Oh you think. That was kind of a nicer side of me. Eehﾂ… maybe I'm evil or somethingﾂ… :sorry:
Awﾂ… I wasn't trying to be mean to her. And how nice of you to care for her ^^ But I did say that she had nothing to be worried about since she said she already knew. :sorry:
Sure I'll share the info since that was my point. But I mean it's an old book hence the added notes. And some things are removed.
Er, didn't I say in the history of Hiiro Watanabe that the bible is created in the 70's. Surely he refer to those bands that never got famous, in the beginning of the 70's and by the way. Earlier than that were the highlights of Japanese pop.
what do you mean by; Don't try to pretend that what you're saying is the end-all.
And speaking of pop music.
Next page in the J-rocker bible, translated by mother
ﾂ"Of course it would be impossible to exclude the big role that Japanese pop music play in all this. Masahiro Nakajima was the one (Added note: according to the underground Japanese paint/artistic life) that started it all. This was back in the late 50's and the beginning of the 60's. He was a modern artist that had set his life work on real people. He wanted his creation to move. (Added note: < quite famous quote by him, known mostly by modern artists of Japan) He was mad (Added note: like most artist in that time) and highly affected by opium and glue. But in this blur of illusions he knew what he wanted: To create the perfect image. After working a while on tailor dummies and hookers he was finished.
The result: A young innocent submissive woman, with the mind of a child. Her illusions would be somewhat like the paintings, a pink spot on a yellow wall.
A strange fact though, but Masahiro was actually gay. He died 1964 by rat poison (arsenic).
Now to the point, where we tie the loose ends of it all:
It's significant because of the thought behind it. The thought was somewhat stolen by Japanese rockers that also wanted to give a perfect image. (Added note: Mana Sama) Although musically it hasn't really so much in comment just that both music genres are extremely sick. (Added note: refers to early indie bands lyrics and also the sweet, cute love lyrics of J-pop) It's hard to explain with words what these two genres and lifestyles mean for each other but you could see it like Yin and Yang.
(Added note: This was just the starter of it all. In modern J-pop it's only a blurry illusion of Masahiro's work. The ideas are still there, but most is forgotten. Since manga and anime became famous, the J-pop got more influenced by that. It started to be like an escape for the youth of Japan, an escape for their pre-judged doom that they would face later. A psychological theme among both J-rock and J-pop. )
(Added note: mini mind map
Japanese rock and pop = visual
Japanese rock= visual kei |Japanese pop = lolitas
Visual kei and lolitas = harajukus
Japanese pop = manga influated |Japanese rock = gothic lolitas
ﾂ…ﾂ…)
There you go
I am Australian tho
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, well said pinkkiller
^^ !
