Likes or Dislikes regarding Japanese Music

[RickyDicky]

Pizzicato Five, and its singers Maki Nomiya, and Kahimi Karie. BD...er, Buffalo Daughter, and any band with Miho Hatori and Yuka Honda.

[Ledzep1]

Mention ELLEGARDEN to any Japanese person under the age of 25 and you'll receive smiles...
The lead singer lived in America for a few years and writes songs in flawless English and Japanese.
Eleven Fire Crackers is their newest album

[mawjp]

It is all mass produced shit!

Porn, yes. Music, huh?

[wearthefoxhat]

It's a long time since anyone posted in this thread, so here's a kind of 'bump' to see if it can get going again.

This is a list of my favourite bands (in no particular order)

YUKI/JUDY AND MARY
Hi-Posi
Clammbon
Sketch Show
United Future Organization
Fantastic Plastic Machine
DJ Hazu
DJ Krush
Pizzicato Five
Rip Slime
Tha Blue Herb
Cokiyu
Tujiko Noriko
Piana
Gutevolk
World's End Girlfriend
Takagi Masakatsu
Minekawa Takako
Cornelius
Dragon Ash
dorlis
GO!GO!7188
Kimura Kaela
LOVE PSYCHEDELICO
Plastic Tree
Quruli
School Food Punishment
Spangle Call Lilli Line
Yaida Hitomi

[zcarenow]

I like the older 60s, 70s music.

Anzai Mariya

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amvAs...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sv6P...eature=related

Also, does anyone know of Japanese covers of American songs?

[noir_fox]

AH! Perfect, a J-Music thread (not posted on here in ages).
Ok just so I stay on topic I personally love Utada Hikaru the most.
Also quite like Gackt, Miyavi (his singing isn't amazing but his guitar skills are top-notch), REVERSLOW and Asian Kung-Fu Generation

Now onto something I'm desperate for (please bear with me :/)
I came across one of REVERSLOW's songs a while back and can't find lyrics to the song (tried searching Japanese websites and everything).
I was wondering if you guys would be able to translate it, have any ideas or any information.
Thanks for any help, I have the album with the lyrics sleeve, if that helps at all, though I can't read any Japanese kanji.
(also if you know any Japanese tab sites for guitar by any chance that would be awesome, I already found XXXSOUND)

Song name is ハイヒール
Youtube link to the song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&h...Fsk9W3vsU&NR=1

[abahcizzy]

for jpop i like ayaka, she is from 2006-present...haha her albums are first message & sing to the sky =)
naotaro moriyama and Noriyuki Makihara =) presently these three are my fav singers...hehe
i also like utada hikaru...haha
btw Shiina Ringo songs...is it nice? i want to know cause all the utube links video are deleted..=(

[guy]

Shiina Ringo (椎名林檎) is great.

Speaking of which, she has a new collab track with Soil & "Pimp" Sessions, "My foolish heart (Crazy on Earth)", on their latest album "6" released just a few weeks ago.

[Pusa]

Hitomi! I thought someone else would mention her. Came across a copy of Innocence from Huma-Rhythma while I was in Korea. When I left, had a lay over in Tokyo, found a shop and asked for the album... 25 bucks, ow! Now I have Love Life, Traveler, H, Self Portrait and HTM: Tiartrop Fles. I'll get Love Life 2 and Peace one day.
Others I like are: TM Revolutionary, Cornelius, DJ Krush (I think I have most of his albums), m1dy, I.B.B.

I like Japanese for J-pop and rock and then Korean music for the R&B and Hip-Hop stylings; like S.E.S when they were together, Kim Gun Mo, Shin Seung Hun, Epik High, As One and Big Bang. There's plenty more, but that's all I can think of.

[Rhinosaur]

Not a big fan of J-Pop (heard far too much of it from my sister-in-law!) or anything for that matter from manufactured "stars". To be honest I find Hitomi to be a very ordinary singer! Quite tuneless and like a lot of Japanese singers (and Korean from what I've heard), she sings from her throat and not her diaphragm and lungs! It ends up sounding forced and not effortless like it should.