Marty Friedman, former lead guitarist of heavy metal band Megadeth and a Japanophile recently shared his thoughts on TVXQ / DBSK / Tohoshinki:

"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 bullshit, but to me, if you can sing, you’ll be able to sell even if you weren’t good looking, right?

Their 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!"

(translation cr: mandasoh@iscreamshinki.net / sharingyoochun@wordpress)
source:allkpop.com

YES THANK YOU SO MUCH. You are now one of my favorite people in the world :D

Anyway, I'm suling because my sister got to spend over 10k for her 11th birthday bash yesterday. YES THAT'S RIGHT 10K. For an 11th birthday.

Now I couldn't help but feel resentful because she not only got that, but she's also getting an iTouch.

I've voiced this out, and they've said, well you didn't ask for anything; she asked for the iTouch. I was like, WTF do I really need to say anything? Halos lahat na lang ng lumabas sa bibig ko TVXQ okay. It's not like I need to shout it out anymore or anything like that.

AND TRANSFORMERS 2 IS AWESOME 8DD It srsly is. It's better than the first one :D I found it really funny. Hahahaha.

Cinemas in Shang were PACKED, despite all five of its theatres only had Transformers showing. Like ever since Friday there so many people watching already.

Anyway, awesome weekend (:

Marty Friedman, former lead guitarist of heavy metal band Megadeth and a Japanophile recently shared his thoughts on TVXQ / DBSK / Tohoshinki:

"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 bullshit, but to me, if you can sing, you’ll be able to sell even if you weren’t good looking, right?

Their 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!"

(translation cr: mandasoh@iscreamshinki.net / sharingyoochun@wordpress)
source:allkpop.com

YES THANK YOU SO MUCH. You are now one of my favorite people in the world :D

Anyway, I'm suling because my sister got to spend over 10k for her 11th birthday bash yesterday. YES THAT'S RIGHT 10K. For an 11th birthday.

Now I couldn't help but feel resentful because she not only got that, but she's also getting an iTouch.

I've voiced this out, and they've said, well you didn't ask for anything; she asked for the iTouch. I was like, WTF do I really need to say anything? Halos lahat na lang ng lumabas sa bibig ko TVXQ okay. It's not like I need to shout it out anymore or anything like that.

AND TRANSFORMERS 2 IS AWESOME 8DD It srsly is. It's better than the first one :D I found it really funny. Hahahaha.

Cinemas in Shang were PACKED, despite all five of its theatres only had Transformers showing. Like ever since Friday there so many people watching already.

Anyway, awesome weekend (: