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23 Aug 2007, 8:30 pm

Pugly wrote:

JerryHatake wrote:

Some of the popular singers and bands like T.M. Revolution, Nami Tamaki, Attack All Around, etc. would be a good place to start I believe.

Just did a quick youtube search of these groups. I don't like any of them... I guess it's too much pop for my tastes. And I don't like all the techno stuff...

Thanks for the help though.

I am extremely particular about the music I listen to... it actually takes a lot of effort to find music I really like. Much I am just sort of indifferent towards.

Not much techno from this music group
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXbx5sqLLaM[/youtube]
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24 Aug 2007, 12:44 am

I love J-Pop. Some of my favourite groups and singers are:

* B'z
* T.M. Revolution
* Tommy Feburary 6
* Hironobu Kageyama

I have a lot of music from Ayumi Hamasaki, my sister loves her music, but she's not of my favorites.

Also I love the J-Pop original soundtracks of:

* Dragon Ball series (yeah, it has some childlike songs, but it doesn't matter)
* Yu Yu Hakusho
* Air Master
* X-Bomber
* InuYasha
* Ranma 1/2
* DNAngel
* Gundam series (Gunam Z OST rocks!)
* Other series from the 80s (I love 80's J-Pop)

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24 Aug 2007, 11:47 am

I think I'm just not a fan of Pop in general... even if it's Japanese.

Are there any Japanese Bands squarely in the Progressive Rock genre?

I'm betting that the Japanese interpretation of Prog-Rock is going to be pretty awesome...

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24 Aug 2007, 6:23 pm

Do you like this one? It's not progressive rock at all, but it's one of the songs I listen to over and over without getting tired of it. It's kinda dark yet quirky.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BQs9onayvU[/youtube]

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25 Aug 2007, 1:17 am

gwenevyn wrote:

Do you like this one? It's not progressive rock at all, but it's one of the songs I listen to over and over without getting tired of it. It's kinda dark yet quirky.

Not bad, not bad... actually I've watched a very small bit of Cowboy Bepop... and the intro/theme song always draws me in. I've watched an episode just because of that music...

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26 Aug 2007, 9:58 am

Folder 5 is a good group who has done music for One Piece.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTDMN8UP6yk[/youtube]

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26 Aug 2007, 1:18 pm

JerryHatake wrote:

Folder 5 is a good group who has done music for One Piece.

Wow! What a peppy video! Makes me wish I weren't clumsy and poor at imitating dance moves, haha.

Here is "Kiseki no Umi" by Maaya Sakamoto. I posted this a long time ago in the Love Songs thread. It is probably one of my top ten songs of all time. I believe it was originally for Record of Lodoss War. I don't know that it qualifies as pop, but it's Japanese.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUB8R7wvjwo[/youtube]

lyrics here

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01 Sep 2007, 8:01 pm

Another AAA song

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij7eTYD_xro[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMlLerEeVvo[/youtube]

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01 Sep 2007, 8:09 pm

Article on what J-Pop is

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J-pop

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02 Sep 2007, 9:56 am

I don't mind j-rock

I also like jap- doo-wop

Think of the platters "the great pretender" and only you
keep the 6/8 time signature replace platters with a japaniese girl singing
youv'e got japanise doo-wop (minus that distinct quartet sound in the back ground)

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04 Sep 2007, 9:19 pm

As a musician and songwriter, I am absolutely in awe of Kanno Yoko. She is the most amazing songwriter and producer, as well as a very talented musician. She is capable of writing J-pop, jazz, rock, blues, classical overtures and amazing ethereal music that defies simple categorization. I have no idea how she is able to switch gears and creat such beautiful music in so many different genres.

I also love Arai Akino. She has the voice of an angel. Her songs run the gamut, as well, since she works a great deal with Kanno-san.

Mai Yamani who sings The Real Folk Blues above really impressed me with her work on the Cowboy Bebop soundtracks.

Not J-pop, but Smack Da Booty is a really cool metal band from Japan.

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11 Sep 2007, 7:45 am

Veresae wrote:

I don't listen to any real J-Pop, but I do listen to Dir en grey and Moi dix Mois...they're darker Japanese bands.

Good taste. I saw Dir en Grey in concert recently. Also, you might like Malice Mizer, D'espairs Ray, 12012...

Admittedly, a lot of Japanese music is complete [insert expletive here] but that's true of US music as well.

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16 Sep 2007, 7:49 am

J-Pop Torrent Site

http://mullemeck.serveftp.org/jps_beta/index.php

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17 Sep 2007, 4:04 am

Okay, this music vid is too cute to resist.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e12KvhsWbTM

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