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James FP wrote:

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One word:

J-POP

Why people want to listen to high-pitched women voices squeal in a language that you can't even understand is one of the greatest mysteries of my life. And every male J-pop singer sounds exactly like the guy who sang Sukiyaki.

Apologies to everyone here, but years of enduring horrible anime conversations on message boards, and having to re-endure some of it lately in archiving stuff from the Game Pond, has left me with a seething hatred of many things associated with it, but people praising the music was something that always baffled me, even when I was younger and more in tune with anime. Dealing with recent Japanophiles like SlayerX and Kitsunexus has only made me even more cynical. I'd seriously rather listen to the entire Pokemon 2BA Master CD 10 times in a row then listen to one more squealy J-pop song once.

Are you reffering strictly to j-pop as in manufactured trash like Ayumi Hamasaki and whatnot, or are you using it as a general term to describe all japanese music including j-rock and other genres done in the japanese language?

I'll tell you what, I'm somewhat of a japanese music afficianado, and I can tell you that alot of the corny stuff gets more attention online simply because it was in an anime, or because it's 'weird' and is considered novel to western audiences (though the latter is sometimes true even with many of the better artists). You'll see alot of hideous japanese music being praised by ignorant weeaboos online and some of the more talented artists being ignored with little information being made available on them in english. I must address the fact that not all j-pop male and female singers sound like some of the stuff you've probably heard, as both have their good and bad artists. For example, take Dreams Come True. They've been around for a while and continue to make quality music. One of the better j-pop groups that is still extant, and the singer does not sound squeally as she can actually sing. In case you didn't know them, you might recall that the bassist did the soundtracks for Sonic 1 and 2. And for male singers, there's a few I could name. Carlos Toshiki from Omega Tribe doesn't sound like Kyu Sakamoto (who sang Sukiyaki) by any means, and that goes for some other popular singers like Toshinobu Kubota (maybe the closest equivalent to Michael Jackson in japan), among others.