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  • Victor FrostVictor Frost
    edited August 2012
    I don't get it. I mean, it's not just that I don't find it entertaining, I don't get why this is even a thing. The music is... alright and the video is... a video; what about this is making it popular?
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  • lackofcheeselackofcheese
    edited August 2012
    My best guess is that it's primarily the dance, though other factors definitely come into it.
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  • Victor FrostVictor Frost
    I thought the dance was the worst part.
  • Anthony HemanAnthony Heman
    I find the video entertaining and the song a little catchy, but I'm not going to actually listen to it in a non-ironic fashion. That said, I want to see someone cosplay guy in the yellow suit at PAX.
  • lackofcheeselackofcheese
    edited August 2012
    I thought the dance was the worst part.
    Judgement of quality has very little to do with it. You've got to look at it from the perspective of a Nonman.
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  • WalkerWalker
    edited August 2012
    It's a chubby Korean guy making fun of himself while dancing and rapping like he's hot shit with sexy honeys all over him left and right. It's the attitude; there is nothing not to love about it.
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  • AprecheApreche
    edited August 2012
    I find the video entertaining and the song a little catchy, but I'm not going to actually listen to it in a non-ironic fashion. That said, I want to see someone cosplay guy in the yellow suit at PAX.
    The guy in the yellow suit is a Yoo Jae-Seok. He's ridiculously famous. He's the MC of many television programs, including Running Man. In fact, someone cosplayed him at ConnectiCon, but not in the yellow suit. He's considered the National MC. All indications are that he's an all around great person. He's also done a few music videos of his own, even though television hosting and comedy are his primary skills. Usually his songs are tounge-in-cheek disco stuff so he brings his comedy in. Here is a really bad vertical video of him doing Apgujeong-Nallary.



    Elevator guy is Noh Hong-cheol. He is on the Infinite Challenge show with Jae-Seok.

    The subway girl is Hyun-a who used to be on the Wonder Girls, but is now in 4Minute. 4Minute is actually pretty good.





    Other idols make minor appearances in the original music video as well.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daesung

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seungri
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  • AndrewAndrew
    edited August 2012
    I have no idea how you say the music is just alright. It's fantastically catchy with a strong beat and a great chorus. There is nothing ironic about it...
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  • Anthony HemanAnthony Heman
    Lyrically and thematically it is still pop music, which isn't my personal taste.
  • RochelleRochelle
    I checked out a few other songs on their album, and "What Would Have Been" isn't bad either. Not like "Gangnam Style", but mellow with a nice female voice doing the melody. The album art is high quality.

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  • WindUpBirdWindUpBird
    Psy is the type of guy who one-shots his coffee while it's still hot. Don't mess with Gangnam Style, you guys.
  • AprecheApreche
    Other interesting thing. Most other KPop people do not write their own music, lyrics, or choreograph their own dances. They are merely performers who sing, dance, model, and act. PSY is actually a creative guy and did most of the work. I think he may have even directed the music video.
  • MATATATMATATAT
    Other interesting thing. All pop people do not write their own music, lyrics, or choreograph their own dances.
    FTFY

  • AprecheApreche
    Other interesting thing. All pop people do not write their own music, lyrics, or choreograph their own dances.
    FTFY

    Except you know, all the pop musicians who do, which is not the majority.
  • KapitänTimKapitänTim
    Ohhhhh sick burn.
  • MATATATMATATAT
    Dammit Scott you just ruined the joked, and yes they are definitely the minority.
  • gomidoggomidog
    This song gets stuck in my head like nobody's business and I don't even speak much Korean. I like it because it is silly and you can dance to it.
  • open_sketchbookopen_sketchbook
    This song gets stuck in my head like nobody's business and I don't even speak much Korean. I like it because it is silly and you can dance to it.
    Pretty much this plus I can also like it ironically thus making it pretty much the perfect thing.

  • SailSail
    Apparently people only like LMFAO songs when they're sung in Korean.
  • WindUpBirdWindUpBird
    Apparently people only like LMFAO songs when they're sung in Korean.
    Hey now. I have been known to party rock in all sorts of languages.

  • AndrewAndrew
    Apparently people only like LMFAO songs when they're sung in Korean.
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  • open_sketchbookopen_sketchbook
    I am actually a fan of LMFAO songs for exactly the same reason as I like this.
  • ProfPanglossProfPangloss
    edited August 2012
    I am actually a fan of LMFAO songs for exactly the same reason as I like this.
    Good, catchy songs with a great chorus? Yeah. I find it unfortunate when I meet people (not necessarily you guys) who actively avoid LMFAO and other half-decent pop groups because it "goes against the nerd paradigm" or something. It doesn't matter - if you like it, you like it. Don't make stupid excuses for not giving it a try.

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  • SailSail
    Not hating. Just saying.
  • open_sketchbookopen_sketchbook
    edited August 2012
    I am actually a fan of LMFAO songs for exactly the same reason as I like this.
    Good, catchy songs with a great chorus? Yeah.

    Not to mention a deliberate absurdity I can definitely get behind. I greatly enjoy works that appeal both on a real level and through sheer audacity. See also Warhammer 40,000 lore, Homestuck, Genius: the Transgression, C&C Red Alert.

    I like being able to step back from something I enjoy for a moment and go "but seriously, this shit is completely wack" before going back to it.
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  • AprecheApreche
    I also like LMFAO, but they aren't quite as good as PSY. Their dancing skills are lower. Their visual style isn't as badass. And since the lyrics are in English, I can actually comprehend their stupidity. That is the one advantage foreign pop music always has. When lyrics are not understood, their stupidity does not take away from the catchiness.
  • AprecheApreche
    This is a really bad and annoying video, but it's relevant.

  • open_sketchbookopen_sketchbook
    The stupid in the lyrics is part of the appeal as far as I'm concerned.
  • ProfPanglossProfPangloss
    Stop. Hating is bad.
  • AndrewAndrew
    I do enjoy me some LMFAO. Dance pop just gets in your bones.
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