I don't know many Japanese songs, but these are some that I listen to WAY TOO MUCH.

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Be warned, many people say I lack a thing called "good taste". Also most of these are songs from anime.

I listen mostly to Symphonic/Melodic Power Metal:

• Versailles - Masquerade (live)
• Ancient Myth - Astrolabe In Your Heart
• Iron Attack! - Star Dust
• Liv Moon - Free Your Soul
• Dragon Guardian - 暗黒舞踏会 (live)

Most track titles are in English but the lyrics are all in Japanese.

http://www.lastfm.pl/user/meeatcookies2

I'm too lazy to search for something else, most are touhou arrangements, like

I didn't heard anything bad about listening to it, actually some relatives said that it sounds nice.

[s0apgun]

I like this song.

http://youtu.be/ODM4vTWAYOg

I obsessively listen to this song.
http://tsukinofune.tumblr.com/tagged/tsubakiya
The singer wrote it after the tsunamis. Great lyrics (he doesn't use any difficult words or grammar or anything but I find the lyrics to be amazing, deep and heart-felt. simple is sometimes the best), great singing ( I love all the little things he does with his voice), great melody.

I also love this song by the band that has the singer above as the vocal.
http://tsukinofune.tumblr.com/post/58015...ssssssssss - love the lyrics to this song too. this is what i call good song lyrics.

other songs by the band.
http://tsukinofune.tumblr.com/tagged/abc

Anime has good music too... like any genre there's bad and good. off the top of my head the sayonara zetsubou sensei songs are pretty kickass.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_qu...ei+opening
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_qu...sei+ending

s0apgun Wrote:I like this song.

http://youtu.be/ODM4vTWAYOg

You've addicted me, I can't stop listening to it hahaha....

I guess the artist being Japanese isn't enough?

One Life:

Shounen Heart: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xv5p8n_...ng-2_music

Kimi wo nosete:

Heres some of the songs i have heard a lot recently:

AND the best of them all!

And so many other good songs

I think you might be into this type of music, if you like anime songs.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TQh8Z0RdQbY...Qh8Z0RdQbY

Song wrote after the tsunamis.

If you want a more "lively" voice. This song and artist might be for you.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-ONVDhen38U

Too much rock and pop here.

https://soundcloud.com/do-the-beat/female-mr-remix

Ok.

And OP as long as you don't like AKB48 you probably have acceptable/good taste.

TheVinster Wrote:Ok.

And OP as long as you don't like AKB48 you probably have acceptable/good taste.

Someone here apparently has something against them.

きのこ帝国 - スクールフィクション

Spangle call Lilli line / eye

凛として時雨　『JPOP Xfile』

惑星アブノーマル「ぬすっと」

Some people say I have weird taste in music, but here you go:

陰陽座　－　氷の楔
http://[video=youtube]http://www.youtube...Uc[/video]
(I have a slight obsession with this band and have all of their albums)

六三四Musashi　－　心剣
http://[video=youtube]http://www.youtube...Xg[/video]
(I really like this group, but it's really hard to get a hold of their albums)

時空海賊セブンシーズ　－　Parallel World
http://[video=youtube]http://www.youtube...tU[/video]

Thousand Leaves － Kissing the Tears
http://[video=youtube]http://www.youtube...Uk[/video]
(Touhou cover, if you didn't know.)

akb48 has so many songs it's difficult to generalize like that (among the fans they know all about those they perform but are not on any of the CDs). and i'll admit to liking some of them. in fact here's 2 that i've listened a lot because i like them (not because it's popular and the'yre on frikin variety show). i DO UNDERSTAND your pain since they are everywhere... i don't know about nowadays but they definitely were.

i just remembered there's more

http://www.youtube.com
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xtshgw_...rise_music
and this one is an akb song too?
http://tsukinofune.tumblr.com/post/26761...rics#notes

howtwosavealif3 Wrote:and this one is an akb song too?
http://tsukinofune.tumblr.com/post/26761...rics#notes

The first link is from a pretty popular show 有吉AKB共和国, it's pretty popular. That's an AKB member singing it, don't know if it's a official song however.

Second link is just of one of the more popular members with her own single.

I know that. I used to watch that show, i totally get the lyrics. I just said that because i have no idea if they ever performed that song in the akb concerts since it was made on the show. I know about the seecond one too. I just tacked it on since she is an akb member because it fits the criteria of the thread which is that i listened to it a lot.

Anything by School Food Punishment

I'm also guilty of listening almost exclusively to anime songs. Here are a few I liked from the current season:

UNISON SQUARE GARDEN - 桜のあと（all quartets lead to the?）
nano.RIPE - なないろびより
堀江由衣 - Sweet & Sweet CHERRY
歌組雪月花 - 回レ！雪月花
妖夢討伐隊 - 約束の絆
Kalafina - 君の銀の庭

ryuudou Wrote:Too much rock and pop here.

seriously, jhiphop must be the only thing worse than jpop.

I'm in love with 志方あきこ. So many beautiful, touching songs that have seemingly
descended directly from the heavens. She sings mostly in Japanese but also uses a variety of other languages including Italian, Latin, Turkish, Arabic and the fictional language Hymmnos. Her works also include many dark and experimental tracks. The songs that touch me the most convey a deep sense of despair and hope at the same time.

Then there's Love Solfege, a rather unique neoclassical 同人 circle. In particular I really like these ones, this awesome Italian opera piece and their great Russian songs.

I also listen to 東方 Project derived music way more than what's probably healthy for a human being but that's mostly instrumental only, so I'll restrain myself since this is a songs thread. Still, I can't resist linking this violin/piano piece, it's just too beautiful ;_;

Most anime songs I like don't survive for long after I finish watching the show, but notable exceptions are this ending and this opening.

Also, bonus track!

umetani666 Wrote:

ryuudou Wrote:Too much rock and pop here.

seriously, jhiphop must be the only thing worse than jpop.

Somehow, in the past, I got an impression that umetani666 was an adult - maybe he's not?

You see, adults understand that with such wide spectrum of forum goers the preferences and likings are bound to vary widely.

As for myself, I like to listen to 森田童子 - here is something not necessary typical of her:

I really can't find much Japanese music I like. Generally what you hear everyday around Japan is way worse than the pop music you would hear everyday in America or England...

But, somehow I completely fell in love with Yuki. Maybe it's my love of singers that sing slightly flat? I like this the best of her videos, but sadly it's just the first couple min:

One of the songs I've listened to the most is an old old Okinawan song, which I've probably posted somewhere here before, called Asadoya Yunta. This version by coi-na is crazy good. However, only the verses are in understandable Japanese (since the chorus is an old Okinawan language).

One of my favorite Japanese rock tracks is Get Up Lucy, from a rare real rock band in Japan:

umetani666 Wrote:

ryuudou Wrote:Too much rock and pop here.

seriously, jhiphop must be the only thing worse than jpop.

That's not how you spell significantly better.

Inny Jan Wrote:Somehow, in the past, I got an impression that umetani666 was an adult - maybe he's not?

i'm not sure, but it seems to me that some things don't translate well to certain cultures. like hip hop in the east or cosplay in the west.

btw, i also like 森田童子, but have you heard Slap Happy Humphrey's covers of her songs? they're pretty hillarious: