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Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer
^ I'll say it then.  Idol music in and of itself isn't bad. There is such a thing as good Idol music. For example, all of Morning Musume's big hits were actually musically diverse, even experimental sounding pop music. But most importantly, the compositions and hooks were memorable. That's why everyone in Japan still knows those songs to this day. The problem isn't idol music, it's bad idol music. At least 80% of what is on this list will be forgotten by next year.
Don't know if that's what you wanted to say or not, haha. |
Totally agree with you. I think probably the main difference (I think I've written this somewhere else too sorry if I'm repeating myself) is that H!P was formed by a musician with no intention of entering the idol market to begin with. H!P really was an exception a sort of a hybrid (not so much anymore sadly...) Even the groups that were formed to exploit the idol potential of certain girls (such as biyuuden) had pretty decent songs at least up untill some years ago. The guy creating AKB and onyanko club is first and foremost a business man who's really great at exploiting a certain segment of the market through a wide variety of angles, a talent that is probably unmachetd by anyone in the idol industry except by Johnny Kitagawa.