Any japanese music fans?

Nobody's mentioned Polysics yet?

I've really gotten into Liv Moon lately :)

My GF's Cantonese and lived in Hong Kong throughout her childhood so she's had quite a wide variety of influences living over there, from English stuff, Canton Pop and of course lots of obligatory J-Pop and Rock stuff, so we regularly have some Asian pop music playing. I'm not so keen on some of the modern Canton and Chinese pop though, its far too piano ballad based and a bit maudlin and over-sentimental for my own tastes.

Jap Indie Guitar Rock WOT I LIKE...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2L2_SlxBXg

Cheesy Girl Band J-Pop at the peak of Japans mid-90's pop power. PUFFY AMI-YUMI. Disposable pop, but really accomplished with some great arrangements, one of my GF's childhood faves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCs7m-cS_94&feature=related

And I''l throw in some GOOD Canton stuff (realise the polls J Music but anyway)...

Faye Wong - Dreams (Cranberries Cover). Tried finding some of her more experimental stuff my GF's played me before but I can't read Chinese characters...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z04S3wowUSo

I'd never seen a PUFFY video before.

What

the

hell?

http://youtu.be/kxBGW0LDCrk

I've been obsessed with these girls for the past couple months.

For me

Mad Capsule Markets
Bug
WAGDUG
All Animals Are Equal
Rip Slyme
Orange Range
TMC Allstars
M.O.V.E.
Boom Boom Satellites
Goth Trad

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Originally Posted by muchomojo

http://youtu.be/kxBGW0LDCrk

I've been obsessed with these girls for the past couple months.

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These guys are awesome.

Here are some of my longtime favorites, in both new and old j-pop/j-rock:
Aco
Boowy
Dead End
Dreams Come True
Eins:Vier
Fanatic Crisis
Globe
Janne da Arc
Katze
KneuKlid Romance
L'arc-en-Ciel
Lazy
Loudness
Princess Princess
PSY.S
Siam Shade
S.Kiyotaka & OmegaTribe/1986 OmegaTribe/C. Toshiki and OmegaTribe
TM Network
TRF
Unicorn
YMO (Yellow Magic Orchestra)
Yutaka Ozaki
X-Japan
Zard

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Originally Posted by 5233

Any japanese music fans here besides me? And I mean aside from game or anime music (which I also like, btw).

For the last 11 years or so I've been a big j-music afficianado and while I am familiar with most contemporary artists, I find the older j-music from 80s, 70s, and earlier to be among the best. Even the 'idol' artists of the 80s had some very eclectic sounds going on in their tracks, and there's always something unique and adventurous about j-music in general regardless of genre.

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i myself like 80's idol singers, Seiko Matsuda and the like...

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Originally Posted by Tasuke

i myself like 80's idol singers, Seiko Matsuda and the like...

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Yeah, Japanese singers in the 80's sang a lot better, especially the women.