Dear BBC,
I am writing not to complain, but to comment on your radio stations music choice. Well, what I am going to say really does go to every single radio station in the United Kingdom. Your meant to be a learning program. Where people can learn about all cultures and musical types. Seems to me the only music you ever play is Rap, Rock, and Pop from America and our own country. Most of those people mime and can't actually sing. You can't possibly like Kylie Minogue, the only thing she is good at is waving her so called ﾂ'sexy' bum about! These rapers are also a bad influence on are kids of today. Turning them into gangsters themselves, making them want to follow the example of, for instance, 50 Cent. The music now is getting dire, and people are running out of ideas. Well not so much out of ideas, but the ideas aren't getting any better! Really this is my own debate for the UK, but as you are a TV program, I thought you would want to hear what I think, as you are good in that way.
Japanorama, the show you did a couple of years back, you included an interview with one of the greatest jrock band at this current time, Dir en Grey. Dir en Grey are a band I listen to all the time, and I like many others which I will get too later. I just want to take this time to congratulate you on interviewing them, as they are very interesting, BUT they are not a ﾂ'gothic Japanese rock band.' If you must say that, it is called Visual kei, when a band dresses up or/and uses make up. Many other bands do this which you did not mention such as Malice mizer, Gazette, kagerou, Kagraa, Nightmare and when X Japan were still in bandment they used Visual Kei as well. It was a good interview otherwise, and I enjoyed it myself. Good to see them on UK television!
My type is very rare, I am a jrock fan. I only know 2 in England, and, to my knowledge, I may only be the only jrock fan in Northern Ireland. So why is that you ask? Simple, the music of Japan is not accessible enough to Great Britain. Last time I went into HMV, the only thing I saw musically Japanese was the soundtrack to Princess Mononoke(a anime by the creator of Spirited Away)!! So I feel, and my jrock fan friends also feel that the music should be shown, and played on local radio stations. The music is not ﾂ'weird', or ﾂ'strange', the only difference is that it is sung in Japanese! But actually, most will sing in English as well. You may want to ask me back ﾂ'Why do you like jrock/jpop?' This is a question I have asked myself after seeing this thread on a forum which I am Yokan on it -
Why do you like Japanese pop/rock music?
I suppose I like to be different. A lot of people are taken back when I say I like Japanese rock, or else, if there just a know it all teenager like in school, they will call it ﾂ'weird', but, well, these people have NEVER heard jrock in their lives, so how can they judge?
THAT'S IT SO FAR!! lol!
of course they will listen, it is the BBC HEHE