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Catchy Japanese Music

KryptykSolKryptykSol Registered User regular
edited January 2010 in Help / Advice Forum
I just found this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sib2L6A6xgw

I find it very interesting and would like to hear more of it, does anyone know any bands that are similar?

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  • GrennGrenn Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    You might like Polysics.

    You might even like Melt Banana but they could also be a bit crazy sounding if you're not into that type of stuff.

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  • ArtereisArtereis Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    My jpop song of choice these days is the one that made the new opening to FMA Brotherhood. It's called Golden Time Lover by Sukima Switch. It's a great jazz-fusion tune.

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  • KryptykSolKryptykSol Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    All of those are great, Melt Banana is a bit .. crazy for my tastes, but still good I've found some other Sukima Switch that I like. Keep em coming :)

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  • BarrakkethBarrakketh Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    KryptykSol wrote: »
    I just found this:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sib2L6A6xgw

    I find it very interesting and would like to hear more of it, does anyone know any bands that are similar?

    Keep in mind that the circle that performed that song primarily does Touhou remixes/arrangements, and Bad Apple is from one of the older games in the series:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9roQop40DB8

    Since you mentioned catchy I might as well post this:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAbhJk4YJns

    Original:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9hF55ZB7sE

    Some other things you might as well give a listen to:
    ED from Bakamonogatari:

    Kimi ni Shiranai Monogatari

    ED from K-On!:

    Don't Say Lazy

    Theme song/ED from Kara no Kyoukai:

    Kalafina - sprinter

    A song I found catchy even though the anime is shit:

    Nana Mizuki - Discotheque

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  • BartholamueBartholamue Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I've always liked these songs from beatmania-
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-tEVg4E-qg

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvGRj77EAOo

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  • CokebotleCokebotle 穴掘りの 電車内Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    If you like Sukima Switch, look into Takuya Ohashi. He's one of the guys from it and did a solo CD. Um... if google is showing me the right video, this would be it:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zacJ1dvx13s

    Alternatively, it might be this video:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mun24WLRH6I

    Sorry, at work and filters and all that.

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  • ChanusChanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderator mod
    edited January 2010
    I remember there were compilations called Japan For Sale around 2001 or so... had some good stuff on them.

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  • TylanthusTylanthus Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    BORIS!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WkaeBZ1kGU
    Probably not what you're looking for...

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  • ScalfinScalfin __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2010
    Good starting point.

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  • MagicToasterMagicToaster JapanRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXTaMxYJtDg&feature=related

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  • DavoidDavoid Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    God Boris is so good

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    If we're going the Beatmania route:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gquVahRg-RE&feature=related


    HHH do good stuff.

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  • B:LB:L I've done worse. Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Barrakketh wrote: »
    A song I found catchy from Rosario+Vampire:
    Nana Mizuki - Discotheque

    Yeah! Rosario+Vampire is one of my favorite series, and it has quite a lot of catchy tunes:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLHTnkImrCA

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNjmOL74Gek


    The OP song is from a series of games called Touhou, you can find a ton of those remixes on Youtube.

    Alternatively, a lot of catchy songs are snatched up and used for AMVs.

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

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  • DrswordsDrswords Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Look up the anime centric works of TM Revolution.

    He did some work for Soul Eater ( Resonance is the OP from the beggining of the series ).

    Great stuff.

    The Starry Sky by HAL from Angelic Layer is a good one. There are some remixes of it that are pretty sweet.

    School Boys by Yamoto from Gakuen Heaven is a good one.

    For a heavy metal infusion try Kenji Ohtsuki ( Ootsuki ). His song Kuusou Rumba ( and Kuusou Rumba Rap ) are pretty good high energy stuff ( from the Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei series )

    See Saw ( which did its most famous work on the soundtrack to .hack//SIGN ) is another good artist. Their song Obsession is a good catchy tune.

    Motteke Sailor Fuku ( The OP to Lucky Star ) is an insane high tempo song.

    Hide & Seek by Namie Amuro is a good one ( Featured in the WoW machinima "Blind" )

    Gouin ni Mai Yeah~ by "Fuura Kafuka" from Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei is a good one. So is Zessei Bijin by Ai Nonaka.

    Another good rock fusion tune is Sorairo Days by Shoko Nakagawa ( The OP to Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagaan )

    I really have to reccomend the entire Soul Eater soundtrack at this point. Songs like Psychedelic Souljam especially.

    Another Kenji Ohtsuki ( Ootsuki ) song is Odoru Akachan Ningen from Welcome to the NHK. Also Ringo Mogire Beam from the latest Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei series.

    A good sorta funky song is 19sai by Suga Shikao ( the OP from xxxHolic )

    I cant think of any other ones that might fit the criteria right now, but those are a lot of the good ones.

    I also must second Sukima Switch... excellent stuff.

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  • ChenChen Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzD76g4BlQA

    Seriously though, it's hard to recommend music based on one video. What genre are you specifically looking for? R&B, Hip-Hop, Fusion, Eurobeat, Synthpop, Technopop, Psychedelic pop, Bubblegum pop, regular pop. Japanese music is pretty broad!

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  • DrswordsDrswords Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Chen wrote: »
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzD76g4BlQA

    Seriously though, it's hard to recommend music based on one video. What genre are you specifically looking for? R&B, Hip-Hop, Fusion, Eurobeat, Synthpop, Technopop, Psychedelic pop, Bubblegum pop, regular pop. Japanese music is pretty broad!

    That is one of the most horrifying covers i have ever heard.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I'm not sure whether to laugh or cringe.

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  • DavoidDavoid Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I can't tell the difference between most J-Pop. I appreciate some of their weirder stuff though.

    Melt Banana is awesome

    Boris kicks a lot of ass

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  • RyeRye Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJFMWQKgaM0

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  • Fluffy918Fluffy918 Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    It seems like we're on a more techno oriented theme here... but the title just says "catchy," so here is some stuff I find catchy.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f92VWkYl8CI

    That is what came to my mind when I thought of catchy songs that The Pillows have written, but most of their stuff is pretty catchy if you're into that type of music.

    PS - Watch FLCL

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  • CygnusZCygnusZ Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Radwimps maybe?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MaF-bWeLGw

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  • descoladadescolada Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Uh, well, while I'm not a huge fan of the style of music in the OP, the first thing that came to mind was Hamasaki Ayumi (浜崎あゆみ). She's much more mainstream, and she's much more rock than techno these days, but it's somewhat similar.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vloAeUsG38I

    A more techno option might be Perfume. Annoyingly catchy and stupidly popular, it crawls inside your head and just keeps bouncing around.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThmUt7fXX6U

    And if you'll allow me a random reccomendation, might I suggest Shina Ringo (椎名 林檎) and her band Tokyo Jihen (東京事変)? Here's two examples of her recent solo and group work.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_N6y3PWfz8

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KU7KBuHVPs

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  • Bad AspBad Asp Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Have you tried Rip Slyme yet? There are two songs from this Japanese rap group that I can't get out of my head:

    Dandelion,
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg73872lq5c

    and Rakuen Baby.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqHjOEJ3TkA

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  • descoladadescolada Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I love Rip Slyme and always keep at least two of their albums on my ipod (EPOCH, Good Job!).

    But you can't mention Rip Slyme without posting this (NSFW):

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKNLNMhP4pw

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  • KryptykSolKryptykSol Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    wow, this really exploded, I like a lot of the previously posted stuff, Perfume is great, Liking the Rip Slyme stuff too, especially the first one.

    I'm definitely more interested in the techno side of this music, but I love anything with a good solid beat, which is why I didnt really specify a genre. That and I really am at a loss when it comes to Japanese music, it seems a lot of the time that they dont really even come in album format (they probably do, I just dont know where to look)

    I'm going to have to go through all of these and give them a good listen. If anyone has anything else to suggest, I'm all ears :)

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  • descoladadescolada Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    They most definitely come in album formats. I think the problem is that most Japanese music is still popularized in the west by anime or video games, so people tend to search for soundtracks or one specific song, instead of by artist. Stuff like The Pillows is an exception because hey, they used a half dozen or so of their songs for a single series.

    If you like Perfume check out Capsule (カプセル). They produce Perfume and the influences are immediately obvious, but you'll find they have more variety. At work now so I can't use youtube, but I imagine you could find something there.

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  • NaloutoNalouto Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    My 2 cents contain AKFG.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFmbOkg3Qhs&feature=related

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmuIJnyLF-0

    They have occupied my ipod steadily for the last 5-6 years, and are probably in my top 3 favorite bands of all time.

    I dunno if they're considered too mainstream for the hardcore J-music crowd, but... goddamn they are technically amazing. Enjoy!

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