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Mikejelai
Joined: 01 Nov 2009
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:14 pm Post subject: Wondergirls just a Motown imitation?? |
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| I was watching some old Motown music videos recently (The Supremes, The Marvelettes, etc, and I was reminded of the Wondergirls. Anyone else notice the similarities? Hair style, dress, choreography, etc. |
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Banana_Man
Joined: 01 Mar 2010
Location: Busan
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| Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:17 pm Post subject: |
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| I think it's intentional. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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er, girl groups who sang, danced and looked pretty have been around forever! Since the 1920s I'd guess!!
The Motwon period was just a highpoint for girl groups. |
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Cerberus
Joined: 29 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:29 pm Post subject: Re: Wondergirls just a Motown imitation?? |
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| Mikejelai wrote: |
| I was watching some old Motown music videos recently (The Supremes, The Marvelettes, etc, and I was reminded of the Wondergirls. Anyone else notice the similarities? Hair style, dress, choreography, etc. |
for "Nobody" it was completely intentional. JYP stated he saw a paucity of offerings in that genre, and though it'd be interesting to do one.
Obviously the hunch worked out nicely. |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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| I think it was a big play on the Dreamgirls revival thing that hit in 2006. Keep in mind that while it is their flagship song now, "Tell Me" and "Hot" were massive hits of their own right, possibly bigger hits domestically years before they took on the Motown look for "Nobody." |
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Cerberus
Joined: 29 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:32 pm Post subject: |
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| seoulsucker wrote: |
| I think it was a big play on the Dreamgirls revival thing that hit in 2006. Keep in mind that while it is their flagship song now, "Tell Me" and "Hot" were massive hits of their own right, possibly bigger hits domestically years before they took on the Motown look for "Nobody." |
well not "years", right"?
more like months.
certainly no more than a year. |
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Panda
Joined: 25 Oct 2008
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hellofaniceguy
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: On your computer screen!
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 3:23 am Post subject: |
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| Hey...when you're going to copy...copy from the best! I'd like to see koreans be original. |
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Gibberish
Joined: 29 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 3:48 am Post subject: |
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Who doesn't? |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 3:51 am Post subject: |
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| hellofaniceguy wrote: |
| Hey...when you're going to copy...copy from the best! I'd like to see koreans be original. |
Seotaiji is pretty original to me. Is pretty Korean to me also. Maybe you are blind and deaf? |
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UknowsI
Joined: 16 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 4:27 am Post subject: |
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I have been asked that exact question maybe 5 times from my Korean school mates. It's not always our fault! (Youtube isn't working here, but from the title I guess they were asking who is the cutest) |
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Panda
Joined: 25 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 4:59 am Post subject: |
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Who doesn't? |
ewww, then I must have been given the wrong message saying that only teenage girls like girls and boys groups.
How silly I am  |
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UknowsI
Joined: 16 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 5:08 am Post subject: |
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| I read an article about how Girls Generation was very popular among middle aged men. I prefer not to think about it... |
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Cerberus
Joined: 29 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 6:10 am Post subject: |
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| Panda wrote: |
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Who doesn't? |
ewww, then I must have been given the wrong message saying that only teenage girls like girls and boys groups.
How silly I am |
you WERE given the wrong message.
it's pre-teen girls. At best, very very early teens. |
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Cerberus
Joined: 29 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 6:45 am Post subject: |
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| Gibberish wrote: |
Who doesn't? |
massive dorkdom. Seriously. Please 
They're either blinded by the stateside heifferdom around them or haven't been outside of their shared room yet.
Look at how they move?
seriously now. that cutesy stupid crap. Obviously they've never been in Latin America where women really know how to move - like women, and have things to move if you catch my drift.
or even a salsa club with Puerto Ricans in it back stateside.
I did see a Korean girl in a salsa club here though, who COULD move and even had a bubble butt/curves on her. I was in serious shock AND awe 
no Generation Girl could hold her jockstrap. |
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