[News] Gackt - Jesus (OUT 2008.11.26 // 2008.12.03)

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Originally Posted by ImpactBreaker

wait, that's absolutely ridiculous. Japanese may use english erroneously on their songs, byut they don't do it to please any american audiences. They make their songs for themselves. It's trendy, yeah, but it's trendy for them, not the US. You guys saying all those is ridiculous is just how you guys tell somebody you like JPOP and they go "hmph how do you listen to this japanese crap with annoying voices you don't even understand". No difference.

You didn't even think about what I was saying, did you? I never said for one second that the Japanese used English to please American audiences. I was saying that the Japanese use English in their songs to appeal to the Japanese themselves, who find it trendy. Big difference there.

And there is a difference. People listen to music for a multitude of reasons. I'll listen to music in any language, regardless of whether I understand it or not, if I like the way it sounds. That's based on the melody appealing to my ears rather than me enjoying what they're actually saying. It's not that I'm blind and liking something I don't understand either. Music is universal and melodies can appeal to anyone, of an culture. A melody can be understood, despite the fact that the lyrics may not be, and therein lies the key difference. Music is simply something that is enjoyable to hear. I know there's some science behind it (my brother's majoring in Vocal Performance) but I personally don't remember the reason. Nevertheless, music can be appealing because ANYONE can understand a melody. And by understand, I mean enjoy. Surely you may have to understand a song's lyrics in order to fully understand the song, but you can easily enjoy a melody for the purpose of entertainment because you do understand how it goes and how it makes you feel. It isn't cultural as much as it's just raw, instinctual, and human. That is not the same as someone disregarding something's original cultural relevance in order to market it for profit. If you think that's the same thing, then good for you, but I certainly don't.