alex411
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Castles made of sand slips into the sea, eventually.....
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Post by alex411 on Mar 2, 2006 20:52:41 GMT -5
Haven't really sampled much korean music, I usually stick with the classic stuff.
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Post by etudes on Mar 2, 2006 22:53:10 GMT -5
I tried to force myself to listen to C-pop and found it cheesy & nauseating. The MV’s just further emphasized this. haha i tried that too... didn't really work.
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Post by erika on Mar 3, 2006 0:07:01 GMT -5
Yes, I listen to Japanese music. Humm NZ music... Hip hop and rap etc are really strong in NZ. I listen to kiwi rock music.
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Post by Nikki on Mar 4, 2006 15:51:42 GMT -5
I know this is kinda getting off-topic.. but how are these ppl reacting to you half-Japanese? Haha careful Claudia, you may have to move the thread! My ethnicity is a total non-issue; no one has asked me, no one cares. The class, obviously, is open to anyone and it's a total mixture culture-wise. Most of the musicians we come in contact with are Irish - born and raised - but we've had a few that are entirely disconnected with regard to ethnicity. This Taiwanese-American woman from California who is one of the most renowned fiddle players in the field came to our class one day. It was interesting to hear how she came to be entirely accepted into the Irish music world. She got some bizarre looks during her first trip to Ireland, people slowing down and backing up their sheep to take another look, mainly because people in the countryside had never seen an Asian looking person. But basically, the way they view it - if you have the talent, passion and aren't a total diva - then who cares? My Gaelic class seems to attract a large portion of Irish-Americans, but there's a Chinese-American guy, a Polish guy, Russian etc. in there too.
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Post by penguinopolipitese on Mar 4, 2006 19:08:50 GMT -5
I didn't mention it before but I listen to a lot of canadian music too. Northern pikes, big wreck, arcade fire, etc, etc.
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Post by rudiger on Mar 4, 2006 20:28:55 GMT -5
i never listen to French music ....i know the classics : edith piaf and brassens or brel....but that s all... french rap makes me puke and french pop makes me gag... i do listen to asian music a lot tho ! LOL i thought all girls were crazy about Matt Pokora and his rhymes. ummm i mean Matt Pokoooooooora (if you ever listened to one of his songs ).
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Post by hapalicious on Mar 4, 2006 20:44:14 GMT -5
^OMG !!! u know about the dude ? and his major pop flops ??! yeah i heard his songs ! showbiz or something....!!! the words ....supposedly english.... at the beginning of the song don t make any sense ! ! LOL well my french friend seems to really like him but i think it s because of his looks .... whenever they re playing the song and my sister s there i just start dancing to it ( if u ve seen his latest video u d prolly ROFL....the choreography is drop dead ridiculous/unflattering ) and put the music louder just to bug her ! it s fun but then she does the same to me w/ other french rai n b or whateva.... how come u know about this ? did the dork travel as far as australia ?
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Post by rudiger on Mar 4, 2006 22:10:35 GMT -5
no way he can make it to Australia. he'd probably get kicked in the ass all the way back to France. ;D he's quite popular in my home country. it's a fact, Mauritians love to swallow the crap from Europe (mostly France) however bad it is... like O-Zone, Crazy Frog, Alphonse Brown, etc... DUH! Matt Pokooooora is not that good lookin' is he? the worse is that my housemate loves his latest album!!! he knows all the lyrics by heart and can sing most of the songs totally in sync with the track. ARFFFFF! *bangs head agaisnt the wall* OH! i'd LOVE to see you do that choreoraphy. please? you could do a video and upload it on YouTube like the asian backstreet boys thingy
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Post by Nikki on Mar 5, 2006 13:04:17 GMT -5
The Irish are great. I seem to have immersed myself in the Irish clique somewhat since coming to Liverpool, seeing as my best friend at uni is Irish (in our house he's just referred to as Irish- he has no name-ha!) and there's generally a mass exodus of them here in this city anyway. They also share my enthusiasm for alcohol- which maybe isn't a good thing. Hmm… Ah yes. Two things that I think the Irish do best: music and alcohol. What's so fun about the Irish music scene is the fact that those two factors are so intertwined. They have these things called sesiuns or sessions and they just kick back with their Guinness and enjoy their music. Supposedly these things go till like 7am in the morning. If I ever go back there, that's on my list of things to do. Haha - so that really happens eh? My professor was talking about how when one travels to Ireland a person will automatically ask what county you're from, who you know, etc. etc. Kind of making a six degrees of separation map. It kind of makes sense - all the Irish names that begin with Mac/Mc/O - in some way denote who you're descended from. Strong sense of familial pride/community I guess. I've never really been one too into percussion but they sound rather cool. I've only heard of the taiko drums - something similar to that I presume? Anyway, I've made it a goal that if I ever live in Ireland - I'm learning how to play the harp. Supposedly they have this sort of spiritual cleansing power - there was some article in a Singaporean newspaper a while back about how they'd play harp music during open-heart surgery operations and the frequency of the notes or whatever did something to help the procedure (I don't remember the exact details). They also played harp music nearby a water clock of some sort and the rhythm changed according to the pulse of the harp. Probably a load of crap and immense mumbo-jumbo, but still a bit interesting. Annnd if I ever live in Japan I want to learn how to play the koto. Just because.
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Post by thezealouscookie on Mar 5, 2006 13:23:19 GMT -5
“Your” music, hmm… Does the Lucky Charms jingle count? I’ve also heard some god-awful Chinese opera. On a funnier side note, my friend Brian McFadden apparently shares names with a member of an Irish boy-band. He(my friend) writes an American political comic strip. When teenage girls do a search for the former McFadden, they end up distraught and confused at his site. He’s been complaining about this for a couple years, so if you like to laugh at silly little girls have a look. blog.bigfatwhale.com/category/the-intarweb/Oh and Dave, I think the line for inbreeding is drawn at first cousins. Once past that it’s all good.
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Thir Jiang Li
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1/2 Norwegian, 1/4 Singapore-Chinese and 1/4 Singapore-Filipino
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Post by Thir Jiang Li on Mar 9, 2006 18:38:49 GMT -5
I listen to Surferosa and Magrugada, two Norwegian pop/rock bands...! And I love traditional Chinese music! I downloaded some songs from the Chinese rap group Notorious MSG (I think they live in New York though...). Anyway, they rap with this hilarious Chinese accent...very funny songs, especially "Dim Sum Girl"...
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Post by etudes on Mar 9, 2006 22:14:45 GMT -5
I didn't mention it before but I listen to a lot of canadian music too. Northern pikes, big wreck, arcade fire, etc, etc. darkest hour from kyanada... they rock
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kariya15
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"Girls only want boyfriends who have great skills."
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Post by kariya15 on Mar 11, 2006 19:28:11 GMT -5
i <3 japanese music dragon ash, orange range, asian kung-fu generation and a whole buncha other stuff i dunno all theyre music is so.. innocent.. compared to western music
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Ginny
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Post by Ginny on Mar 12, 2006 7:56:06 GMT -5
As for Korean, no. I've heard about two songs in my entire life... (I like one of the two a lot, though... ^_^)
German, well, I guess. Living in Germany and not listening to any German music would be a bit weird. Still, I hate the gangstarap... sido, bushido, fler and those... >_>
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Post by muzo on Apr 8, 2006 13:36:53 GMT -5
tibetan online radio [music] pop, rap (!!) and traditional click herenews in tibetan click here
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