Haiku's Music of Asia Archival Adventures Round 3 (1980-2005) June 11th @13:00 BST/@21:00 JST

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Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu, xīnnián kuàilè, geun ha sin-nyeon and happy new year to you delightful folk of Moopy!

No introductions needed, just simply bring your brilliant selves along for another showcase of classics, hidden gems, bops and oddities from Asia's music scene!

And I hope to see you hope to see you this Saturday @13:00 BST (21:00 JST for Diddy).

YouTube Playlist:

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@Diddy @Beverley @COB @Lucille @ZenGiraffe @Iguana @RJN

 

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"Jina G" is very excited for this as you can see!

 

[Diddy]

Perched for this! Or as they say in Japanese…

パンツが濡れた

 

[Diddy]

I’m gonna finished work, get a massage, go home and have a wank as a result, then have dinner with this - I appreciate the JST!

 

[COB]

I'll do my best to make it, though I wasn't at home last night and I don't know what time I'll get back

 

[Diddy]

@RJN is still in lockdown right?

 

[Iguana]

Aaw sorry bebs, we're out pretty much all weekend

 

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Line-Up:
Section 1: Japan
-Interval 1: Valeria Lynch-
Section 2: South Korea
-Interval 2: Gina G-
Section 3: China, Hong Kong & Taiwan
-Interval 3: Jennifer Paige, Wendy Moten-
Section 4: Wrap-Up Mix

Feel free to use intervals as toilet breaks or wi-fi router reset breaks.

 

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Line-Up:
Section 1: Japan
-Interval 1: Valeria Lynch-
Section 2: South Korea
-Interval 2: Gina G-
Section 3: China, Hong Kong & Taiwan
-Interval 3: Jennifer Paige-
Section 4: Wrap-Up Mix

Feel free to use intervals as toilet breaks or wi-fi router reset breaks.

How many times must Gina G be flushed? She really is the unflushable floater of pop

 

[straightorbroken]

Also, quite disappointed she wasn't branded as Jina J in Japan now.

 

[Beverley]

I’m not sure I’ll be around @Haiku

 

[Diddy]

Poor bugger

I’ll be there anyway

 

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Poor bugger

I’ll be there anyway

Guess this is a date night then

 

[Diddy]

Guess this is a date night then

That’s good because my massage did NOT go sexily

 

[COB]

I made it home in time! So I will be joining

 

[Diddy]

Could you post the playlist a touch earlier if it’s YouTube? I want to set it up on my TV

 

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Could you post the playlist a touch earlier if it’s YouTube? I want to set it up on my TV

Just added to the first post now!

 

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And for good measure:

YouTube Playlist:
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[Diddy]

Just added to the first post now!

Happy 3000 posts sorry it was for my request

 

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8 minutes to go!

 

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Happy 3000 posts sorry it was for my request

I'll make a mental note to remember something to celebrate 3500 on :P

 

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3 minutes!

 

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I forgot a song. updated!

If on your TV, refresh quickly.

 

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I assure you I would've left it otherwise but this one deserves some acknowledgement

 

[Diddy]

OK I didn't managed to hang my washing but this is more important

 

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Go!

 

[Diddy]

I'm doing the "been there, been there" twat thing

 

[COB]

I'm here now!

 

[COB]

Hot city pop to start

 

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Song 1 - Maiko Okamoto - Fascination (1986, Japan)

Maiko had a fairly brief career in the 80s. She launched her career at age 15, releasing two albums before she retired at the age19 after getting married to a business executive. Kinda jealous.

Lovely synthesizers and drumming in this one.

 

[Diddy]

I also feel your imagined pain of searching these "Japan in 30 seconds" trailers, most of them are SHIT

 

[ZenGiraffe]

I'm here! Though I don't think I'll be around for the whole thing I'll FIT IN WHAT I CAN

 

[Diddy]

I love me some city pop (thought Japanese claim not to call it that and don't seem to be able to say what they DO call it)

 

[Diddy]

I was trying to teach a man the word Fascination, because it was in the textbook, but I gave him the start of the word as a hint, which he completed as FUZZY NAVEL

 

[COB]

Imagine getting your wallet drained to this down at the local host bar

 

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Song 2: Pink Sapphires - P.S. I Love You (1990, Japan)

Something somewhat of an rarely heard of concept in Japan at the time, an all female rock group. Pink Sapphire had their heyday in early 90s before going their separate ways in 1995 (about the same run as Eternal!).

Surprisingly not the theme to an anime, this was their debut though.

 

[COB]

PS I love you @everyone

 

[Diddy]

Imagine getting your wallet drained to this down at the local host bar

I love how we've collectively discovered that City Pop is a particular thing, but if you'd told me this was a Paula Abdul or Five Star album track I'd have said "mm yeah ok"

 

[Diddy]

PS I love you @everyone

That tag just confused the hell out of me