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[ SECRET POST #1786 ]

⌈ Secret Post #1786 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Paper Heart]

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[Mass Effect]

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[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]

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[The Nightmare Before Christmas]

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[The Chaser]

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[Ashes To Ashes]

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[The Walking Dead]

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[Final Fantasy VII]

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[Yotsuba&!]

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[The Walking Dead]

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[Vampire Chronicles]

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[House]

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[The Vampire Diaries]

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[Sailor Moon]

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[Mortal Kombat]

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[How I Met Your Mother]

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[Anno 1790]

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[Shiina Ringo]

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[Pride & Prejudice]

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[Tom Hiddleston]

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[Batman Beyond]

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[Kate Bush / HP]

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[Homestuck]

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[His Dark Materials]

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[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]

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[Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler)]

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[UC Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ]

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[Finding Nemo]

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[Oofuri]

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[Disney's Beauty and the Beast]

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[Un-Go]

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Secrets Left to Post: 04 pages, 078 secrets from Secret Submission Post #255.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 2 - too big ], [ 1 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

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Have you ever listened to Japanese pop music?

I'm not saying that Shiina is the absolute bestest (admittedly, I find her singing voice off-putting at times), but she is miles better than other female arists on the charts.

There are loads of great artists over there that deserve mainstream popularity. Unfortunately Japanese people have shitty taste when it comes to music.

and to drive my point, here's the top 30 for this week:

It's great that there's a couple of enka songs on there at least.

I wouldn't consider her voice better or worse than most of those songs (except maybe the ones with the kids because those were just... wtf grating on my poor ears...). And I'm sort of side-eyeing the groups with what looked like 60 members, only because at some point they stop sounding harmonized and more like a raucous kids chorus. Though yay for Bump of Chicken being on there! ♥

Ah, I don't always listen to Japanese music but when I do I listen to enka.

Actually, a lot of the single artist and smaller bands on this are nice to listen to as well. And I like the variety on the chart, something I wish we had more of here on our top 100.

XDDD ♥ to the enka songs as well making it on here.

Any recs?

I discovered this cute band Lamp the other day, but it kinda depends on whether or not you like the retro style:

:O I like this. I like it a lot. Thanks for posting it! XDD

Uh, this one's sung in french but the band's Japanese, I believe. I guess I'll just leave this here:

I'm glad I can share the love :) I also really love the track you shared! I'm def going to look into this group.

(btw you can D/L Lamp and other Asian jazz/soul/bossanova etc. at this blog: http://minipopcube.blogspot.com/)

I'm also a fan of EGO WRAPPIN who are a folk?/jazz group:

and Soil & Pimp Sessions which is essentially jazz on speed:

Their live shows are supposed to be awesome, and I'm dying to go.

Thank you for all of this! I'll definitely check out the blog. I haven't looked for any new bands (Japanese or otherwise) for quite a long time and aaah I'm glad this thread sparked something in me to go looking again.

I'm really liking the jazz/bossa nova fare you've linked even though I'm not too familiar with it. Although now that I think about it, it really shouldn't even be a surprise since I like Takako Minekawa (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57LboHngkn4) and Capsule (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6Yw07AKCiE)'s earlier stuff, which had that bossa nova rhythm to it.

I wish I could contribute more artists here but I'm lacking knowledge when it comes to the Japanese music industry. ;o; I could recommend... idk, Polysics (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzcT2XDg4Wg)? XD They seem very popular already. (Still pretty boss though!)

*Other than the ones I've already linked, I mean. XD

Oh, that's really cute! Thank you for sharing that, I like them. :>

As for recs... Eek, I have a lot actually, so I'm not gonna embed anything.

Angela Aki's songs are really pretty, imo: I really like Tegami (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFJ8EFzywjw), and Funeral of Morals (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfeCorBQLvU).

Che-a seems pretty cool! I like Pandora (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XOo3b1Ndbk), and I need to find more of their songs.

Same with HEY-SMITH and Endless Sorrow (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K1cRNlKKb4)! They are punk if you like that sort of thing.

Again, BRAHMAN is one of those bands I really need to look up more of, but the sound and video of their song A WHITE DEEP MORNING (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od0IQnBnHLY) is pretty awesome.

Chara has a really unique voice, imo, that I quite enjoy: I'd check out Taisetsu o Kizuku Mono (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezIr0XHUY6U) and Milk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1bTCIa89Dc) first from her, but that's probably because they're the first songs of hers I ever heard too. |D I also thought that Ōki na Jishin ga Kitatte (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh5VTRhiEW8) was super cute.

I really love Cocco's voice, and I think she has some amazing songs. Nirai Kanai (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFqxf8xsjcc) has one of my favorite videos, not just of hers, but ever, and I love the sound of it.

RADWIMPS is just amazing. Like... everything they do is amazing; if there's one band in this list you should check out EVERY SONG of, it would be them. To get people started, I recommend Kanashi (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P7ihFYwbAM), Order Made (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0Jdnkr8xRA), Yuushinron (Heart Theism) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnWx-28rNUc) (though the lyrics to that one get a trigger warning for suicide), and Oshakashama (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU0oHJo18iw) (you have to turn on the subtitles for this one).

And last, just... my favorite band at the moment is called amazarashi. There are three songs by them that I recommend to EVERYBODY EVER because damn. I love their sound, but the latter two of these videos are probably the best things I have ever seen. In order:
1. Hikari, Saikou (Light, Reconsidered) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqJE_d0GGA4) (translation (http://www.jpopasia.com/lyrics/38409/amazarashi/hikari-saikou.html))
2. Christmas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVG2qw4BkzI) (translation (http://lyricstranslate.com/en/christmas-%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9-christmas.html))
3. anomie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj2HHXxugMk) (translation (http://lyricstranslate.com/en/anomie-%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8E%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BC-anomie.html))

Aaaand I think that's it. I'm sorry, this is long as hell, I just have a lot of feelings about (especially under-appreciated) Japanese bands/artists. Especially those last four, damn.

Omigosh, thanks for reccing Cocco! I actually saw one of her music videos ages ago and made a mental note to look her up, but I forgot all about it. That song of hers you posted is awesome!

Your really welcome! I'm glad I could help you find her again, I really love her stuff.

I'm going through your links and I'm really enjoying them so far! *___________* Thank you as well for posting them!

You're welcome! I'm always happy to share music, and I'm glad you like them! :D

I stopped listening to enka after Hibari Misora died. But I'm still glad other people listen to enka.

Not being familiar with enka, I'm curious: what do regular enka listeners think of Jero?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eZulXJTZwk

I like him. I have a few of his tracks :)

Also, it's REALLY aweome to see a mixed-race artist become so popular, especially in a uh...conservative? old-fashioned? genre of music.

Jeez, Maru Maru Mori Mori's still charting in the top 25? Daaamn. And YAY Oh My God's still up there <333 NMB48 yay

Shiina Ringo's really good; I have a friend who LOVES her and I've heard some of her music because of that. However, I like my Japanese girl groups (AKB48, NMB48, Momoiro Clover Z, etc. etc.) because they're fun and tend not to take themselves too seriously. I don't like when music is "ultimate serious business" and I honestly don't care about vocal ability at all, so... yeah.

I love me sum Shiina Ringo but it's not she's not underrated, especially with her band Tokyo Jihen. So all of this butthurt is pretty pointless.....

It's not like every country don't do the same shit. Although I kinda impressed that 2PM, a KPop band, is doing that well. I knew the Halleyu wave was strong in Japan, but that not strong.

i'm glad Kpop artists are doing so well too, but I wish they ignored 2PM. They suuuuuuuuuck D:

Unfortunately Japanese people have shitty taste when it comes to music.

It's not just a Japanese thing, and there are a lot of talented acts out there that are mainstream, including Shiina Ringo. The balance of talent vs. bubblegum is not much different than in the West, it's just that Japanese trashy pop is in a different style than Western trashy pop.

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