you just flat out like the way it sounds, rythm... beat. Anything really can make someone like something :agree:

 

Rammstein for example.

Rammstein sucks

 

No, it isn't useless. It's far from it. Many listen to music while holding greater value towards the music; the instruments. Some people place emphasis on lyrics, others focus on beat, but for some people (myself included) words just aren't important at all.

I myself value the voice as an instrument moreso than a means to spit lyrics around, and I'm sure those who listen to foreign music do it for the same reason.

Fell into that one.

:rotflmao:

 

Because it... sounds good?

I like my 99 red balloons tyvm.

 

yea, I agree with Mako Eyes, he's right. It depends what aspect you are relating the music to. Whether it's the lyrical or rhythmical perspective. It really comes down to one's opinion.

 

i can understand it better than the american crap and i can better identify with it.

 

i love the inuyasha ending themes theyre pretty hot, even though i dont really listen to japanese stuff. I like the girls voice its amazing.

 

Hmm... well, personally I like music with good rythm/beat AND lyrics that I can understand. That's just me I guess.

 

I.e. I like the music in GOW II. It has latin/greek voices in there. I don't understand it but it sounds great.

 

Why do people listen to music in different languages? Especially nerds who listen to the Japanese crap.

It never bothered me before when all I had to do was hear the people online talk about how they listened to that Japanese music, but now my friends are listening to that "Tokio Hotel" crap. I'm like "Ok, so you don't understand what the are saying, but you listen to them?................. um.......ok?"

I mean, I can understand if you understand at least some of it, but when you don't know more than 3 words in the language the music is in, it's useless.

I use Japanese arts and medium to help myself to learn the language. By subtitling videos or following a lyrics sheet, it's easier to figure out word ordering and how certain phrases are used. I think your outlook is a much close-minded one, to say the least.

 

Plus Ayumi is just hot

 

Hmm, my reasons for listening to different music is basically not because of the languages. It's primarily because of it's difference in instruments, music, and general feel.

For example, Japan has the most number of Pop songs, which is uplifting and fun to listen to, I even listen to Chinese and Korean pop songs as well.

 

Music is a form of art, sometimes you don't have to understand it, you just have to feel it. A lot of music is open to interpretation of the person who's listening to it, especially with music which to him/her focuses on the melody and vocals without the actual lyrics being know, stuff that feels emotional despite not knowing what they sing about.

 

well my reasons is simple

Language barrier is not an obstruction from listening to diff languages, Its if you like it or not

You may listen if you really want to, if you don't want to then you can ignore it, Its that simple.

 

i listen to japanese music specialy in anime, after i listen, i read their translations to know how good the lyrics and the japanese composers are:thumb:

 

im from the netherlands i listen american rap music you know why?
becouse dutch music SUCKS

 

Why do people listen to music in different languages?

I think it's really helpfull when you are trying to learn another language.

 

Music is a form of art, sometimes you don't have to understand it, you just have to feel it. A lot of music is open to interpretation of the person who's listening to it, especially with music which to him/her focuses on the melody and vocals without the actual lyrics being know, stuff that feels emotional despite not knowing what they sing about.

Nonetheless. :thumb:

"Het is een nacht die wordt bezongen in het mooiste lied"

 

im from the netherlands i listen american rap music you know why?
becouse dutch music SUCKS

Personally I'd rather send that music on the first plane back to JFK Airport. Maybe it's because in that case I do understand what they're singing or mumbling about

 

when listening to music I usually care much more about the music itself than the lyrics. Of course I like to know what a song is about, but not being able to hear it isn't nescesarily a reason for me not to listen.

 

People who listen to music for just lyrics, know NOTHING about what music is. If you want words, go read a book for god's sake.

This is just like asking "why do people listen to instrumentals?" If you truly don't know, pop culture either holds your hand or you had your ears blown off because you though lighting fireworks in your ears was cool.

I don't believe in tone deaf, I think people just need to be taught a few things before they judge something.

 

I think it's really helpfull when you are trying to learn another language.

I discovered the irony to this. When I was in Japan I would ask my friend about some song on TV and she flat-out admitted that she had no clue what they were singing about. Just like japanese songs use nonsense english words, they apparently use plenty of nonsense japanese words. I think they have alot of "At the Drive-In" style music.

She doesn't even like Japanese music, she likes.. Sting. A LOT. I mean it's ALL she listens to. It drove me bonkers.

I have a friend (here in the US) that is addicted to asian pop music, specifically female artists. His interest is purely physical, he likes it cuz the girls are cute. I am not so swayed, I think most asian music is grating to my ears. There's very little I will actually tolerate.

 

I use to listen nothing but J Pop and J Rock a while ago (like two or three years actually). It was a phase and went away.

Anyway IMO, every Japanese song with translated lyrics that I listened to didn't make any sense at all. Plus I used to hate the fact that they snuck in English words that had no business being in the song in the first place. It just didnt make sense at all when you got down to the meat of the song but I did like the beats, rhythm, etc of the songs which is why I listened to them.

 

Sometimes the words are not actual words but they use the voice as an instrument. There are lots of songs that are sang in the Xenosaga Episode II and III OSTs but there are only 2 songs that have actual words. The rest are used to transmit feelings.

 

American music just sucks, thats all there is to it. Almost every pop song is pertains to "love and sex", nothing else. Thats boring, dry, lame and not very creative. I'm just tired of all the negative and subliminal messaging american music has to offer. And I dont want to hear the words "whoop that *****" and "f**k this hoe" all day either.

So I'd much rather listen to the Jap's stuff, like Kageyama Hironobu, or even some European artists like Giogio Vanni.