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Doctor Worm
August 19th, 2006, 08:18 AM
I want some Japanese music with lyric writing with depth/cleverness/whatever comparable to that of say.. Bob Dylan, Conor Oberst (I'm sure someone's going to have my head for mentioning him among these other names.. but the truth is despite his unstellar moments I think Conor's still a pretty damned good lyricist), Elliott Smith, Paul Simon, etc.

What might you recommend?

And just to clarify genre is not an issue here for me.. so it doesn't HAVE to be folksy stuff or whatever. :x
GreatNekoKoneko
August 19th, 2006, 04:56 PM
... mika nakashima, eri nobuchika and suga shikao. not really folk, but they have good lyrics and melodies.
Ninja337
August 20th, 2006, 01:45 PM
Morning Musume maybe...
VidelCoolGirl
August 20th, 2006, 04:17 PM
Do As Infinity.
Gibb
August 21st, 2006, 07:58 AM
Rurutia writes all her own lyrics and songs, and they're all very poetic and moving. My favorite Rurutia song is Selenite. Here's a video of the credits of Karas, which plays the song and even has karaoke and subs ^___^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XWuwVBaamM

Here's another Rurutia video: Toroimerai
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc2NuYZXM0Q
Horizin
August 21st, 2006, 08:42 AM
Do As Infinity.

really really good (Do As Infinity - Need Your Love)
Ninja337
August 21st, 2006, 02:02 PM
Zone is good.
firstpressing
August 21st, 2006, 11:56 PM
I want some Japanese music with lyric writing with depth/cleverness/whatever comparable to that of say.. Bob Dylan, Conor Oberst (I'm sure someone's going to have my head for mentioning him among these other names.. but the truth is despite his unstellar moments I think Conor's still a pretty damned good lyricist), Elliott Smith, Paul Simon, etc.

What might you recommend?

And just to clarify genre is not an issue here for me.. so it doesn't HAVE to be folksy stuff or whatever. :x

From those artists that you mentioned, I'd recommend on the JPop circuit: Rie Fu, Garnet Crow, Saori Atsumi and Yui (Sony Music artist).
seba_boi
August 22nd, 2006, 12:17 AM
Chris Mosdell's lyrics for "Dreams In A Pie," "The End Of All You'll Know," "The Garden Of Everything," "Butterfly," and "Psychedelic Soul"... I admire people like him with a knack for witty lyrics that almost like poetry...

Tim Jensen's lyrics for "Gotta Knock A Little Harder" (somewhat folksy--but not), "No Reply," and "Is It Real?"......
VidelCoolGirl
August 22nd, 2006, 12:21 AM
really really good (Do As Infinity - Need Your Love)

Alpha Good:


Do As Infinity - Under The Moon
Do As Infinity - Under The Sun
Do As Infinity - Field Of Dreams
Do As Infinity - Faces
Do As Infinity - Weeds
Do As Infinity - Wings510
Gibb
August 22nd, 2006, 08:39 AM
From those artists that you mentioned, I'd recommend on the JPop circuit: Rie Fu, Garnet Crow, Saori Atsumi and Yui (Sony Music artist).

Very good list. I especially love YUI out of that list, but know all of them well enough :)