Cute or Cutest

[quadibloc]

I just discovered this Cold War weapon:

The Cosmonaut Twist, sung by Larissa Mondrus.

And back to Finland one more time:

oh, here's an extra one...

Although Antonio Carlos Jobim might find the place chilly...

And here she is in a towel!

... singing Bei Mir Bist Du Schon, but in Finnish, and the words probably mean something radically different. If you don't understand Finnish, though, there is good news - it has subtitles... in Swedish.

[piotrek]

I'm surprised they're allowed to call it music.

[itlnstln]

Where are you from, piotrek?  Doucheland?

[didjamatic]

LMAO itlnstln

Good stuff quadibloc, thanks!

[quadibloc]

Good stuff quadibloc, thanks!

You're welcome. Although my pedestrian searches never seem to lead me to anyone quite as amazing as Gabriela Montero!

[quadibloc]

Why does she have a marmot in her tub?

Actually, I think that's a teddy bear.

But my web searches of Finnish music have failed in one respect. I have not been able to turn up a Finnish-language cover version of "You Don't Own Me".

A Swedish-language one was sung by this artist, apparently,

here singing "Vackra Sagor Är Så Korta", which the YouTube comments describe as a Swedish-language cover of "Io Che Non Vivo Senza Te". Funny, but I could have sworn it was a cover of

but, in fact, Wikipedia does note that the Italian song has priority, this

being the original.

[quadibloc]

Looking at a Swedish version of "Corrina, Corrina" led me on a journey during which I discovered that as a Blues song under the title of "Corrine, Corrina", it dated back to the 1920s or earlier... and then I found this evidence that country music TV shows of the 1950s did not all reject rock and roll as dangerous poison that would corrupt the youth of the nation:

[itlnstln]

Huh.  That looks like it was filmed at Waterloo Records in Austin.  I spent a lot of time there shopping and hosted a couple of remotes there with the radio station.

[Lanx]

friend told me sistar (sister+star) is a good group, they dance better at least.

[keyboardlover]

Actually I'm impressed with Girls' Generation's choreography. I read a translations of their lyrics though, and it was some of the dumbest **** I could possibly imagine. Even dumber than American pop music. I bet if I was Korean I would hate that stuff. So instead I just keep pretending I don't know what they're saying

[Lanx]

did you read an english translation or hear the english version(if there even is one)? Both are vastly different a lot of times.

[keyboardlover]

I read the translation online...

[RoboKrikit]

I find the low resolution of online reading to cause a lot of sibilance; it probably sounds a lot better if you read it on parchment with some vintage bulbs to warm things up a little.

[Muhi]

Wait, how did this get back to Asian girl discussion?

One thing is that although watching 5-7 Korean girls dance is fun; I'd trade those seven to see Katy Perry light up her fireworks.

[quadibloc]

By the way, I thought this would be a Swedish-language version of "Blame it on the Bossa Nova"...

but instead, the Bossa Nova must be blamed for what happened to "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands".

[Lanx]

You guys DO know some Girl Bands actually have musical talent?

ugh... i guess they are for listening to, not for viewing.

[keyboardlover]

Where is Panda-R anyway?

[itlnstln]

As long as he's up before his yearly mating session, I think he'll be OK.

[Maytan]

Oh hey guys.

[quadibloc]

Still, in Sweden, they don't just cover foreign rock and roll songs:

Edith Piaf has fans there too.

[j_r]

That is bad!

[quadibloc]

Panda-R and I find Lea Thompson hawt!

I agree that Lea Thompson was a beautiful actress, and I regret that she wasn't in more films with her grace and cuteness.

I'm not particularly partial to that music, but I found the film as a whole entertaining, despite many people disliking it (at least they don't think it was as bad as the Star Wars Holiday Special).

[keyboardlover]

Hey guyz, cool thread but...

Needs Moar Taeyeon!

[keyboardlover]

Don't you mean the Chilean mine disaster?

(I can edit posts too)

[Maytan]

Yo, keyboardlover, I'm really happy for you- and I'mma let you finish, but Sunny is the best SNSD member of ALL TIME.

Nah, just kidding, I love 'em all. Sunny is still my bias, though. <3

[Maytan]

She's great and all, Ripster, but she ain't Asian.

That's the deal breaker for me.

[hate]

bo peep bo peep bo peep bo peep bo peep ...

and to think for the last 13 years ive been listening mostly to black/death metal ....

[Maytan]

Well, you better be Asian then.

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Shame was never an obstacle for me. Just ask my parents.

[Maytan]

Well, I think a Korean girl is a girl worth fighting for. Even if it's said girl's father that I'm fighting with.

[keyboardlover]

@Maytan - I definitely agree that Sunny is hot. I showed the video to a friend of mine too and his favorite was Jessica who I think is hot too. Still, Taeyeon is mine!

[Maytan]

The Ice Queen, eh? Your friend shares our good taste.

Then again, I could have said that regardless of which he liked the best.

OH SNAP.

[quadibloc]

Google allowed me to find out, when I heard this lovely - and familiar - melody sung in Finnish

that I remembered it as sung by this sweet, innocent, lovely young woman

who, unfortunately, ran into problems later - presumably at least partly because of her association with the unlikely composer of this gentle melody.

And I knew I heard this melody before:

but it took quite a bit of searching before I could get from that Flemish cover version to what I presume is the English-language original:

The group is billed as "Starship" here, but as "Jefferson Starship" in another result. I take it this is Jefferson Airplane.

[Sam]

Well, you better be Asian then.

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Actually, with respect to Korean fathers, this sort of thing was quite true up until fairly recently.  The current generation of Korean fathers though are in general much more open to their children marrying a foreigner.  Still though I could see a lot of them objecting to their oldest son marrying a foreigner, due to the role the eldest son is expected to play in Korean families.  Still I imagine many Korean parents would prefer to see their daughters marry a Korean, but disowning them for marrying a foreigner isn't so likely these days compared to twenty years ago.

Outside of marriage, single Korean women may be very agreeable to having a foreign boyfriend, even if they might be reluctant to get married to a foreigner.  From what I gather, bringing your boyfriend (even if he's Korean) home to meet the family isn't something that's commonly done.  Once you decide you'd like to get married, then there is a big get-together where the families meet and talk about their son/daughter getting married.  Before that though, all Korean couples I'm aware of don't really let their parents get involved in their dating/lovelife.  So even if they have a foreign boyfriend, they'll likely keep it a secret until if and when things get serious.

For other Asian countries, the situation is quite different.  In Thailand or the Philippines for instance, most parents would be ecstatic to hear their daughter was interested in a foreign man.  In some cases they hear the sounds of $ once a foreign man is mentioned, but in other cases they're just happy that their daughter will likely be taken care of and isn't going to get shacked up to some local boy without a job and no future.

[keyboardlover]

So you're saying there's a chance for me and Taeyeon...

[Sam]

Well, that depends.  If she lives in Korea and you're in the States, I think the chances are extremely slim.  If you're not too old though, don't look like some monster or a slob, and are living in Korea, your chances of being able to find a hot Korean woman who looks like one of these singers are fairly reasonable based on my experience and what other guys have told me.  Have you ever been to Korea?  Just walking around any of the trendy areas and you'll see these types of women all over the place.  They're very common.  If you live here and can speak a bit of the language, you'll have lots and lots of opportunities.  Learning English is very big in Korea, so any decent native English speaker will have some distinct advantages with the women who are looking to learn English well or interested in western cultures.

Of course if you're looking at just one particular Korean woman, and she's some well-known star, you'll probably have to be something pretty special to even get her attention.

[keyboardlover]

So you're saying there's a chance...

In all seriousness, I'd be better off meeting one here than doing all of that. I have no interest to move to a foreign country. In my opinion, there aren't many countries in the world that DON'T have attractive women anyway.

[Sam]

If you want to meet an attractive Korean woman, then living in Korea would be the best way.  If trying to meet an attractive Korean woman outside of Korea, you've got a lot more competition being you're not so likely to stand out.  If you don't care if she's Korean or not, then you're probably better off not looking in Korea, being tourists to Korea wouldn't likely have the same chances as someone living here.

If looking just for attractive Asian women, and Thai or Filipinas are acceptable, then it's quite easily done as a tourist in those countries, and much easier than meeting a Korean woman regardless of the circumstances.  Also much easier to meet an equally attractive woman there than in the States, ie. in the States you've got to have something pretty special going to catch a 9 or above.  In Thailand or the Philippines, the average Joe is more than capable of pulling one.  Of course there are lots of pitfalls that newbies going that route fall into all the time.

[Maytan]

This topic got WAY too serious.

[msiegel]

statistics ftw?

[quadibloc]

One way to get less serious, I suppose, would be to shift the discussion to, say, Margaret Cho.

[Lanx]

i dislike Margaret Cho very much, not based on her looks, but her standup, I remember first seeing her in the 90's, and I was like wow, an asian comedian, I gotta sit down for this. Then I was like, she isn't funny...
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I would always catch her on like letterman at night or something, and go "ok maybe her stand up has improved"
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Then just last year for new years eve/day she was on some show.
The white ppl in the room were laughing up a storm.
I think my fiancee chuckled once or twice and I finally had a,
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She's funny cuz she tailor's her shows for white ppl, since her prime demographic are white ppl.

Oh and last year I was talking to a friend and he was like Margaret Q is hot on tv. I'm like, erg ok... um.
Then he's like man she was hot in Mission Impossible now she's playing a spy again.
I'm like wtf.
OH! Maggie Q!
Then he said "what did I say" and I said "Margaret Q" I thought you meant "Margaret Cho" and he was like, "ugh, vomit in mouth thx".

[Sam]

This topic got WAY too serious.

Sorry, back to the regularly scheduled programming.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH7FECPILcc

[keyboardlover]

Hmmm...maybe I SHOULD move to S. Korea...they seem to always get the best models of Realforce anyway!

[quadibloc]

This, however, seems to be a suboptimal time for doing so. Their northern neighbor is currently going around killing people, and could easily be looking to create an excuse for war.

[keyboardlover]

This, however, seems to be a suboptimal time for doing so. Their northern neighbor is currently going around killing people, and could easily be looking to create an excuse for war.

Hey man, we're talking about Taeyeon and Realforce here! Risking my life would totally be worth it!

[keyboardlover]

Haha I forgot about the Host. I liked that movie

[RoboKrikit]

Nobody likes the smell of kimchi.  It's like the smell of alfredo cooking.  Smells horrible, tastes great.

I concur that Taeyeon is cutest.  No pedo.

[keyboardlover]

I concur that Taeyeon is cutest.  No pedo.

[keyboardlover]

So, I showed the "Gee" video to a female friend (strictly platonic) who I know is into dancing and I thought would enjoy the choreography. Her response to the video:

Hahahahahaha! That video is hilarious!

To be honest, I was a bit baffled. Words that come to mind when I watch this video are "sexy" and "awesome". Somehow, I fail to see what is really funny about the video.

SO, I've come to the conclusion that she must be racist. Thoughts?

[keyb_gr]

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SO, I've come to the conclusion that she must be racist. Thoughts?

I'd say you're thoroughly biased. You'd be surprised at how judgement of music tends to vary, especially between men and women. You'll find plenty of acts which are popular with one gender but not at all with the other (up to being considered embarrassing). The Youtube stats for target groups (when available) give hints already. In this case it's mainly young girls / women and middle-aged men. Reasons should be more or less obvious when applying a bit of common sense.
/EDIT

OK, so we've had our share of cute here. For a new twist on this thread, what about energetic, always cutting edge and notoriously unafraid?

Or what about just rocking out?

(How much do you think this has been sped up? One semitone down sounds quite reasonable, but I am just about tone deaf.)

This, of course, inspired others...

I must say I don't get J-Pop and K-Pop. Commonly sounds cheesy and/or like teen music inspired by - *shudder* - '90s Eurotrash. (The real good stuff I wouldn't be able to understand anyway, I guess.) The Japanese seem to be leading in terms of very very experimental noisy stuff, but that's not exactly what I'm looking for either (maximum entropy is not a criterion).

In terms of singing ladies from Asia, this one born in Hong Kong is about all I can offer:

...though admittedly she has more to do with the UK indie scene than anything else. Whatever.