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Post by mobbie on Mar 8, 2007 1:38:06 GMT
Personally 90% of the music i have on my computer is japanese, my friend (kuja) got me into listening to it, and i´ve become soo addicted to it  The genre's that we both listen to are many, but most of them can be called sub-genres to the genre "Visual Kei" which is quite special itself. If anyone cares to see what it is, pretty much every song should be on youtube, just write the name there. Current favorites: Gazette - (especially this song) Cassis Antic Café - (all of the songs, but absolute favorite is this) Wagamama Koushin Kyoku Malice Mizer - Shiroi Pretty much every song is different from the other, i can't really say that the bands has an own "style" because the songs are so different  Oh yea, one more favorite, clearly  X-Japan - Art of Life (incredible song, it's 30 minutes long and it's the only song i´ve heard that feels like a story ) |
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Post by randomnigel on Mar 10, 2007 22:00:55 GMT
Have you ever listened to Korean music?
The two are kind of similar.
I personally prefer Korean, though.
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Post by alohaxamigas on Mar 10, 2007 22:26:40 GMT
j-pop is getting really popular in my school, i dont know why... maybe it's the funky electric beats!  |
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Post by mobbie on Mar 12, 2007 1:25:46 GMT
Hey there, both of you ^^ Getting visits from 2 of the new ones in my own little occult thread, how nice Yea I´ve listened to Korean music too, didn't fancy that as much though... J-pop IS getting popular, pretty much everywhere, and I like that, makes me happy Have you ever heard X-Japan ? ^^ |
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Post by Ubereil on Mar 12, 2007 13:19:20 GMT
From what I've heard of X-Japan they're a poor copy of the hairrock/speed metal bands of the American 80's. Art of Life is cool because it's a 35 minutes long rocksong (and it has a really nice 10 minute pianosolo in it), but apart from that I haven't heard much good from them...
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Post by mobbie on Mar 12, 2007 16:20:23 GMT
Poor copy? Ubereil, you DO know that they were the most loved band in japan, ever? ^^ And japan is no small country, population-wise.
Just one little proof of how loved they were-
Hide, a guy in the band, comitted suicide, and so did 10-12 fangirls after his death, and 50 000 people attended to the funeral, the queues were Kilometres long, in every direction.
And about 15 000 people stayed for the entire wake.
Every song I´ve heard of X-Japan has been true joy to my ears, I cannot agree to that they would be a poor copy of anything.
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Post by kuja on Mar 12, 2007 17:08:37 GMT
X-Japan is indeed my favorite band and songs as Kurenai, X, Rose of Pain, Endless Rain, Forever Love, Alive, Art of Life is wonderful But i´ve never really liked J-pop, actually i think the most songs.. are quite awful to be true. About Korean music. Yes there are some really good Metal bands there, especially the band Crash they´re great And Yoshiki is damn good at Piano and drums I don´t know why ypu dislike them though Ube... i can´t really see the connection with any american 80-ish Hairrock/Speed Metal band. |
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Post by Ubereil on Mar 12, 2007 19:32:28 GMT
Well, Britney Spears is pretty popular too. And Velvet Underground weren't . So popularity isn't worth much in my book... Well, to be fair I haven't heard many X Japan songs (three IIRC), but the ones I heard weren't very original, so to speak. And besides, Toshi isn't much of a singer... Übereil |
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Post by janggut on Mar 13, 2007 2:30:22 GMT
same goes with Mark Knopfler but i love his singing anyway. ;D talk about rock music from Japan or Korea, well i'm no big fan but i do like some though mostly are soundtracks of anime series or films that i've watched (or even haven't watch). a mild j-pop (not so typical in its sound) is alright by me but it depends on the writer of the music. my fav Japanese musicians (who are composers too) Yoko Kanno & Joe Hisaishi. there are a few more but my feeble mind tends to forget. funnily enough, though i'm no big fan of drum & bass, i do like what some of the Japanese DJ's came up with. pretty twisted. |
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Post by Ubereil on Mar 13, 2007 9:12:28 GMT
same goes with Mark Knopfler but i love his singing anyway. ;D He doesn't try to sing above his range. He might not have a great voice, but it's decent, and it works for what he's doing. That's not the case with Toshi... Übereil |
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Post by kuja on Mar 14, 2007 15:41:17 GMT
Yes Toshi has made some.. bad performances.. but that was in the early years of X, i actually think he´s got quite the wonderful singing voice otherwise. I don´t even know which songs/videoes you´ve seen with Toshi singing so i can´t really comment on that, it can also be that our taste is different But he was damn great through whole Last live and On the verge of Destruction. Although i really dislike the song "Celebration" |
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