AKB48

[田中秀樹]

not sure how many listen to japanese music. this is popular in japan.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=sYp3a4ic9jM

it good music. this is their newest single.

AKB48 stand for Akihabara48.

i just thought i'd share.

[Ran Kizama]

Nice find! I haven't heard from this group but I'll look into it. I've got quite the collection of Japanese music and this would make a good addition. :smile:

Skirts FTW!! :thumbsup: Love the video too. Always been a fan of the Cardigan styled school uniform myself. :wink:

http://www.seifukuheaven.com/images/cardigan/00537.jpg
:wub:

[hhcchen]

gosh...
how many of them in the group...?:eek:
48 of them...?:iono:

by the way...
she is my favourate instead...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FXxiSiWEqBw&search=matsu%20takako
:thumbsup:

[田中秀樹]

gosh...
how many of them in the group...?:eek:
48 of them...?:iono:

by the way...
she is my favourate instead...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FXxiSiWEqBw&search=matsu%20takako
:thumbsup:

there 36 of them. they are in two teams: Team A and Team K. 20 girls in Team A and 16 girls in Team K.

http://www.akb48.co.jp/members/

matsu takako is good artist too!

[JustAnotherAsian]

lol. i duno, seemed like too many girls. just my opinion. haha.

but when it comes to japanese music, i'm more of a j-rock type. i never liked japanese music before, but after someone introduced me to j-rock, i found out that the talent involved was amazing- and the drumming was addicting, coming from a percussion background. it makes up for the fact that i can't understand what they're saying! LOL

i rarely listen to the j-pop songs, but when i do, i'm usually with the mainstream artists (utada, m-flo).

[田中秀樹]

i like rock too. glay, hyde, x-japan. etc. they are awesome bands. i too play drums. piano too. ^__^;; when i was younger i wanted be like Yoshiki from X Japan he play drums and piano. so i took up those instruments.

[JustAnotherAsian]

i play piano and drums too! in fact, i'm listening to the final fantasy soundtrack right now- first love (piano instrumental)!

[Ran Kizama]

X-Japan is awesome. Of course, I like extremes too. My collection jumps from X-Japan to Dir En Grey to Under17. :laugh:

[田中秀樹]

did a search to see if tanaka posted about this group. they are great. as he wrote, not sure how many of you like japanese music.

the song he posted was an older single. he sent me their latest single:

you can listen to it on youtube with the pv

http://youtube.com/watch?v=O3SPqq1V-wc

(didn't mean to bring up an old thread, just thought it was pointless to start up a new one again)