Do you ever find yourself at karaoke night in Pyeongyang, North Korea, with no idea what to sing? Perhaps you are the kind of music fan that must stop liking a band the minute more than three people have heard of them, and at present have no artist to follow. Today we here at Kimchi & Me offer solutions to both these problems. Enjoy, “림진강” as sung by 조청미. For those of you looking for a tune to impression your communist hosts in the North, the tune comes complete with sing-a-long lyrics. For those ironic indie music fans, I can promise you in all certainty that no one you will ever encounter has heard of this tune (unless of course they too are Kimchi & Me readers…or former North Korea residents). So anyhow…Comrades, let us sing for a strong nation!
December 16, 2005
MTV: North Korea
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Damn, Wyatt…wish I were there to witness your noraebang rendition of that uplifting tune. Mind you, it wouldn’t be complete without a few jumps off the furniture, perhaps the removal of shirts, and maybe you could actually put to use one of those tamborines they always seem to have sitting around those places.
Comment by Becca — December 16, 2005 @ 16:54 pm
I guess I missed the point of this blog,if there was one?
Comment by Bob Simpson — December 16, 2005 @ 23:28 pm
Bob,
As a faithful reader of this blog I can say that if by “point” you meant something along the lines of a riot/looting planning forum for a revolutionary political group, or a launching pad for a pyramid scheme, or some other equally logistically based function you will in fact be disappointed. On the other hand, if you have ever spent much time in Asia, or ever plan to do so you will find Kimchi and Me informative, entertaining and relevant. It’s a meaningful read in the sense that writer and reader can engage in the transaction of ideas and agree on the significance or insignificance of events with a common thread between writer and reader.
Alternatively, if you never intend to leave Detroit but are looking for music more indie than the next guy’s you can often learn about an up and coming Korean punk band or the like.
Comment by John Paul Jose — December 17, 2005 @ 0:23 am
friday ——– Dec. 16 2005….
Great video, sound clip. 2005 —————–
CALIF. U.S.A. ———————————
Comment by smith_m. — December 17, 2005 @ 5:58 am
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB113469882648624197-cpxgbxrsgv_NvrlWRrZX8_NVhpk_20061216.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top
Comment by smith_P — December 17, 2005 @ 6:02 am
Bob,
I don’t know of any blog that have points other ranting about random stuff going on in the writer’s life or “pundits” who like to pretend that they are on Meet The Press.
So I guess the point of this blog is to hook up interested parties with some info about life in South Korea, and also provide some information about Korean music (since that’s what I am interested in).
Comment by Wyatt — December 17, 2005 @ 8:53 am
Sorry I only meant I didn’t understand the video not your blog,a bad choice of words.Thanks Wyatt.
Comment by Bob Simpson — December 17, 2005 @ 9:41 am
Not a problem.
Comment by Wyatt — December 17, 2005 @ 10:11 am
Wyatt, thanks for the excellent video … it was actually kind of sad. As you can see even people in the north long to be united and suffer the pain of seperation. So inspite of the repressive government, they still have human yearnings and somehow that was allow to be shown in their media. I don’t understand why people wonder what is the purpose of your blog. It’s your blog and you can put whatever you want to put on it!!! Take care.
Comment by Outlander — December 23, 2005 @ 15:30 pm