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View Poll Results: Do you think that she should sing in English ? | |||
Yes | 66 | 77.65% | |
No | 19 | 22.35% | |
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2007.04.12, 02:38 PM | #21 |
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yes. I like her english songs (even the ones that have odd lyrics) and her pronunciation is better than mine so is ok with me^^
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2007.04.12, 02:57 PM | #22 |
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I think it's fine. It's good to reach out to a broad audience. And she must have a vocal coach because her English is far better that the typical Jpop fare. The only thing that bugs me is off of Papaya Mango, "step inside my shady nook", is supposed to rhyme with "look" not "puke", isn't it? If you like the way I puke, then step inside my shady nuke...
I'm more interested in the Bjork comparison. Someone make a new poll, "Has Shiina Ringo Bjorkked out?" Her new sound is less rock and more ochestrated, much like Bjork after she had her child. And if she started out cutesy eccentric before, just you wait and see. I personally like Bjork's original band the Sugarcubes and the early Shiina Ringo stuff better. Still fantastic of course, please don't get me wrong. |
2007.04.12, 03:23 PM | #23 |
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I say we ban Shiina from ever singing english! >=D
(Not really, I just think is funny the poll implies the option.)
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2007.04.12, 03:35 PM | #24 |
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She has had some good English songs and some bad English songs, but her bad English is still far better then most other J-music singers. I wouldn't mind hearing more English songs.
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2007.04.12, 03:41 PM | #25 |
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shiina should have the right of singing in gibberish if she wanted to. So I voted yes. But I highly doubt that she will ever be as universally accepted as Bjork is. Shiina's music is intelectually too tame compared to Bjork ( even though I like Shiina's music INFINITELY more).
But, if Shiina ever does an album only with vocal samples, and features guests like Mike Patton, Rahzel, Matmos and Dokaka, I'll be more than glad to change my opinion...
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2007.04.13, 11:29 PM | #26 |
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I like her english and don't know any reason why she should stop singing in english. Sometimes it sounds funny, but that doesn't matter for me. It can even be entertaining.
And I can sing along with her, if she sings in english, that's satisfying. So, I have the same PRO's as everyone else^^
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2007.04.14, 02:03 PM | #27 |
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Her english isn't that good, but it's still much better than the english of most japanese singers I know But I don't think she needs to sing in english, maybe in some songs only.
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2007.04.15, 12:03 PM | #28 |
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At first her English bugged me, but now I think it has gotten much better, both the songwriting (though we don't know much of it is her) and the pronunciation. I too would love to hear her talk in English.
Here's something random I was thinking about the other day: So she studied abroad in England, right, for a little bit? I think she had a host family there, maybe. If she did, I wonder if she still keeps in touch with them. If she did, I wonder if they know she's now a famous music artist in Japan XD Wouldn't that be hilarious? "Oh, look dear, here's a package from that Yumiko girl we hosted... it's her first full-length album?!?" |
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2007.04.16, 08:28 AM | #30 | |
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I do love that her English has a British accent. It is very apparent (to me) on Genjitsu and la salle de baine... I also wonder how she works out the lyrics that she writes in English. She must have had help all along, since it is fairly flawlessly executed, and I can't imagine her written English is that good. My written English isn't that good. |
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