It’s impressive how Akimoto can make even explanatory pages easy to read without sounding overly formal.

While episodes where Ryotsu gives explanations are interesting, I feel that episodes where Ryotsu takes on the role of a listener and receives explanations are even more entertaining.

I can’t read the popularity of nostalgic bands, you know.I recalled Takkyu Ishino lamenting that a band very popular overseas has almost no recognition in Japan, so their concert in Japan will definitely not happen in the future.

It’s amazing just to gather 10,000.
If it’s half empty with a 20,000 yen box, it’ll be ridiculed as being empty, so we have to be careful.

There are popular bands like Mr. Big that are only famous in Japan.

On the contrary, why was there such a high popularity of foreign bands in Japan in the past?

All things considered, the level of Japanese music has increased.

It was a time when listening to Western music was a status symbol.

I wonder if it was partly because there weren’t many options for entertainment.

Why did Mr. BIG only resonate well with Japanese people?

On the contrary, isn’t there too little foreign music coming in right now…?

Korea’s media is actively involved.

It seems like Bon Jovi could still draw a crowd even now.

Well, if I listen to older foreign bands like The Beatles or Queen now, they just don’t work for me at all.
Michael Jackson and others.

Well, even though it’s called K-POP, a lot of Japanese productions are also investing capital…

K-POP is laughable because both the songs and the dances are all the same pattern.

That’s a fact…

It seems there are a few fragrant posts, but probably just one person.

I’ve seen it in IM@S.

Jazz, blues, rock, and basically anything that became popular in America also became popular in Japan, but hip-hop hasn’t quite become mainstream.

I love metal from overseas, but I understand why it doesn’t become popular, so it’s sad that there are rarely any live performances…

It’s not that the level of Japanese music has improved, but rather that it has become easier to access through streaming.

I’ve heard that Western music has become all about hip-hop, and it’s no longer enjoyable just for the melodies, which is why it seems to have gone out of style.

When were jazz and blues popular?

The discussion about clearing the audience seats with equipment release on the next page is quite interesting.

HIPHOP is really widespread, isn’t it?

It seems and sounds like a one-trick pony, so there are parts where you think that because you’re not interested.

Blues aside, jazz was the mainstream up until the 1970s, right?

Jazz has an image of consistently having fans across generations.

I guess this childish response is sulking because it didn’t like being immediately called out for saying something nonsensical.

Let’s have a HIPHOP live at the hall venue!

It’s amazing how this group, which shallowly and broadly gathers middle-aged and older people, fills a rural venue with familiar names I haven’t seen in a while…

On the contrary, it’s harsh to stop even if half is in.

In this era, where fewer people are turning away from television and newspapers, there are limited opportunities for many to share subculture information.
Information from fields you are not interested in really doesn’t get through, does it?

The reason current Western music isn’t getting in is partly because genres like rap and hip-hop, which Japanese people don’t listen to much, are strong.

The theory of The Ventures residing in Japan.

It feels like a full-on attack to say something about creatures that seem to be active during the day on weekdays at this hour here.

In their home country, it was treated as mediocre, but when it came to Japan, it unexpectedly became popular and sold like crazy.
Early Queen and so on.

In the first place, you won’t go on a tour unless you have had a certain level of success.

Listening to Western music is cool.
It’s cool to be able to sing songs with English lyrics even if they’re not Western music.
There was a time like this.

I don’t want to dwell on it too much, but since they go through the trouble of singing in Japanese, it’s only natural that it’s more easily accepted than others.

Regarding Queen, it’s not that their popularity in their home country is subtle; they were popular everywhere, but Japan’s enthusiasm stood out in particular.
Freddie was also fond of Japan.