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happeningthang · Joined: 26 Apr 2003

I don't know how you manage putting up with the most damning of Korean flaws - K-Pop. If your music sensibilities say something about the state of your soul - I'm not sure how I'm supposed to deal with grown adults adoring the likes of Pi and 7seven.

If it's not a collection of Korean Ken or Barbies and the newest versions of line dancing then it's the originality of some Korean acts...

Take a look at THIS...and compare it with ...

this summer's K-pop classic rocking the dongs near you

If you're going to skirt the line between rip off and homage wouldn't you at least be discerning...

Troll_Bait · Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 3:18 am Post subject: Re: The origins of K-Pop??!!

flotsam · Joined: 28 Mar 2006

Newbie · Joined: 07 Feb 2003

cruisemonkey · Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:02 am Post subject:

I hate it (almost as much as K food).

billybrobby · Joined: 09 Dec 2004

Whatever do you mean "rip off"?

Troll_Bait · Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:26 pm Post subject: Re: The origins of K-Pop??!!

Zulu · Joined: 28 Apr 2006

Seoul Subway Rider: What do you think about Korean music?

Me: That'd be a good idea.

Demophobe · Joined: 17 May 2004

It came from the US, then it got the K- twist. More sugar, increasingly "child"ized, and even more mind-numbing fashion lunacy.

It's all garbage, no matter what the country. I find that "Maiah-hee, maiya-ha" thing perhaps more annoying than a whining dentist's drill, no matter where the origin.

seoulsucker · Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:50 pm Post subject:

There's another one spawned from BEP's "Let's Get Retarded" that just drives me nuts. I don't mind a good sample or cover from an 80's or 70's song, but at least wait until the original is out of radio rotation before you jack it.

Zulu · Joined: 28 Apr 2006

Yeah ripping off stuff from the west and claiming it as your own. Man, there's a total lack of cool in this place.

I guess some of the really old old old Korean music is ok though? You know, the stuff without singing that 90-year olds were probably into back in the day?