Teppei's J-pop and Culture pages.

This page is an introduction to the music. It is not designed to expose every
last detail about the groups lives and habits, but to give information 
about Japanese pop music itself. Whilst I hold the highest respect for this 
group of talented artists I am not artist or genre orientated. 

So out with the private lives and in with the good solid music and here 
it is.

Index





Teru, Takuro, Jiro, Hisashi....


GLAY GLAY GLAY!!!


Introduction to GLAY




Glay is a very popular singing group in Japan. Chiefly they consist 
of four members:-



    

  • Teru - Vocals.
    • 

  • Takuro - Electric and Acoustic Guitar, Songwriter.
    • 

  • Jiro - Electric Bass.
    • 

  • Hisashi - Electric and Acoustic Guitar.
    •   



Glay has released several albums including recent hits,
`REVIEW' and `pure soul'
Some of their songs include However, Beloved, Kuchibiru,
Kiseki no hate, Zutto Futari de, and Yuwaku.

I first heard of GLAY while in Osaka Japan. My friend Kyoko
gave me a tape and said listen to the songs on this tape and 
tell me what you think. The first song impressed me deeply and 
I felt that the writer and composer of the song must have been an 
absolute genious. That genious was Takuro, the group was GLAY 
and the song was BELOVED. 



Glay Song Lyrics.




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SMAP




    

  • Kimura Takuya
    • 

  • Inagaki Goro
    • 

  • Katori Shingo
    • 

  • Kusanagi Tsuyoshi
    •   

  • Nakai Masahiro
    • 



SMAP stands for Sports Music Assemble People. SMAP is
probably the most popular singing group in Japan. However
they don't just sing. They also run a variety show. They 
are cooks, actors, singers, comedians, and anything else
they think of they do. The variety show is called 
SMAP X SMAP.

Along with all this, the SMAP members also star in various
dramas in Japan for example Brothers, Sensei shiranai no?,
and The Love Generation.

Last thing about SMAP, They're cool... VERY COOL!!!



SMAP Song Lyrics.




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Kinki Kids




The Kinki Kids are reletively new and are from the Kinki
region in Japan.

A good song of theirs is Ai sareru yori ai shitai. 




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TM Revolution




Takanori Makes Revolution. If you like techno you should like
this. Strictly speaking I wouldn't call it techno but it comes 
close.
Some of his songs include, White Breath, High Pressure, 
and Midnite Warriors.



TMR Song Lyrics.




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Namie Amuro




Amuro has topped the PERFECT RANKING yearly sum up in 1996 with
Sweet, Sweet 19 Blues and again in 1997 with Can you Celebrate.
Can she do it again in 1998???

Songs include Sweet, Sweet 19 Blues, Can you Celebrate, Dreaming 
I was Dreaming,and A Walk in the park.




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MAX




Mmmmmmm, Gimme Gimme SHAKE!!!
An all girl group classed as cool.




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SPEED


Speed photo

Kawaii......
White love, Go Go Heaven GO, and other songs have pushed these 
young stars to the charts. Very, Very, cute.
VERY CUTE!!!




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Song Lyrics.


Glay.






SMAP.






TM Revolution.




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