How can a country be so devoid of musical talent?
How can a country be so devoid of musical talent?
Daniel Brown
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Nathaniel Ramirez
Great post OP.
Justin Brown
Hmm
Anthony Gray
Hudson Rodriguez
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Juan Adams
>tfw the only korean music you can think of is from a korean DDR ripoff game
Leo Perez
>phoneposting
>pol
spotted the underage faggot
Lincoln Nguyen
DONT TALK SHIT ABOUT NEGATIVLAND
Easton Lewis
Adrian Lee
wait a minute...
David Martin
errmm ok sweetie y'all never heard of keith ape?
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Lucas Jones
6ix9in is better desu
Wyatt Ramirez
So actual serious answer tied to this vid. In the late 60s/early 70s a number of artists, particularly Shin Joong Hyun arose in popularity. This type of music was more psychedlic/rock oriented. At the same time, South Korea was ruled by a military dictatorship. As this music became more popular and replaced the more traditional Korean music, the government became concerned that the lyrics and artists were being subversive. It got to the point where record releases had to be approved by the government before they were issued. On top of this, the albums had to include a "wholesome song" as the last track. These songs were often propaganda pieces. One notable story which relates to this song is how the South Korean president requested that Shin Joong Hyun write a song praising him. Shin refused and instead wrote the song "Beautiful Rivers and Mountains" which was about the country itself. After this incident he was thrown in jail and then a mental institution and banned from performing. It wasn't until the South Korean president Park Chung Hee was assassinated that he was released and able to perform again. However, by then the music landscape changed drastically and more pop (non-rock) music dominated the radio.
TL:DR; South Korea had great music in the 60s/70s which was ruined by their government.
Carson Williams
First: Dont ever call me sweetie again or I'll break your fucking neck. Second: That song does not help your case whatsoever. Off yourself.
Jacob Cruz
Interesting read. Well at least now we know.
Ian Watson
Lucas Campbell
>kpop is the only music to come out of the entire country
I'd think the US only has shitty music too if all I heard was top 40 radio shit
Christian Lewis
Korea has a better indie scene at least in rap and rock compared to Japan, Japanese scene is dying and it's only well known because of weebs
Noah Sullivan
I'm not even a weeb in the slightest but even I can acknowledge that Japan has and still is one of the best countries for music besides the US and UK.
Gavin Howard
kek 80s and early 2000s maybe the scene is dying now due to economy
and definitely not for rap/hiphop, language is absolutely garbage for it half the song needs to be in English to flow
Lucas Russell
Alright, I'll bite. What Korean albums do you suggest me to listen to? I'm open to any genre. What's an actual interesting modern Korean album that I should know about? As for you, you should catch up on the Japanese-scene yourself.
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Oliver Wood
I'm Japanese, I'm only commenting because Japanese music scene is dying to the point where Korean shit (Mostly kpop but also hiphop) gets top10 in music chart and at restaurant you hear kshit more than jshit unless theres a big hit.
I don't listen to rap/hiphop myself but Japanese literally isn't capable of making decent rap (there are some good rappers but you will notice 20%+ lyric is English or have meh flow) but Koreans have really famous rappers
I think with the American style of rap (The mumbling style) there are some Japanese hitting it off but I don't see them very much
Gabriel Stewart
you do realize all those slave k-pop stars are still being forced to promote in japan, cause staying in their own country will never get enough $$$ due to their small and shitty industry
Isaiah Ortiz
it's not, you're just not cool enough to be aware of good korean music
lmao
Austin Ross
LOL no Korean music is being promoted here because Japanese refuse to listen to Jshit anymore. For example at my university every year there's stuff like danceoff/double dutch performance and more than 80% of submitted songs are Korean
J-idol and pop is considered old and otaku but kshit is considered trendy even in Japan. You can listen to more gook idols in restaurant than japanese idols
Ayden Rodriguez
Fair enough. I wasnt talking about mainstream pop or hip-hop but underground music in general. If youre talking about cultural impact the Koreans got yall cucked without a doubt.
Benjamin Perry
ya but if the mainstream isn't successful it kinda affects the indie too, there's way too much kshit on mainstream right now
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Luis Russell
>Korea has a better indie scene at least in rap and rock compared to Japan
Rap, maybe, I think Japanese don't care about rap too much (although Scha Dara Parr are pretty good), but rock? Korea better than Japan? I don't think so.
Carter Johnson
keep telling yourself that Anglocuck