Oppa Gangnam Style - awesome Korean music video

[Tangent]

The day after I read this thread, the kids who do the morning video announcements at the high school I teach in did a little "Gangnam style" bit to liven things up. Most of the kids in my class were familiar with it. The Asian kids were critiquing the dancers in the announcements as to which ones were doing it right. It was clearly already well on its way to becoming a big thing.

[Mister Rik]

Originally Posted by Tangent

In the official video, is the person in the yellow suit a man or woman? I can't tell.

And of all the random things in the video, the dude in the elevator is the most WTF?! for me.

I read somewhere that both of those guys are big television stars who were invited to make cameos in the video.

[YogSosoth]

Originally Posted by Mister Rik

I read somewhere that both of those guys are big television stars who were invited to make cameos in the video.

They're both comedians in Korea according to the wiki page. The girl at the end, Hyuna, is also kind of famous. Also really hot but I didn't need to tell you know

[Mister Rik]

Originally Posted by YogSosoth

They're both comedians in Korea according to the wiki page. The girl at the end, Hyuna, is also kind of famous. Also really hot but I didn't need to tell you know

Yeah, already knew who Hyuna was - I like me some girl K-pop

[FoieGrasIsEvil]

Here's a funny video produced by West Point Cadets, their own version of Psy's "Gangnam Style". I remember some of the places on the campus from when I lived there as a kid when my Dad taught math there after Vietnam.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa4RL...e&noredirect=1

[Cinnamon Imp]

Originally Posted by Anaamika

Hes a man, and the dude in the elevator is kind of cute. I love his smile - so mischievous.

Yup, pelvic-gyration man in the lift is my favourite too

Anyone know anything more about him?

Oh, and any more recommendations of toddler-friendly K-pop I could try? My 22 month old is addicted to "Op-op-op!" as she calls it

[April R]

Originally Posted by Cinnamon Imp

Yup, pelvic-gyration man in the lift is my favourite too

Anyone know anything more about him?

Oh, and any more recommendations of toddler-friendly K-pop I could try? My 22 month old is addicted to "Op-op-op!" as she calls it

His name is comedian Noh Hong Chul
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Hongchul


as for toddler friendly songs, most Kpop groups have inoffensive songs, but I can't think of one group which doesn't have at least one sexy filled song and music video, so you kinda have to search around. You can start here
http://blog.ningin.com/2011/09/25/11...st-kpop-songs/
11 of the Cutest KPOP Songs
this one on the list, DBSK’s ‘Balloons‘, is so cutsey sweet it makes my teeth hurt, LOL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=-JEwfk2OQnQ

[Cinnamon Imp]

Originally Posted by April R

His name is comedian Noh Hong Chul
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Hongchul

Thank you!

Originally Posted by April R

as for toddler friendly songs, most Kpop groups have inoffensive songs, but I can't think of one group which doesn't have at least one sexy filled song and music video, so you kinda have to search around. You can start here http://blog.ningin.com/2011/09/25/11...st-kpop-songs/ 11 of the Cutest KPOP Songs
this one on the list, DBSK’s ‘Balloons‘, is so cutsey sweet it makes my teeth hurt, LOL http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=-JEwfk2OQnQ

Balloons, people dressed up as penguins, and Tigger too - perfect, thanks

[Anaamika]

Originally Posted by Leaffan

What gets me is the fact that this video was unheard of when Mika first posted it here. Since then it's gone from maybe 50 million hits to over 400 million hits.

Care to offer up any lottery numbers, Mika?

How did you know this was going to take off?

Seriously. I wish I was that good!

Cinnamon Imp, you won't be thanking April R when your child requests the same song for the 37th time in a row!

[Irishman]

Originally Posted by HazelNutCoffee

My boyfriend's contribution: "I've seen a lot of Korean porn where the girl is getting pounded while calling the dude oppa."

Isn't that a bit like saying "Who's your daddy?"

[Time Stranger]

This song was played at a redneck wedding in the middle of Alabama last week, and almost everyone knew what it was, including the grannies. The internet is such a weird thing.

[Mister Rik]

Originally Posted by Cinnamon Imp

Oh, and any more recommendations of toddler-friendly K-pop I could try? My 22 month old is addicted to "Op-op-op!" as she calls it

Lollipop - a collaboration between boy-band Big Bang and girl-group 2NE1 is kinda cute.

[HazelNutCoffee]

Originally Posted by Irishman

Isn't that a bit like saying "Who's your daddy?"

Yeah, I suppose it has similar connotations.

Noh Hong Chul annoys me to no end when I see him on comedy shows, but he's okay when he doesn't have to open his mouth.

As for toddler friendly Kpop songs, I think April R is right that most songs nowadays have weird sexy Lady Gaga-ish dances.

For a bit of Korean weirdness, here's a theme song about a car who gains strength when he smells flowers and is on a quest to find his mommy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VDMpDz1HfY

[Leaffan]

Originally Posted by HazelNutCoffee

Yeah, I suppose it has similar connotations.

Noh Hong Chul annoys me to no end when I see him on comedy shows, but he's okay when he doesn't have to open his mouth.

As for toddler friendly Kpop songs, I think April R is right that most songs nowadays have weird sexy Lady Gaga-ish dances.

For a bit of Korean weirdness, here's a theme song about a car who gains strength when he smells flowers and is on a quest to find his mommy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VDMpDz1HfY

Interesting that the evil dude is a "round eyes."

[April R]

Originally Posted by Mister Rik

Lollipop - a collaboration between boy-band Big Bang and girl-group 2NE1 is kinda cute.

Ermagerd er lurv lurlurperp!!!

FYI it's actually a commercial for a cell phone, how weird is that?

[Irishman]

Too.. many... r's [head explodes]

[Siam Sam]

And "Gangnam Style" has become the second most-viewed YouTube video, with more than 620 million hits.

[jackdavinci]

This is one of those things which I'm aware of, am aware it's ridiculously popular for some reason, but don't understand why. I would blame it on South Park but they must have seen it somewhere.

[Leaffan]

Mitt Romney Style.

[Namkcalb]

how much did Psy end up making from this hit?

[Siam Sam]

Originally Posted by Namkcalb

how much did Psy end up making from this hit?

I'd guess a pretty penny.

[Leaffan]

I'd guess a pretty jeon.

[Drunky Smurf]

This parody video cracks me up.

Deadpool vs. Gangnam Style

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo-tW...endscreen&NR=1

[salinqmind]

Originally Posted by Siam Sam

And "Gangnam Style" has become the second most-viewed YouTube video, with more than 620 million hits.

I can't link, but I think it is THE most viewed YouTube video ever, now.

I know a fat grandpa who is obsessed with this song and can dance it like he's been taking lessons for a month! You go, old dude!

[Tangent]

Originally Posted by Drunky Smurf

This parody video cracks me up.

Deadpool vs. Gangnam Style

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo-tW...endscreen&NR=1

I love it! Where was that filmed?

[Rick]

Originally Posted by Drunky Smurf

This parody video cracks me up.

Deadpool vs. Gangnam Style

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo-tW...endscreen&NR=1

I'll see youi Deadpool and raise you Klingon Style

[Siam Sam]

Eton Style

[Mr. Me]

Minecraft Style

[AaronX]

Now he's won best video at MTV (really MTV now, not MV) EMA. I wonder if this is the first non-English video to win?

[Siam Sam]

Now I'm seeing T-shirts for sale on the streets of Bangkok with his cartoon likeness.

[Siam Sam]

Seems Psy is coming to Bangkok to give a concert, and people are seriously asking if the guy has any other songs besides this one.

[Mister Rik]

I would be worried that this song is going to do for PSY's career what "Baby Got Back" did for Sir Mix-a-lot's.

[Yorikke]

When I first watched the video, around when the OP was made, I disliked it. The video was silly, but it was the song that I really disliked. The groove seemed... cheap, or not quite substantial enough. And I hate the higher pitched sequences before each big pause - they take me right out of the song. But it's grown on me. I just watched the whole thing again, and, while I still really hate the interludes, the groove is really nice [6]

Edit - 731 million views on YouTube. Jesus Tapdancing Christ.

[tanstaafl]

For you Big Trouble in Little China fans, I give you Lo Pan Style.

Apparently John Carpenter himself showed this at a film festival somewhere.

[pulykamell]

Originally Posted by hrhomer

When I first watched the video, around when the OP was made, I disliked it. The video was silly, but it was the song that I really disliked. The groove seemed... cheap, or not quite substantial enough.

I appreciate the song, but have long gotten sick of it. What I find interesting about it is that it sounds like a mash-up of all the dance music pop hit cliches of the last twenty or so years. I swear, I hear Technotronic in there, Who Let the Dogs Out, some Ricky Martin song, and a bunch of other dance hits that I can't quite put my finger on.

[Cinnamon Imp]

Ghostbuster Style - http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...CKBdjywQ&gl=GB

[pulykamell]

Originally Posted by Cinnamon Imp

Ghostbuster Style - http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...CKBdjywQ&gl=GB

Now that is an example of a good mash-up.

[YogSosoth]

Update: Gangnam Style just passed 800 million views and is the #1 video on Youtube! About 100 of those views are mine....from the last month

[Yorikke]

Originally Posted by hrhomer

Edit - 731 million views on YouTube. Jesus Tapdancing Christ.

Originally Posted by YogSosoth

Update: Gangnam Style just passed 800 million views and is the #1 video on Youtube! About 100 of those views are mine....from the last month

Nine days between posts, 69 million views.

[pulykamell]

So, will it be the first Youtube video to break a billion, or will it lose steam?

[Labtrash]

Originally Posted by pulykamell

So, will it be the first Youtube video to break a billion, or will it lose steam?

It was at 809 mil when I watched it last night.

It's at 815 mil now.

I say it'll make it.

[Ashley Pomeroy]

Originally Posted by Namkcalb

how much did Psy end up making from this hit?

That's been a bone of contention. He probably made a lot of money from physical sales and official downloads, but Youtube is notoriously stingy when it comes to royalties. Pete Waterman, who wrote and produced "Never Gonna Give You Up", famously got a royalty cheque of £11 in 2009 for one hundred and forty million views of the song (and presumably Rick Astley got a tiny fraction of that).

In this case the Gangnam Style video is on Psy's official channel, so he might get more. The Guardian has an article on the topic here.

"Ellen Shipley, the co-writer (with a 50% share) of Belinda Carlisle's Heaven Is a Place On Earth reported receiving $38.49 for the 2,118,200 streams the track had accumulated on YouTube in the last quarter. For the over 330,000 hits her 'N Sync track I Drive Myself Crazy had on the video site, she received $4.31. "I can't even buy a pizza for that," she pointed out."

Of course Psy has other means of bringing in revenues; songwriters who don't perform have it a lot harder. And Youtube-specific novelties like Rebecca Black or Tay Zonday (for example) probably get pennies. A shufty on the internet throws up lots of "how to earn $100,000 on Youtube" articles, with a list from 2009 of ten artists who earn more than that per year - mostly comedians - but they all seem very detail-free and a bit suspicious. Youtube is apparently going to have a net revenue of $1.1bn this year.

[HazelNutCoffee]

I'm sure Psy has earned quite a tidy sum from all the Korean tv ads he's been hired to do after Gangnam Style hit the charts.

[Maeglin]

Originally Posted by pulykamell

I appreciate the song, but have long gotten sick of it. What I find interesting about it is that it sounds like a mash-up of all the dance music pop hit cliches of the last twenty or so years. I swear, I hear Technotronic in there, Who Let the Dogs Out, some Ricky Martin song, and a bunch of other dance hits that I can't quite put my finger on.

It looks and sounds like it was grown in a laboratory. I don't understand the hold it has over such a vast chunk of the human race. I'm probably never going to get it, but at least I was hoping to find some sort of explanation that would get me nodding my head and thinking, "ok, I don't care for it but I can sort of see why about a billion people might." My wife loves it, even my 2 year old autistic son loves to watch it and try to dance. I really feel like I am from another planet.

[pulykamell]

Originally Posted by Maeglin

It looks and sounds like it was grown in a laboratory. I don't understand the hold it has over such a vast chunk of the human race. I'm probably never going to get it, but at least I was hoping to find some sort of explanation that would get me nodding my head and thinking, "ok, I don't care for it but I can sort of see why about a billion people might." My wife loves it, even my 2 year old autistic son loves to watch it and try to dance. I really feel like I am from another planet.

I have to say, though, it is an earworm. Just reading the title of this thread has the song's chorus looping endlessly in my head.

[tanstaafl]

Originally Posted by Maeglin

It looks and sounds like it was grown in a laboratory. I don't understand the hold it has over such a vast chunk of the human race. I'm probably never going to get it, but at least I was hoping to find some sort of explanation that would get me nodding my head and thinking, "ok, I don't care for it but I can sort of see why about a billion people might." My wife loves it, even my 2 year old autistic son loves to watch it and try to dance. I really feel like I am from another planet.

Why "Gangnam Style" is Actually a Study in Mind Control

[TriPolar]

I'd ask again if this was over yet, but apparently it's not. Anyway I have some admiration for the guy. He shows something special in setting this dubious record, he's played his hand well. So congrats Psy, you're a thing. Better you than Bieber or Buble.

[YogSosoth]

Originally Posted by Ashley Pomeroy

That's been a bone of contention. He probably made a lot of money from physical sales and official downloads, but Youtube is notoriously stingy when it comes to royalties. Pete Waterman, who wrote and produced "Never Gonna Give You Up", famously got a royalty cheque of £11 in 2009 for one hundred and forty million views of the song (and presumably Rick Astley got a tiny fraction of that).

In this case the Gangnam Style video is on Psy's official channel, so he might get more. The Guardian has an article on the topic here.

"Ellen Shipley, the co-writer (with a 50% share) of Belinda Carlisle's Heaven Is a Place On Earth reported receiving $38.49 for the 2,118,200 streams the track had accumulated on YouTube in the last quarter. For the over 330,000 hits her 'N Sync track I Drive Myself Crazy had on the video site, she received $4.31. "I can't even buy a pizza for that," she pointed out."

Of course Psy has other means of bringing in revenues; songwriters who don't perform have it a lot harder. And Youtube-specific novelties like Rebecca Black or Tay Zonday (for example) probably get pennies. A shufty on the internet throws up lots of "how to earn $100,000 on Youtube" articles, with a list from 2009 of ten artists who earn more than that per year - mostly comedians - but they all seem very detail-free and a bit suspicious. Youtube is apparently going to have a net revenue of $1.1bn this year.

Don't know how much its helping Psy, but its sent shares of his father's stock through the roof. His dad is the chairman of DI Corporation which makes computer parts for Samsung. Psy's fame sent shares of DI trading up 500%. I bet he's getting a pretty good Christmas present from dad this year!

[Una Persson]

There's listening to the song and then there's dancing it. Psy is fairly easy to mimic and so it ends up being a song that packs the floor like "Cha Cha Slide" or "Cupid Shuffle." It'll even get the gay cowboys out doing it at my club, with their hats and boots and everything.

I watched the video about 10 times, but that was mainly to focus on and practice the dancing. And I bought it; it was only $0.50 on Amazon, why not?

[Siam Sam]

I was walking through Siam Paragon last week, one of the largest shopping centers in Southeast Asia, if not the largest, and saw children doing that horse dance while following their parents.