# Astonishing performance, how do I link to it... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 18, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astonishing-performance-how-do-i-link-to-it/575179 "2011-03-18T18:08:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astonishing-performance-how-do-i-link-to-it/575179/1 "2011-03-18T18:08:23Z")
…without requiring people to go to facebook? [Here’s the link on facebook.](http://www.facebook.com/video/?id=100000589769123#!/video/video.php?v=199282900101367) I hope. Okay, I’ve checked it out in preview, and it is, but you have to be logged into FB to see it (I checked that, too). Except I know that not everybody has, or wants to use Facebook. The video is of five little, and I mean TINY, Asian kids, three boys, and two girls, playing guitars bigger than they are. I get the impression that they’re from the PRC, although I can’t read what text there is on the video. The musical piece is GORGEOUS, and their performance is flawless. The video is posted by some Turkish guy, and I can’t seem to find it by searching his website. Please, somebody know how to find this video so non-FB-using Dopers can experience it, too. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astonishing-performance-how-do-i-link-to-it/575179/2 "2011-03-18T18:53:43Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPrG0kezelI) ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astonishing-performance-how-do-i-link-to-it/575179/3 "2011-03-18T23:20:16Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Except I know that not everybody has, or wants to use Facebook. Thank you for the consideration. I loath Facebook, and see it as a return to the “bad old days” of walled gardens like AOL, Compuserve and Prodigy. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astonishing-performance-how-do-i-link-to-it/575179/4 "2011-03-19T00:19:46Z")
I haven’t seen the whole video(can’t right now). How do we know it isn’t kids from South Korea? ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astonishing-performance-how-do-i-link-to-it/575179/5 "2011-03-19T01:10:25Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I haven’t seen the whole video(can’t right now). How do we know it isn’t kids from South Korea? The youtube video is titled “North Korean children playing guitar”. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astonishing-performance-how-do-i-link-to-it/575179/6 "2011-03-19T01:20:02Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I haven’t seen the whole video(can’t right now). How do we know it isn’t kids from South Korea? For myself, I don’t. I just got a vibe of “tiny little kids groomed into delivering a remarkable performance in the service of glorifying the State” from the whole thing. Not something I’ve been conditioned to associate with, say, SK or Japan. North Korea fits the vibe, I suppose. Still, I found it charming. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astonishing-performance-how-do-i-link-to-it/575179/7 "2011-03-19T01:45:21Z")
That is amazing. Those instruments are almost bigger than the kids are. They seemed to be enjoying themselves too. ---
**Author:** ![cckerberos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@cckerberos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cckerberos)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astonishing-performance-how-do-i-link-to-it/575179/8 "2011-03-19T02:31:11Z")
Somewhat surprisingly (I never trust YouTube titles), it’s actually from North Korea. There’s Korean text at the beginning and a brief shot of a girl in a hanbok which places it in one of the Koreas. Then the boys during the performance are wearing Pioneer uniforms which means it’s the North. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astonishing-performance-how-do-i-link-to-it/575179/9 "2011-03-19T13:34:46Z")
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#): > > The youtube video is titled “North Korean children playing guitar”. Uh, so? You can title those anything and the person could have assumed it was NK. 😕 > [@cckerberos](#): > > Somewhat surprisingly (I never trust YouTube titles), it’s actually from North Korea. > > There’s Korean text at the beginning and a brief shot of a girl in a hanbok which places it in one of the Koreas. Then the boys during the performance are wearing Pioneer uniforms which means it’s the North. Well, I knew it was Korean from the Korean language(I have been to Korea). I do agree that Young Pioneer uniforms(which I did not recognize) do indicate that it is NK. Oh, and ccker, thanks for your useful post that contains insightful observations that don’t assume I didn’t read the youtube title. Nice answer! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astonishing-performance-how-do-i-link-to-it/575179/10 "2011-03-20T13:13:03Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Uh, so? You can title those anything and the person could have assumed it was NK. > > 😕 > > Well, I knew it was Korean from the Korean language(I have been to Korea). I do agree that Young Pioneer uniforms(which I did not recognize) do indicate that it is NK. > > Oh, and ccker, thanks for your useful post that contains insightful observations that don’t assume I didn’t read the youtube title. Nice answer! Yes, it’s so horrible that someone explained the reason they thought it came from North Korea. Of course they were trying to insult you. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astonishing-performance-how-do-i-link-to-it/575179/11 "2011-03-20T15:06:47Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Astonishing performance, how do I link to it…without requiring people to go to facebook? 1. Look for a title of the video. In this case, “Perfect Children”. 2. Open up Google. 3. Type “perfect children video”. 4. Hit enter. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astonishing-performance-how-do-i-link-to-it/575179/12 "2011-03-20T15:33:07Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Yes, it’s so horrible that someone explained the reason they thought it came from North Korea. Of course they were trying to insult you. Am I tone deaf? I think you might have seen some snark that wasn’t actually intended… Thanks to all who helped me pin this down. Had I only had access to the video through FB, I might not be able to count on finding it again three weeks from now. So, do we let the thread die from here, or talk about how much we enjoyed it, or about how horrible it is that those babies were enslaved to be able to put out that performance for a bunch of commies, or what? For readers of Korean, does the writing at the beginning identify the title or composer of the piece? ---
**Author:** ![fumster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astonishing-performance-how-do-i-link-to-it/575179/13 "2011-03-20T17:03:23Z")
God that was creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astonishing-performance-how-do-i-link-to-it/575179/14 "2011-03-20T17:50:29Z")
> [@Raginghormonal](#): > > That is amazing. Those instruments are almost bigger than the kids are. > They seemed to be enjoying themselves too. Maybe it’s my pre-conceptions about North Korea, but some of the smiles look forced, like a kind of rictus. And the boy on the left looks like he’s going to grow up to be dictator some day. Seriously, isn’t this just propaganda? Roddy ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astonishing-performance-how-do-i-link-to-it/575179/15 "2011-03-20T20:17:05Z")
> [@sh1bu1](#): > > God that was creepy. This. I can practically see the marionette strings. Every smile, head turn, bob, and ruffle is carefully scripted. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astonishing-performance-how-do-i-link-to-it/575179/16 "2011-03-21T13:07:26Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Maybe it’s my pre-conceptions about North Korea, but some of the smiles look forced, like a kind of rictus. And the boy on the left looks like he’s going to grow up to be dictator some day. > > Seriously, isn’t this just propaganda? > Roddy You’re probably right. I can be stupidly naive. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astonishing-performance-how-do-i-link-to-it/575179/17 "2011-03-25T01:43:13Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Yes, it’s so horrible that someone explained the reason they thought it came from North Korea. Of course they were trying to insult you. What? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astonishing-performance-how-do-i-link-to-it/575179/18 "2011-03-25T02:56:43Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > This. I can practically see the marionette strings. > > Every smile, head turn, bob, and ruffle is carefully scripted. yeah seriously, the grins look so.. fixated. and i know i’m not biased because i didn’t read the text until i watched the clip. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astonishing-performance-how-do-i-link-to-it/575179/19 "2011-03-25T03:40:14Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > This. This this has been thissed by this thisser.