Jap Music Something Worth Being Mocked For?

I get ashamed of anyone hearing my music in any language. I don't want them to judge my collection like I don't judge theirs. I don't click with what music they find and listen to and they don't get much of my collection (I have an odd mix of modern music of different genres and some bands from the 70's/80's/90's) I like having songs from singers like rihanna and katy perry before everyone else gets them however (albums leak online before they hit stores often) and love knowing a song so well before it beomes a commercially successful single.

I do find it annoying when people mention they like this singer so i play my favourite song (which is hardly ever a hit single, an album track) and they're like :o huhhh? Like they only know whats on radio and selling like mindless chickens that skip songs on albums like ignorant silly people (give the song a go or two you may bloody like it)

 

Yeah, I think most of the time it is just a person's preference/taste for certain genres of music that hinder their openness to others. I mean, I enjoy classical music evey once in awhile, but I know some people who would find it dull and stupid because they're more into the modern mainstream stuff. Most of the foreign music I listen to is Japanese. Some of my past college roommates thought it was weird I listened to that, but they never negatively criticized me for it. One of those roommates actually listened to a lot of Celtic music, which is ok music but not really my taste, but I didn't shoot her down for playing it. People are just not open to what is different sometimes, whether it be language or music style.

 

And disgustingly hard to learn...I survived one year of that and I just shot my brain when we started doing full-blown essays that are as complicated as a seven year old japanese child writing what they did over the summer. The only thing I can recall is hiragana, katakana and some kanji.

Only Utada makes it onto my ipod with Ultra Blue but thats moreso down to its sound inspired by 80's ethereal wave which is awesome.