Guest luluchan Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 + Beginner crash courseShiina Ringo , a female rock artist started off as a solo artist in 1999 and released 3 albums. After, in 2003 she formed a band with her tour band members called Tokyo Jihen. Her music is really unique, you wont hear anything similar. She is also versatile. Not only she sings rock, she also sing with orchestra and some enka (traditional Japanese music) She sings with this unique nasal voice. It sounds weird at first but you'll get used to it. Her music is really great, so i don’t think it would matter that much. I picked out a few of my favorites of shinna ringo/Tokyo jihen and hopefully , they will get you guys started. read more about Shiina Ringo here Shiina Ringo, - Solo Era Muzai Moratorium (1st solo - 1999) Not much to talk about here. There are some extremely catchy stuff, But she didnt start going experimental until second album. There is one song that pretty good. She sings it every concert and also sings it even as part of Tokyo Jihen Marunouchi Sadistic LIVE (jazz version) Shouso Strip (2nd Album - 2000)- This album was released in 2000 and it sold over 2million copies. Yes, it was released 8 years ago but dont let the age fool you. It does not sound outdated. It still sound really cool. This is still my favorite album of her. Hounou - first song that got me hooked. Yami ni furu ame Yokushitsu Tsumi to Batsu Tsumi to Batsu (LIVE) Kalk Samen Kuri no Hana (3rd album - 2003)-This album is her most non-mainstream album. This is when she really goes experimental with her stuff. Kuki (live) Kuki (cd version) Tokyo Jihen Era - the band she formed with her tour band members. Kyouiku (first band album) Mixed with some non-mainstream for the long term fans and some mainstream stuff for apealling the majority. Some really good songs here. Sounan (LIVE) -highly recommended. Many fell in love with Tokjo Jihen after watching this performance Gunjou Biyori (LIVE) - extremely catchy song. to be continued... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- edit: sept 15th I recently fell in love with two more tokyo jihen songs. So here they are. Ekimae is from her first band album, Kyoike. The final chorus of Ekimae is just too powerful, i loved it. Tomei Ningen is from her second band album , Adult. I loved the piano solo by her keyboardist, HZM. Ekimae (LIVE) Toumei Ningen(LIVE) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest freyr Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 Shiina Ringo voice is so nuts. I love it. I like Tokyo Jihen too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TygrrLilly Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 I've just recently started really getting to Shiina Ringo/Tokyo Jihen, and I have to say that "Hounou" totally hooked me too! As far as stuff from Tokyo Jihen, I've been listening to "OSCA" a lot lately. But yay thanks for sharing the love, I will check out the stuff you've got up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest romanceandrain Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Yesssss, I love Shiina Ringo & Tokyo Jihen! My favourite songs by them are "Stoicism", "夢の後", and "Powder up my mind" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetsmile Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 oh wow.... I knew Shiina Ringo was really popular but I didn't know her music was this good lol. I'm sooo hooked after looking at this thread... I love the song Yami ni furu ame. lol thanks luluchan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest luluchan Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 thanks for the replies, i glad you loved it. SR/TJ, are very underrated. Not a lot of poeple know about them, yet they are so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MateoMathis Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 Yay a Shiina Ringo thread! =D Her music really sticks out and is quite unique. My favorite song is probably 宗教. We definitely need more artists like her! D= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest .moony. Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 Shiina Ringo's voice is the bEST! LOL Their best songs imo: 1. Shuuraba - also ending song from Hana no Ran drama http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqiixTIclQ0 2. Sounan 3. Love is blind 4. Ishiji or w/e cant spell it lol and a few others too.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kkkkk Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 The first time i heard of her was when i was over at a friend's and she was playing one of her concerts and all the people who were playing in the backing band all wore pretty funky things, which made me quite impressed. Then i realised we share the same birthday and so i took an immediate liking to her (hoho!). I love it that her songs are so diverse, too. Which makes it a good surprise everytime you listen to an album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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