No. I just like to understand what I'm listening too. There's nothing wrong with that. I enjoy badly singing along to songs, and can't when I don't understand the language. Surely, some who don't speak English probably feel the same about our music
No, not really. I think the ¨I can understand the lyrics¨ excuse is weird though. It´s not like the pop music yall listen to has much lyrical substance and translations are only a Google search away.
No. I just like to understand what I'm listening too. There's nothing wrong with that. I enjoy badly singing along to songs, and can't when I don't understand the language. Surely, some who don't speak English probably feel the same about our music
But don't you think it's weird how they have Enlgish songs make it big there, and we don't do the same for their songs?
Some people don't like R&B. That doesn't make them racist. What if someone doesn't like Work, does that make them racist? I'm all for calling out racism but this is a reach imo
No. Not liking any type of music regardless of whether one knows all bands from that type is not discriminatory in any way, as no one is obligated to listen to it. People on ATRL need to acknowledge this.
On one hand, they often are very American sounding, so to dismiss them as just a style you don't like would go deeper into why you don't like it when it's not by a western voice.
However, they do add their own flare and it's very over the top. I can see why someone would not like it when it differs from the style they are so used to.
Mostly though it's probably the language barrier. Most western countries are not filling the charts with non-English songs, and that is not so much racist as just being ego-centric, or perhaps just western singers are pushed harder in non-English countries than the reverse.
No. I just like to understand what I'm listening too. There's nothing wrong with that. I enjoy badly singing along to songs, and can't when I don't understand the language. Surely, some who don't speak English probably feel the same about our music
No because English music is terribly global. Maroon 5 is huge in South Korea.