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I'm surprised you like that song. It has kind of a catchy beat, but I find it incredibly annoying! It's frustrating that some Japanese bands seem to think they need to speak in English to appeal to Americans. Even if they don't think that it is still generally annoying because they pronounce things strangely and sometimes use pretty random words. Not that Japanese learning English is bad--I just wish they would really learn the language before they try to sing it.

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Okay I know a band that is pretty good, but their name is kinda dorky. Okay very dorky but what ever, Its' Asian Kung-fu generation. The songs I like of theirs are: Rewrite& Haruka Kanata. Also Home made Kazoku has good music. The song from them I like are Thank you!!, & Shounen heart. Hope I was some help this time. Lol.

Yes! I agree with all of that. Those are good groups and good songs. I second the recommendation! If you haven't heard them, I would also recommend all the Eureka 7 songs. I think the show is lucky to have such an amazing set of great songs.

For orchestral, soundtrack stuff I would recommend Samurai X: Remeniscence and Samurai X: Reflection soundtracks. They're good, especially when you know the context.

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"Hit in the USA" by Beat Crusaders

I'm surprised you like that song. It has kind of a catchy beat, but I find it incredibly annoying! It's frustrating that some Japanese bands seem to think they need to speak in English to appeal to Americans. Even if they don't think that it is still generally annoying because they pronounce things strangely and sometimes use pretty random words. Not that Japanese learning English is bad--I just wish they would really learn the language before they try to sing it.

Amethyst Alchemist wrote:

I'm surprised you like that song. It has kind of a catchy beat, but I find it incredibly annoying! It's frustrating that some Japanese bands seem to think they need to speak in English to appeal to Americans. Even if they don't think that it is still generally annoying because they pronounce things strangely and sometimes use pretty random words. Not that Japanese learning English is bad--I just wish they would really learn the language before they try to sing it.

Engrish is one of the high points of Japanese music, though. They're not necessarily trying to appeal to Americans; English is a fad of sorts. It's like American bands using French (or sometimes even Japanese) in their songs. 'Sides, it's just so fun x) -reminded of the one part of Good! in which the main cast of FMA proudly announces what sounds like "we can't sing!"-

Anyway, I second the Home Made Kazoku recommendation. My mom (who has similar tastes to yours; she's a fan of L'arc and AKFG) recently bought the album, and she said there's not a song on it she doesn't like. It's all really catchy, upbeat and fun music, and the English is quite understandable.

Murasakisuishou wrote:

Amethyst Alchemist wrote: I'm surprised you like that song. It has kind of a catchy beat, but I find it incredibly annoying! It's frustrating that some Japanese bands seem to think they need to speak in English to appeal to Americans. Even if they don't think that it is still generally annoying because they pronounce things strangely and sometimes use pretty random words. Not that Japanese learning English is bad--I just wish they would really learn the language before they try to sing it. Engrish is one of the high points of Japanese music, though. They're not necessarily trying to appeal to Americans; English is a fad of sorts. It's like American bands using French (or sometimes even Japanese) in their songs. 'Sides, it's just so fun x) -reminded of the one part of Good! in which the main cast of FMA proudly announces what sounds like "we can't sing!"- Anyway, I second the Home Made Kazoku recommendation. My mom (who has similar tastes to yours; she's a fan of L'arc and AKFG) recently bought the album, and she said there's not a song on it she doesn't like. It's all really catchy, upbeat and fun music, and the English is quite understandable.

Yeah, I realized that "Shounen Heart", "Thank You" and the song for the second Naruto series are all upbeat and have a good mixture of English vocals, it's suttle, understandable and actually make the song that much better. Unfortunately those are the only 3 songs I know of them and I've yet to find a store where I could buy soundtracks and such.

No one has mentioned this yet so..

I just started watching Paradise Kiss today. I am not sure if you would like it as much as I do but I really think the music is great. I think the opening is "Lonely in Gorgeous" by Tommy February and the ending is, surprisingly, Franz Ferdinand's "Do you want to".

For some reason the music in this anime reminded me of BECK, one of the reasons may be the wall graffiti in the opening sequence that I spotted . It's also in BECK's ending sequence.

Try http://www.cdjapan.co.jp. Since it's import it's a bit expensive, but it's worth it.

Another thing you can do on cd.japan.co.jp is listen to snippets of a lot of songs. If an album or single has that option available, there is a little speaker icon next to it. I think you get to listen to almost a minute.