tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post5736278897984379271..comments2024-03-18T07:07:53.346-04:00Comments on Ask a Korean!: AAK! Music: Gangnam Style by PSYT.K. (Ask a Korean!)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07663422474464557214noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-51333534844614861082012-12-13T19:24:45.487-05:002012-12-13T19:24:45.487-05:00I think you're off on Big Bang. That's a ...I think you're off on Big Bang. That's a group that's obsessed with its own internal dysfunction: <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTsnBHXnAvI<br /><br />Big Bang captured their fanbase by building up an internal world in their music and videos. Even the populist pop stuff they churned out after 2009 in a desperate attempt to retain their place at the top of the charts actually, under the surface, very specific and weird. I think they exist uncomfortably somewhere between artists and entertainers. (GDragon & Taeyang famously did not want to debut as idols in the first place.) <br /><br />Apart from that I really enjoyed this post a lot. I agree with tasogare82 above, no one else has explained PSY vs. the idols as well as you do in this post, so far. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05688112719839642820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-48562816446468736792012-11-17T01:33:15.146-05:002012-11-17T01:33:15.146-05:00Colbert has gone Gangnam style!
http://www.colbert...Colbert has gone Gangnam style!<br />http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/421325/november-15-2012/millennial-generation-soup-campaignAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-85308397596101056432012-10-23T20:33:01.446-04:002012-10-23T20:33:01.446-04:00Im lazy to send an email to ask a question, sorry,...Im lazy to send an email to ask a question, sorry, so here goes: "..her parents did not attend her funeral, as it is customary in Korea for the parents not to attend the funeral of an unmarried child."<br /><br />Really? What, why? (._.)<br /><br />& How about making a formspring, where people can ask you questions and post the replies here?Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13891884937320859927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-47930752140750170572012-10-23T18:13:21.549-04:002012-10-23T18:13:21.549-04:00Another correction - 'infamous' should be ...Another correction - 'infamous' should be 'famous'.<br /><br />Good article! CactusMcHarrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12416561746096166917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-39835439448263904862012-10-13T11:37:18.077-04:002012-10-13T11:37:18.077-04:00"Being wealthier and freer developed new aest..."Being wealthier and freer developed new aesthetics among Korean pop musicians."<br /><br />I think they just copied/grafted Western pop music. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-15686829697735878672012-10-13T11:00:47.673-04:002012-10-13T11:00:47.673-04:00Video was just on Mtv. My daughter called me in , ...Video was just on Mtv. My daughter called me in , "is this the Korean video". She was amused of course. I keep telling my kids, Koreans are funny. Music in America has gotten just as formulaic as any. It's a fun video, and when you stop worrying about what it means, that's all that matters anyway, right? Someone who is relatively fluent in English, with friends in the US, should take advantage of this opportunity right away. The US has almost 2 million people of Korean descent. Korean entertainment is popular all over Asia, so there is no reason you couldn't expect the appetite and buying power of another 15 million or so. If anything, Koreans are shrewd capitalists so I can't believe hand phones haven't been worn out by now. oldgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14300942268456541949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-69647830141186448632012-10-08T00:30:44.659-04:002012-10-08T00:30:44.659-04:00I currently live in Japan and have a lot of friend...I currently live in Japan and have a lot of friends - both in Europe and Japan - who are crazy about (idol) K-Pop.<br />Really good points were made in this article and I too hope, that someday K-Music from the "other side" will make its way out of Korea.<br /><br />However, what interests me most is, that Gangnam Style virtually seems to be ignored in Japan - a country, where all those idol groups like SNSD, Big Band or 2ne1 are having a huge success. I wonder why that is?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-90673927427266992012012-10-06T11:05:47.057-04:002012-10-06T11:05:47.057-04:00I'm a mom with a teen daughter that is kpop cr...I'm a mom with a teen daughter that is kpop crazy. There were one or two bands that I liked (Block B and B.A.P.) but I couldn't really get into the massive production machine that is kpop today. Until Gangnam Style. I loved that he wasn't some adolescent boy with chocolate abs and amazing hair. It was clear he had that kind of self confidence and he was having fun and I respect that about him. I'm glad that he is having such worldwide success because he certainly has been working at it for a long time. He is an amazing showman and someday I hope to see him live because it looks to be an amazing experience!<br /><br />I don't think, however, that in the US at least, he will see the same response to his other music. I was a young music fan in the 80's when we saw many foreign bands briefly break into the US market with one hit wonders like "Rock Me Amadeus" and "99 Luftballoons". They were anomalies. I think the US is rather xenophobic when it comes to many things. I believe Gangnam Style visually may play on many stereotypes Americans have of Asians making it something where the American viewer feels comfortable laughing at him as he laughs at himself. Which is really too bad. <br /><br />I've come to respect how hard these idols work for their success. I happily watch the idol shows on the weekends and am even travelling 8 hours to attend KCON now. gghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11787742845428091190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-65533471372738963892012-10-06T09:41:11.437-04:002012-10-06T09:41:11.437-04:00Thanks! Correction made.Thanks! Correction made.T.K. (Ask a Korean!)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07663422474464557214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-21768222611379611872012-10-06T08:38:23.415-04:002012-10-06T08:38:23.415-04:00I think that was intentional word play.I think that was intentional word play.xradmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11599374803307971252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-8089081423152373892012-10-06T05:32:23.325-04:002012-10-06T05:32:23.325-04:00I believe the last sentence is missing 'have&#...I believe the last sentence is missing 'have' - "... they will [have] PSY to thank". But other than that, this was an interesting post on PSY.vvhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04623282620473143415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-22395468783074669032012-10-06T02:32:40.951-04:002012-10-06T02:32:40.951-04:00By far the best write up on PSY so far! Really go...By far the best write up on PSY so far! Really good points made.<br /><br />I dare to add this link as I hope it complements your K-pop series. It's a (no doubt incomplete) chronology of major stars from the late 1980s up to SNSD's Gee.<br />http://koreanology.wordpress.com/2012/10/03/emergence-of-k-pop-from-lee-to-gee/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com