Maybe it's because I've been in Japan for over a year now, but I'm beginning to feel the same way towards Japanese music as I do towards American music. That is, 25% of it is pretty good, while the other 75% is pretty much rubbish. I watched Music Station on Friday night for the first time in ages because 東京事変 (Tokyo Jihen) was performing, and while they were incredible, I found myself hating the world whenever any of the other artists were on the screen. 東京事変 is just so much better than anyone else right now that it's actually sort of comical. And while we're at it, some other random J-pop musings:
-I still think GIRL NEXT DOOR is pretty decent as a group, but I kind of want to punch Chisa in the face. She's just so...what is the word? Dumb.
-Ding-dong, the witch is dead! Koharu Kusumi graduates from Morning Musume this month! That's the best MM news that we've had in years. Just kidding (but not really). That being said, I honestly thought that「気まぐれプリンセス」was a really good single. Kind of a whimsical throwback to the days when their songs were a little more goofy and fun.
-Kimura Kaela will be making her first appearance on this year's 紅白歌合戦, which means that I'll probably be tuning in.
-New DAI single,「君がいない未来」. They've been putting out a whole lot of material since reuniting. I think it's a pretty awesome song, but hey, of course I do.
Ban-chan is looking really good here.
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yeah that PV was pretty good... then they started doing the "revolving camera" thing and i started to get nauseous.
lol, damn i knew you'd be happy with koharu leaving mo-musu. seems she wants to be a model or something. kinda makes it seem like the past few years were a waste.
i think being outside of japan is a pretty big filter for all the "not so good" music there. and i think the reverse might also be true; i've seen BEP and the chili peppers on Music Station, but there's no way you'd ever find soulja boy or some bullshit like that on. i hope...
finally got around to checking out 東京事変's 能動的３分間 on Music Station and that song is insane! damn, you know they're pros when they can hit it in exactly 3 minutes, although the band might have a click track.
lol, if their tempo is 120 (which i think it is), then the song is 90 measures long. crazy.
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