Do you rule artists out?
 

Like I always start my threads; sorry if this has been brought up before, but the search function is screwing me over atm. :headache

Like the title says.

Do you ever totally rule out an artist?

Just now I saw a place where you could download Kuu's new single '好きで好きで好きで'. Honestly I've never liked her music much, and I don't have a single song of her's in my Spotify or Itunes library. But I'm still downloading it; somehow I just keep thinking that this might be it. The single released by Kuu that will rock my socks off.

I even downloaded Namie's latest album, though I swore I never would when I heard BODY FEELS EXIT on youtube. Now, I really learned my lesson there. Man did that music appeal to me!

So. Are there any artist you are certain you will never give 'another chance'?

probably artistes that're heavy metal , trance , techo driven as these 3 music genres are obviously not my fave

a little bit of them is OK but in general , I'm not a fan of these genres

Basically any boy band, though I have liked a couple songs by Tohoshinki. I feel it's all contrived, and I have given several chances to Jpop boy bands trying to be open minded but I still feel the same way.

That and Visual-kei.

hmm...i'm not really so picky with music, so i basically listen to anything. except visual kei because i feel like their image is too much for me. and maybe some rap artists here and there. but i find it funny how in jpop, i listen to R&B, techno, etc... but i would never listen to those genres if i was listening english music. to me it's all better in japanese :roflmao

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. :yes so i feel the most comfortable listening to it.

@Edge: unless one knows what they're looking for its too hard to find avkei band they like as they're all too different and many subgenres.
Its only with the steadfastness of my best friend that I wa sable to accept vkei. And how much I love rock music
Although of course people not into rock are expected to dislike it. But some band (like some oshare-kei) are so pop rock moreso than ayu at times.
Its quite complex imo, finding the right band. Its full of lovely thought-provoking lyrics, vkei. And brings many emotions in me depending on the band.
But yeah. Totally glad I didn't miss out cuz it helped me realize how much I love rock music. Which helps with western rock.

Edit: on another note it does bother me a bit when people don't take vkei seriously or treat it jokingly. I don't see how that ever made sense.
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If I wouldve. I wouldn't have ayu (my dearest). I wouldn't have MUCC (my dearest band). And I wouldn't have my fav songs from random artists. U see.
I always feel like each artists has that ONE song I must love. So when I get the chance I try them again even if I didn't originally like them. I just don't wanna miss out

When I made a kpop thread for suggestions I had a hard time finding something but then someone (labello I belive) posted Loveholics. I wasn't totally in love but I downloaded the album and its some y fav music ever now. A different facet.
And there's always a few kpop songs I like. Like trying G-Dragons Butterfly. I didn't give up and I found that piece of beauty. Lovely song

There's only a few artists who can make songs I generally adore consistently (ayu, Eiko Shimamiya, MUCC, An Cafe)
But I never rule out other artists even if they're from a less preferred genre of mine like kpop. There's gotta be something and I hate missing out
Lots of these little fav songs here and there come from that ^___^

Another example was Perfume. I had heard some songs here and there but none I truly liked much. When I heard Fushizen na Girl this year I fell lin love with it. Its that perfect song I was looking for.
Even if the later and before I still don't love

Same with JASMINE (although I love it now) I used to not like Sad to Say. But I tried her again later. LOVE that girl :heart

I'd just be missing out. It works same for J-rock :yes so many bands. I just disregarded at first. My mistake totally

But it takes time. And I have to kinda stumble upon those things or its just perfect timing. I'm still trying to find a kuu ballad I love. Not with this single but there's still hope. But she can make some nice upbeat songs so why not?

I try not to completely rule artists out just because they may have a song that I really like once in a while like Perfume's 575~ I can't stand the rest of their music, but I do like this song.

I do, however, rule out Morning Musume and other Japanese girls groups similar to them. I tried to like them, but it will just never work :thud

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I feel the same way about Musume. I tried so desperately to find that one song that I really liked, but I never did >.<

Visuel kei bands is something I don't see myself in listening to as they don't appeal to me

then again with that said , everything they had going on are just images at the end of the day

I used to have that with DAIGO STARDUST . I really dislike the way & let alone various images DAIGO used to be like when he was solo

but after I discover that the way he sang & also the songs he did when he was DAIGO STARDUST is almost the same as BREAKERZ (there're some differences for both here & there) , I kinda grew to appericate his solo works & I guess he taught me something that doesn't mean someone looked o_o , you shouldn't give him/her a chance to listen to their music

Visual kei bands, H!P, and YUI are the three I absolutely completely totally really really really really really really hate.

I used to say that I didn't want to have anything to do with VisualKei, but then I got myself the world's best friend, and boy did she live for visualkei. I actually like (very few) visualkei artists now.

I'll list a few of those I'm not ever going to give a chance again. They are few, because curiousity always gets the better part of me, so to speak.

Kana (yes, the screaming one)
Gackt
Morning Musume
Yuko Ogura
C-ute

I'm not a fan of boy band, but I do have some songs that I like from NEWS or KATTUN even though I dont listen as much as my favorites.

I dont think I'll be listening to girl group like girls generation, momosu, and any other Korean girl band at these time. Not to mention visual kei isnt my cup of tea too. I've tried some miyabi's song since I thought his album cover is so cool, but sorry, his music is just too much for me

Boy bands, Girl bands and, Korean artists. That's pretty much it.

I usually tend to rule out all the visual kei bands. Their image just turns me off so I never bothered. Maybe some day.

I use to rule out kpop(w/ the exception of 2NE1 & BoA) but recently I've started to like it.

I try never to rule out people, but I also know what I don't like.

One thing I CANNOT stand, it's the super poppy, high pitched vocals, girl groups.

I just cant take it. So I've ruled out a lot of people, like the H!P, and like Ai Otsuka. I just can't stand her voice.

There are some other unique voices I can't stand either. Like Shiina Ringo. I have so much respect for her, but I just cant listen to the music.


But if they ever had a song I liked...I wouldn't just not listen to it right. But I don't pursue that kind of music, or really hold it in any high regard. Especially when sooo much of it is sooo overproduced and really generic.

It's not easy to find really amazing, unique people there...Ai Otsuka is interesting...but her voice :no

I never really pursued visual kei either...so I don't know about them. I'm kind of "out" of Rock mode though, so...that's sort of why.


the kpop disregarding here is really interesting. You know, you just have to dig deep enough past the mainstream stuff. There are lots and lots of gems in the Korean pop genre.

but generally, korean music is really similar to japanese, just, they have more bands in the mainstream dedicated to urban stuff...Their indie bands constantly blow me away though. imo, some of the best in the world.

amen to that :yes

mmm, i've never been a fan of girl groups. well, more so the idol-pop & cutesy ones. i just can't get past the whole pure, innocent, bubblegum pop image. like...i feel like the image just overtakes the music far too much with female idol-groups than the male ones.

but there are a couple female groups i like, such as Perfume, MAX, dream, etc. for me, it comes down to style and music. i also tend to like the more mature look.

visual-kei/anything related with it. None of them have good voices nor any kind of style or appeal, imo.

chris brown.

H!P is actually quite versatile with their music... especially compared to other asian idol companies. Well the old H!P was at least but that's another story :p


the live vocals here are perfection





as for artists angela aki rubbed me the wrong way ~_~ YUI too

@emiko: K-indie is love. Much better than kpop imo

@KarenPang: I honestly say its not just their image. I don't understand why many judge them solely on their image.
Its so close-minded and a bit ridiculous

But that may also be why many vke band tone down their image a lot when going more mainstream. But some have an issue of lacking in musical quality when going major. I had this problem with Ayabie. And Alice Nine

But I honestly don't understand vkei hate or so much disrespect for them. As they are talented artists. Some of which with unique voices. And artists who can write incredible amazing lyrics.

Though I understand some people are superficial enough to judge totally on image. I just feel bad cuz by the way they dress they get a bad name.

Vkei like any other genre is about more than what they dress. Some people always say ayu is just known for her style which fans just pay a lot of attention to also. But in the end of the day ayu fans are fans of her music

yeah I'm guilty of that , I'm not going to lie since I can be quick to judge someone based on his/her image on 1st impression

Thankfully in a way or 2 , I'm slowly losing this negative aspect in thinking as it's not healthy

doesn't mean someone looked like a freak , doesn't mean you shouldn't give him/her a chance to listen to their music

it's part of the package to deliver music , be it on the visual or audio side of things