Listening to Jpop - Page 3

[AHS]MortalSex · #41 29th July 2005, 09:20 PM

LoL u shouldn´t get affected by your friends at all, you should do what you like to do, listen to what you like to listen to and if they think that you´re weird then they don´t know anything about respect I assume >.> I like Jpop cause I like Apop(ayupop^^) and I like Apop because I like her/her lyrics/her voice I could go on forever but that´s shortly why I like Jpop

Coelacanth · #42 29th July 2005, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by littlefairyfromnam

All anybody seems to listen to is rap or emo. every emo band sounds the same, makes you want to slit your wrists. Rap just f'ing annoys me.

emo =

I just happen to love Japanese music..

momobean · #43 31st July 2005, 01:32 AM

1. ..I like how the Japanese language sounds. And yes occasionally I can understand what they say because I took Japanese for a short while.

2. Jpop is so non-mainstream, it's hard to get sick of it.
3. After reading the lyrics translations, I realise the many Japanese singers are super good lyricists on their own too. (I happen to think Fang Wen Shan is overrated too, if anyone knows who he is.

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4. So what if I'm one of the small few who listen to Jmusic? I don't fill up my mp3 player to please others

blahh · #44 31st July 2005, 02:33 AM

I find Jpop more interesting than american pop...I mean american pop is boring...same beat over and over again..but jpop...it's just better...i guess...maybee because I don't understand the language...which makes it more interesting to listen to...=]...and plus most american singers arent captivating as japanese singers..

kayokyokufan · #45 31st July 2005, 10:35 PM

I like the language, so ultimately I like the music.

My sister tells me she likes it because she just likes some of the beats. That's not a bad reason because there are some English songs we listen to for the same reason. Sometimes, in English songs, they sing so fast or so slurred that I can't understand a word they're saying, but if it's got a nice beat, that is what hooks me. With that said, lyrics don't always make the song.

evolution105 · #46 28th August 2005, 04:13 AM

I like Jpop music but I do have a life outside the jpop world. I still listen to american music, hip-hop, rap, with soca, dance hall, reggae, and R&B, rock, sometimes slow jams. Jpop is nice, the language, the beat, the lyrics, (the ability to go beyond 5:00 minutes! I like it; my mom doesn't), and the way the artist sings it. My friends question me why I listen to Jpop and they don't even want to be near me when I sing it out loud at a party or mall LOL (I wouldn't want to be near myself either) But I tell them I just listen to it and you calling me a freak isn't going to change my opinion about the music. They can't even answer the question about why they listen to the music they do listen to, so who are they to judge and call names!? (Sorry for having a temper here

) But I love my friends no matter what!

IRIS_intense · #47 4th December 2005, 09:06 AM

I listen to JPOP because...I really like it!!And another main reason is that i got..err..bored with listening to the "USUAL" songs played here..like american pop or sometimes the music our country makes..The same kind of music all over and over again..And when i listen to JPOP, im like "Wow..never heard anything like that before..NICE"...And it hard to get over it coz i never plays on the radio when i go out..And the lyrics..The very meaningful lyrics most of the songs give..COMPARED to the usual "I love you pls stay" and "i dont want you here no more" etc kinds..JPOP gives deeper ones..which i really really love...

cleftjuston · #48 5th December 2005, 04:15 AM

i listen to j-pop because i am attracted to it. the first song i got attracted to was boys and girls by ayumi

starr5245 · #49 6th December 2005, 10:26 AM

I loved J-pop because of Ayumi too!!! I like lots of songs right now.

shavoingin · #50 22nd July 2006, 06:30 AM

well it wasnt like all of the music i heard before so i liked it

Devil Ayu · #51 22nd July 2006, 12:17 PM

Well I don't like "Usually" Music a lot since I many years.
I've always been a Asia-Fan so it's no miracle that I got into JPOP earlier or later^^

I meet Ayu in 2004 and thought "Woww that's it!"
Anyway is JPop just the music Style that fits me.
I don't like this Music Style and Appearance most singers (Britney Spears, X-tina, Rihanna u.s.o. have!

And JPop songs are also very different.
I noticed other Artists songs are all very similar and the Music Style is always the same.
I also think jaapnese sounds very nice^^

I've the feeling JPop singers take more feelings into their songs-but maybe I onlyfeel like that.......

There are a lot of reasosn why I like JPop-but they are difficult to define.
I think this were the meaning points^^

Well some of my "Earlier"-Friends also love JPop but they only USED me to get JStuff so I break up my friendship to them!Other Friends don't think my Music Taste is weird-they just accept me how I am^^

Flyhigher · #52 23rd July 2006, 06:02 AM

I really like j-pop because of the diversity in mixtures of music genres that many jpop artists incorporate into their music. I really mostly listen to rock so I'm more of a j-rock fan than anything mainly because I'm a bassist, but my introduction to japanese music was jpop so it's kind of special to me. I listen to alot of music in other languages, from French, to German, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, ect. I just love music in general.

mi|kshake · #53 24th July 2006, 10:40 PM

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the ability to go beyond 5:00 minutes! I like it

Yeah that's one thing I love about it too! Like Mika's Love Addict, that song lasts a good 7 minutes and doesn't get boring. Sometimes when I listen to english albums like Rachel Steven's Come & Get It, which I love, it does start to annoy me a bit that all the songs are so short.

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Anyway is JPop just the music Style that fits me

Exactly! Before I was into R&B, which I really did enjoy whilst it lasted but with jpop for the first time I can say that I have an all time favourite song and album. Before I would have "favourites" but eventually I'd overlisten to them and they weren't as great as they used to be whereas Sakura Drops still sounds as good as the day I heard it. I know I've found artists who I'll follow for the rest of my life.

The main reason I love jpop is because of the visuals - they are so many creative cd covers and PVs out there. I remember when I first saw screencaps for the Sakura Drops PV I was like "OMG I have to get this video". There are so many amazing/beautiful/weird/cute PVs in japan, here's a list of a few that stand out to me right now:

Hikaru Utada - Sakura Drops
Hikaru Utada - Travelling
Hikaru Utada - Passion
Kumi Koda - Wind
Mika Nakashima - Legend
Hyde - Secret Letters
Ayumi Hamasaki - Ourselves
Ayumi Hamasaki - Alterna
Ayumi Hamasaki - Ladies Night
Ayumi Hamasaki - Forgiveness

2 of my fave CD covers are Mika's Legend and Ayu's Carols.

mi|kshake~

JesA · #54 27th July 2006, 07:04 PM

i like Jpop for a lot of reasons...

1.all of the singers have beautiful voices, and actually do more than sing their music.

2.its hardly ever mainstream and very unique

3.comes in a variety of flavors

4.i just like it

5.no 40 year old guys in tight pants or 20 year old girls with no pants

Keishi · #55 28th July 2006, 03:14 PM

^does no. 5 exist in US MVs?

well I like it over US music because US music tends to get over-promoted (which gets me bored) and it kinda annoys me because most of them are too generic and repetitive.

But I'm happy in my country, Eastern music still have places, eventhough mostly are Rain, BoA (korean), and other K-Pop & C-Pop. The only Japanese music that gets famous are only Anime OST :bleh: and rarely J-Pop. The closest one that everyone know is only Utada Hikaru's First Love (and that's the only song people usually know.)

shavoingin · #56 28th July 2006, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by ChrisKay

^does no. 5 exist in US MVs?

the first part doesn't but the second part does

hopeorpain · #57 29th July 2006, 02:47 AM

well yeah I think Jpop is cool and unique. but getting to know other people with the same interest is a toughie.

LacusClyne · #58 29th July 2006, 05:06 AM

0.0 this is quite an old thread, but good.

let's see, why do i like j-pop.....my my, i can't really remember.....maybe it's because i had been watching japan anime since a very very small kid. I remember when i was watching doraemon, i was very curious to know what the theme song is about. i just want to understand the languge.
then, in my primary school years, there's Sailor Moon, i'm very crazy for it. i collected so many stickers, cards, magnets.....they are all still with me now.
Next in my first year of secorday school, i had a senior who's a major Speed fan, she can sing all their songs, i was amaze! Later in my third year, it's ayu who start my j-pop craze. ayu who's can sing well, ayu who can write well, ayu who have a good dress sense, ayu who's very strong......

Kodayumi · #59 29th July 2006, 06:00 AM

DOnt know maybe it reduces my stress...nono..clear all my stress

Then yup..i dunno why i like jpop..there's quite a "no-reason" answer..

My friends always say that i dunno Japanese yet listen to jpop...well kinda wierd but...i jus like it

***ImpactBreaker*** · #60 29th July 2006, 06:10 AM

Only recently I've been learning to enjoy music from my country. The past few years, I'd rather listen to things that were from another country/language, being that mainly american music. The fact I like electronic music and that JPOP has loads of electronic songs was probably what got me into it. On the other hand, JPOP made me focus on genres I wasn't much into like RnB and Jazz. My tastes have grown pretty wide these years.