[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by ohsixthirty

i don't know if its my age or the fact that i've been so immersed in J-pop for so many years now, but in general i don't care for much Western music, plus i find that even when i do like a song i tend to get tired of it really quickly.

one thing about Western music that really drives me crazy are the lyrics. i am in no way claiming that J-pop lyrics are better, because i'm sure most of them are crappy too, but some of the lyrics i hear on the radio just kill me with their corniness. for example, when i first heard "Firework" by Katy Perry, i thought the lyrics were so atrocious that i actually pulled out my iPhone to ID the song just to see what it was. i just feel like in the majority of Western songs the lyrics are so trite and simple and the rhymes are so elementary.

plus, i honestly do get tired of hearing the same thing in songs over and over and over. every Ke$ha song for example is about sex, drinking, and glitter and those things are great, but it gets old after a while. maybe part of my problem is that i feel like most Western music is targeted at a much younger age range. i'm almost 29, but i feel like most Western music is targeted towards teens and college age kids, which is simply not me anymore. and yes, i realize that J-pop is probably targeted to the same groups, but being removed from the culture and not knowing the language really changes one's perception i think. i just want Western musicians to be more creative musically and lyrically.

but there definitely are catchy songs out there in Western music, and yes they are very good! i do like some songs by Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, etc... and definitely like when i hear them on the radio, they're fun, but even the songs i like just don't hold my attention for long periods of time.

when it comes down to it, i guess most Western music just doesn't grab me. there are some artists that i like a lot, like Robyn, Marina & the Diamonds, and etc... but i guess those aren't exactly mainstream Western music.

Well, Ayu is not really having a huge radio airplay for a while now... Most mainstream big pop acts (and I'm using "pop" as "popular", not as the music genre) are targeted to younger people, people who spends more money on their idols... not only in the US, but in Japan too... Just a few pop acts can make it with an adult public, that's why most of them fail after a certain age... They get too old for their usual age group, and too "teen" to more mature people...

U can filter ur eastern music by downloading only what interests u... But maybe u r searching for western music in the wrong places...