SeizureChicken presents: The Top 400 Songs of the 1940s

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Pray no more for an abundance of content, because this week SeizureChicken is unveiling its first-ever big long unnecessary list.

That’s right – you’ve asked for it (I assume), and now you’re gonna get it. “It,” of course, referring to the best four-hundred songs of the 1940s.

We’re going to kick things off today with songs 400-301, then do another hundred songs every day until we’re all out of songs, bandwidth, or patience with each other. And now, without further ado:

400.

Kirishima Noboru, “Tareka Kokkyou o Omowazaru”

Though ostensibly merely the story of a Japanese boy with magical pockets, this song is, in actuality, the defining moment of Kirishima Noboru’s Kirishima Goes Electric period (1940-44), in which Noboru finally got his house electrically-wired. This development angered the reactionary demographic of his fanbase, who felt that Kirishima Noboru, as a dishonorable pop musician, did not deserve electricity in his house. This song is also probably the number one reason that anime is so popular in Japan, although that is more something that I made up than something that is actually true. Connoisseurs will heed Kirishima’s off-the-wall vocal histrionics and wacky lyrics, like:

THERE IS A BAT IN MY HOUSE

GET THE BAT OUT OF MY HOUSE

I HAVE MAGICAL POCKETS

Stay tuned for another song tomorrow…for the next 399 days!