Why is Japan the only good non-western country when it comes to music, Sup Forums?

Why is Japan the only good non-western country when it comes to music, Sup Forums?

I never understood this.

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Brazil and Russia make pretty good music. though they are semi-western I guess

how much of a pleb are you?

because you're a filthy and disgusting weeb

>not Brazil

Because Japan is Asian America.

>Russia
>South America
>African drumming
>East Asian gambelan
kill yourself

South Korea has great music.

Korea is very respectable too. Pop scene doesn't even need mentioning anymore, hip-hop isn't even terrible. Their rock scene is much smaller, but still there.

Most other countries are too poor and/or culturally restricted (either because "western music" is literally banned by the government, or older people don't listen to it; kids do though) to put out good music on a mass media level. There's still usually good indie bands happening anywhere you go, although there are plenty of ass-tier scenes, and it may be practically impossible to actually find their media in print (let alone online)

poo in loo

Brazil is in the western hemisphere you idiots

does Israel count as Western? their music isn't half bad
is Jamaica western?

Is Australia western?

europe isn't, and neither is most of the western world, dipshit

but it's a backwards-ass latino country inhabited by gangbangers and devil worshippers

Im Brazilian, this is accurate

Dumbass people here who don't seem to understand what Western is.

sounds like somebody doesn't listen to any trad

and even outside of trad, there's good music to be found

Japan is basically Western society. They have their own traditions but modern Japan is essentially just a Western country. Their culture/government is very American influenced. Their pop music is Western-style.

Australia and New Zealand are technically in the Eastern hemisphere but nobody would ever call them a non-Western society.

>japan
>western
kys cuck
japan and usa are nothing alike

not that guy, but as much you would not like them to be, they are alike

But I like Chinese music D^:

not going to get into a history lesson but i take it you've never been to japan

bc the us added article 9 to their constitution so they had all these factory workers who had been making bombs and shit up until that point so then based hirohito had them all start cranking out tentacle porn and western pop music

idk man listen to more music asia has plenty of music outside of japan

>Brazil

Maybe a few decades ago...

Stay in your waifu threads, faggot

>he doesn't listen to Indian classical music
>he doesn't recognize the primacy of Eastern time signatures and African rhythm

have you not taken high school world history

closely related to the Finns
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If by great music you mean industry planted hot models that "make" generic pop, then yeah they sure do.

Brazil
>bossa nova
>tropicalia
>samba

Russia
>classical

Desu.