Identity, language, and counterculture in the Japanese rock debate: or how English lyrics came to a 'Happy End'.

The 'New Rock' bands active in Japan since the late 1960s preferred setting rock music to lyrics in English. Thus, when new band Happy End began attempting to sing rock in Japanese, a backlash from English-language rockers led by The Flower Travelin' Band emerged in response. An unusually heated con...

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Publicado en:	Japan Forum Vol. 36; no. 5; pp. 552 - 582
Autor principal:	McCarty, Michael
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Dec2024
Materias:	Japan Identity (Psychology) Postcolonialism Japanese language Rock music English language
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