Re: JPop and JRock

[Kaitoukidsama]

hmm. what do I listen to....

Well I'll just rattle off  my top 5 non-B'z (of course B'z is #1)

2.ZARD  -  I love EVERY SINGLE SONG 
3.Miho Komatsu  - My mellowing out music, relaxing
4.dream (pre-2003) -  The only girl group I've ever liked (But I only like the original 3 :Mai, Yu, and Kana)
5.Garnet Crow -  The most unique and awesome vocal out there besides Koshi
6.Either Yui or Every Little Thing (Both have great and unique vocals)

[Teruterubozu]

Beside B'z I like :

 - Glay
 - doa
 - X-Japan
 - L'Arc~En~Ciel
 - Hide
 - The Pillows
 - The Predators
 - Luna Sea
 - Ellegarden
 - Orange Range
 - Rally
 - Shiina Ringo & Junpei

[tyohehehe]

I listen to:
 
-L'Arc~en~Ciel
-Mr.Children( the 2nd best japanese band IMO)
-Mika Nakashima (the best japanese female singer IMO)

Did Sakurai from Mr.Children ever sing together with Inaba?

[coldfeet]

J-music I like:
- Zard
- Garnet Crow
- Shiina Ringo / Tokyo Jihen
- Mr.Children (not much.. they have some good song)
- Luna Sea

there are other bands but I don't really like them... maybe just one or two songs

[aki79]

I love Yui. Like her voice and her style of singing. I know Ikimonogakari but dont remember how they sound. Never heard the other one though

Other artists I like:
-Mr. Children (they have great songs, Sakurai successfully conveyed his emotion through the songs)
-Spitz (they're great! Their songs are easily lovable, some are all-time best IMO)
-Sukima Switch (their ballads can make one cries sometimes, eventhough you dont know what they mean)
-Suga Shikao (Somehow I love his voice, and some of his songs are very enjoyable)
-Shiina Ringo/Tokyo Jihen (Shiina ringo is a genius! I love really her songs and her band)

There are many others, but the above endures in my playlist

[anjoschka178]

ah Mr Children
I love them too
The sing Konya tsuki no... on a tv show
and it was really good :-)

[Kaitoukidsama]

Never got into Mr. Children. In my case they were always overshadowed by B'z, L'Arc~en~Ciel and Asian Kung Fu Generation.

[Lebon14]

Never got into Mr. Children. In my case they were always overshadowed by B'z

I thought of the opposite and it's true in so many ways.  They are getting more fans than B'z have these days.

[Kaitoukidsama]

Never got into Mr. Children. In my case they were always overshadowed by B'z

I thought of the opposite and it's true in so many ways.  They are getting more fans than B'z have these days.

I'm not one of them  B'z FTW

[Lebon14]

me too.  but's it's a fact

[coldfeet]

well Mr.Children is good but they could never be as great as B'z..
that's a fact too.. hehe at least for me

[aki79]

Oh well, here's my intepretation of their sales figures
Can be biased in so many ways

Mr. Children has more copies sold for an album/a single in average. B'z has less copies sold, but they have plenty of albums/singles (B'z is more productive in terms of number of albums/singles released, Mr. children is more productive in terms of sales gained through an album/a single)

And I think it's also true that Mr.Children gained more fanbase B'z did these days....several of my friends immediately become fans after listening to Mr.Children song samples.

Anyway eventhough I love both bands so much, for me B'z music endures longer in my ears than of Mr.Children

[coldfeet]

I think Mr.Children have more fans because they play pop.. as simple as that

[Djinn]

My favorite japanese artist (beside B'z, TMG and members solo):

L'Arc~en~Ciel
Luna Sea (+ Inoran solo)
Boowy (+Hotei & Himuro solo)
Dead End (+Creature Creature + Morrie solo)
Buck Tick
Yutaka Ozaki
Siam Shade (+ Daita solo)
X Japan (+hide & Toshi solo)
Monoral
Gackt
Loudness
SeikimaII
Yoshii Lovinson

and many others. I like a lot of music... :smile:

[anjoschka178]

latly i listen again often too Ayumi Hamasaki
Anyone too?
I think she is shooting great PVs and have a great live show with all this costumes