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View Poll Results: What do you listen to more?
Cantonese pop 4 9.76%
Mandarin pop 32 78.05%
Both about equally 5 12.20%
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Old 22nd May 2010, 03:41 PM
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Cantopop vs. Mandopop

What do you prefer, or rather, what makes up a bigger percentage of your library?

Mandarin for me...I can understand some of it, but not Cantonese. I also tend to prefer the trends of Taiwanese artists over HK artists, with some notable exceptions (Karen Mok....OH MY GOD KAREN MOK!!!!)
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Old 22nd May 2010, 03:55 PM
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Sorry, mods, I thought I was in the polls subforum when I posted this. >_<;
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Old 22nd May 2010, 04:18 PM
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Mandarin pop
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Old 23rd May 2010, 12:06 AM
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C-pop.
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Old 23rd May 2010, 05:55 AM
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Mandopop

I rarely listen to cantopop...Something about the language when sung is a bit weird for me~ But I do like some of the classics in cantopop
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Old 23rd May 2010, 05:58 AM
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Old 23rd May 2010, 06:00 AM
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I rarely listen to cantopop...Something about the language when sung is a bit weird for me~
Ngl, that's how I feel, too. I mean, I listen to some stuff in Cantonese, but Mandarin dominates my Chinese music folder for sure.
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Old 23rd May 2010, 08:30 AM
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Mandopop. Cantopop is too accented for my liking, especially in ballads. Plus I've been exposed more to Mandopop.
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Old 23rd May 2010, 08:58 AM
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mandarinnn!! canto just doesnt sound as good
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Old 23rd May 2010, 10:23 AM
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Old 23rd May 2010, 12:08 PM
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eeeh call me stupid but what's the difference? xD.
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Old 23rd May 2010, 06:14 PM
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AyuHamasaki01: language

Canto / Mando.. it is really hard question, mandarin chinese sounds a little bit better for my ears, but my most favourite artists sing in cantonese (Joey, Karen etc.)
so i cant choose ..i just prefer chinese music
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if jolin is a Mando so it's my favorite then
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I always think people speaking/singing in Cantonese are fighting....
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Old 24th May 2010, 11:11 AM
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both equally!
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Old 28th May 2010, 03:03 AM
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I like them both equally.

I understand Mandarin music more than Cantonese music though.
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Old 28th May 2010, 03:52 AM
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mandopop. but one thing i dont really like about mandopop is that their lyrics usually dont make any sense.
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Old 28th May 2010, 09:58 AM
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Mandopop, it doesn't seem as boring as Cantopop in my opinion. Sad thing is, I understand Cantonese better than Mandarin. LOL
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Old 28th May 2010, 11:29 AM
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I don't really hear the difference but whatever xD Thanks.

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if jolin is a Mando so it's my favorite then
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