# 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:** 9
**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 29, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/161 "2012-11-29T15:59:49Z")
[On Psy’s Bangkok concert](http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/323658/psy-gallops-into-bangkok-gangnam-style) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/162 "2012-11-29T16:36:03Z")
I woke up with this song in my head this morning. Ai yi yi. ---
**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 29, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/163 "2012-11-29T18:40:19Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > I woke up with this song in my head this morning. Ai yi yi. No. That song is Cielito Lindo. 😉 Otherwise known as the Frito Bandito song. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/164 "2012-11-29T20:26:22Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > No. That song is Cielito Lindo. 😉 Otherwise known as the Frito Bandito song. 😛 ---
**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 29, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/165 "2012-11-29T21:11:05Z")
> [@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. This brought a tear of joy to my eye. Isn’t the world beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/166 "2012-11-29T21:37:17Z")
Psy was on _The Tonight Show_ on Thanksgiving, where the audience was all active service personnel in uniform. He came out and performed the song, and ran into the audience at one point to dance with them. A crowd of military personnel in dress uniform dancing the cowboy dance. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/167 "2012-11-30T00:03:18Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > I love it! Where was that filmed? Deadpool vs. Gangnam Style was filmed in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. ---
**Author:** ![baileygrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@baileygrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/baileygrrrl)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/168 "2012-11-30T18:33:40Z")
> [@Chanteuse](#): > > I love [this mashup](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOyo7JD7hjo) with MC Hammer’s 2 Legit 2 Quit! My life is now complete. ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/169 "2012-11-30T20:35:51Z")
And now the internet’s most beloved “comedian”, Mr. Bill O’Reilly does a [review of Gangnam Style](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpnu1DUpNbY&feature=player_embedded) in the most racially naive and insulting method ever. Some choice quotes: “At least Elvis could sing, this is just some little fat guy from Yongyang, or somewhere like that.” “This doesn’t even have intelligible words…” “Maybe the entire point is that it doesn’t have any meaning.” He researched the song/video as much as he researches everything else. Just keep watching, it gets better and better the deeper he digs. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/170 "2012-12-01T01:54:25Z")
Jesus Christ. That is five minutes of pure ignorance. Yeah, everyone knows that orientals don’t have words! ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/171 "2012-12-01T01:59:17Z")
I **think** they mean it doesn’t have meaning to most of the people that view it, i.e. all the non-Korean speaking folks that drove it to success. I mean, they said it like complete assholes, but that’s par for the course. Edit: Though then I guess they’re also ignoring the inherent meaning that visuals, rhythm, aural music etc can have to a person even without words. I mean, by their logic half of the stuff classical musicians wrote have no meaning (actually all of it, because, you know most of it is in French, Italian, or Latin). ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/172 "2012-12-01T02:24:11Z")
I think it was pretty clear that he meant to be dismissive of this random Asian guy from “Yongyang.” And if he meant that it’s weird that people who don’t understand Korean like the song so much, then he should have said so, instead of saying things like the song doesn’t have words or that it fulfills the masses’ need for meaningless fluff. And what was that nonsequitur about how he knows a bunch of people named Cy that don’t even look like Psy? The irony is that I personally think the song has been dissected to death by non-Korean people who keep saying it’s some deep and profound commentary on Korean society. It’s a satire, sure, but mostly it’s just a funny music video. If O’Reilly had been making the point that people are giving the song more meaning than it actually has, I’d agree with him. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/173 "2012-12-01T02:45:07Z")
Look, grumpy old men said the same thing about Elvis and The Beatles. These grumpy old men, without realizing it, also introduced some xenophobic comments. They can’t help it they’re grumpy old men. And they’re grumpy old Republicans. I never thought I would start to get as polarized as Americans on the Republican/Democratic dichotomy, but Jesus Christ the right wing in the US are really getting out of touch with reality, with globalization, and with humanity. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2012, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/174 "2012-12-01T03:03:12Z")
In interviews, Psy strikes me as a very nice young man who is astounded by his sudden fame. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/175 "2012-12-01T03:04:17Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > In interviews, Psy strikes me as a very nice young man who is astounded by his sudden fame. Yeah, he seemed like a really cool, nice guy in the interviews I saw him in. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/176 "2012-12-01T03:06:15Z")
The entire POINT to the song, and to the video, is that it’s soulless and empty. It’s literally what the guy is saying; it’s an indictment of shallowness and materialism. If Bill O’Reilly was hit by a Mack truck, he wouldn’t notice it. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/177 "2012-12-01T03:17:08Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > Yeah, he seemed like a really cool, nice guy in the interviews I saw him in. And my daughters, who are into K-Pop, think he’s cute, in that traditional Korean, shaped like a refrigerator, manner that K-Pop singers aren’t. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2012, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/178 "2012-12-01T03:40:25Z")
I don’t know if Psy will turn out to be a one-hit wonder, but if you’re going to be a one-hit wonder, this is certainly the way to do it. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/179 "2012-12-01T04:17:35Z")
Yesterday was the Korean music awards, MAMA, where PSY performed Gangnam Style and I think he won best song and best video. Here’s a video of his performance: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcTj5LUxrl0) Also, these 7 seconds are what I remembered most about MAMA: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajHU5dI3I_k) ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919/180 "2012-12-01T04:35:33Z")
> [@AaronX](#): > > Yesterday was the Korean music awards, MAMA, where PSY performed Gangnam Style and I think he won best song and best video. Here’s a video of his performance: > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcTj5LUxrl0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcTj5LUxrl0) > > Also, these 7 seconds are what I remembered most about MAMA: > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajHU5dI3I\_k](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajHU5dI3I_k) [aside] Is there something about English that’s inherently higher pitched than East Asian languages? I notice my own voice dropping octaves when I switch into Japanese mode, and Psy’s is WAY higher when shouting to the crowd in English. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oppa-gangnam-style-awesome-korean-music-video/630919.md?page=10)