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I love music from past decades, there's some stuff that is very original, unlike a lot of generic pop produced nowadays (well all popular music got its own share of generic songs, but now is a lot more prominent what with all the technological advances)

lol... the only ones i know is Hikaru Genji, and recodgnised them immediately on that wall... xD

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My usual Japanese restaurant always plays song from 1980s to 1990s, love 'em too~~~

omg is that a shojo tai poster on the far bottom right?!

I am diggen those tunes... I never listen to idols much so maybe i should start now. This is definitely going to be my new cruise around music.

Also that wonder boogie song is whats poppin.

I used to like Noriko Sakai ^^; unfortunately seems that she went down a spiraling bad path ^^;

don't recognize all the faces, but then I really didn't get into Japanese contemporary music until the '90s.

I wonder if any of those female singers have Takarazuka lineage.

Hmm... Not so much 70's & 80's for me. All of my music is 90's!

Don't know much about Japanese 80s music... But I do know Western 80s music. My fave is Earth, Wind & Fire, being the most boogie

When I hear 'Japanese music from the 80s' all I can think of is Soft Ballet! They were most active in the early 90s as far as I know, but the synths and the vocal style reminds me a lot of pre-Violator Depeche Mode...I'm sure they were a big influence. Sadly I don't think Soft Ballet are releasing any more since it's been a while since the last record.

Other than that, my knowledge of pre-90s and 2000s Japanese music is really scant!

It's always good to listen to retro music every once in a while.

I like Retro stuff, but I dont really listen to idols.
P-model and Plastics all the way!!!

I really miss that place in Sapporo, used to live in Hokkaido for three years!

The only real old stuff I listen to on a regular basis is Yellow Magic Orchestra. Love them, so much.

One of my favorites is definitely Seiko Matsuda along with "Chage & Aska" .....ah back to the 80's..... those were the good old days............

The last video is cool!!! She looks great!!

Momoe Yamaguchi is my favorite artist from that era...

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Asian cultures in the 80s look so funny because of the American influences. Things were a lot simpler back then.

When it comes down to the 80s I would have to say TM Network and Yuki Saito. I don't know too many 70s groups but the 80s were filled with great hits.

One thing I definitely noticed is that people from that decade wore a lot less make up.

My favorite was momoe yamaguchi.

She's one of the all time best.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8plYNvu-jTY

I listened mostly to OP, ED and music related to series but maybe I should give it a try to real bands ^^;;

eh...they look so old to me
even tough I listen a lot Jmusic, I dont try to remember the artist...

nice~ old school jap music is great!
i listen to some old school idol groups such as Candies & Pink Lady~ old stuff is really great and fun to listen to^^

I have to admit I like.. And she does look good still. Yum yum. The style sounds like the music early in Macross tv series. So I can definately appreciate it.

I started to listen to 松任谷由実 (Matsutoya Yumi) when I offered to track down some music for a Japanese family member who's been away from her music since moving to the US.

松任谷さん has been making releases from the 70s through the 90s! I have her compilation album "seasons colours", which I enjoy very much.

I like noriko sakai and the all time great miho nakayama

I like the first one of the songs/videos best.

I love to listen to Pink Lady, they were so great!

I started looking for idol music a couple of years ago until I lost all of my songs because of a hard drive failure, I think I'll start again, you motivated me ^_^b

Im kinda surprised how good she sounds even without digital remastering.....now thats pure talent

Never listened to 80's music from Japan. I might look into it.

She looks GREAT in that last vid! Even better than before that :)
Haha, Hamada seems like a big fan :D And I like the songs too, will look into it ;p

don't remember every single song from 80's >_<

Man, this is so vintage. I Just made a time shift from years or more!

Anyway, the oldest japanese thing i've heard was " Sukiyaki " by Kyu Sakamoto, like 25 years ago. Then I was 5 yrs old.

Wow, I saw the Hey!Hey!Hey! special the other day. Very nice special, lots of good stuff ^_^

Wow she looks great in the last video! ^^
Did she get braces? Her teeth look completely different.

Ishino Mako still looks and sounds really great today. The singers back then seemed to be really nice people too, not taken in by the industry or the greed. Just an observance by me. Thanks for the links to the videos.

I feel like I fell through a hole in time looking at that first photo. Over the last year I have transferred many of the CD from my wife's collection to iTunes. Always nice to listen to old favorites along with the new.

I don't know about the 80's Pop idols, they're always a bit corny to me (although I admit I have an Onyanko Club "Best of" CD). BOØWY and B'z on the other-hand are still awesome to this day.

A lot of my favourite jpop songs are from the 80s. Also I listen to a lot of 80s J-metal like Loudness and Anthem. And not to forget the early stuff by X Japan.

I love 80's music. But, I've never really listened to anything that old and in Japanese, since the only Japanese music I really listen to are anisongs. :| But 80's stuff in English, love it so much~ :D

Her voice is amazing! And she looks great in the last video.

Good old music LOL, I'm more of a Heavy Metal/Rock&Roll person so at that time Loudness and X Japan where the best! (I like a little pop music but I don't really like idols).

I liked the 80's, I loved the style they expressed <3 Although most don't anymore XD I see big hair was a thing over there too!

Noticed her smile in the last video...

Used to be a big fan of Miho Nakayama and Noriko Sakai back in the late 80s. Even have tons of Photo Album which I still have today.

Hey, what about the Southern All Stars? They were a 70s-80s band. And were made of awesome.

lolis and shotas! xD. But yeah, the songs certainly sound like something you'd hear in Asia's karaokes in the 80s and 90s.

I was a teen in the late 80s. I used to listen to Checkers, Bakufu Slump, Kudo Shizuka, BaBe, Wink, Ribbon, Rebecca, the Blue Hearts.... Think my favorite of all was BO0WY. My favorite shirt to wear back then was my BO0WY "Last Gigs" T shirt... good times good times..

What about Loudness? The godfathers of J-Metal?!?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1S6O9X01ZE Noriko Hidaka is only of my favorites and I adore the Checkers. I also love older animes especially ones from the 80's

i lurve the 80s.. didn't really get to experience it while growing up, so i'm a little behind, lol..

I just fell in love! I love the music! (^_^)

I love listening to anime and japanese music, i have about 110 tracks in my cel, these are all i listen to all day. my fave idols are noriko sakai and miho morikawa. Danny, if i may, i found a site about idols, its at http://www.idollica.com/. its about the silver age of jpop as the site says. very interesting. My fave song for miho is Onna ni nare and Hiisama Zoom In when she was still young. She can sing i tell you, like your fave idol