(Chorus)
St. Maria, Virgin, become a feminist
Become a feminist, Become a feminist
(end chorus)
Church praises the rotten dictators
The cross-bearer procession of black limousines
In school you are going to meet with a teacher-preacher
Go to class - bring him money!
Patriarch Gundyaev believes in Putin
Bitch, you better believed in God
Belt of the Virgin is no substitute for mass-meetings
In protest of our Ever-Virgin Mary!
J'habite seul avec maman
Dans un très vieil appartement rue Sarasate
J'ai pour me tenir compagnie
Une tortue deux canaris et une chatte.
Pour laisser maman reposer
Très souvent je fais le marché et la cuisine
Je range, je lave et j'essuie,
A l'occasion je pique aussi à la machine.
Le travail ne me fait pas peur
Je suis un peu décorateur un peu styliste
Mais mon vrai métier c'est la nuit.
Que je l'exerce travesti, je suis artiste.
Jai un numéro très spécial
Qui finit en nu intégral après strip-tease,
Et dans la salle je vois que
Les mâles n'en croient pas leurs yeux.
Je suis un homo comme ils disent.
Vers les trois heures du matin
On va manger entre copains de tous les sexes
Dans un quelconque bar-tabac
Et là on s'en donne à cœur joie et sans complexe
On déballe des vérités
Sur des gens qu'on a dans le nez, on les lapide.
Mais on le fait avec humour
Enrobés dans des calembours mouillés d'acide
On rencontre des attardés
Qui pour épater leurs tablées marchent et ondulent
Singeant ce qu'ils croient être nous
Et se couvrent, les pauvres fous, de ridicule
Ça gesticule et parle fort.
Ça joue les divas, les ténors de la bêtise.
Moi les lazzi, les quolibets
Me laissent froid puisque c'est vrai.
Je suis un homo comme ils disent.
A l'heure où naît un jour nouveau
Je rentre retrouver mon lot de solitude.
J'ôte mes cils et mes cheveux
Comme un pauvre clown malheureux de lassitude.
Je me couche mais je ne dors pas
Je pense à mes amours sans joie si dérisoires.
A ce garçon beau comme un Dieu
Qui sans rien faire a mis le feu à ma mémoire.
Ma bouche n'osera jamais
Lui avouer mon doux secret mon tendre drame
Car l'objet de tous mes tourments
Passe le plus clair de son temps au lit des femmes
Nul n'a le droit en vérité
De me blâmer de me juger et je précise
Que c'est bien la nature qui
Est seule responsable si
Je suis un "homme oh" comme ils disent.
Sep 03
TOP STORY K-pop diplomacy South Korea’s soft power goes Gangnam Style.
A still from the music video for "Gangnam Style", a Korean pop hit by Psy. Photo from Flickr user yonghokim / Creative Commons.
The South Korean entertainment wave has crashed onto the global scene with the song "Gangnam Style". Set in a ritzy Seoul neighbourhood, the video has been seen by some as satire and a commentary on South Korean materialism. In less than two months, more than 95 million have clicked on the Youtube music video, making it the biggest hit in K-Pop, or Korean pop, history.
The video’s viral success parallels the rise of South Korean soft power: exports of video games, TV shows and music have doubled since 1999. As the influence of “Gangnam Style” grows, is it being used for political soft power?
In this episode of The Stream, we speak to Sukjong Hong (@hongriver), Writer for Open City Magazine; Esther Oh, Online News Editor at CJ Entertainment and Management; and Simon and Martina Stawski, Founders of @EatYourKimchi.
What do you think? Does the industry reflect the pressures to succeed found in Korean society? Send us your thoughts and comments on Facebook or Twitter using #AJStream.
In less than two months, Korean pop star Psy's hit video for "Gangnam Style" has received more than 95,000,000 views and prompted a slew of parody and reaction videos:
"Gangnam Style" has not only contributed to 2012's financial gains for South Korea's pop (or K-pop) industry, but has provided a platform for larger conversations about how K-pop may reflect larger societal pressures within South Korea.
Since its rise in popularity, people have speculated what the video - atypical of many other K-pop hits - tries to convey. Some think the video is little more than a self-parody, but others insist that it is stark social commentary on South Korea's wealthy Gangnam province.
Below, consultant Adrian Hong tells the Atlantic:
"I think it all ties back to the same thing: the pursuit of materialism, the pursuit of form over function," Hong said. "Koreans made extraordinary gains as a country, in terms of GDP and everything else, but that growth has not been equitable. I think the young people are finally realizing that. There's a genuine backlash. ... You're seeing a huge amount of resentment from youth about their economic circumstances." Even if Psy wasn't specifically nodding to this when he wrote the song and shot the video, it's part of the contemporary South Korean society that he inhabits.
Gangnam Style, Dissected: The Subversive Message Within South Korea's Music Video Sensation - Max Fisher - The Atlantic
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In a review of the video, bloggers Simon and Martina of Eat Your Kimchi poke fun at those who seek deeper political meaning from PSY's smash hit:
Though parody in K-pop is not a new phenomenon, many do note that PSY and his hit music video appear to be a departure from typical K-pop acts, like 2NE1 or Girls' Generation, pictured below.
Most K-pop groups are owned by a handful of entertainment agencies. These agencies sponsor rigorous training processes that aim to create pop super groups that are close to perfection.
The clip below mixes several recent K-pop hits, showing how the manufactured hits all seem to mirror one another:
Since 2002, the K-pop industry has been supported and endorsed by the South Korean government. This formula has paid off for Korean tourism, business, and cultural influence. As of May 2012, the industry held an estimated value of 4.2 billion USD, prompting joint business ventures between some of the largest entertainment companies and Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism.
The image below shows the growth of these major agencies' stock values - in billions of South Korean won - over the last year.
Since 1960, South Korea's economy has grown to be the world's eleventh largest. While the "K-pop wave" has helped bolster the economy, much of this success is closely related to other large business conglomerates (called chaebols) within the country.
In 2011, the top ten chaebols - many of which are electronics, financial, and energy corporations - held 77 per cent of South Korea's GDP. Some argue that this reliance on these conglomerates, though helpful in the past, is becoming unsustainable.
South Korea's rapid economic development has contributed to disparities between provinces, driven by capital and military interests. Below, people in Gangjung Village perform a parody of PSY's hit, dubbed "Gangjung Style" to reflect the experience of their province. The villagers used the parody as a platform to protest the construction of a South Korean naval base on their island of Jeju, South Korea.
US-based Korean blogger Jea Kim writes that the intentional investment in and development of the Gangnam province contributed to land and real estate bubbles within the country.
A 2010 article suggested that this disparity is reflected in South Korean higher education, as well. Of the student body at prestigious Seoul National University, 41 per cent come from wealthy Gangnam, Seocho, and Songpa provinces, shown below in dark and medium blue.
Kim goes on to say, "The uneven development between Gangnam and Gangbuk has made the former more affluent and its residents richer but made the latter lag behind and its residents feel deprived emotionally as well as economically".
South Korea has one of the world's highest suicide rates per capita. Among the 34 member countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Korea ranks at the top in suicide rates, and well above the OECD average.
This pressure has been directly reflected in K-pop, with several high-profile stars committing suicide in the past seven years. Many blame the K-pop formula - which emphasises both perfection and multi-dimensional approachability - for pressuring its own stars.
This scrutiny is faced by many Koreans in aspects of everyday life, such as academic achievement, job performance and personal appearance.
The photo below, taken by blogger Michael Owen in Gangnam, exemplifies the extreme results expected from plastic surgery:
This photo from The Unlikely Expat is a close up of a similar advert in Seoul:
South Korea holds the global lead for cosmetic plastic surgery procedures, both invasive and non-invasive.
Regardless of the crtiques raised by PSY's "Gangnam Style", the influence of K-pop shows little sign of slowing down.
"If the people who marched actually voted, we wouldn’t have to march in the first place".
"(Poor) countries are poor because those who have power make choices that create poverty".
ubi solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant
Sep 03
TOP STORY K-pop diplomacy South Korea’s soft power goes Gangnam Style.
A still from the music video for "Gangnam Style", a Korean pop hit by Psy. Photo from Flickr user yonghokim / Creative Commons.
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Para quem tem estomago
Incrível como isto esta próximo de 100 milhões de visualizações no youtube.
Eu e meus amigos ouvimos essas músicas coreanas todo dia. É bizarríssimo! O negócio é curtir, aprender a coreografia, e dar risada. Não ouvimos esse tipo de música pra apreciar ou coisa do tipo! Temos o discernimento. Acho que não é preciso ter um propósito sério, e buscar conteúdo 100% das vezes que eu ouvir uma música... Ouço música pela música. Quando eu quero ouvir melodias complexas, letras com conteúdo, e "qualidade", eu sei onde buscar. Não acho que cabe criticar a qualidade da música, mas se ela cumpre o seu papel. E Gangnam Style por exemplo, cumpre sua função. Sempre que eu ouço ela, fico animado, dou risada, e pronto. Não busco um significado nela...
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akivrx78 escreveu:
Para quem tem estomago
Incrível como isto esta próximo de 100 milhões de visualizações no youtube.
Eu e meus amigos ouvimos essas músicas coreanas todo dia. É bizarríssimo! O negócio é curtir, aprender a coreografia, e dar risada. Não ouvimos esse tipo de música pra apreciar ou coisa do tipo! Temos o discernimento. Acho que não é preciso ter um propósito sério, e buscar conteúdo 100% das vezes que eu ouvir uma música... Ouço música pela música. Quando eu quero ouvir melodias complexas, letras com conteúdo, e "qualidade", eu sei onde buscar. Não acho que cabe criticar a qualidade da música, mas se ela cumpre o seu papel. E Gangnam Style por exemplo, cumpre sua função. Sempre que eu ouço ela, fico animado, dou risada, e pronto. Não busco um significado nela...
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Isso me fez lembrar o Funk. Enfim, gosto é gosto, temos que respeitar.
Agora tá saindo uma safra boa de música. Voltaram a fazer boas músicas finalmente.
Seguem esses dois vídeos de músicas que estou ouvindo direto, impressionam pela musicalidade e letra. Show de bola.
Lembram muito as décadas de 1980/1990 que, na minha opinião foram as melhores.
Glauber Prestes escreveu:
Eu e meus amigos ouvimos essas músicas coreanas todo dia. É bizarríssimo! O negócio é curtir, aprender a coreografia, e dar risada. Não ouvimos esse tipo de música pra apreciar ou coisa do tipo! Temos o discernimento. Acho que não é preciso ter um propósito sério, e buscar conteúdo 100% das vezes que eu ouvir uma música... Ouço música pela música. Quando eu quero ouvir melodias complexas, letras com conteúdo, e "qualidade", eu sei onde buscar. Não acho que cabe criticar a qualidade da música, mas se ela cumpre o seu papel. E Gangnam Style por exemplo, cumpre sua função. Sempre que eu ouço ela, fico animado, dou risada, e pronto. Não busco um significado nela...
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Música eletrônica é vida. Nada melhor para animar
Qual a diferença do Gangnam Style para Basshunter? Que o Basshunter é um finlandês e segue os padrões ocidentais.
Os alemães do Scooter
Ou francês do Stromae
Não imaginam o trabalho que dá para montar a música e clipe.
