English IV

Musical Moods

frikis

 A geek or freak is a colloquial term to refer to a person whose hobbies, behavior or dress are inusuales. The set of hobbies minority own frikismo2 called geeks or culture geek. Those who are fans only to Mangay anime are referred to by the Japanese word otaku.

Listening music geeks called J-pop which is:

Japanese pop music, sometimes called the J-Pop anglicized "ジェイポプ" or japanese pop refers to the modern Japanese pop music, and is one that is based primarily on modern Western influences rather than the traditional Japanese musical influences.

The j-pop has its deepest roots in jazz, music that became popular in the beginning of the Showa Era. The jazz reintroduced many musical instruments previously only used to play classical music and military marches, introducing the "fun" in the Japanese music scene in the bars and clubs. The "Ongaku Kissa" (音 楽 吃茶? Lit. Cafe music), became an important place of jazz expression. However, during World War II, jazz was censored due to pressure from the Imperial Guard because it is an American influence. After the war, the beginning of the Japanese occupation by U.S. troops in the Far East Network, commonly called "FEN"-Fast-East Network introduced the boogie-woogie, mambo latin, blues and country music Japan and those styles of music were performed by Japanese musicians to U.S. troops based in Japan.

Songs like "Tokyo Boogie-Woogie" (1948) Kasaoki Shizuko, the "Tennessee Waltz" Chiemi Eri, the "Omatsuri Mambo" from the legendary musician Enka, Hibari Misora ​​and "Omoide no Waltz" Izumi Yukimura issues were to become very popular. During that peridodo, various Western musical influences such as swing, blues, jazz (with JAPT tour and Louis Armstrong in 1963) and even Latin pop (whose exponents of the time Perez Prado Mambo-which caused a boom in Japan-in (1956) and "Los Panchos" (1963) gave huge concerts in Japan and flood the radio at the time).