Welcome to last month, daddy cool.

...but seriously, it's the greatest video of the decade, innit?

It's a mystery to me -- I thought it would go away, but it has bled over into all of my other worlds.

No, I'm not one of those that actually likes the song or video, but I'm perpetually enchanted by Japanese culture, so I'm adding Korean culture to it.

How can you not like it? At long last, sir, have you left no sense of decency?

I find it infectious myself.

I'm sure it's fine. That's just not where my fascination is coming from.

There was an SNL skit last weekend that had no plot other than to play Gangnam Style repeatedly. It was funny.

What's interesting to me is the commentary he's making on the music and the culture of Gangnam by using the music and lyrics of the culture of Gangnam. There's a lot going on in the video that pokes fun at it as well. I did a bunch of reading on this a few weeks ago. If I can find the articles again I'll post them.

Interesting, thanks.

Meme Will Eat Itself.

OPPAN IMWAN STYLE!



Don't blame me if you click on it:

This is the first time I've seen this.

I blame Jay for not putting it on G+.

This video was along the right hand side column as related. I clicked on it, and it has 6.9 million views and a bunch of commentors saying they got there from Gangnam Style. The connection between the two is elusive.

Did anyone hear about those two rival gangs that got into a shootout at a Gangnam Style dance party? Luckily no one was hurt.

I saw this thing like 2 or 3 weeks ago. It amuses me. I especially like the part where he screams into that one lady's ass. Now that is how you woo the ladies.

Turns out that "Gangnam" isn't a mispronunciation of "gangster"----there's a very wealthy district of Seoul called Gangnam, which explains both the setting in the video as well as a dance. Why is Psy trotting out through a stable? Because a lot of rich Koreans in Gangnam can afford their own horses. Also (and I can't believe I didn't realize this), the "Gangnam Style" dance is supposed to depict a guy riding a horse.

Here's the video with English subtitles, although nobody has been able to explain what "Oppan" is:



Just found out the answer! "Oppa" is used by women to refer to an older male friend or relative. It's not hard
to figure out that it would also be used by a hot young woman to refer to an older male lover. The narrator of
"Gangnam Style" is speaking of himself in the third person and using this term to brag that not only does he
have "gangnam style", but that young women sees that he has "gangnam style." It's supposed to make him
look ridiculous to Koreans.

http://mydearkorea.blogspot.com/2012/08 ... an-in.html

Here is Psy's latest video:



Oops! Apparently Psy let a female Korean pop singer sing a cover and also do a video. This is the original:

Hey, I like that one too!

But not as funny as the video.

Ii read it is a word in Korean that means something like "daddy" or "big brother" -- a male family figure. Apparently Korean males, when flirting with a girl, refer to themselves as "oppa" or something -- kind of used like a slang term "daddio" or something. And "oppan" is used as a possessive here, as if he is referring to himself as having Gangnam style. Like "you're big daddy, me, has Gangnam style."