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[Music] J-Pop: An Introduction (and discussion)
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Old Mar 22, 2007, 07:18 PM Local time: Mar 22, 2007, 05:18 PM #551 (permalink) of 609
that yuko-chan performance was nice i really liked the song and she ages nicely

the new Morning Musume album is hot. not what i expected from the group that made sugar pop songs awhile back.
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Old Mar 22, 2007, 07:49 PM Local time: Mar 22, 2007, 03:49 PM #552 (permalink) of 609
I would feel more comfortable being caught by my wife watching porno than a Momusu video.
rofl. Quoted for points++.
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Old Apr 13, 2007, 01:00 AM #553 (permalink) of 609
i'm loving m-flo.... only track 4 of their new album Cosmicolor...
m-flo LOVES melody - Stuck in your love... I can't get it out of my winamp, my phone, my psp... my car too lolz
i even got my friend hooked on it too hahahaaaa

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Old Apr 13, 2007, 01:39 AM Local time: Apr 12, 2007, 11:39 PM #554 (permalink) of 609
Hmm, I've only recently noticed this thread exists . . . ah well.

I've looked through the thread and noticed there wasn't much about J-Pop from before 1990. Coincidentally, I've only started finding about older J-Pop from random YouTube browsing. And that was about a month ago. Now, I've been perusing WinMx for this sort of music and got quite more than I expected. Not entire albums, but an interesting spread of artists and songs from the late 1960s to the late 1980s.

For those who have ventured into my journal, you would have read up occasionally on my discovery of older J-Pop, and I've brought along a few people who have taken a liking to it, it seems.

I don't think I'm a good enough authority yet on pre-1990 J-Pop, and I wonder if any of you are better at giving a crash course on that.

In the meantime, I'll announce to you that I have begun organizing what I've downloaded and compiled the J-Pop into CD-sized volumes. While not exactly CD rips or anything, it's better than having not known them, I would think. Those interested can download the first two volumes from the links in my journal.

The first two volumes consist of as much of the songs I can get that I can discern from the three YouTube clips that started my interest in older J-Pop.

I might as well present them to y'all to show how it all began for me. The following are compilation clips from some sort of Japanese music program that aired at the time:

(1975 - 1979)
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(1980 - 1983) - Japanese people like to cry too much
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(1972 - 1987)
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Old Apr 19, 2007, 02:48 PM #555 (permalink) of 609
i'm loving m-flo.... only track 4 of their new album Cosmicolor...
m-flo LOVES melody - Stuck in your love... I can't get it out of my winamp, my phone, my psp... my car too lolz
i even got my friend hooked on it too hahahaaaa
Haha I was like that for a while. It took a certain new YUI album release for me to stop playing that, but now those two pretty much own my playlist.

Also, the nobodyknows+ "Hero's Come Back!!" single (current Naruto OP) comes out in a week. <3

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Old Apr 20, 2007, 08:29 AM Local time: Apr 20, 2007, 12:29 PM #556 (permalink) of 609
Haha I was like that for a while. It took a certain new YUI album release for me to stop playing that
The new YUI album is all kinds of <3 is it not? I'm loving it so very much right now.
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Old Apr 20, 2007, 08:49 AM #557 (permalink) of 609
I have a question. I recently got completely hooked on Naruto, especially the intro for Season 1. The song is "Rocks" by Hound Dog.

Does the rest of their music have the same sort of "Hair Metal" feel as that song?

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Old May 10, 2007, 10:41 PM #558 (permalink) of 609
revive dammit!!!
I've been a bit out of JPop... anything good lately? I might check out the new YUI album you guys are talking about

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Old May 29, 2007, 05:55 PM Local time: May 29, 2007, 09:55 PM #559 (permalink) of 609
Do so, really, really do so, it's a big cup of <3
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Old May 29, 2007, 10:29 PM #560 (permalink) of 609
Originally Posted by AnimeNewsNetwork
Zard Singer Izumi Sakai, 40, Dies from Staircase Fall
Japanese singer-songwriter Izumi Sakai, better known as Zard, died on Sunday of a brain contusion after falling three meters (10 feet) off the landing of a staircase at the Keio University Hospital. She was undergoing treatment for cervical cancer. Sakai, whose real name was Sachiko Kamachi, was 40 years old. The ex-model wrote and performed theme songs for numerous anime projects, including Slam Dunk, Yawara! Special - Zutto Kimi no Koto ga…, Dragon Ball GT, Chuuka Ichiban!, and Detective Conan (Case Closed).
I am speechless. May she rest in peace.
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Old Jun 1, 2007, 01:54 PM Local time: Jun 1, 2007, 05:54 PM #561 (permalink) of 609
Yeah, I heard about that, I can't believe it, it's crazy.

On a slightly brighter note, The Brilliant Green are still together and releasing a new single on the 3rd July. That's right - TBG. New single. Woot! I really hope it's good.
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Old Jun 1, 2007, 02:02 PM Local time: Jun 1, 2007, 12:02 PM #562 (permalink) of 609
I am speechless. May she rest in peace.
Yeah, I didn't even know who she was and the news made me really depressed...I think it was because it looked like she was on her way to recovery, planning a new album and everything, and then this happened.
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Old Jun 4, 2007, 05:11 PM #563 (permalink) of 609
Has anyone here heard/purchased Chihiro Onitsuka's new single, "everyhome?" What do you think of it? I think I absolutely can't wait for a new album.
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Old Jun 13, 2007, 02:20 AM #564 (permalink) of 609
I see YUI released another single... My Generation/Understand and Understand, the PV, I haven't watched it yet but it says "Movie Version".... is she in another movie?

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Old Jun 13, 2007, 03:19 AM Local time: Jun 13, 2007, 07:19 AM #565 (permalink) of 609
is she in another movie?
No, she's just done the song for one (Sidecar ni Inu), she's not actually in it this time. My Generation is also a tie-in, but with a dorama rather than a movie.
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Old Jun 14, 2007, 11:02 PM Local time: Jun 14, 2007, 07:02 PM #566 (permalink) of 609
Someone mentioned (I forget who) Go! Go! 7188. I've seen some of their videos on Youtube, and I'm quite impressed. I've been trying to look for some torrents, but all of them are either dead, or has no seeders. Help?

Dance party!
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Old Jun 21, 2007, 08:24 AM Local time: Jun 21, 2007, 10:54 PM #567 (permalink) of 609
Ok, I haven't been on GFF for an eternity it seems (I still read occasionally but haven't posted), but now I would like some help.

To get straight to the point, I'm looking for Japanese karaoke discs. By this I mean DVDs that have the lyrics shown in synch with the voice(s), and not the audio tracks without the voice (of course this will also be on the DVD, with the original track).

I have found a lot on amazon.co.jp and hmv.co.jp, but there is no way on those two sites that I can easily identify the artists and songs that I would like to get (hmv seems to be slightly better). It either just lists the artist, song title or neither from what I have seen.

I'm looking for artists such as Hikaru Utada, Matsuura Aya, Shiina Ringo, YUI, and anyone else along those lines. Also any other popular jpop artists and well known songs that are frequently sung as karaoke would be good. I have no idea which is the popular ones that are usually sung.

It would be good if I can get compilations of songs from various artists that I like and then compilations of popular songs.

My Japanese skills is OK at navigating simple sites, but anything with a lot of writing will take me too long to decode.

Any sort of help with this will be greatly appreciated.
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Old Jul 7, 2007, 10:19 PM #568 (permalink) of 609
"abingdon boys school" is absolutely amazing! The band features T.M.Revolution and guys in skirts to boot.

Nervous Breakdown, my favorite song of theirs
Their Live Earth performance: Innocent Sorrow and Howling