I don't really know anything about mainstream pop, r'n'b, or pop-rock, and especially don't listen to lyrics so can't say anything about rap, country, or 'singer-songwriter' music except that The Last Poets were the progenitors of rap, and The Velvet Underground said most of the stuff I need to hear. I do know a bit about 90s music like eurodance, and a little of 80s popular music, by the virtue of having grown among it.

P.S. Won't you believe it, audio stopped working via the Invidious frontend that I use, just as posted this. It might take me a bit to figure out any artists or tracks that you mention.

P.P.S. Since most people here don't understand what I'm proposing, I don't see any reason to continue the thread.

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[–] Snailpope@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Have you ever listened to the Yoshida Brothers?

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Well, I have now. Unfortunately, most shamisen music sounds samey to me, even though I can enjoy kodo drums for an hour, or a balalaika for some time. It feels like shamisen's range is rather limited even compared to those instruments.

Bowed strings in the Japanese or any South/South-East Asian tradition seem to be more tolerable for me. Stuff like Joe Hisaishi's soundtracks. Or Chinese two-string erhu in Tibetan incantations.

I think shamisen would be more tolerable in world-fusion music, just like sarangi or Lisa Gerrard's yangqin.