2008-06-08, 10:43 | Link #41 | |
ボカロ廃
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Underground
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Creating image for songs though, sure, on music that doesn't originally have a lyric to it. The image I create for a song is usually build around the lyrics if it's a vocal. OK back to a certain 強気の王子様 song. 90k views, I sense another matsuri. |
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2008-06-11, 04:24 | Link #42 |
Undead Fansub TL/TLC
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Hawaii
Age: 43
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Well, it's a plus if you can understand what is being said/sung, but it's not really a necessity, IMHO. You can enjoy music from around the world by listening to the song's rhythm and etc. Like how you might enjoy any type of instrumental music you may hear on a day to day basis, regardless of the style or where it came from.
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2008-06-11, 04:36 | Link #43 |
Master of Cheese
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As an electronic music artists, and Dj, I run into the language problem a lot. The majority of the 'mainstream' (of the US Market) are just dumbfounded by my sound. Often jumping the gun, saying its "repetative". So is every other genre of music, especially if its played on 'convential' instruments like guitars and pianos. Only so many chords, yet if you attached language, meaning or words to the sounds, something new emerges. So when people hate on my various Techno or Hardcore its usually a predisposition or genre bias, which is understand as everyone is allowed an opinion.
The sounds are more defined in how they want to make you feel and the melodies are given a more direct meaning. Music is the universal language, even when a language you don't understand is spoken over it. Since you can't stop the feeling, regardless of what it is, when listening to a song you like/hate. |
2008-06-11, 05:47 | Link #44 |
yare yare..
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Earth (:
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As long as the tune is good enough.. I don't think it's a must.
Instead, if the song is really good and I don't understand the language, I'll go for ways to know what they're singing about. I get disappointed sometimes though, when they don't turn out to what I expect them to be. But that doesn't mean I don't like that anymore. Basically, it doesn't matter. To me at least though I would appreciate if I know some.
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2008-06-12, 01:21 | Link #45 |
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Join Date: Jun 2008
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As above mentioned, back when I couldn't understand a word of Japanese, I listened to the songs and sometimes was disappointed when the translations weren't what I expected them to be.
Now that I understand some Japanese to understand songs somewhat, I find that I don't enjoy the song any more or less than when I couldn't understand a word. I think music is about the arrangements and how it is carried out, the emotion that it is sang with, and does the voice fit the style of music. I find that sometimes the lyrics hinder how we appreciate a song, since sometimes the lyrics are so bad we refuse to listen to the music a second time :3. |
2008-06-15, 13:58 | Link #48 |
Kick reason to the curb
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Korakuen Hall...
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Not entirely necessary for certain songs. If the song creates a certain mood or atmosphere, then there's no real need to hear the lyrics correctly unless they are a part of creating these emotions in the listener. Many times it's more the way the lyrics are sung than the actual lyrics themselves.
Although I will say that I listened to some French punk rock/heavy rock song a few days ago and I just don't think the French language is suited to that sort of music. |
2008-06-15, 21:12 | Link #49 |
horo fan
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: missouri, usa
Age: 39
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i don't think you really need to know the language to like the music. sometimes the song sounds much better in it's original language than when it's translated into english, and then the translation doesn't make sense. i listen to french music, eventhough some of the words i don't know and i have translated many songs and most of the songs make more sense in the original language or i just stink at translating.
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2008-06-17, 16:03 | Link #50 |
赤い狐
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Colorful Colorado
Age: 47
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Another vote that you don't need to fully understand the lyrics to enjoy the song. I loved Escaflowne's "Hikari no naka e", "Poketto wo kara ni shite", and "Yakusoku wa irenai" long before I actually went and looked up the translation. Mostly because Maaya Sakamoto has an amazing voice and Youko kanno is an awesome composer/musician.
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2008-06-18, 00:14 | Link #51 |
Heaven's Nightmare
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Why should you care?
Age: 35
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Music is about sound as far as i'm know, so i consider the lyrics something completly different.
I prefer to listen to the way an artists sings a song than to the lyrics played by some sort of computer. They would be the same lyrics but the melody resulting from the interpretation is what we finally listen. After all music and poetry are different things. |
2008-06-19, 17:02 | Link #53 |
Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: USA
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i personally don't really care if i understand/hear the lyrics or not. I think that if the song is catcy and i like it, then hey ill listen to it. One of my favorite songs is from the anime "Vampire Knight" which is the ending song called "still Doll" I've even seen the video. I agree with Mickal555's comment about the numa numa song lol. he/she makes a good point!
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2008-06-22, 13:54 | Link #54 |
Metal-head. Rock Artist.
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Temecula, CA
Age: 35
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It's not necessary to learn the language. I enjoy foreign music, and 80% of the time I don't know what they are saying. There is, to some extent, a meaning to every song and if you can't really understand the language, you won't fully know what it's about, but hey as long as you enjoy your music I could care less if you know it or not.
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2008-07-02, 02:19 | Link #55 | |
The polyphony
Join Date: Mar 2008
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2008-07-08, 07:05 | Link #57 |
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Join Date: Apr 2006
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Yeah I understand the Japanese cause I can find lyrics,look up kanji I don't know and then I have it. Honestly, it makes me like the song/artist less cause I feel disappointed the lyrics aren't amazing or anything... SomesongsI can just tell is bad because they use really cheesy lyrics that um... anyone that's watchedany small amount of anime would understand...
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2008-08-30, 00:01 | Link #58 |
Insane Fangirl
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Home of the 2010 Olympics
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I find that language is still a part of a song, because a song is the fusion between music and poetry/language. That's why I try to look up the lyrics as much as I can for the songs I listen too.
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2008-08-30, 00:19 | Link #59 |
HI, BILLY MAYS HERE
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I really don't care about the lyrics...When it comes to vocals, what matters to me is how well the vocalist can sing...I don't need to understand what a singer is singing in order to know that they're a good singer, because if they suck at singing, why bother knowing what they're singing?
In either case, as a musician, I pay more attention to the music than anything else...There's a reason why I listen to a band like Maximum The Hormone despite the language barrier, and I sure as hell don't listen to bands like Van Halen and Metallica for the lyrics either...
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