The Bubble Sisters -- or Oh Dear God, surely ILM will LOVE this hahahaha

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"The Bubble Sisters are an exciting new pop group from Korea who aren't afraid to break a few rules. They flaunt the fact that they aren't traditionally anorexic model-types with horrible vocals singing songs written by jaded industry insiders who have complete disdain for the public's level of intelligence. The group dresses in hip fashions and their cool dance moves mimic a lot of other successful acts, but they do one thing that sets them apart from the all the other K-pop groups on TV. They perform in blackface."

― donut bitch (donut), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 18:01 (twenty-one years ago) link

Definitely read the comments on the side bar on the right.

― donut bitch (donut), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 18:04 (twenty-one years ago) link

Move along now, nothing to see here...

― kevin brady (groeuvre), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 18:05 (twenty-one years ago) link

Jesus Christ, that's harsh.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 18:05 (twenty-one years ago) link

http://www.ubo.com/cps_images/picture12.jpg

I mean, this scares the living shit out of me. In a Windowlicker video kinda way among other ways.

― donut bitch (donut), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 18:10 (twenty-one years ago) link

It looks like they're dressed like the cast from Moesha from a pajama or slumber party!

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 18:21 (twenty-one years ago) link

The one at the end looks like Lillian Thuram being dragged into the gates of hell.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 18:57 (twenty-one years ago) link

any want to argue that the U.S.A. isn't being taunted into a Nuclear War?

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 19:05 (twenty-one years ago) link

Has anyone clicked on the video..I just cant do it

― brg30 (brg30), Thursday, 27 February 2003 00:44 (twenty-one years ago) link

East Asia: still grappling with the idea that black people are real.

(Vice versa for Africa, really.)

― nabisco (nabisco), Thursday, 27 February 2003 00:55 (twenty-one years ago) link

oh man
dude
dude
heh

― juiceboxxx (juiceboxxx), Friday, 28 February 2003 02:35 (twenty-one years ago) link

I love this bit: "The group dresses in hip fashions..."

Makes you wonder what else east Asia is grappling with.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Friday, 28 February 2003 02:41 (twenty-one years ago) link

Good Lord!!!!

Someone, anyone, what is the video like? .... should it be braved?

I just went back up to look at the photo and I'm scared.

― H (Heruy), Friday, 28 February 2003 02:47 (twenty-one years ago) link

for more pop follies, try Australia's The Star Girls!

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Friday, 28 February 2003 03:19 (twenty-one years ago) link

I watched the video and listened to the music. The music might be soulful.. well, compared to Faith Hill. At best, it's dreadfully mediocre MIDI showtune pop with vocals approaching the Ethel Merman timbre; and the video looks like one of those Crystal Lite ads from the 80s ("I believe in Crystal Lite, 'cause I BELIEVE in me!")

As for the blackface, well, it seems from the video that its use is not malicious or even hinting at making jokes at the expense of black people. Still though, goddamn, if money is going to be invested in a pop group, maybe one should do a little research slightly outside the box to see if the costumes are going to horrify the targets of admiration and tribute.. just maybe?

So, yeah, if you were hoping the video would be like a Vice Magazine production, you'll be relieved and/or disappointed.

And now to pull a Dave Q...

How do we know a good chunk of Western pop/musical acts aren't horribly offending non-Western people? What about all the cliches of token kabuki on all those 80s new wave album cover designs? What about the Sun City Girls embrace of eastern Asia (which may be a bad example, as they sometimes appear to want to offend everybody)?

― donut bitch (donut), Friday, 28 February 2003 03:55 (twenty-one years ago) link

Momus wept

― James Blount (James Blount), Friday, 28 February 2003 04:02 (twenty-one years ago) link

It's over. No more blackface. The world cries for joy... maybe.

― donut bitch (donut), Saturday, 1 March 2003 22:18 (twenty-one years ago) link

A big maybe with a comment like this:

Marketing Director Rob Seo even offered an apology, "To the 1 percent of people who were offended by this, we're really sorry.

1 %?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 1 March 2003 22:43 (twenty-one years ago) link

Maybe he meant 1% of the world population... which seems around right.

― donut bitch (donut), Saturday, 1 March 2003 23:10 (twenty-one years ago) link

my favorite Star Girl is "Twinlke".

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Sunday, 2 March 2003 00:59 (twenty-one years ago) link

"Could it be a case of the Eminem Syndrome, with the band cashing in on the hornet's nest of hype they have stirred up?"

Oh pft.

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Sunday, 2 March 2003 01:03 (twenty-one years ago) link

unless they're all going to lez up i'm not interested

― stevem (blueski), Sunday, 2 March 2003 01:03 (twenty-one years ago) link

"Lead singer Nanda says all the extra attention was an unintentional by-product of the "blackface" gimmick. "We really love black music," she explained, drawing a distinction between who the band is parodying and who it respects. "We want to undermine the typical Korean band, who are pretty but don't have any talent, and open the doors to musically-talented people who, if they don't fit into this compartment, are usually forced underground.'"

THE BUBBLE SISTERS ARE ROCKIST!

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Sunday, 2 March 2003 01:04 (twenty-one years ago) link

any want to argue that the U.S.A. isn't being taunted into a Nuclear War?

if Colin Powell were President, 3-1 that Seoul would be a radioactive ruin right now!

(should we ask Momus to comment on this?)

― Tad (llamasfur), Sunday, 2 March 2003 01:05 (twenty-one years ago) link

The Bubble Sisters are awefully close to copyright infrigement also, track 3 "Always" is REALLY close to an 80's love song, which i can't remember at the moment.
http://noneinc.com/Archive/BubbleSisters/
If you missed looking at the official site, before it was taken down, i've got some of the pics, the intro .swf and other things for historical purposes. Will hopefully have full cd artwork up in the next week or so.

On the Star Girls, does Twinkle really have a hair-lip or am I just seeing things?

― PeterALopez, Wednesday, 5 March 2003 21:11 (twenty-one years ago) link

My favorite comment on the board: "Racism is so evident in the music industries in europe america and asia. Europe with the Nazi German marching techno music..."

― Kerry (dymaxia), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 22:23 (twenty-one years ago) link

Spike Lee should sue, art imitating art.

Run it by me again, is it North or South Korea in the axis of evil?

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 22:29 (twenty-one years ago) link

http://noneinc.com/Archive/BubbleSisters/CDArt/

There's the CD Artwork. Larger versions available if you can read Korean, otherwise the sm(all) version will be enough to show off their versatility. Is this the En Vogue look? http://noneinc.com/Archive/BubbleSisters/CDArt/BS-14-bk09sm.jpg

― PeterALopez, Friday, 7 March 2003 20:31 (twenty-one years ago) link

East Asia: still grappling with the idea that black people are real.

Nitsuh is OTM. Blackface is a common shtick/gag performed by certain popular Japanese artists.

― Mary (Mary), Saturday, 8 March 2003 02:23 (twenty-one years ago) link

fourteen years pass...

I have been trying to perfect my bigggest bubbles ever. Here my recepie
1 teaspoon Guar GUm
2 teaspoon baking powdre
1/3 cup dawn
1 gallon "water"

isopropyl alcohol to moisten guar gum

but this sh|t is not working at all!

― Violet Jynx, Monday, 22 May 2017 18:46 (six years ago) link

teh bubbl ejust opo at once

― Violet Jynx, Monday, 22 May 2017 18:46 (six years ago) link

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