J-pop =w= *addiction*

[Max the Man]

I love J-Pop. That's Japanese pop music. I lurve it xD

My favourite artists are:

Morning Musume
Tommy February6
Tommy Heavenly6
W (R.I.P... T_T)
Mari Yaguchi
several others xD

Yus

[Hydra]

For (http://www.esnips.com/doc/5f65fb08-5bb4-4690-b40c-af631763008d/01---COLORS)

The (http://www.esnips.com/doc/35b31a18-376c-4734-9ee1-130bceb84876/Utada-Hikaru---Sakura-Drops)

Total (http://www.esnips.com/doc/9f795f1c-98df-4511-a8f2-af46f74adbb6/!Japan--Utada-Hikaru---Blue)

Win (http://www.esnips.com/doc/6bed04ad-cec0-4130-b228-de939db966a1/Utarda-Hikaru---Wings)

'Course, those are just Hikky. =O!

[Max the Man]

Hikki. Not Hikky D<

[Hydra]

Oops.

Even perfection isn't THAT perfect. xD

Anyway, Esnips is a great, free, nondownloadable place to find any song made. <3

[Spec Highwind]

I don't really listen to much J-Music, but I do listen to some...

Utada Hikaru and L'Arc~en~Ciel o.O

[Hydra]

For (http://www.esnips.com/doc/5f65fb08-5bb4-4690-b40c-af631763008d/01---COLORS)

The (http://www.esnips.com/doc/35b31a18-376c-4734-9ee1-130bceb84876/Utada-Hikaru---Sakura-Drops)

Total (http://www.esnips.com/doc/9f795f1c-98df-4511-a8f2-af46f74adbb6/!Japan--Utada-Hikaru---Blue)

Win (http://www.esnips.com/doc/6bed04ad-cec0-4130-b228-de939db966a1/Utarda-Hikaru---Wings)

'Course, those are just Hikky. =O!
Spec benefits too! =D

[Spec Highwind]

I love Exodus '04 xD

[Hydra]

I love COLORS.

.....

And the Asian Kung-Fu Generation. <_<

[Seyluv]

I don't listen to much...oh man I'm the only Kpop fan here. ;ouc

Well anyway, have you guys heard of these artists?

DBSK
BoA
Bi
Shinhwa
Se7en

They do Jpop too

[Max the Man]

Se7en's K-Pop... xD I know someone who used to be obsessed with him. But I haven't talked to her in a while >.>;;

EDIT: OH wait, he's both x_x;;

[Seyluv]

Lol, yeah.

There are tons of obsessed Se7en fans though.

[Zeromus_X]

Although my experience with J-Pop is for the most part limited to the opening and closing themes of the anime I watch, I do happen to like Asian Kung Fu Generation quite a bit, and L'arc en Ciel (sp alert) is also enjoyable.

[blackstar]

Im a big Miyavi fan and Dir en grey is my favorite band they arent pop but their japanese.
my gf loves An Cafe' and i like the Pillows, Gackt is really good too.

[Fawkes Lament]

I don't listen to much...oh man I'm the only Kpop fan here. ;ouc

Well anyway, have you guys heard of these artists?

DBSK
BoA
Bi
Shinhwa
Se7en

They do Jpop too
I've heard of them cause you've talked about them... I've probably heard of the other three, but they don't stand out... I haven't heard any of the music, though... I need to download some tonight

[Zeromus_X]

Oh! I totally forgot about The Pillows. They definitely are enjoyable. *is a FLCL fan*

[Fawkes Lament]

FLCL... I've read the manga, and the anme is so... TRIPPY!

[Max the Man]

The Pillows xD

My friend's addicted to FuriKuri.

xD

[Fawkes Lament]

It's supposed to be FoolyCooly!

But that sounds cooler

[Max the Man]

In japan they don't have an l sound, so they use r. and the don't spell it "foory coory" they spell it FuriKuri, because that's the only way they can.

[Zeromus_X]

It would be more accurate to say that the 'l' and 'r' sound are the same in Japanese.

[Fawkes Lament]

Yeah... I understand all that, but I'm talking about American...

[Max the Man]

Yus yus. Every where I've seen is a mix of drl in that order... fortunately I can do that after a few tries. xD )

Here's some videos that are BEAUTIFULLY AWESOME!!!! <3333333333333333333333333333333333333333
Ne~e! by Aya Matsuura (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZZEpJueyrs)

Chu! Natsu Party! by 3-nin Matsuri (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cleoMfGZnEg)

Kanashimi Twilight by Morning Musume (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQYYo7x_DVc)

Want more videos? Ask me. I've got about 120 of them saved as my YouTube Favourites. xD Don't ask for 3-nin Matsuri though, they were a shuffle group so they only released one single.

[Max the Man]

I NEED TO KNOW.

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF HYUN YOUNG?

Cause. She released a cover single of Morning Musume's 11th single: Renai Revolution 21.

Hers is called "Love Revolution" and it's all the same, even the dance moves. Only it's sung in Korean.

[Spec Highwind]

Judy and Mary, The Yellow Monkey, Dragon Ash and Acidman <3

[blackstar]

I love Exodus '04 xD
The Metal band?


L'Arc~en~Ciel
Miyavi
An Cafe
Unsraw(i think thats how its spelled)
Dir en grey (not pop but oh well)
thats about all.

[Avathar]

Cornelius, Halcali, Capsule, Tokyo Jihen, Sambo Master, Cymbals, Buffalo Daughter, Stance Punks, Cibo Matto and Shonen Knife.

^ Yep, I'm mostly a fan of shibuya-kei j-pop music. I can't stand bands like Dir en Grey and L'arc en Ciel, though. :/

[Max the Man]

GAH

It's not j-pop if it's a kei (except Yasuda Kei lol <-- she's an stage actress/musician)

J-pop is basically any group that doesn't play music.

So Shibuya-kei, visual-kei and all those kinds are J-rock D:

[Yoko Kurama]

I like J-music... Not necessarily J-pop, but I like Utada Hikaru alot... Some consider the next 2 J-pop, some label them as J-rock... But either way, I love Gackt and Malice Mizer... Alot...

[Max the Man]

Gackt is regular j-rock and Malice Mizer is Visual-kei, also making it J-rock D:

AKB48's song Aitakatta is amazing xD It was performed at the 58th Kohaku with Leah Dizon (who was absolutely horrendous) and Nakagawa Shouko (who was okay) IT WAS EPIC. Even if there were 46 people on stage, beating out Hello! Project (my main love) So AKB48 has moved up from the creepy list to the music to listen to list.

LET'S MAKE ONE NOW.

Music to Listen to NOW
Morning Musume (anything)
GAM
Berryz Koubou (anything)
C-ute (anything)
AKB48 (listen to at least Aitakatta)
Buono! (Honto no Jibun is epic)
Aya Matsuura (LOVE Namida Iro [EPIC AT 15. AMAZING])

[kb-sama]

Wait...if i like J-rock more that J-pop will you hurt me...?

(fave J-rock DES-ROW and Gackt)

Fave J-pop Befouryou........and mc the max

wait are The Pillows Rock or pop?

[Max the Man]

Rock xD

And I don't have any problem with J-rock

But I hate it when people think that J-rock is J-pop. THERE'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

It's like saying that Slipknot is pop music.

[Seyluv]

Wait...if i like J-rock more that J-pop will you hurt me...?

(fave J-rock DES-ROW and Gackt)

Fave J-pop Befouryou........and mc the max

wait are The Pillows Rock or pop?Hey M.C The Max isn't Jpop!:eek:

They Kpop...hehe glad you like them though.:p

[Spec Highwind]

Okay, my favourite band overall at the moment (and the only asiatic band I listen to at the moment):

Acidman (Alternative Rock, Japan) - The second most listened band on my PC, but probably my favourite band. Lately, in the past few months, I have been listening to them everyday, without a flaw. They sing both in japanese and english (Even though the vocalist, Ooki Nobuo, can't speak English that fluently <_<). They also have many instrumental songs. They can do an AMAZING join of scientific words with other common ones (as in Isotope and Freak Out), creating an atmosphere I truly like, their songs are calm, and relaxing, even though they also have some more rocking songs and some punk influences here and there. Their lyrics are awesome (well, about the songs sung in Engrish, they aren't that good with the language as I said before, but I love their originality, in verses like "I heard com desperate noise again/It may have been the sound of earth's rotation".

My favourite Acidman songs would be:

(Album: Soo)
Zooka Ga Warau
Allegro
Sekitou
Background

(Album: Loop)
Isotope

(Album: Equal)
Freak Out
Furu Aki
Akatsuki O Nokoshite
Mawaru, Meguru, Sono Kaku E

(Album: And World)
World Symphony
Kisetsu No Tou

(Album: Green Chord)
Returning
Prism No Yoru
Calm


Warning: Not anyone would like Acidman, it's a really original and peculiar music style. I would suggest it to members like Hydra and Avathar, I don't know, you think if you would like it after reading my opinion.

But indeed, they are the best (;

[Avathar]

But I hate it when people think that J-rock is J-pop. THERE'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

It's all Japanese pop music in the end, Max. :p No need to bigger about defining it.

[froggboy604]

I like Ayumi Hamasaki, Utada Hikaru, Zone, W-inds, Larcenceil, Nami Tamaki, Mai Kuraki, and a few more J artists.

[Phoenix Flame]

It's all Japanese pop music in the end, Max. :p No need to bigger about defining it.

LOL...my feelings exactly Trent. XD