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Crayon Pop's Unusual Road to Success Draws Media Interest (South Korea)
Chosun Ilbo ^ | 10/30/2013 | Chosun Ilbo

Posted on 10/29/2013 11:59:49 PM PDT by TexGrill

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1 posted on 10/29/2013 11:59:49 PM PDT by TexGrill
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To: TexGrill

south korea now is japan in the seventies.

this is their version of sailor moon meets g-force.


2 posted on 10/30/2013 12:16:54 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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Too bad the Chinese guy with a knife in his head wasn’t wearing a Crayon Pop helmet.


4 posted on 10/30/2013 12:29:36 AM PDT by TexGrill (Don't mess with Texas)
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To: TexGrill

woulda gone right through...


5 posted on 10/30/2013 12:33:09 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: GeronL

K-pop ping!


6 posted on 10/30/2013 2:46:39 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("The heart of the matter is God's love. It always has been. It always will be."~Abp. Chaput)
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To: TexGrill

lol


7 posted on 10/30/2013 6:26:17 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: Tax-chick; KC_Lion

It is weird what catches on sometimes.

Like PSY and “Gangnam Style”, one of my least favorite Korean songs/musicians.

This time the ECONOMIST highlighted Crayon Pop for being different. Oh they are definitely different. lol. If Girls Generation is a college band, this is their middle school sisters imitating them.

But not. They have a style all their own. I really don’t get the helmets, but it definitely worked out for them.


8 posted on 10/30/2013 6:29:11 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: TexGrill

Oh goodness.

A sponsored helmet?


9 posted on 10/30/2013 6:29:52 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: GeronL; TexGrill

I don’t know if it qualifies as KPop since these people actually play their own instruments, but their music is prominent in KDramas.

I tend to favor the ladies in particular, and a similar search for LeeSA and JRabbit will bring up some videos that are almost as fun to watch as to listen to. The only words I understand are in the title, but the video always brings a smile to my face.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhs55HEl-Gc

This one really illustrates J’s musical versatility.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5HlB_x_OWM

LeeSA covering Last Christmas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa31CwwTewc

LeeSA covering viva la vida

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCDWFAYa_24

Finally, LeeSA with her original composition from the I Need Romance 2012 OST, Have you heard?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZeYVx9XROY

Also, a youtube search for Me too, Flower OST and 49 Days OST illustrate some pretty darned good music from the drama series of the same names.

I won’t say I’m hooked on KDramas, but I haven’t watched anything without subtitles (except baseball) for almost a year now and once the World Series is over, so is my FIOS TV package.


10 posted on 10/30/2013 8:52:00 AM PDT by Nacho Bidnith (The Govt's war on drugs was the setup for war on the American People)
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To: Nacho Bidnith

I pretty much only watch subtitled Korean shows right now.

At the moment the series I am watching are “You’re the best, Lee Soon-shin”, “Gu Family Book” and “Unemployed Romance”.... next I will watching “Heirs” and who knows what else.

This one is kind of funny... by Big Baby Driver (and it’s in English)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKCZ8ifRl8s


11 posted on 10/30/2013 9:46:17 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: GeronL; BCW; Tax-chick

I wish I could post the applause pic but I am at work. I agree with everything you said about how girls generation is the oldest sister of crayon pop! Lol


12 posted on 10/30/2013 10:07:12 AM PDT by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.-Sarah Palin)
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To: KC_Lion

I also noticed that a lot of T-Ara music sounds similar, there seems to be some chords they just love to reuse. As if it is all one long song and different verses or something.


13 posted on 10/30/2013 10:11:42 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: GeronL
I really don’t get the helmets, but it definitely worked out for them.

Helmets worked for these guys as well.


14 posted on 10/30/2013 10:13:37 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: GeronL; KC_Lion

I knew absolutely nothing about Korean music until GeronL joined the Undead Thread and enlightened us. It’s a big ol’ interesting world out there.


15 posted on 10/30/2013 10:13:51 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("The heart of the matter is God's love. It always has been. It always will be."~Abp. Chaput)
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To: GeronL

I really liked a gentleman’s dignity, and this song as well. I think it’s a very good example of how good Korean pop music can be.

I generally wait for a series to complete it’s run because I like to marathon them.

I don’t know how many shows I’ve watched over the past year, but it’s been a lot. I generally decide which series to watch based on which actress I’m infatuated with. Right now it’s Song Hye Go and “the world that they live in”. Before that it was Lee Yo Won and Empire of Gold (5 star rating by me for melodrama).

Anything by the Hong Sisters, Kim Sun Ah or Gong Yo Jin. Actually, there are too many to name off the top of my head, but I don’t miss watching American TV at all.


16 posted on 10/30/2013 10:35:41 AM PDT by Nacho Bidnith (The Govt's war on drugs was the setup for war on the American People)
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To: Nacho Bidnith

me either


17 posted on 10/30/2013 10:37:13 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: dfwgator

lol


18 posted on 10/30/2013 10:37:44 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: Nacho Bidnith

Music from drama’s I like

Ali “Carry On” from the drama FAITH

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=949mw-0VLoQ

Baek Ji-Young “That Woman” from the drama SECRET GARDEN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUWAcQoGdOY

T-ARA, SG Wannabe’s “Page One” from the drama COFFEE HOUSE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_lh3Rvy3WI


19 posted on 10/30/2013 10:50:32 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: Nacho Bidnith
seoul.fm

using that site I learned there was a girl band named

Piggy Dolls

Takes all kinds....

20 posted on 10/30/2013 11:15:01 AM PDT by GeronL
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