Super Junior's BIJIN reviewed on the Jukebox

[koganbot]

Super Junior's "Bijin" is reviewed today at the Singles Jukebox. I wouldn't say I get Super Junior; I was one of the low scorers. Here's the Korean-language original, which I'd have given an extra point, raising it to 7:

Watch on YouTube

Comments

[koganbot]

So you prefer it to "Sorry Sorry."

Think my problem is that the chorus needs to be real shivery and instead it's just kind of so-what (for me). The first verse is powerful, as are some bits later, though maybe that's my problem, that the start is strong and the rest is a letdown, the later verses and the middle eight suffering from weak singing. I love what I think they're going for on this, just don't think they get there. I may be a point too low on it, however.

[askbask.livejournal.com]

I think Sorry Sorry is an 8/10 - it's the blueprint, but Bonamana does everything better: It's more tightly coiled, more focused, but also more melodic, more badass and fearsome. Less human, perhaps, but I don't think Super Junior, for all its members, excel in personality - they're better as this army of intense robotic love warriors. (I'm inconsistent, admittedly - I also like 'It's You', where they get close and intimate, but they're still a little scary there)

Anyway, with this song everything springs out of some nuclear core, every verse and syllable is a concentrated burst of energy. The pre-chorus was a bit problematic at first, but the way it builds down into the amazing arsenal of consonants that is the main chorus just overpowers me.

[koganbot]

Well, I'll keep listening, to see if it'll finally hit me. I love the "Sorry Sorry" melody and chord pattern (the latter reminding me of this, or this, speaking of my original boybands).

[askbask.livejournal.com]

Most people would agree with you that Bonamana is a 2nd rate sequel, so maybe I'm the who doesn't get Super Junior.

[(Anonymous)]

My first hearing of this track what in this live “remix”, so any hearing after that was lacking…

[askbask.livejournal.com]

Someone on the jukebox said this is the k-pop sound diluted. I don't understand this point of view at all. It's the opposite, k-pop crystallized -- and represents the most extreme devotion to the core characteristics of its modern iteration. I can understand it being described as unfriendly, clinical, but I can't hear any compromise here. Steak tartare.

[koganbot]

She merely meant that "Bijin" loses something in comparison to "Bonamana."

[askbask.livejournal.com]

Yep, re-read it and realized my error. Egg on my face.