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World Traveler
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 Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 6:08 pm Post subject: New kpop song |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VygdI8Is8eU
Cool song and video...but the group name makes me cringe. How many Koreans understand the name I wonder. Does the band even...? The name is shown on mainstream TV during the daytime; that definately wouldn't happen in America or other English speaking countries.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FODnA8jGC0Q
(The name logo at the beginning of the video looks surprisingly phallic.) Too bad. I think the name will really hold them back in international markets. |
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Gorf
Joined: 25 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Wow... Haven't heard K Pop this good in a long time |
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Nolos
Joined: 23 Oct 2011
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| Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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| You guys have TERRIBLE TASTE in music. The song sucks just like like all of Kpop. Especially the korean girl bands who try to act like gangsta, who is it, 2ne1?.....lmao |
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NohopeSeriously
Joined: 17 Jan 2011
Location: The Christian Right-Wing Educational Republic of Korea
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| Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Sigmund Freud would be very proud of Korea. |
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thebearofbundang
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Location: Bundang
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| Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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Nolos
Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 9:04 pm Post subject:
You guys have TERRIBLE TASTE in music. The song sucks just like like all of Kpop. Especially the korean girl bands who try to act like gangsta, who is it, 2ne1?.....lmao
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Dodge, we know you hate everything about Korea.. Shouldn't you have made a new account to troll with by now anyways? Or have you??  |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 11:46 pm Post subject: |
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I liked the first one, second one didn't do anything for me. Nothing extra special in either case. But the OP's assertion that it would never be broadcast in daytime in English-speaking countries? Meh. You must've never heard of *beep* Riot. Also, the logo on the second video is "surprsingly phallic" only if you happen to think men usually have just one testicle. It's not so different than other logo backgrounds I've seen in some very conservative areas of the US.
I don't get worked up by faux English (aka "Decorative English") names in non-English countries. I have my initial laugh, then I realize it's simply not their language and go from there. |
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World Traveler
Joined: 29 May 2009
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| Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2013 12:51 pm Post subject: |
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| But the OP's assertion that it would never be broadcast in daytime in English-speaking countries? Meh. You must've never heard of *beep* Riot. |
Their songs were broadcast on American daytime TV? I don't think so. |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2013 2:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Their name certainly was. And look at how this site automatically censored the name. Daytime TV news reports in the US didn't do that. |
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World Traveler
Joined: 29 May 2009
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| Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2013 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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| What? Are you sure? I'd like to see the link. Their name was aired in a news report about them being arrested? Even that would surprise me, but it's not like their video was being aired on MTV. |
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12ax7
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2013 6:10 pm Post subject: Re: New kpop song |
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| World Traveler wrote: |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VygdI8Is8eU
Cool song and video...but the group name makes me cringe. How many Koreans understand the name I wonder. Does the band even...? The name is shown on mainstream TV during the daytime; that definately wouldn't happen in America or other English speaking countries.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FODnA8jGC0Q
(The name logo at the beginning of the video looks surprisingly phallic.) Too bad. I think the name will really hold them back in international markets. |
Of course they know what it means. Part of the reason K-pop groups use English is to get away with saying what they couldn't possibly say in Korean (that annoying 'lollipop' song is a prime example of this (and how ripping off other artists' creativity, Serge Gainsbourg in this case, is widespread)) and so kids feel as if they are listening to something their parents wouldn't approve of. Trust me, it's been studied. It's a socio-linguistic fact. |
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World Traveler
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World Traveler
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| Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 5:22 am Post subject: Re: New kpop song |
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| Of course they know what it means. |
Maybe not. My high school students are giving a presentation. One group chose the topic "DickPunks".
"The DickPunks are an inspiration to us. If we follow the example of the DickPunks and work hard, we can accomplish our dreams."
Awkward. What am I going to do as they present in front of the class? I'll go on as if nothing out of the ordinary is taking place. |
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12ax7
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 7:28 am Post subject: Re: New kpop song |
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| World Traveler wrote: |
| 12ax7 wrote: |
| Of course they know what it means. |
Maybe not. My high school students are giving a presentation. One group chose the topic "DickPunks".
"The DickPunks are an inspiration to us. If we follow the example of the DickPunks and work hard, we can accomplish our dreams."
Awkward. What am I going to do as they present in front of the class? I'll go on as if nothing out of the ordinary is taking place. |
The bands definitely know what they are saying, and that was my point. So what if there are kids who are clueless, that doesn't change the fact that one of the reasons they use English is so the kids feel as if they are speaking a code their parents don't understand, almost like an anti-language. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-language |
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markness
Joined: 02 Jan 2013
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Haha, damnit! They stole my band name! |
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Ginormousaurus
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
Location: 700 Ft. Pulpit
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| Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 10:54 am Post subject: |
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| World Traveler wrote: |
| What? Are you sure? I'd like to see the link. Their name was aired in a news report about them being arrested? Even that would surprise me, but it's not like their video was being aired on MTV. |
Their name was spoken uncensored on Canadian news programs.
Also, MTV doesn't play music videos. They haven't for years now. |
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