"GANGNAM STYLE" deserves its own thread

if we can't reduce white people's enjoyment of this to some kind of hidden racist motive, why would we even feel the need to discuss it

― frogbs, Tuesday, October 9, 2012 11:42 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

well we could do an "ignition"-like thing and list the 100 parts/aspects of the song that make it awesome. that would be fun.

Think PSY doesn't know that that's funny? Where the hell's my boy Trife, he knows what that kind of thinking is called: "racism."

"again, the idea is that it's ok to find gangnam style awesome and funny..."

-me, a person who enjoys gangnam style, being totally reductive about it (2012)

Permission noted, it's the part after the ... that no one is arguing very convincingly - or even directly rather than obliquely - so far, about Gangnam Style, that I've read.

Think PSY doesn't know that that's funny? Where the hell's my boy Trife, he knows what that kind of thinking is called: "racism."

― boxall, Tuesday, October 9, 2012 11:59 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

that what's funny? all kinds of xposts messing w/ my game.

Sorry I took that from early in the thread you mentioned

tbf, a lot of the US stereotypes about Asian people are just as pervasive in Russia and the Caribbean, but i agree that's not what's driving this.

but are they just as pervasive in korea and singapore and indonesia?

...they don't have to be?

I lolled, boxall

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/A5VMLbvCcAE3PeK.jpg

this morning a kenyan nurse taught my mother how to do the horsey dance

three weeks ago if you had said 'in three weeks you will say "this morning a kenyan nurse taught my mother how to do the horsey dance"' i would not have believed you

I was on board the why this song and not another? train, but they're playing this on the street in Istanbul, where a gazillion Turkish parodies exist, including this one with old found footage of old men dancing at weddings. So I now I think the dance craze angle is probably the key one, on top of the boost from American media/celebs who rightly saw the viral potential of the video and performer. 'Cause I gotta say that from my perspective on the other side of a computer screen, this guy really seems to radiate charisma, to the point where every celeb sharing a room with him obviously feels it.

If you wanna dip into the kpop rumormill, there's been some Psy stuff going around lately concerning his former co-performer:
http://ygfamilyy.tumblr.com/post/33219151663/grad-student-tried-to-sue-psy-over-similarities-to
http://ygfamilyy.tumblr.com/post/33149083637/is-this-the-end-of-kim-jang-hoon-psys-years
http://ygfamilyy.tumblr.com/post/33343280964/kim-jang-hoon-and-psy-make-up-over-soju-121011

In Kpop rumormill terms, this is pretty legit stuff, everything completely a part of the public record - court cases, public tweets, an interruption of a public performance...

K-pop gets pretty grisly with that kind of stuff - what was the story of the guy who they claimed never graduated from Stanford, despite Stanford itself issuing his academic record..?

http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/full/674288312.png?key=341472&Expires=1350639741&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIYVGSUJFNRFZBBTA&Signature=hZ7xJNFLa9QzlVczJ6p-6XEn4FCIbxpFziFxUpC1DKo4XPfpig8fwKGOv9ZdMctqmO2jNl6U1IzxkhVWciIp-jlJCAz7Lml3V40mqOl0mW2dcalMk9Mb4NUEv~AsD1xEU3yRu3F4C5QDnvNqS3xM2COp1~9XQN3vTm4qYNWRCeY_

blatant whitewashing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82LCKBdjywQ

Big opportunity missed: keep "GHOST-BUSTERS!" as the hook after the hanging pause.

was at a very mainstream very poppy bowling alley/karaoke place last night. when the dj played this, practically everyone in the place went nuts, over half of the people in there were doing the dance.

this shit is so so huge.

yeah it's taken only a couple of months for this to be the 3rd most viewed video of all time on youtube

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9FtZkVRkusQ"; frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

sorry - Eton style

http://www.youtube.com/embed/9FtZkVRkusQ

Is it still stuck at #2 behind that fairly weak Maroon 5 effort? I fear this will be one of those Humperdinck moments on the charts.

i just don't get how people can attribute this song's popularity to american or western stereotypes of asians when it is blowing up everywhere: korea, SE asia, oceania, the caribbean.... everybody loves this song, the horsey dance, the guy's charisma, the inventive video, etc.

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, October 9, 2012 12:26 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

i love the caribbean and oceania being identified as places where stereotypes of asians don't exist

and we exist in a world where there are lots of nuanced, real representations of asian men in our media... so, it all balances out.

you missed three out of four words in that term tbf

i don't understand

LYRICS TRANSLATION

http://koreanwavetimes.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/psy-gangnam-style-lyrics-translation-in.html

(I would copy & paste but it is strictly prohibited and I should be ashamed of myself)

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/182vel2btc2kqgif/original.gif
http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/182vfo16swz8zgif/original.gif

JPP's horsey dance was pretty epic

people really go nuts when this song is played in public places, huh?

*goes nuts at desk*

i just don't get how people can attribute this song's popularity to american or western stereotypes of asians when it is blowing up everywhere: korea, SE asia, oceania, the caribbean.... everybody loves this song, the horsey dance, the guy's charisma, the inventive video, etc.

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, October 9, 2012 12:26 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

i love the caribbean and oceania being identified as places where stereotypes of asians don't exist

― dylannn, Saturday, October 20, 2012 11:43 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

precisely the same stereotypes? in korea itself? i dunno, i don't think the "LOLasian" reaction is _not_ a factor, but to presume that it is the common denominator...?

I am a man whose thought is more rough and bumpy than muscles

http://io9.com/5953874/big-trouble-in-little-china-%252B-gangnam-style-john-carpenter-approves

For a real feeling for what the lyrics are about, try the english acoustic cover version by ytube user: peuyeumus (you didn't think anyone could do an acoustic version, but it has been done).

holy shit ai wei wei is in on it now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=4LAefTzSwWY

I hope Marina Abramovic is next.

she just sits there crying while james franco does the horsey dance in silence for 6 hours

naked

https://twitter.com/UN_Spokesperson/status/260885635651497984

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/120oqd/i_am_south_korean_singer_rapper_composer_dancer/

okay, win:

FahCough 1555 points 1 hour ago
Why were you so mad at that girl's ass?

PSY_Oppa 281 points 3 minutes ago
because her ass was so mad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6ZSZbNfSpk

lol reddit

tijuanacarwash 103 points 3 hours ago
I am doing a report on Korean for a linguistics class. Do you find Korean to be difficult to rap in?

PSY_Oppa 69 points 3 minutes ago
not at all because i'm korean!
in the same way, it's kind of hard to eat scrambled eggs for breakfast.

ok, serious lols at the "no music" video

that's brilliant. love the hair-blower sound.

Ha, can't got wrong with explosion and screams!