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Originally Posted by emikotogawa
Did anyone read that editorial at j-fan.com about J-pop? There's one that explains about some J-pop listeners, and how they only listen to J-pop because they are tired of the over-sexual and commercialized nature of music from their own country.
I think that most American Pop and Rap artists are forgetting that its about the music, and not them, and I think that some Americans who listen to J-pop fall into the category above about rebelling from music in their own country and they just love everything Japanese, all the music and everything and I think its wrong.
Music is Music and in any country your gonna have the same thing and some differences. I generally think that Japanese artists have a little more passion than americans for their music though, but that shouldnt suggest that ALL american music is crappy and it also shouldn't suggest that all Japanese music is better. Its like when some people listen to one Ayu song, think her voice is annoying and automatically they dont like her.
Personally I like Japanese music in the same way I like American music, I like Beyonce, I don't like Brittany Spears...I like Ayu, I don't like Utada...yes I said it.
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true really true... I mean, you have people like 50 Cent (Candy Shop, for example) taking over the cleaner Beyonce... I really think the music that's dirty is more popular, because of the mass of teens that buy it, rather than someone cleaner, say Carrie Underwood for example...
THEN, you see all the adults that want to be cool, they find out what teens are listening to, and then buy the dirty music a majority of teens are listening to now... out of 10 of my friends, about 5-6 people listen to rap, and 4-5 listen to the "deeper" Alternative... so at least the alternate, which is becoming increasingly popular, is becoming a way to get a better message through...