Mr. B Natural
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1997 called and wants his shitty manufactured music back.
Girls Generation - "The Boys" Live On David Letterman
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disney has been pumping out manufactured crap all along son.
The Omega Man
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Megadragon15
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Can't wait for the awful KPop equivalent to Pink Lady and Jeff.
Phonomezer
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Looks like Taeyeon is sticking her hand up Sunny's ass in that pic.
Sammy Samusu
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zephervack
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Nothing against them or their music, but that performance was terrible. Im really wondering if they will hit it big in America.
vas_a_morir
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Yeah, I guess the rich traditional stuff is just not that impressive to non-Koreans.
Why do they have 9 people? Quality OVER Quantity, I say.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
Hmmmm... a lotta haters up in here. Oh well, I think Zzoram nailed it. Keep listening to Tool play the same song for 20 years or whatever it is that you like. Truly you have discovered the deep philosophical purpose of music manifest in the single style from which it should never deviate.
I hate The Boys and have railed on it non-stop since it came out. Fuck you, Teddy Riley.
Mr. B Natural
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Yes. I know. What is your point?
They're singing manufactured 1990's tween pop. That's not interesting. I don't care who is doing it. It's an oversaturated market of terrible music.
Oh wait, but they're Korean. That changes....well, nothing. Not really interested in other countries regurgitating our own crap and then trying to sell it back to us 15 years later.
Evening Musuko
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The fact that they were on Letterman and Live with Kelly makes them much more successful than just about every Asian pop star that has tried to break into the market in recent years.
AbortedWalrusFetus
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I would much rather that Clazziquai, GD & TOP, or IU made it big musically in the US than Girls Generation. Girls Generation is much more fun to look at though.
Deified Data
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It takes a god-tier musical performance for me to stomach Letterman for any amount of time. From the comments, I take it this is not it.
Atleast there's variety when it comes to american acts
TheKaeptain
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You act like American doesn't hav pop music. Shit, we have an dedicated thread to a singer that recently changed her name and look and gaffers are eating up her shit souless dead music.
TheKaeptain
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GD & T.O.P. should get together with the far east movement. That is sure-fire club jam waiting to happen.
CoffeeJanitor
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Its like defending Imagine: Babyz because there's also a shitty series called Petz. They both suck.
AbortedWalrusFetus
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Agreed. Hell, some of their stuff would probably work as is if it had recognition. Honestly though, I don't think they've done their military service yet, so I doubt anything would happen until after that part.
The Omega Man
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I can't see that happening anytime soon. Even American-born Asians have it rough.
You can't really think that is the only type of music one country (or any really) has to offer, right? haha.
I don't wanna hate or anything like that, but those pictures creep me out a little. I mean they are doing these "hey, let's spontaneously take a picture" kind of poses but at the same time you know that they trained these hours and hours in front of the mirror.
There's no real emotion behind it. They could be robots and you wouldn't know the difference
vas_a_morir
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In the mid to late 90's, due to media consolidation for the most part, you had a huge influx of one-hit wonders. I mean, I'm sure you can think of about 30 from a 5 year period. But, there was a diversity of hits. Ska, rock, pop, punk, rap, R&B. Even latin and metal. I don't think the Korean pop scene has any of that. Maybe it will come in time, but not right now. I'll be honest, I got a little vicariously embarrassed for them during the Letterman show performance. When you take this out of the context of the Korean pop scene, it's really apparent just how far behind they are as performers compared to popular Western acts, in my humble opinion.
The mistake they are making is presuming they can become like an American act. They can't. They have some popularity in the US mostly because of two things:
1. Some guys like Asian girls a lot.
2. The admittedly tiny Korean aspect of their music (besides the lyrics) makes them exotic/different.
Trying to come and sing in English and sound more 'American' won't work.
Hot Coldman
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IT'S LIKE A WHOLE GENERATION OF GIRLS
butter_stick
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Sexually repressed robots. Be still my cock.
Some of their songs that I've heard have been tolerable, but that one was just...terribad. Not sure how having members whose primary role is dance will play out with American audiences, though I guess a lot popular pop groups here are similar in that only one or two members do more than the chorus.
I've been here long enough to get a sense of things, and the only thing that ever gets any real play is the shallow bubblegum/dance pop. For one thing, korean rock music is an oxymoron.
They were made in the music factory that continuously puts out new girl band idols for fans to fawn over, so I guess they are kinda robots in a way. Also all the surgery too.
lazybones18
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Face it Tiger..
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My waifu's, speaking in english..?
Somebody gonna get a raise.
Somebody gonna get a raise.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
Plenty of Koreans don't like popular kpop, but to claim there is no variety in that market yet there is in America... lol I just can't deal with talk like that. Any region in the world has plenty of cool shit to find. Claims like that are tied to arbitrary boundaries you could redefine at your convenience to save face. It's an obvious bias and in denial of how music is enjoyed and shared around the world.
AbortedWalrusFetus
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Hmmmm... a lotta haters up in here. Oh well, I think Zzoram nailed it. Keep listening to Tool play the same song for 20 years or whatever it is that you like. Truly you have discovered the deep philosophical purpose of music manifest in the single style from which it should never deviate.
I hate The Boys and have railed on it non-stop since it came out. Fuck you, Teddy Riley.
People tend to hate terrible shit, yes. It's fine that you like terrible shit. Most people don't though.
ChiTownBuffalo
Either I made up lies about the Boston Bomber or I fell for someone else's crap. Either way, I have absolutely no credibility and you should never pay any attention to anything I say, no matter what the context. Perm me if I claim to be an insider
questionmark
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I wonder if OP knows there is a K-pop thread in the community section, can't remember seeing him there.
Anyway, not surprised people aren't loving it. First of all, it is an uninteresting version of one of their least interesting songs.
Secondly, kpop is definitely not for everyone.
Here are some better performances:
First live performance (Into The New World)
Gee
Yuri fancam from Run Devil Run
Genie
Fancam of Be Happy
Anyway, not surprised people aren't loving it. First of all, it is an uninteresting version of one of their least interesting songs.
Secondly, kpop is definitely not for everyone.
Here are some better performances:
First live performance (Into The New World)
Gee
Yuri fancam from Run Devil Run
Genie
Fancam of Be Happy
TheKaeptain
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Nah most people hate terrible shit. This even extends out of music to other forms of pop culture. Just look at the box office numbers for shitty movies like Capt America or the new Mission Impossible.
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