Music Video Monday: GANGNAM STYLE by Psy

So, I usually find great music videos and go at them with a literary scalpel, like a first-year biology student going after his first frog — or I take insane music videos and make fun of them.

Each method is equally rewarding.

HOWEVER: Sometimes, a random music video pops up that is not one of the pure forms. It’s not insane, insipid or inscrutable. Nor is it beautiful in the standard way.

Every once and a while, something pops up that is both insane AND great.

Like this piece from South Korea, which also proves the point that attitude trumps all. The singer isn’t conventionally good looking. He’s short and out of shape. But oh, he’s got swagger, and it makes him far more charming than a boy-band member with perfect abs who tries very, very hard not to get a hair out of place while he croons.

Typically, I interpret the lyrics of videos. Not this time. Just watch and enjoy.

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THE KILL by 30 Seconds to Mars

TAKE ON ME by A-Ha

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Guy – Photo by Suhyoon Cho

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6 Responses to Music Video Monday: GANGNAM STYLE by Psy

  1. Dusti Stolinski

    The horse dance is becoming famous in over the world and the singer named Psy is known as a worldwide idol. Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’ video has more than 300 million YouTube views and counting.Millions of people imitated this dance. A teacher teaching math danced ‘Gangnam Style’ in his period to make it less boring and his students are very interesting in his new way of teaching. A teacher teaching physical education did the same thing in the physical class. In recent days, people told about this song and its dance had proved as an internet sensation when almost 1000 inmates of a Philippine prison burst into the famous horse-riding dance.*

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  3. Definitely the pick-me-up I needed today. Thanks!

  4. juliabarrett

    What a great beat! I love this. Oh, going on my frequent play list for driving.

  5. Thanks for a good morning laugh and yes, that was insane and great at the same time.

  6. Ahaha! I love it! I had to look up the lyrics because I just wanted to know: “A guy who has bulging ideas rather than muscles” – my favorite line! Thanks for sharing :)

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