Japanese Music - Recommendations/Discussion

Started by eightysix · 27 Apr 2005 · 1,055 replies

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30 Aug 2007, 23:02 #481
monta wrote:

Luna Sea is still alive? :beaten: too old for me, not my taste :hehe:


Ouch! :) Nah, Luna Sea have been apart for 7 years. They are just doing this one concert, as far as I know.
Old?! They're only about 37!!! :shocked: :mrgreen:



anyway, heard of Stephanie yet? she only has 2 single albums. her voice is like 'wow' she can sing 5 octaves


I downloaded the tracks you provided - thanks! :D But though I think Stephanie has a good voice, her music is not for me.


monta wrote:

talking about solo artists and luna sea, have you checked out Onose "J" Jun's new stuff??


Don't say you're actually a fan of such an old man as J?! :rofl:
I find some of his solo stuff to be a bit too Green Day-ish for my liking.
But he wrote some superb songs for Luna Sea, like Rosier, True Blue and In My Dream (amongst others). :dancing:

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2 Sep 2007, 23:13 #482
Yes,Stephanie may seem skinny but her voice is strong.
I recommend getting
Otsuka Ai - Love Piece
Tokyo Jihen - Killer Tune
3 Sep 2007, 04:43 #483
rhninjaxe wrote:Yes,Stephanie may seem skinny but her voice is strong.
I recommend getting
Otsuka Ai - Love Piece
Tokyo Jihen - Killer Tune


Otsuka Ai's voice is too girly for me. :D

Tokyo Jihen and Shiina Ringo I could never get into. I feel I should like them...but I just can't. :sweat:

I hear that Salyu has a new single out later this year - yay! I hope it's along the lines of the Landmark album. :sweat:
3 Sep 2007, 10:28 #484
Jun Matsumoto's version of S.O.S. ~ i.e. I wanna hump my sister.

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My Sister My Love (2007)

Plot Summary: Yori and his twin sister Iku used to be very close as children but lately Yori has grown colder toward Iku and is always eager to stay away from her. Iku was confused by Yori's attitude. Actually Yori is in love with Iku and that forbidden love is causing Yori sleepless nights since Yori and Iku are sharing the same room with bunk beds. Yori tried to ease his intense desire for Iku by bedding Iku's best friend. He had even applied to attend a boarding school in another city to take him far away from Iku. Yori lost his resolve to stay quiet about his feelings when Iku started to talk about having a boyfriend and going on dates. Now Yori want to have his little sister and he confessed. Iku loves her big brother and wanted them to stay together, so Iku is willing to anything to keep them together. But Yori wanted to have Iku as a lover, not as a sister loyal to her twin.
3 Sep 2007, 20:03 #485
Keps wrote:

Don't say you're actually a fan of such an old man as J?! :rofl:
I find some of his solo stuff to be a bit too Green Day-ish for my liking.
But he wrote some superb songs for Luna Sea, like Rosier, True Blue and In My Dream (amongst others). :dancing:

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no actually, i just thought you downloaded it, so you can tell me how it is before i download it myself :beaten: 37 is... old. :hehe:

anyway, Dragon Ash's BEST album is out. one hell of a big file tho :hehe: it's got 2 volumes.

you know what sucks ass about musicians is that when they make this best album thingis which has probably every song they ever had, since they're not productive from the beginning.

seen Ken Hirai's new PV? looks like a justin timberlake's but weird. somehow he looked like as if he wasn' at all attracted to the girl... and the kiss was weird too. so not lusty

Tu, are u sure you're not postin' it in the wrong place?

rhninjaxe, i got Killer Tune. it's tokyo jihen-ish. Shiina Ringo's voice has strong characteristics. Stephanie is just :thumbsup: . especially her no.2 songs like To.Be.Me and All the Way
8 Sep 2007, 04:32 #486
^ Need to check out Dragon Ash. Dunno what they're like (under 37 years of age though, I'm guessing :rofl: ).

Ken Hirai? Really didn't like that one song I heard on YouTube - think it's called "Pop Star" (??).
Oh, I thought Ken was gay? Would explain why he didn't look too thrilled to kiss a woman in his recent video. Lol. :rolly:

Yeah, does anyone know what that post of Tu's was about? Does Tu even know? :hehe:
10 Sep 2007, 10:25 #487
monta wrote:

seen Ken Hirai's new PV? ...
Tu, are u sure you're not postin' it in the wrong place?


yeah, I screwed it up....


anyway, if you like Ken Hirai watch this interview he gave to CNN Asia...the interview is in English....pretty interesting.

http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=2683
10 Sep 2007, 23:19 #488
Keps wrote:^ Need to check out Dragon Ash. Dunno what they're like (under 37 years of age though, I'm guessing :rofl: ).

Ken Hirai? Really didn't like that one song I heard on YouTube - think it's called "Pop Star" (??).
Oh, I thought Ken was gay? Would explain why he didn't look too thrilled to kiss a woman in his recent video. Lol. :rolly:

Yeah, does anyone know what that post of Tu's was about? Does Tu even know? :hehe:


:hehe: uh-huh... it's they're music's rock but they sing rap...

that was his previous, new one's Fake Star. it was totally gay (he was like "i'd rather look at the toilet paper than this girl, and boy she was rubbing him with tank tops") , i guess the pheromones just didn't react... i mean, even William Hung can make a better PV with a hot blonde. but Hunh's a 'wow' from the start so... :hehe:

Tu_Triky wrote:
yeah, I screwed it up....


yeah. but we can't blame you for wanting to spread the MatsuJun love
:beaten:

my favorite gal did an interview for the talk asia thingi too. her answers were rather odd though :hehe: . hate her new hair

Arashi's Happiness is so hypnotizing. can't wait for Angela Aki's new stuff
11 Sep 2007, 00:16 #489
Keps wrote:
Yeah, does anyone know what that post of Tu's was about? Does Tu even know? :hehe:


i messed up i should have posted in the j-movies thread...it's a new film of matsujun where his character falls in love with his biological sister and her wants to sleep with her.....fun stuff.....i won't be watching that one.
14 Sep 2007, 20:34 #490
just heard Ken Hirai's Fake Star single album

okay, the whole justin timberlake thing is just not working for him (not to mention that PV). but the Fake Star -jazz version- is really nice. And the Fake Star x Pop Star (MASH UP) is good, a bit too techno, but good.

anyway, worth checkin out

but the album cover is kinda freaky. i just don't get the camel thingi...

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i mean, is it supposed to be showing somethin?? like... similarities? coz i don't know what it has to do with the freakin song :hehe:

currently listenin to V6's Voyage album. that HONEY BEAT song is daymn hypnotizing
14 Sep 2007, 23:38 #491
Listening to the...
Aqua timez - ALONES (Nice lyric)
Otsuka Ai - PEACH (Great voice and lyric)
Kuwata Keisuke - Ashita Hareru Kana (Combine it with ProDai==I am crying hard...)
Hey! Say! 7 - Hey! Say! (Love the LoveCom and come on, though they can not sing, the producer make the mp3 version into a lot better...)
BOA - Duvet (Nice Brittaney tunes)
We Are! -the Pirates version- (Lot better than the original version)
Koda Kumi - BUT (hypnotizing music, and a nice satire to guys...)

Well at least that's the most important...
17 Sep 2007, 19:23 #493
new ones out people... i like this month's releases. a lot of them are my favorites and i'm already enjoying a couple. V6's Voyager for an example. anyway...

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Ayumi Hamasaki - talkin' 2 myself


i must say i don't really like this single. i think this whole rock thing just doesn't work for her ( her 2 new songs in this album are rock by the way ). but she deserves it, i mean, she just ended her 5 year relationship :beaten: . anyway, the song 'fated -orchestra version-' balances up all the rock in it. it's still a very worth listening single IMO


Daichi Kai wrote:Listening to the...
Otsuka Ai - PEACH (Great voice and lyric)


i love this. totally hypnotizing
17 Sep 2007, 20:45 #494
PEACH...
It's an upside down heart~
Since it's not stable, and I want to stabilize it...

SUKI DES...
18 Sep 2007, 21:04 #495
i hate it when they make albums with so many versions... talk about greed...

SS501 just released a single album in 3 versions; regular, limited A, and limited B

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21 Sep 2007, 11:49 #496
song like those in luna sea/x-japan/remioromen/K/ayaka/L-arc en ciel/do as infinity and maybe some of utada hikaru song are really nice to listen.These people really write songs which are pleasant to hear :applaud:

but i totally hate those song from arashi kattun komikoda or even ayumi hamasaki.they just keep banging the drums to make some new song out,and almost all of them are just the same and only caused me headache listening to it only. :bleh:

well just my opinion only :fingerscrossed:
27 Sep 2007, 08:44 #497
Can someone shed some light on what is Oshare kei. I am quite confused on how it is different from Visual Kei.
27 Sep 2007, 08:45 #498
It depends on what you like.. xD I really like w~inds. and kat-tun if you're into jpop.
1 Oct 2007, 13:43 #499
During the drama NANA Mika Nakashima sang a song called Glamorous Sky. Girugamesh also did a cover to that song. I was wondering if anyone has any opinion on which they liked better. I personally liked the one from Girugamesh simply because I feel that Mika strains her voice too much in this song and it doesnt sound too good.

For those who havent heard the songs and would like to dl to listen to them here are the links

Mika Nakashima- http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TUX4HVJO

Girugamesh-http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HGBY5WLU
14 Oct 2007, 06:27 #500
giggle weed wrote:It depends on what you like.. xD I really like w~inds. and kat-tun if you're into jpop.


Dunno about w~inds, but haven't liked what I've heard of Kat-tun at all. :sweat:



shiroi_tora wrote:During the drama NANA Mika Nakashima sang a song called Glamorous Sky. Girugamesh also did a cover to that song. I was wondering if anyone has any opinion on which they liked better. I personally liked the one from Girugamesh simply because I feel that Mika strains her voice too much in this song and it doesnt sound too good.

For those who havent heard the songs and would like to dl to listen to them here are the links

Mika Nakashima- http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TUX4HVJO

Girugamesh-http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HGBY5WLU


No one else has an opinion on this? If the links are still good, I'll download them soon, shiroi_tora! (It's really late here).
I haven't been feeling too great lately, or else I would have stuck my nose back in this thread earlier. :bow:

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