Gangnam style

[barbie]

A few days ago, my friends talked about a music video titled 'Gangnam style', which already became popular in youtube.



It was funny to watch, but the music video contains a lot of symbolism and satire, making me wonder whether foreigners can understand the context. Its main message is about materialism, but also touches BDSM, homosexualism and crossdressing, too. The singer previously published two albums, but they were banned by conservative government officals for the reason of improperness. Now, he has internet and youtube that do not require any censorship from our government.

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[Snowpaw]

Crap I just got that out of my head too. *cries*

[barbie]

A smiliar one, but an old style.


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[Ms. OBrien CVT]

I like the first one, Barbie.     Too bad I have no idea what he is saying.

[barbie]

Translation is avaialbe at:
http://koreanwavetimes.blogspot.kr/2012/08/psy-gangnam-style-lyrics-translation-in.html

The lyric is simple and repetative, but still a little bit difficult to understand its context for foreigners.

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[barbie]

In a live performance, the dynamic sound and dance is awesom. Another version is 5-drum dance, but I could not find any nice video. I think the following is a little bit better.



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[barbie]

A previous music video of PSY.



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[barbie]

I think this article is a best in interpreting the underlying context of Gangnam style.

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/08/gangnam-style-dissected-the-subversive-message-within-south-koreas-music-video-sensation/261462/

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[~RoadToTrista~]

Is it weird if I think the guy on 1:54 is hot? :3 lawl

[DeeperThanSwords]

My favourite parody of Gangnam Style: