Correction
Nov. 24th, 2004 11:32 amLowell House, on the Feast of Stes. Flora and Mary
All right, for
aetherangelette's delicate sensibilities and superior knowledge of Korean pop, let me amend myself:
서태지 (Seo Taiji) : Korean pop :: Kurt Cobain : American rock
There, that way I get to cover the male part of the spectrum too, and approximate the genre. But seriously, the amount of screaming adolescent girls in the 서태지 constituent is a little off-putting. As Angelette implies, he isn't just mainstream, he defined mainstream.
That reminds me, a better analogy for the Justin Timberlake of Korean pop music would probably be 강타 (Kangta). Except 강타 is about a hundred times girlier and has a better voice--well, as far as I know. The one time I heard him sing was when he was a guest on this celebrity karaoke comedy show, and he had to sing this theme song to a Korean children's cartoon.
Yours &c.
All right, for
서태지 (Seo Taiji) : Korean pop :: Kurt Cobain : American rock
There, that way I get to cover the male part of the spectrum too, and approximate the genre. But seriously, the amount of screaming adolescent girls in the 서태지 constituent is a little off-putting. As Angelette implies, he isn't just mainstream, he defined mainstream.
That reminds me, a better analogy for the Justin Timberlake of Korean pop music would probably be 강타 (Kangta). Except 강타 is about a hundred times girlier and has a better voice--well, as far as I know. The one time I heard him sing was when he was a guest on this celebrity karaoke comedy show, and he had to sing this theme song to a Korean children's cartoon.
Yours &c.
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Date: 2004-11-27 03:32 pm (UTC)Oh yeah, I think you should amend your update with a response to Zdenek's post in the shoutbox: it is inappropriate for him to request that we remove links to MT on our site and our works simply because he has problems with that forum. In the future, it would be better if he discussed his concerns with us privately.
I also think you ought to delete his comment: it borders on being rude. Removal requested indeed.