[TRANS] 090627 American Musician Marty Friedman On TVXQ Marty Friedman, American, is the lead/rhythm

[hoyah.livejournal.com]

Marty Friedman, American, is the lead/rhythm guitarist for thrash metal band, Magadeth.

*They would sell even if they weren't good looking! TVXQ's singing ability is worth its value in money
TVXQ, an accapella dance group from Korea, and who attended last year's Kouhaku Uta Gassen, can be said to be the representative of "Global J-pop" with their impressive harmonizing.

Maybe fans will say it's bullNUMBER 2, but to me, if you can sing, you'll be able to sell even if you weren't good looking, right?

*Their new song [Bolero], is a great ballad that showcases their super vocals.
What surprised me was that compared to other J-pop ballads, the feeling for this song is dark. The beat is slow, and there was no usage of guitars etc. Even so, the song gave off a dark and haunting vibe to me.

I like K-pop too, and I listen to it often, and there are of course other songs with dark vibes too. The difference with J-pop is that K-pop uses Classic music as it's foundation, thus naturally creating a melody with a dramatic feel.

At the "ending climax", one person (Jaejoong) uses an almost feminine pitch to produce the effect of harmonizing between men and women; the harmonization from the 5 of them is amazing!

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Obligatory Bolero perf

Comments

[missjoongie.livejournal.com]

glad to know metal bands like TVXQ too O_o?

[hoyah.livejournal.com]

haha musicians of all kinds can appreciate good music of all kinds

[emmathejunebug.livejournal.com]

[raiknii.livejournal.com]

I'm not surprised that Marty Friedman knows about DBSK. Last I heard, he is in living japan, because he likes jpop or something... he was fairly popular on tv, I think.

He likes idol music. Nothing new. Actually, he likes old school hello!project, which 99% of kpop fans seem to look down on.

[hoyah.livejournal.com]

idek what that is lol

[yooch.livejournal.com]

thrash metal.
lul I want to show this my friend who really refuses to get into kpop because she says the music isn't good.

[carrotsandroses.livejournal.com]

Haha this. My friends are afraid to get involved with my k-pop obsession since they think it'll "corrupt" their good taste in music.

[taylorssi.livejournal.com]

he is good job. XD

[carrotsandroses.livejournal.com]

This just goes to show K-Pop can appeal to anyone.

[mihsayam.livejournal.com]

Isn't Marty Friedman a huge J-Pop fan or something rather than K-Pop? Plus this article seems to be implying on that.

K-Pop is good nonetheless.

[herro-kitty.livejournal.com]

I lol'd @ Jae's almost feminine pitch

[rockerista03.livejournal.com]

one person (Jaejoong) uses an almost feminine pitch

That's not the only thing that's feminine.

[crystalheng.livejournal.com]

IA. XD

[periwinklepig.livejournal.com]

hey they are goodlooking, no?

8-| ♥

[hoyah.livejournal.com]

xD i don't think he meant to imply they weren't - i think it was an "even if" thing

[telrunyaaa.livejournal.com]

Their harmonizing is amazing <33333333

[pretzel-knot.livejournal.com]

this shows that good music is good music, it doesn't matter which country its from or whatever. :D

[misuslovett.livejournal.com]

damn this is so cool!!!

♥

[xperfect-lines.livejournal.com]

Megadeth.

I never thought I'd see it in Omona, or in a comm about KPop =))

[atarashiiyoake.livejournal.com]

an almost feminine pitch to produce the effect of harmonizing between men and women

That srsly sounds like something a Cassie could have said. XD

[xradiostatic.livejournal.com]

oh wow. that's awesome to hear. :D

[purplehaze-33.livejournal.com]

LMAO. i never expected to hear about Megadeth in Omona. this is...interesting but really cool. 8D

[kittykitt129.livejournal.com]

I was thinking about that this morning. Even in song with background music, they do the background vocals and it's nice to listen to just the backing track for Summer Dream--the harmony is beautiful.

Jae does the "mou DOOOOOUUUSHITE~?!" climax part, but Changmin makes the harmony near the end that sounds feminine.

[vanny92.livejournal.com]

So does he think dbsk is good looking?

[hoyah.livejournal.com]

They would sell even if they weren't good looking!

If that's what he said, then yes, he does think they're good looking. Because he's talking about an "if". And "if" generally means something that isn't true or known to be true.

[missjoongie.livejournal.com]

Maybe fans will say it's bullNUMBER 2, but to me, if you can sing, you'll be able to sell even if you weren't good looking, right?

what the hec is bullNUMBER 2 o_o;;

well I reread it and agree. I've gotten into other J-pop groups before but usually because of their looks/personality, their music was good but their singing was ... well not even average just OK? I guess in J-pop standards.
But that's why I lost interest in them, I was getting tired of their singing still not improving, and if their music is still not good then there's no reason to still stick to that fandom. With TVXQ, because their music is good, because they can sing I was able to keep interest. (well actually.. Avex can still give them a crappy song and I can still enjoy it because of their singing) I got into TVXQ not because of their looks but because they could sing, which is why I don't care if they sing japanese, korean, chinese, they all sound good in any language.

sorry for the long comment x_x I'm bored haha

[hoyah.livejournal.com]

i have no idea what that means lol

i think the problem with idol groups is that appearances fade, and you lose fans if they depend on your aooearance to keep interested. when they start loving you for your music or talent, though, then it's something you have more control over lol

[no-genre.livejournal.com]

DBSK their voices are some of the greatest in the world esp junsu's :D
man knows how to recognize talent :D
love news like this XD

wonder what all the hardcore metal ppl would say.....

[orangejuice14.livejournal.com]

Holy. Crazy weird. My friend just went to a Megadeth concert yesterday and we started talking about music. He likes that metal music or whatever you call it and I like kpop. Totally different kinds of music. Now it's like our two different worlds collided. LOL! XD

[iiluminate.livejournal.com]

lol dbsk gets more cred now. Megadeth is effing awesome.

[moriganmadison.livejournal.com]

LOL My brother listens to Megadeth and Kpop.

He will be thrilled.

[beautifiers.livejournal.com]

dude


... the fact that someone from MEGADEATH is talking about dbsk is blowing my mind.

[chaosmyth.livejournal.com]

... my thoughts exactly o.o

[shouyukoto.livejournal.com]

Why does Megadeth and TVXQ look oddly weird together in the same article.

But I love Marty Friedman. ♥
I'm not too surprised though since he lives in Japan an' all~