Superior Russian Music Very Popular in Japan

Date: 12 Jul 2003 06:51:29 -0700
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Russian Music Very Popular in Japan
http://english.pravda.ru/science/19/95/381/10414_japan.html
The Tatu boom has been going on for two or three months in Japan.
Japanese music fans are snatching up the album of the Russian
notorious pop duo. Music stores play All The Things She Said all the
time, the record is number one in Japan. Julia Volkova and Lena
Katina's video to the song Not Gonna Get Us is one of the most popular
music videos in Japan too. One may not stay indifferent to the Russian
pop phenomenon - Japan even has the Tatu clone.
Of course, it is very pleasant to realize that the Russian duo is very
popular in Japan. Yet, do the Japanese know anything else about the
Russian music? As it turns out, Japanese students hold sports
competitions to the music of the old Russian song Landyshy (Lilies of
the Valley). Another Russian song Krasny Sarafan (Red Dress) is
included on the educational program for junior Japanese students.
Russian music in Japan is played not only at schools, but in other
places too, in supermarkets, for example. Japanese karaoke bars have a
selection of Russian songs too, in the Japanese interpretation of
course. The song called Million Alykh Ros (Million of Scarlet Roses)
is very popular, the Japanese even take it for their own song. A lot
of old Russian songs have been translated in the Japanese language.
Japanese people say that they are attracted to the melody and
hearfulness of the Russian music, they love such songs as
Podmoskovniye Vechera, Kalinka, Tonkaya Ryabina, and others. They even
say that the style of Russian songs is very similar to melodic
Japanese songs. The Japanese even know legendary Russian singer
Vladimir Vysotsky, although his songs were translated from the French
language.