Bad news: I'm writing again.
Hello again. I'm not sure that I have anything profound or even fun to say. But.I.want.to.try. It will be better than reading the political blogs or stock market news reports :( During my hiatus, I brought my family out to Japan. I think it is safe to say that they fell in love with this country. We had a great time. I hope my family forgives me. I hope I can forgive myself! Anyway, I'll write a post per day about our exploits around town.Well, towns. We went to Tokyo, Kamakura, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Myajima, and Narita ( the airport ).
In the meantime, let me throw some links down to some Japanese music that I like. Some of these songs I discovered doing Karaoke (yes, I promise to write about that too!) and some I found by searching around in some music stores. Also, if someone knows how to embed videos from utube, let me know and I'll update this post.
Here's one I like the best: BOBD - I've been listening to this one quite a bit.
This one I thought was the most creative video I'd seen in a while: Catch On Everywhere.
I can't really get this one out of my head and the video is sooooo bizarre: Chu Lips. By the way, I understand that "chu" means kiss in Japanese. That may or may not be true but I like that there are references to tulips in the video.
I'll add this last one if only to see if you can figure out which song these guys ripped off (listen to the synthesizer lick). Plus its the theme song for a baseball manga called "Major": Hey Hey Alright.
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I appreciate the links - I always had a bad opinion of Japanese pop until now. I thought it was too imitative of American pop. It still bears a heavy influence but seems more sophisticated, but still with a Japanese feel.
I realize, though, that my opinion may be bigoted and I only like the stuff because they made it seem MORE American.
But their videos are, on average, more interesting than the usual crap from the US.
Petesan is back online - hurray! I liked the Green Day cover on Blvd but have to say the rest was not really my cup of tea. I couldn't say where they ripped off the last song from - maybe Springsteen's Glory Days - doubtful but thought I would take a shot. Keep writing . . .!!!
"Let me introduce myself..." At 2:37 into the video, the notes to Sympathy for the Devil" from the Rolling Stones are being played.
good to see you back in the blog world. A lot of people say that Winnie looks like Utada Hikaru (your link on BOBD) though i think to white people all asian people look the same...haha
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