My latest Korean discovery is trot (or "teuroteu"), which is according to the (brief) Wikipedia article on it, is "the oldest form of Korean pop music." Its name derives from "foxtrot," which it more or less resembles in its beat. It's vaguely analogous to swing, and particularly the "hot swing" of a few years ago (like Squirrel Nut Zippers and that clan).
My Fifth-Graders From Hell (who first made me aware of it) all hate it, because it's fogy music, despite all their favorite K-pop groups competing in a big "trot-off" a few months ago. I thinks it's the shit. But I would.
Park Sang-Chul is apparently huge trot stuff. You can tell because he's got more dancing girls than James Brown.
And this is Super Junior Happy, who may or may not be representative of the "new trot" resurgence, but are definitely fucking awesome. Nicole, this is your official postcard from Korea.
Inlets
15 years ago
11 comments:
i hear they have this (happy cooking) video in north korea, but every adorable korean boy, and the adorable chef girl, is played by the noble leader himself.
No, no, you're thinking of "Friends."
Holy crap in my pants that was awesome! How come Asian music videos are so much more entertaining than Western music videos?
Simple reason, Western people are ugly. Sad but true. I swear, every single Korean here is lithe and beautiful. Like Eloi. Drives one mad.
Ah. Today's word verification is "entiest," which obviously means "most like an Ent." I love the word verification game. Wheee!
Niko,
Reading your blog is actually educational sometimes, in addition to always being entertaining. Sounds like it's been a good life move for you. Beats being at the museum. Don't know if you heard or not, but a week or so ago Harvard reported that its endowment had lost over $8B, almost a quarter of its entire worth. So now they've got a hiring/wage/construction freeze on.
Whitt
fomg! i love this song and thought at first listen,"niko would love this song!"
shut up!
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98386357&sc=nl&cc=sod-20081217
Niko, what for you not post anything in forever?
By the by, your word verificarion is "creep." That's lols to me ;)
It's been almost two months since your last posting. You alive or what?
Still nothing. Someone needs to get on a plane -- maybe with a baseball bat in their carry-on, or an old-fashioned leather belt... Actually, if you Skype him, there's a chance he'll pick up. But then, all the rest of us are left in the dark....
How long before a blog site is shut down for non-activity?
Niko, where are you :(
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