# 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:** 7
**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:** [November 9, 2012, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/121 "2012-11-09T05:14:44Z")
> [@Namkcalb](#): > > how much did Psy end up making from this hit? I’d guess a pretty penny. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/122 "2012-11-09T14:34:27Z")
I’d guess a pretty jeon. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/123 "2012-11-09T17:08:46Z")
This parody video cracks me up. Deadpool vs. Gangnam Style [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo-tWlETq8w) ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/124 "2012-11-10T00:51:15Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > And “Gangnam Style” [has become the second most-viewed YouTube video](http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/world/319283/gangnam-style-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! ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/125 "2012-11-10T02:37:35Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > This parody video cracks me up. > > Deadpool vs. Gangnam Style > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo-tWlETq8w&feature=endscreen&NR=1](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo-tWlETq8w&feature=endscreen&NR=1) I love it! Where was that filmed? ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/126 "2012-11-10T03:43:15Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > This parody video cracks me up. > > Deadpool vs. Gangnam Style > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo-tWlETq8w&feature=endscreen&NR=1](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo-tWlETq8w&feature=endscreen&NR=1) I’ll see youi Deadpool and raise you [Klingon Style](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CayMeza487M) ---
**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:** [November 10, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/127 "2012-11-10T04:03:06Z")
[Eton Style](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FtZkVRkusQ) ---
**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:** [November 10, 2012, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/128 "2012-11-10T13:22:50Z")
[Minecraft Style](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9emjalsOsE) ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/129 "2012-11-12T15:13:49Z")
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? ---
**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:** [November 14, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/130 "2012-11-14T02:39:37Z")
Now I’m seeing T-shirts for sale on the streets of Bangkok with his cartoon likeness. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/131 "2012-11-15T15:49:03Z")
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. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2012, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/132 "2012-11-15T16:18:46Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/133 "2012-11-15T17:03:38Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/134 "2012-11-15T20:10:18Z")
For you _Big Trouble in Little China_ fans, I give you [Lo Pan Style](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xiAbDkXDgg). Apparently John Carpenter himself showed this at a film festival somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/135 "2012-11-15T21:04:39Z")
> [@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. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/136 "2012-11-16T19:52:34Z")
Ghostbuster Style - [PSY vs Ghostbusters - Gangnam Busters - Mashup by FAROFF - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=share&v=82LCKBdjywQ&gl=GB) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/137 "2012-11-16T20:48:09Z")
> [@Cinnamon\_Imp](#): > > Ghostbuster Style - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=share&v=82LCKBdjywQ&gl=GB](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=share&v=82LCKBdjywQ&gl=GB) Now _that_ is an example of a good mash-up. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/138 "2012-11-24T16:09:11Z")
Update: [Gangnam Style](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0) just passed 800 million views and is the #1 video on Youtube! About 100 of those views are mine…from the last month 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/139 "2012-11-24T17:20:13Z")
> [@hrhomer](#): > > Edit - 731 million views on YouTube. Jesus Tapdancing Christ. > [@YogSosoth](#): > > Update: [Gangnam Style](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0) 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. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/140 "2012-11-24T18:39:13Z")
So, will it be the first Youtube video to break a billion, or will it lose steam? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919.md?page=8)