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Well one of the greatest singers of all time was of Asian decent. Farrokh Bulsara, though he did not really acknowlege his heratige apart from a few times in some of his songs.
When he came to England though he used to say that's where his life began. Though he soon started going by the name of Freddie instead of Farrokh, when he came here. It wasn't until he changed his surname to Mercury that he became the superstar that he was. It's a pity few have followed him. Zayn from 1D sticks out like a sore thumb because the Asian presence is so rare. as for South East Asia- their pop scene is a treasure trove-I love it! BUT- the language thing is a barrier. Songs in foreign languages rarely make the Western charts. Gangnam style was an anomaly |
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the fusion of genres in the same song which is really nice to hear in kpop . western pop nowdays is not interesting to me. i loved the 80s pop in uk and america, but not feeling western pop these days. it sounds boring and generic.
![]() Western pop utterly safe, bald & unadventurous these days. I find Asian pop far more innovative with a less pretentious & lighter mood to it. It's fun & light hearted with some catchy tunes & for me that's more important that the usual Western pop thing of looking cool & blinging it up. |
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Ah" at last I have found a psychic twin!
![]() Western pop utterly safe, bald & unadventurous these days. I find Asian pop far more innovative with a less pretentious & lighter mood to it. It's fun & light hearted with some catchy tunes & for me that's more important that the usual Western pop thing of looking cool & blinging it up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dISNgvVpWlo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pdj4iJD08s |
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The stage presence, performance, and just the whole atmosphere is why i love kpop so much. The catchy songs just seals it. BTS rules kpop right now. The performance of Fire was lit!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWENYAwPXPA |
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Here's a Japanese, rather beautiful piece from the 1990s...
Pizzicato Five - 'Baby Love Child' https://youtu.be/lB-2IzAZk90 - by far their best song and it was used in Futurama. |
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Here's a Japanese, rather beautiful piece from the 1990s...
Pizzicato Five - 'Baby Love Child' https://youtu.be/lB-2IzAZk90 - by far their best song and it was used in Futurama. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C35DrtPlUbc |
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Babymetal are doing pretty well.
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Haven't seen this mentioned before... 80s Japanese funk remixed for 2016 seems to be a thing.
https://youtu.be/C46tsUHcUtw - Takeuchi Mariya - Plastic Love |
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Speaking of Korean pop music, some of Brother Su's songs are quite lovely and I don't see why they couldn't be hits over here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fudh...ofn9l&index=13 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G_I...c1bdGM7pmofn9l |
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Nice. Ever hear of this Japanese song ? Sukiyaki from Kyu Sakamoto in 1961
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C35DrtPlUbc Or Tomita (Snowflakes are Dancing). https://youtu.be/wD-b6mU3SYQ And unlike most of JPop and KPop these artists were successful in the US/UK. I find most KPop too sweet but there is some great alternative Asian music about Goose House - Sing https://youtu.be/Fabi5cq2Vwk Popoyans - https://youtu.be/5G-OCSovUcQ |
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