I'm not ashamed of Kpop - Page 3

On September 07 2009 04:14 kaizenmx wrote:
Both k/j pop are fucking horrible.

I'd rather listen to trance/electronica than those crap.

On September 04 2009 14:14 misclick wrote:
what's the difference between hyori and britney spears? snsd and pussy cat dolls? epik high and black eyed peas? rain and neyo?

pop is pop wherever you go. the only thing i find unique about kpop to other pop is that kpop has seriously perfected the commercial formula for pop. more members in groups = more eyecandy and less musical merit required (rofl, i saw a clip of super junior (i think) and they have like 15 members each singing like two lines)



pop is produced for the general public. its ear candy (though one could argue that it's starting towards eye candy nowadays..) for the sake of profit. to say all pop is bad is pushing it, but its good for what they set out to do.

also, rating music on what is performed live is utter bs. live is good in its own, but its hardly the defining standard for music.

carefully produced products have long been the masterpieces of any real artist. the ability to do shit on the fly is a style in its own.

On September 07 2009 06:14 GTR wrote:
it's because music in korea is all based around money.

you need money to get on music shows, bla bla bla.

which is why most independents don't get famous.

On September 07 2009 05:14 PH wrote:
I like some kpop...I don't like a whole lot. I wish Korea had a bigger and more easily accessible indie and rock music scene (it's almost impossible to hear anything about it from outside the country...actually it's nearly impossible from within the country too...).

I really don't like how commercial-popular-dance-fucking-club-music it all is, and how fucking much the music relies on annoying fucking hooks that make me want to rip my fucking hair out...I don't like how they market the groups so much based on appearance and not as much on music...I don't like how the performers are only performers...I doubt many of them have written even one song that's been released unadulterated, etc.

I could go on and on. The rest of the world isn't much better off, but they benefit from having more genuine music floating around as well. Korea doesn't have a huge independent music scene... ):

On September 07 2009 09:12 theobsessed1 wrote:
Good stuff, KPOP is the way to go

But how dare you prefer DBSK > Big Bang

>:O

On September 09 2009 05:14 Caffeine_Free wrote:
Any koreans here keeping up with the drama of 'Jay' from 2PM? He wrote some stuff wayyy back in like 06 about korea being gay, and now koreans are like 'omg he thinks korea is disgusting' and kept wanting him out of the country.

So now some other member of his group asked him to leave, and he also left korea and is currently in Seattle US.

Kinda sad, some blogger on missyusa or something even wrote(not verbetum but something along these lines), 'if he kills himself I'm sure people will forgive him'.

Sorry if my following of this story is a bit off, I just listen to what my mom tells me while I'm eating lol.

On September 09 2009 05:49 kaizenmx wrote:

He was just a pussy who couldn't stand media bash.

Yes, it's kinda ridiculous that all those stupid fan girls are bashing him, but at the same time, I don't feel sorry for the guy.

Karma owned him. Hard. End of discussion.