Passion

[delen]

The song Passion by Utada Hikaru is awesome.

That is all.

[4letterwords]

Correction: Passion after the battle is awesome.

Be my last is awesomest.

[Akagaminosteven]

Correction: Utada Hikaru before Kingdom Hearts > Utada Hikaru after Kingdom Hearts.

[Crowley]

I find her stuff a bit... I dunno. Like water biscuits. You'll eat a lot of them, because they're there, but they're nothing that wonderful.

Shiina Ringo now...

[Akagaminosteven]

Shiina Ringo now...

You win at life.

[hanacker]

Water biscuits?

[Crowley]

http://www.elmwood.co.uk/cs-pics/cs-carr's-01.jpg

[Azrael]

Correction: Utada Hikaru before Kingdom Hearts > Utada Hikaru after Kingdom Hearts.
Truth.....

[TrendSeven]

I still like Exodus.

[OaklandZoo]

I still like Exodus.

You may be the only one.

[Chinpokomon]

C'mon, this is lyrical genius!

"You're easy-breezy, and I'm Japanese-y"

[4letterwords]

Truth.....

But honestly, most of it was watered down sugary crap she didn't mean... I prefer honest.

Onitsuka Chihiro > All other Japanese female singers

[4letterwords]

Oh and I like exodus too.

[Akagaminosteven]

But honestly, most of it was watered down sugary crap she didn't mean... I prefer honest.


When it comes to music, whatever someone likes is fine with me, so don't take this personally--but have you ever heard or watched a performance of Be My Last live? If that's honest, she might be better off lying.

Although I do have to say--Keep Tryin' has me by the balls. I somehow forgot that when I was making fun of her. :duh:

[SDSUMarcus01]

The movie The Passion was awesome.

[Televisions_Nick]

Utada Hikaru is ugly.

[OaklandZoo]

But aren't we all under this agreement that J-Pop sucks? She falls under this category, and though there are some exceptions, she doesn't necessary stand out, not anymore anyway.

Traveling, is one of those exceptions.

[Crowley]

Au Contraire, Jpop is excellent :)

Apart from W. That's some majorly squeaky oh-my-god-my-ears-just-bled pre-adolescent irritation.

[darje]

You may be the only one.

Nope, I like it too, so that makes two of us.

I like Keep Tryin' more than Exodus or Passion, though.

[Roxie]

Yup. I love me some Hikki.

The exodus album wasn't the best. But it had some great tracks on it.

Now what I think I might actually like Sanctuary better than passion...Does anyone have Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro and/or Be My Last? pm me..

Check this (http://www.myspace.com/cubicu) out!

[Zensouken]

Mika Nakashima...

[crow-kun]

Shiina Ringo scares me

[Akagaminosteven]

Shiina Ringo makes me wet

There we go, all nice and fixed.

[Crowley]

I know what he means though. She has an unnerving quality that she can put into her voice. That's part of her genius.

[Pookie42]

Mika Nakashima...
i like her better than utada too^^

[crow-kun]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQBWmLfxwxs&search=Shiina%20Ringo - Ringo no Uta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0-AnlGSFGE&search=Shiina%20Ringo - Meisai

[gentlemanandscholar]

Youtube is such a haven for Japanese media. It's scary almost. On that topic, here are my favourite songs:

Rude Bones and Beat Crusaders - Diggin in the streets
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yeDJUMk2BfE&search=rude%20bones

Beat Crusaders - Baby Face
http://youtube.com/watch?v=eadhdLJ9aRQ&search=beat%20crusaders


Not along the lines of Utada Hikaru or anything but meh. They're good I think.

[darje]

Come on. A Japanese lady singing "You make me want to be a man" is unbeatable.

(On a similar note, does anybody have that song?)

[4letterwords]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhAuqeo99ac&search=Chihiro%20infection

My most favorite song ever.

Oh and if you can understand Japanese, the lyrics are really really beautiful.

[Akagaminosteven]

Good stuff posted here, so I'll throw in a few of favorites by Shiina:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72w1ik7sgGE&search=shiina%20ringo (favorite)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb8uSzu5H8A&search=shiina%20ringo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmKahlKW11g&search=shiina%20ringo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4GtyDn-AYM&search=shiina%20ringo

And of course, much love to her Tokyo Jihen stuff too.

[hanacker]

Someone I knew in College went to high school with Hikaru. Unfortunately, being two people removed from her doesn't do anything for me.

[Akagaminosteven]

Someone I knew in College went to high school with Hikaru. Unfortunately, being two people removed from her doesn't do anything for me.

D00D! U R GONNA GIT LAID! :clap:

[I Monkey]

I really like Utada, she actually got me into japanese music! I also like Mika Nakashima and Yuna Ito is pretty good also... Oh yeah, and I really like Otsuka Ai too :)Some people asked for "Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro", "Be My Last" and "You make me want to be a man" right?? I want to send it to you guys if you guys have gmail.(if not, then I can give you an invitation if you'd like to have one. Sorry, I'm just too lazy to upload it...). Just pm me and I'll send it:)

[SDSUMarcus01]

Utada Hikaru is ugly.

You gotta be kidding me.

[crow-kun]

...You know I've been looking at this forum for a while are people saying all Japanese music sucks or just jpop?

[Akagaminosteven]

...You know I've been looking at this forum for a while are people saying all Japanese music sucks or just jpop?

J-pop and Japanese music, be it through misconception or through association of big names, are being slightly interchangeable. I think this is unfortunate, as there are some great Japanese musical artists out there, but they get overlooked without a chance because of how irritable some people are to J-pop front-runners. As far as I know "J-pop", as most of us know it, isn't too popular on this forum. I personally love a lot of Japanese music, but can understand how it can rub people the wrong way. Music is music though, people are gonna like what they like and hate what they hate regardless.

[Masa the Masta]

Yuna Ito.

She's cute.

[ShadowDeth]

<3 Wait and see

"Onitsuka Chihiro > All other Japanese female singers"

You apparently haven't heard the singer from angela, Yamashita Atsuko. For shame.

She is a complete vocal virtuoso.

[4letterwords]

Meh...

Chihiro still owns.

[Televisions_Nick]

You gotta be kidding me.

Nope. There's a reason every single one of her photos/videos has INCREDIBLY high amounts of light focused on her, making her look washed-out... it's because her features are really not attractive at all. None of her surgeries have helped either. But at least she doesn't look like a mutant now, like Ayumi Hamasaki does. Though if she keeps getting cosmeic surgeries, she'll get there.

[Roxie]

What're you talking? She's not had any cosmetic surgery! She's had surgery to remove some cysts from her reproductive organs..