No, I'm not talking about posting...though I probably can't help posting, either...XD Since I posted a picture I'm gonna post in here, as my system goes.
Now to what I was talking about in the title. I have to confess...
I LOVE this song:
Before I was like 'this is terrible, I can't believe BoA, it's just Lady Gaga music'...but...it's too catchy...TT^TT I keep getting it stuck in my head. I have it where when you watch a video with catchy dancing the song is also catchy...even if without the dancing it wouldn't have been catchy. I don't like most songs if they don't have dancing the videos, if they don't think I listen to a completely different genre! XD
Which brings me to the point (somehow) about American music. If you're big in America, you rule the world, it seems. I don't think that should be.
Compare this EXTREMELY popular boy band:
To this also popular, but only known is some parts of the world (which depresses me to say, but if you look at the statistics...):
Of course, it's a different time period. Let me get a better example...
This, which is ridiculously popular:
Compared to this:
(Or compare it to the above Hurricane Venus video).
In one you have really intricate costumes, though cool, it's a bit freaky and not so appealing to a random person, while the other has interesting and catchy styles that are more simple than the freaky one, but are still intricate.
In one you have a catchy and simple dance that only looks amazing because of the music, while the other, if you turned the music off, you could still hear it along with the words just from the choreography which is so complicated, but is still very catchy.
In one you have YELLING (which seems to be her style...O.o; I don't understand American singers and yelling...whoever yells the loudest is the best singer...'orz) while the other you have a rather soft voice that still sounds very nice to the ear (I personally don't think BoA is a GREAT singer, but at least she doesn't yell, but her voice is really soft and calm so I think it's hard for her to do many of the amazing voices that a lot of singers can do).
In one you have a really expensive and crazy detailed background with a bunch of people in it, the other you have a simple background that is somehow really intriguing because of all the little designs and it only has some back-up dancers.
I am totally bashing Lady Gaga here, sorry Lady Gaga fans...XD I just don't really like her that much...I'm okay with her as a person, but if I were more enthusiastic with American music I probably still wouldn't be her fan despite how much I like her music just because she has this negativity that I don't agree with...kinda like arrogance...almost...the same feeling I have with NEWS. As much as I love their music, I just can't trust them or love them like I can with AAA or f(x) or Super Junior or B1A4 (just list everyone here...XD).
I remember talking to my Chinese teacher about the really popular American singers and how they're also really popular in China, but neither of us know why. She said she doesn't think they have any talent or skill. I have thought that threw a ton...and I've began to wonder new things besides skill...well, it intertwines with skill.
How come these groups that spend so much time and hardworking working on every aspect of their idol skills (singing, acting, dancing, etc.) do not get as much popularity as these American singers who don't spend any time doing any of that, just show up acting all weird. These American singers who can't dance, can't act, and might not even be able to sing (Miley Cyrus!) who are somehow INCREDIBLY popular WORLDWIDE.
How did America get so far up the music chain? There are only a few bands and singers that I can think of that are actually that amazing and talented that came from America and were really popular. (By few, I mean less than 100...XD That's few in my book)
All the greatest rock stars came from EUROPE (in my opinion).
People (mostly Americans) keep saying that America made rock or made pop and all that jazz (okay, they actually did do jazz...that's ONE SMALL THING). THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. They just stole from other countries and somehow became more popular than those other countries.
Great Britain is the king of rock (that sounds weird...XD), Germany is the king of pop, and America is just the king of jazz and country...
America shouldn't be this big musical genius country since they aren't musical geniuses! The most popular songs of most of these bands were produced/written/composed by EUROPEANS! Not Americans! Why does America get all the credit!?
Okay...my rant has ended...sorry...that just really gets me. I dream of a day where popular Kpop bands and Jpop bands are on my TV or talked about by my peers...
Though some of the people at the band table were talking about Japanese rock bands like Greeeen...I was very surprised. But we're all geeks at that table, so that doesn't really count.
I want to see a freaking TVXQ shirt at school! >:[
My mom is making brownies and she also made these DELICIOUS pretzel things with frosting and sprinkles on top...but she's selling them at some place...TT^TT I had some...but they were the crappy ones with not enough frosting on...'orz the leftovers...TT^TT
So depressing...
Yesterday was liiike sketchbook day since everyone was talking about their sketches and sketch books! XD Well, three of the people I watched posted something about a sketchbook or sketches. I think that's a lot for one day!
Oh! Lately I've been having weird almost nightmare-ish dreams.
I had this one dream about The Day After Tomorrow with zombies...TT^TT I remember having one in the past with wolves in it...and they had to get food from some abandoned shack or something...or they were in a kitchen...or just something with lots of metal. Now I've forgotten what really happened in that movie...'orz
I can't remember my other dreams...darn...I need to keep a log or something of dreams, 'cause they're exciting!
Sheesh...sorry for the long post...'orz I have more to come, but gosh...I don't mean for this to be so long. Maybe because I haven't talked in a while (it's just a small while, but still).
I have a new...I dunno what you'd call it...practice technique or something...I'm going to try to replicate styles of traditional artists, but on the computer. Since I'm pretty bad at copying things I probably won't be stealing anything...but I'm not going to post it...maybe on here...but it's not my work, it's just practice. I just want to colour it a different style and stop trying to make it look realistic...or make it look realistic in a more interesting style.
I see a lot of traditional artists, since their medium probably has to dry and you can't erase or anything, it's not very smooth, which is why I'm going with traditional artists and not CG because CG artists are always smooth. As much as I like smooth colouring, I don't think that is right for me.
I'll try to complete that chibi sheet today...'orz
If I do, expect a TON of posts on 360...'orz Oh, wait, maybe I can make it so that it doesn't update or something. I don't want to spam your updates...'orz
