchi, and Masayoshi Kabe.Vodka Collins is a sort of Japanese supergroup.Merrill is the former lead singer of the Arrows (UK) and has played guitar with the bands Meat Loaf, and Derringer. A foreigner, he started his career in Japan with a group sounds called The Lead in 1968.Mounsieur Kamayatsu was a founding member of the group sounds sensation The Spiders.Masayoshi "Mabo" Kabe was with the hit Yokohama based band The Golden Cups.Hiroshi Oguchi was drummer of the bad boys of the group sounds, The Tempters, who were also enormously popular.

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Uploaded: December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm
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