I’m trying to make a documentary on japanese music culture during the 1980’s-90’s and foreign influences during that time and would like to have some recomedations of japanese music sung with foreign or english lyrics
“Hi-standard”. Also Some of “The Pillows” songs have full English lyrics.
Not sure about Jrock but you can try citypop
X Japan comes to mind for me. They were active from the early 80s to the late 90s (and apparently reformed in ’07) and give me a Japanese Motley Crue or Guns n Roses vibe. Kurenai might be a good song to see if it’s what you’re looking for, it’s got English in it and is a banger in my opinion.
Sorry once again not strictly jrock, but the initial D soundtrack is replete with English lyrics from bands like M.O.V.E, EDO boys, etc. Dave Rogers, an Italian producer, I think was largely responsible for the collaboration and proliferation of western “Eurobeat” influences in that particular scene of Japanese music, so perhaps there is fertile ground for research there?
I should note that this is around 1997 – 2000, so around the very end of the era you are looking at.
How much of English per song are you talking about here? Like 100%of lyrics in one song or the whole album, whole career?
If one word or sentence per song were suffice then probably most of them applies.
All of the following are from the 1990s, and all marked by lyrics that mix English words and sentences into Japanese lyrics in a way that shows bilingual understanding. Prior to that, I hadn’t heard much natural or accurate English in Japanese music.
Utada Hikaru has been working since the 1990s and is genuinely bilingual, having lived in the United States for years.
M-flo were established at the end of the 1990s, two founding members lived in the United States for significant chunks of time.
Love Psychedelico also established in the late 1990s, and the singer has lived in the U.S. She sings with a stylized pronunciation of Japanese that blends English sounds with Japanese lyrics
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i don’t know any that are entirely english lyrics
but if just inclusion of some english words or sentences is helpful, check out the [bubblegum crisis anime soundtrack](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcVi5kVZDVk&list=PLdshmICYlDhoup71XccBtQpmK9T_wXO52&index=1), it’s 1985 j-rock and almost all of the songs have at least a little english in them
there’s also [open invitation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcIkYoyykgE), one of the opening songs to the urusei yatsura episodes in 1986, it’s maybe 60% english
“Hi-standard”.
Also Some of “The Pillows” songs have full English lyrics.
Not sure about Jrock but you can try citypop
X Japan comes to mind for me. They were active from the early 80s to the late 90s (and apparently reformed in ’07) and give me a Japanese Motley Crue or Guns n Roses vibe. Kurenai might be a good song to see if it’s what you’re looking for, it’s got English in it and is a banger in my opinion.
Sorry once again not strictly jrock, but the initial D soundtrack is replete with English lyrics from bands like M.O.V.E, EDO boys, etc. Dave Rogers, an Italian producer, I think was largely responsible for the collaboration and proliferation of western “Eurobeat” influences in that particular scene of Japanese music, so perhaps there is fertile ground for research there?
I should note that this is around 1997 – 2000, so around the very end of the era you are looking at.
[Catnip Dream](https://youtu.be/0V1pangstKg) by Shonen Knife!!!
How much of English per song are you talking about here? Like 100%of lyrics in one song or the whole album, whole career?
If one word or sentence per song were suffice then probably most of them applies.
All of the following are from the 1990s, and all marked by lyrics that mix English words and sentences into Japanese lyrics in a way that shows bilingual understanding. Prior to that, I hadn’t heard much natural or accurate English in Japanese music.
Utada Hikaru has been working since the 1990s and is genuinely bilingual, having lived in the United States for years.
M-flo were established at the end of the 1990s, two founding members lived in the United States for significant chunks of time.
Love Psychedelico also established in the late 1990s, and the singer has lived in the U.S. She sings with a stylized pronunciation of Japanese that blends English sounds with Japanese lyrics