On December 25 2011 15:22 Plexa wrote:
Research.... from AUT? rofl
I'm not taking this seriously until a more reputable source concludes the same findings - AUT is a teaching university that is so insecure it has university twice in its official name (auckland university of technology university). So yeah...

Ahah they must be a division of the department of redundancy department

FFGenerations

7088 Posts

December 25 2011 09:25 GMT

#22

japanese singing in english turns me on so much, i have no idea why, im not an asianphile or anything

when she says shoulders i just wanna facefuck her

loupouk

France105 Posts

December 25 2011 10:17 GMT

#23

Same thing happens with canadian singer who sing in french. For exemple, Celine Dion who has a heavy Quebec french accent when she speaks, sings in perfect "Parisian" french.

Fruscainte

4596 Posts

December 25 2011 16:00 GMT

#24

I just think that since music is supposed to be an international thing these days, a lot of people prefer to speak in a "lack of accent" to make it more universal, because if everyone sung in a British, Australian, Russian, or whatever accent it would really be localized to that region for the most part. I know there are exceptions and someone is going to be more than glad to show me, but that's just the way I look at it.

alffla

Hong Kong20321 Posts

December 25 2011 17:21 GMT

#25

I always thought it was just a thing that happened when people sang in English lol

Tomazi

United Kingdom158 Posts

December 26 2011 00:07 GMT

#26

Pop musicians need the widest possible audience for their fashion business (with occasional dancing and singing to advertise).

The American accent is most understood because of the huge cultural invasion of the past 50 years. I think the first occurrences of this phenomenon were conscious decisions, and the rest is simply passed down through musical generations.

PUPATREE

340 Posts

December 26 2011 01:56 GMT

#27

Cool study and interesting info. Thanks

Revolt

United States288 Posts

December 26 2011 05:18 GMT

#28

the examples given aren't really concrete.
Mick Jagger and robert plant claim to have had american influences with their work.
so it really comes down to a relative accent, more than a natural one.

zOula...

United States898 Posts

December 26 2011 05:37 GMT

#29

interesting topic. Pink Floyd (as someone already mentioned) and also Oasis have pretty noticeable British accents in some parts.

Megaliskuu

United States5123 Posts

December 26 2011 05:45 GMT

#30

I was thinking about this earlier today rofl, listening to the swedish band Dead by April, guys have pretty thick accents when speaking, but when singing they have that "American" accent.

On the other hand, you can hear the British accent in Robert Smith's (The Cure) voice in most songs.

But I do agree that most artists I've heard have the american accent.