So that's like, what, like #81 in America?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 21:51 (eleven years ago) link
(Sorry, lazy Canada joke)
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 21:52 (eleven years ago) link
#58 with a butt
― catbus otm (gbx), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 22:04 (eleven years ago) link
Was featured in UK free paper Metro yesterday (at every train station and on a lot of buses across the land). Will see if it blows up in the UK too..
― Cragenham Craig (Craigo Boingo), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 10:57 (eleven years ago) link
omg where's Geir
― DARING PRINCESS (DJP), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 13:42 (eleven years ago) link
lool
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 14:01 (eleven years ago) link
i'd def be into a "hongro style" parody, gotta say
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 12 September 2012 14:52 (eleven years ago) link
*camera shows up close shot of a hand strumming a black electric guitar, pans out & its just kids on halloween*
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 12 September 2012 14:53 (eleven years ago) link
they were just discussing this on The View lol
― dmr, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 15:59 (eleven years ago) link
Top 10 US itunes (#2 in Canada). I guess it's now officially the first legitimately big k-pop hit in the West.
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 16:28 (eleven years ago) link
#1 in Finland!
― direct references of (seandalai), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 16:36 (eleven years ago) link
He taught Britney Spears how to do the dance on Ellen.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:45 (eleven years ago) link
He didn't yell at her butt tho. :(
i'm not sure how you'd ever even begin to separate out "lol crazy foreigner" type appreciation from other sorts when the artist in question is singing in a foreign language (one that's largely unfamiliar to westerners) while deliberately acting crazy. especially when he hails from a culture that's frequently reduced to "lol crazy" stereotypes.
not a slam at the popularity of "gangnam style", just in response to j0rdan...
― i know your nuts hurt! who's laughing? (contenderizer), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 21:03 (eleven years ago) link
heard it on top 40 radio twice today :)
― teledyldonix, Thursday, 13 September 2012 08:43 (eleven years ago) link
#33 on UK iTunes, been climbing all week. Video has been #1 on UK iTunes for quite a while.
― mike t-diva, Thursday, 13 September 2012 09:10 (eleven years ago) link
is s. korea really reduced to "lol crazy" stereotypes that often? i've always thought of it as having a pretty westernized pop culture, esp. compared to say, japan.
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 13 September 2012 15:09 (eleven years ago) link
stereotypes:
japan: omg japanese are so crazy!korea: omg japanese are so crazy!
― goole, Thursday, 13 September 2012 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
lol, true
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 13 September 2012 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
Just debuted at #64. It begins.
― tuomas without a nose ring (The Reverend), Thursday, 13 September 2012 17:34 (eleven years ago) link
And #16 in Canada.
― MarkoP, Thursday, 13 September 2012 17:38 (eleven years ago) link
kyary pamyu pamyu
― * The "no hands" rule can be compared to socialist tax policies (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 14 September 2012 01:48 (eleven years ago) link
i think the stereotype ppl might have is related to its "inscrutability"
the WSJ piece breaks this all down pretty well, though. read that. it also explains the tradition of subversive critique that it's a part of & makes it seem pretty mocking of teh upper class in gangnam
― The rain in Spin circles mainly on the mansplain (D-40), Friday, 14 September 2012 02:31 (eleven years ago) link
Now officially the most-liked video in Youtube history, apparently.
― Matt DC, Friday, 14 September 2012 07:48 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPP5Bvtr2Dg
― Ask The Answer Man (sexyDancer), Friday, 14 September 2012 08:33 (eleven years ago) link
If you haven't gotten enough of Roh Hongcheoul doing his signature Jeojil Daeseu ("nasty dance"):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REePS1XomPM
Paris Hilton cameo at 1:17. Still prefer Masaki Sumitani (Razor Ramon Hard Gay).
― A guy who one-shots his coffee before it even cools down (Sanpaku), Friday, 14 September 2012 22:36 (eleven years ago) link
and now #1 on itunes! perhaps in time it will even top the hot 100?
― teledyldonix, Saturday, 15 September 2012 00:31 (eleven years ago) link
#2 on australian itunes chart, #1 on video chart
― * The "no hands" rule can be compared to socialist tax policies (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 15 September 2012 00:37 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dlhhfpFBTk
― tuomas without a nose ring (The Reverend), Saturday, 15 September 2012 01:12 (eleven years ago) link
brilliant
― * The "no hands" rule can be compared to socialist tax policies (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 15 September 2012 01:21 (eleven years ago) link
i've been shouting "open condom style", myself.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, August 18, 2012 12:17 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark
so far my only direct experience with this song is a morning show playing a 2 second clip and talking about how it sounds like they're saying "open condom style." i kinda wanna see how long i can keep that as my only contact with it.
― some dude, Saturday, 15 September 2012 01:23 (eleven years ago) link
that clip is p great
― catbus otm (gbx), Saturday, 15 September 2012 01:30 (eleven years ago) link
http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/full/655876848.gif?key=400226&Expires=1347673722&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIYVGSUJFNRFZBBTA&Signature=nKSxFmiOF54VVIKyu2MgLP5Rle1QrTy4KZJYXoAV-MBC02bRqLixeWotwizgGbKUiHk6slPkprson1ZqGouuNfOEGs5-FZgeBmnOUe8NPh19ovs-rehngmO1Eo3jdNY620xyEsMK3EW3j7bIk2obfdEX3g37OYOMQ-1jrHKFCAg_
― Legendary General Cypher Raige (Gukbe), Saturday, 15 September 2012 01:34 (eleven years ago) link
it doesn't sound anything like "open condom style" also that doesn't even make sense
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 15 September 2012 01:37 (eleven years ago) link
more importantly
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma281gdV8p1qk6d4jo1_250.gif
this guy is incredible
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 15 September 2012 01:38 (eleven years ago) link
finding out the story behind this made it way more interesting 2 me.
― The rain in Spin circles mainly on the mansplain (D-40), Saturday, 15 September 2012 01:41 (eleven years ago) link
i know when i heard that he had yelled at a butt, everything really clicked
― catbus otm (gbx), Saturday, 15 September 2012 01:43 (eleven years ago) link
what's the story behind the jockey dance? is it just a send-up of rich people in gangnam owning horses and such?
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 15 September 2012 01:45 (eleven years ago) link
or is it just that it look ridiculous
it is fun to do, try it
― catbus otm (gbx), Saturday, 15 September 2012 01:47 (eleven years ago) link
dude turned an 8:30 am performance to moms at the today show into like a closing set at glastonbury
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 15 September 2012 01:50 (eleven years ago) link
it totally sounds like "open condom style"
― some dude, Saturday, 15 September 2012 01:58 (eleven years ago) link
damn he totally killed The Today Show
― wtf where's my chapbook (DJP), Saturday, 15 September 2012 02:04 (eleven years ago) link
the only two things i really thought when i finally watched this were a) at least the new "Macarena" is better than the old one, and b) this is totally the first time in 3 years that a video has upped the ante visually from "Bad Romance"
― some dude, Saturday, 15 September 2012 02:15 (eleven years ago) link
2 Thoughtz:
Those synth stabs that punctuate every so often are totally "Pump Up The Jam", without directly ripping them off like "I'm A Slave 4 U".
I feel like there's a real underdog dynamic at work. It's like... there's this chubby 30-something Korean dude (not by any means your typical pop star) taking the world by storm with a song that everybody loves, you can't help but root for him.
― tuomas without a nose ring (The Reverend), Saturday, 15 September 2012 02:17 (eleven years ago) link
Oh yeah, and I had made the mental connection with the Macarena, but yeah, "Gangnam Style" is way better. The dance is better too.
― tuomas without a nose ring (The Reverend), Saturday, 15 September 2012 02:20 (eleven years ago) link
― tuomas without a nose ring (The Reverend), Friday, September 14, 2012 10:17 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark
yeah
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 15 September 2012 02:35 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i sorta had a slight sickening feeling in my stomach when i imagined this getting played at some wedding i'm at in three years but fuck it
I did a wedding a couple weekends ago and thought about playing it but decided not enough people would know it yet.
― tuomas without a nose ring (The Reverend), Saturday, 15 September 2012 02:39 (eleven years ago) link