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I think I want it as well, man. Great mixtape too, btw. I particularly enjoyed the .357 String Band track, well conceived.
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So I don't double post I'm going to just edit this post with a new Mixtape (when you're unemployed you find that you have a lot of time on your hands.) Live Band Hip Hop 01. Big City Bright Lights - Artofficial A group I've had for about a year now, a very good blend of jazz and hip hop. 02. Digital Cafe (ft. Viveca) - Audible Mainframe Were my favourite group for about a month, this song in particular. Very relaxing with a beat you can't help but nod your to. 03. American Machine - The Blend High energy band, one of the best out there right now. I will be uploading this album to mediafire soon so if you like them just send me a PM. 04. America Loves Gangsta (ft. Tim Means) - CunninLynguists People who read the Hip Hop section in these forums know how much I praise this group, well for those of you who haven't have the pleasure of hearing them, now you can. 05. Rise - Flobots I found this song to be more power than the bigger single "Handlebars", none-the-less this group proves that hip hop needs more cello! 06. Follow - G Band Free Ahhh this song is easily in my top 10 songs of all time, such a meaningful beautiful song, I have this group uploaded to mediafire so if you like them and want more just send me a PM. 07. Beautiful - Animate Objects While I wasn't a huge fan of the album in it's entirety this song in particular stood out above the rest. I've found that it flows very well after "Follow" in case anyone was wondering if I put them back-to-back on purpose. 08. There U R - Restoring Poetry In Music One of my favourite groups that I don't spin regularly enough, Let me know what you think of this one. 09. Doomsday Device - Warsawpack One of those bands I have that I feel proud to have, very insightful lyrics on politics and world events with a hip hop/ reggae tone, not to be overlooked. 10. Aggression - Gruvis Malt A weird way to end the playlist, it's one of those songs you'll either hate or love, I'm hoping for the later. http://www.mediafire.com/?wtl0zyxhh45 |
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Top 10? Sheesh that's a tuffy... well this will probably be pretty inaccurate because it would take forver to actually narrow down all the songs I have on iTunes but here she goes;
10. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd YouTube - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 9. Drunk Teenagers - Joel Plaskett Emergency YouTube - Joel Plaskett Emergency - Drunk Teenagers 8. Revelry - Kings Of Leon YouTube - Kings Of Leon Revelry 7. On My Way - Ben Kweller YouTube - Ben Kweller - "On My Way" 6. Don't Forget Me - Red Hot Chili Peppers YouTube - Red hot chili peppers - Don't forget me 5. Sometime Around Midnight - The Airborne Toxic Event YouTube - Sometime Around Midnight - The Airborne Toxic Event (Official Video) 4. Gimme The Loot - Notorious B.I.G. YouTube - The Notorious B.I.G. - Gimme The Loot 3. For Reasons Unknown - The Killers YouTube - THE KILLERS - FOR REASONS UNKNOWN (COMPLETE MUSIC VIDEO) 2. Sleeping Sickness - City and Color YouTube - Sleeping Sickness - City and Colour with Gordon Downie 1. Slow Dancing In A Burning Room - John Mayer YouTube - Slow Dancing In A Burning Room (Live in L.A.) (the intro is quite long on this version fyi) I could remake this list 5 more times with different songs... |
alright casenumber you J-pop/British comedy stalwart
My overall impression of J-pop is no longer entirely negative, just indifferent lol, but more informed thanks to your enlightening compilation. I don't think this was the super-squeaky day-glo dancepop my cousin was talking about. There are a lot of different sounds at work, and I noticed you threw in some Chinese and Korean tracks as well which was good, it certainly wasn't all awful. First off my main objection to this music is the shrink-wrapped, factory-line pop feel to it. I've never been huge on manufactured pop as a musical style, I don't actually know how many of these singers produce their own stuff if any? The songs don't suffer from lack of writing talent (I'm sure the singers had the best writers and session musicians Sony Japan or whatever has to offer) but it is clearly produced for maximum fidelity to jostle for your attention with Asia's radio sensations. Which is fine... it's just that the amount of musical re-appropriation on offer probably unnerved me I'll admit. For example one minute you'll be listening to a Timbaland-esque R'n'b club anthem (I own and enjoy some of Timbaland's landmark contributions to pop - Aaliyah, Writing's on the Wall etc), the next an Asian Britney Spears with buzzsaw synth faux-guitar line, the next a cheesy pop ballad with thrash metal backing? It's all a bit overwhelming, and like I said it just feels very synthetic on a number of tracks, as if these women are not singing in their own true voice but that of some chuckling Simon Cowell-type exec (probably smoking a cigar with a Persian cat on his lap) trying to replicate Beyoncé's sales figures with native singers. Having said all that if I'm in that kind of mood there are a couple of songs here I would happily have on rotation in a Western pop playlist; I've never been fond of the Japanese preference for melodrama though... what's that weird name for Japanese metal where they all wear really extravagant costumes? Special K or something? It's like emo gone kabuki, fun to look at but torturous to listen to. Bands like Dir En Grey, the Ayumi Hamasaki song reminded me a bit of that but was much more fun to listen to. I'll probably have more track-specific comments in a while, I've just had this on in the background and not really been paying attention to which song is which until just now! |
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Koda Kumi Ayumi Hamasaki Ai Otsuka Utada Hikaru OLIVIA misono A-mei & BoA occasionally write their own stuff You'll notice that there are more Japanese singers that write their own stuff. You'd be surprised at the sheer number of artists that do take more control over their work in Japan. The major factory-produced artists are the pop groups such as Hello!Project, a project made for the endorsement of the Hello Kitty products. They still make catchy songs, but they're not one of my favourites. I think it's a strange rumour that Japanese artists don't write their own stuff, only mde BECAUSE of the Hello!Project fad. You'll also notice, if you looked at most of these artists other works, that they are so diverse. They can go from pop, to rock, to RnB, to electronica.... and I'm only talking within one artists discography. Koda Kumi and Ayumi Hamasaki are especially known for this. And yeah the weird Japanese rock groups that dress up are known as Visual-Kei artists..... I've never been a fan, can't say as I ever will be. |
I'm getting a few good acoustic songs together that would be perfect for lounging around on a sunny day... stop me if you guys think it's a stupid idea.
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