Thursday, July 8, 2010

K-pop Part 2 (and some other songs)

As I've said, I've been getting into the K-pop scene. I've also got a few non-Korean foreign songs on my iPod (stuff I heard in the clubs and that I wanted for myself. But first to the K-pop!

Yelena was talking about a dance that she liked by a boy band called Super Junior. The song is called Sorry Sorry. She liked to dance to it in the clubs. There are a few videos circulating for this song (I guess the group made a few for the same song), but below is the one I like by far. I think it is very well done, and showcases the group's dancing talents. Big kudos to the choreographer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAWqnA8PdcY

This next song is by a Korean named Rain. Now, I didn't specifically say "singer" for Rain because Rain happens to be a multi-facted performer. He's a big movie star and singer in Korea, among other things. He's also pretty well known internationally. I'll let his Wikipedia page do the talking here.
But anyway, I heard this song a few times in different eating establishments, and after obsessively trying to find it I found "Hip Song." If you have any knowledge of music whatsoever you will somewhat recognize the melody that permeates the song; I've heard the original song it's ripped off from in commercials. I know it's an extremely old song (for some reason Wagner keeps popping up in my head, even though I'm sure it's wrong), but I just can't put my finger on it! If you know it tell me so I can stop obsessing! Anyway, here it is (note that it's not the music video as I can't find one, but just the audio):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1cndDkRb5o&feature=related

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Now, to the non-Korean songs I got into. The first one is a Russian song that I hear a lot in the club, and Yelena (being Russian) was able to send it to me. It's called "Volna" by DJ Smash.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7hSoYt10cM&feature=related

The second is one that I somewhat regret liking, but it's just so damn catchy. I also heard it in the club. It's called "Iran Iran" by Arash. From what I read it's dedicated to the Iranian soccer team. I definitely feel like dancing when I hear it (and the Iranians at the club go absolutely NUTS for this song). I have heard 2 slightly different versions. The other also has DJ Alligator, and it actually has the word "football" put into the song. This version with DJ Alligator is the one I have on my iPod. However, I could not find that version so, alas, you will have to be content with the one sans DJ Alligator and the word "football."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_1maePHaZk

Enjoy!

-AALA

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