Chocolate Tuba

Pato Fu, Made in Japan

A court in Brazil today shut down Twitter there because Melon Husk wouldn't comply with the laws there and turn over records from their right wing coup attempt on January 8, 2023. A lot of Brazilians made the move to Bluesky in response, and it got me thinking about some of my favorite Brazilian music. Pato Fu was an indie rock band that I got into several years ago. When I listened to my favorite song of theirs today, it struck me as a perfect Chocolate Tuba. The hook is from a classic pop song (which was originally from the soundtrack to a Swedish porn flick before being picked up by Sesame Street). The singer is singing in Japanese, not Portuguese. The climactic scene of the music video is set to some heavy dance music. The song is a real mess and shouldn't work, but it does. Brilliant.