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	This Official Jeff Buckley Homepage is great.	Unofficial Jeff Buckley Web Page The author of this site has decided to take it down, save one picture last I looked. Jeff Buckley Webring -an excellent way to tour the net.
	Jeff links	Yahoo Jeff B.Category

I first saw him while watching some Scotish music festival on TV. I was just blown away by his/their performance. --Since I got his CD ["Grace"] it has been my most listened to album. It's just my style and is fantastic. It's very sad though that he died just before finishing his next album. Shitty. He was robbed of his life, and his fans of his music to come. Double shitty. He would surely have gone far.

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Quote from Kingdon For A Kiss homepage: "Jeff Buckley had an ethereal voice and an incredible vocal range. He was a tenor capable of reaching a falsetto* pitch. A tenor's range in the bass clef spans middle C to high F. Jeff's actual range was four octaves."...

JAPANESE MUSIC:

HI-POSI:

Body Meets Sing
One of this music group's(duo) fan pages.

hi-posi
Here's another one that seems good.

Biosphere Records
hi-posi's record company.
You can find them there
somewhere, certainly.

6 pages here
hiposi.html,
hiposi1.html,....
hiposi6.html

moriyabayashi
Only one page, but it's a nice page

hi-posi

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Yen Town Band [NOT WORKING]
As far as I can tell, this band was put together for a movie,
but never the less, a good CD came out of it called "Montage".
I don't know if they've made other albums. Probably not.

Swallowtail Butterfly
This is the movie featuring Yen Town Band and Chara as the lead singer.
Interesting movie. So was Picnic [not working], also starring Chara.

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Kahimi Karie is also someone I think is good, althought I haven't gotten any of her music for myself yet. I want to get the CD: Coba - featuring Kahimi Karie "Tiny Monster" first. It's good.

Cornelius
This guy also has a Kahimi Karie page via this one in the link section.

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MAKOTO KAWAMOTO:

Cool photos, cool slide show too, wave files too

Huge photos, cool menu selection with changing photos, and Real Video too.
[OH NO! He closed his web side in Dec. 1998. Shitty]

Makoto @ Sony Music

You can listen to her song on my Index Page.

The Review

These are some of my music selections. I've tried to keep
them to ones that not everyone knows, or knows is good.
Some music I prefer to listen to when in certain moods or at
certain times, and for the rest, is doesn't usually matter when:

{w}

I like it mostly as *winter* music.
Perfect for those dark cozy quiet mid-winter
hot-aromatic-tea-cupped-in-your-hands nights when
new snow is falling outside.

{s}

For those joyous sunny *summer* days when the sun's
rays make you want to just lay down, relax, forget
everything except the moment, and enjoy it in a
daydream-state.

{f}

Feel-good music.

{!}

To get you up and going. To get your blood up.
Get you pumped up and rearing to go.

Amanda Marshall -Amanda Marshall [Canada] {s} {h}

Originally from Toronto, she now hails from Vancouver.
The first time I saw her was many years ago on a Canada Day music festival on TV (in Toronto). I had never heard of her, but her voice was great and her full tight red-leather outfit both left an impression. I immediately looked for her in the music store, but nothing to be found. Wasn't for at least another couple years until I she finally came out with her first album.

These albums have a kind of rock'n blues style to them, although they are always moving onward to new sounds. They are the first band that I've heard of that put out an album in both French and English (the two official languages of Canada -- Chinese soon to follow).

Definitely some good humored tongue-in-cheek uplifting music.

I really like this group. Really mellow and good bring you down. Their songs have been featured in many movies and TV shows.

This Toronto band I think has separated long ago, but they still seem to pop-up with an album every once in awhile. This album is mellow, dreamy, and somewhat lighthearted.

Well, D.L. has gone on to become one of the best producers in the world, not long ago receiving awards for his work on Bob Dylan's album among others. He, being from Quebec, combines English and French in this album. He is virtually unknown on the West Coast, but I was very surprised that when his next album (after this one) hit the stores, they were sold-out everywhere and became an instant bestseller. The music was different and I didn't like it as much as other people did.

Well, this groups has been around for a long time. I have no clue about it's members. But I do know it's music: it is very diverse, often with cultural influences, and very interesting. This particular album I find to be of a high quality. The great visually spectacular film Baraka included some music from this album.

An American woman, a Russian guy, and a Japanese guy formed this group to create a very different kind of music that people had never heard before. They revolve around a funky retro style of dance music. Very up-beat, good to dance to, and lots of underlying messages in the lyrics -- hence, the lyrics are not just a bunch of meaningless words as most dance music likes to use.

From Vancouver, this group has produced some music easily comparable to (if not above) the ranks of Enigma. This particular album is well worth it; the CD's space is used in it's entirety. Very dreamy music.

Well, I started listening to this album when I heard about it by word of mouth. A very dreamy set of songs that flow like water. It's so very nice and each time it's over you wish it would just keep going and going. Little did I know that it would become so popular that is seems to have almost been her downfall since people seemed to grow tired of hearing it everywhere they went. Too bad -- it's still good, that hasn't changed.

A one-hit-wonder with (at least in this country) "Rock Me Amadeus", this band didn't live long around here, but I really like this whole album.

From our sunny Ausi friends down-on-top of the world this is definitely what I like to listen to to put me in a good mood on a clear hot day. I was disappointed by their next album. I can't blame people for not wanting to keep making the same music, but I just didn't like it at all.

I picked this one up in Japan and I like it better than her studio album. The sound is so good that you don't even notice that it's live until the crowd cheers between songs. It's quite dreamy and I like to listen to it on a lazy sunny day when there's time to just lie down and relax.

What can I say but "Wow!". I really like to try to find music that is different although good, and this one qualifies. I have never heard any music like this before. I have since found out that this group (duo) has been around for a long time in different incarnations, but in Japan it's difficult to listen to music before you buy -- unlike here you can do that at any music store (new or used). Well, this album is great. The singer's tone is... very high, possibly only comparable to Julie Cruze of the Twin Peaks music fame. She sings each song differently; with a different intonation. Haven't heard anyone who can do that as well Prince, but she does a good job. Now, the music, is just as different for each song as the singing. There are over thirty different instruments used on this album and all to their full advantage.

The only people in/from Japan that I've talked to that know hi-posi are those into different types of music like I am. I had the great opportunity of going to their mini live concert in 1996/9/9: 16:30-17:00 at the Hanshin Department store's 6th floor convention area.

Out of California, one of the first really 'alternative' bands of the 90s to gain popularity. It is really different to anything else that I have and it still hasn't lost it's originality after all these years. Actually, there's a bit of history to this band and how they paved the way for other artists such as, believe it or not, Guns & Roses that were also part of that underground artistic experimental music scene (or whatever they called it).

Check out the top of the page for some stuff about Jeff. Although he died before completing his second album -- drowned in the wake or undertow of a passing boat -- his family put together what he had done until that point (almost all of the album), and some other things, to make his new and last album. The song Everybody Here Wants You was made into a video and I hope there are more to follow. I could feel that he was on his way to mass stardom, but although he can't be here to participate, I don't see why his music can't go on without him in more videos.

Well, I got this long before anyone had ever heard of her. But now it seems that she has gotten so popular that, as usual, people have started to become tired of her. Too bad, but I like her music none the less.

Joan had a hit song or two, but then she kind of disappeared from the mainstream media. Her singing is really good, and on this album she brings it out in some excellent bluesy rock songs.

I love both of these albums. She has a very original voice and is very talented vocally. Her style is very original and I find it hard to put into words right now - you'll just have to listen.

My first favorite rock band. They've got a lot of really good songs (mostly from their old albums) that people who only listen to pop music have never heard before. Hell, if you only listen to pop music, you are really pathetic and probably haven't heard most of the stuff mentioned on this page.

A self taught instrumentalist from Japan that got his career started by doing the music for a documentary called The Silk Road. The music was an instant hit. Lots of his music reminds me of a dreamily starring at the night sky and wondering...

Well, everyone has heard of him now, but don't forget his first couple albums - they are really much more to my liking than his newer ones.

I listened to all of her previous albums, and it's a bunch of French techno crap is you ask me. But these two albums are excellent - nothing like the rest. Actually her live album is mostly songs from her No ComPrendo album, so I guess she and her fans know it too. The first time I heard each of these albums I knew I had to have them. They must be made ten years apart! These are very up-beat and the live album has a really festive feel to it.

Comparable to Cowboy Junkies, her music is clam and slow nature. Is Mazzy Star's real name Hope Sandoval? because hope did a fantastic song (can't remember the name) with some band (can't remember the name either, but from in the U.K. somewhere I think). Gotta find out.

Definitely a good way to teleport yourself back to the 70s is to turn on Bat Out of Hell. This album, no one had ever heard anything like it before. I like to think of it as a rock opera in the ranks of Tommy and others, but all you get is the music, and the stage production is set in your mind. The songs are all about being young, sex, and rock & roll.

I've know of Milla Jovovich ever since elementary school when I had a magazine-centerfold of the then 12-year-old model of Russian parents on my wall. Now she has quit the modeling for acting, having already starred in movies such as Dazed and Confused, The 5th Element, and The Messenger. But, there she was on day on TV in a music video, Gentleman Who Fell. There are two versions, and the second is just fantastic. She really knows how to use her body. I hope she records more music. I've never heard anything quite like this album. It has a sort of warm Medieval quality to it. All lyrics are written by Milla.

I never found any Metallica albums worth having before because it seemed that each album only had a couple good songs each, but on this self-titled one it all seems to have come together for them. Every song is really good (I try not to have any albums from anyone that doesn't have at least 90% good songs). It's a loud and heavy, although dark, compilation of songs. I would have to say that my favorite drummer to listen to is the drummer from Metallica. He doesn't just provide the beat confining himself to the background as so many other drummers do (whether it's their own choice or not, I don't know). He participates with original and often complicated beats that are often quite difficult to follow along to. I just love it.

I stuck this in here because I still don't think that people realize how good Mozart songs really are. I think that most people listen to or attend classical music concerts not because they really like the music for what it is, but for the social status that it has achieved. It's an upper-class affair now, but little do people realize that Mozart was the rebel of his time, creating unorthodox compilations that people really weren't ready for -- it was the alternative to the pop back then. Although I don't like all of the Mozart music I've listened to (most of it is probably played totally differently from the way he played it anyway), I find that pieces that I like best are far better than anyone else's (of the genre) best. So far, other "classical" (dare I call it that) music mostly bores me to near death.

Well, if this isn't a sexy album, I don't know what is. The songs are all full of sexual innuendoes and metaphors surrounded by a dancing bump and grind Jamaican beat. Every song on this album is good and if you like to get up and dance, this one's for you.

She's Scottish. Small. With versatile voice. If you met her, you wouldn't ever think that this is the same person as on her albums. Seemingly quiet and shy, she has a very dramatic vocal presence. Reminds me of Prince in that way. She is apparently always taking vocal lessons to improve her voice and discover new ways in which she can sing. To Bring You My Love is a good sampling of her talents as a singer, song writer, and musician. She writes all of her songs and plays many instruments on this album such as: guitar, organ, vibes, piano, chimes, bell, hammond organ, marimba, percussion.

I only like this album from Poison and a few other songs from their other ones. It's somewhat nostalgic for me now. The Texas Jam concert is from that time period too and Paul Stanley joined them on stage (he discovered them apparently).

OK, all of his albums are different, so it's tough to say something that will cover them all, but my favorites are the above. First of all, he writes, sings, produces, and plays every instrument on his albums. That in itself is amazing. Last I heard he was touted as being able to play over thirty different instruments. On these albums I just love how he used different intonations. By only looking at the words it is impossible to predict how he would sing them. Some songs are difficult to even sing along to at first because of the play he does with intonation. One could go on and on delving further into analyzing his music, but I just sing along and enjoy. That said, most of his songs seem to be about sex and god. By-the-way, his Sign 'O' The Times concert film is fantastic. Wish I could have gone to it.

Rosairo Gonzalez: I don't know much about her except that I think she has a mother who's a famous flamenco dancer. She writes most of her songs and I first saw her on Clip Trip, Canada's music station's only international music show. It's really pathetic that we have such a divers selection of cultures in Canada but we can only hear shit like the Back Street Boys in the mainstream. Anyway, Rosario's music is very festive and upbeat with an obvious Spanish feel to it. Her song Mi Gato, the first time I heard it had an instant deep nostalgic feel to it for me -- as if I had known that song in a past life or something.

As with Jewel, her becoming famous has blotted out her previous level of sub- popularity where she was basically only known in Canada. That really gave a feeling of home-town-music to listeners in Canada. Not any more -- seems everyone knows her now and we can't introduce her to our friends as a relative unknown and personal discovery to our friends anymore.

The singer of this Seattle band has a very powerful sounding voice. As with my Metallica review, I think that this album is where it all came together for this band. It's really great music to put you up and get you in an ornery mood -- same as Metallica.

Amazingly this band never caught on in the mainstream, at least here in Canada. I'm glad. Their music is really kind of upbeat and tongue-in-cheek. Unlike Sarah McLachlen, you can still recommend this band to your friends as a relative unknown and personal discovery. I just love listening to and sing'n along with their tunes. excellent stuff!

Well known in Australia as a stadium band, they are relatively unknown here. I was listening to this album all summer of 1990 so when I listen to it now, it reminds me of then. Rock music with a touch of a punk sound maybe, they've got a good sound and this album has some great songs.

This album of his (his first?) is full of ambiotic experimentations and interesting vocals. Dreamy music with a big beat.

Seems that they only had this one album then disappeared. It has a kind of spaced-out or 'high' sound to it. Maybe comparable to the tone of many Radio Head albums, but maybe not. This band seemed to be on their way to mass popularity, but it didn't happen for whatever reason. In interviews they seemed like really cool down-to-earth guys from Texas I believe.

A band from Japan that is also somewhat of a comedy troop and their humor comes across in their up-beat rock music.

I like this album of theirs the best. The other ones I don't like very much. A loud and heavy rock band who's members are skilled musicians on their own. The drummer, for one, is also know for his very skilled piano playing in the classical genre. In this way they remind me of Faith No More. Blue Blood can be compared to any other high quality heavy rock band in the world, and you don't have to be able to understand what they are saying in order to enjoy their music -- most Japanese people can't understand a work either.

The name of this group is also a name of a movie for which the band was formed. The lead singer, Chara is a famous pop-singer with a childish whiny voice (most are like that in Japan) that suits this music very well.

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