December 10, 2004

North Korean Potato Pride! North Korean propaganda videos, complete with Kim Jong-Il on horseback causing "huge storms when he shouts", and people singing a very silly song with the chorus, "Fucking USA".

While this website is a screaming design nightmare, going quickly to the lower right of the page where it says; VIDEO CHANNELS, and then NEW music/culture will prove equal parts frightening and amusing. No matter how crazy politics get here, it's nothing on what these poor dudes have to put up with.

posted by moneyjane 20 years ago
  • All I see here are annoying kids playing xylophones. (The fuck America part must be subliminal)
  • Beeswhacky, paging beeswhacky. New despot material.
  • the fucking usa song is south korean. Yankee go home!!! on preview: those kids on xylophone are extremely annoying but also extremely talented. lets jack their asses and send them to aphex twin's alternative school of music theory.
  • If it wasn't for the slavery and concentration camps, I'd keep expecting the North Koreans to admit their entire society was all a big put on. 'Ha, ha! Can't believe you people fell for some of the things we pulled! Ha ha ha!' For someone who exists on/as propoganda, you'd think Kim Jong Il could figure out that horseback riding in suit != cool.
  • Try scrolling down to the bottom of the list and going up; less annoying kids :) uhmyang The commentary says it was made in North Korea, but shown in South Korea; then mentions being made in South Korea; so I'm not sure on that one. Though if the animation was drawn in Korea, it definitely wasn't by the same guys drawing the Simpson's...though it would probably would be pretty funny if it was. "Mr Burns! When he shouts, storms always appear! Huge storms!"
  • Jesus Christ, which Casio drum pattern is that?
  • that was some fast drumming; but I think they weren't really feeling the music
  • Everybody's gone fucking. Fucking USA!
  • When General Kim Jong Il shouts out loud, storms always happen, HUGE STORMS ALWAYS HAPPEN! (Kim Jong Il Video link)
  • to clarify. the video is north korean. the song is south korean. i heard it on the radio all over the place here --- even had some high school kids sing it to me. if you read the lyrics, you'll notice it talking about the usa stealing a gold medal. this is in reference to Apolo OH NO!!! (as the koreans call him). The Koreans have vilified a golfer for saying ohno was cute and the soccer team even mocked the visiting ohno during the 2002 world cup after their lone goal against the americans. (golfer story is at the top and the soccer one is midway down).the taunting dance became a very popular flash animation on cell phones all over the country. anyway, in light of the Paul Hamm gold medal in gymnastics, i'm sure there will be a summer olympics 2004 fucking usa remix in stores soon. sports are fun. fans of sports are dumb dumb stupid.
  • "Bobby" will make you smile :)
  • What a fascinating culture!
  • i'm also pretty sure if those north korean exercise dance videos went for sale in the south, they'd make a killing. and i think that stavrosthewonderchicken would back me on this one. his blog , btw, makes some very astute observations about the korean peninsula . . . for those interested.
  • And, off topic, Stavros's reminesces about his youth, crewing on sailboats out of Mexican ports, getting really drunk in Greece... Full out good times. There's a lot of other good stuff there. I love the wonderchicken.
  • Jong-il will be my temporary Turkmenbashi replacement
  • An interesting write up on the DPRK official website.
  • *clicks madly at grover's tease link*