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Originally Posted by Corybobory
I think it's too sweeping of a generalization to say "Asians write deeper lyrics than Westerners."
It's all subjective, so I don't think it's a question that can be answered.
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I completely agree. It's unfair to say that love means more to Asian people because it really does depend on each individual person. Some of the best songs I've heard are Asian and some of the worst? Also Asian.
I also don't think certain languages are more suitable for art or music; that's like saying other languages are too crass for such elegant forms of creativity?
evolusean, I see your points in that it's standard for English songs to rhyme--a song that doesn't rhyme in Western music is considered weird--but even still, does the rhyme not make the lyrics flow with the melody better? Not that many songs in Japanese rhyme, so that may be considered not as musically in-tuned as English. It all depends on how you are raised and what kind of music you are accustomed to hearing. I don't think certain languages are more connected with science or art or whatever; I think certain PEOPLE are more connected to those things.
While we are on generalizations, let's remember that the Asian stereotype is that basically if you are Asian you are really good at math, etc. In that sense, Asians and not Europeans would be more connected with science, etc. But of course we know that's not necessarily true. Also, remember the Renaissance and the thriving forms of art and poetry then. Europeans aren't necessarily always attached to science.
My friend happens to think that Cantonese sounds awful ("It always sounds like you're arguing with someone" he says) and I called him on it because even though it's awful to him it may be beautiful to others. When it comes to art there's no right or wrong--there is only opinion.
