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Rocking - The (surprisingly) Deep Philosophy of a KMV Explained.

9/3/2013

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Meaning comes in Many Forms, some of them catchier than others...

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Teen Top is not a band known for their incredible story-telling or deep-seeded philosophizing or even for good music at all really. If we are to speak realistically, Teen Top is known by everyone, including their more honest Angels, as a group fabulously funny, super sweet boys with tight, intricate choreography, massive issues with role-distribution & MR, interesting hair, and a high-energy synthy sound that plays into lyrics that don't really make sense but are super catchy anyway...
At first glance, Rocking seems to be more of the same, but is it? Not at ALL. As one of the catchiest songs to have been released this summer, and as one ingloriously (and incorrectly) placed in the category 'apparently blithe and simple', I decided to take a closer look (in all honesty, it was more of a violent reaction of righteous indignation than a level headed decision, but the point still stands). Rocking is the best thing Teen Top has ever released and I will not suffer it to be maligned by those who won't look closely enough to see that between the complex meaning built into the choreography, the variegated meaning of the lyrics, and the over all visual blast of color and movement, it's one of the top ten music videos released by anyone this year at all.

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'Bands' vs 'Idols' vs 'Artists' : Categorizing Musicianship

8/12/2013

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'Idol' is not a dirty word. Unless your Bias plays Guitar . . .

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There are so many great Idol Groups out there, in Kpop especially. So isn't it about time that we in the international music community start taking them seriously as musicians?
If you have ever gotten defensive because someone calls your bias an Idol, you are not alone.
You are, however, wrong.

Almost all of us do it, on some level. And as a whole, our culture categorizes boy bands and girl groups on a different plane of musicianship than rockstars and solo singers, even EDM DJs. Our culture thinks of them as being different species of music makers, we look down on Idols and up to Bands and defensively refer to our bias-groups as 'artists'. But should we?

The answer to that is a resounding NO.
            In this day and age, Muscianship is not something defined purely by the use of physical instruments in Live musical performances. I think it's about time we all get our facts straight and stop treating the technical delineation of artists into the category of 'Idol' like the relegation of the crippled into a Caste of 'Untouchables'.

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