Japanese, in the entertainment world are known for two of the many things they are know for: anime, and the music that you hear as intro and ending themes of those animes. of course there are many other j-pop music artists whos music don't get used in animes.
Now let's cut to the chase. when you hear japanese music, you may think "wow nice instrumentals though i don't understand the language but the music rocks!!" or "Where can i download this song?" or "i really need to learn japanese for this song." sure their music is awesome, but why aren't they internationally known for their music? even the less popular Korean artists suddenly blasted their way out of the dark of their own country a few years back in time because of a reason some of us don't know (that includes me). Some of those great music artists are Larc en Ciel:
yeah you've heard that from somewhere u just don't know where or when you heard it.
there's also Nico Touches the wall.. i dunno but i've only heard about them when their song knocked at the doors of fullmetal alchemist brotherhood and became its 2nd opening theme.
great song that one.. the only song i never got tired of listening to and was desperate enough to ear-tab it since there were not guitar tabs for the lead guitar of this song. also, here's Asian Kung Fu Generation and their song Rewrite:
it's only a live performance since there's probably no official vid for it (or i'm just not searching hard enough to find it).
What's your initial reaction when you here those sounds of those individuals from the land of the rising sun? beautiful isn't it? i think they should elevate their fame from nation to international judging by how cool their songs are. i mean, not all popular songs should be english right?
