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kerpingtack) wrote2011-12-27 09:09 am
kerpingtack) wrote2011-12-27 09:09 am
browsing youtube with my mom
I meant to post this like a week ago but uh I didn't. Also I'm trying to do this on my phone lol there's some stuff that's tedious to add so please anticipate a shit ton of vacous edits later~
I liked these things:
Dancing Queen audition
Kang Minkyung (Davichi)
타타타 (Ta Ta Ta) I really like this
사랑 사랑 사랑 (Love Love Love) this was surprising and really so good (w/ the interview at the beginning)
Ali
얄미운 사람 (Hateful Person) she is a great performer, whoa. also 'hateful' is not the exact word but it's hard to translate according to my mom lol
새벽비 (Early Rain) when she performs it really feels like she's doing exactly what she was born to do. great great voice, great confidence, great everything
킬리민자로의 표범 (Kilimanjaro Leopard)
Hyorin (Sistar)
edit: 비 내리는 영동교 (Rain on Youngdong Bridge) this is more or less a straight cover, but it's different from both what we've heard from her and what we've seen on the show in general, and she sounds really lovely [edit: my mom said it was the name of a bridge lol]
edit: 마음이 고와여지 (The Heart Must Be Good Too?)
I haven't watched IMS2 since Jonghyun left (my attention span is super short and I am biased as fuck) so the only thing I'd watched of the show since then was 2PM's Junsu's Wait a Minute and Sistar's Hyorin's Miniskirt, both of which I liked a lot. I feel like the women really make this show. Also the contestants have really been scaled up. The very first set were are pretty young and were all definitely idols. The batch on the latest episodes have generally been older, soloists, and just a lot more mature and experienced. It's great to watch. (I think the hosts have gotten more annoying though. I hate when they edit cuts of them saying stupid obnoxious shit in the middle of a performance with the laugh track and everything. :|) It's made me realize how fun it is when the competition is really good, like when the skill level is comparable so what really makes a difference is the energy and emotion and creativity.
They really gave up on the 'proving idols can sing' concept, right? Because the idols they do have on are not quite uhhh the logical choices. It's kind of a waste because idols are so controlled and you don't get to see them making a lot of creative decisions. And I think being in a pool with people a lot better can be helpful and inspiring, as long as it's not hopelessly overwhelming.
And um everything is SHINee: omg I'm really nervous for Taemin. The current cast outclasses him, and the majority of all idols, by so much. He's going to look sf hapless just like all the reaction shots they keep putting in of Infinite's Woohyun looking worried and/or dumbfounded all the time lol.
The other thing that's really nice about the show is that you can hear that these older songs are actually very well-written. LOL backhanded compliment~? idk I get headaches when I listen to some of the originals because they just sound sf dated lol and the instrumentals are too loud and it's annoying. But these clean good interpretations are legit refreshing. They're good songs!
I liked these things:
Dancing Queen audition
Kang Minkyung (Davichi)
타타타 (Ta Ta Ta) I really like this
사랑 사랑 사랑 (Love Love Love) this was surprising and really so good (w/ the interview at the beginning)
Ali
얄미운 사람 (Hateful Person) she is a great performer, whoa. also 'hateful' is not the exact word but it's hard to translate according to my mom lol
새벽비 (Early Rain) when she performs it really feels like she's doing exactly what she was born to do. great great voice, great confidence, great everything
킬리민자로의 표범 (Kilimanjaro Leopard)
Hyorin (Sistar)
edit: 비 내리는 영동교 (Rain on Youngdong Bridge) this is more or less a straight cover, but it's different from both what we've heard from her and what we've seen on the show in general, and she sounds really lovely [edit: my mom said it was the name of a bridge lol]
edit: 마음이 고와여지 (The Heart Must Be Good Too?)
I haven't watched IMS2 since Jonghyun left (my attention span is super short and I am biased as fuck) so the only thing I'd watched of the show since then was 2PM's Junsu's Wait a Minute and Sistar's Hyorin's Miniskirt, both of which I liked a lot. I feel like the women really make this show. Also the contestants have really been scaled up. The very first set were are pretty young and were all definitely idols. The batch on the latest episodes have generally been older, soloists, and just a lot more mature and experienced. It's great to watch. (I think the hosts have gotten more annoying though. I hate when they edit cuts of them saying stupid obnoxious shit in the middle of a performance with the laugh track and everything. :|) It's made me realize how fun it is when the competition is really good, like when the skill level is comparable so what really makes a difference is the energy and emotion and creativity.
They really gave up on the 'proving idols can sing' concept, right? Because the idols they do have on are not quite uhhh the logical choices. It's kind of a waste because idols are so controlled and you don't get to see them making a lot of creative decisions. And I think being in a pool with people a lot better can be helpful and inspiring, as long as it's not hopelessly overwhelming.
And um everything is SHINee: omg I'm really nervous for Taemin. The current cast outclasses him, and the majority of all idols, by so much. He's going to look sf hapless just like all the reaction shots they keep putting in of Infinite's Woohyun looking worried and/or dumbfounded all the time lol.
The other thing that's really nice about the show is that you can hear that these older songs are actually very well-written. LOL backhanded compliment~? idk I get headaches when I listen to some of the originals because they just sound sf dated lol and the instrumentals are too loud and it's annoying. But these clean good interpretations are legit refreshing. They're good songs!
Placeholder thought: male vs. female voices, "girl groups/vocalists have more universal appeal," weird sexism where some male singers are dismissed because it's primarily women who like them (boy bands lol. & of course of course the opposite is true too, but this is just what I had to think about as I scrolled past like seven Infinite/Woohyun cuts hahah. some kind of internalized embarrassment and unfair assumption that it's just there for the sake of fangirl gushing), discomfort or lack of familiarity with seeing men emote? (sister's bf's issues with guys singing emotional/dramatic ballads)
My mom is a total Ali fan now btw. The day after we watched these she kept bothering me to look up more LOL and at the office she watches her videos on youtube when she eats lunch.
Other things about my mom:
- I knew she had problems, like...... recognizing people or remembering names, but I did not know how bad it was until she saw gifs of Jonghyun and thought it was HEECHUL. And upon correction she still insisted that they looked alike. What on earth. She's like, "Let me see pictures of both of them! There's a resemblance!" I don't have time for this nonsense!!
- She knows that I stan Jonghyun but she does not know the extent of it, at all, or else I would shrivel away into nothingness. Because she says things like "So you're going to Korea to meet Jonghyunnie?" NOOOOOOOO I'M NOT ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; And during Christmas she asked, "Who's that boy you like?" when I was lounging around with my cousin because she wanted to tell my aunt and she forgot his name. And it was embarrassing! LOL this Jonghyun thing seriously regresses me back to the middle school feelings I should have had DURING middle school instead of now, when I'm in my early twenties. ;~~~;
- There's this weird fucking cat that keeps hanging around our house. It sits in front of our windows at our balcony or back door and just STAYS there for a long time, and Chorong goes nuts trying to scare it away. But he can't even hiss properly, lol; he's such a sweet incompetent bb. (He was a stray kitten when we first got him and I don't know how he ever survived on his own outside. ;~;) The creepy cat is kind of big and has a lot of fluffy luxurious orange fur and its face is all leonine and elegant. My mom was like, "I think it has a crush on Chorong. (to Chorong) You have a gorgeous grandmother after you." Except she said "grandmother" in Korean and it made me laugh a lot. Okay it probably doesn't sound funny to anyone else but when I re-read this entry later, it will make ME laugh so whatever.
My mom is a total Ali fan now btw. The day after we watched these she kept bothering me to look up more LOL and at the office she watches her videos on youtube when she eats lunch.
Other things about my mom:
- I knew she had problems, like...... recognizing people or remembering names, but I did not know how bad it was until she saw gifs of Jonghyun and thought it was HEECHUL. And upon correction she still insisted that they looked alike. What on earth. She's like, "Let me see pictures of both of them! There's a resemblance!" I don't have time for this nonsense!!
- She knows that I stan Jonghyun but she does not know the extent of it, at all, or else I would shrivel away into nothingness. Because she says things like "So you're going to Korea to meet Jonghyunnie?" NOOOOOOOO I'M NOT ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; And during Christmas she asked, "Who's that boy you like?" when I was lounging around with my cousin because she wanted to tell my aunt and she forgot his name. And it was embarrassing! LOL this Jonghyun thing seriously regresses me back to the middle school feelings I should have had DURING middle school instead of now, when I'm in my early twenties. ;~~~;
- There's this weird fucking cat that keeps hanging around our house. It sits in front of our windows at our balcony or back door and just STAYS there for a long time, and Chorong goes nuts trying to scare it away. But he can't even hiss properly, lol; he's such a sweet incompetent bb. (He was a stray kitten when we first got him and I don't know how he ever survived on his own outside. ;~;) The creepy cat is kind of big and has a lot of fluffy luxurious orange fur and its face is all leonine and elegant. My mom was like, "I think it has a crush on Chorong. (to Chorong) You have a gorgeous grandmother after you." Except she said "grandmother" in Korean and it made me laugh a lot. Okay it probably doesn't sound funny to anyone else but when I re-read this entry later, it will make ME laugh so whatever.
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i'm totally a fan of Ali's now. she's great.
i hope taemin surprises us all. i'm already pre-emptively (probably not using this word correctly) scared of watching his performances :(