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Originally Posted by Puddingman
I get what you mean Haladflier. I do notice I have that "Idol" view towards Jpop. I think I'm so used to listening to "serious" themed western music that I like to listen to a totally goofy sounding Jpop song. But I do like that they seem sparkly or colorful.
lol, I've mostly only listened to SAWA and some similar styled anime songs. I think this is the Idolization you're talking about?
Jrock can be pretty sweet though. What I've heard of both Jpop and Jrock seem really refreshing.
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Guess that's expected and totally not your fault! But you should check out some other J-pop too, if you can, there's actually such fantastic stuff out there. My favourite artists include Fukuyama Masaharu (guy in sig/avi set), Hirai Ken, B'z, Mr. Children, and Kobukuro (all of them just regular pop/rock artists). I think they all do their own songwriting/composing
J-rock is awesome but I think J-pop needs more exposure (apart from the idol groups I mean). J-rock is pretty popular outside of Japan, it seems, and for good reason, I'm just mystified by the lack of mention on other J-pop-ers
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Originally Posted by Soliloquy
From my observation, J-rock and J-pop put more effort on the instrumental than western rock music. They are willing to use other instruments than typical and more popular instruments for some experimentation.
One thing I like with J-pop is that they don't make use of autotune bullshit way too excessively so far. I'm not really into it, only anime op and ed so I wouldn't know if there are some artists using that.
Another thing I liked is that they always seem to have some solos. They are not always necessary but make the songs better.
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SO TRUE. Although I wouldn't fully agree about the instrumentals, I know it's true for some artists but not everyone. Again, it depends on what kind of Western rock you're talking, since I immediately think of Iron Maiden and Kamelot
Artists that actually know how to play instruments = good sign. Artists that often sound even better live (and can actually sing) = also a very good sign. Both of these, you can find in J-pop!
Wow, I feel like I'm advertising for it or something (I'm such a fan...)