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YoshimiTheEthereal 12-24-2008 06:35 AM

I think Jrock because it sounds different in a good way and the singers are overall better. I can't find anyone who I think can sing in the US besides Elvis, or has any real passion. In Japan, I find more talent, like from Gackt and Klaha, for example. The music is also more exciting and I like the way lyrics are structured better, too.

Keaton421 12-24-2008 06:38 AM

It could be something lost in translation, but Jrock lyrics never sound meaningful to me, usually a little childish or silly.

AmbeRz 12-24-2008 06:39 AM

Jrock lyrics sound WAY more meaningful than western lyrics. They're so deep and meaningful sometimes I can't understand them. :p

superheel 12-24-2008 06:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Keaton421 (Post 650507)
It could be something lost in translation, but Jrock lyrics never sound meaningful to me, usually a little childish or silly.

Agree with that, they sound emoish and lyrics are abit corny. Still, if there's one thing I like about JRock, it's really the melody and the sound. The lyrics, nah.

Kloudcat 12-24-2008 08:45 AM

I chose J-Rock, because most of the J-Rock I listen to has singers with very powerful voices and the music sounds alot better to me. It's almost a tie between the two, though.

MissMisa 12-24-2008 09:21 AM

Western rock! It just has more meaning and I know of a deeper history than Jrock does to me~ Plus a lot of Jrock bands are exactly the same, sound the same and look the same [some western rock bands are like that, but less so.]

Ronin4hire 12-24-2008 09:32 AM

Surely it depends on the band no?

I've never heard J-rock... but I can't stand the My Chemical Romance, Fallout Boy type of rock. My kind of rock is Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Foo fighters etc.

MissMisa 12-24-2008 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Ronin4hire (Post 650554)
Surely it depends on the band no?

I've never heard J-rock... but I can't stand the My Chemical Romance, Fallout Boy type of rock. My kind of rock is Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Foo fighters etc.

That pile of poo doesn't deserve to be called rock, so I don't tend to worry about that :p

iPhantom 12-24-2008 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Ronin4hire (Post 650554)
My Chemical Romance

I don't know much about their songs, but he surely wears what Billie Joe has wore for years, and once went EMO when Billie Joe advised him about something o.O

We can't see much of the JRock lyrics, but according what someone said, rock seems to have better lyrics... more meaningful.

Ah and about the age of bands, JRock bands seem to be so young for a genre who came in the '80.

Ronin4hire 12-24-2008 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by MissMisa (Post 650555)
That pile of poo doesn't deserve to be called rock, so I don't tend to worry about that :p

I wish I could do that... The radio stations here play it all the time. I am forced to listen to the radio at work :(


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