J-Pop J pop question

Now, I hold J pop in the same light as western pop i.e. 99.99% a steaming pile of crap.

But I've encountered people that hold it in far higher regard than western pop. I was wondering why that is?

 

I personally like J-Pop since there are so many poplular people (aren't there?) so there's like a huge veriaty. Mini Moni is to cute, hehehe...

 

Good question

I'm a huge J-pop and Eurobeat fan myself. Most of the J-pop I do listen to has at least some techno feel to it, EG: Move, Two Mix, Speed. I don't listen to much J-pop if it doesn't have some aspect of techno or electronica. A few exceptions of course >.>

Plus most J-pop isn't about image like western pop music is -.-;

AND theres a bigger mix of J-pop, what Inu said basically

thats what I think anyway >.>

 

Hmm, I don't like all J-Pop. Well, it might sound stupid, but I like it partly just because it's japanese. Usualy the j-pop songs I listen to are from animes I like and stuff, so I like them because they remind me of them. Also, most of them have a kick *** 80s style guitar solo that's usualy really out of place, can't beat that. But I understand why you wouldn't like it.

 

It could be that J-pop KICKS ARSE!!! (k, that was a bad reason)

But J-pop has a lot of great elements to it, I find that it is more fast paced and jumpy than english pop and gets me energized. It could be the Japanese language as well, I find it that Japanese words flow together... and this is noticable in songs too. Also as anime fans a lot of us can identify(if that's the word I'm looking for ><) to most of it too, like the music sung by Megumi Hayashibara (Lime from SMJ, Lina from Slayers, etc, etc).


edit: oh, oh... forgot to mention... and if a song has crappy lyrics like "oops I did it again" and I'm sorry if I offend any BS fans, you can't really tell unless you know Japanese fluently, so well for me I concentrate more on the rhythm and how the singer sounds for J-pop music. As in English pop I concentrate on "oops I did it again" >< which I really don't want to concentrate on.....

 

Well, I like J-Pop far more than western pop!! Acutally, that goes for Oriental pops (ex chinese, korean, etc). They just sound better to my hears! The melodies and singers sound sweeter and cuter and better. And sometimes, American pops' lyrics are just wackos. J pop all the way ^__^ Ayumi and Megumi fan here! If I have anymore to say, I'll do that later..