someone: back in the day in Japan: a city-pop list

someone 01.18.21	might delete later
JohnnyoftheWell 01.18.21	yay! throw down Yumi Murata and Haniwa-Chan! need to check a few of these
AsleepInTheBack 01.18.21	what is city pop. how you pull this niche shit out of nowhere so casually damn.
JohnnyoftheWell 01.18.21	city pop is like Japan's ver of sophistipop, only it was a more dominant mainstream force. it varies. the basslines are godly, the melodies are rich
parksungjoon 01.18.21	if u delete this i will delete all my lists keep adding to it instead
someone 01.18.21	it's like a period of Japanese pop music that is barely defined by one specific trait. it's some rock, some synthpop, blues and jazz and electronic music, but it's all pop-oriented. pretty much, Japan wanted to do their own version of what was dominating the world at the time (disco, synthpop, soft rock, blues and such), but like always did it in their own unique way
someone 01.18.21	oh no, parks, please don't. think of the children
Trifolium 01.18.21	And make a YouTube list so I can jam this, this looks interesting~!!!! I think that what we are trying to say here someone is that we love you ðŸ’–âœ¨
JohnnyoftheWell 01.18.21	oh also (last one!) someone, do you jam Yoriko Ichinomiya? not og and technically not city pop, but I'd say she has enough in common with Yoshiko Sai to be worth a sniff. gonna check 1 imminently
someone 01.18.21	i've had her at my lookout since you've put her on your 2000s list
Pheromone 01.18.21	this is beaaauuuutiful
someone 01.18.21	plenty city pop albums exist but i'm too lazy to add them to the db
Trifolium 01.18.21	Which of these would be the best one to check for me? Also from the perspective of an inexperienced citypopper?
someone 01.18.21	1, 2, 5, 10 if you can find it and 6's whole early career
someone 01.18.21	17 for the modernised approach
JohnnyoftheWell 01.18.21	can confirm 6 is an awesome place to start. think i went in with Sunshower, but both are mucho fab
someone 01.18.21	Yeah Sunshower is pure heaven sound
combustion07 01.18.21	Please don't delete the list! I've only heard #1 and I bookmarked it cuz I need more
someone 01.18.21	gee fine, I won't delete it It just felt really low effort to me
Trifolium 01.18.21	Sunshowering now, and I totally get where the name 'city pop' came from. Like it too, nice record.
Dewinged 01.18.21	Instant love for this list, dude. Check Maki Asakawa's debut.
JohnnyoftheWell 01.18.21	hot damn, Kaerou what a track. interesting how different the Eng and Jap titles of 1 are
SteakByrnes 01.18.21	Dude hell yea rad list
parksungjoon 01.18.21	>but i'm too lazy to add them to the db simply add them to the db
WeepingBanana 01.18.21	Got excited cause I thought this was gonna have old Japanese hardcore but Iâ€™ve been meaning to check out this kind of stuff anyways. Is it similar to Yellow Magic Orchestra or Haruomi Hosono?
JohnnyoftheWell 01.18.21	to Hosono's solo debut, yes ig
WeepingBanana 01.18.21	The cover of 1 actually looks super familiar I may have checked that at one point
someone 01.18.21	cool, what's his best you reckon?
someone 01.18.21	guess what, folks, there's a new list coming tomorrowtime
someone 09.12.23	all these need a bump
mryrtmrnfoxxxy 09.12.23	im checking 4 because it's the first one i found on Spotify
mryrtmrnfoxxxy 09.12.23	hahaha no fucking way, this is the chick from Female Scorpion Prisoner. got the theme song on here and everything. awesome. movies rule music rules