[
Given that Cheap Trick got a similar reaction in the mid-seventies, I think it was the long flowing locks of Rock stars that caused the hysteria.[/QUOTE]
Indeed, it must have been the 'look', because I've seen Cheap Trick live and they were dreadful!!
hobbit in Rhye · Member since
^ Supposing that you weren't being sarcastic,
Cheap Trick live being dreadful doesn't mean that their studio work is dreadful,
and if their studio work is dreadful to your ears, it might sound more than that to other audience.
Cheap Trick did had a credit in music (I'm not their fan though).
If it was that easy to charm the Japan audience, with flowing locks, I wonder why thousands of hair dressers and fake hair metal bands hadn't made it Big in Japan yet.
Cheap Trick got a similar reaction as Queen did in Japan doesn't mean that the reason was the same.
And, after Cheap Trick's tour in Japan, their live album "Cheap Trick at Budokan" was shot to triple platinum in USA. By that logic of yours, the USA must have fallen for their look too, and wayyyyy after Japan. How shameful.
@Costa86: You're welcome^^
I'm glad my post amused at least one person.
fras444 · Member since
The King Of Rhye wrote
I don't remember who it was, but I was reading an interview of some guitar player a while back, the guy said hard rock and metal and stuff like that is still pretty big in Japan.....and that even a pop song or something used in a commercial will have a guitar solo in it.....
Fras444
The guy you may be thinking about is Marty Friedman formally of Megadeth fame. Yeah he said along the lines of... "that guitar is very much still reliant in the J-pop scene and just modern Japanese music in general and it is not just some throw away stratt used on tracks in the USA-pop scene... "
Very interesting guy Marty, he has made some amazing Japanese/oriental sounding music pieces!!! check out Valley of Eternity or Tibet/angel!!!
Him and another amazing guitarist Jason Becker (who ended up getting ALS at 21 he made an amazing album at 18 and was in a band at 16. check out his song AIR!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK57dUuaYpY and the studio version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtjOe5e9VFA ) They have just made a song together "Horrors"
hobbit in Rhye · Member since
Thanks for the input fras444. I checked out the pieces you recommended: Valley of Eternity, Tibet/angel, Air,...
They are catchy melodies indeed, and the first two get an as oriental sound as any oriental bands can think of ^^
The King Of Rhye · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]fras444 wrote:[/b]
The guy you may be thinking about is Marty Friedman formally of Megadeth fame. Yeah he said along the lines of... "that guitar is very much still reliant in the J-pop scene and just modern Japanese music in general and it is not just some throw away stratt used on tracks in the USA-pop scene... "
Very interesting guy Marty, he has made some amazing Japanese/oriental sounding music pieces!!! check out Valley of Eternity or Tibet/angel!!!
[/QUOTE]
Yeah, that could be.......Marty Friedman is a hello of a guitar player....there was a guy I used to play guitar with way back in the day who just about worshiped him.....lol
