what do you listen to??

[azndancergirl]

wth?!?!? do u guys all listen to foreign stuff?? anybody still listen to their country's own music?? not tryin to dis you, but anyone here listen to hiphop, and maybe some rock? *i do like j-rock and j-pop a bit... but i mean come on... u most likely dont understand what they are saying..*

[GirllyChic]

I do. But I do think french songs are very romantic. **

[Kaoru]

wth?!?!? do u guys all listen to foreign stuff?? anybody still listen to their country's own music?? not tryin to dis you, but anyone here listen to hiphop, and maybe some rock? *i do like j-rock and j-pop a bit... but i mean come on... u most likely dont understand what they are saying..*
Wondering that myself. I like rock, but only when it's in english so then I can sing along. Plus I like it when it actually rocks, not that light j-rock stuff.

Do you people only listen to it because it's Japanese or from Asia or what?

[three]

Wondering that myself. I like rock, but only when it's in english so then I can sing along. Plus I like it when it actually rocks, not that light j-rock stuff.

Do you people only listen to it because it's Japanese or from Asia or what?

Not because it's Japanese or comes from Asian culture; just because it's GOOD. Simple. And if it's in another language, I'll go out of my way to find lyrics so that I can sing along to it.


I listen to anything my ears can handle. Foreign or not, if it's good, I'll most likely add it to my iPod. Same with if it's just instrumental or if there are lyrics to it or even if its a ccapella. LOL.




I'm all about being eclectic with my music. :D

[Kaoru]

Not because it's Japanese or comes from Asian culture; just because it's GOOD. Simple.
Good? That's all opinion.

What I'm saying is it bothers me that fans of anime will listen to music that has "J" in front of it because it has it. Like if Gazette wasn't classified as "J-rock" half the people in America that currently listen to it probibly wouldn't listen to it. They only listen to it because it's from Japan.

Why even have that "J" in front of it? I mean, Greman rock isn't called G-rock, Swedish rock isn't called S-rock, so what makes Japan so special that it has to have "J" in front of it?

[Kukiko]

My listening habits are incredibly diverse. I listen to music in English Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hindi and French. I just really like language. I speak both English and French and I'm trying to improve on Japanese so I do understand more of it. But I don't think you have to understand the lyrics neccesarily to appreciate any given song. Music is an international language as far as I'm concerned. Infact, there are a lot of artist from other countries that have had big English hits in America and vice versa.

[odinmm]

i still listen to my own country's music, and some Japanese. i mostly listen to Rap, or R&B. like D4L, 50 cent, and Snoop dog are some of my favorites. i have been known to listen to some oldies from the 50's to early 70's.

[Iblis]

[COLOR="Purple"][SIZE="1"]Good? That's all opinion.

What I'm saying is it bothers me that fans of anime will listen to music that has "J" in front of it because it has it.

Oh, so it's not a matter of personal taste after all? As long as it has a J in front of it, eh.

I listen to what I listen to because I think it's good. I've found scores of good Japanese bands, and not nearly as many good American bands. Thus my tastes are skewed to the scene that has been best to me: the Japanese rock/pop scene. I'm not an anime fan, and thus did not discover my favorite bands through any anime. Hope that helps with your little itch.

Note that China and Korea have letters in front of their rock and pop to distinguish it from other countries music as well. It's not exclusive to Japan, though it is uncommon outside of Asia. Which, by the way, a lot of Japanese music-related sites have separate pages from foreign music for what they themselves call "Jpop". Yahoo Japan has separate categories for rock (meaning American and other countries rock) and Japanese rock. It's not a term used purely by non-Japanese.

[chousenjin]

Songs/artists I like:
Miscellaneous BBoy mixes, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Immortal Technique, Michael Buble, Andre Bocelli (sometimes), No Such Thing by John Mayer, KISS, some X Japan stuff, Smile Again by KCM, only once in a while MC Mong, Flametal (awesome Flamenco/Metal band), Frank Sinatra, Black Eyed Peas, BB King, Chrono Trigger music and remixes, a few select Elton John songs, Queen, KISS (for a while but then I got sick of them), Jay-Z, Papoose, John Legend (awesome man), FF VII: AC songs, Red Hot Chili Peppers (but then they got old, like KISS), Johnny Cash, Pachobel, Alicia Keys, Norah Jones, a few Mariah Carey songs, and perhaps Miyavi, who's on trial. There's a lot.

But yes, I agree that a lot of people listen to Japanese bands just because they're Japanese.

[circaocean]

wth?!?!? do u guys all listen to foreign stuff?? anybody still listen to their country's own music?? not tryin to dis you, but anyone here listen to hiphop, and maybe some rock? *i do like j-rock and j-pop a bit... but i mean come on... u most likely dont understand what they are saying..*

heres a ton of bands enjoy^^ {rock}

A
----------
a heart is broken
aiden
a change of pace
anias
alexisonfire
a static lullaby
armor for sleep
avenged sevenfold{old stuff}
atreyu
AFI
anberlin
the audition
all my hereos
adelphi
adair
all that remains
avarice
a dozen furies
a kiss farewell
abandon pools
alabaster
as cities burn
across five aprils
an albatross
atmosphere
aesop rock
a thorn for every heart
a long winter
at the drive in
as the sun sets
and you will know us by the trail of dead
alli with an i
a day past forever
after school knife fight
a day in black in white
a heart fades forever
as I lay dying
a kiss before dying
a trunk full of dead bodies
a stained glass romance
a heartwell ending
the anniversery
action action
against me!
american nightmare
a life once lost
anatomy of a ghost
B
----------
Beyond The citadel of coup de grace
Blood brothers
bleed the dream
bleeding martyr
breaking benjamin
blindside
brand new
burning tree projekt
before today
between home and serenity
boys don't bleed
bosio
brenan
beloved
black dahli murder
bright eyes
blessed by a broken heart
bring me the horizon
bear vs shark
between the buried and me
beyond the sixth seal
botch
barrit
beauty to ashes
bullet for my valentine
bleeding through
boys night out
bedlight for blue eyes
C
----------
castle in the sky
circa survive
chevelle
comeback kid
cursive
crash and burn
crystal noose
chiodos
circle takes the square
converge
D
----------
dead poetic
dir en grey
disturbed
drowning pool
don't let go
diamente
dear whomever
deltron 3030
death from above 1979
daughters
E
----------
emery
ever we fall
element eighty
euphoria
evergreen terrace
embrace today
ecotone
everytime I die
envy
explosions in the sky
ed gein
emanuel
elliot
F
----------
from first to last
from autumn to ashes
further seems forever
funeral for a friend
finch
forget mccaren
farewell
from aphony
femme fatality
fractional
fragile system
fleshandblood
fiad
frendamyne
free the century
fall river
from a second story window
fear before the march of flames
fall of troy
G
----------
greeley estates
gunslikegirls
give up the ghost
glassjaw
godspeed the black emporer
gym class heroes
H
----------
hand to hand
hidden in plain veiw
hopesfall
halifax
haste the day
hollywood undead
hot water music
hereafter
heavy heavy low low
hot cross
head automatica
horse the band
hot rod circuit
hot water music
he is legend
I
----------
idiot pilot
it dies to day
in fare vernan
J
----------
just surrender
K
----------
kane hodder
kids in the way
kinoko
kite flying society
L
----------
lostprophets
letterkills
linkin park
M
----------
morning call music
my american heart
minger
mass movemment of the moths
made in china
making it right
mychildrenmybride
minus the bear
misery signals
my chemical romance
mortal treason
N
----------
norma jean
no ones kind
northstar
name taken
new grey area
nothing at all
nural
nothing less
nora
O
----------
on broken wings
odd project
out last night
on the last day
orchid
one dead three wounded
P
----------
picket line
pmtoday
poison the well
project 86
pg 99
plot to blow up the eiffel tower
pretty girls make graves
Q
----------
q and not you
R
----------
roses are red
red light music
refused
recover
reggie and the full effect
reach the sky
remembering never
red roses for a blue lady
S
----------
saosin
senses fail
silverstien
scary kids scaring kids
soul liberty
secret lives of the freemason
starhidesfire
showbread
stalins wars
still life project
saving daylight
sydney
stutterfly
silvering
saetia
some girls
slayer
strike anywhere
sky came falling
T
----------
test icicles
terminal
the beautiful mistake
the recieving of sirens
the jobnet
the acid front
tragedy letters
the warriors
threat 77
the static age
stretch arm strong
TSAR
track fighting
the sound of animals fighting
the pax cecilia(autumn wind thesis)
thursday
the used
taking back sunday
the bled
thousand foot krutch
the classic crime
the fight
the victim of....
thorn for every heart
thrice
tool
the number 12 looks like you
this day forward
taking back sunday
the Juliana theory
the locust
the chariot
texas is the reason
throwdown
transistor transistor
time in malta
there were wires
the agony scene
terror
ten yard fight
the funeral bird
U
----------
underoath
V
----------
vaya
Y
----------
yesterdays rising
yuriko
Z
----------
zoeys figure
zolof the rock & roll destroyer

[Kaoru]

Oh, so it's not a matter of personal taste after all? As long as it has a J in front of it, eh.

I listen to what I listen to because I think it's good. I've found scores of good Japanese bands, and not nearly as many good American bands. Thus my tastes are skewed to the scene that has been best to me: the Japanese rock/pop scene. I'm not an anime fan, and thus did not discover my favorite bands through any anime. Hope that helps with your little itch.

Note that China and Korea have letters in front of their rock and pop to distinguish it from other countries music as well. It's not exclusive to Japan, though it is uncommon outside of Asia. Which, by the way, a lot of Japanese music-related sites have separate pages from foreign music for what they themselves call "Jpop". Yahoo Japan has separate categories for rock (meaning American and other countries rock) and Japanese rock. It's not a term used purely by non-Japanese.
I'm sure there are millions of people like you, who like all that music and stuff. If you look at my post I said "...fans of anime will listen to music that has "J" in front of it just because it has it...". Sense you just said your not a fan anime, then you aren't the kind of fan I'm talking about.

But thanks for the info on the K-rock/pop C-rock/pop stuff. You learn something everyday!

[azndancergirl]

heres a ton of bands enjoy^^ {rock}

A
----------
a heart is broken
aiden
a change of pace
anias
alexisonfire
a static lullaby
armor for sleep
avenged sevenfold{old stuff}
atreyu
AFI
anberlin
the audition
all my hereos
adelphi
adair
all that remains
avarice
a dozen furies
a kiss farewell
abandon pools
alabaster
as cities burn
across five aprils
an albatross
atmosphere
aesop rock
a thorn for every heart
a long winter
at the drive in
as the sun sets
and you will know us by the trail of dead
alli with an i
a day past forever
after school knife fight
a day in black in white
a heart fades forever
as I lay dying
a kiss before dying
a trunk full of dead bodies
a stained glass romance
a heartwell ending
the anniversery
action action
against me!
american nightmare
a life once lost
anatomy of a ghost
B
----------
Beyond The citadel of coup de grace
Blood brothers
bleed the dream
bleeding martyr
breaking benjamin
blindside
brand new
burning tree projekt
before today
between home and serenity
boys don't bleed
bosio
brenan
beloved
black dahli murder
bright eyes
blessed by a broken heart
bring me the horizon
bear vs shark
between the buried and me
beyond the sixth seal
botch
barrit
beauty to ashes
bullet for my valentine
bleeding through
boys night out
bedlight for blue eyes
C
----------
castle in the sky
circa survive
chevelle
comeback kid
cursive
crash and burn
crystal noose
chiodos
circle takes the square
converge
D
----------
dead poetic
dir en grey
disturbed
drowning pool
don't let go
diamente
dear whomever
deltron 3030
death from above 1979
daughters
E
----------
emery
ever we fall
element eighty
euphoria
evergreen terrace
embrace today
ecotone
everytime I die
envy
explosions in the sky
ed gein
emanuel
elliot
F
----------
from first to last
from autumn to ashes
further seems forever
funeral for a friend
finch
forget mccaren
farewell
from aphony
femme fatality
fractional
fragile system
fleshandblood
fiad
frendamyne
free the century
fall river
from a second story window
fear before the march of flames
fall of troy
G
----------
greeley estates
gunslikegirls
give up the ghost
glassjaw
godspeed the black emporer
gym class heroes
H
----------
hand to hand
hidden in plain veiw
hopesfall
halifax
haste the day
hollywood undead
hot water music
hereafter
heavy heavy low low
hot cross
head automatica
horse the band
hot rod circuit
hot water music
he is legend
I
----------
idiot pilot
it dies to day
in fare vernan
J
----------
just surrender
K
----------
kane hodder
kids in the way
kinoko
kite flying society
L
----------
lostprophets
letterkills
linkin park
M
----------
morning call music
my american heart
minger
mass movemment of the moths
made in china
making it right
mychildrenmybride
minus the bear
misery signals
my chemical romance
mortal treason
N
----------
norma jean
no ones kind
northstar
name taken
new grey area
nothing at all
nural
nothing less
nora
O
----------
on broken wings
odd project
out last night
on the last day
orchid
one dead three wounded
P
----------
picket line
pmtoday
poison the well
project 86
pg 99
plot to blow up the eiffel tower
pretty girls make graves
Q
----------
q and not you
R
----------
roses are red
red light music
refused
recover
reggie and the full effect
reach the sky
remembering never
red roses for a blue lady
S
----------
saosin
senses fail
silverstien
scary kids scaring kids
soul liberty
secret lives of the freemason
starhidesfire
showbread
stalins wars
still life project
saving daylight
sydney
stutterfly
silvering
saetia
some girls
slayer
strike anywhere
sky came falling
T
----------
test icicles
terminal
the beautiful mistake
the recieving of sirens
the jobnet
the acid front
tragedy letters
the warriors
threat 77
the static age
stretch arm strong
TSAR
track fighting
the sound of animals fighting
the pax cecilia(autumn wind thesis)
thursday
the used
taking back sunday
the bled
thousand foot krutch
the classic crime
the fight
the victim of....
thorn for every heart
thrice
tool
the number 12 looks like you
this day forward
taking back sunday
the Juliana theory
the locust
the chariot
texas is the reason
throwdown
transistor transistor
time in malta
there were wires
the agony scene
terror
ten yard fight
the funeral bird
U
----------
underoath
V
----------
vaya
Y
----------
yesterdays rising
yuriko
Z
----------
zoeys figure
zolof the rock & roll destroyer
what are these mostly?? i dont listen to much rock. *thats my friend who does. i listen to like hip hop and stuff.* are these like hardcore j-rock or american or korean or what?? *not bein rude. just curious*

[azndancergirl]

taking back sunday--- i actually know this band cuz i know two friends like it. interesting.... learnin/relearnin new stuff everyday...

[scarecrow]

I listen to mostly stuff from here (america) 'cause.. well that's what I'm around and that's what I see but Japanese-wise I listen tooo Miyavi, Larc, Dir en Gray, An Cafe and Psycho. I listen to British bands too o-o <3

[ddr tatsujin]

Wondering that myself. I like rock, but only when it's in english so then I can sing along. Plus I like it when it actually rocks, not that light j-rock stuff.

Do you people only listen to it because it's Japanese or from Asia or what?

I listen to it so I don't have to hear shitty american lyrics. That and it sounds good. :/

[circaocean]

what are these mostly?? i dont listen to much rock. *thats my friend who does. i listen to like hip hop and stuff.* are these like hardcore j-rock or american or korean or what?? *not bein rude. just curious*
yea some none of them are hip hop or rap theyre many diffrent variations of rock um some are pop i guess i didn't help ypu out much sry
also its mostly american

[kyothekitty]

Good? That's all opinion.

What I'm saying is it bothers me that fans of anime will listen to music that has "J" in front of it because it has it. Like if Gazette wasn't classified as "J-rock" half the people in America that currently listen to it probibly wouldn't listen to it. They only listen to it because it's from Japan.

Why even have that "J" in front of it? I mean, Greman rock isn't called G-rock, Swedish rock isn't called S-rock, so what makes Japan so special that it has to have "J" in front of it?
u got a point like me i listen 2 all rock and music but not only if they have a ''j" in the front it's not the only type of music i should listen 2 or give me one good reason y i should or should not

[kakashi]

soft rock, hard rock, just plain rock but NO Rap!

[Jacku]

Wondering that myself. I like rock, but only when it's in english so then I can sing along. Plus I like it when it actually rocks, not that light j-rock stuff.

Do you people only listen to it because it's Japanese or from Asia or what?

Nope. I listen to it because I just like what I hear. I don't have to understand something to like it. When it comes down to it, I'll listen to most kinds of rock, regardless of language. Besides English-speaking music I like to lend an ear to German and Japanese stuff and a bit of some Finnish music my penpal sent me.

[The Treasoner]

I listen to whatever catches my attention. Whether it be rap,rock,blue grass,trance,jazz, blues. Also you don't have to understand a song to like it. Some songs i like because of the rythem or the way it is played not because i can or can't understand them.

[feder]

I listen to a lot of j-pop, c-pop, and some k-pop, but I also listen to music from the USA, Denmark, Germany, and etc.
To me, music is good no matter where it comes from.
And even if I can't understand it I can still enjoy it.
Lately I've been primarily listening to Japanese, as it helps me with my listening and comprehension skills in the Japanese class I'm taking at college. I've found that singing along with lyrics and listening to songs has really improved my pronuncation and understanding of the language.
So for me it's not only fun, it's educational.

[rikku11]

hmm..

Linkin Park<3
Nickelback
KoRn
Disturbed
Staind
3 doors down

and many more!^^

[kyothekitty]

I listen to whatever catches my attention. Whether it be rap,rock,blue grass,trance,jazz, blues. Also you don't have to understand a song to like it. Some songs i like because of the rythem or the way it is played not because i can or can't understand them.
thats just like me as long as it gets my attention i listen that is the way one should listen music ha ha

[Shannish]

Right now I am really only listening to j-pop/rock. I listen to T.M. Revolution, L'arc en ciel, Kirito, B'z and GLAY.
For stuff from here linkin park and I think that's it ^^

[airmaster]

I rarely listen to japanese music, mainly because most songs fail to keep me interested for more than 15 seconds.

I listen mostly to hip hop, R&B, rap and reggae in english, creole or french.

[azndancergirl]

yea some none of them are hip hop or rap theyre many diffrent variations of rock um some are pop i guess i didn't help ypu out much sry
also its mostly american
it's all good: IT'S THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS.:D

[tomselleck69]

i listen to pretty much** everything*.


*and by everything, i do not mean "ohh i listen mostly to rock and theres this one jazz artist i like, but i hate country and rap." i mean i am a hip-hop head, an indie rock elitist, a hardcore jazz enthusiast, an angry metalhead, a gutter punk wishing it was still 1970, techno nerd who both rejects & accepts the label IDM and believer in the fact that alt-country is the most solid genre ever.

**one qualifier ["pretty much" everything]: i dislike pop-punk and classic rock.



sorry to ramble, but I AM AN AUDIOPHILE and do not want to be misrepresented. some of my favorite bands/artists are tom waits, nick cave, keiji haino, mr. bungle, the blood brothers/neon blonde, the mc5, danzig, the wu-tang clan, the old 97s, blind guardian, coltrane, the parkas, einsturzende neubauten, gwar, neko case, mastodon, cannibal ox, venetian snares, marc ribot, biggie smalls, be your own PET, frank zappa, the joy division, black flag, mike ladd, and many more...so on into infinity.

[Dusty Chalk]

**one qualifier ["pretty much" everything]: i dislike pop-punk and classic rock.You really should give the Buzzcocks a try. Try Singles Going Steady. They're great.

[Foreordained99]

LINKIN PARK! Simple Plan, Nickleback, Nightwish, Seether, Goo Goo Dolls, Within Temptation, Red Hot Chili Pepper's, Papa Roach, 3 Doors Down, Fort Minor, Green Day, Snow Patrol, Yellow Card, The Rasmus, Switchfoot...

all that kinda stuff^^

[tomselleck69]

buzzcocks are not classic rock or pop-punk!!!!

+

i already like them!!!!!!!

[azndancergirl]

so much rock.... I DONT LISTEN TO ROCK. my friend does... she really likes Panic at the Disco. anyone heard of them?

[circaocean]

it's all good: IT'S THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS.:D
thanks

[circaocean]

so much rock.... I DONT LISTEN TO ROCK. my friend does... she really likes Panic at the Disco. anyone heard of them?
yea they a really overated i heard them before they were mainstream and i still thought they were overrated

[azndancergirl]

what do you mean by overrated???

[CloudyMind]

It really doesen't matter where the music came from or is it in english, japanese, finnish or spanish... What does matter is if the music is good.
Yes, most of the music I listen is from some other country than my own, for example, I like Gackt, but that is because I like his music, not because it came from Japan.

I listen all kinds of music, but metal is what I try to avoid..
I like: HIM, Gackt, L'Arc~en~ciel, The Rasmus, Whitney Houston (yes, for real), 3 Doors Down and so on...

[circaocean]

what do you mean by overrated???
they aren't that great theyre alright id give'em a one and a half out of five

[kyothekitty]

wow! u guys write like crazy here slow down

[azndancergirl]

wow! u guys write like crazy here slow down
isnt that... what forums do??

[Kantami]

Yes i have heard of them! I love them I listen to things like My Chemical Romance,Fall Out Boy,Bullet For My Valentine and Atreyu and Panic! at the disco! I listen to metal/rock and love so many other bands! I am friends with Panic at the disco on my space but so are many other people!

[kyothekitty]

isnt that... what forums do??
u got a point there but u have any idea how mutch some of us hafta read it is crazy sometimes up to 4-6 pages just to catch up damn o well if i must i must

[Dusty Chalk]

Okay, I will t-y-p-e s--l--o--w--e--r--.--.--.

[kyothekitty]

Okay, I will t-y-p-e s--l--o--w--e--r--.--.--.
that is just fricken..............kool

[azndancergirl]

u got a point there but u have any idea how mutch some of us hafta read it is crazy sometimes up to 4-6 pages just to catch up damn o well if i must i must
sorry.... but hey, you could always skim on it. i dunno, i got comp class in the morning so i go on the internet then and that's how i catch up and stuff.

[enchantressofthenight]

I listen to a variety of stuff, but the only Japanese songs really that I like so far is the FMA opening theme. Does that even count? But I like NickelBack, *****cat Dolls, Fall Out Boy, Black Eyed Peas, and Kelly Clarkson

[mimichan1000]

i listen to J-Rock , J-Pop and Spanish music:cool:

[Kenji08]

I actually listen to our countries music more than foreign. I listen mainly to Heavy metal and rock. Sometimes ill listen to softer music too.

[lilbabie168]

i mostly listen to chinese, japanese, and korean music. for english songs i listen to trance and alternative rock

[SaSuNaRu]

mostly emo, screamo, punk, j-pop, and anime soundtracks.. XD

[TheBohemian]

they aren't that great theyre alright id give'em a one and a half out of five

I agree with that. From what I've heard, I think they're more obnoxious than anything; the vocals just tend to grate on my nerves a little bit. *shrugs* Go figure.

And yeah, I listen to Japanese music-- anime sdtks, no less. But it's not because I'm a Japanophile or anything, I just like the sound of the music, the rythm of it. The same way I'd pick up a sdtk from an American film, be it rock, instrumental, whatever.

Other than that, I have a pretty eclectic taste: jazz, blues, a little metal, classical, SOME rap--though I tend to be annoyed with the most recent hits-- folk, soul, emo... Just about anything but country!!
(the bane of my existence!!)

[kyothekitty]

j-rock,rock,spanish music,some rap,and instrumentals,....oh what the hell i listen from jazz all the way to death metal

[kairi990]

I listen mostly to J-Urban music (J-R&B, J-Rap, etc.), but I enjoy pretty much all foreign music.

I used to listen to american music, but now I can't stand it. What keeps me away from it is that I feel the american music industry is flooded with so much fakes and wanna-be's that it's hard to find a good artist, much less a song anymore. Everything is so generic...

[ZukoJin]

wth?!?!? do u guys all listen to foreign stuff?? anybody still listen to their country's own music?? not tryin to dis you, but anyone here listen to hiphop, and maybe some rock? *i do like j-rock and j-pop a bit... but i mean come on... u most likely dont understand what they are saying..*
I've only been to the music forum a couple of times and felt out of place since I don't listen to foreign stuff myself. Don't get me wrong. I like j-pop and j-rock. I just don't listen to it regularly. As for what I listen to, I like Switchfoot alot right now.

[kazuchiyo]

I've only been to the music forum a couple of times and felt out of place since I don't listen to foreign stuff myself. Don't get me wrong. I like j-pop and j-rock. I just don't listen to it regularly. As for what I listen to, I like Switchfoot alot right now.

Don't worry about it. 90% of what I listen to isn't Asian either.
As for me, I listen mostly to David Bowie, Frank Zappa, Cocteau Twins, various New Wave artists, stuff like Joy Division, Bauhaus, Rob Zombie and any number of other things, but mostly western music from the 80's or earlier.

[tomselleck69]

Don't worry about it. 90% of what I listen to isn't Asian either.
As for me, I listen mostly to David Bowie, Frank Zappa, Cocteau Twins, various New Wave artists, stuff like Joy Division, Bauhaus, Rob Zombie and any number of other things, but mostly western music from the 80's or earlier.
ahhh really good taste for the win.

[kazuchiyo]

ahhh really good taste for the win.
Thanks! I am really interested in modern/contemporary music history so I try to dig deep to find good/more technically complex stuff.

[Kantami]

I don't like J-rock either. I do listen to some BoA and Utada Hikaru I listen to rock and metal

[takoon51]

yo whats up man j-rock kicks ass hay im not saying dont onlykisten to that cause i listen to almost everything rock(japenese or american ),rap,techno,country, hiphop, rnb, pop, but not gospel or black metal or heavy metal so dont knock something till you try it cause music is great try all types you might be suprised:cool:

[kazuchiyo]

yo whats up man j-rock kicks ass hay im not saying dont onlykisten to that cause i listen to almost everything rock(japenese or american ),rap,techno,country, hiphop, rnb, pop, but not gospel or black metal or heavy metal so dont knock something till you try it cause music is great try all types you might be suprised:cool:

I don't think people are knocking it. Some just don't like it. That's allowed, you know.

[takoon51]

yo as i said im just saying give it a chance i never said it wasnt allowed dont put words im my mouth or int this case(words on my lines)

[Sakuya]

I listen to a lot of J-pop like Cool Joke, BoA, Utada Hikaru, Yellow Generation, and Asian Kung-fu Generation. Since BoA sings in Korean too, I listen to that as well. I also listen to Nickelback, Linking Park, and Evanescence.

[Iblis]

I listen to a lot of J-pop like Cool Joke, BoA, Utada Hikaru, Yellow Generation, and Asian-Kung fu Generation.

Why don't you just say you listen to anime music? D:

[kazuchiyo]

yo as i said im just saying give it a chance i never said it wasnt allowed dont put words im my mouth or int this case(words on my lines)

I'm assuming that they have. I know that I listened to Japanese music primarily in high school, eventually got bored and ended up listening to mostly non-Japanese stuff again.

[Sakuya]

Why don't you just say you listen to anime music? D:
Well, I was only naming a few of the Japanese artists I do like. Sorry. :( Besides, I don't listen to all anime music. There are some I just don't like.

[nikitia]

i'll listen to just about anything, other then that country crap, shania twain ruined that for me. i listen to classical, opera, the odd bit of pop now and then (i was a product of the moffatt fandum when i was younger) rock, rap if the mood takes me, dance, even some jpop. i don't even care if i don't understand a word that's being said, so long as the artist/band/group sounds like they have talent, and/or the song sounds intelligent, or just sounds good in general, i'll probably listen to it, (so long as brittney spears, backstreet boys, nsync, or the *****cat dolls didn't have anything to do with it).

[DigiDigi]

Right now i'm listening to PATD, FOB, Yellowcard, PCD, The Gorillaz, Shakira, DaddyYankee, Fort Minor,and Kelly Clarkson So yes i do have a lot of favorite american bands. However i find that I'm listening to a lot more J-rock and j-pop bands like Asian Kung-fu Generation, Bikyorn, Mayya Sakemoto and I listen to a lot of anime sdtks . To me, it doesn't matter if the song is in english or not as long as it makes me feel something.

[Kantami]

I listen to riock and metal like Panic! At the disco,My Chemical Romance,Him,Flyleaf,Taking Back Sunday,Bullet For My Valentine,Hollywood Undead, Atreyu,MArilyn Manson,Evanesence...

[Kantami]

yay! I like your bands that you listen to! You should try flyleaf they are really good! They also have a female singer not many around in rock bands I am talking to that guy or girl who had a really long list of bands he or she liked on the first page so I am making sense :D

[pinkxkyou]

Jrock has ruled my life for the past few years. Hm... I've been listening to a lot of Vidoll (hence the avatar ^_^), Daisuke Asakura (and the whole DA Family)Schwarz Stein, Hora ~god synthesis, Kaya's (from Schwarz Stein)'s solo project, Dir en grey, AnicCafe, Ayabie, +DespairsRay+, D'erlanger, alice nine, baroque, cali=gari, Guniw Tools, Karma Shenjing, Silver Ash, Penicillin, Kuroyume, Pierrot, Aikaryu...
But I do listen to other non-Japanese bands, like Rammstein, 30 Seconds to Mars (only their first album, though... I never got into their new stuff), A Static Lullaby... and I love Chris Vrenna's music ^_^

[Fullmetal]

I listen to everything except rap and country. Rock is definatly
my favorite genre. I also listen to anything from jazz to classical.
I'm only really into jazz and classical because I play classical piano
and saxophone in a jazz band. Then I play bass in a rock band.

[Shannish]

I listen to all different types of music French, Spanish, Japanese, middle east, jazz, classical music I could go on ^^ But right now I bands that I listen to the must are:
T.M. Revolution
L'arc en ciel
Kirito
High and mighty colors
Well they are all Japanese ^^ I guess I'm in the Japanese mood right now heh heh

[revolution]

i hardly listen to any foreign music.
sure, some stuff is from europe, and i listen to the occasional japanese artists, but if it's in another language, i usually don't listen to a lot of it.

[Seikou]

wth?!?!? do u guys all listen to foreign stuff?? anybody still listen to their country's own music?? not tryin to dis you, but anyone here listen to hiphop, and maybe some rock? *i do like j-rock and j-pop a bit... but i mean come on... u most likely dont understand what they are saying..*
i agree. i dont listen to a whole lot of hiphop/rap. i hear it from friends, but no particular fondness to it. jpop and jrock are okay, i just dont understand what theyre saying becuse im not fluent in japanese, nor do i speak more than a few words in it. mostly i listen to nu-metal (as it is technically called) like SOAD, some others that i cant classify like: Linkin Park, AFI, Weezer, Nickelback, and plenty of singles by various bands.

[shawn432]

i like metal right know im lisening to slipknot and AFI.i like alot of j pop too.

[Cura]

What the hell. I listen to what sounds appealing to me. Kinda from the Barbie Girl song to Korn and such. I listen to J-pop as well.
Don't know if anyone said this yet, but sometimes you don't always have to understand the lyrics to get the song. Sometimes it's all in the beat; rythm; the actual MUSIC. I like Techno the most though. It gives me something to move my body to. Well, that's all me anyway.

[Candy Demon]

I am carefully restraining myself from making any comments on P!ATD, Linkin Park, and scores of J-whatever. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and as long as I'm not forced to listen-- blah blah blah, I THINK YOU HAVE LAME TASTE IN MUSIC. ;P

But I still love you anyways. ♥

Personally, I like a lot of glamrock. I am fairly obsessed with David Bowie (Church of Areaology, anyone?), and also love Slade, Sweet, New York Dolls, and just generally things in that vein. Ohh, Lou Reed, too. I've recently really started to like Pink Floyd a lot, I think they must have just been too mellow for me when I was younger or something.

I do like some J-pop and J-rock too, mainly things I was really fond of when I was fourteen or so. L'arc and the pillows, pretty much. And anything from the DDR soundtrack, because that stuff is like crack

And, because music posts tend to go on forever, and I can never shut up, I also love Frou Frou / Imogen Heap, and the Dresden Dolls.

[MomoxD]

I listen to some songs in English but mostly J-pop and C-pop. I'll admit, I can't understand J-pop songs since I don't know Japanese but C-pop isn't foreign to me. I have a few K-pop ones but not much. I listen to what ever sounds nice to me. :] I especially like Hacken Lee's songs and Nicholas Tse's.

[jamedz]

I listen to Rock music from USA, England,Canada, Austrailia(AC/DC) My fav is probably Lostprophets (emo).

[Talim]

Mostly J-pop, like Utada Hikaru and Asian Kung-Fu Generation!
:p

[Tchaikorin]

I listen to virtually anything, but most of it is all different types of rock.

I was brought up on Black Sabbath and Ozzie, Queen, and a whole bunch of British rock, so that stuff makes up a lot of what I listen to.

[gaarasoul]

Hard Rock,Metal,and just rock nothing else

[stewisgood11]

Hard Rock,Metal,and just rock nothing else

pretty much what i listen to.. but i throw some reggae here and there.... i dont like very many punk bands (green day... ewww)... and u gotta love those classics (led zeppelin)

[Kadaj]

1.Skillet
2.Kutless
3.Relient K
4.Pillar

[Shay]

rock, metal, and AC/DC

[DiZTewell]

i listen to all pop, pop rock, and some rap

[ZukoJin]

I'm really into Kutless and BSB right now!

[xxmoonphasexx]

ok i like so many bands i dont even remember all them right now. but yeah i listen to this country and other countrys stuff. i am sick though of whats big in american cuz its all starting to sound the same!

[happy_sakura]

i listen to all sorts really, I love J-Pop and J-Rock, but also british bands such as The Clash, Oasis, and the Sex Pistols, american bands such as The Misfits, Ramones and Operation Ivy. i also have time for a bit of cheese (anyone remember Aqua? they were GREAT!) and a bit of drum and bass. Mainly Punk/Rock more than anything though

[Serafimangel]

Hrmm, I like Nickleback, Santana, Some aerosmith n=and Black Sabbath and alice cooper and corinne bailey rae. Just random stuff I guess

[shojogrl2]

I listen to mostly C-pop , t-pop, j-pop, a little korean. I actually like alot of American music rock (that does not involves "screamers"), most pop (yes I still like the Backstreet Boys), and I'd say John Mayer type stuff. But now that I have a choice I definetely choose Asian pop over American 90 percent of the time. I can't stand J-rock of what I have heard of it. Techno and dance are cool sometimes. It doesn't really bother me that I don't know what there saying. I like the beat better. I was never than into music before but now I can't get enough. I really like Ai Otsuka, Ken Harai, Ayumi Hamasaki, Jay Chou, SHE, F4, Angela Chang, Hikaru Utada, Nicky Lee, Sammie Cheng. Ireally want to try some European bands, since I like all the Asian music they might be cool to. I may be wrong, but it seems like American music is more isolated, with less outside influence, which might be why foreign music sounds so different.

[kairi990]

I listen to mostly C-pop , t-pop, j-pop, a little korean. I actually like alot of American music rock (that does not involves "screamers"), most pop (yes I still like the Backstreet Boys), and I'd say John Mayer type stuff. But now that I have a choice I definetely choose Asian pop over American 90 percent of the time. I can't stand J-rock of what I have heard of it. Techno and dance are cool sometimes. It doesn't really bother me that I don't know what there saying. I like the beat better. I was never than into music before but now I can't get enough. I really like Ai Otsuka, Ken Harai, Ayumi Hamasaki, Jay Chou, SHE, F4, Angela Chang, Hikaru Utada, Nicky Lee, Sammie Cheng. Ireally want to try some European bands, since I like all the Asian music they might be cool to. I may be wrong, but it seems like American music is more isolated, with less outside influence, which might be why foreign music sounds so different.

No you're absolutely right.
Today's mainstream american music is crap. C.R.A.P

[Kadaj]

I'm the only panhead here... sigh:(

[Iblis]

http://www.amadirectlink.com/news/images/dealershow/panhead.jpg


We are all Panheads here.

[MephistoWaltz]

I listen to Jpop.

[visualxkei]

i used to listen to chinese pop. now its jpop, kpop, jrock and krock. lol. and on special occasions i listen to american music, but thats rare

[CrazyCat]

I listen to...everything really. From video game and anime music to rock and pop. However, I don't favor rap and hip hop that much. And I found out that I have a taste for 'screamy' music. =^-^=

[Leon Strife]

I Like Pop-Rock, Country-Rock, and Techno

[1manganewb]

I'm into rock at this moment. Mostly what people call 'emo' bands. But there are a couple of hardcore rock songs I can get into.

I like country/ rock and 30 percent of the older rock (circa garth brooks era-sad i know) .

Not really into hip hop or rap, but every now and then there is a song i can't get out of my head and is addictive.

[otakuloco]

i mostly listen to foreign bands like Rammstein or L`~arc~en~ceil. I would listen to anything that's good except if it's to popular(with few exceptions) or that it is rap or country(i really hate this genres.

[BabyIchigo]

Good? That's all opinion.

What I'm saying is it bothers me that fans of anime will listen to music that has "J" in front of it because it has it. Like if Gazette wasn't classified as "J-rock" half the people in America that currently listen to it probibly wouldn't listen to it. They only listen to it because it's from Japan.

Why even have that "J" in front of it? I mean, Greman rock isn't called G-rock, Swedish rock isn't called S-rock, so what makes Japan so special that it has to have "J" in front of it?


every type of music rocks

[SerenityT]

i listen to anime songs... but i've never tried
J-rock or J-pop... but, i normally listen
to rock!! hahah! punk, emo... & sometimes metal<]
i love music!!!

[feder]

I listen to....
J-pop
J-rap
J-rock
C-pop
Rock
Oldies
Christian Rock
Alternative
Techno
Dance
Eurobeat

and that's pretty much it.

[xxxRainbowInjection]

i listen to most songs in english, but i like some spanish and italian songs. i dont really like 'j' any thing.

[TonightMidnight]

This is gonna be long...

I listen to:

-Rap/Hip-Hop
-R&B
-Soul
-Pop
-Rock
-Alternative
-Classical
-Opera
-Country
-Reggaeton
-Salsa, Bachata, and Cumbia
-J-Pop, J-Hip Hop, and J-Rock
-C-Pop, C-Rock
-Techno
-Funk
-Oldies