Ok, who else is sick of Gangnam Style?
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I admit I have a giant blind side where Gangnam Style is concerned. To me it's incredibly stupid, and whatever catchiness the song has is gone by the second time you listen to it. I"m taking too seriously I know, but to me any adult who actually likes it has something wrong with them. Kids fine, I can see why they would like it, but adults no way. It's not comparable to Justin Bieber. Bieber might be completely disposable crap, but at least he can play an instrument, and his songs have some sort of decent beat, rather than this shit. And he can dance. This guy can't (which is part of the appeal)
Terrible, just terrible, with no redeeming social value IMHO (not that music has to have social value to be good)
I guess I should probably get off the park bench and grab my walker because I'm an officially an old man
Also, the next guy I see in a hipster bar dressed like this 'artist' and yelling 'gangnam style' while riding women on the dance floor should be immediately disbarred from ever appearing in public. Charges of being a giant douchebag should be laid against him as well
Terrible, just terrible, with no redeeming social value IMHO (not that music has to have social value to be good)
I guess I should probably get off the park bench and grab my walker because I'm an officially an old man
Also, the next guy I see in a hipster bar dressed like this 'artist' and yelling 'gangnam style' while riding women on the dance floor should be immediately disbarred from ever appearing in public. Charges of being a giant douchebag should be laid against him as well
He has made $30 million since this song hit in mid August, his father is a millionaire in the semi conductor business.
I never get "sick" of looking at hot chicks making sexy moves:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpZhZAr1cQU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX372ZwXOEM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpZhZAr1cQU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX372ZwXOEM
Yup... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yr7FW1S5e0
It's a catchy tune and more importantly, a fun animated dance for the kids to do. Nothing wrong with having some mindless fun every now and then.
And Lonely Island is AWESOME. I have heard their music played at weddings.
the ad that Gangnan style copied
http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/10/15/gangnam-style-is-japan-immune-to-psy-mania/
If you’re tired of Korean rapper PSY’s ubiquitous viral hit, “Gangnam Style,” it may be time to pack your bags for Japan.
It’s an unsual paradox: Korean pop, a.k.a. K-Pop, is huge in Japan as it is elsewhere in Asia, with artists like Girls’ Generation and TVXQ regularly drawing teenyboppers’ ears. But for a variety of reasons, “Gangnam Style” — which rose to #2 on the U.S. Billboard charts and has been viewed more than 460 million times on YouTube — just isn’t all that big in Japan.
Maybe it is because no one has just been paying attention all that much. “Over the past month, Japanese media rarely reported about “Gangnam Style” fever,” reports the English-language version of the South Korean news site Dong-a Ilbo:
As a result, Japanese are familiar with Korean actors such as Bae Yong-jun, aka Yonsama, and Jang Geun-seok but hardly know PSY.
The leading [Japanese] daily Mainichi Shimbun on Friday featured Psy’s song in the article, “Close to #1 in the U.S.,” but gave just a brief mention about his concert at Seoul Plaza the previous day that was broadcast worldwide and the song’s position on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
Intereretsingly PSY, a.k.a. Park Jae-sang, is far from unknown in Japan, despite the fact that he fails to fit the mold of a typical K-Pop star (which is to say, young, svelte and extremely attractive). According to the Japan-based publication Rocket News, PSY’s own rise to fame was in fact reported by Japanese music publications and pundits.
But as the Japan-watching blog Kotaku noted, it’s common practice for K-pop stars to release Japanese-language versions of their hits in order to capitalize on their biggest market outside Korea. And according to Rocket News, the local version of “Gangnam Style” never made it to Japanese shores — but not for lack of effort:
As it turns out, [PSY] tried. Back in August, PSY’s Japanese record label, YGEX, announced that PSY would release a slightly-modified Japanese version of “Gangnam Style” called “Roppongi Style” in late September. After the original song exploded in popularity overseas, YGEX decided to stick with the original Korean “Gangnam Style,” but still aim for a September Japanese release.
For reasons that are still unclear, “Roppongi Style” never quite made it on the air. YGEX put the single on hold without further explanation.
Lastly, it’s entirely possible that the recent political climate in northeast Asia might have cooled the Japanese fever for Korean pop songs. In late August — just as PSY was quickly rising to worldwide prominence — a dispute erupted over the Takeshima and Dokdo islets between Japan and Korea, with both countries claiming ownership. With diplomatic tensions running high, the Japanese public increasingly steered away from any perceived pro-Korean sentiment.
Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/10/15/gangnam-style-is-japan-immune-to-psy-mania/#ixzz2De1SvLTj
It is sad when high value is place on low or zero talent so people can go and laugh at them. The intelligence level of the human race is in a fast and steady decline.
People are putting a lot of money into garbage like this for a few minutes of laughter, yet researchers are paid very little and have to beg for money to fund the research. The result of the research can save this planet and the lives which lives here.
It is truly sad.
I hope you guys realize it's the kids under 15 years old that keeps watching these vids...and that's his market. Same with Beiber. I just chose not to listen to their music as I like a different genre and not contribution to the millions of $$$ these artists earn. Like some people...to me these music is crap but other people like it and continue to be a fan of it...good marketing (good looks, showing your ass, tits and pussy on music tv, and tappin' hoes on music tv) can make you famous...so is great singing voice and skills.
