Listening to Jpop
 

Sumone asked (Jesusfreak i think) if youre friends think that you're weird listening to jpop...
Well its close to that topic but What's your Real Reason on why you listen to Jpop? or other foriegn music.

Well i Listen to jpop cuz it sounds nice (even i dont understand 80% of it) and i think it makes me different. I'll think of my other reasons... :think

I think you dont need a reason to like stuff you like. You like it because... you like it! I dont have a reason to like jpop.:D I just like it!

i like to sing in jpop..other than i like the melody, i think itz cool in sing in japanese...dun know why ^_^ i like the sound of the language~

I enjoy listening to Ayumi because I love her voice. And the music is very different then what I hear everyday at school (rap, rock, etc.) Also, the lyrics are great. Yes, my friends do think I'm kind of wierd.

I do listen to some American radio, but they tend to play the same songs over and over again and you can get very tired of it. I do like a lot of American rock but the pop music isn't so good.

I started listening to J-Pop back in the mid-90's when even rock music in the US wasn't very good.

i like japanese/foreign music because there are so many singers who all have very different styles. the lyrics and melodies to the songs are more complex and sounds better than western music.
on the local radio station, they play basically the same western songs over and over again. sometimes i hear the same songs @ least 6 times a day.

I juz like the song... n the language... simple reason.. dunno y

just like with any music i favor, i like the Jpop for the tunes and lyrics (after consulting translations :P).

my friends actually got me INTO listening to japanese music. one sent me a burned copy of A and ayu-ro, and after liking japanese music, i figured why not branch out to korean as well........:P

Don't call me crazy but I always enjoyed videogame songs. Although there are american games, they hardly ever have a good soundtrack like the japanese ones. As soon as I started getting into anime it was like a trigger for me to enjoy JPOP. I enjoyed the songs with a cool beat for dancing at first and latter got into rock. With only the animes JPOP I was already getting tired of them. Thanks god I got to know Ayu and many other artists that made me veeeery interested into it.
I also don't really like the songs from my country....I hate them. Japanese songs have a whole set of different instruments being played and songs have always lots of varieties while music from my country can't really provide that. The bands here seems to only use guitars, drums and all those conventional instruments. That may really make you bored - there's really not much inovation.

Ha Ha! I Also Hate Local songs here where I come from...
I discovered Jpop also throug Anime and video games! The first song of ayu that I heard was Depend on you from Thousand Arms. I said to my self: Who sang this? And when I look At the Credits, I saw her name... "Ayumi Hamasaki" And the rest is history.:)

I can agree with anyone here. I like music themes of japanese games than most of american games. I found out about ayu the same as skyline did. then i got more interested when i saw one of her live pervormance "M".

Hey skyline, wasnt i the one who told you about ayu?

No. Actually You reminded me that Ayu sang Depend on you. Remember? The first time I really saw Ayu was also MTV asia Awards "M".

J-pop is ever-fresh !!!

Active artistes release new works very frequently !
And of cos........ its multi-varietied genres.......... there's always some very nice new works coming up..... unlike some other language pops.....

and the Japanese's ability to blend different music with their own...........

I can't stand American pop music! It's so bubblegumish and cheesy! JPOP is sooooooo much better! It kicks booty! I've grown so accustomed to listening to Japanese music, that it sounds normal to me, and now it's about all I listen to. If anyone asks me what I listen to, that's what I tell them. I don't care if they think I'm weird!

I like the sound of the language and the sound of J-pop is so much different than like american pop that i hear everyday.And because asian female artists are beautiful haha!

jpop songs are nice.... my parents and my sisters always say y do i keep on listening to ayu songs.... haiiss... dunno how to tell them... =<

i listen to jpop cause i just like it. there really is no reason like Skyline said. i like jpop cause..i like it! i also listen to German Industrial (Rammstein ^_^) and i listen to them cause i like them and they make a lot of good "battle-themes" anyways yep that's all i have to say

haha..... just them ayumi is your favourite artist !!!!! haha

For me as a guitarist, I am a sucker for cool riffs and solos. Ayu's songs are for the most part loaded with them. There are a few other J-pop acts that are along those lines, Aikawa Nanase comes to mind.

For those that think all American music is not complex or intellectual, I have two words for you.

'PROGRESSIVE ROCK'

By far it's my favorite genre of music. Loaded with odd time signatures, time signature changes within the same song, and complex song structures. Plus they use instruments that I don't see anywhere else in modern music, mellotrons, Chapman sticks, Warr guitars, etc. eMpTyV and radio won't even touch this kind of music because it is thought of as pretentious and self-indulgent. Most songs run well over 10 minutes in length and are very well planned and well thought out. Not something some garage band got together and wrote in 5 minutes in a 4/4 time sig just to make a quick buck. For those that want a better definition check this out: http://ghostland.com/ghostland/about_progressive.asp