Do You Like Shiina Ringo?

[love in music]

She's pretty bad. Her voice sounds bad, her music sounds bad, she's just bad...x.x

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

She's great

[aqua_crystal]

Mediocre. I REALLY tried to like her, but I just can't. Oh well.

[noisy_harmony]

She's amazing

[amorphose]

She's one of the greatest Japanese artists ever!

[emi♡]

I have a lot of respect for Shiina Ringo, because I know what a great musician she is, and how creative and incredibly complex her works can be.

I mean come on, how many artists can achieve symmetry of a tracklist lol

But, I can't get over her voice, and I'm just over her style of music right now...so I don't really like her music.

She is really unique though, and she IS one of the best artists to come out of Japan...but I think its hard to both say that, and not like her music, in this poll...

so...no vote lol

[yuki_unmei]

no...her voice ><

[Chibi-Chan]

She's great, but not the "best" out there.

[Melodie]

I quite like her, but she isn't a favourite of mine.

[StarSUCKER]

She's a badass.

[Lady~Deviance]

"She's great, but not the "best" out there."

I ADORE Shiina Ringo, especially Tokyo Jihen. But at the same time I don't think she's the greatest thing since sliced bread.

[ame-na-otoko]

I definitely think that Ringo is an acquired taste. It's rather difficult to get over her voice at first but the best thing to do is approach her with a musician's mind. It was rather easy for me because I play guitar and it's plain to see she is a fantastic musician and songwriter. The melodies are beautifully composed and the lyrics are insanely well written.

Even if you can't get past her voice I feel it's just bad form to say she's a bad songwriter.

[NintendoHTF1242]

She makes some truly unique music. It does take a while to get used to her voice but once you do her music is pure bliss.

[Warren]

I was really hesitant to get into her because of her nasal voice. But I was obsessed with her album art so I gave her a shot. I'm only 4 albums in and she's already my favorite Japanese artist of all time hands down. (Her voice is actually really diverse) don't let anything you've heard scare you off. I guarantee she'll have material you'll love. She's beyond diverse.

[koumori]

I love her

[visionfactory]

She has some really good songs but I can't stand her cutesy voice

There are parts in her songs where she sings with her real voice (And it's really adult-like voice) but then she switchs to this annoying voice I can't stand

[Warren]

Originally Posted by visionfactory

She has some really good songs but I can't stand her cutesy voice

There are parts in her songs where she sings with her real voice (And it's really adult-like voice) but then she switchs to this annoying voice I can't stand

Yeah that was one of the reasons I was hesitant to get into her. But her "adult" voice is sublime. And her cutesy voice is growing on me it really works sometimes.

No cutesy voice what so ever:
https://youtu.be/tl6Et9GiY30?t=1m4s

Better performance where she switches between voices:
https://youtu.be/OtehTFNJKgo?t=17s

Pretty surprised I prefer the last performance considering she switches voices. But overall it's just amazing. She looks so good and it's more raw and powerful.

[YUKARI]

I always liked her! And I think she's one of the best. In my personal top she's really close to Utada and Ayu as they all were "douki". She's better than Koda Kumi for me.

[oaristos]

She's probably one of the greatest Japanese artists ever, but I never find myself listening to her. At least not often.

[Sky High]

Love Shina