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Heh, don't tell me you didn't expect that one-sided score when you were making that poll, let alone making that question, at some anime forum, OP? Well, just like those voters, I don't, too. Hell, in the kind of genre I especially listen to, rock and metal, half of the lyrics are quite hard to grasp even.

Im listening to Japanese music right now, and I have been listening to mostly that for the past few weeks, even though I dont have any idea what the lyrics are. Before that, I would also listen to German songs (Rammstein =D) and i still do, although like i said, japanese music has been dominating my playlists recently.

No. Lyrics are important for me, but I can enjoy a song even without knowing what the hell it's all about. As long as it sounds good, it's fine.

No, there are lots of songs I don't understand what they are talking about which is really enjoyable :D

Lyrics don't mean too much to me. If I really like a song I will hum along so words are not necessary. I listen to a lot of Russian music, and since I don't know the language that well I don't really know all the lyrics. I also like some random intro songs for some anime, and I don't know the words for those either (except maybe the random English words they throw in there :P).

If it's a good song, it shouldn't matter.

How is he J-pop? Also I was just over generalizing, I don't literally think there are no lyrically talented J-pop artists.


Backed. I always rip on my housemate for liking muse.

Massively disappointed.

There are lots of songs in English where I can't understand the lyrics, and it's my native language. I listen to all kinds of songs in at least 8 other languages, all of varying genres, and sometimes I understand them better than English ones.

It's music, so for me, it's more about how it sounds than what it means. Sometimes I can tell from how it sounds what it's about or what the overall mood is, anyway. The words themselves aren't always as important.

I like music that i like. Understanding the lyrics isn't a big deal to me.

I listen to music that sounds good, in fact most of the music I hear is lyric-less

I accidentally voted yes, lol. I meant no, I listen to a lot of songs where I don't even know (or just don't care) what they are singing. It just sounds awesome.

Pretty much.

As almost everyone else has said, no. I almost never pay attention to the lyrics. And even when I'm listening to songs in other languages, I don't need to understand what they're saying as long as the song is good.

I used to do that until I listen the Kore wa Zombie desu ka first opening. At first its so catchy that I started singing but then I read the subtitles....



Not going to sing that again xDD

Knowing what song you are listening is also important. But that doesn't necessarily apply to everything. xDD

No, I also listen to music in other languages.

Nope.

No. Music is music, usually other languages can provide more emotional value in them. For example Japanese music, I kind of dislike it but when combined with music it is beautiful. Same for Russian, my main language but I like the speaking of it and how it goes in music. English is nice but very limited because the language all sounds so dull to me.

No, I listen to many different languages, at least 14 different languages when I checked from my playlist. I also listen music where singer's voice sounds e.g. like someone is either killing a pig or singer swallowed a rat and is trying to cough it out. This makes it quite hard to hear the lyrics correctly. Sometimes it's even hard to tell what the language is, lul.

Nope, I listen to a lot of songs from different languages; It doesn't matter to me whether or not I know what they're saying.

No. I listen to songs for the music, lyrics are just icing on top of the cake.