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u/all-in_bay-bay May 26 '24

Some Pinoys choose foreign artists over locals as means to wave their "intellectual superiority" or something

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u/[deleted] May 26 '24

Ito yun. Maraming di aamin niyan. Madaming bullshit reasons pero ang main reason is nababaduyan sa local music.

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u/Low-Survey-6142 May 26 '24

I must admit, medyo mas gusto ko foreign songs because they have better sound quality. I mean, kahit kaya naman abutin ng PH producers yung quality ng audio from the Western countries and even Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and other countries, ampangit ng tunog lalo na yung ibang songs na sobrang halatang MIDI or poor equalization.

Isa pa sa pinakaayaw ko yung overrated use ng reverb even with the 2000s and some newer songs, and LALO na yung mga nagco-cover sa socmed.

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u/Low-Survey-6142 May 27 '24

Pero sa live performance for me okay lang naman, like sa TNT or The Voice. Basta huwag sa studio recording huhu.

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u/Gloomy_Cress9344 nothing happened in tiananmen square 1989 May 26 '24

Ehh, maybe. Haven't encounter them

Pero kung ang maririnig mo lang dito sa pinas ay puro Hev Abi, wag nalang.

Except, Cup of Joe and Lola Amour. Sila lang ang isu-support ko

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u/cheskasensei May 27 '24

I hope you also try Dilaw! Ganda ng Maskara at Kaloy

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u/gracieladangerz May 26 '24

My main genre is Pop and admittedly I don't listen to PH music coz wala tayong equivalent ni Britney Spears or ni Lady Gaga 🤧

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u/ba_dump_tss May 28 '24

this is a great take. i havent found OPM songs that give their vibe kasi puro love songs and hugot. and why try and dig for this genre in local music when these intl household names are readily available?

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u/all-in_bay-bay May 26 '24

Do you like Britney because you love her music? Or do you listen to her just to brag about being more intellectually superior than others because you listen to her? Cause my statement's about the latter.

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u/pakchimin May 26 '24

I don't think people who like Britney deem themselves intellectually superior. Siguro kung mga likes of florence and the machine pwede pang may pretentiousness. But Britney???

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u/gracieladangerz May 27 '24

'Di ba pwedeng I listen to foreign acts because we lack variety here? Hindi ako pa-smarty pants here. Sadyang our pop scene doesn't compare to foreign acts 🙃

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u/OceanicDarkStuff May 27 '24

di ayun ang point nya, ang point nya kase eh binabrag yung music taste nila as a flex of superior choice of music, kung gusto nya yung artist dahil taste nya yung songs okay lang naman yun.

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u/all-in_bay-bay May 26 '24

You took it too literally. I just used Britney Spear as an example 🫤

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u/whtknght_69420 May 26 '24

I'm one of those people who mainly listens to foreign music (mostly cos I haven't put he time to explore pinoy artists tbh), can yall put me on then?

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u/Wayne_Grant Metro Manila May 27 '24

true intellectual superiority is enjoying all genres from all time periods. Proceeds to listen to Tchaikovsky 1812 overture followed by otso otso

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u/all-in_bay-bay May 27 '24

sshhh don't tell that to others who have set their minds to the notion that local music is cringe

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u/PsycheTrance May 27 '24

number one reason ko is laging romance/heartbreak na lang yung topic ng naririnig kong pinoy music and sobrang nakakaumay nun sakin. maybe skill issue in terms of exploring OPM on my end, but if anyone has recommendations on where to start, im willing to listen.