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Postby kman1 » 2009-06-11, 2:52

Can someone recommend some good Japanese music to listen to? I think my Japanese is good enough to where I can improve by reading alone.

I am a very active person so some music that I like 1. music that makes you dance (i.e. hip hop/breakdance music) (i’m NOT really that much into rap because of the absurd meaningless lyrics) 2. music that has A LOT of feeling and by this I mean music in which the singer really gets into and gives it their all (i.e. african american gospel) 3. music similar to 80’s/90’s love songs (i.e. earth wind and fire, luther vandross, etc.)

I only own two songs in Japanese:
Last summer - Kato miliyah
しるし- Mr. Children <- (this song is ok but normally i don't like songs like this...)

Hopefully you list songs that I can find on the internet and sample. Thanks! I can upload any songs of mine if you’re not familiar with any of the artists above. :)

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Re: japanese music

Postby hashi » 2009-06-11, 2:55

Japanese has ALOT of bouncy music from things like anime, only it's a little too cute-sy for me. I listen to people like Bump of chicken, they sing slowly so it's good for reading lyrics too :) and they put alot of "feeling" into some of their songs I believe, especially in the song Arrows.
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Re: japanese music

Postby kman1 » 2009-06-11, 3:08

I'm checking out "arrows" right now. Any other songs that you recommend. feel free to list as many as you can think of, i don't mind a bit. :)

edit: i didn't like 'arrows'. I guess I also should say that I don't really like music other than what I listed above but I 100% do appreciate the recommendations nonetheless. I will also sample all of what you listed below also. thank you very much! :yep:
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Re: japanese music

Postby hashi » 2009-06-11, 3:20

Ok, i've just finished recommending stuff to ILE.

Bump of chicken
Uverworld (rock)
Kokusyoku Sumire (黒色すみれ) (very unique artist, opera+j-rock+traditional+cabaret+"dark gothic" all rolled into one)
Mass missle (also rock)

Hitomi shimatani has a few good songs i can recommend:
Destiny... (also called 太陽の花)
Viola...
Yume biyori (also called Yume日和) (very cutesy song, easy to learn)
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Re: japanese music

Postby svld » 2009-06-11, 6:24

anime songs aren't always cutesy
I've posted some links of them here

viewtopic.php?f=17&t=26610&start=30#p524557

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Postby hashi » 2009-06-11, 6:32

svld wrote:anime songs aren't always cutesy
I've posted some links of them here

viewtopic.php?f=17&t=26610&start=30#p524557


You're right, but alot of them are as well ;)
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Re: japanese music

Postby gyrus » 2009-06-12, 18:27

Blue Bird and Hanabi by Ikimonogakari (I think) have lots of emotion, I don't know their others songs though. Wada Kouji in my opinion has lots of emotion and a great voice.
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Re: japanese music

Postby Dawid » 2009-07-19, 16:43

Tujiko Noriko and ACO are great artists ;)
btw: could somebody post here tujiko noriko's "rocket hanabi" lyrics?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ52-rX1eMA

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Postby kman1 » 2009-07-22, 13:53

hmm, i liked -> BUMP OF CHICKEN 天体観測 buuut the others... :( :para: no hip hop/r&b songs...??

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Postby ILuvEire » 2009-07-23, 5:44

Bump of chicken is really good, and I LOVE the name.
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Re: japanese music

Postby Smitty » 2009-07-28, 18:43

I really like Bump of Chicken too. Especially that track that last about 15 minutes and has 4 songs within it.
Part 1 Part 2

I've got some other bands/artists to put to the floor if anyone is interested.

ACIDMAN
BOØWY
BUCK-TICK
Radwimps
ケツメイシ/Ketsumeishi
Southern All Stars
三上寛/Mikami Kan
藤井フミヤ/Fujii Fumiya
森田童子/Morita Douji

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Re: japanese music

Postby kman1 » 2009-07-28, 22:37

Smitty wrote:I really like Bump of Chicken too. Especially that track that last about 15 minutes and has 4 songs within it.
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYkIlrZmn-Q]Part 1

What is the name of the song they are singing at 5:29? I am going to download that song if I can find it. Too bad last lastfm.com doesn't allow you to listen to songs or I could sample the others you listed. :(

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Re: japanese music

Postby Smitty » 2009-07-29, 19:08

The song at that point is the track in called "My Best Friends" (the final song on the video)

As for the other artists, it is a shame that many/all of them don't have tracks you can listen to. You can try Youtube or Nico Nico Douga to find some songs. All of the artists listed have many helpings on those streaming sites.

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Re: japanese music

Postby Ayiaearel » 2009-07-29, 20:45

宇多田ヒカルの早くからの音楽がR&Bらしいです。平井堅も聴いてみれば好きでしょう。

Hikaru Utada's earlier music is mostly R&B-type music. You might also like Ken Hirai.
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Postby kman1 » 2009-08-03, 5:39

As for the other artists, it is a shame that many/all of them don't have tracks you can listen to. You can try Youtube or Nico Nico Douga to find some songs. All of the artists listed have many helpings on those streaming sites.

i'm looking for some of their songs now. i didn't know about 'nico nico douga' thanks for the site. :)

i'm also gonna check out Hikaru Utada and Ken Hirai.

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Re: japanese music

Postby Smitty » 2009-08-03, 17:44

I second the Hirai Ken recommendation. His music rocks!

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Postby Jayan » 2009-08-03, 22:38

Is there a place to get the lyrics of most songs from one place? I find that I can't learn from music unless I have the lyrics.
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Re: japanese music

Postby Kasuya » 2009-08-04, 1:23

Jayan wrote:Is there a place to get the lyrics of most songs from one place? I find that I can't learn from music unless I have the lyrics.


http://www.uta-net.com/

This site does the trick for me 99% of the time.

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Postby gyrus » 2009-08-07, 19:03

Animelyrics.com is also a good choice.
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Re: japanese music

Postby kman1 » 2009-08-24, 21:28

Ken Hirai is very good!!!! these are the songs I liked:

tameiki kippu
stay with me
morainaki
rakuen
sad song
close your eyes
kimi wo sukinakoto
bye my melody
kimi wa tomodachi
pop star

almost exactly what i'm looking for! any more recommendations like Mr. Hirai??? :)

P.S. - I didn't like anything by Utada Hikaru except for "final distance M-flo remix" :(


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