do your friends think you're weird because you listen to ayu? - Page 5

Daking · #1 23rd May 2006, 09:12 AM

Good thing i have no friends!!

j/k

Most my friends probably do think i a bit strange but really everyone is strange in their own way. I've gotten a couple friends to listen to ayu but not nearly as much as i do. Most people around my age (22) seem to already have their minds made up what they like and aren't willing to try new genres. Or maybe its just the people i know.

But anyhow we're just gonna have to change the perception that listening to music in other languages is somehow weird

Marquez · #2 23rd May 2006, 02:10 PM

My friends don't think I'm weird, I guess, but couple of them hates japanese music and anime, manga etc. They think that metal is almost only good genre. Well.. I don't really like japanese music etc. too and Ayu is only japanese artist which I like and listen.

It's "whatever" for the most of my friends.

Kenshi · #3 6th June 2006, 06:13 PM

Well people find me weird since I don't listen to local pop... But they've less problem with ayu since she's famous here as a foreign singer...

My mum said she's impressed by ayu's live performance (I never showed her some bad ayu's live though... *cough*independent from Countdown TV Special Live*cough*) and her lyric writing skill.

And I've turned a friend into a hardcore ayu fan.

I'm so happy to spread ayu's love to everyone. XD

Ani_C · #4 25th May 2006, 12:09 AM

My friends noe i'm obsessed =D but som hate her (or just dont like her much) >.<;;; i could care less

AYU IS THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!

sakamoko · #5 23rd May 2006, 02:29 PM

All my friends love Ayu!! We are Ayufreaks xD Well, we listen a lot of Japanese music, Ayu is our favourite~

The_Swede · #6 23rd May 2006, 04:31 PM

Some friends think I'm a little wierd, but there aren't many in my class that even know I'm listening to Ayu... but I don't like them, so I don't care what they think about me or not XD

But some people get interested in my music, not only Ayu.. but other artists as well...

mi|kshake · #7 24th May 2006, 11:51 PM

My friends love it! I always lend them my new CDs and show them all the cool new PVs I get. Thank god, what would I do if I didn't have anyone to tell how great this new song/pv is?

Although there are people I don't tell like work colleagues cause they'd probably be like WTF.

Not sure what my parents thought at first - probably that it was just my next obsession and that it was a phase. They still take the mickey a couple of times, but it's quite funny and don't think they mean anything by it. My sis doesn't really have an interest. She doesn't like Ayumi's voice either. She was so bored the other night she actually watched some pvs with me though. She was unimpressed by most of them but did kinda like Kumi's Selfish. She thought Ladies Night could scare children though lol and Hyde's Seasons Call PV totally bored her. My mum thought a couple of Mika's songs were "nice" and quite like Angela Aki's Kokoro no Senshi single. Don't my parents like Ayumi though - but I ain't surprised.

mi|kshake~

walt1112 · #8 27th May 2006, 11:20 AM

definitely not.

they think i'm awesome,just becuz seeing me love ayu so deeply...and they've never been loving someone that much

hopeorpain · #9 29th May 2006, 06:08 AM

lol, only 1 fried of my knows I like Ayu. The rest don't care, lol.

Jason · #10 30th May 2006, 11:02 PM

One of my friends likes a few of her songs...

apart from that everyone thinks I'm a right weirdo

but I really could care less

Pow! · #11 31st May 2006, 07:23 AM

Yes!!!! You're veryy right!!
They thi9nk I'm very weird because I listened to Ayu's music!!!
And I HATE that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jer Sieu · #12 31st May 2006, 12:49 PM

One of my friend seriously hates Japanese stuff.. And other likes but was previously likes Ayu... Something happens to him.. And got a new friend who started to like Japanese stuff and he said Ayu is GREAT! however he is not that kind of people who hunt for stuff he likes.

In fact, here there is no one who will feel weird if someone listens to japanese songs...

Ayumi^_^ · #13 5th June 2006, 04:57 PM

well i have friends who are crazy over Ayu!!! Sometimes, I would borrow my cd's to them to let them hear

SunshineSlayer · #14 6th June 2006, 08:08 AM

My friends are pretty ambivilant. But luckily my parents LOVE it. I basically forced it on them so much by always watching concerts and listening to the music that they started to like it to. But they became FANS when I showed them a subbed collection of Ayumi live performances. I showed them the songs that are typically Ayu's most powerful such as A Song For Xx, Teddy Bear, and Memorial Address. They loved the performances and lyrics so much that they are hooked on her now.(My step dad even CRIED durring Teddy Bear) So now, it's usually them asking me when Ayu's next concert DVD comes out and my Mom has been with me twice to Ayumi concerts. They also love several other J-POP artists as well now. (My Mom is pretty much in love w/ Gackt and Hyde and my step Dad wants to go to a MM concert and jump around with all the crazy Otaku.) So yep, they are big fans.

It should be noted though that my parents and myself lived in Japan for a few years on a military base, so they were already well accustumed and open to Japanese culture. So it was much easier to "convert" them so to speak.

immel · #15 6th June 2006, 10:00 AM

That's a very nice story about your parents

. It's a bit of the same here, as I listen so much to Ayu and watch her performances all the time it's impossible for my parents not to start liking her. Well, they aren't fans but they say her music is good. I just gotta show them a few performances I guess

. They said they really want to see the AT2k6 one, mostly because I went to it.

As for my friends, either they hate her or don't care about her.

. Some of them did like her music earlier but have decided to simply dislike her now.