Japanese Music Recommendations

Last edited by cyclops on Thu Oct 20, 2005 3:22 am; edited 1 time in total

Hi guys, I've recently started taking Japanese classes and i would like you to tell me where can i find j-music, if there is a place to download or a web page where i can buy Cd's and also give me some recommendations. I like ROCK but i also enjoy POP.

Thanks.

Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 3:12 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

There are a bunch of resources listed in the Links of Interest Thread.

Asking for recommendations here isn't a bad idea either though. There are a lot of forum members knowledgable in Japanese music and entertainment here.... Smile

BTW, if you want to purchase CDs, by clicking on the little advertisement above and buying through yesasia.com, D-addicts gets a small portion to defray operating costs. Cool

Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 4:56 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

For good Jrock, I recommend:
Asian Kung-Fu Generation
Art-School
The Brilliant Green

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Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 9:00 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

For Jrock and pop I reccomend TOKIO

[edit] check the OFFICIAL tomoya nagase thread page 49. caitlincoffee has uploaded their song 'Green' on megaupload. Enjoy!

Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 9:10 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

A really good album (so I think) is the Casshern Soundtrack which is rock/pop. Since it's an OST you can check which songs you like and follow up on the artists.
I got Gackts (Don't know a lot about him - first album I got of his because I heard it's jrock) new album which is kind of rocky

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 1:51 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

depends on what genre you like. my favorites are
Hirahara Ayaka
Sakamoto Maaya
Onizuka Chihiro
Spitz
the Yellow Monkey
B'z
Undergraph
Moriyama Naotarou

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 2:14 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

L'Arc~en~ciel is a good jrock band.

Not too hardcore rock but still rock, if you get what I mean
Blink

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 3:56 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

"supercar" is my all time favourite. unfortunately the band already splited up! "kuruli" is also good. and 2 the hypest catchy bands are "asian kung fu generation" and "orange range"

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 4:16 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Lately I've been into:

J-Rock

UVERworld (no album out yet, just singles- but they're awesome)
Orange Range
Asian Kung Fu Generation
Stance Punks

J-Pop

Utada Hikaru
Do as Infinity
M-Flo
Chemistry
Mikuni Shimokawa

There are a lot of bittorent sites out there that have their albums like http://mullemeck.serveftp.org/jps_beta/index.php . Also theres a really good site that has songs from anime - which are usually really good : http://gendou.com/

Also I recommend Yesasia because you know that the Cds aren't bootleg like some of the ones that you find on EBAY. ^___^ PM me if you want more suggestions> Smile

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 7:37 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

thanks for all your recommendations, i'will check them all and please continue with the recommendations i'm open to any kind of music, so any other genders are welcome as well.

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 8:01 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

d'espairs ray
janne da arc
gackt
miyavi
nightmare
hide
hyde
baroque
pierrot
malice mizer
penicillin

it's all jrock... maybe except gackt. janne da arc and baroque are not so hard rock either.

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 10:19 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I love Jrock! But with all music, there are good and bad bands/artists. Here are my top recommendations:

L'Arc~en~Ciel (my favorite band, not just in Jrock)
Luna Sea
Siam Shade
Pierrot
Janne Da Arc
Sads
X Japan
Porno Graffitti
The Brilliant Green
B'z (They are classic! They've been around since the 80's, which is amazing! But many Jrock fans do not know of them or listen to them, since many non-Japanese Jrock fans tend to be fangirls, and only like bands/artists who are pretty boys, and B'z are all men in their 40's, so they do not care for them.....It's so sad too, because they are very talented!)
Glay
Rumania Montevideo (She's not very well known....)

I do not like a lot of Jpop, but I do like some of Aya Ueto's music and Judy And Mary.

FansubWiki · Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 1:21 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I listen to a lot of:

Amuro Namie
BoA
B'z
Do As Infinity (DAI)
Dream
Exile
Every Little Thing (ELT)
Glay
Gackt
Globe
Gospellers
Hitoto You
Kinki Kids
Kouda Kumi
Matsu Takako
Matsuda Seiko
Melody.
Move
Mr. Children
Ootsuka Ai
Psycho Le Cemu
Shimatani Hitomi
SMAP
Speed
Spitz
TRF
Ueto Aya
Utada Hikaru
W-inds.
Zone

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 5:17 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I can't believe no one's mentioned Southern All Stars サザンオールスターズ! They have the best love songs. My personal favs being tsunami and 涙のキス.

Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 3:25 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

All Johnny Jr. Cool