Do you rule artists out?

[Yum!Fruit_Salad!]

Originally Posted by Kanzaki88

I've NEVER listened to Leah Dizon. Now the question remains, should I?

As a Leah Dizon fan, I'm biased in saying yes but if you don't expect her to be a vocal maven and understand she is a pop singer firstly, then yeah.

Visual Kei. A BIG reason I stray away from it is there's this voice type that's heavily popular amongst male singers and when you're listening to several bands back to back, it gets hard distinguish just exactly who is singing, even what band. Though I must say there are bands that do have a sound of their own within Visual Kei.

Idol groups. I find the whole 'pure' image to be discomforting and overtakes what can be a good pop song. Like when I think of Morning Musume., I always picture the girls all overly smiley, acting cute, and being jailbait that I can't separate the image from the songs.

4minute... Just never. How jbrat feels for Leah, I feel for them.

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

Uhmm pretty much every boy band out there (Specially korean ones). I like male singers, but not the cheesy overdone backstreets boys image... At least the real backstreets boys had memorable and awesome songs back in the days lol


Girl bands or girl groups too... They're so forgettable to me, and cheesy once again.

Originally Posted by Kanzaki88

@GRACE You're 19 :/ Guys aren't through puberty until they're 46. True story

Originally Posted by Kanzaki88

Same place where I learned sarcasm.

LOL I love you for these

[Aditmi Krisnasaki ~II~]

well, maybe Linkin Park and those heavy metal bands...
they're too noisy...

even GACKT! gosh~ he's so disgus**ng... =='

[FIRSTKLAS]

While I *try* to never completely rule out any artist/genre there are a few that I'm not too optimistic about ever getting into...

- It's hard to get into male artists and boybands because I'm not into the whole "boys who cry" thing.
- I don't like idol groups because I find their overwhelmingly cutesy images regressive and pandering to an outdated social standard.
- I don't see the point of listening to rock bands and singer-songwriters because a lot of them just sound like Western music and if I'm going to listen to something like that, I'd rather be able to understand the lyrics.

[hearted]

Originally Posted by DOLCE

^ how is that surprising? 90% of the mainstream artists over there are idols and if girl/boy groups aren't your thing then you're screwed. Once you take away the idols they really have nothing special to offer that you can't already find in America, Japan and Europe.

lol you clearly havent listened to lotsa kpop. i agree, some artists really are westernized, but the same goes for jpop..
the mainsong is almost always catchy and fun and doesnt showcase their talent. they do that so that they gain fans, cuz THIS is whats popular in korea. if you listen to their whole mini or album you hear some pretty amazing songs.
also Lee Jung Hyun is one of the most original artists i have ever seen. yes, even more original than gaga

[Andrenekoi]

Yeah, sometimes when I have a big dislike for the artist for something they did or their fanbase, I tend to rule they out...

Mika Nakashima is a good example... Annoying fanbase when she was at her peak

[Kanzaki]

@Andrenekoi Hm, did Mika have an annoying fanbase? Do you have a specific example of what might have put you off her music, because of her fans? I'm not a fan of hers, but I'm interested in what that might be.

@SURREAL_RAINBOW lol! Glad to be of comedy service.

[dartsofpleasure]

For the most part I rule out artists that don't have any input in their music, like composition or lyrics (special exception: Morning Musume). So boy bands, girl bands, pop stars like boa, etc, are out.

I can't listen to Japanese male artists at all. Their singing voices sound so.. goofy somehow. I can't get past it.

[YuriChan]

Originally Posted by dartsofpleasure

I can't listen to Japanese male artists at all. Their singing voices sound so.. goofy somehow. I can't get past it.

For the most part, I would agree with you... But Koshi Inaba has something that no other Japanese male vocalist have and that is a unqiue sound (and range)! But for the most part, I tend to avoid male vocalist because they sound alike! :\

[RyRyMini]

A lot of J-Rock. GACKT? No thanks. I still affirm that he sounds like a sports announcer.

I think some of it is also an acquired taste though, especially idols. I would have laughed if you told me I'd listen to JE & H!P a couple years ago..yet here currently I sit with a Sayu set. xD

[YuriChan]

Originally Posted by RyRyMini

A lot of J-Rock. GACKT? No thanks. I still affirm that he sounds like a sports announcer.

Yeah, a mumbling sports announcer! lol He so soft spoken that nobody understands him! I think he's more like a voice-over you'd hear on a commerical!

[Picaflor 7/4]

I also rule out artists that have a constant instrument in their music. Like Angela Aki

"Hi. I'm Angela Aki. I know how to play the piano, so every song I have will feature a piano, every live performance of mine will feature me playing the piano, and every single/album cover will have something to do with me and my piano."

Yes, yes. We get it. You can play the piano. Stop shoving it down our throats in every song of yours. Same with Miyavi. "Hi. I'm Miyavi, I can play guitar." The rest is history.

[TofuBunny]

Well, there are some genres that I avoid completly (like visual-kei) but most of the time, when I try to rule out a specific artist I end up regretting it

Originally Posted by Beauty4123

i won't listen to the korean boybands or girlbands, though. i just don't find it appealing, along with kpop in general. i'd rather just stick to jpop. there's alot more diversity and i've been listening to it regularly for like..4 or 5 years. so i feel the most comfortable listening to it.

not trying to say that you're wrong or anything
Oh I used to do that too, my Jpop had so much diversity and great artists already and I thought it's totally satisfying, then I discovered SHINee and Girls' Generation I've been more open to kpop idols since then, a lot of them are very talented, but the songs they're given to promote don't show that at all =( (except Miss A, zero auto-tune in their title songs <3) .. I really regret not discovering them before.


For me now, I avoid Jpop idol groups, Kpop idols made them look bad in my eyes (excpet NEWS, and I try squeeze some Arashi in my iPod) and Kpop solo artists since most of them release something once every 2 years, and I'm spoiled by Ayu and other Jpop solo acts who release singles regulary

I might (again) regret some decisions later, but I'm comfortable with the way my music library looks now

[Kacku]

I don't have a very versatile taste in music. I hate all kinds of rap, hiphop and heavy metal. I also have no kind of interest in r'n'b, though who knows, I could like it. And from the spectrum of pop and rock, I tend to avoid girl groups (as many have said, no interest in the hyper-actively cute image), boy bands (just... no) and male artists (no offense against them, but I just really prefer female voices).

Other than that, I try not to rule out anything until I've heard a sufficient amount. Some artists I've come to dislike despite trying: Mika Nakashima, Aira Mitsuki, Ai Otsuka and HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR.

[Miku]

Utada Hikaru, BoA, rap, hip-hop is not my music style
that's why I tried to get a admin to change my username, cause dont like Utada Hikaru anymore -.- she's was good before but not anymore it's same with BoA...

[YuriChan]

^ I think it's the same with me and my love for Aya Kamiki.

[Kingdom]

Originally Posted by Utadayumi

Utada Hikaru, BoA, rap, hip-hop is not my music style
that's why I tried to get a admin to change my username, cause dont like Utada Hikaru anymore -.- she's was good before but not anymore it's same with BoA...

lol that sucks that you're stuck with Utadayumi! I dunno what I'd do if I started hating Kuu (which would be impossible) but I've used all my name changes so I'm stuck as ero-kakkoii forever.

[hearted]

Originally Posted by ` flying proud

Japanese girlgroups completely don't appeal for me (I think I need some recommendations)

Originally Posted by hearted

you should try Perfume and Foxii MisQ the only japanese girlgroups i like

OMG HOW COULD I FORGET KALAFINA AND HINOI TEAM!!!!!! you should definatly check these two out kalafina's work is just gooooorgeoussss! though i wouldnt really call them a 'girlgroup' since they are all mature woman and their voices are so gospel heavenly-like its just wow

also these 2 songs are really awesome as well:
this is the only Bright song i like though


and this is the only song gyaruru has

[PoetGirl]

oh yeah, so many, on jpop scene people I wont ever give another chance would be koda kumi, namie amuro, utada hikaru, ai otsuka, boybands (koreans as well), girlbands and rockbands... oh so many, im very picky

[neuteka]

Now I really realize how much I hate most Korean boy bands, especially because they all seem so fake, superficial and all around boring.

And also because my friends won't shut up about them, and then make fun of my musical tastes.