While it may be tempting to learn the Korean version of this Gangnam Style, it can be a little tricky. The last time we recall this happening was the Macarena in 1994/95. It's interesting that it has been a long time since a non-English song made it big on Western charts, in addition it comes with dance moves. Even the lyrics themselves are very tame by rapper standards and hark back to the days when rappers used to sing about having to eat food their friend's mother had badly cooked (eg Rappers Delight by the Sugar Hill Gang). For a start, it's a song that is fun and despite being listed as a 'rapper', Psy hardly takes anything seriously in the clip. It may seem odd having lyrics from this recently released song on an 80s site, but looking at it's music video, the dance and a quick read of the Gangnam Style's lyrics, you can see a lot of commonalities with the 1980s music and video scene. Gangnam Style was a song released in 2012 by Korean rapper Psy. Certainly beats a lot of American crap music.80s Music | 80s Culture | 80s Fashion | 80s Games | 80s Movies I think I am developing an interest in this K-pop stuff too. Gangnam Style has a shrewd video with lyrics that provide a sneaky social statement. A few have off the wall but many are actually beautiful. I have only heard a scant handful of K-pop songs (but all are thanks to a friend who has a girl-boner for Korean guys). They fly over our heads but actually have a deeper meaning.Īccording to this article, PSY comes from near Gangnam but isn’t like the others from there and is, in summation, parodying the area and even himself. Many points in the video speak to this, that we Americans who don’t know the language (or the area) would just view as silly or crazy. That doesn’t mean much in itself, but it is a wealthy area of “new money” that apparently acts like it (extravagant and wasteful, in other words). Gangnam literally means “south of the river. Apparently “oppa” translates literally to “older brother” – but is generally used as an informal title in Korean language. I don’t speak Korean, but I had to know what this was about. That is an oversimplification, but it still doesn’t even do the song justice. In the lyrics, he seems to be talking about wanting a girl. By watching the video (and knowing nothing of Korean) you think the song is humorous and crazy. The English translation of Gangnam Style’s lyrics go a bit deeper than the video. If you hear the song, it sounds upbeat, catchy, and happy. The lyric, and name of the song, is “Gangnam Style”. If you did, I can forgive you just this once. Hopefully you haven’t been one of those to misunderstand the lyrics as “Condom Star”. I’m sure that, by now, you have heard the popular Kpop (Korean Pop) song, Gangnam Style.
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