Rachel Greenwood Yokomatsu:
My favorite all-time favorite Japanese band is Blankey Jet City. Actually, they’re one of my favorite all-time bands, period. Especially this song about going to Disneyland:
Blankey Jet City, Akai Tambourine
I was introduced to the band by my husband, but before I met him and his more alternative taste, I liked bands like Yellow Monkey, Glay, and Globe.
Yellow Monkey, Love Love Show (fan video, very interesting!)
Glay, However
Globe, Faces, Places:
Another favorite was Judy and Mary:
Puffy is my go-to standard for karaoke!
Kore ga Watashi no Ikiru Michi was the first Japanese song I learned, as part of my Japanese study! I like how different the girls looked from the usual pop stars with their grungy jeans. I also like singing Asia and Ai no Shirushi
Puffy, Ikiru Michi:
Puffy, Asia:
Puffy, Ai no shirushi:
I even took karaoke lessons for a short while, and was taught a couple of Japanese enka, Nagayama Yoko’s Suterarete and Teresa Teng’s Toki No Nagare Ni Mi Wo Makase
Nagayama Yoko, Suterarete
Teresa Teng, Toko no Nagare ni mi wo Makase:
I was so into J-Pop at the time that I even selected several Japanese songs to be played at our wedding, including:
Chara, Yasahii Kimochi:
Blankey Jet City, Sweet Sweet Days:
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