America music Vs. Japanese Music

[BlackRose3367]

In my opinon Japanese is sooo much better than ours so Go Japan! :cool:
I mean come on, we only have like 3 pop artists, 3 hip hop artists, and hte rest is of rock bands, and TONS of rap artists.

While japan has over the thousands per Genre.
I have 8 GB too of Jpop, Jrock, and Jhip hop so i know definitly that thier soo much better.
And for all of you who saw Fantastic Four, we used a Jrock group called orange range's song in it. I mean has America stooped that low?
Yes it has.
Even the music we make it just random words, blah blah blah, BAM a song! :mad:

So thumbs up Japan, your great ;)

[ggoblin221]

meh... i have never heard any non-anime-soundtrack japanese music so i would not know beond tht. but ur right, i would rather listen to toshiro masuda or twhoever makes bleach music that american music. exept for marin o' donnel. diss him and die. go halo.

[necrosis]

Like ggoblin, I only listen to anime soundtracks..

It's hard to make a choice, but I'd go with Japanese for this thread:P There instrumental music has more MUSIC in then IMO.

[mhkwong]

Ok I argee with you that Japanese music is good. But I cant you cant blame America for stooping that low. Sometimes Japan/China/Hong Kong/America/England rip off each other countries music, so does that mean that country is stooping that low as well. Maybe there was a Japanese animator in the production of Fantastic Four. Or maybe America wants to sell their movie in the Orient. We never know. It could well be a propaganda. =P

[sad]

I think that Japanese and American music are beauliful coz each one has it unique style .

[darkgerbil]

what are yall talking about yah japan has some pretty good music but america wins it all we got

[Minty]

Japan Wins for me..its just so wonderful to hear. When your shreading slopes or skateboarding or even hanging with your friends and danceing. ^_^ LONG LIVE J-POP!

[mitzilla]

Omg Fire...( yes I know her ...rl) dun be macking that j pop...its RAP fo life in hur...

[Alister]

Japanese music is wonderful.

I think most of us just like it because its unique, most of our friends don't have a clue about it, and people don't get fads like they do about "omg Usher" or whatever the hell they are into these days.

The entire Beck soundtrack (s) are wonderful.. and they are just TV show music!

[mitzilla]

Love rap music and no not..Usher omg I can tell you have no idea about the rap community now'adays lmao Dun try anymore XD just stop before you hurt yourself and me too.

[MizuHime_Izumi]

yea...i agree..Japanese music is better...i got sick and tired of America music cuz its the same few singers all the time...boring! but there are much more japanese singers and songs that u dont know so u'll never get bored =3

[mitzilla]

-Leaves the thread without Violence- XD I'm going to walk away now before people come out of this thread with body parts missing..

[ethanstone83]

i think both japanese and american music have different things to offer.....

[seantified]

they both have the their pluses...Jay chow anyone?

[Alister]

Rap is crap

Retards

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[Macadocious]

rap isnt crap but i like both japanese and american music

[Bleach&InuyashaFan]

I think jap is for me! It sounds way better!

[BlackRose3367]

So Japanese wins! lol xD
Like so far, for me collection of jpop, *1550 songs*
There is like 50 different artists and they are very auesome *cry*
Lets face it..name 10 pop artists...*lol* I can't xD
It seems like Japan has many many many artists too.
The thousands xD...
PER genre btw =P
I can't wait till Japan music comes to music and we can buy it at stores.
lLike right now, Ipods sell Jmusic, so soon in the future they wil be down the street soon in stores ^=.,.=^

[Alister]

Hey Rose, thats quite a bit of music!

I have about 3000 songs-or-so on my computer.. but maybe only 100 or 200 of them are Jmusic.

[Lankswell]

well we know who likes the rap, so whats the fad now....p daddy?
Id take Jpop over rap anyday, as for grunge rock and metal, cant replace them =)

[engros]

Japanese music nowadays seems much better than american music because they are more creative in their song. They often include techno music to instrumental music which is really wonderful to listen too. The message of the lyrics are also quite good. The messages are more intact and gives point to the song. Japanese songs also have less swear words that doesn't make sense in american songs like saying the n' word all the time . Rap or hip-hop in america has gon' down to it's original art form. It used to be about life in the outside world but now the lyrics are all about bitches and ho's, money and clothes, hummers, and sex. Rock music now is all about screaming, singers are often not good in singing especially those punk bands and recent pop singers (Simple Plan, Ashlee Simpson ), they are all worked up into their image, not their music. And nice tunes nowadays are far less than in Japanese music. American musicians and singers will just create a song that is not really good, and then next thing you know it hits the charts? What? And people pay for that for goodness sakes...

[jirodude]

i say Japanese Music its just much better

[mitzilla]

Omg..this is drastic measures, I had to come back in quickly. Al Rap is not crap and Jpop isnt crap either everybody has their own style. o.O Omg and Who is " p daddy..." Omg totally butchered..to the max dun try if you cant people ^_~

Edit: Diddy..

[zKnightz]

no la..Japanese music got more power leh..I hear americian music i just go blur :question: Japanese music make me wanna rock sia..

[Khorne]

I dont think japanese music is better at the same thime i wouldnt say american music is better..
They are just different--
My favorite anime song is hit in america :D
but to be honest.. the lyrics arent that complex..
I own 2 jpop cds myself.. bought them and they are not that bad... some good balads....
but rock.... jrock... definitly hasn' t enough power... i mean the harder corner of the buisness.. like genitorturers there are no bands like that in japan... just because no japanese got such a voice..

[fedorov]

the only band that i still dig fm the states is Iced Earth....
the onlly singer that i still dig fm the land of the rising sun is Julia Mazda...rock on...

Euro Power Metal rocks!!!!!

[ayukinarissa]

i would go for japan

[birdie]

my choice of music is japanese songs
afterall.........
who can resist?

[qiqi89]

j rock is nice..
american rock is nice 2..
bt some american rock is rili copiers.
j rock is totally awesome. like larcenciel..i love hyde totally..
s fer american rock..punk rock are nice. like simple plan. chemical romance. 2 of my faves,.

[ryuazuki]

i agree that japanese music is way much better than american music
a good example would be all ost of all final fantasy
this is why japanese rpg have tendency to be better than american rpg

[kingking]

i think japanese music is good and i also think that american music is also cool

[Immortalwarrior44]

I like japanese music way better than american music. However my parents bug me and always say, "why do you listen to that if you dont know what there saying." But really the only american music that I do like is the ones without words so words in another language to me are no that different.

[Deadlyroze]

I love F-pop better but American music is good every now and then. :D

[animedude8390]

I gotta say japanese. dont get me wrong b/c i gots about 150 cds of american music, but i got double of that in japanese split between 2 computers.

[landmowerr]

both music were cool....

[EKirai]

Omg..this is drastic measures, I had to come back in quickly. Al Rap is not crap and Jpop isnt crap either everybody has their own style. o.O Omg and Who is " p daddy..." Omg totally butchered..to the max dun try if you cant people ^_~

Edit: Diddy..
THANK YOU! yes its not P. daddy its P.diddy
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just becuse P.didddy and Usher are teh only ppl you kno that are "american" rap that doesn't mean they are the only ones *usher is hip-hop not rap*

I'll name a few "american RAP artist"
Busta Rhymes (http://music.yahoo.com/ar-292447---Busta-Rhymes)


50 Cent (http://music.yahoo.com/ar-294445---50-Cent)


Nelly (http://music.yahoo.com/ar-296854---Nelly)


Lil' Jon (http://music.yahoo.com/ar-304306---Lil-Jon)


Master P (http://music.yahoo.com/ar-257040---Master-P)


Fat Joe (http://music.yahoo.com/ar-314872---Fat-Joe-)


Master P (http://music.yahoo.com/ar-257040---Master-P)
~ ~ ~

yeah enough for now none is better I liek both i just lean mor to "american" music

[mitzilla]

You go! Tell em! Busta Bust!

[cassiexanthe]

Duuude... Japanese music rocks my multicoloured socks (Okay, so they're black and purple...). American music... I have a really big thing against. *shrugs* I don't know why. It's not bad, I just don't like it. Maybe because I'm British? (And Chinese, but yeah...)

So yeah, Japanese.

[lancerjk]

i believe i like jap music more.. it just my own preference.. just feel their music "feeling" is there meanwhile some american band are just copying other people "feeling" so their music would feel strange

[HamSTAR]

It really depends on what ur looking for. No single genre is better than another. Except country music. Down with country music!

[daband27]

I agree with that, it does depend on what you are looking for and the person's perference as each individual is different. But I must say I like both. The anime soundtracks rock! Yet american bands rock too! Like Green Day, Nickelback, Blink 182 etc.

[yuanhan]

No offense....... but generally, i feel that western music are of higher standards..... the singers make greater use of their vocals rather than looks

[Makaze]

Bah, British music owns you all
For japan v america, i have to say american music. Mainly cause i actualy know what they're saying. But as a lover of all things Rock, bands like Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Strokes ect. beat the hell outa what i've heard from the East, whilst japanese music does have some good stuff.

[conan_xp]

Japan music rocks, not like the american music at all. Japan music owns :)

[Kitsokun]

American music nad japanese music are both kool i have no bad stuff about either really.

[randomx999]

Watch the anime Beck (or read the manga).

[Alister]

Yea, we've got 10 episodes of it here.. Might as well download em ;)

[xGOtRiCEx]

i agree with you ..
japanese music is way better than american

and i did not know that there was an orange range song in fantastic four ! *mouth drops open* that is news to me .. now i gotta go see that movie .

[hirokero]

yupyup, J-pop rox~ I like the style so much better for some strange reason, probably also has something to do with the lyric and meaning for most of the songs ^^'

[mbdragon55]

the anime music is hott
especially the bleach song

[sonny089]

american musics of course but for jap i just listen to it to calm my self down lol that's it

[thelastbleachfan]

japanese pop > american pop if you ask me but i still listen to american hip hop over everything

[Scaraden]

For me, i would go with American Music... First of, i hate listening to stuff u can't understand unless the arrangement is really good.
2ndly, U have to start browsing around for new bands, yes currently the american music scene is saturated with rap artists but there are still many nice bands and singers out there that you prolly never heard off.
3rdly, You all should try www.pandora.com , they form a whole streaming radio station on what you like to listen, for example i enter Oasis and they will play me songs with mixed acoustic and electric instruments ( bands like Fuel and singers like Matt nathanson) and so on...

[oninobaka]

Gotta say i like Japanese music more. Though i'm not saying that American music is bad, it just doesnt sound as good.

[brok3n3d]

It's hard to compare Japanese music to American, since well it's just plain different... The style is pretty contrasting and American music is starting to lean more to the rap side. I listen to both :)

[18mysticbunny]

I find japanese music okay...but i much much orefer america music. especially their rock/punk music. theyve got so much spirit in them! you can definitely feel their passion for music >__<

[t33fah]

I think jap ppl are very very in to Rock and americans are more hip hop

[Ereos]

In Japanese music.... I say their Techno is better than Americans....
Like TM Revolution - They rock!
Along with some of its rock.... but i do not prefer japanese rock tho....

[neko_87]

hmmm...every song has its unique rhythm, i guess, and american music had also have better quality like Green Day or Simple Plan. Yeah, I could agree some american music like sucks, but not all of them. For Japanese music, they have upgrade and some of it had use in Hollywood, like Orange Range, but some of Jap music doesn't have so much quality. It is depending on the audience's taste. Like me, I don't like Malice Mizer much but many of the Jap. music (including anime soundtrack especially) was my fav. But I also like american music too.

I just said my opinion. Maybe it is too long I supposed.:p

[touf]

but i can say, i like some OST songs, like the first tracks

[tokyoanime]

i prefer japanese music i love the anime music i mean they hav so much emotion in sme of em i mean wut emotion those americans hav come on

[EKirai]

i prefer japanese music i love the anime music i mean they hav so much emotion in sme of em i mean wut emotion those americans hav come on


many songs american songs have alot of feeling(s) its just most people just see the more ooh look at me I'm famous, have money, and sexy part of american music <not to name any> sooo you are wrong american music has alot of feeing sometimes even more in depth than jappies :-)

[apk4]

Personally i have heard very little japanese music but i do like what i hear, however i find most american music very dissapointing. most of the time i opt to listen to older british music (pink floyd, led zeppelin, the who etc)

[BlackRose3367]

Well since so many of you have different opinions, I added a poll. (I shoul've done this before XD)
Well time to vote! ^_^

[Alister]

You can't beat the fact that you can actually understand the English songs, so they mean more to you that way.

Some of the (Japanese) songs we listen to may be considered absolute crap/nonsense by the Japanese.

[l33tpocky]

Well then there are also some of us that can understand both and leme tell ya theres a fine line in the two differnt cultures . The USA at the moment is filled with angry rockers while over there its just happy happy all the time . I just like both it just depends on my mood at the moment.

[Rukia113]

I really like Japanese anime music, but I didn't really know about any other Japanese music. But in general, I think Japanese music is better than American music in my opinion.

[Lysander]

I'm not quite sure where you get off thinking that there are only a few artists per genre over here in the US. Given, I'm not claiming that Japan ISN'T better than the US, I'm just trying to figure out how the hell you came to that conclusion O_o;;;

Either way, Japanese suits much more cathartic movies/TV shows, etc. American music isn't quite as emotional.

[ZsychPrime]

I think that there are probably as many or more American musicians in the game as there are in Japan(maybe more, our country is larger :) )

Japanese music is different, and often quite good(though i'm mostly going by anime sound tracks), but some of that stuff is truely horrendous.

Of course, you may be able to say that about the more unpopular American bands as well.

Also... if you look at music videos... the Japanese ones are so lame.. usually.
Americans definitely win out in that area.

I was looking at the videos of some japanese songs i like a while back, and seriously, i wished that those artists would get some good American directors, so their own videos wouldn't destroy their songs.

[Genryuuzai]

American music vs Japanese music?

I don't even think that comparison is fair. Japan is a relatively small island compared to the land mass that is the United States. We are a melting pot of Myriad Cultures, with that kind of rich diversity of course we are going to have more, and better music.

When I hear "Japanese Music" I think of J-Pop, Historical music (Kitaro Drums ect), and Japanese Folk Music. And that's because I'm uninformed when it comes to Japanese music.

On the other hand when I think of American Music I think of...

Jazz, Rock n' Roll, Hip Hop, R&B, Rap, Heavy Metal, Pop, and Country to name a few. Against the weight of just these musical genres Japanese music is crushed.

Don't get me wrong, there is definitely good Japanese music, like Arigato from Bleach, and the musicians, Ai, Dragon Ash, and a female Jazz musician whose name eludes me. But for the most part I just hear J-pop with lyrics that make no sense, and that can't compare to American Music.

[wancs1]

Well there is the saying that goes a small man doesnt mean his not strong or more success than a bigger man. Geographically speaking of coz Japan is smaller than US, duh!

But we measure success not in physical but in achievements, including music. Yes popular music in US is widely known, but that doesnt meant the quality and popularity of j music is much less.

Westerners know Utada, Ayumi, Boa, Hyde etc... Theres much hype bout them also. Dont judge a person by size but by quality of the person. same goes for music.

Finally its all come down to preferences, music are universal, it can stimulate our feelings: grief,sad,happy.. and much more, so enjoy urself with the sound of musics all over the world

[Digitalised]

japan song are better , america song are more like rock and metal ( i think )

[EKirai]

Japan music rocks, not like the american music at all. Japan music owns :)

um many jap ppl sigers type look to american music for inspiration or whatever so NO IT DOESN"T OWNS MAN

[Shanchan]

i definitely like anime themesongs over american cartoon theme songs. -_-;;

but music wise, i can't really live without either. i gotta have my w-inds rap and dancing goodness mixed and my Thursday emo-goodness. and i like chinese music too!

[Shinkouseikatsu]

Each music made from Americans or its Japanese counterparts are the same. Music speaks one language alone.

Admit it not a lot of us who listens to Japanese music actually comprehends the lyrics yet we comprehend the sound and the whole thing.

[Angel]

Both Japanese and American music has its good and down points. It's all a matter of opinion. If you like hearing Japanese music, then of course, you're going to think it rules and of course Japan is better. But, if you like listening to American music, you'll like America more. Me, in my opinion, I like American music more because the Japanese music I heard that was non-anime, I didn't particularly like.

[Shanchan]

Me, in my opinion, I like American music more because the Japanese music I heard that was non-anime, I didn't particularly like.
meh. both american and japanese music has it's good and bad. go listen to w-inds!!! they're sooo good! i really really like teh shiki music video

look them up on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=GBSgPTwVE4s&search=w-inds

THAT should be a link to shiki!! ^___^ the boys are hot, they have good voices and they smile pretty... *is a winds fan*

and just a note: the lain theme song "Duvet" is a song by a british band. ~_^ it just shows how not all anime music is japanese... and... um... *forgot her point*

*droops again*

oh, well. GO! LISTEN! TO! SHIKI!! and be in awe of w-inds' cuteness ^________^

[Bleach&InuyashaFan]

Japanese music so rock it's better to listen to.

[deadomega]

i really like all sorts of music but japanese music sounds incedible great even throut i dont understand it

[zhuzhu07]

i guess american since i only understand english n not jap though jap music is quite catchy but hey only one choice rite?

[mygnie]

I like anime songs especially, though some english songs ae not bad either. Jap songs still win...hehe

[BAMN]

japanesse music much better

[Vinh]

japanesse music much better
i soooo agree to this guy

[Stampy]

The only music that i would listen to in another language which i dont understand would have to be eastern European style music, because the voice is so proud in that style, plus i grew up around it. as for languages which i can understand, spanish, especially Santana. cause its very smooth. I do listen to oriental music, but not nearly as much as the others.