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Originally Posted by emiko
@Andrenakoi: I think it's because most people leave the western scene for the jpop scene...
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I left the western popular music scene as a child because everything was about sex. I come back to it a bit as a teen/adult, and it's still about sex (only ten times worse) lol. People like Beyonce and such I don't mind, she's probably my favorite western artist. But other artists where sex is their whole persona are just... disappointing. For example - and I'm not bashing her by any means - Lady Gaga has a very interesting style to her, her music is catchy enough but the sexual overload that comes off her [personality] is... disappointing. I'd seriously rather hear her talk about her art and music influences all day everyday than hear once that the only thing a guy needs to be with her is... a "large endowment." It's just makes me think there's not much to her despite the fact she says she's "complex." (In fact, I'd love it if she were just mysterious. Shut up and let me wonder about you Gaga xD; lol)
And that's how I feel about a lot of pop music in the west. It's interesting, catchy, intriguing but when you strip it down, there's not much to it... And I'm not saying that makes jpop better by default, that's just what I feel about western pop music period.
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There are a lot of really amazing artists in the Western scene right now...but it's just that the target demographics don't really listen to them...
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Yeah, and it's very unfortunate really D: People usually make up their minds about western music based on what they're bombarded with on a daily basis. But all western music isn't sexualized pop culture... -_-;
Despite it's faults, I still stand by the fact western music has offered much more creativity in its history. But I prefer Asian (Japanese in particular) music much more.