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What's the quintessential J-pop song?
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callmesim



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 1:53 am    Post subject: What's the quintessential J-pop song? Reply with quote
What would be the equivalent of:

We Built This City, Karma Kameleon, Wake Me Up Before You Go Go, St Elmo's Fire, Footloose, My Sharona etc.

I'm not after songs that sound the same but instead J-pop songs that are as iconic as those?

I'm just making a video collage of photos from my time in Japan and want Japanese backing music Embarassed

Can anyone help?
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markle



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 1:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sukiyaki?
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flyingkiwi



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 2:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I think you have a choice of hundreds. It seems every month produces a quintessential J-pop song.
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User N. Ame



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 2:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
There is none. Period.
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markle



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 2:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
User N. Ame wrote:
There is none. Period.


Spoken like a true ignoramous.
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callmesim



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 2:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Peoples peoples!! I'm not after critiques or an analysis of the genre.

Names of songs and artists is all I'm after. All the names of the big name bands have left my brain since leaving. And I'm having no luck trying to find a list on the internet.
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User N. Ame



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 2:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
markle wrote:
User N. Ame wrote:
There is none. Period.


Spoken like a true ignoramous.


Now now, markle, no need to resort to ad hominem attacks. This only reflects poorly only you.
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markle



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 3:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
It wasn't an ad honinem attack I was stating the obvious.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem
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User N. Ame



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 3:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
callmesim wrote:
Peoples peoples!! I'm not after critiques or an analysis of the genre.


Hey, I'm not offering up a critique of the genre. I'm stating a commonly held fact. There's nothing qunitessential about any song in this genre, but I suppose you could start with.... um... well, good luck.
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User N. Ame



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 3:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
markle wrote:
It wasn't an ad honinem attack I was stating the obvious.



Markle, with due resect, good sir, you're the last person in on this board able and equipped to offer me a lesson on fallacy logic. But thanks for your diligence. As you were.
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JaredW



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 3:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
To the OP:

It really depends on what era you grew up in. At my high school, if I mentioned anything by George Michael or his group WHAM!, my students would either have glazed eyes or they would comment on how old I was.

My wife who grew up a decade before Ayumi Hamasaki knows different pop songs than people we know who are younger.

I do have to say, though, that some know what the movie Goonies. But, they'd never know who Cyndie Lauper is.

P.S. I wonder how many on this board know what Goonies is.