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Y'know, i've looked at j-pop (or its artists, at any rate) up to this point as frail songbirds that only wish to sing their song for the public. Then i saw the videos for Nani Tamaki's Prayer, Minmi's Step, and Kumi Koda's Shake It, and thought many different things differently. The first is that these J-poppers have rhythm and can dance like nobody's business, and the second (which really came to mind after the Kumi Koda video) is that they're very sexual(ESPECIALLY Kumi Koda, which if you ever saw, you'd say...wow...O.O) At that point i got to thinking, how come they can get away with that kind of stuff there, but not here? And is the entire world of music becoming of sexed up peoples? So discuss, have you ever had any previous conceptions of Japan shattered? If so, which ones and how? And what do you think of the state of music today?

You have to remember that this is also the same country that has the worst sexual harassment problem. The main reason is they have somewhat lighter rules when it comes to sex. Another example? They are legal by age of 16, as opposed to our 18. Its just their cultural differences, that makes it seem more acceptable to them. Besides, we have some pretty bad stuff here too, and Im pretty sure you know that wink

I listen to Visual Kei groups... yes, the ones woth make-up
Their videos aswell as their looks are based on visual impact and they acchieve it as no one else does.

In my top list go: (with no special order of preference)

Dir en Grey
Kagrra
Psycho Le Cemu
Due'le Quartz
Naitomea
Sendai Kamotsu
Panic Channel
Gazette
X-Japan
Malice Mizer
Aioria
Scissor
Kuroyume


Next weekend I'm going to Paris to see Dir En Grey live, it's been expensive as hell and still more money to be spent, but they're worth it *drools* (eventhough I'm broke for the next 5 months...)

i'm not into j pop i never listen to it and i never heard of any songs or know any bands lol! xd

This is probably a really stupid misconception of Japan, but...I thought there were more vending machines on the streets than there really are. I know Japan has a lot of vending machines, but in five years, my view on that changed from thinking they had slightly more vending machines in America to thinking they had one every two feet. My recent trip to Japan showed me reality.

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I like all those bands as well exept Malice mizer. I used to like them but i don't anymore. ''It withers and withers'' Ps: Mana is way too quiet.

Yes, Diru is truley number one. The only band that i will listen to Forever without getting bored with. The new single Clever sleazoid, i'm afraid i havent heard it yet. But i will do soon. I've suddently become addicted to: Garden, Marmelade Chainsaw, and Dead tree. I really don't understand Mana sometimes, but he can sure fool a hell lot of people with his Cross Dressing Schemes.