According to a few people I know In the know the next big thing is?

K-Pop or Korean Pop. Seems odd I know but brace yourself America is right for the taking with Linsanity craze going on now!

325ad wrote:

K-Pop or Korean Pop. Seems odd I know but brace yourself America is right for the taking with Linsanity craze going on now!

i've heard the same thing about dubstep. doubtful.

those k-pop & j-pop gals are cute though.

all the more reason to ignore the pop stations on the radio...

mc666 wrote:

i've heard the same thing about dubstep. doubtful.

Dubstep is very popular here in Europe, especially in the UK. Always thought it was the same in the US? I even heard some Dubstep played during NHL games.

Personally i always wondered why asian, especially japanese music by now isn't more popular. There are so many Nerds out there who seem to love everything japanese, then we have the whole "Generation Emo" who should listen to Visual Kei Bands non-stop.

I've been to Japan 3 times, it's a beautiful country with great people and some very strange things. Like their pop music, i like it when i'm drunk and get a kick out of those crazy, crazy music videos they produce (like Mini Moni - Jankenpyon). This and K-Pop also are usually catchy as hell, so i can see some success.

exact33 wrote:

all the more reason to ignore the pop stations on the radio...

This. Though I've successfully avoided pop stations for quite awhile now.

And dubstep gives me the runs...

QuothTheRaven wrote:

exact33 wrote:

all the more reason to ignore the pop stations on the radio...

This. Though I've successfully avoided pop stations for quite awhile now.

Same here....and I have no idea what "dubstep" is.

I haven't listened to the radio since the 80's, so this has no impact on my whatsoever. I've spent a lifetime proudly listening to unpopular music, see no reason to change that now.

I have no idea what dubstep, j-pop, k-pop or any of that stuff is.

THe only thing I pay attention to from Asia is their extreme cinema. They have that genre covered in spades. Nobody breaks cinematic taboos like Asia.

S.D. wrote:

I haven't listened to the radio since the 80's, so this has no impact on my whatsoever. I've spent a lifetime proudly listening to unpopular music, see no reason to change that now.

ill listen to the classic rock station here in philly from time to time but other than that and some talk radio, I dont listen to the radio.

There was a teenager that worked for my company last summer who was way into dub step. One day I was playing some van halen on the jobsite and "Sunday afternoon in the park" came on. The kid thought it was the coolest sound. Made me laugh.

tohostudios wrote:

I have no idea what dubstep, j-pop, k-pop or any of that stuff is.

you got me too.

mc666 wrote:

325ad wrote:

K-Pop or Korean Pop. Seems odd I know but brace yourself America is right for the taking with Linsanity craze going on now!

i've heard the same thing about dubstep. doubtful.

those k-pop & j-pop gals are cute though.

I could get lost for hours watching K-pop/J-pop girl band videos on YouTube. :glee:

There's one group that has like 10 or 12 girls in it and they were coming over to try to make it in America. I forget their name, but obviously they didn't "make it" here. They were gorgeous though.

I still have never listened to dubstep. What is it? Just a twist on dance/electronic music? I know it's big with the hipsters and slackers.

Metal Misfit wrote:

mc666 wrote:

325ad wrote:

K-Pop or Korean Pop. Seems odd I know but brace yourself America is right for the taking with Linsanity craze going on now!

i've heard the same thing about dubstep. doubtful.

those k-pop & j-pop gals are cute though.

I could get lost for hours watching K-pop/J-pop girl band videos on YouTube. :glee:

There's one group that has like 10 or 12 girls in it and they were coming over to try to make it in America. I forget their name, but obviously they didn't "make it" here. They were gorgeous though.

you must mean Girls Generation...they're addorable.

Metal Misfit wrote:

I still have never listened to dubstep. What is it? Just a twist on dance/electronic music? I know it's big with the hipsters and slackers.

to me it sounds like a mix of computer generated techno/rave mixed with drum n' bass & industrial music.

MC nailed what I would describe dubstep as except he left off the crap part.

You forgot to mention the basslines that sound a bit like the noise you get when a CD skips