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indiana
genderfucker
kpop enthusiast
cat lover
I wasn’t myself
But now I opened my eyes
I see a new world, my love becomes poison
It will spread all over your entire body
I will approach you only tonight
To say these words: sorry, goodbye
We’re nothing now, piss off now
I wont miss you I wont miss you go babyMany boys Many boys
You’re just one among them
Many boys Many boys
I got so so many more
Many boys Many boys
I got so many many more
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The idea of a rock-influenced K-pop mix was suggested by Trevor a few months ago, and it stuck with me. I thought a research-oriented approach would be best, starting at the beginning and working my way through to the present. As such, the tracks are arranged in more or less chronological order, with some fudging to accommodate the categories I want to discuss.
Rock music came to South Korea via the United States military around the time of the Korean War. That’s how Shin Jung-hyeon first heard it, while he was performing for the American troops in the late 1950’s under the stage name Jackie Shin. Shin would go on to more or less found psychedelic rock in South Korea, but his influence was not long-lasting in popular culture. After he demurred from writing a song celebrating president/dictator Park Chung Hee in 1972, his music was frequently banned for being “vulgar”, and he was arrested on vague drug-related charges and banned from all public performances in 1975. Following Park’s assassination in 1979, Shin returned to find that popular music had changed: “It was all ‘Let’s work hard’ and ‘Let’s be happy’ kind of stuff. It was completely physical, with no spirit, no mentality, no humanity.” (source) Nevertheless, he did work with some artists of this new era, such as a young, pre-dubstep Kim Wan Sun, whose track “리듬 속의 그 춤을” (The Dance In That Rhythm) he wrote. With this background in mind, this mix will cover the modern era of K-pop (from the 90’s to the present), which is not only descended from the music of singers like Kim Wan Sun but incorporates and synthesizes outside influences like American R&B and pop.
What I found was that rock is generally used for two things in K-pop, and those two things should not be surprising to observers of North American popular music: It was initially used to signify transgression, aggression, and individuality, but over time it has also come to represent artistic credibility and authorship. Of course, sometimes it’s just used as a new and different texture, especially once the definition of rock expanded outside of metal to include pop-punk and alternative rock. Currently there’s a move toward idol musicians having more artistic control, and in an era where rock acts can top the American Hot 100 by the grace of Spotify, the line between indie rock and idol pop is getting fuzzier in Korea too. (The definition of “rock” I am working with here is, admittedly, vague: basically, a general feeling of what “sounds like rock”, along with the use of electric guitar and a 4/4 drum kit sound, and sometimes a guitar-bass-drums rock band setup.)
Track list:
1. Seo Taiji and Boys, “난 알아요” (I Know) (1992)
2. Seo Taiji and Boys, “교실 이데아” (Classroom Idea) (1994)
3. H.O.T., “아이야! (I Yah!)” (1999)
4. DBSK, “Tri-Angle” (2004)
5. Super Junior, “Don’t Don” (2006)
6. EXO-K, “Mama” (2012)
7. SNSD, “힘 내! (Way To Go)” (2009)
8. C.N. Blue, “외톨이야” (I’m A Loner) (2010)
9. Infinite, “BTD (Before The Dawn)” (2011)
10. G-Dragon, “악몽 (Obsession)” (2010)
11. B1A4, “O.K” (2011)
12. 2NE1, “Ugly” (2011)
13. FT Island, “신사동 그 사람” (The Man From Sinsadong) (live on Immortal Song 2, 2011)
14. Jeong Jinwoon, “라라라” (RA RA RA) (2011)
15. Wonder Girls, “Me, in” (2011)
16. Miryo, “Party Rock (feat. Gary of Leessang, The Koxx)” (2012)Download (.rar, 78MB)
Detail on the tracks, lots of YouTube links, and recommended further listening/viewing under the cut.
This is what I’ve been working on for the past three months.
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making your own polish is fun YOU SHOULD ALL DO IT
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MY BIG POOFY 1980S GOTH PRINCESS LEAVE MY SIGHT
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this is a bit last minute but if you guys could reblog this around that would be super helpful!
this wednesday, march 21st 2012, i’m shaving my head in support of the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation. currently, my hair is as long as in the pictures above, so it will be quite a change! my hair will be turned into a wig for someone who needs it more than i do.
further, any and all donations i receive in support of this year’s Balding for Dollars will go to the oncology ward of the hospital, programs that help the children and their families during and after treatment, medical equipment, expenses not covered by health insurance, and for awareness efforts about cancer and blood disorders.
the main reason i’m doing this is because of my amazing, beautiful, wonderful, talented friend Angie Pirog, who lost her battle with cancer on july 11, 2009. check out the music she composed/wrote/sang/played here.
if you want to support me, the page to donate is here.
!!!
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kitty selcas :3
hi;;
i look dumb as fuck
ohhh so in love rn
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Can Heebumie dance like this too? @/Heedictator ㅎㅎ http://pic.twitter.com/3xtLD7P
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#worlds colliding #Siwon were you secertly a df boardie?
cannot even convey how much I am laughing omg
What is happening.
i feel like my life has come full circle
you know you’ve made it when your internet friend’s real life friend wants to be your friend on facebook
it’s so weird when this happens
tawny is a prime example
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Dear Korea,
Do you want people around the world to respect your music/culture?
Well then stop releasing disgusting videos like this and stop inserting racism in your mainstream media.
Sincerely,
The rest of the world
Hey everyone who follows me
I repeat, everyone
do me a favor and reblog this, share it with SOMEONE, comment on the video or really just find any way to shine light on/express how awful and offensive this type of stuff is
Korea has gone too far with this type of thing and it’s not the first time it’s happened. This is disgusting and if the country wants to spread its music/media around the world, it needs to clean up its act.
wow so fuck them a lot. AND they broke the flavah flave clock necklaces O K A Y nope didnt watch it till the end my face got tired of being in a grimace, and i was disgusted. the fuck.
No. No. NO. This is beyond unacceptable.
The Korean media can write a zillion articles on Block B and GD’s marijuana scandal (just two examples), but they completely ignore issues like this. Blackface is unacceptable in any context, but this is particularly offensive. Korea is quick to point out racism against Koreans (I’m thinking specifically of the Morning Musume incident), but they have no problem with the degradation of black people. Oh, okay.
This is fucking gross.
The fuck did I just watch.
Fucking christ I was doing everything in my power to not watch this. But no. Fucking—what? It’s like taking a step back into the days of vaudeville and now we’rethe public’s punchline again.
So why is this swept under the rug in the Kpop world again? Why are fanwars more important that the constant degradation and disrespect towards black Kpop fans? Where y’all at? Where the fuck y’all at?
you guys. flag this video. this is on mbc’s official yt channel. flag it under hateful and abusive content> promotes hatred or violence> and you can choose race and give a reason from there. if youtube takes this video down because it is racist then maybe some mbc exec will be like, oh, maybe that’s not okay.
there’s just so much shit i wanna say, so much shit.
keep flagging it and keep disliking it. it has almost 1,500 dislikes now.
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TW: RACIAL VIOLENCE
naming and shaming: mark wahlberg
Wahlberg is claimed to have been in trouble 20–25 times with the Boston Police Department as a youth. By the age of 13, Wahlberg had developed an addiction to cocaine and other substances. At 15, he harassed a group of black school children on a field trip by throwing rocks and shouting racial epithets.
When he was 16, Wahlberg approached a middle-aged Vietnamese man on the street and, using a large wooden stick, knocked him unconscious (while calling him “Vietnam fucking shit”). He also attacked another Vietnamese man, leaving him permanently blind in one eye, and attacked a security guard (again using racist language).
For these crimes, Wahlberg was charged with attempted murder, pleaded guilty to assault, and was sentenced to two years in jail at Boston’s Deer Island House of Correction, of which he served 45 days. In another incident, the 21-year-old Wahlberg fractured the jaw of a neighbor in an unprovoked attack.
and he never apologized for this. i will always reblog anything having to do with the awful shit this motherfucker did and i wont let yall forget it. ever.
the worssst
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