FBM wrote: I despise pop music as a rule, but that particular song gigged me right good. It's a poke in the eye to rich, pretentious, ignorant snobs everywhere, really.
Yup i think every developed country has its own take on gangnam style.
That playful stab at pretentious snobbery comes across the language/cultural barrier and the subconscious goes
What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
-Mr P
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A friend of mine explained to me that it's because the guy is being a complete buffoon and purpose and that's very funny... he's a K Pop fan and showed me that vid just this weekend.
I don't dislike K pop, especially girl groups but still failed to get the appeal.
I just got back from the Psy concert. It was pretty good, but they had way too many acts before him. Two different magicians doing practically indistinguishable magic tricks. Anyway, I learned that he's not a one-trick pony. He did other songs that weren't so...K-poppy...and the crowd knew and sung along with them. Got some vids, but not sure how good they are yet. Got a 9 a.m. class, so no time to check them out now. It's almost 1:30 a.m. here.
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What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
-Mr P
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Audley Strange
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FBM wrote:I just got back from the Psy concert. It was pretty good, but they had way too many acts before him. Two different magicians doing practically indistinguishable magic tricks. Anyway, I learned that he's not a one-trick pony. He did other songs that weren't so...K-poppy...and the crowd knew and sung along with them. Got some vids, but not sure how good they are yet. Got a 9 a.m. class, so no time to check them out now. It's almost 1:30 a.m. here.
FBM wrote:I just got back from the Psy concert. It was pretty good, but they had way too many acts before him. Two different magicians doing practically indistinguishable magic tricks. Anyway, I learned that he's not a one-trick pony. He did other songs that weren't so...K-poppy...and the crowd knew and sung along with them. Got some vids, but not sure how good they are yet. Got a 9 a.m. class, so no time to check them out now. It's almost 1:30 a.m. here.
I despise pop music as a rule, but that particular song gigged me right good. It's a poke in the eye to rich, pretentious, ignorant snobs everywhere, really.
Anyway, I learned that he's not a one-trick pony. He did other songs that weren't so...K-poppy...and the crowd knew and sung along with them. Got some vids, but not sure how good they are yet. Got a 9 a.m. class, so no time to check them out now. It's almost 1:30 a.m. here. 
