July 27, 2012
It's been proven scientifically!
Pop music has gotten less varied and more loud over the years. So shut up and let me listen to my oldies station with the Beatles every hour on the half-hour.
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July 27, 2012, 12:00-12:30AM PST: "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" by Edison Lighthouse, "Sweet Mary" by Wadsworth Mansion, "Luka" by Suzanne Vega, "Low Rider" by War, "Happy Birthday" by Altered Images, "Reeling in the Years" by Steely Dan, "Gimme All Your Lovin'" by ZZ Top, "Happy Jack" by The Who, "Roundabout" by Yes, then The Beatles. Top THAT 21st Century.
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Advertisements have got louder too. I blame the cost of hearing aids. What?
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The future of music
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we've already gone from J-Pop to K-Pop... next is L-Pop (from Laos? Latvia? Lebanon? Lesotho? Liberia? Libya? Liechtenstein? Lithuania? Luxembourg?)
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homunculus' link is a hoot! This PSY guy is having way too much fun being comically subversive with pop music tropes and has apparently been doing it for years. Examples "Right Now" (alt version substituting 'hot chick' for him, still fun and funny) and "It's Art" with concert footage making him look like the unlikely son of Elton John. And a chubby geeky guy who appears to NOT be using auto-tune? I approve.
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But...but what about this? Topical V for Vendetta on baroque.
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if it's not baroque don't fix it...
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I had to watch that "The future of music" link 3 times. It only gets better. "Open Condom Style"?! Genius. If you only watch one K-pop-hip-hop-trance video this year... this should be it.
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Fitness Ace Power, Gangnam Style
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Well hell, there's a whole thread about PSY on MeFi which I missed until just now. I've got to remember to check the front page more.
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Surprised I missed that myself, but Tuesday was a rough day IRL and the multiple 'reaction videos' put me off. But if you have ANY doubt that the PSY guy is doing it for the LOLs, this 'Making Of' Video will convince you.
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You should send PSY one of these shirts to show your appreciation.
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Gangnam Style!
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I'm half-tickled and half-disappointed by his New Version "featuring Hyuna", a strawberry-blonde (?) Korean pop star with a voice straight out of a bad Anime. She is no Kimbra (the singer who dueted with Gotye) and I guess we should be glad the video didn't borrow anything from "Somebody" because PSY-guy would NOT look good in paint. Anyway, hang on until the end when PSY puts on a pair of MCHammer parachute pants and Hyuna jumps on his back for a piggyback ride - that's entertainment.
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Hyuna's voice: Yeuch! Putting that into this song is like adding sweet cherry fizzy pop into a good malt whisky. It makes me want for the reverse - someone with a powerful and controlled voice doing a cover instead. Come on Annie Lennox - "Oppan Gangnam"!
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Now we're getting into some proper parody... BATMAN GOTHAM STYLE!
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Now just waiting for "Gingham Style", “Gandhi Style”, “Gong Show Style” and "Gotye Style"...
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I forgot one: "Jar Jar Gungan Style"... get to work, YouTubers!!!
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"Gong Show Style" could be awesome. But whoever does it better do it right; you don't want to disrespect a top CIA assassin.
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...or Jaye P. Morgan.
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oppa-gangnam-style.gif
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Gangnam Style Flash Mob
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the PSYning (warning: loops)
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Now it has reached CNN. So now I know "PSY" is short for "Psycho".
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Now it has reached Ellen.
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元首Rap：江南Style Gangnam Style from Hitler
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Propa-Ganda style! is a satirical mixture of inventive and repetitive, but made me laugh out loud at 1 min 50 secs.
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I was just thinking last night "what Gangham Style mash-ups have we NOT seen?" (Note: "Gungan Style" and "Gundam Style" and the artist who did those has told me "Gingham Style" is in the queue) And I thought of "Pyongyang Style" and came up with about 4 lines of lyric before falling asleep (and forgetting 3 of them).
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Gangnam Analysis
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...and PYTHON STYLE in which we see the ORIGINAL 'Horsey Dance'
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Okay, I think someone has now done the last possible "Gangnam Style" pun, right? Right?
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PSY-Gangnam Style (RaOn acoustic cover) 강남스타일 어쿠스틱
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Sweet!
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How Much Did It Cost YouTube To Stream Gangnam Style? Estimated cost for running the servers: $296,360 Estimated revenue from the ads: $348,285
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Aaaand there's always someone to count the beans. This is why we're down 13.7% on nice things this year.
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I'm hoping for 84% of a lump of coal in my stocking this year.
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Ban Ki-moon style I continue my long-standing adoration of Ban Ki-moon. He seems to have unending reserves of 'being a totally nice bloke'
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okay, Gangnam Style has NOW jumped the shark
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Gangnam Style's Broadway Roots
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...jumped the shark, taking Agnes DeMille and James Fallow's brain with it...
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BBC: Robot dance wows judges with Gangnam Style routine
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...and it's official.
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The amazing thing, for me, is that there are still people watching Justin Bieber.
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Meanwhile, In China
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And now, Christmas lights synced to PSY.
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The amazing thing, for me, is that there are still people watching Justin Bieber. Which is another reason why I don't think Psy is going to fade into obscurity any time soon (even if you really, really want him to)... that, and the fact that he's working with Beiber's manager on his "North American marketing strategy". YIPES!
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This really is the future of music. I'm going back to my vinyls before they evaporate.
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Next wave (generation Z reinvents Gangnam or something) The New Youth
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PSY fullfils Nostradamus endtimes prophecy
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More on the actual thread thesis.
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Phantom Gangnam Style.