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Inspiring that countries outside of Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, Ireland and The United States are very capable of creating their own rock and roll or pop music identity! I enjoyed the videos...Alina and the live video...were very good ! The shots of a revolution of sorts in the Alina video were intriguing...thought it may be Eva Peron speaking but the clips look too old and Eva was a knockout...unlike the woman speaking in the clip.
Thanks Jazz man! A new thread is born once again!...perhaps Japanese heavy metal...????
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SteveO Wrote:perhaps Japanese heavy metal...????
That one's not tough to understand, given the Japanese love of and consumption of the A&A Twins (amphetamines and alcohol). A real head-scratcher is the Nipponese adoration of reggae--totally mad for the stuff, to the point that a list of home-grown bands would fill a page. So much talent they don't bother to import Jaimoe talent much anymore for their huge festivals. Here's a good read on the subject:
http://www.nippop.com/features/Rastaman_...Reggae%3F/
Wouldn't be MD w/o some music:
Rankin' Taxi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhLPg9EMU8I << Oh yes!
Dry & Heavy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMaUwYk-TXo << kinda weird--Japanese in a Jamaican accent...
* Little Tempo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4k9StDvJz0 << Lover's reggae...and it works so well
Mute Beat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4k9StDvJz0 << As the name implies, they are an instrumental-only band
Nahki
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPBUOiwdXc << this guy must be a total hoot to see up close and personal--not a bad job on Doo-wop either (not so odd when you consider where earlier Jamaican songs came from)
* special merit with this song--if more bands heard it, more would add to their repertoire--great bones.
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Yes , Little Tempo is the standout! It has been said that the Japanese are the most open music fans in the world....they seem to support most genres!
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What's been talked about here is odd but understandable; this next one is just flat weird: Finland's love of the Tango. A festival that draws 100,000 from a nation of only 5 Million, and the love dates from 1913:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_tango A quick look, then 3 composers' works--amazing stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaN5JwjN3io << sung in Finnish with Spanish subtitles and, natch, some dance shots
Olavi Virta 15 tracks by this master
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE5Srkzx...ArBx-1c3hp
Toivo Karki "The Father of Finnish Tango https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1rc7JfRcZc and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL9EgDM6g3w and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63ZoPqp1K7s
Unto Mononen 12 tracks by another master composer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-O2L_Zj...djMVSX-0MY
As the wiki explains, the Finns have adapted the form but didn't subvert it as, for example, this gent has:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astor_Piazzolla His music was the soundtrack for this movie:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114746/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 A tune or two by him:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUAPf_ccobc and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgha2OTkyFE << if you want to go really deep with Sr. Piazzola, YouTube has full albums and a "Top Tracks" thingie that goes 72 pieces.
The finns have also adapted the dancing, making it softer and more graceful, not hard-edged pseudo-violent like the Argentines.
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