Well,

If this question hasnt already been asked I been thinking... Which do you prefer more? Asian or American?

As for me, I personally find that American Music is sorta loopy in there beat patterns and such and such but as for Asian Music its more unique, its always different well least thats how I see it.

So how about you all?

i prefer asian music overall...
i remember in an interview, wondergirl ye eun mentioned how korean music focuses on the melodies, but american music is centered more around the beat.
my ipod contains an even mix of both, though ^____^
i just wish that the asian music industry wasn't so obsessed with americanizing themselves...i view it as an act of desperation -__- genuine kpop, jpop, etc. is kind of going down the drain these days ><" now the majority of songs are filled with overrated, cliche american lyrics

Oooh, yeh that is true Korean Music focuses on melody more then beat hehe.

American music....i don't care how many people talk bad about american music.

I think of all the classic hits in the american industry that help shaped the type music we hear in the asian industry. I mean most of the asian artists you hear today are modeled after some western artist in one way or another whether it be mariah carey, micheal jackson(who shaped the world), beyonce, etc. Right now I listen to asian music more but at the end of the day my favorite asian artists will never compare to my favorite american artists.

BTW I hate it when people try to justifiy how crappy american music is by comparing really good asian artists to crappy mainstream artists in the US and when they talk about how lovely the lyrics are to a song they don't really undertsand and compare it to some crap rap song lyrics. If you're gonna compare at least do it fairly lol! Stop comparing soulja boy to people like wang lee hom!

lol ;o I see lol~ Interesting point

American music, mainstream and indie. I prefer both to be American.
I used to listen to a ton of Asian music but I don't really listen to any at all anymore.
To me, it all sounds the same now. Nothing's really that original.
Plus, I hate asian hip hop because I always feel like they're trying way too hard.

i like american music better....
a lot of korean artists are manufactured and unoriginal (ie, sm's kids are all the same)

i'm an indie kid at heart.

American. For all the issues I have with the American music industry(and I have a lot) and it's lack of originality and reliance on formulas. Asian music(mainstream anyway) seems to be an even more watered down, artificial version of all that.*refrains from going off on a rant about big business retarding music*

Hm, I like both, but I think I .. connect more with Asian music? Idunno. I don't even know if that made sense, LOL.
I have both on my ipod, it's just that I get too lazy to actually download American songs. I don't have Limewire or anything, and asian songs are easier to find haha. Plus, I hear American songs all the time in the radio, so yup.

Either way, I like the same genres, so.. meh. xD

American. At least you see American singers trying to be different and stand out. Korean pop artists tend to follow trends too much like Tablo from Epik High said. Like the electronic/techno music in Korea was good to hear at first, and then every other artist in Korea had to jump on the bandwagon and do the same type of music. Plus, Korean pop artist are too manufactured w/ their training for 7 years before debut. If you can sing, you shouldn't have to train for so long. Just a few vocal lessons to help you reach your true potential should be enough. Asian artists also tend to be too clean cut and afraid to take chances for fear of the "netizens" and etc. Chinese music tend to be saturated with a lot of ballads while Korean music tend to be dominated by idol groups w/ a few ballad artists as exceptions on the charts. Japanese Music seems to be the asian country with alot of variety in their charts(hip hop, rock, pop).

umm it depends on the day for me. some days i hate american music and the same thing for korean. so i guess its equal.

If you asked me this a few year ago, it would have been asian...

But seriously, every industry has the good and the bad.

American mainstream is mostly pretty eh...but some of it is good, and since I listen to alot of non mainstream stuff and indie music, I can say there's ALOT there.

Asian music can be original, or it can be terribly generic and bad. Depends, just like american music. Some absolutely suck, while others (leehom, jay chou, jj lin) are very talented and original.

You just need to know where to look.



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I agree with some of the replies here . To be honest , I like both but Im more to the American music side . Dont get me wrong , I actually do like Asian music but I dont listen to those manufactured Asian boybands/girlbands like 2PM , 2AM , SUPERJUNIOR,WONDERGIRLS,SNSD, AFTER SCHOOL, XING, ,U-KISS,Fahrenheit,Shinee etc(Plus their repetitive songs like Again Again, Sorry Sorry, Tell Me , Nobody, Gee doesnt help either) ..All they have are good looks and are just trained cuz they know fangirls will buy into it. I mean they dont even have raw talent compared to real artists like Seo Taiji, Se7en, JiSun,Lim Jeong Hee,Shin Hyesung,Mate,Clazziquai etc.. Thats why I tend to listen to more underrated artists or have actual talent be it Chinese , Korean or Japanese artists like M-Flo , Khalil Fong , Yoshika, Lee Hom, Yuya Matsush*ta, Mayday, Clazziquai, Big Bang (sometimes), Epik High,Younha, Seo Taiji etc..

hyesung's voice is pretty mediocre imo




I always feel like falling asleep when I see him perf live o_O lol
and as much as I really like se7en for being a great performer and personality, his singing itself isn't anything to rave about...

THIS i totally agree with especially

american music of course
the quality is better. well some genres... not much of a rap fan.

some people are like "i hate american music. it's crap because it always has things about sex, money, gangs, etc."
what do those people listen to? haha.. stereotyping.


asian music sounds just like american music but in a different language
well some do.. mainstream ones.

and by asian i assume you're talking about east asian? i dont listen to it
some of the poppy things i've come across makes me want to pull my hair out
like that one song that goes "lolli-lolli-oh lollipop"
the beginning of the song drove me insane

^ Word. haha.


and yeah, a lot of the more unknown and underrated artists are better than some major ones.
they aren't influenced as much by what their companies say, if you know what i mean..

Depends on the genre. Also, I guess I'd pick American music in terms of variety and originality, but for lyrics, definitely Japanese songwriters. (If we're talking mainstream here, and even if we're not, I believe most of the nicer English lyrics come from European groups... but, I'm hardly the expert.) I can't talk for the other Asian languages, as I cannot speak them.

Hmm I guess these are some good points and its understandable lol~

Your last statement about American music having loopy patterns and Asian music being more unique is bogus.

Let's establish a basic viewpoint and generalize the mainstream music of both parties. Both sides have their loopy music from Lady Gaga (P-p-p-p-p-poker face) to Wondergirls (T-t-t-t-t-tell me). You'll always have garbage mainstream music and really good ones every once in a while. Korean mainstream music, for the most part, derive from American mainstream music. And yes, Michael Jackson. If you really dig deep into other artists, instead of just scraping off the surface with DBSK and Wondergirls, you'll start to notice that Asian ballads start to sound the same as well. This includes those filler songs that they throw into albums.

Even though 90% of what I listen to is Asian, the only reason is because I've fallen into image that the Asian music industry has put out (ex. Cute SNSD girls). In terms of quality, I know that GEE isn't anything close to the same quality as something like Yael Naim's New Soul (random fun song).

hhmmm good question cause I've been thinking about this too but I'm looking at the whole culture

American-So damn mainstream and has so many of the same thing being repeated. The good thing about American music is that there is more lyrical freedom and not so much heavy censorship. Also much of any type of music can be found. I love hip hop and latin but my heart belongs to heavy metal. I jam to pop music and club hits b/c will that's what you use them for. When its comes to the American music you have that diversity and that to me is so important that is tied to underground and mainstream.

Asian-I see a lot of plagiarism in Korean music and creativeness in Japanese. I feel some Asian music is more different and unique. I only feel this way towards Japanese not towards Korean. No offense I see a lot of American influences in Korean but not in a good way. Its also extremely repetitive and predictable. I don't see the independence of artist and control over their image. i feel Korean music is stiff and overly censored. Japanese have more freedom and diversity. i can find all types of Japanese artist but not different type of Korean artist. Its hard to find Korean rock bands or metal bands. Their hip hop is repetitive and reminds me of American artist. I give the Korean credit for not having Gyaru or black facing. I was born with brown skin and to see someone tan themselves to have my skin color is kinda freaky. Cool but really really f!@#king creepy thing to do in order to be black. Try to find music in Thailand and from China. I didn't like it at all and couldn't get into groove. Asian do mix their traditional music with modern pop music. I think is a huge plus but us latinos do that also.

I feel American only b/c there is more diversity and musical freedom for artist.

But...the music that sounds so mainstream is, actual mainstream music. The type you hear on MTV and radio and all that. If you actually stepped away from the mainstream, it wouldn't sound like that, it wouldn't all sound the same. Mainstream music is actually a pretty small percent of what American music has to offer, you can't judge an entire country's music on that.

I like both.
Asian music (especially cheesy pop songs) is my guilty pleasure

mainstream kpop is just as repetitive/uncreative as mainstream American music.

I prefer mainstream and underground American music. I usually get tired of the majority of Asian songs I listen to, but my heart will forever belong to K-Pop/J-pop/C-Pop, it's just that American music had it first---you can't ever forget your first love!

first of all, there is the pop scene and there is the indie scene for both america and asia. Just because you dont listen to it doesnt mean it doesnt exist.

American music is definilty of better quality and korean music is definitely greatly influenced by it. But it does have its own charm. Like you wouldnt hear its ballads and epik high being sung in the US. Right now its sucking alot, but being korean, ill be patient.

When talking about mainstream music, I definitely prefer western/American music. The Asian industry, more specifically the Korean industry, is too controlled by their fans. It feels as if they are there for their fans rather than for themselves which I believe is wrong. They let the fans control every aspect of their lives. I think it's ok if they are taken into consideration when choosing things, as they are the ones making artists turn into celebrities, but they should only be a small portion in life.

But to talk about the actual music aspect of it, the Asian music industries are trying way to hard. It's nice to have someone to look up to, but they should not there for imitation, but rather inspiration. Like for instance, lollipop? Seriously? That's so obvious that the idea was from Lil Wayne's big hit, Lollipop. I also feel as if the mainstream bands/artists are made rather than found.

This.

There's some good music coming from both America and Korea, but I feel overall, American music has more variety, and their artists are more innovative.

I agree, especially with the first part.

Anyway, when it comes to music, I prefer listening to American music. Sure, people will say it's generic but that's all mainstream. They do what is trendy to get the fans and whatnot. It's been like that with each decade. All that matters is where you look and what you prefer when it comes to what you want to listen to. I love indie, and I love classic rock. I listen to a lot of mainstream as well, but I mainly listen to whatever catches my ears and I love listening to songs that I can understand without having to look up translations or whatever.

It irks me when I see people talk crap and constantly put down American music and constantly say that Asian music is "the best" and etc. They compare whoever they listen to, to someone like Paris Hilton (wtf!). I'm Asian but I grew up listening to American music. Nothing will ever change my love for it <3

i prefer american music
american music you could sing about anything politics sex drug love happiness is not as control as in asian countries it will cause a big dea
i agree i also hate when people constantly bash american music

I listen to both, as well as other languages. It depends on the artist or band, not the place.
Majority being rock and indies, with some various ambient new wave and classical dark wave.

American Music.

IMO, it's not as Asian music, where even talents are dropped if they aren't good-looking enough or if an album does not exceed expectations. Mainstream in Asia is so restricted that all you hear about is love and unrequited love. It's not everyday you hear songs that truly express poetry (the basis of music). And also, Asian talent companies are so (as someone said above) controlled by their fans. It's as if the singer does something wrong, he/she will loose their entire fanbase. Britney Spears had an entire series of crazy scandals but people still listen to her, don't they? But Edison Chen had one that was blown out of proportion and he had to back out of HK's entertainment industry. What's the sense in that?

So yeah back to the topic lol. I guess I love American music for its diversity, but I often go back to my Asian roots =)

I prefer Asian music but you know Asian artists are very different. It's not just American music that have to deal with their bad reputaton. Money, sex, cars etc. It's Asian music as well. Many Westerners still think that Asians only listen to some cheap techno-pop girl groups in school uniforms. In one hand there are singers like SNSD, Morning Musume, Fahrenheit, Wonder Girls, 2NE1 who don't have that talent that many people praise in my view but in the other hand ... there are Big Bang, Wang Lee Hom, Alan Dawa Zhuoma. I just can say WOah that's some cool stuff. Asian music focuse on melody. I like that and I can relate to someone who look like me more and I am not a fan of black voice.

and the most imporatant thing is that I loooove Asian ballads. Nothing to compare with American ones.

I guess America wins this poll, but if it was about movies Asia wins. haha

Even though asian music is very reptitive atm and most are covers and un orignal, i still prefer it over American music.

No idea why XDD

i mostly like everything in kpop but with american, theres sometimes alot of rubbish songs at times

Quite biased the comparisons.

Not all Asian music is repetitive. Could be only the artists or bands that you are listening to.
After all you mentioned listening to mostly Kpop...

Same goes for American music.
Seems this thread is drawing comparisons of mainstream music.

Unless well-rounded listening is done, this can't really be discussed without bias.

As far as the pop genre goes, asian music has that on lockdown. I like american music for it's indie and rock based artists. I really can't say that I can understand asian lyrics, so I can't speak on the subject of censorship. I mean, american music paved the way for mostly everything out now. As cliche as it might sound, I still cannot compare one asian or foriegn artist with the Beatles.

This is a tough question... I think I will have to go with American music, because I have grown up more around American music as a child and there are many songs that bring back memories as opposed to Asian music which I only fully got interested in two years ago.

I would have to say i prefer American, but to be clear, western music. It's true that they focus more on beats, but that's what makes the song. As for asian music, i love it, but in comparison, it's hands down western music is the winner. Although, asian music is a bit more clean cut i guess you could say, but now they are trying to copy westerners style. My biggest point of all, most of the music that the asians produce it a cover of old western music.

I love Asian music more.
The music I listen to (Tenimyu, Furukawa Yuuta, Nakagauchi Masataka), seems more "happy" then a lot of American music. I know I'm generalizing a LOT here, but I don't listen to the radio that much so... ^^;

There are some good American songs too, but I love Asian more. Just my opinion xD

I'd pick American music over Asian music any day.

Yeah, it seems that most people listen to mostly Korean music. To be specific with Korean music, I really think that Korean music has gone down the tubes since... around two years ago. Sure, there's some exceptions. And, the Korean industry is too small to support that many aspiring, small time musicians, especially in the era of internet downloading. The Korean industry was a decent, respectable size before, but I suppose internet downloading killed it.

For now, I listen to more American music. I used to listen to nothing but K-Pop as I was growing up but eventually, I couldn't find myself willing to listen to music that's created by kids that are 6+ years younger than me.

Maybe once the average age of K-Pop artists rises up to around 26/27... I'll be able to go back.

i prefer Asian music =3
and i am mexican lol

hmm hard question. . . im not entirely sure. I only just started to listen to asian music at the start of last year. I guess its half asian music and half western music on my iPod =]

I prefer Asian music. I dunno, it's just more my style. XD I think I like it a lot because some songs have really good lyrics you wouldn't hear in American music.

That, and most American music these days is utter crap. D;

Then you probably have bad taste in music or just listen to mainstream crap lol

I guess it depends on the genre really, but I find both mainstream American and Asian to be tiring to listen to.

(^ Ryouchi otp)

The problem with asain music,especially kpop. Almost all the the artist are manufactured. They have no control on their music. They just put no talent eyecandy into a band like wonder girls,super junior,dbsk. Amercain music at least not everything is manufactured. It isn't all about image.

American music >>>>>>>>>>Asian Music

This

one reason why I don't listen to K-pop as much as I used to.
Dun get me wrong some of it is good but the newer groups are blah

The majority of the songs I listen to on a daily basis are Asian, it suits my taste more. But cos I listen to Asian music doesn't mean I listen always to the popsy manufactured stuff (with exceptions) I do like to listen to more underrated or not as mainstream stuff like
C - 水木年華, Powerstation
J - Bennie K, Flumpool, Doa
K - Kim Jong Wook, Kim Dong Hee, EZ hyoung

American music for me.

Korean music is basically a copy of American music, has no originality.

Ex: All the boy and girl groups are reminiscent of earlier American groups one way or another. Wonder Girls and SNSD are the cheap versions of Spice Girls, I am sorry to say this, Spice Girls will forever rule the Bubblegum pop Girl Group category. After School is like the orphaned sister of the Pussycat Dolls. TVXQ/SuJu/Shinee are like Backstreet Boys/N'Sync updated clones. Big Bang is like the numerous RnB/Rap/HipHop groups of America.

Japanese music copies American music but it tends to become much more softer and water downed.

Ex: Namie Amuro is considered RnB artist, in America her songs don't even pass the RnB category and would be placed under Pop/Dance. Ayumi Hamasaki is like Madonna, except again tones down compared to Madonna.Japan's music is basically tones down version of American music, with a few exceptions.

Probably the most original out of all Asian music would be Bollywood. They have created something that even Hollywood ends up copying.