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    'Gangnam Style' - Korean video goes viral

    Trust me, this is strange and odd and a whole lot of fun:


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    Interestingly, that video could be a documentary of my life.

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    The redhead is VERY easy on the eyes... worth enduring two minutes of pure crap for...

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    Un usual.

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    5.2 million hits.

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    At least now we know what Ernest has been up to...
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    And for those who just had to know:
    English Translation:
    Oppa is Gangnam style
    Gangnam style

    A girl who is warm and humanle during the day
    A classy girl who know how to enjoy the freedom of a cup of coffee
    A girl whose heart gets hotter when night comes
    A girl with that kind of twist

    I’m a guy
    A guy who is as warm as you during the day
    A guy who one-shots his coffee before it even cools down
    A guy whose heart bursts when night comes
    That kind of guy

    Beautiful, loveable
    Yes you, hey, yes you, hey
    Beautiful, loveable
    Yes you, hey, yes you, hey
    Now let’s go until the end

    Oppa is Gangnam style, Gangnam style
    Oppa is Gangnam style, Gangnam style
    Oppa is Gangnam style

    Eh- Sexy Lady, Oppa is Gangnam style
    Eh- Sexy Lady oh oh oh oh

    A girl who looks quiet but plays when she plays
    A girl who puts her hair down when the right time comes
    A girl who covers herself but is more sexy than a girl who bares it all
    A sensable girl like that

    I’m a guy
    A guy who seems calm but plays when he plays
    A guy who goes completely crazy when the right time comes
    A guy who has bulging ideas rather than muscles
    That kind of guy

    Beautiful, loveable
    Yes you, hey, yes you, hey
    Beautiful, loveable
    Yes you, hey, yes you, hey
    Now let’s go until the end

    Oppa is Gangnam style, Gangnam style
    Oppa is Gangnam style, Gangnam style
    Oppa is Gangnam style

    Eh- Sexy Lady, Oppa is Gangnam style
    Eh- Sexy Lady oh oh oh oh

    On top of the running man is the flying man, baby baby
    I’m a man who knows a thing or two
    On top of the running man is the flying man, baby baby
    I’m a man who knows a thing or two

    You know what I’m saying
    Oppa is Gangnam style

    Eh- Sexy Lady, Oppa is Gangnam style
    Eh- Sexy Lady oh oh oh oh



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    No way.
    Blame Wilke.
    He can see Seoul from his back door.

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    Quote Originally Posted by comfortably numb View Post
    No way.
    Blame Wilke.
    He can see Seoul from his back door.
    I was thinking Jim had no Seoul.

    But thanks for the lyrics... I thought he was saying "open Condom style"

    BTW this is how my son and his family rolls...


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    Gangnam is also one of the 25 districts which make up the city of Seoul.
    I learned that in my 7th grade Korean History class.

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    I can understand why Korean History is taught in California middle schools.

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    Global phenomenon, over 18 million YouTube views:

    While South Korea this week has been obsessed about collecting more gold medals than countries much bigger than it in the Summer Olympics, a considerable slice of the U.S. blogosphere has been obsessed with Psy’s new video “Gangnam Style.”

    Psy, or Park Jae-sang, has been around for more than a decade. His new album, PSY 6, is his first in two years. And the first video from it was released on July 15 after a big build-up.

    On “Gangnam Style,” Psy raps about the ideal girlfriend – one who is a smart and conscientious during the day and sexy and fun at night: “A girl who looks quiet but plays when she plays. A girl who puts her hair down when the right time comes. A girl who covers herself but is more sexy than a girl who bares it all.”

    During the key lyric in the video, Psy’s background dancers turn to reveal that their plain-looking white blouses have a revealing backside.

    The song’s chorus – “Oppa Gangnam style” – is a simple, catchy and repetitive hook. But what makes the video so memorable is Psy’s horse-riding dance move, which resembles a guy trying to appear cool on the dance floor of a wedding reception and not quite pulling it off.

    The 34-year-old rapper moves through various Gangnam neighborhoods and scenes, from parks along the Han river to tourist buses and private saunas. It has none of the self-seriousness of many K-pop dance videos.

    Comedians Yoo Jae-seok and No Hong-chul make cameos with their own dance moves. As an elevator opens, Psy lies on his stomach and elbows rapping beneath No who pulls off the pelvic-thrusting moves that became his trademark. (He did the same moves for Paris Hilton on a Korean TV show a few years ago.)
    http://blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime/2...m-style-video/

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    Wilke was way ahead of the pack with this one. The local HS kids are all about this song now.

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    Yeah, last I looked, this video has over 400 million hits now on youtube. The version that has a female singer singing it with him is probably over 100 million now too, or close to it. I thought it was hilarious.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Truth Detector View Post
    Wilke was way ahead of the pack with this one. The local HS kids are all about this song now.

    Geeze my Mom and her Red Hat girls did a parody video 2 weeks ago... kids just don't have the time to surf that the super seniors have.

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    Quote Originally Posted by skypigeon View Post
    The redhead is VERY easy on the eyes... worth enduring two minutes of pure crap for...
    I'll go out on a very stout limb and say she's not a natural redhead.......I've got some strong suspicions.
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    Meh. It's OK, definitely better than the Macarena, but it's no hyakugojyuuichi. Princess Leia, the yodel of life.
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    And as with everything, there is a pony version.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H40wUz-Fd8

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    Quote Originally Posted by Truth Detector View Post
    Wilke was way ahead of the pack with this one. The local HS kids are all about this song now.

    I must have missed this thread (or just forgot about it without clicking the link).

    Back in like August or September I was annoyed at the internet meme 'Gangnam Style' showing up so often on another board as I thought the joke was Kim Jong-Il (or his son) trying to look gangster. It took me forever to piece together that it was an actual music video phenomenon (when I finally saw the video, I thought it was just part of the joke that I still wasn't getting). Seriously? That isn't a parody video mocking something else? Really?

    These kids today...I tellya.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grover View Post
    I must have missed this thread (or just forgot about it without clicking the link).

    Back in like August or September I was annoyed at the internet meme 'Gangnam Style' showing up so often on another board as I thought the joke was Kim Jong-Il (or his son) trying to look gangster. It took me forever to piece together that it was an actual music video phenomenon (when I finally saw the video, I thought it was just part of the joke that I still wasn't getting). Seriously? That isn't a parody video mocking something else? Really?

    These kids today...I tellya.


    I thought the same thang the first time I saw it... I thought it was a parody on little Il and his need to look more manly by becoming a rapper and going all Ghangster style on North Korea. It actually took me a while to figure out it wasn't meant as a joke.

    His Dad did it by lying about his golf score.



    The difference between this and the Macarena is that Al Gore actually did the Macarena at his party's coronation.

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    This is so much better than Gangnam Style (and three minutes shorter)


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    Now, this is the real deal. There's a lot of heart and soul here:


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    Psy is being brought in for an concert at the Korean Grand Prix Formula One race to boost attendance.

    Does he have more than one song?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank Capua View Post
    Psy is being brought in for an concert at the Korean Grand Prix Formula One race to boost attendance.

    Does he have more than one song?
    I just looked because I wondered also. He has seven albums and seven number one songs in Korea. And a slew of awards.
    He also went to Boston University.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RS2 View Post
    I just looked because I wondered also. He has seven albums and seven number one songs in Korea. And a slew of awards.
    He also went to Boston University.
    The Rapid Terriers must be so proud.

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    Made NPR this morning as part of report on Korean pop music (K-pop) and how starting 20 years ago Korea decided to get into the music exporting biz. Probably definately uncool now.
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