SNSD's BAD GIRL Over On The Jukebox
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koganbotSNSD's "Bad Girl" reviewed over on the Singles Jukebox; I love the song, but most others don't consider it bad enough.
Strangely, no version I could find of the official vid had adequate sound, including the one uploaded by SM Entertainment, so I decided if the fidelity wasn't going to be high I might as well use a "live" performance. [EDIT: Well, that embed's been taken "private" and I don't know which particular performance it was, but I found one that seems good. The color change I talk about in the comments as arriving at 1:03 comes at 2:26 here.]
And while we're at it, here's an astonishing dance routine, SNSD's beginnings in 2007; Mat says: "This is the most impressive dance performance I've ever seen from a girl group. It almost beggars belief. The stuff around the 3 minute mark is just scary.... Helps that it's all lipsynced — it's noticeably less sharp on regular performances — and that the camera is fixed so we get the amazing sync work and units moving around the stage. I don't expect them to ever match this level again because it was their debut track and they exclusively practiced this choreography for such a long time."
Strangely, no version I could find of the official vid had adequate sound, including the one uploaded by SM Entertainment, so I decided if the fidelity wasn't going to be high I might as well use a "live" performance. [EDIT: Well, that embed's been taken "private" and I don't know which particular performance it was, but I found one that seems good. The color change I talk about in the comments as arriving at 1:03 comes at 2:26 here.]
And while we're at it, here's an astonishing dance routine, SNSD's beginnings in 2007; Mat says: "This is the most impressive dance performance I've ever seen from a girl group. It almost beggars belief. The stuff around the 3 minute mark is just scary.... Helps that it's all lipsynced — it's noticeably less sharp on regular performances — and that the camera is fixed so we get the amazing sync work and units moving around the stage. I don't expect them to ever match this level again because it was their debut track and they exclusively practiced this choreography for such a long time."
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Date: 2011-09-12 09:10 pm (UTC)To illustrate their two sides, the ending of the video for "Oh!", in which the kanpeki na bad girls of "Run Devil Run" (arrogant SNSD) tear apart the clubhouse of the cute cheerleaders (adorable SNSD). They're good bad, but they're not evil:
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Date: 2011-09-12 09:46 pm (UTC)Hard to think that the designation "bad" has any potency left on the American side of the Pacific. People want the word still to map out some area or stance of opposition, or at least discontent, but when the stance is lauded continually by conformists of all types, from dumb thugs to teacher's pets, it's difficult to believe in anymore. But I suppose it's always new to someone. I'm wondering if all the "follow me" songs and tropes in K-pop might be a sign that in K-pop people are at least a bit unsure of where they're going, and a little scared, and excited.
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Date: 2011-09-15 05:25 am (UTC)