[OFFICIAL] OPPA GANGNAM STYLE Thread

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

The introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperilling the

whole state, for styles of music are never disturbed without affecting

the most important political institutions. ... The new style, gradually

gaining a lodgement, quietly insinuates itself into manners and customs,

and from it ... goes on to attack laws and constitutions, displaying the

utmost impudence, until it ends by overturning everything.

-- Plato, "Republic", 370 B.C.

[Ocram's Razr 964]

That is an interesting quote. It is especially interesting seeing as we know very little about how Ancient Greek music sounded like. We only know how their instruments (most likely) sounded like and the stories they told.

--Ocram

[allkill326 8]

The introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperilling the

whole state, for styles of music are never disturbed without affecting

the most important political institutions. ... The new style, gradually

gaining a lodgement, quietly insinuates itself into manners and customs,

and from it ... goes on to attack laws and constitutions, displaying the

utmost impudence, until it ends by overturning everything.

-- Plato, "Republic", 370 B.C.

Honestly, that's an inspirational quote.

[Durfsurn 539]

What about this one:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=related&v=tKwdDbdPego

[Alejandro24 575]

I know perfectly where this song will end: in the drawer of the songs for parties. Just like We No Speak Americano by Yolanda Be Cool, and another lots of songs.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

That is an interesting quote. It is especially interesting seeing as we know very little about how Ancient Greek music sounded like. We only know how their instruments (most likely) sounded like and the stories they told.

--Ocram

The Greeks used the pentatonic scale (invented by Pythagoras), so if you want to hear a tune in that scale listen to Amazing Grace. The black keys on the piano form a pentatonic scale.

[Haljackey 17,398]

Another Mashup

[allkill326 8]

400+ million views in less than 3 months.... Incredible.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

You could say it has gone viral, but that's the Internet for you. Mostly garbage with an occasional pearl.

[dazza262 133]

The West Indies won the T20 Cricket World Cup final v Sri Lanka and celebrated Gangnam Style.

I had no idea what it was until I came accros this thread, and now it makes sense, sort of .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl4n4LrMiKQ

[Ocram's Razr 964]

Are not the West Indies the Caribbean?

--Ocram

[dazza262 133]

Are not the West Indies the Caribbean?

--Ocram

The West Indies are in the Caribbean, but not all the caribbean islands are West Indies.

Countries such as Cuba and Haiti are not West Indian.

[Haljackey 17,398]

Raking in the dough.

[Meg 368]

You could say it has gone viral, but that's the Internet for you. Mostly garbage with an occasional pearl.

"Ninety percent of everything is crap"

-- Sturgeon's Law, 1951

[allkill326 8]

You could say it has gone viral, but that's the Internet for you. Mostly garbage with an occasional pearl.

"Ninety percent of everything is crap"

-- Sturgeon's Law, 1951

I say, the only thing that matters is whether which "crap" is better: This or that.

[TekindusT 3,809]

Another version!



The satyrical political TV program Polònia (from Catalan public TV) has made a Gangnam Style version starred by the President Mas, thats Oppa GangMas Style. Hilarious!! (if you understand it, of course, song begins at 00:30 aprox).

[allkill326 8]

2nd in BB chart...4 times in a row...come on... when will it ever top?

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Only when the right anti-biotic is found to kill viruses on the Internet.

[hym 358]

2nd in BB chart...4 times in a row...come on... when will it ever top?

Nothing says that it will.

[allkill326 8]

2nd in BB chart...4 times in a row...come on... when will it ever top?

Nothing says that it will.

2nd in BB chart...4 times in a row...come on... when will it ever top?

Nothing says that it will.

K-pop is the best genre of music, next to A-Pop.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

There are charts (lists) and then there are charts. My chart starts with Claudio Monteverdi and runs forward to the present. Right now I think the top seed is a Quebecois composer named Rideout.

[allkill326 8]

There are charts (lists) and then there are charts. My chart starts with Claudio Monteverdi and runs forward to the present. Right now I think the top seed is a Quebecois composer named Rideout.

Do you believe that I like John Cage?

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Do you believe that I like John Cage?

Why not. He has had a lot to do with modern dance.

[Haljackey 17,398]

I was Stuck in traffic yesterday night in the bar/club district of my town, and a guy dressed like PSY (really well I might add) did the Gangnam Style dance on the crosswalk right in front of me. Made my night.

[Odainsaker 2,137]

I thought it was amusing to watch Fareed Zakaria in all seriousness contrast South Korea's "Oppa Gungam Style" against the sclerotic political and cultural context of the neighboring People's Republic of China on his weekly CNN show "GPS- Global Public Square."

Why China can't do Gungnam Style

Seems the legacy of Mao's wife Jiang Qing's cultural revolution of the theatrical and patriotic arts still continues long after she was purged with the Gang of Four. Is "The Blue Kite" still banned on the mainland? Meanwhile, Pyongyang must be apopletic with fear of Gangnam Style trickling across the border--I'm sure the executions are already taking place.

Who would have thought that K-Pop and Gungnam Style are really all about the triangulation of geopolitical spheres of influence in East Asia?

[allkill326 8]

China should brace itself as it no longer has a state on which to leech.

  Edited October 29, 2012 by allkill326  

[Cockatoo 2,257]

2nd in BB chart...4 times in a row...come on... when will it ever top?

Nothing says that it will.

2nd in BB chart...4 times in a row...come on... when will it ever top?

Nothing says that it will.

K-pop is the best genre of music, next to A-Pop.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

^ Rather a narrow attitude. You dismiss five centuries of development, just like that.

[allkill326 8]

^ Rather a narrow attitude. You dismiss five centuries of development, just like that.

Classical is classic, indeed.

I fully respect pre-modern music genres and others.

However, K-pop is currently rising in trend, next to A-Pop. It's a fact, and it's reality.

[Ocram's Razr 964]

Well, since parodies and spinoffs are allowed here, I might as well post this little video:

I find it funny how they replaced Hyuna with a creeper.

--Ocram

  Edited October 30, 2012 by OcramSeattle