dodgers style
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz4H5WI6bvY
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 21 August 2012 15:48 (eleven years ago) link
definitely reminds me of 2NE1 which is a good thing.
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 21 August 2012 15:50 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/08/gangnam-style-dissected-the-subversive-message-within-south-koreas-music-video-sensation/261462/
― rayuela, Thursday, 23 August 2012 17:17 (eleven years ago) link
Dance not too different from "The Bird," no?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSh1wcARKpo
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 23 August 2012 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
Somehow I preferred Daler Mehndi's "the song is about dancing, and I wanted the video to just be me dancing" explanation
― frogbs, Thursday, 23 August 2012 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
a few thoughts:
1) I'm assuming the ppl who don't hear LMFAO in this never heard "Sexy and I Know It"?2) I keep mentally substituting Ricky Gervais in for PSY as the video goes on 3) i forgot that he yells at a butt4) this is fucking great
― Lil Swayne of Pie (DJP), Thursday, 23 August 2012 19:11 (eleven years ago) link
sad that the author of that atlantic piece couldn't talk about this without shitting on the rest of k-pop or without considering "american music" some kind of origin of satire
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 23 August 2012 19:14 (eleven years ago) link
LA Dodgers video is lol
― dmr, Thursday, 23 August 2012 19:19 (eleven years ago) link
3) i forgot that he yells at a butt
remembered this sentence in the shower this morning for no apparent reason too
― ʘ (sic), Thursday, 23 August 2012 23:56 (eleven years ago) link
okay the dodgers vid won me over
― jack chick-fil-A (dayo), Thursday, 23 August 2012 23:57 (eleven years ago) link
love it but hope k-pop doesn't get pigeonholed to a layperson as just gangnam style :-[
― jack chick-fil-A (dayo), Thursday, 23 August 2012 23:58 (eleven years ago) link
http://maxgif.com/5zY
― jack chick-fil-A (dayo), Thursday, 23 August 2012 23:59 (eleven years ago) link
late pass but this is awesome
― The Reverend, Friday, 24 August 2012 01:31 (eleven years ago) link
aaaaay sexy lady
― teledyldonix, Friday, 24 August 2012 07:10 (eleven years ago) link
Just had a segment on this on NZ news. In the US, is it likely to get much in the way of radio play/chart action, and if so, where?
― etc, Monday, 27 August 2012 01:40 (eleven years ago) link
it may debut on the hot 100 soon due to digital sales. i would be ecstatic if it got any airplay but not really holding my breath for it
― teledyldonix, Monday, 27 August 2012 05:01 (eleven years ago) link
I was a little shocked at the Dodgers video, I know this has 55 million views or whatever but the idea that a K-pop hit can go over well for 40k random people in LA, many of whom actually recognize the guy on the big screen, that really blows my mind
― frogbs, Monday, 27 August 2012 15:09 (eleven years ago) link
it's almost as if a sizable portion of people who live in LA might have reason to follow korean pop culture
― jack chick-fil-A (dayo), Monday, 27 August 2012 15:13 (eleven years ago) link
which is why K-pop typically goes over well at Dodger Stadium
― frogbs, Monday, 27 August 2012 15:18 (eleven years ago) link
I heard this on the radio Saturday in Pennsylvania
― dmr, Monday, 27 August 2012 16:51 (eleven years ago) link
(ok it was a specialty show where they track "what's hot on the Internet" but still, it was a big mainstream commercial station not some left-of-the-dial ish)
― dmr, Monday, 27 August 2012 16:52 (eleven years ago) link
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m960wtjU9a1r06m1wo1_500.gif
― * The "no hands" rule can be compared to socialist tax policies (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 09:42 (eleven years ago) link
gangnam = jiangnan?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiangnan
― goole, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 13:59 (eleven years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangnam-gu
― jack chick-fil-A (dayo), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 14:00 (eleven years ago) link
google translate failed me :(
― goole, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 14:01 (eleven years ago) link
more gangnam style in the news:
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/08/28/gangnam-style-viral-popularity-in-u-s-has-koreans-puzzled-gratified/
http://opencitymag.com/beyond-the-horse-dance-viral-vid-gangnam-style-critiques-koreas-extreme-inequality/
My friend wrote the latter one so I'm biased, but I think these are both much better than that Atlantic article I posted earlier.
― rayuela, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 14:18 (eleven years ago) link
^^^^^both very good
I do think that the first one touches on an interesting point, acts from non-English speaking countries that try to hit it big in America are going to have a hard time if they just try to emulate Western music. Falco and Rammstein were very German, Daler Mehndi was obviously straight Bhangra, then there's a handful of Spanish-language hits that are all bastardized forms of salsa, reggaeton, etc. What else? Maybe Dschingis Khan? Was there ever a foreign-language hit in America that sounded like everything else on the radio?
― frogbs, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 14:33 (eleven years ago) link
99 luftballons
― goole, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 14:36 (eleven years ago) link
though i guess it was the english version that was a hit? idk
o-zone? eiffel 65?
― jack chick-fil-A (dayo), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 14:37 (eleven years ago) link
Falco was very Austrian!
99 Luftballons was a hit in the original German in the US.
― Temporarily Famous In The Czech Republic (ShariVari), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 14:38 (eleven years ago) link
Of course. But I don't know much of the Austrian music scene. Germany had a lot of acts similar to Falco though.
The point is that all these tunes are things that would have worked in their own country. When they start trying to pandering to Americans, things almost always go downhill.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 14:52 (eleven years ago) link
Generally 'pandering to Americans' means 'singing in English', though, so you won't find too many US-focused records released in Spanish or Korean.
― Temporarily Famous In The Czech Republic (ShariVari), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 14:58 (eleven years ago) link
a friend was telling me about some Senegalese records, i think it was Youssou N'Dour, where the original versions have all these insane drum breaks related to traditional music. the drums are the first thing to get dumbed down/stripped out when the records are released internationally, and you pretty much have to go there to get the real versions.
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 14:59 (eleven years ago) link
xp a surprising amount of those guys do speak English!
― frogbs, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 15:06 (eleven years ago) link
Pretty sure both versions of the Nena song were hits. That's kinda cool.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
Wasn't "Major Tom (Coming Home)" released in German first, but a hit in English?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 15:13 (eleven years ago) link
After the Fire is a good circuitous cross cultural tale: British band gets hit in America by doing English language cover of Falco song, a couple of years before Falco had his own US hits doing Falco in English.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 15:15 (eleven years ago) link
Falco is kind of a one-and-a-half-hit wonder. I'm surprised he never had another hit after that.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
man, gangnam style is all over my fb feed.
here's a gangjeong style vid made by people participating in the struggle against the building of a naval base in gangjeong village on jeju island.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3g5j4CrzBw&list=UU2yyX9b_8H7KhD0Y3PrOGBQ
― rayuela, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 15:23 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYFmxgzPP3Q
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 20:28 (eleven years ago) link
Heard a Cantonese karaoke version of this blasting from the backroom of my Korean dry cleaners this afternoon...? All middle-aged++ employees...
― lil queequeg (peter grasswich), Saturday, 1 September 2012 02:12 (eleven years ago) link
girl at 29 seconds in the last video (Jade) is an obv. ilxor/future ilxor
― Cunga, Saturday, 1 September 2012 02:46 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zPP5Bvtr2Dg
― kinder, Sunday, 2 September 2012 21:38 (eleven years ago) link
p good
― catbus otm (gbx), Sunday, 2 September 2012 21:54 (eleven years ago) link
has this been mentioned?
BIGBANG & PSY & 2NE1 - I AM FANTASTIC GANGNAM STYLE BABY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU_p_8pXiF4
― I don't even know wtf this band sounds like I'm just trollin (fffv), Sunday, 2 September 2012 22:05 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.billboard.com/news/psy-signs-to-scooter-braun-s-label-will-1007922152.story
― teledyldonix, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 07:24 (eleven years ago) link
"Dress classy, dance cheesy."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bzVKxd6y6dk#at=97
― Roz, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 13:11 (eleven years ago) link
^^That's Britney Spears getting a dance lesson from Psy, btw.
― Roz, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 13:12 (eleven years ago) link
omg I just watched that 2NE1/BIGBANG/PSY mash-up and that is like the pinnacle of human achievement right there
― Roz, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 13:20 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF27TNC_4pc
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 1 December 2015 00:48 (eight years ago) link
Fun single, especially compared to Daddy (https://youtu.be/FrG4TEcSuRg) which we should never speak of again
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 1 December 2015 00:55 (eight years ago) link
It reminds me of this home shopping network jingle from 2010 tho: https://youtu.be/bhWJXIGb8ao
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 1 December 2015 01:02 (eight years ago) link
I like this one, though it can't help remind me a lot of Rip Slyme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoAmZ41Z-f4
― frogbs, Tuesday, 1 December 2015 03:02 (eight years ago) link
Meanwhile, the actual 2nd album track (better but not MV material I guess):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYuY2j4nMYE
― hurricane weather (forapper), Tuesday, 1 December 2015 11:49 (eight years ago) link
remember the four or five days when everyone on the internet (except for koreans) thought "gangnam style" was some kind of incisive satire of consumer capitalism?
― wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 1 December 2015 14:10 (eight years ago) link
?...no.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 1 December 2015 14:17 (eight years ago) link
I forgot that he yells at a butt
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 1 December 2015 16:51 (eight years ago) link
it's very important to remember that.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 1 December 2015 17:01 (eight years ago) link
https://eatingbender.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/never_forget_wtc1.jpg
― wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 1 December 2015 17:02 (eight years ago) link