This has nothing to do with Billy Joel, sorry. Another week of “special Music Station,” this time featuring a collection of J-Pop heavyweights. Like the past two episodes, these groups don’t necessarily have any new singles to promote so instead of go back a few months to a number we’ve already blathered about we will…
Let’s dive right in as I have a very busy day ahead of me. KAT-TUN “ULTIMATE WHEELS” [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2_x8_kdaXE”] Talked about…and heaped praise on!…this one last week. Song remains the same, a surprisingly out-of-the-box Johnny’s single incorporating Russian-evoking strings to make one of the more interesting Johnny’s releases as of late. The track comes bundled with…
All credit for the above art goes to AvrilLavigneLuver4. I honestly appreciate good anime art of North American pop stars. On to the music. Avril Lavigne “What The Hell” [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE7dhplqLjs”] Long before Justin Bieber descended from the icy north to capture the hearts of Twitter-happy teenagers and inspire the irrational hate of an older group,…
Johnny & Associates aren’t just another shadowy Japanese record label christening idols and telling them not to date anyone – Johnny goes WAYYYYY beyond that. The people running this company aren’t in the business of making musicians…they create IDOLS, all caps necessary. These people end up on the fronts of CD singles, folders, television screens,…
Disclaimer: In order to keep this post as un-snarky as possible, let’s get this out of the way immediately…this blog does not endorse either of these songs, and lets just leave it at that. HearJapan wrote a nice little blurb about what is apparently a bit of a controversy in the J-music blogosphere as of…