"GANGNAM STYLE" deserves its own thread

i do, tell me how i'm wrong

Watching Beyonce, I was struck by how closely linked her hits are to the attendant dances and poses from the videos (right down to the "good morning, Charlie" line in "Independent Woman," a movie tie-in reference that surely has long outlived its purpose). So basically, if Psy can come up with another memorable dance, he'll have another hit.

Or another memorable butt to yell at.

I was talking US, by the by. Psy's career in South Korea is a completely other thing.

Note that Chubby Checker was able to a singular dance into a couple, if not several, hits. Not sure GS can enjoy that kind of success.

*Psy*

http://oyster.ignimgs.com/mediawiki/apis.ign.com/pokemon-blue-version/b/b2/Psyduck.gif

I was talking US, by the by. Psy's career in South Korea is a completely other thing.

Note that Chubby Checker was able to a singular dance into a couple, if not several, hits. Not sure GS can enjoy that kind of success.

― Matt M., Tuesday, February 5, 2013 11:59 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"Let's Horsedance Yet Again"

the kidzbop version of this song has all of the korean rapping but changes "hey sexy lady" to "hey, hey lady" which gives it a kinda jerry lewis feel. i like to think about them drilling all the obnoxious kidzbop kid singers in rapping in korean.

i'd imagine Weird Al is getting pretty nervous right now

Horsedance Like We Did Last Summer.

it's a humorous night for a horsedance

Yeah, there's got to be some sort of Weird Al law. Like, the closer pop music comes to an actual Weird Al parody, the closer we are too armageddon. Like the Doomsday Clock.

what I mean is, pretty much every parody that could exist of this song is on Youtube already, so he's going to have to mine that space even further. maybe even turn it into a song about getting lots of Youtube views. or, maybe about eating food.

You mean, like turn it into a song about eating pistachios?

Next level would be Weird Al turning Gangnam Style into a food parody in Korean

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=psy+curve

http://www.youtube.com/watchv=_Z_y3y5yqDQ#!

Crap:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_Z_y3y5yqDQ#!

Fuck it, someone else can fix it.

I think Weird Al's just going to leave this song alone like he did with the Macarena.

does "Gangnam Style" still deserve its own thread?

Just checked out the wiki on this for the first time:

Comedian/television personality, Noh Hongchul, who does his trademark pelvis-thrusting dance in an elevator while PSY raps underneath him

Trademark pelvis-thrusting dance? Answers a lot of questions while raising several more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FsfXel2qgM&feature=player_embedded

gangnam style

― contenderizer, Monday, 13 August 2012 22:01 (6 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

is how you finish any sentence

― contenderizer, Monday, 13 August 2012 22:01 (6 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

sexy lady

― contenderizer, Monday, 13 August 2012 22:01 (6 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

90 seconds of the follow-up single "Gentleman"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_NtjY7ypRg

not gonna go over very big i suspect

oh dear

Is he saying "motherfather"?

PSY should have learned from Lou Bega. Never follow up a big global smash hit with something called "Gentleman":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L74mqBSJdWQ

Despite easy nods to GS I will say this video is pretty funny, again. There's a story and not just 'crazy' moves.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASO_zypdnsQ

The heroine of the story is a member of the girl group who actually launched this dance, actually: http://youtu.be/ofwFr8o8p0Y

-actually

it's definitely better than the lou bega song

xxp

Yes, it's Ga-In, who released this wonderful solo track last year:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K64mb5KUhhs

(the actual song starts at 2:06)

i'm in to this

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSOivZKSO26QaQ3fCLDiTSu64MmYH-EBCldl4EyZfVHO4c9YESx

LOL @ that video hell yes this is funny. IRL LOLZ when dude makes the student smell his fart. Also i want that golden suit.

i love the hi-hats on this

this was probably the best move he could've made post-GS but i still don't see it getting much radio airplay or anything

(best wrt worldwide success)

LOL @ that video hell yes this is funny. IRL LOLZ when dude makes the student smell his fart. Also i want that golden suit.

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, April 13, 2013 10:35 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Haha he totally butter-cupped her.

i feel like he could have played the hype wave better by going underground for a year or two first? idk

Tough to say really, but prob not a bad idea to strike while the iron is hot.

video is fun. song isn't as unstoppable, but what would be?

this song and video are like identical

i saw the video a few hours ago but have already forgotten almost everything about it

identical to wat? one another?

If I were Kim Jong Un, I would put my best men and women to work coming up with a song, dance and video that beats "Gangnam Style" on the charts, to show up South Korea (and everyone). I can totally imagine it. "We will launch a new single that will absolutely destroy the world. The Top 40 will be ours!"

And the can challenge Psy to a dance off. Or I guess crotch thrust off? Because that's pretty much Psy's dance.

No, the crotch thrust is (S. Korean comedian) Haha's signature move. The hip wiggle is (S. Korean idol group) Brown Eyed Girls' signature move from their 2009 hit "Abracadabra". The horse dance is Psy's signature move, and I gotta tell you, I've been in Zumba classes where both parts - the lassoing part and the trotting part - were a part of the routine, although not together at the same time.

Psy's "Happening" concert is on Youtube btw, and is pretty awesome. I support the hip wiggle and Ga In's extended cameo in the "Gentleman" video, also dude's attempts to break the sexless/harmless Asian dude stereotype, but it's never cool to push girls to the floor. That's unfunny jerk behavior.

No video could top "Gangnam Style", but I like "Gentlemen" the song more. Probably because it's PSY gone New Beat + Big Beat, both particularly hitting my buttons.