Jrock, if you were blind.

[Hachiko]

Originally posted by Winter
Question no. 3: How many of you base some importance, or at least consideration to the look of a band?

I prefer to look at the way they write their music (did they write and compose it themselves? do their lyrics serve a substantial purpose in life or the world today), how they sing it, etc. I'm not into the look of a person. You can look real hot and still be untalented. Being more well-rounded instead of one-dimensional is what I feel makes a solid musician/band.

 

[Illaparatzo-sama]

Q3: Not much. VK's costumes can help draw me in (MM, Deg) but can't keep me (MUCC, Hanamuke, Nightmare, Baroque).

Lydia

 

[Kuro_Tsubasa69]

Originally posted by Hachiko

I prefer to look at the way they write their music (did they write and compose it themselves? do their lyrics serve a substantial purpose in life or the world today), how they sing it, etc. I'm not into the look of a person. You can look real hot and still be untalented. Being more well-rounded instead of one-dimensional is what I feel makes a solid musician/band.

I totally agree. (Look at britney spears. )

The first thing I look at when I listen to a new band, is the lyrics, not the pics. I like to see how poetic they are, and how that flows with the music. I also don't like those artists that sing lyrics that are not their own. The band has to come together as a whole, lyrics and music has to be theirs

Woops, off the topic....

@Q3: I think it is nice to have a band with a nice look/'looks', but, I do not stress it. I pay more attention to the music.

 

[axia]

Question 1: frankly, i was introduced to dir en grey through their PVs.. i think the reason visual bands are called visual bands is precisely because they are very visual. and their looks is part and parcel of their genre of music. while i would like to believe too that i like j-rock purely for their music and not for their looks, i think if i hadn't known the visual side of these rock bands, i wouldn't have known the whole character of the band. i like their music of course. but if i were blind, i would still like them, but with a different feel and attitude because i can't see their visual side. its just like how you treat different people differently according to their personality without consciously realising.

question 2: oh well, i like soundtracks. can be in any language. a little world music and i kinda like traditional stuff also to get the feel of the cultures.
like japanese music even if i can't understand. sometimes i listen to music because of how it sounds, not really what it means. n the mood it gives. think i like foreign music because i don't understand them and i don't need to think about them.
some chinese pop, rock and r&b. you guys ever heard chinese rap by jay chow? cool.
of course english. listen to almost any genre. like alternative.

question3: hmm look of the band....
but sometimes it isn't just the look. i guess a band can get popular by what they did and their character and things like that. eg.. a sad sad story behind the vocal.
these are plus points i guess. and it makes you sit up n pay an extra attention to that particular band. n i have to admit, sometimes its because of these things that draws me to listen to particular music.
but there are other bands without such exposure and i like that still because they sound good.

 

[Winter]

For all of you who dont value looks as much as others, how many of you own picture books, or relatively extensive galleries of your favorite artists?

 

[zombiepanda]

Originally posted by Winter
For all of you who dont value looks as much as others, how many of you own picture books, or relatively extensive galleries of your favorite artists?

I <3 to put pictures of J-rock/pop people on web layouts, sigs, notebooks, my wall etc.


And there's the little lyrics books that come with CDs that usually have nice pictures, so unless you really ARE blind, it's hard to avoid having them, considering you don't just sit in front of P2P programs and download everything.

But I for the most part use pictures of artists I like--not pictures I think are cool, whether or not I listen to said artist/band or not.

 

[Illaparatzo-sama]

I have one photobook. And it's MM! GIVE ME A BREAK.
I also collect pictures of Mana from the Gothic & Lolita Bibles, cause um... It's MANA.
=D

I'm so great with excuses.

Lydia

 

[Winter]

The bibles dont count. Only because my buddy has done a few articles for it.

 

[Lo~ki]

What is your point, Winter?

 

[Winter]

It isnt obvious?

I thought people would give me the typical responses of how much they didnt care about looks, then I wanted to see the people that said that, how many have picture books, and devote much of their time to collecting images.

Have you noticed the amount of answers to the 1st question, vs. the answers to the 3rd?

 

[Lo~ki]

I own no picture books. But I have collected a fair number of pics from the net. *shrug*

 

[PixieRae]

J-rock would still be important to me. I love foreign languages, especially asian ones. Artists like Weiss Kreuz, Dir En Grey, and Malice Mizer have different backgrounds and overall sound than most of the english music I listen to.

It does matter what the artists I listen to look like because I was brainwashed by society as a child to stereotype people. Even a blind person can stereotype people by looks. Most blind people can tell what a person looks like by feeling them out or by a description, and can distinguish physical attributes. If Gackt was as homely as could be, I could like him less, but I wouldn't dislike the music on that account. I still like Tenacious D, even though people think Jack Black is homely and obese.

The look of a band does influence me. If the message of the band matches how they act and look, I'm more likely to think they're cool. With a band like Malice Mizer, their sound is ethereal and somewhat circus-like. The fact that they dress outrageously gothic and wear makeup fits the circus theme, so I am more likely to like their music. On the other hand, I'm not a fan of the band Good Charlotte because their message doesn't match the way they act and look, so I therefore don't like them.

 

[Christine]

Originally posted by Winter
Question no. 3: How many of you base some importance, or at least consideration to the look of a band?

As I said the norwigian idol is far from pretty, but his got such a great voice and cool songs. So to me how an artist look dos not matter!

 

[Christine]

Originally posted by Winter
For all of you who dont value looks as much as others, how many of you own picture books, or relatively extensive galleries of your favorite artists?

I have only been searching the net for pictures to see what the artists singing this great songs looked like. But I would never order picturebooks. Cause' when I've seen a picture of the person I don't forget how they look. But I love looking at pictures of them cause' they are so extreme in the way they dress and they wear avsome make-up. You don't see that normally in Norway. Norway sucks! The way music artist dress here is so dull and boring. :angryfire

 

[Kuro_Tsubasa69]

Originally posted by Winter
For all of you who dont value looks as much as others, how many of you own picture books, or relatively extensive galleries of your favorite artists?

I don't own any photobooks, *never will, either*, but I have some pics of various Jrock artists. I like to use the poses to help me work on my figure drawing, and the outfits are great, and so detailed! (They give me ideas for outfits, also. )(But, If I was blind, i really would have no use for them, since I most likely wouldn't be draiwng, ne?) Also, i won't lie, they make good and interesting backgrounds, especially ran through photoshop.

 

[*Angelic_Marionette*]

ooo nooooo... *sniff.tear* wha-wha-whatt..im afraid .
NOOO i dont want to be blind!!! NO no no this will not DO!
what would happen if i could not see Kyo-sama...or or or..Kao-chan....or or...*sniff* or sexy Totchi.. or or or... WHAA!
what would happen to my life...without sight you make me worried now....

NOOOOOOOOOO come back Kyo-sama!!! i can still see!!

 

[EscaFlowne]

☝ In terms of music and if you were blind, it shoudn't matter. Because how did you first here there music? By radio, cd, or tape. You then appreciated the music then put a face with the name. So if you really appreciate the music, it wouldn't matter if you were blind because when you listen to them in a walkman or on your computer or something i'm pretty sure a picture of them dosen't just pop up. :haihai:

 

[Bounty Hunter]

Well i dont know about the rest of you people but to me its all about the beat of the music,
i dont care what the person singing the track looks like unless (she) is HOT then it would bother me.

Hopefully you can respect my feelings on this.

 

[Gaki]

If i was blind it would be a pain in the *** looking for the play button...

Scandinavian rock is superior to "jrock" ^^

Viking Black Metal > Everything.

 

[Jean-Francois]

That depends ...

Three months ago I had bought Matsu Takako's CD mainly out of curiosity. Honestly I don't have very high standards for pop music but I heard it once and really didn't like it. I just gave it to a friend who was a huge fan of "Love Generation." She appreciated it very much ... err ... we have very different tastes in music.

However, if it were Matsushima Nanako, I pobably would tolerate ...

 

[lucretia]

1) If i was blind i probably wouldnt have gotten into Jrock. the reason i wanted to listen to malice mizers music was because i saw a picture and thought "wow! they look so cool i wonder what their music is like...." and i actually do love their music now as well.. if i was blind and had been played a song by them i still would be very interested in their music because their music is amazing IMO.

3) I place most importance on music and obviously a MUSICIAN is there to make MUSIC and not to necessarily look nice.. and if you're listening to a CD what difference will it make if the person singing also *happens* to look cool as well....

that said..... Visual kei and glam rock and new romantic and goth bands all appeal to me very much because of the way they dress up. they are trying to be more than just musicians and be artists as well.. music is art and so is fashion they are just broadening the art into more spectrums... i admire bands that dress up to reflect the music they make, and originality in clothing is so much better than following the mainstream.

oh and if the people in the band are physically attractive, it is an added bonus when you look at their pictures.. just doesnt make a difference to the music

 

[antantrevolution]

I really could care less what the band looks like, so if I were blind that wouldn't matter. Besides, being a sighted person, how many times have you heard a song while being somewhere or just sitting around doing nothing, but have that song mean so much to you even without any idea what the artist looked like? Probably a lot.

So I think, once again, I have summed up the entire feelings of the group in one of my masterfully ingenious rants! Haha (^0^)

Just kidding.

Ant

 

[Rocketdive]

I like japanese rock because of the music.
the first band I listened to was X, I downloaded a mp3 and I liked it, later I found a fan site, saw their pics and laughed out loud they looked so cheesy but they made great music... now I like lots of bands from Japan, some are "visual" style like Onmyouza, others look plain ridiculous like Seikima II, but I don't care if they wear black leather jackets or pink dresses, if I like their music they can wear whatever they want and there won't be any problem

 

[Zyk]

if I were blind, and would hear Dir en grey, I would honestly love them as much as I do now, because I don't love just how they look like, I also of course love their unique music and Kyo's voice, it's so beautiful!! But I don't say that looks don't matter, because, it does, but it's not all!

 

[Python]

Importance to the look of a band... yes and no. Yes I like it when they look hot/cute/etc. But if I find out the band I just listened to, is 'ugly' I don't care. Hell.. if someone makes a great song but hasn't got the looks, I'm not complaining!!

About the blindness, I don't think I'd have been here if I were blind. But if I were to become blind next month... I'd say that sucks. But just because being blind sucks! So of course it would suck that I can't see the artists anymore. I wouldn't be able to download new things either!

But I'm glad..but also not. Because my left ear is DEAF. I can't hear **** with it. My other ear is 100% though.. and I hope it stays that way!! I have to be really carefull with it, so no loud Jrock with a headphone..