Though many of you are probably under the impression that I listen to a lot of shitty pop--- and I guess that impression would be right--- but I actually divide my music into categories based on their language. I listen to Chinese music 80% of the time, then it's like a 9% each divide between Japanese and English--- then the last bit is Korean. Also, I listen to particular artists--- and only those artists.
Let's start with the Chinese chunk, because this is going to be massive. Not all these artists are Chinese, btw, but they sing in Chinese--- and that's what I'm referring to. I'm going to rate them based on a "one-repeat-level", which you can basically interpret as how long I can stand their best song on one-repeat. And by "best song" I mean my favorite song by them. 10 is going to be "a fucking long time" and 1 is going to be "I listen to this once and never again".
1. Jay Chou (one-repeat-level: 10)
He's my favorite singer of all time and I'm seriously obsessed with his music. I have his songs on one-repeat, and I have over 2000 plays for my favorite song. His voice is actually nothing amazing, but his music is. I guess you'd think that I'd like it better if he wrote music for someone else to sing--- but it's not the same. I feel that only he can express his music the way he wants to, and it just wouldn't be right otherwise. His lyricist, Vincent Fang, is also a genius who I admire--- he just seems to use all the right words at the right time... It's not that Jay's always perfect... I remember one of his albums which I thought was absolute crap--- but he has so many amazing works, the good overwhelms the bad completely. His latest album is beautiful. Anyway, Jay's songs probably make up half my library...
2. J. J. Lin (one-repeat-level: 9.8)
Now here is the guy with the amazing voice. Unlike Jay, he's never wrote anything I outright hated--- and I guess that's a good thing. Most of his songs are at a general better-than-average standard, but then some songs are absolutely amazing. Going by all this, I guess it's unfair to say that I still like Jay's music better... but, as cheesy as it is, I just feel that Jay's music resonates with the soul. Not that J.J.'s music doesn't, but just... not as much, and no in the same way.
3. Sodagreen (one-repeat-level: 7)
Without a doubt, my favorite Chinese band. Apparently they're kind of indie--- but I didn't really feel that way. Sure they're definitely not mainstream pop... but it didn't feel indie to me. Whatever, indie or not, they sound good and that's all I care about. The vocalist's range is fucking insane--- and his voice is orgasmic. That is all.
4. VAE/ Hou Xian (one-repeat-level: 6-7)
They're actually 2 completely different people and different artists, but I'm grouping them together because I like them equally. VAE's voice isn't something that appeals to me, but some of his songs are amazing. Then there are other songs which really aren't my type, and then you get to the ones which I just think sounds horrible. Except his good songs are really, really good, and it's something I can listen to for as long as I listen to Jay's stuff. Hou Xian is just... good in a generic way. 90% of his songs are actually just so nice, and I can't find any fault in them, but they're just not... good enough. His lyrics, however, are quite poetic, and I do like that a lot.
5. Everyone else. (one-repeat-level: 2-3)
Then there are artists who I listen to when I "feel" like it--- not that they're not great, but they don't really appeal to me as much as the ones I listed before. Stuff in here includes S.H.E., Fahrenheit, Yan Jue, Mayday, Leehom Wang, Anthony Neely...etc. I don't even remember.
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Then there's the Japanese section--- and this is going to be significantly shorter, I guess.
1. Sako Tomohisa (one-repeat-level: 8)
This guy has like... the perfect voice. The way I feel about his voice is the same I feel about J.J. Lin's voice. It's just so smooth and soothing and everything nice and tranquil. I don't even know what I'm saying anymore. Well, I love his music. I even love his covers of English songs, and I love his Japanese accent... I don't know why but it sounds really cute.
2. Vocaloid (one-repeat-level: 6-7)
Yeah I know that Vocaloids aren't even people--- so what? Music is music, and music sounds great. I just have this strange addiction to vocaloid music. I listen to all the mainstream (male) ones, like Kaito, Gakupo and Len, but on occasion I will listen to Miku, Rin and Gumi. Vocaloid is sweet stuff...
3. Alice Nine (one-repeat-level: 5)
This is my one and only exception to "I don't like metal". Awesome band--- used to be my favorite until Sodagreen came along. Their music has a real energetic feel to it- that, or it's just generally refreshing. The only reason its one-repeat-level is so low is because I can't stand loud sounds... even if it's music I like.
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Alright, English. Technically my best language... but for some reason it's hard to find music I like.
1. Jason Mraz (one-repeat-level: 8)
I don't think I even need to explain this one. I think it'd be extremely difficult for anyone to dislike one of Mraz's songs.
2. EVERYONE ELSE. Yeah yeah, I know it seems lazy to be doing this at no. 2, but I seriously having trouble deciding who I listen to more... I'm pretty sure that I listen to them all at a similar frequency. This includes: Taylor Swift, Train, Owl City, Adele, One Direction (yes I listen to 1D, stfu), Justin Bieber, Maroon 5... and whatever else is popular at the time. I don't think I get much real enjoyment out of these, but I listen to keep up with times. Some of them sound decent though.
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Last section: Korean music. Now I don't speak an ounce of Korean, and that's probably the only reason I don't listen to much Korean music. When I don't understand what they're singing about it makes the song less appealing. If I like the music enough, I usually find myself an off-vocal version.
1. CN Blue (one-repeat-level: 5)
I think I already mentioned that I liked CN Blue, because it didn't sound like trash pop. So yeah, there you have it.
2. Super Junior/ SNSD (one-repeat-level: 4)
SJ is so famous... but come on, let's face it, their music is fucking terrible. Occasionally they're really catchy, but even then I'm like, "wtf am I listening to?" What I feel about that group is that the majority of them are just there to look good, and the rest aren't quite attractive enough. Their dances are pretty cool though... and I guess I do like their attractive men? As for SNSD... after being brainwashed by Gee and Oh!, I'm not sure I can even judge their music. They do have really nice legs though... All of them.
3. Misc. (one-repeat-level: 6-7)
What I listed above aren't the only things I listen to... but apart from those I guess I just pick up random tracks from whatever sounds good at the time... So I can't really give a better name to this category. It's the kind of music, though, that'd motivate me to learn some Korean.
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Okay, I'm done. And you're probably thinking, "well, above fucking time". That, or you scrolled all the way down in a tl;dr state. Oh you silly bugger, why are you even here then? Or maybe you just have some compulsion to read everything here whilst thinking that everything is oh-so-boring-and-painful-to-read. Poor you, I feel sorry for your masochistic tendencies.
But if you legit read through everything I wrote... well, go listen to what I like, because my tastes are awesome.
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