[Album] J-Pop: An Introduction (and discussion)

oh wow.... it's been a long time since I came back hehehe actually I just re-registered today lol

anyways... as for what's in my CD collection right now...
I'm really lagging behind on the new stuff so right now Im really depending on jpopsuki.com for stuff sighs...

been really into UVERworld a lot. Dammit, that Takuya can sing and scream and jump and write music. He's so talented hehe but I think his band is considered to be J-rock so I'll stop talking about UVERworld

and btw... Yellow Generation's DUAL single really pissed me off for some reason. Right after Tritoma and their album, Life-Size Protrait, they got really boring. I think that's why they kinda stopped recording cuz no one really liked DUAL and then their fans just went away. I was really disappointed with Dual >___< can'ts get over that

But I really liked Sowelu's To You and the coupling song, Finally both are very good songs but I like Finally better than To You. To You is a great "put me to sleep song" and Finally is kinda upbeat and makes me happy and giddy (omg, does anyone use that word nowadays???)

I recently found Koda Kumi's promise/star hanging on the shelf at a store so I decided to buy it for my brother but I keep forgetting to give it to him so I opened it for myself cuz there's a DVD in it. WOW. Promise PV is sooo beautiful. Star wasn't that great... I've been obsessed with Promise since I opened it.

AND Yoshika made me happy. Everytime I listen to her Second album Timeless it makes me happy. I can't believe she wrote almost all the songs. I say almost cuz a couple songs in there are written by m-flo and this other dude... I forgot his name. Anyways... I always thought Yoshika had this accent when singing english but she doesn't!!! Maybe she trips over some words but wow... I really liked the song "Come back to you" it makes me think, really think. Yoshika is cool!

Well... I don't think anything else is playing in my winamp right now haha... except for Hyori Lee but she's k-pop so I'll end my post here...


I MISS ALL OF YOU!!!

How ya doing, buddy?

VEMPY!!! <3 Where have YOU been???

oooh thanks OP for reminding me... must find MM's SEXY BOY

There's nowhere I can't reach.

hey you know what song sounds a lot like Suteki Da Ne???
Planetarium by Otsuka Ai. I was absent mindedly listening to Planetarium and suddenly thought "hmmm... I don't remember putting Suteki Da Ne in my playlist..." and realized it was Otsuka Ai

Btw OP... I LOVE YOU!!!! YOU SEXY BOY!!! SOOOO GOOOOOD!!!! ahahaha I'm making no sense now hehe I just watched the PV and I guess this means another MM dance for me to imitate hehehe (still DL-ing the dance shot version...) ah this song makes me so giddy (omg i just said giddy again) I now understand what you mean now, OP.... this song makes me soooo happy!!! and the PV ish shoooo cute!!! it's kinda strange that now Mari Yaguchi is not in MM no more... wahhhh although I don't like her that much, I miss her...

ps: Hi Vempy~

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hey has anyone seen Koda Kumi's sort-of recent PVs like You, Feel, Lies and Someday?

I just finally realized they're connected hahaha
what did everything think about how she made those 4 PVs into a story kinda thing?

My personal thought: It kinda felt like a Mariah Carey kidna thing but who cares, it was kinda cool how it told love stories of those 3 guys... Someday made everything happy lol and it goes by that order: You, Feel, Lies, Someday

yes, I lag a lil behind on jpop

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OMG OP!!!!! *jumps up and down*
I LOVE YOU!!!!
ever since u mentioned about YUI... i decided to DL her songs and I finally found that ONE SONG I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR SINCE LIKE.... FOREVER!!!!

GYAH!!! *does the happy dance*
I LOVE YOU OP!!!! or a_utobot...

oh btw... does anyone know what's happening to Sowelu right now? She's been kinda quiet lately...

I was speaking idiomatically.

yeah younha? or yuuna? youna? i dunno... cuz her name is katakana is spelled YU-U-NA... dunnnnno...

anyways I really liked the song Houki Hoshi it's so... i dunno makes me wanna sing with her lolz...

thanks a_yaoi or.. Ultima is it?? lol gyah... i wish I could have turned my name to a_mistake lol funnny.... yeah I'm impatient about Sowelu's music... she's the greatest imo... and she's the second jpop singer that I discovered that can speak fluent english (the first one is hikki... third is LISA, m-flo, heartsdales..."

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by soniclover

You know what. Does anyone know any good Jpop and Jrock torrent or download sites that release their music in VBR?

What VBR? I know http://www.jpopsuki.com has one of the BIGGEST JPop trackers. They use Bit-torrent.

EDIT:
btw.. I'm not sure if I should put it here but... I just heard UVERworld's NEWEST song, Colors of the Heart and omg.. I LOVE IT!!! I also saw the PV and I think Takuya is getting hotter and hotter in each PV ooooh...

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by soulsteelgray

Pop-rock, perhaps?

UVERworld let me down a lot with just Melody and the subsequent offering found on Timeless; the album, as a whole, put me to sleep. Colors of the Heart partially restored my faith in the band.

Timeless did kinda let me down cuz a few of the tracks sucked a lot. But Just Melody is one of my faves and the coupling that came with the single, Revolve is also one of my faves too. I do like the fact that Takuya does so much for his band: He writes the lyrics, he writes the music and he produces his works. You can't really expect everything to be as perfect as D-technolife and Chance! so I guess it just shows that not everyone is perfect. But I do love Takuya for doing his best~

Colors of the Heart is something that I'm currently jumping around about. I even preorderd the single so I am REALLY hoping to see what's on the single since it is a CD+DVD release...

Quote:

UVERworld - Colors of the Heart
Expected Release Date: May 17, 2006

Tracklist
1) Colors of the Heart
2) Sora
3) Hitori ja nai kara (not alone?)

Source: http://www.yesasia.com
Romanji+translation: by Flara~

Originally Posted by vemp

And I am afraid that I may be reaching the point where Jpop is losing it's appeal to me. I still listen to some bands, but not like before where my playlist plays Jpop 80-90% of the time. Probably due to lack of means of acquiring it, bands breaking up, or my dislike of the new songs and/or artists, I still do not know.

So I ask you, my dear friends, have you ever seen yourself reaching this point? Because I never thought I would.

What would you do?

That happened to me once. My girlie fandom for wFL (w-inds., FLAME, Lead) died after one year. You see, I can never be as much of a fan for wFL as before but I'm still a fan, just not as crazy for them as before. Heck, I actually stopped stalking w-inds. for their newest songs and stuff. I left them after Ageha and never searched for more of them

Vempy, I think you'll still love JPop, but just not as much. Like me, I'm only interested in Sowelu, Koda Kumi and Morning Musume and some others... but there are some parts of me that's also trying to find that special flavor to bring me back to JPop fandom. So basically... relax... soon you're gonna get bored of those same songs and will end up at jpopsuki.com to search for some new songs.

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I think Utada Hikaru's Passion is better than Sanctuary. For some reasons... the english version sound a bit.. weird to me (this includes Simple and Clean and Hikari). I don't exactly know how to explain it but it's like they try to make the lyrics work for the song, instead of the song working for the lyrics. I think it's that lil bit that makes Passion much better than Sanctuary.

And going back to the point about Simple and Clean and Hikari... I watched the Kingdom Hearts introduction many many times and I get a different feel from both English and Japanese version. Simple and Clean sounded a bit needy... I think it's cuz of how the lyrics were worded. And for Hikari the meaning in the lyrics is totally different than the ones in Simple and Clean I guess that's why the Japanese versions sounds better than the English versions.

Ps: Please don't hate me! lol...

pps: UVERworld rocks!!! I can't wait to find out what's on that DVD in the first-press edition of Colors of the Heart and I GOT GOOD NEWS ON SOWELU!!!!

Quote:

Sowelu - Dear Friend
Release Date: May 10, 2006

Description: The second single in 2006 is Fuji Television's Drama "Top Caster" opening song!!! This single includes: Special Photo "Jacket", and "Original Message Card"

Tracklist
1) Dear Friend
2) Yume
3) Dear Friend (instrumental)
4) Yume (instrumental)

source: http://www.yesasia.com
Translator: Flara~ (I tried my best... please correct me if Im wrong...)

Yeah!!! Now I have another thing to look forward to!!! weeeeeeeee

Jam it back in, in the dark.

hehe Technophile I so agree with the "ooohs" and "ahhhs"... they kinda... annoy me...

Welcome back VEMPY!!!! *huggles*

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MORNING MUSUME - SEXY BOY
UVERworld - COLORS OF THE HEART (oh wait it's not released yet but there's a PV rip of the song floating on jpopsuki.com...)
umm... dammit i can't think of anything right now haha

oh wait... if u like m-flo...

M-flo loves RYOHEI YAMAMOTO - One Love
omg... I thought Ryohei was like... discontinuing his music or something I'm so glad m-flo brought him back... I miss his voice...

Utada Hikaru - PASSION (not sanctuary)
Sowelu - To You + Finally + anything by Sowelu... oh god Sowelu's the best!!!

lemme think of some more....

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

wahhhh Asami is going to university??
that sucks... she always seemed really cute with her chubby face
wahahahaha makes me wanna pinch her cheeks hehe

6 more days til Sowelu releases Dear Friend!!!
13 more days til UVERworld releases Colors of the Heart

can't wait...~~~~

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Flara

M-flo loves RYOHEI YAMAMOTO - One Love
omg... I thought Ryohei was like... discontinuing his music or something I'm so glad m-flo brought him back... I miss his voice...

hmmm seems like i made a mistake

my bad it's RYOHEI YAMAMOTO FEAT. VERBAL from m-flo - One Love

I was speaking idiomatically.

ooooh
i just heard Sowelu's DEAR FRIEND and Yume
it's soooooo goood!!!!

omg I'm happy again!!!
*does the happy dance*

hehehe not all im waiting for is UVERworld!!!

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

hahaha wow.... they don't look so glamorous before they become stars...
thanks for sharing vempy

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Rydia

I first learned about her after hearing "Chou" from the Fatal Frame II PS2 game. It took me some time before I managed to find the song, and then I heard her full album, "Tenryu."

I can't say that I've heard her recent releases, but the Tenryu album was enjoyable.

Amano Tsukiko is actually quite good... her voice has that deep resonant (i fink...) plus added with some of her "mysterious" music it sets this mood that makes me feel like sleeping...

I've actually heard only like... 4 songs from her, all of are really good, but not my cup of tea.


well, time for my little review... on UVERworld!!!!

Their latest single, "Colors of the Heart" is simply amazing, plus the other 2 tracks that came with it, "SORA" and "hitori ja nai kara" are all simply amazing, much different than what they started out as in "D-technolife" and for some reason, "SORA" reminds me a lot of l'arc-en-ciel... which is a good thing considering l'arc-en-ciel is now considered legendary haha... this single deserves 8 stars just for having incredible tracks and Takuya looking so damn good...

Vempy, try UVERworld, i swear you'll love them to death

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

UVERworld is the stuff!!!

i still can't get over their newest single. COLORS OF THE HEART
the other 2 tracks in the cd are simply amazing too..

Jam it back in, in the dark.

oh yeah... Morning Musume's "Ambitious Yashinteki de ii ja" PV is really cute!!! I really like the dance and hopefully when the danceshot is out for DL, I'll be dancing it hahaha

Yamashita Tomohisa (aka Yamapi) "Daite Senorita" is Yamapi's FIRST solo single. The PV isn't that too impressive... it's more of a "Im a pretty boy and girls love me" kinda PV. And I don't really understand why there's fighting in this PV.... it's actually kinda strange...

w-inds.!!! Their newest single, TRIAL "is the band's theme song contribution to the Japanese version of the silver screen soccer adventure GOAL" (source: yesasia.com) This PV actually shows scene from the movie GOAL. And I think Tachibana Keita got hotter haha

There's nowhere I can't reach.

oooh Koda Kumi...

I was actually kinda disappointed by "Koi no Tsubomi"... I didn't actually like the song much... and the PV i didn't like it either... it's got that... "WIND" type of feel where everything is exaggerated... but Kumi looks hot so that's the only good point about it.

Ah speaking of the 4 singles for Koda Kumi... I can't wait for them either... and hopefully they will be better than "Koi no Tsubomi"

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

hey!!! Emi looks sooo pretty!!!

crap... everytime m-flo comes out with something new i never bother to watch the PVs.... except for Miss You and Let Go

but this time is more different cuz like... Summer Time Love isn't as good as well... Miss You, which was soo good and got stuck in my head for literally months cuz it was just THAT good...

but I have to say that Emi sings pretty well, although I never heard of any of her songs before... I might look into her music....... later.


And I've been listening to a lot of w-inds. Their newest album, I believe it is their 5th Album if I think about it... (1st Message, System of Alive, Prime of Life, Ageha, THANKS)

ok yeah, their 5th Album, THANKS... I have to admit that it's not as good as Ageha, but Ageha wasn't as great as Prime of Life. I dunno but lots of fans are saying that w-inds. is maturing that's why their music is getting more different... bleh... THANKS is good, but not great.

who here likes w-inds.?

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lol yes vempy, join the Emi-fever that's going around

I find that OP and Rollins both suggest amazing artists... first it was YUI, now Emi... and I love YUI and now I think i'm gonna love Emi too... oh btw Rollins, I posted on your ftp thread that I'm DL-ing Emi's Dramatiques, ok?

@soulsteelgray --- i love w-inds.!!! and I think I got their albums mixed up... grrr they have too many songs lol... THANKS isn't as good cuz right after their single, Kawari Yuku Sora, they stopped their usual dancing which I got really disappointed but I still liked their songs. But some of the songs in Ageha did disappoint me mainly because the other non-single tracks were kinda bad... but I really liked everything else before Ageha

I heard a rumor that THANKS is going to be w-inds. last album... I'm not sure if that rumor's been cleared up yet or not... I've been kinda lagged on w-inds. news lately lol

I was speaking idiomatically.

i just heard Hikki's Ultra Blue (i know, i lag...)

i give it a so-so... i like her older albums better
but the only highlight in ULTRA BLUE is COLORS!!! I love love COLORS!!! "aoi sora ga~~~"

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I think Koda Kumi actually picked up some of the revealing styles that Yuna, Rikku and Payne are wearing in the game...

just look at all her PVs AFTER Real Emotion and compare those to the ones BEFORE them...

HUGE difference

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by the quiet fox

Oh, I think she took it a few steps farther than the FF girls... Yuna never sang a song that included the lyrics "You can do it, put your back into it! I can do it, put your ass into it!"

(But wouldn't it be hilarious if she did?)

dude... i can't picture Yuna doing it... but i can picture Rikku doing it!!!

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

weeeee I just watched Sowelu's newest PV, Mamoru Beki Mono, and I really like the song. It's nice to hear a nice slow song from Sowelu once in a while after the Heads or Tails collaboration album came out.

And I'm currently listen to Koda Kumi's 4 hot wave. I like I'll be there, JUICY makes me wanna get up and grind someone (hahaha...), Ningyo I'm not too crazy about... With Your Smile is the typical Koda Kumi dance song, almost like CHASE, Koi no Tsubomi and Birthday Eve

Also, I just watched UVERworld's NEWEST PV called SHAMROCK. It's really different from all the other singles and the PVs cuz number 1) There's OTHER PEOPLE IN THE PV!!! Like you get to see girls and guys, not just one girl but a whole bunch of them with guys 2) the melody and feel of the song is different from the usual rhythm UVERworld portrays like in d-technolife, Chance! and Just Melody. It's really different especially right after the Colors of the Heart single but nonetheless, I STILL LIKE IT!!!!

*pokes this thread* why is it so dead all of the sudden?

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I'm crazy about Shuji to Akira's Seishun Amigo (I know I'm kinda late since it was released in October 2005) but Shuji is suppose to be Kamenashi Kazuya from KAT-TUN and Akira is supposed to be Yamashita Tomohisa from NewS. This song is the ending theme song to the j-drama, Nobuta wo Produce. This song is nice though, me like me like... the singing isn't bad. I think both Kame and Yamapi did a great job (even though both of them aren't great singers... But they're HELLA GREAT ACTORS!!!)

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