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Spekulatius

Germany2413 Posts

March 15 2012 22:13 GMT

#51361

http://news.nate.com/view/20120315n04605

That article seems to imply T-ara is gonna grow rather than decrease in members. The possibility of (a) replacement(s) isn't excluded though.

Craton

United States17232 Posts

March 15 2012 22:23 GMT

#51362

I don't remember why I uploaded these, but I'm clearing bookmarks of things:

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Sc2zero7

United States574 Posts

March 15 2012 22:44 GMT

#51363

I take back what I said about Secret not having anything I like. Apparently they just like to promote shit.

On March 16 2012 08:04 StyLeD wrote:

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Hyosung and Ji Eun? I rarely like two people in a kpop group but I gotta make an exception for Secret (and SNSD).

I meant song wise obviously.

On March 16 2012 08:23 Moonwrath wrote:
Is claiming everything as plagiarism unique to K-Pop? I swear I have never seen so many people say songs are plagiarized in any other musical genre. It's almost like people don't know what plagiarism actually is.

edit: in reference to CNBLUE. Doesn't even sound the same lol

Moon this is what I think of you and your opinions.

User was temp banned for this post.

StyLeD

United States2965 Posts

March 15 2012 23:04 GMT

#51364

On March 16 2012 07:44 Sc2zero7 wrote:
I take back what I said about Secret not having anything I like. Apparently they just like to promote shit.

Hyosung and Ji Eun? I rarely like two people in a kpop group but I gotta make an exception for Secret (and SNSD).

zyzq

United States3123 Posts

March 15 2012 23:18 GMT

#51365

On March 16 2012 07:44 Sc2zero7 wrote:
I take back what I said about Secret not having anything I like. Apparently they just like to promote shit.

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I meant song wise obviously.

Well that's subjective. Koreans love them

Moonwrath

United States9568 Posts

March 15 2012 23:23 GMT

#51366

Is claiming everything as plagiarism unique to K-Pop? I swear I have never seen so many people say songs are plagiarized in any other musical genre. It's almost like people don't know what plagiarism actually is.

edit: in reference to CNBLUE. Doesn't even sound the same lol

Vorgrim

Korea (North)1601 Posts

March 15 2012 23:33 GMT

#51367

Well, there have been quite a few very real acts of plagiarism in the kpop industry. Half of that Hyori album being the most famous example.

The fact is writing something truly original melodically is quite difficult by now, even without consciously trying to things you have heard influence your writing, and then the sheer weight of recorded music means that anything you do will at least be similar to something that came before in some regards.

Some of the greatest songs in popular music in the west have long been known to be completely ripped off. Led Zeppelin have been in court for just about their whole discography.

BasilForSkin

United States115 Posts

March 16 2012 00:19 GMT

#51368

I really hope nobody is kicked off T-ara. I don't like the idea of increasing the group size either, but it's certainly better than forcing anyone out of the group.

Sc2zero7

United States574 Posts

March 16 2012 00:28 GMT

#51369

Ok. Since I'm curious about the opinion of TL about the quality of Secret's songs. I've made this poll. Self explanatory.

Poll: Are Secret's promoted songs better than non-promoted songs?

No (17)

85%

Yes (3)

15%

20 total votes

Your vote: Are Secret's promoted songs better than non-promoted songs?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

For those of you unfamiliar with Secret's songs:
Secret's promoted songs
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGO84ZoYXts

Secret's unpromoted songs:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3M7GEsifww

I actually don't know if they promoted Madonna and some of those other songs but I'm going to assume yes since they made an MV for it. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Demizzle

Australia397 Posts

March 16 2012 00:35 GMT

#51370

You forgot the best Secret song

Kaiwa

Netherlands2209 Posts

March 16 2012 00:38 GMT

#51371

You mean this one.

I LOVE Secret's songs. All of them. The poll is also stupid, I like them equally...

Kipsate

Netherlands45349 Posts

March 16 2012 00:40 GMT

#51372

Kaiwa #1 Secret Agent

Promoted songs wise I don't really like Madonna or Magic, The other songs are good though

This one is pretty good.

There are many more album songs then promoted songs obviously so its kinda hard to say that for most groups.

Kaiwa

Netherlands2209 Posts

March 16 2012 00:52 GMT

#51373

If you dislike any song of Secret you dislike happiness, it's that easy!

Sc2zero7

United States574 Posts

March 16 2012 00:55 GMT

#51374

Well obviously I didn't put every song on there. I wanted to stop at 6 because that's what I had for the promoted songs.

Moonwrath

United States9568 Posts

March 16 2012 01:10 GMT

#51375

On March 16 2012 09:52 Kaiwa wrote:
If you dislike any song of Secret you dislike happiness, it's that easy!

Yeah Secret has solid tracks all around. They are quite good. Except 'Love is Move'. I have blocked that travesty out of my mind.

klibrt

United States533 Posts

March 16 2012 01:35 GMT

#51376

Woah why would you take that song out? it's one of the catchiest :/ I just listened to Shy Boy.. don't like it that much

designerhyo

United States9 Posts

March 16 2012 01:40 GMT

#51377

On March 16 2012 09:38 Kaiwa wrote:
You mean this one.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9XwTLNVrwQ

I LOVE Secret's songs. All of them. The poll is also stupid, I like them equally...

my boy, mai favorite.

I feel like most of the tracks they promote ususally aren't my favorites from the album, but they're usually ones that are the simplest and will have the largest appeal so...def makes the most sense to promote those lol.

anyways figured I'd post some qri since it's only a little bit longer until CCM ruins t-ara forever.
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