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Japanese pop - a whole new world of music

posted September 7, 2006 - 3:50am
Japanese pop - a whole new world of music

Many people have different tastes in music. No to people like the same styles. I love many kinds of music, and some of it is out of the ordinary. I recently discovered Japanese pop music and I love it. At least most of it. It is like discovering a whole new world that you had no idea even existed. As with anything else you have your good, bad and your indifferent. I've been listening to Japanese pop music for more than a year and I've discovered some really talented artists.

I'm going to introduce you to some of them, in other articles, mostly the ones I really like. Before you start saying no thanks, at least give them a try. Listen to one or two songs and appreciate the music. Most of the artists throw in some English, usually in the chorus. Many of the songs rival our top name American and British artists that we love throughout the years. Some of the artists even sing entire songs in English. I cannot understand why hardly anyone has heard of these groups, many of them are extremely popular overseas.

Music is truly the universal language, so even if you do not understand the lyrics, at least you can appreciate the music.



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It seems like more people on

It seems like more people on the west coast are familiar with the Japanese pop bands. Most likely this is because they're closer to Japan and some of the groups have even held concerts in California. I have a diverse taste in music, if I like the song I like it, it makes no difference who is singing it and in what language. Obviously the entire country doesn't agree with me, which I really didn't expect it to. Most people like to listen to songs they can sing to without having to learn another language to learn the lyrics. Some of us like me just like to be a bit more difficult. If you like the Brilliant Green, take a listen to their winter album, it's one of their best. Kat

Kat

Yes, one tends to get into

Yes, one tends to get into J-pop while living in (or even visiting) Japan. I myself CAN understand "why hardly anyone [in the States] has heard of these groups" (because they are Japanese), but I'd be blown away if somebody IN Japan were unaware of them. Ahh...Glay, B'z, The Beautiful Green, Hide and Spread Beaver (well, that's getting a bit out of the standard "pop zone"). It does help all the more to make them "exotic" when you don't know what they are saying, yes.

Antonia Dwells

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