# Oppa Gangnam Style - awesome Korean music video **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 9, 2012, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919 "2012-08-09T00:50:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/61 "2012-09-22T03:29:45Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > That’s a right purty tongue you have, ma’am. 😕eeeeek:eek: ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/62 "2012-09-22T03:33:37Z")
**April R** is too gracious to say this but you need to dial it down a little **Siam Sam** , you’re coming across as a bully. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/63 "2012-09-22T03:38:11Z")
Aw, shucks. Girls never like me. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/64 "2012-09-22T03:53:39Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Well now I’ve watched and listened to this video so much I think I’m beginning to understand Korean. What does it say on that banner in the beginning? What is that horse saying at the end? The banner says “GANGNAM STYLE”. It’s reversed because it’s a reflection in his glasses. Dunno about the horse. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/65 "2012-09-28T03:03:21Z")
just look at the energy of this crowd - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnQBklMocFo&feature=g-logo-xit](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnQBklMocFo&feature=g-logo-xit) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/66 "2012-09-28T03:45:07Z")
Here’s a good version: [Pyongyang Style](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYBCgV6a5kE) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/67 "2012-09-28T05:26:54Z")
Isn’t this over yet? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/68 "2012-10-01T02:59:59Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Isn’t this over yet? Apparently not. BBC was reporting this morning that it’s hit No. 1 in Britain, making Psy the first Korean artist to do so. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/69 "2012-10-01T03:07:52Z")
[This parody wins](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6ZSZbNfSpk). It’s the original music video, with PSY’s vocals intact, (ETA: so long as his lips are actually moving,) but with the music removed, and with accurate-to-the-action incidental sounds laid over everything. The dance scenes become… awkward… given this treatment. Hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/70 "2012-10-01T03:12:33Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > It’s the _West End Girls_ of Korea. The _I’m sexy and I know it_ of Korea. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/71 "2012-10-01T03:14:10Z")
I think it’s now number one in Canada too. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/72 "2012-10-01T05:54:41Z")
World of Warcraft parody with new lyrics based on the new expansion, Mists of Pandaria: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JuF0Ccdy3kM/maxresdefault.jpg ""MoP is Panda Style" WoW parody of PSY "GANGNAM STYLE" (강남스타일)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuF0Ccdy3kM) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/73 "2012-10-01T06:35:15Z")
> [@shijinn](#): > > just look at the energy of this crowd - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnQBklMocFo&feature=g-logo-xit](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnQBklMocFo&feature=g-logo-xit) I’ve always figured that must be an amazing feeling for the performer. I’ve been to concerts where the performer/artist can put down the mic and just play the guitar for an entire song while the audience sings for him…and they [the audience] loves every second of it. > [@Frylock](#): > > [This parody wins](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6ZSZbNfSpk). > > It’s the original music video, with PSY’s vocals intact, (ETA: so long as his lips are actually moving,) but with the music removed, and with accurate-to-the-action incidental sounds laid over everything. > > The dance scenes become… awkward… given this treatment. Hilarious! That’s almost…creepy. But it did remind me of the Michael Jackson video where you just heard a lot of foot steps and sound effects at the beginning, though I can’t find it right now. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/74 "2012-10-01T12:30:15Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Apparently not. BBC was reporting this morning that it’s hit No. 1 in Britain, making Psy the first Korean artist to do so. And another one for the parody list - [London Style](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMmyeXeXeK0)! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/75 "2012-10-01T12:48:12Z")
I’m waiting for _Oppa Fenton Style_ ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mr.Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Me)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/76 "2012-10-01T13:24:09Z")
[Klingon Style](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CayMeza487M&feature=player_embedded), in the original Klingon, of course. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/77 "2012-10-01T14:08:03Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > My boyfriend’s contribution: “I’ve seen a lot of Korean porn where the girl is getting pounded while calling the dude oppa.” 😃 I’m late to the thread, but I just had to single this out as possibly the best thing I’ve ever seen said on the SDMB. My thanks to you, and also to your bf for doing the necessary research 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/78 "2012-10-01T14:25:34Z")
The Thai navy has done [this version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHx4nF7jJzI&feature=player_embedded). But some old salts [are not amused](http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/314968/navy-gangnam-style-stirs-controversy). ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/79 "2012-10-01T15:38:31Z")
This one’s my favorite so far, though I’d say it’s more an “homage” than “parody”: [Gunman Style](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceVlltPBcHg) Probably NSFW. (bikinis + some language) ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/80 "2012-10-01T15:49:13Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > The Thai navy has done [this version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHx4nF7jJzI&feature=player_embedded). > > But some old salts [are not amused](http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/314968/navy-gangnam-style-stirs-controversy). > [@A Thai Navy Officer\[/quote](#): > > “I will only warn them like brothers and there will be no punishment,” I’m having a hard time pinning down exactly how to express the way the above quote makes me feel. But overall, I think it’s an awesome way to express his intention, one which is not culturally available IME to most Americans in the public sphere, and one which I wish was available. You probably hear talk like this in church contexts. But work or military? I doubt it. But it’s exactly the right thing to say and do sometimes! Well, that probably came off as weird, but I wanted to say something about it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919.md?page=5)