i don't like most pop music, but I love this one. The singing, the way he enunciates and the pronunciations, the melody, dance, music video, etc. etc. I love.

Psyonic_Reaver

United States4336 Posts

September 25 2012 00:17 GMT

#86

It's like Gee Gee from SNSD. Why do you like that song? Besides the cute Korean girls

Kooun

Canada260 Posts

September 25 2012 00:18 GMT

#87

hey, at least his song has more likes than dislikes on youtube. Justin beiber's baby song is different.

Crisco

1170 Posts

September 25 2012 00:21 GMT

#88

it's a combination of factors that make it amazing:
1) a very weird/unique/almost-makes-no-relevant-sense dance
2) the music video is absolutely amazing
3) the lyrics for the song is quite fantastic (granted most people can't understand it)

j.k.l

112 Posts

September 25 2012 00:22 GMT

#89

why do koreans make so pretty babies?

CCa1ss1e

Canada3231 Posts

September 25 2012 00:22 GMT

#90

it's catchy and random.. not my #1.. but oh well.

Voltaire

United States1485 Posts

September 25 2012 00:23 GMT

#91

It's a lot better than that Justin Bieber, Akon, and Rihanna crap that most people are listening to. That makes it good thing in my book.

neversummer

United States156 Posts

September 25 2012 00:23 GMT

#92

On September 25 2012 08:25 Pulselol wrote:
Can we not?

User was warned for this post

Ryshi

Canada361 Posts

September 25 2012 00:25 GMT

#93

While the song is fun and catchy, I read a post that explains its deeper meaning. As an example, the song can be compared to Eminem's "Without Me": A catchy tune + criticism on society.

LINK HERE
It's not like previous post didn't have explanations, but I just found this post much easier to read and much more convincing.

PolskaGora

United States547 Posts

September 25 2012 00:25 GMT

#94

I think Gangnam Style is great, and that was before it was cool. Your point where you say he made it for whatever is considered mainstream in the US can't be correct simply because of the name. How many non-Koreans know waht Gangnam is? If he wanted to cater it towards western viewers he would have named it something else entirely.

I especially disagree with the part of your post that says he's just making music to fit in with what's 'cool' at the time. His other pieces are great, and they aren't even that popular. Look at 'Right Now', for example. Very catchy, very good music video which clearly indicates he made it to take away from the rather monotonous, boring lifestyle prevalent in Seoul. Something westerners can't relate to.

One of his other songs, 'It's Art', completely trashes your theory. The way he made it clearly shows his passion for music and his love for his fans. It's simply heart-warming. Definitely destroys the notion that he 'sells-out' to western music.

seansye

United States1722 Posts

September 25 2012 00:27 GMT

#95

Yooouuuuuuuuuuuuu!

Crank that soulja boy, Now watch me you

Crisco

1170 Posts

September 25 2012 00:28 GMT

#96

On September 25 2012 09:25 PolskaGora wrote:
I think Gangnam Style is great, and that was before it was cool. Your point where you say he made it for whatever is considered mainstream in the US can't be correct simply because of the name. How many non-Koreans know waht Gangnam is? If he wanted to cater it towards western viewers he would have named it something else entirely.

I especially disagree with the part of your post that says he's just making music to fit in with what's 'cool' at the time. His other pieces are great, and they aren't even that popular. Look at 'Right Now', for example. Very catchy, very good music video which clearly indicates he made it to take away from the rather monotonous, boring lifestyle prevalent in Seoul. Something westerners can't relate to. One of his other songs, 'It's Art', completely trashes your theory. The way he made it clearly shows his passion for music and his love for his fans. It's simply heart-warming. Definitely destroys the notion that he sells-out to western music.

let's not forget that, contrary to most main stream artists, he does NOT release albums very frequently. They are at the least 2 year intervals, which hints at the time and dedication he puts into each album. The only other mainstream singer that I know of who works like that is Seo Taiji and his songs are incredible as well.

(random fact: Seo Taiji does a completely new genre of music for every album he releases)

ZapRoffo

United States5544 Posts

September 25 2012 00:30 GMT

#97

I used to think and say all pop things are crap, but I had all these guilty pleasures and noticed I really had a lot of fun listening to stuff I would intellectually dismiss. So then I just slowly started finding which pop music I actually truly liked and was in denial about and what I don't like and now pop is just like any other genre to me, I feel like I can pick out and appreciate the songs I really like and have tons of fun listening to them, and the ones that are terrible and have some fun bashing or sadness bashing them, and instead of having a "stupid" song as a guilty pleasure, I try to figure out why I really enjoy it and just accept enjoying it and things like it for what that is.

It's just a bonus that lots of other people know pop music so it's easy and fun conversational fodder.

Plus I think a lot of pop music comes from intelligent or very relatable places, but is just packaged in a different aesthetic than other "serious" genres.

JinDesu

United States3990 Posts

September 25 2012 00:32 GMT

#98

Thread runs on.

OP doesn't bother responding. Hooray.

I went and listened to Gangnam Style a bunch more times after reading this.

gnr9292

90 Posts

September 25 2012 00:32 GMT

#99

doing 90s American pop/rap in 2005= selling out
good logic there buddy
hes doing something hip?
is that why other songs on the billboard sound like gangnam style?

not a fan of psy but
none of your statements make sense

JeanLuc

Canada377 Posts

September 25 2012 00:33 GMT

#100

Finally someone who echoes my dislike of Gangnam Style! Hear, hear!

Edit: After reading the name of the OP, I feel as if he created the account and made all those nonsensical posts in the Breaking Bad thread all to set up this very moment, so he could be a poster named Gangnam style criticizing the Gangnam style phenomenon. It's a troll!