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
stereotypes:
japan: omg japanese are so crazy!korea: omg japanese are so crazy!
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
yeah prob not
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 15 September 2012 02:49 (eleven years ago) link
you shoulda done it just on the off chance that 2 or 3 people would be really pumped about it and everyone else would be totally confused
― some dude, Saturday, 15 September 2012 02:53 (eleven years ago) link
― tuomas without a nose ring (The Reverend), Friday, September 14, 2012 10:17 PM
it's absolutely amazing, he utterly owned that crowd. and they were primed for it because of... a satirical foreign-language rap for a dance-pop number with a video where everyone dances a horsey dance
― j., Saturday, 15 September 2012 03:04 (eleven years ago) link
i heard it a wedding a couple weeks ago! the bride requested it, i think
― running like a young deer (symsymsym), Saturday, 15 September 2012 03:07 (eleven years ago) link
going to a wedding in a couple weeks1!! stoked
― The rain in Spin circles mainly on the mansplain (D-40), Saturday, 15 September 2012 03:14 (eleven years ago) link
are there gonna be a lot of ppl dressed up as Psy on halloween? prolly right? electric blue blazer, blowtie, sunglasses, part the hair....
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 15 September 2012 03:20 (eleven years ago) link
do the horsey dance all nice
the thing about the today show thing that amazed me is that he kept dropping the mic to let the audience sing the last word of the line or whatev, and they seemingly always knew the line?
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Saturday, 15 September 2012 03:23 (eleven years ago) link
seeing exuberant koreans singing along is awesome too
― j., Saturday, 15 September 2012 03:26 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i was wondering if he was surprised. like in the first 15 secs he got the sense that the crowd just knew every word so he started letting them come in.
also that pause before "oppa gangnam style" is even doper in the live setting
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 15 September 2012 03:27 (eleven years ago) link
Well when the line is "SA DA HEY" every single time it's pretty easy to remember. I've had that stuck in my head for like weeks now.
― 誤訳侮辱, Saturday, 15 September 2012 03:28 (eleven years ago) link
the whole thing is giving me sort of a Linsanity vibe - I can't imagine how surreal it is for Koreans over here to see one of their own basically become a star overnight
― frogbs, Saturday, 15 September 2012 04:02 (eleven years ago) link
maybe a lot of the audience did know the words to begin with but c'mon they definitely rehearsed for it to be that on point
― some dude, Saturday, 15 September 2012 04:08 (eleven years ago) link
the youtube description is pretty hilar
The song is characterized by its strongly addictive beats and lyrics, and is thus certain to penetrate the foundations of modern philosophy.
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 15 September 2012 04:14 (eleven years ago) link
open condom style will definitely penetrate
― some dude, Saturday, 15 September 2012 04:31 (eleven years ago) link
doesn't sound anything like "open condom style" also that doesn't even make sense
― boxall, Saturday, 15 September 2012 04:36 (eleven years ago) link
I don't know what they've done to the colours in the video but it's so bright and crisp and clean. It's like the anti teal & orange.
― ledge, Saturday, 15 September 2012 08:58 (eleven years ago) link
if you pronounce "gangam" as Psy does in the song & "condom" as you would in daily conversation they do not sound at all alike any further than they both scan trochaic & end with the letter m.
― we don't wanna miss a THING!!! (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 15 September 2012 10:19 (eleven years ago) link