Japanophile?

[Oysterboy]

Hmm, I'm beginning to suspect I might have an obsession with Japanese popmusic. And it's not just because I think the girls (I prefer girls performing ) are uber-cute, but I think the music is usually pretty non-western-like. It's something new and refreshing imo.

Examples:

Morning Musume: Hyokkori Hyoutanjima


Tommy February6: Bloomin'


So Yu Jin: Para Para Queen (ok, this is K-pop (Korea) but wth )

ZYX Shiroi Tokyo


Utada Hikaru: Keep Tryin' (One of the most popular Japanese popstars.)


Odoru11: Shiawase Kyoryu Ondo !!!


Hope you like some of this.

 

[evzy]

I am in work so cant really click on it...but knowing what I have already heard of ekie-dekie pop - I wont anyway when I get home - pop music makes my eyes bleed! (unless its hawt chicks in bikini's cos you can always mute the TV then!)

 

[Oysterboy]

Morning Musume: Hyokkori Hyoutan-jima (The original PV, pretty cool imo.)

 

[haarewin]

Are two from ZYX also in Berryz Koubou? ahah yes - Saki Shimizu and Momoko Tsugunaga (the one with the very distinctive/incredibly cute voice)
I should have known they were another Hello!Project band
Utada Hikaru did the song for Kingdom Hearts (Simple and Clean - the japanese song was Hikaru) btw. I ruv her
Morning Musume are absolutely brilliant I love "Ayaka's Surprise English Lessons"! Yossui, Nozo and Aibon are the coolest

 

[Thadius]

Morning Musume: Hyokkori Hyoutan-jima (The original PV, pretty cool imo.)

Holy shit!

Pirates!


I like it already!

 

[Outlander]

pirate secks!

 

[Blackjack]

I like japanese girls.. does that count?

 

[Lethul]

amazing a country with so much ppl can be totally talentless

 

[haarewin]

amazing a country with so much ppl can be totally talentless

I'm yet to see any talent come from Sweden since ABBA!

 

[Oysterboy]

I'm yet to see any talent come from Sweden since ABBA!

Word!

 

[Blackjack]

I'm yet to see any talent come from Sweden since ABBA!

ABBA wasn't talented . Want swedish music go with Hammerfall

 

[Thadius]

ABBA wasn't talented . Want swedish music go with Hammerfall

Abba wasnt swedish, one of them was the daughter of A Nazi officer and from Norway

 

[Blackjack]

Abba wasnt swedish, one of them was the daughter of A Nazi officer and from Norway

From Wikipedia

"They remain the most successful Swedish music act"

"Their lasting legacy is the legitimisation of the Swedish music industry as a mainstream player."

They are swedish

 

[Lethul]

I'm yet to see any talent come from Sweden since ABBA!

im sure metal-fans all over the world disagrees with you!

and we arent as many as japanse, and still we had ABBA! wh0 r0x?

 

[Raven]

i wouldnt admit to producing Abba tbh

that japanese stuff is kinda* crap tbh























* make it stop pleeeeeaaaaaaaaaaase!

 

[Blackjack]

i wouldnt admit to producing Abba tbh

Neither would i but we must never let the swedes forget

 

[Lethul]

there is alot of music from sweden tbh! i think we got quite decent music export rate compared to our population

 

[haarewin]

im sure metal-fans all over the world disagrees with you!

but they are all wrong.

 

[Oysterboy]

About Abba being Swedish: I think Annifrid Lyngstad is either part or all Norwegian.

And it's true that there's come a lot of good music from Sweden, maybe more that most other countries, when you take the number of inhabitants into account.
But then that's from a western point of view.

How do we know that there aren't lots and lots of good music from the eastern hemisphere? We're pretty much as two different worlds I think, at least when it comes to Japan.
From what little I know I think they aren't that interested in western culture, maybe as little as we're interested in theirs..?

 

[cHodAX]

Wasn't Gary Glitter a Japanophile? Oh wait no, a Vietnamophile or something like that

 

[Amanita]

Is it just me or are all these popstars really young?

Either Oysterboy has a penchant for the younger artists or do the Japanese kill off their popstars before they hit 20?

 

[Chilly]

Hmm, I'm beginning to suspect I might have an obsession with Japanese popmusic. And it's not just because I think the girls (I prefer girls performing ) are uber-cute, but I think the music is usually pretty non-western-like. It's something new and refreshing imo.

Examples:

Morning Musume: Hyokkori Hyoutanjima


Tommy February6: Bloomin'


So Yu Jin: Para Para Queen (ok, this is K-pop (Korea) but wth )

ZYX Shiroi Tokyo


Utada Hikaru: Keep Tryin' (One of the most popular Japanese popstars.)


Odoru11: Shiawase Kyoryu Ondo !!!


Hope you like some of this.

what the fuck is wrong with you?

 

[cHodAX]

Is it just me or are all these popstars really young?

Either Oysterboy has a penchant for the younger artists or do the Japanese kill off their popstars before they hit 20?

They retire early. Once you reach 20 in Japan you have to get married to some bloke in suit who works 100 hours a week so you can live in a 6ft x 6ft box.

 

[DavidH]

Going to Tokyo, Japan later this year. Really looking forward to seeing what the community is like over there. Gotta love working at an airport so I get business class tickets for like 100 pounds xD

 

[cHodAX]

Going to Tokyo, Japan later this year. Really looking forward to seeing what the community is like over there. Gotta love working at an airport so I get business class tickets for like 100 pounds xD

Nerf!

 

[UndyingAngel]

Going to Tokyo, Japan later this year. Really looking forward to seeing what the community is like over there. Gotta love working at an airport so I get business class tickets for like 100 pounds xD

Bastard!