tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017678973431004838.post2894617854343899193..comments2023-08-24T23:30:51.610+08:00Comments on Pop Reviews Now: The limits of "pushing the limits"Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00694821607097421310noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017678973431004838.post-9464608626297615662013-06-15T06:49:39.067+08:002013-06-15T06:49:39.067+08:00If you want to know "county pop" done ri...If you want to know "county pop" done right look no further than SG Wannabe. Many of their ballads including my fav Lalala feature this country feel. <br /><br />On a side note, i just found your blog. This is exactly the type of blog i wanted to start but dont have the time, effort, writing skills or patience for. Good job on this. This was exactly one of my recent qualms with the recent kpop scene, especially with "The Boys" and "I Got A Boy" from SNSD. Ive been a fan since the very beginning (im like around #100 ish member on soshified forum), but SM has been giving them absolutely terrible singles to promote, that are way "out of the box" and the only saving grace is the fact that as long as its SNSD, it will be a hit. ANY other group would not be able to have any success with these songs...<br /><br /><br />nikegnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017678973431004838.post-13372524709957142102013-04-29T17:01:57.133+08:002013-04-29T17:01:57.133+08:00When you mean "push the limits", do you ...When you mean "push the limits", do you mean crossing genres? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380344471252889819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017678973431004838.post-66766091113416573662013-04-28T16:13:18.639+08:002013-04-28T16:13:18.639+08:00I beg to differ a tad on 24/7. Country has a lot m...I beg to differ a tad on 24/7. Country has a lot more nuance than some people give it credit for. The genre isn't that popular because it reflects conservative values onto the audience that most current young pop listeners don't identify with. I've had people talk to me about "country singer Colbie Caillat," and I look at them like, you know, country doesn't do that island-y ukelele thing.<br /><br />The point that I'm trying to drive at is that country, as a musical genre, is not playful. There are playful country songs but that's not really the heart of it. You have singer-songwriters like John Denver, who sing about everything from the rugged beauty of the land to the evanescence of the human lifespan. You have Carrie Underwood singing the classic form, good girl/boy meets bad boy/girl, conflict, resolution. And country gospel, even Elvis has sung some form of country gospel if I remember right. Country is not quite bluegrass / square dancing with flushed cheeks.<br /><br />When I heard 24/7, I could tell that they were trying to bring in the country. Admittedly, my initial reaction was ecstatic. Banjos! In a Korean pop release! (I still find the banjo line is beautiful though simple, by the way.) But after more listens, all I heard was a painfully biased interpretation. I fully admit that a country subgenre can get pretty hokey but it's not a toy. When somebody treats it like just some way to freshen up a K-pop star's image or whatever, and I realize that they didn't pick up country out of love for the genre, I start thinking that this is pretty messed up.<br /><br />On top of that, the rest of album threw out any attempt to sound like country. Like, whoever came up with the album concept is, for lack of a better term, fucking around with me and the 4Minute fans. I don't mean this as some hater because I was looking forward to 2Yoon.<br /><br />Then Cube served up Harvest Moon and looking at how the title promises country but doesn't deliver, I'm like, "And what is this shit?" I know that each songs are fair in their own right but it's like answering a question, "Compare the lumbar vetebrae of saltatory mammals and non-saltatory mammals" with "Equine cervical vertebrae have neural spines." The answer is a correct statement but it's going to receive a score of zero because it's not the correct answer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com