Why the AMV with spanish songs is so discriminated?

shinji13 · Post by **shinji13** » Tue May 08, 2007 12:14 pm

N0OB wrote:A recommendation to avoid this problem would be to include soft subs (english) for your video and making it an MKV. That way it satisfies everyone. Those who know the lyrics can leave the subs off, those who want to see them can turn the subs on for the first few times. Seems like a logical (though time consuming) solution to me.

That is a good idea, or at the very least include the lyrics in the description of your video.

I dont mind watching spanish videos so long as:

a. I know the lyrics.
b. The song doesnt focus on the lyrics.
c. There are no lyrics, how do I know its spanish song? I dont know!

Oh also I dont listen to mexican rap or mexican hip-hop or anything annoying like that, just because my ears start to bleed... but dont take it the hard way. I dont listen to any kind of rap or hip-hop

iblis9 · Post by **iblis9** » Fri May 11, 2007 11:29 pm

for me any kind of music is ok... exept regueton

Uanime5 · Post by **Uanime5** » Tue May 15, 2007 3:22 pm

N0OB wrote:A recommendation to avoid this problem would be to include soft subs (english) for your video and making it an MKV. That way it satisfies everyone. Those who know the lyrics can leave the subs off, those who want to see them can turn the subs on for the first few times. Seems like a logical (though time consuming) solution to me.

This is a good compromise since people who can't understand the song are less likely to like it. It's better than including the lyrics because even with the lyrics it can be hard to tell which part of the song relates to what (unless you have lyrics in both languages).

LuciernagaLokaLuciana · Post by **LuciernagaLokaLuciana** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 12:04 am

Thank you!!!
The ideas are great!
Now I must do cosplays for August, but in September I am going to make new AMVs. Their words animated to me to continue. I really thank for them to all.
Greetings.

Luciérnaga Loka Luciana
(Krazy Firefly Luciana)

requiett · Post by **requiett** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:30 pm

Write Linkin Park a letter and ask them to release an album in Spanish.

Shazzy · Post by **Shazzy** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 12:10 pm

If it's an action/dance video where the lyrics are just fluff anyway, I don't care. If it's a drama/romance/sentimental where the lyrics are important, I want to understand the words without having to read them on the bottom of the screen. Watching a music video is not like watching an anime series. Anime is slow enough for me to read the subs and still process the visuals...in a music video I will either read the words or watch the visuals, not both.

xIsamu_TM · Post by **xIsamu_TM** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 1:07 am

some people are just like that. It's Americ-- or rather, Western Biggotry. I've gotten carp for using Folk and old TV show themes for AMV's (a Tsubsa Chronicle/Gilligan's Island AMV of mine got rejected from AMV Hell 4). If it's not on MTV or (insert local trendy radio station name here), or created durring the "normal" amv artists life time or language, the song by default sucks and the so does the vid behind it. I don't buy it. I've seen too many AMV's in languages i cant understand, but the inflection, the feeling the music and footage use transverse all languages. I donno, maybe some people just don't have (any) soul. Kids these days...

CodeZTM · Post by **CodeZTM** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 1:14 am

I don't think Spanish songs are bad. I've finished two years of Spanish in high school, and I'm taking a college course through my high school learning AP Spanish and Conversational Skills. So I love Spanish AMV's without end. ^_^ I love their way of speaking, and I love their music.

I think the reason why people hate Spanish AMV's is because they don't understand the language, hate reading subs (if they have them) or just don't like the song.

Ghet · Post by **Ghet** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 2:05 am

requiett wrote:Write Linkin Park a letter and ask them to release an album in Spanish.

lmao

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 7:49 am

xIsamu_TM wrote:some people are just like that. It's Americ-- or rather, Western Biggotry ... If it's not on MTV or (insert local trendy radio station name here), or created durring the "normal" amv artists life time or language, the song by default sucks and the so does the vid behind it.

and yet how many Japanese pop songs are in popular/have done well vids on this site? how many people love watching M@Ds? (granted we are supposed to be a community that appreciates several parts of Japanese culture but Skittles is still the #3 video on this site)

Whisper of the Beast is in German.

One of my friends made a video to a Russian song that seems to be doing well :/ granted the fact its called "Yuriphoria" and features girls kissing surely helps...

I really don't think its the matter of it being a well known song or not... several amvs I've seen have gotten me into music I would have never heard on the radio, and I know several people who have had similar experiences. In fact I have to drop to #9 on the top 10% for all years to get to a song I've heard on the radio (though there was that one time I heard Frou Frou - Must Be Dreaming in the lingerie shop... but thats closed circuit radio not national radio and it surprised the hell out of me)

I don't think the problem is an aversion to "Spanish songs"... I think that there is a problem with there being outstanding videos to Spanish songs.

and most people download videos by one of these options:

1. word of mouth: someone else said that the video is good
2. it has a song/anime they know and like
3. its made by an amv creator that they recognize

I say this: make an outstanding Spanish amv and lets see what comes of it... if it really is outstanding I bet it will do well.