Well, Gangnam Style...has style. It's catchy and cool. The weird part is...this was a thing years ago, so why is it so popular right now? I mean, I like it, but why right now?
So Gangnam Style has just become the most watched video in the world...
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Really? Wow, I just... I dunno, I never found it funny. I don't know how I could - It's a song in Korean filled with inside jokes about south Koreans. So what exactly are you guys finding funny about it? Oh look, asian on the toilet. Oh look, asian lying between another asian's legs. Gold!
No I don't understand the appeal in anyway. I don't find the video offensively stupid or anything, just... kinda lame. Maybe worth a smirk or so but that's it.
The only person to agree with me seems to be Todd in the Shadows.
No I don't understand the appeal in anyway. I don't find the video offensively stupid or anything, just... kinda lame. Maybe worth a smirk or so but that's it.
The only person to agree with me seems to be Todd in the Shadows.
Because absurdism.Wintermute said:
Also, the choreography and asshole-ishness is justified because he's mocking upper-class people in Korea. (Lyrics can be Google'd.)
Off course i'm happy. Song which is purposely silly/ridiculous > Song that has no value and sung by a "guy" who sounds like a girl.bojackx said:
While The Gangnam song itself may not be really nice it is catchy and the clip is funny, it had all the ingredients to become an internet hit.
Basically what lack said: It's just so utterly absurd. To us westerners it appears like a series of bizarre, hilarious non-sequiturs. Also, the way the guy enunciates is just inherently funny IMO.Thespian said:
I'll just quote myself from this thread:lacktheknack said:
I'm not trying to be all "HAH, YOU'RE ALL WRONG!" I just want people to stop praising him for making a parody, when he didn't.Spummy said:
He's just another pop musician, not some social commentator.
It doesn't appear absurd, it is absurd. Do you really think there's a point to every part of this video? The video is mostly just randomness for the lolz. I mean most of it doesn't synch up to the lyrics. And I don't find that all that funny.OhJohnNo said:
I know what you mean, I guess. The way some of the lines are said are amusing. I'm sure I'd find it funny if I got the jokes, in the way that most countries have sitcoms/comedians specific to their culture (Father Ted is the funniest thing in Ireland purely because it has Irish in-jokes) but as it is, there's nothing about the video that'd make me want to go back. To each their own though I guess.
Eh, I'm one of those people who often finds nonsense to be inherently funny, so yeah, to each his own indeed.Thespian said:
I like the song. I don't think it perhaps deserves to be the #1 most watched music video in the world, but really, I see no reason to complain. Popular doesn't mean the best, and the son is at least good. Obviously the lyrics go way over my head, but I really like the energy of it. It's the most pumped up, happy-go-happy, dance till you drop, let's go crazy catchy song I've ever heard.
I'd still like to know how "Baby" got to be the #1 video in the first place. The video is meh, the song is...catchy, at best. Both the song and the video are overly slick (high production values, IOW), but not in a cool way. I could understand it if the video had a cool hook, but it doesn't.
I'd say PSY deserves the top spot for a little while.
I'd say PSY deserves the top spot for a little while.
Funny thing is, he's done a couple of better songs.
First you've got the best one he's made IMO, Korea. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpYq1lSce1U]
Then you've got Right Now [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmHdefsaL6I&feature=relmfu] which is also good.
And then there's It's Art. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ] which has an AMAZING music video even if the song's just good and not excellent. Still, definitely worth checking out for the awesome video. (Though I guess maybe it's not to everyone's taste.)
First you've got the best one he's made IMO, Korea. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpYq1lSce1U]
Then you've got Right Now [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmHdefsaL6I&feature=relmfu] which is also good.
And then there's It's Art. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ] which has an AMAZING music video even if the song's just good and not excellent. Still, definitely worth checking out for the awesome video. (Though I guess maybe it's not to everyone's taste.)
