The Pop of Today Vs Pop Of Yesterday

Pet_Sounds · 03-09-2014, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

Psy has been in the music industry for a decade though and he's huge in South Korea before he even got popular with Gangnam Style.

But it was the viral video that popularized him here, and brought more K-pop to our attention.
Take One Direction. They came in third on the X Factor and then signed a £2,000,000 deal.

djchameleon · 03-09-2014, 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Pet_Sounds

But it was the viral video that popularized him here, and brought more K-pop to our attention.
Take One Direction. They came in third on the X Factor and then signed a £2,000,000 deal.

K-pop was huge thanks to Youtube for a couple of years before Gangnam Style even came out.

On the other topic of those signing competitions, the acts that come out of them very rarely have any longevity.

Every year a new American Idol gets crowned. They put on one album or two and then they are completely forgotten about.

Did you forget about the existence of Star Search?
These singing competition shows aren't anything new.

Pet_Sounds · 03-09-2014, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

K-pop was huge thanks to Youtube for a couple of years before Gangnam Style even came out.

On the other topic of those signing competitions, the acts that come out of them very rarely have any longevity.

Every year a new American Idol gets crowned. They put on one album or two and then they are completely forgotten about.

Did you forget about the existence of Star Search?
These singing competition shows aren't anything new.

I guess the situation was different in my neck of the woods, because as far as I know, K-pop was unheard of around here until that viral video.
And I agree that the signing competition acts disppear quickly. Just about any artists who cater to a small cross-section of the population will. Remember when the Jonas Brothers were the rage? Nobody mentions them anymore.
And Star Search was actually before my time.

listener101 · 03-09-2014, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Pet_Sounds

But it was the viral video that popularized him here, and brought more K-pop to our attention.
Take One Direction. They came in third on the X Factor and then signed a £2,000,000 deal.

I agree the video was definitely a factor. Likely not the only factor though.

As a fellow Canadian who's a fan of Brian Wilson as well, we should really both try to get over the fact that Gangnam Style is just a pure fun circus stunt which became wildly successful as a fad. It's over. It's not classic art, just an aggressively loud catchy diddy full of character and energy. Party music. It fully deserved to get the love it got because the people loved it for it's spontaneous craziness, and the easy to love charisma of Psy, not for an unrelated standard of complex chords and elaborate melodies.

Here's the challenge for the listener with old school tastes, new school tastes, as well as fans of Psy, or not. Go back to Psy's 2001 release and go through his albums chronologically, listening to each song (using wiki and youtube), and see if there is something more substantial to enjoy. I call it music appreciation 101. One might be surprised at what one finds. Through effort comes appreciation.

Psy Discography :

-PSY from the Psycho World! (2001)
-Ssa2 (2002)
-3 Mi (2002)
-Remake & Mix 18 Beon (2005)
-Ssajib (2006)
-PSYfive (2010)
-Psy 6 (Six Rules), Part 1 (2012)

listener101 · 03-09-2014, 07:25 AM

Question for djchameleon or anyone else : do you think any East Coast DJ's (or any from anywhere in the world) occasionally play Neneh Cherry's 1989 hit Buffalo Stance ? I just heard it again for the first time in awhile and think it's got loads of personality and some interesting shifts throughout the song.

Pet_Sounds · 03-09-2014, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by listener101

I agree the video was definitely a factor. Likely not the only factor though.

As a fellow Canadian who's a fan of Brian Wilson as well, we should really both try to get over the fact that Gangnam Style is just a pure fun circus stunt which became wildly successful as a fad. It's over. It's not classic art, just an aggressively loud catchy diddy full of character and energy. Party music. It fully deserved to get the love it got because the people loved it for it's spontaneous craziness, and the easy to love charisma of Psy, not for an unrelated standard of complex chords and elaborate melodies.

Here's the challenge for the listener with old school tastes, new school tastes, as well as fans of Psy, or not. Go back to Psy's 2001 release and go through his albums chronologically, listening to each song (using wiki and youtube), and see if there is something more substantial to enjoy. I call it music appreciation 101. One might be surprised at what one finds. Through effort comes appreciation.

Psy Discography :

-PSY from the Psycho World! (2001)
-Ssa2 (2002)
-3 Mi (2002)
-Remake & Mix 18 Beon (2005)
-Ssajib (2006)
-PSYfive (2010)
-Psy 6 (Six Rules), Part 1 (2012)

Honestly, I don't think I'd survive all of the synth. It's OK when done tastefully, like the Moog on Abbey Road, but the overload of it on Gangnam Style really gets under my skin.

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listener101 Groupie Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 27	Question for djchameleon or anyone else : do you think any East Coast DJ's (or any from anywhere in the world) occasionally play Neneh Cherry's 1989 hit Buffalo Stance ? I just heard it again for the first time in awhile and think it's got loads of personality and some interesting shifts throughout the song.