Hyooga 10,307 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Seriously my favorite era was the 00s The energy was indescribable from the idols to the musicians https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnhcDC2jKjs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jpIZo0eamc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKBvnIf_3Vk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx_Hz9Z8JHQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 I don't really think of "youthful" when I think of a lot of those songs. But there is youthful stuff today, it's just that the scene is more on the serious side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyooga 10,307 Posted May 31, 2016 Author Share Posted May 31, 2016 I don't really think of "youthful" when I think of a lot of those songs. But there is youthful stuff today, it's just that the scene is more on the serious side. What's a more apt term? Energetic? Vibrant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorsimon4 151 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 What goes around, comes around with all trends. Eventually everything will relapse into the 00's music, but it is not just kpop which changed.. I mean look at the backstreet boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choa501 200 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Mmm there's still plenty of summerish/springish songs like these ones being released today. Naoto Inti Raymi and Ikimonogakari for instance come to mind. Japan has never stopped producing "youthful" songs, it's just the particular sound of pop you are looking for has ceased being popular just like in the U.S. we jumped from R&B to hip-hop to EDM. All music trends are cyclical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 What's a more apt term? Energetic? Vibrant? Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zekkochochou 170 Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Mmm there's still plenty of summerish/springish songs like these ones being released today. Naoto Inti Raymi and Ikimonogakari for instance come to mind. Japan has never stopped producing "youthful" songs, it's just the particular sound of pop you are looking for has ceased being popular just like in the U.S. we jumped from R&B to hip-hop to EDM. All music trends are cyclical. Naoto Inti Raymi sounds mature to me and Ikimonogakari no longer have their youthfull vibe like they did with Sakura or Yell.Maybe the new youth songs aren't as good now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceHism 536 Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Yea. Wait till all the old people are dead first and the birth rate goes back up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choa501 200 Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Naoto Inti Raymi sounds mature to me and Ikimonogakari no longer have their youthfull vibe like they did with Sakura or Yell. Maybe the new youth songs aren't as good now. We'll have to agree to disagree because I don't think today's youthful songs aren't as good. To me, the latest releases by Funky Kato, Lucky Tapes, Negicco or Sumika for example are very youthful and of no lesser quality than the top songs the likes of FMB, Porno Graffitti or Misuchiru were releasing a decade ago. However, if you're not a fan of the styles being incorporated into Japanese music these days chances are you're gonna find them underwhelming or you will like them but still miss the more funky or disco style of some of the youthful songs of the 00s; at least that's the way I see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgt_flex 29 Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 aren't there are tons of 'youthful' stuff from anime and otaku-related groups? surely some of those sound good, even if only as a statistical fluke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgt_flex 29 Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Yea. Wait till all the old people are dead first and the birth rate goes back up. or baby subsidies http://www.businessinsider.com/japan-babies-cash-incentivie-2016-6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NATE 516 Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Not what I imagined when I opened the thread. 90s got 2000s beat. But yeah, to say that J-pop doesn't produce youthful music is silly. It's not like enka rules the country. How else would you describe idols? Not exactly adult or mature. And I will never understand people's passion for YUI... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sun☼Shine 4,273 Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Music does reflect the public's outlook at the time. Whatever speaks to their soul will be popular. Does Japan's young people have anything to be happy or energetic about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NATE 516 Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Music does reflect the public's outlook at the time. Whatever speaks to their soul will be popular. Does Japan's young people have anything to be happy or energetic about? Being child-free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sun☼Shine 4,273 Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Being child-free. While being guilted about Japan's low birth-rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Music does reflect the public's outlook at the time. Whatever speaks to their soul will be popular. Does Japan's young people have anything to be happy or energetic about? Exactly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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