Essen band Fokker were mainly active in the early eighties, often talked about but rarely heard.
Lyrics
TOKYO COMPRESSION
Tokyo 1964, I was covering the Olympics,
I was a journalist then.
I was 24 years old, 6 foot 2,
Much taller than most Japanese men.
It was the first day I’d taken the train,
I didn’t know the etiquette or the drill.
When I got on I found a place by the window,
And stood there very still.
Tokyo Compression, Tokyo Compression.
The doors closed and the train moved off,
No one spoke to each other,
Then we stopped at a station and more people got on,
Then we moved off, then we stopped at another,
We stopped at more stations and more people got on,
The carriage quickly filled up.
It was soon so full it got difficult to breathe,
I started to panic every time we stopped.
Tokyo Compression, Tokyo Compression.
Finally when my face was pressed against the window,
And I was sinking into a depression,
A Gaijin I hadn’t noticed before leaned over and said,
“How are you enjoying the Tokyo Compression?”
Tokyo Compression, Tokyo Compression.
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