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Japanese Music (Pop, rock and all 'dat) |OT|

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kasane

Member
Very Berry Sunday said:
What are masterpieces in Japanese Music?

I haven't listened to them with my headphones, but I can start.
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The Hiatus - thirst
The Hiatus - bonfire
[URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oCwh2d58Uc"]The hiatus- twisted maple trees, Insomnia
The hiatus - The Flare
Ellegarden - Space sonic
Amazarashi - Seasons die one after another[/URL]
Radwimps - 前前前世
Radwimps - 実況中継
One ok rock - hearthache
One ok rock - be the light

I have much more on my playlist buts i think its pretty clear what type of music i like lol
 
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Celegus

Member
Awww L'arc was one of the bands that got me into J-rock all those years ago! I was in 6th grade, watching FLCL and Cowboy Bebop on adult swim and just fell in love. The Pillows, L'arc~en~ciel, Dir en Grey, Malice Mizer, TM Revolution, etc... those were my jams!

My all-time favorite is Double Twelve from Velvet Eden, I don't even know how many hundreds of times I've listened to that album. It has a bunch of new songs mixed in with a bunch of updates to some older songs to make them even better, the absolute pinnacle of visual kei in my book.

Edit: Listening to some old L'arc~en~ciel and can confirm not garbage. Way better than One OK Rock and the stuff you kids are into these days! (okay I like a lot of modern stuff too, but One OK is just one I've never cared for)
 
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Kurita

Member
Celegus said:
Awww L'arc was one of the bands that got me into J-rock all those years ago! I was in 6th grade, watching FLCL and Cowboy Bebop on adult swim and just fell in love. The Pillows, L'arc~en~ciel, Dir en Grey, Malice Mizer, TM Revolution, etc... those were my jams!

My all-time favorite is Double Twelve from Velvet Eden, I don't even know how many hundreds of times I've listened to that album. It has a bunch of new songs mixed in with a bunch of updates to some older songs to make them even better, the absolute pinnacle of visual kei in my book.
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I'll give one thing to L'Arc-en-Ciel : I loved Driver's High when I was watching GTO as a 11 years old, and while I was looking for the song on the Internet I stumbled across Beat Crusaders, Ajikan and Ellegarden, which are the 3 bands that made me fall in love with Japanese music (well, music in general actually), so in some way I'm grateful to them lol
Aside from that, well, I hate everything that's somewhat visual-kei so...
 
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Kurita

Member
Nearly broke some ribs because of the new KEYTALK music video, holy shit. The random EDM thrown in before the chorus, hahahaha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkGhyHGH3-g
The thumbnail already had me rolling because of their stupid faces
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Slowdive

Banned
stump sock said:
Togawa performance was so good :') got kind of emotional during Mushi no Onna and I never do that.

meanwhile Tenten is crying while dj'ing togawa songs :D

BiS song and video are both boring
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Yeah it was great. It was good to see her laughing a lot, I've never seen her so happy during an interview before. I know we saw her in that recent ad, but she really does look much better than recent live reports led me to believe, people kept saying she looked really ill and could hardly sing, but that was proved wrong when the albums came out anyway.
 
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stump sock

Member
I think that despite her voice changing, she can still sing quite well. She's lost a lot of range and it's a lot rougher, but the control is still there. I think when she sings in lower registers it sounds awesome.

Mongoloid sliding in from off-screen and singing from the floor cracked me up.
 
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SweetDonuts

Member
So a theory that Avex banned international exports due to them wanting their local Avex shops to sell to that direct country makes this even more frustrating. Why place a ban before the local Avex stores are ready? this is bullshit.

ladyluthien said:
AI Otsuka's latest single is great. Love all three songs!
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Did the video remind you of Baby Don't Cry?
 
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Kansoku

Member
I'm going to take the opportunity to share some bands I've been keeping an eye on, like Polkadot Stingray, and the 4 I mentioned above. Maybe someone will find something nice =)

MokeraMokera
CRCK/LCKS
Amelie
Hump Back
lical
モノクロパンダ (this one is also really good)
マクマナマン
Goghst
faulea.
徒然なりにし天雲
soha (ex. 44º+)
フレンズ (thanks Kurita)
揺らぎ (shared this before)
シキサイパズル (sadly they disbanded :( )
Manhole New World
Utae (I believe someone shared this here before, would guess stump or Slowdive)
Cattle (Same as above)
ペロペロしてやりたいわズ。
MUSQIS
fulusu
その隙間から
amenoto
クチナシ
こゑだ
虎の子ラミー
ATLANTIS AIRPORT
D.A.N. (thanks Kurita 2)
siraph (the school food punishment revival that la la larks could not give us.
because they don't release anything :<
)
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It's also never a wrong time to recommend Cö shu nie
 
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kasane

Member
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TFW she looks at you with those type of eyes
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TFW she has a voice of an angel
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When she acts all cutesy for you
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When she wears the bunny suit for you
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Being cute with the bunny
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A casual night
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is this how people get obsessed

Guys i literally cant. I feel a little bit bad but holy shit shes so cute.

TFW you cant have a girlfriend who such a qt and sings great, why even live
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edit: Only god can help me at this point.
 
Aizo

Aizo

Banned
stump sock said:
I think that despite her voice changing, she can still sing quite well. She's lost a lot of range and it's a lot rougher, but the control is still there. I think when she sings in lower registers it sounds awesome.

Mongoloid sliding in from off-screen and singing from the floor cracked me up.
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You gotta see Vampilla live one day. It's a must.
I'm honestly surprised they did the stream, because they were really adamant about Togawa wanting no pictures to be taken during the show I went to.
 
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Very Berry Sunday

Member
I'm still trying to decide which Japanese music to listen to first. Looking for critically acclaimed albums.

I did listen to a woman, who sang in English, but her English is good, but isn't that great.

Is there a list of masterpieces, like Rolling Stone top 500 albums of all time? I'm looking for critically acclaimed albums that are as good or better than top 500 albums of all time. And boy did I find masterpieces in that list, such as In The Court of The Crimson King.
 
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stump sock

Member
you might want to dig through this list:

https://matome.naver.jp/odai/2133932536777469801
https://matome.naver.jp/odai/2133932187476959401

I'll personally vouch for about 30-40 of these as being top-tier classics.

e: heck, I'll just list the ones I'll back

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4&#12288;Solid State Survivor: YMO
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chrominance

Member
Ryuukan said:
good album (they're all good post-nomiya maki) but Overdose or Bossa Nova 2001 are way more genre-defining
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Those would also be my two votes for "favourite P5 albums." Can't speak to historical significance, though.

Also: that Polkadot Stingray song is neat, but holy hell buying that EP in any format besides MP3s is next to impossible.. No FLAC sources, only Tower sells physical in Japan, package forwarding services all seem expensive as hell for a four-track CD, no eBay/Amazon/Discogs marketplace listings in the U.S./Canada, and Amazon.co.jp hit me with huge customs charges last time I tried to buy a new product off a Marketplace seller (whcih I don't think is even an option here because none of them seem to ship to Canada).
 
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stump sock

Member
there's a number of acts on that list who I think have better albums than the ones listed, but I really don't have the energy to make my own list or explain why I think the other ones are better. That's not Guitar Wolf's best album. that's not Supercar's second best album. that's like YMO's 3rd or 4th best album, but it has Rydeen on it so it makes the list.

whatcha gonna do. still a good starting point.
 
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akileese

Member
MezzoForte said:
two of my favorite Japanese albums, both of which get their due.



Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape



Envy - All the Footprints You've Ever Left and the Fear Expecting Ahead
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Envy is one of my all times. I've listened to them since I was 16 when the lead singer of Thursday put me on to them. I got to see them in concert before they broke up and it was without a doubt, one of the greatest musical moments of my life. I was absolutely fucking heart broken when they broke up.
 
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stump sock

Member
akileese said:
Envy is one of my all times. I've listened to them since I was 16 when the lead singer of Thursday put me on to them. I got to see them in concert before they broke up and it was without a doubt, one of the greatest musical moments of my life. I was absolutely fucking heart broken when they broke up.
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they're not technically dead. I think they want to keep going with a new singer.
 
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Kurita

Member
Very Berry Sunday said:
I'm still trying to decide which Japanese music to listen to first. Looking for critically acclaimed albums.

I did listen to a woman, who sang in English, but her English is good, but isn't that great.

Is there a list of masterpieces, like Rolling Stone top 500 albums of all time? I'm looking for critically acclaimed albums that are as good or better than top 500 albums of all time. And boy did I find masterpieces in that list, such as In The Court of The Crimson King.
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Did you actually give a shot to the albums people mentioned when you've asked? There was plenty of damn good stuff in there, not sure why you want a "critically acclaimed masterpieces" list so much.
Just start from these recommendations and see what resonates with you.

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