J-Pop. Love it or hate it?

[Social Moon Firesky]

While I was in Japan, I got totally addicted to J-Pop. My favourite artists are Ayumi Hamasaki, Hikaru Utada, Aiko and Bump Of Chicken.

[Lindy]

I'd rather put my head in a blender than listen to it.

Which oddly enough, is probably a similar feeling to what the high-pitched, overly-hyperactive voices of such artists do to my brain.

[Pure Strife]

Bump Of Chicken?

[Pauten]

I dont mind it but I'd rather listen to J-Rock...Gackt rules!

[Meat Puppet]

One time some #eoffer sent me a J-Pop song. From that day on, I vowed his death.

oh don't be stupid I wasn't going to use myself to kill him

[Destai]

Its Utada Hikaru and I havent much opinion of it. I like Hi Hi Puffy ami yumi though...

[Rye]

I like J-Pop, it's a secret enjoyment to me, but not the little annoying high pitched voiced artists, those bug me. Namie Amuro and BoA are pretty good, but BoA is from Korea. I really like Kuraki Mai, but I haven't heard much by her. Kumi Koda is pretty nice too. Utada Hikaru is good too, but don't listen to her in English. I got an album by her, that was in English, and I could only listen to a few songs because the lyrics were nausiating.

"You're easy breezy, I'm Japan-esey."

I think a piece of me died when I heard that song. God. The only really really good song off of that album was "Exodus '04" which any fan of Utada should download. I dunno how bad J-Pop song lyrics normally are, but if I don't understand them and the singer sounds good, I'm content.

As for vocals, I can hardly stand Ayumi. I like a few songs by her, but her voice is just too weird and squeaky. I think a song called Surreal by her would show a good sample of this. I dunno if I got the title wrong though.

My favourite J-pop artist would have to be Namie Amuro, she has a good voice, and she has a more unique style. I want one of her albums, but they're like, 40 dollars on Amazon.com. :(

[Cuchulainn]

I have no opinion other than I hate it with every ounce of my being and in an ideal world where I was Il Duce I'd ban it's existence with a sentence of death over anyone who broke the ban. Other than than that...meh.

[ZeZipster]

L'Arc-En-Cent is about as far as my j-tastes run.

[Mo-Nercy]

Hi Hi Puffy Amiyumi?

[Levian]

While I was in Japan, I got totally addicted to J-Pop. My favourite artists are Ayumi Hamasaki, Hikaru Utada, Aiko and Bump Of Chicken. ^_^

[Necronopticous]

I love it.

[Pauten]

but BoA is from China.

She's Korean. :)

[Rye]

Oops, I couldn't sworn people said she was C-Pop. *corrects post* Thank you!

[Markus. D]

Tokyo nights is the aweseomest song by utada.

and i also like that daikenkai song by that really sad band with synthetic sounding everything.


KODA KUMI AND AYUMI HAMASAKI are awesome.

edit: i cant forget jade, mat would murder me like three or four times if i forgot to mention jade.

[SomethingBig]

I'd say that 90% of the music I have is J-Pop. Nah, I don't like it.

[Odaisé Gaelach]

I haven't heard much J-Pop, but I kinda like it. It's a lot more energetic and vibrant than most forms of music I've heard.

[lordblazer]

I dont mind it but I'd rather listen to J-Rock...Gackt rules!
The Pillows owns j00 cuz teh be 1337

[XxSephirothxX]

Some of it is good. A lot of it, especially the really high-pitched stuff, gets on my nerves.

[kikimm]

In a nutshell, it doesn't interest me.


:D

[Mo-Nercy]

Oops, I couldn't sworn people said she was C-Pop. *corrects post* Thank you!
BoA sings in Japanese and Korean mainly. She sings some English and did one or two Chinese songs. It doesn't mean she can speak Chinese. I think she just did it for the publicity or something.

She's hot too.

[lordblazer]

Some of it is ok if the singer is really good and doesnt do the usually annoying high pitched voic ethingy.I like Jrock better because they just do some of the craziest things in there music.

[rubah]

J-rock is better.

I tend to ignore songs that are labeled 'j-pop' just on principle.

<3 Merry.

[Destai]

J-rock is better.
My expieriences with j-rock as few as there has been have convinced me theres no difference between rock and pop in japan.

[Itsunari 2000]

Don't get me wrong,I love Japanese culture and all but it probably has the worst indigenous pop music in the world ... excepting France of course.