Shinyoo's Hands Of The Clock

[koganbot]

Anybody know anything about this? According to Billboard, it's been on the K-pop chart for 39 weeks, never getting above 35. A trot rhythm, ballad-like but definitely Asian. In the olden days, this would have been my stereotype of what Asian pop sounds like. Touches of what seem like country & western, but the resemblance may be a coincidence (

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[askbask]

IU won Music Bank six times in a row with You & I. Music Bank have revamped their scoring system several times to avoid a song dominating for too long so the points aren't the same as they were back in the 'Gee' days (but SNSD got six with 'The Boys' as well). Inkigayo only allows a song to win three times before removing it from the chart.

Old stuff

[anonymous]

If you like old stuff, how about really really really old stuff. Great singer and gives some idea of Korean psyche I guess.

Re: Old stuff

[koganbot]

Singer is impressive. I didn't come close to comprehending this musically, much less culturally. But I was taken enough by it to listen more than once.

Didn't say I liked old stuff (though I often do), just that I like (a particular piece of) music for old people. My guess is that this gets listeners of all ages, though probably not a lot of listeners.

[EDIT: Is 김영임 her name? (Kim Young-Im?) I'm clueless when it comes to Korean. Apparently, the song is a version of "Arirang."]

Re: Old stuff

[askbask]

This haunting version was famously used in 'Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter.. and Spring'

I don't know a lot about the history of 'Arirang', but I know this isn't the one I've heard used as a '2nd national anthem' on various events.

Re: Old stuff

[davidfrazer]

I think this is the version you're thinking of:

[arbitrary_greay]

Holy cow that sounds like some generic Chinese karaoke staple. I can hear the color change scrolling through the karaoke captions on a flickering blue screen.

[davidfrazer]

You might enjoy Bret's visit to the noraebang from Flight of the Conchords:

(By the way, I've read that the tune comes from a Teresa Teng song.)