Let's talk about Asian pop

[centurionofprix]

Or just post some. I've been enjoying Korean and Chinese music a great deal. I recall there was another thread like this, but I can't find it, so here are some tunes to begin:

"Gan Qing Sheng" ("Love Life") by Faye Wong: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpXElVMiqvY
Studio version with unrelated video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USkxEktyJfk
"Bu Liu" ("None Left"): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xaZkIYtd8I

[LyanvisAberrant]

I'll leave that to the others.

[centurionofprix]

Alright. But I even picked out the most dirgey ones!

[million voices]

Lovely voice
I was a bit disappointed in that the backing track was rather "western" in nature
I liked the third track "Bu Liu" best it sounded a tad reminiscent of Japan on a bad day

[Dan]

GO!GO!7188 - "Ukifune" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfeKeQ2fhmA
Shina Ringo - "Koko de Kiss Shite" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV1HLjeOEL4
Hangry & Angry - "Kill Me Kiss Me" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBSui-ux7ZI

And some older ones from the 60's...

Matsudaira Kemeko - "Watashi ga Kemeko yo" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8idiKXvVREA
Matsudaira Kemeko - "Kemeko no Uta" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkwTQu5dNXg
Blue Comets - "Blue Chateau" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_49zsmFG3Q

[centurionofprix]

I like those a lot. Shina sounds like a grumpy Momoiro Clover Z come down from the sugar high of the century: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWSbfCPkTBk
MCZ is as far as my experience with Japanese music goes, so please post more if you've got it.

On a vaguely similar note, "Romantic Cat" by the Korean rock group Cherry Filter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6EcOiKWfZI

Lovely voice
I was a bit disappointed in that the backing track was rather "western" in nature

Yeah, the Asian flavour often seems to come out more in the vocal melodies and technique, at least on the very openly popular stuff I've been listening to and to my expectation of what the Asian flavour ought to be like. Faye incidentally was influenced by the Cocteau Twins, and even worked with them on a couple of songs, which I think shows (in a good way) on "Love Life" in particular.

[centurionofprix]

One for the goffs; "Touch" by Miss A: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VncC0AnQp0U
Original dance pop mix: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF8Fst_zonU

We need to have a proper look into the amazing world of Korean chart pop soon.

[Dan]

Ah I spelt her name wrong before. Shiina Ringo. Two i's. Shiina being the family name (pronounced like Sheena as in Easton) because the names go the other way round over there, Ringo being her first name - although it's a nickname, Ringo means apple (which explains why Ringo Starr is often a Japanese persons favourite Beatle). The story goes that when she was a kid she had to get on stage at school and recite something her cheeks went red like an apple and everyone called out "ringo!" and it became her nickname).
Shiina Ringo - "Yattsuke Shigoto" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9AP4gM2nHs
Shiina Ringo - "Fukui Jiman" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LzNrFxJrXU
Shiina Ringo - "So Cold" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiYg3uke8fQ
Shiina Ringo - "Creep" (Radiohead cover) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SBOig_zB2s


Hamasaki Ayumi - "Evolution" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIzJLOJzLGc
Shinohara Tomoe - "Telephone Number 6700" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2M8fOfRDCc
Morning Musume - "Onna ni Sachi Are" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbQYK0mwLss
Matsuura Aya - "Yeah! Meccha Holiday" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjjJwJ5SNTI

[centurionofprix]

Thank you for the recommendations, man. I forgot about this thread. Shiina in particular is wonderful, and I loved the Morning Musume song.

As promised, the following are Korean chart pop. This has become my primary popular music preoccupation as of late. It won't be to most tastes here, but... give it a chance, maybe? I honestly think they rock harder than anyone else.

"Sixth Sense" by Brown Eyed Girls. To me, the song is groovy absolutely beyond description. The second link goes to the glorious live rendition:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIqkDBsSJOw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWlrTip_9VI
("Their title track is an expression of the limitations of experiencing music with only five senses, and it asks people to feel it instead with their sixth sense. The song itself is very free in style", goes the official explanation.)

The fabulous T-Ara with "Lovey Dovey" and "Jeon Won Diary":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzhoqmQjS-w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74_3c_5SVBM

Indie sensation Crayon Pop with "Bar Bar Bar" and "Bing Bing":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMqL1iWfku4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoJE4gj1EyQ

The obligatory "Gee" by Girls' Generation. For good or ill, this is one of the definitive bits of K-pop:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7mPqycQ0tQ

"Midnight" by Beast. The genre of the lacrimose boyband song crystallized to perfection. This, along with "Sixth Sense", I find legitimately very f**king good:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvWPiXndy5A