Tag: Gangnam
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Pavlov’s Pop – Is Pop Music Brainwashing You?
Pop music – does it really exist? I mean of course it does, but as something that is popular, in the way that you choose it? It seems increasingly you don’t – like in Russia the pop chooses you, through incessant repetition. The video from PBS’s Idea Channel above and this article describes it as…
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Cultural Appropriation Police
Not often I post a response to an article here, well, it always seems a little like hearing one-side of a conversation. But their comment system relies on Facebook (!), and given the fact I block the shit out of big bad Google and Fakebook I can’t actually comment. This article on ‘The Difference Between…
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PopLove
Not so into the sources from this Robin Skouteris mash (apart from Call Me Maybe, Psy, Maroon 5, Gotye, Katy Perry and Jessie J – genuine unironic no guilt pop gems – but Bieber? *puke*) and like a lot of these things it tends to prove the identikit nature of most modern pop. But I…
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Gangnam Time
Psy is Too Legit To Quit and so brings on the 90’s king of funny dances and funny pants, MC Hammer at the American Music Awards last night. As Thomas (Jeb’s other half) said over on Facebook – ‘kind of brilliant. And obvious, when you think about it.’ Does Psy really shout ‘MASHUP TIME’? Will…
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Gangnam Style
…yes I must be one of a few blogs not to post the original – I love Psy’s Gangam Style though. And some of the parodies and mashups (plenty of really bad ones though). But it’s funnier without the music! But this isn’t a usual YouTube hit and run post – there’s an interesting side…