Originally Posted by Eyeth

Turning Japanese: I remember watching Beverly Hills Ninja, a low brow movie starring Chris Farley. Then, the song, 'Turning Japanese', popped into as a background music. At first, the music lyrics didn't jump out at me as seemingly odd; It was a ninja movie, after all! The movie was captioned.

Then came 'One Hit Wonders' on VH1, narrated by William Shatner. As it were, 'Turning Japanese' made the list and there was a none too subtle explanation about the true meaning of the song. My eyes popped wide open and now I know all too well that this song fit in perfectly in that Chris Farley movie I've viewed a few years ago!

For those who still didn't get the meaning behind the Turning Japanese song, send me a private message. This is a family forum, after all! Goes to show you that music videos that were aired in the 1980's and became one-hit wonders never really found their way among Deaf people in terms of lingo and lexicon.