Random thoughts about random things
I love the song, I love the beat, I love the dance, I love everything about the video! Why? Because everything sort of reminds me of the 80’s…(although the dance isn’t exactly from the 80’s – it’s more of a mix from different decades) especially the rotary phone, haha! Because it’s in Japanese and because it’s Eunhyuk and Dong Hae from Super Junior!
So here’s the video, Enjoy!
I only accidentally listened to this , as the internet connection was slow again, I told myself what the heck and pressed the play button on one of the k-pop websites. I stopped listening to k-pop after lots of kpop group started ‘popping’ here and there. But I still like Super Junior, haha!
Not really a fan of Sistar, but I particularly liked this song, maybe because of the strings playing in the background…kind of reminds me of Larusso’s On Ne S’aimera Plus Jamais, or maybe that’s just me.
Great song, catchy beat (simple lyrics though) but the video – blah! They could have done better.
Okay, so Yesung has finally began his two year mandatory military service, I wonder who’s next in Super Junior?
Tekken: Blood Vengeance (2011) much better than the 2010 live action crap - I mean film
I am not a Tekken fan. Sure, I played the game before – not sure which Tekken that was though, but I really wasn’t into it, unlike Soul Calibur. But I watched the movie…no, not the 2010 crap. I meant the 2011 CGI movie, Tekken: Blood Vengeance.
Initial reaction at the start of the movie – confusion. I have zero knowledge with Tekken history. I know a few of the character’s names, but that’s it. The movie began with Anna and Nina starting off in a fight. First, I was thinking, who could be the protagonist and the antagonist. As it turns out, they’re both antagonists; with Anna working for Kazuya Mishima and Nina working for Jin Kazama. Both Jin and Kazuya wanted the same thing, or in this case, person, in the name of Shin Kamiya. Anna sends Ling Xiaoyu to spy on Shin Kamiya while Nina sends Alisa Bosconovitch to do the same thing.
Ling Xiaoyu in her plain school uniform, Alisa Bosconovitch reminds me of some anime character, Anna WIlliams - no comment and Nina WIlliams; Baroness from G.I. Joe, The Rise of Cobra, anyone?
To begin with, I’m only familiar with Jin Kazama and that he’s somewhat related to Heihachi Mishima and that Jin wants to kill Heihachi. Well, this is still true in this movie. I was in for a surprise (and even more confusion) after Xiaoyu announced that Heihachi is Kazuya’s father and Jin is Kazuya’s son. Ok, I immediately hit the pause and rewind button. Three generations in Tekken universe, fighting against each other? Aside from that, they were going after the same person. Why?
Jin Kazama and Devil Jin - it's like a GF from Final Fantasy
It was a one on one on one fight towards the end of the movie. It’s father versus son versus grandfather (they just want to kill each other, simple as that…with Kazuya transforming into Devil (if that is what it’s simply called) as well as Jin. Alright…another wave of confusion. With Heihachi temporarily out of the way, the two Devils duke it out – I just don’t know who’s who now, with both Jin and Kazuma looking like, well, demons complete with wings and tail…
And then just when you thought Heihachi is dead, he awakens the spirit of Mokujin, creating a giant made up of thousands if not millions of Mokujins, and destroying Kyoto Castle in the process, while fighthing Devil Jin. I guess now I have to say that Alisa saves the day – yeah, a humanoid robot that looks like a japanese pop idol saved the day.
Yeah, I think I need to watch this movie again, but first, I think I need to brush up on Tekken history. At least, in the movie, Xiaoyu and Alisa become good friends.
I want this giant panda, simply named 'Panda'
So now, someone get me Xiaoyu’s Panda! It’s so big and cute and cuddly! It runs fast too! 😀
…it’s just the title of the song, but Baek Ji-young, her voice and the song itself is not ordinary. The music video would have been ordinary or average – with just a woman running away from something or someone, but since Oh Ji-ho is there, he changes things.
Sometimes, you don’t really have to understand the lyrics of a certain song. The moment you hear the singer’s voice and the melody, you just know you’d be singing along with it that whole day!
It’s a sad song of regret, of finding the wrong person…well, great love songs are written with a broken heart.
Below is the MV for the song, as well as the live version and the Romanized lyrics as well as the English translation. BTW, botong means ordinary in english ;D
Botong namjareu manna botong sarangeul hago
Botong gateun jibeseo botong gateun aiwa
Botong mankkeumman apeugo
Botong mankkeumman gippeugo
Haengbokhal ttaedo bulhaenghal ttaedo
Botong cheoreomman na salgo shipeonneunde
Eojjeodaga hapil teukbyeolhi nappeun
Nappeun neoreul mannaseo
Namdeul cheoreom botong mankkeumdo
Sarang badjido mothago
Gyeote isseul ttaedo honja gataseo
Nunmul mareuneun nal eopge hadeoni
Tteonan dwiedo wae ireohke gwerobhyeo
Botong mando mothan saram
Mweo eoryeoun georago botong saranghaneunge
Botong yeojadeul cheoreom sarang badgo saneunge
Naeri jugo tto deo jweodo
Geumankkeum deo meoreojineun
Teukbyeolhan mankkeum teukbyeolhan gab haneun
Neo gateun saram weonhan jeok eopseonneunde
Eojjeodaga hapil teukbyeolhi nappeun
Nappeun neoreul mannaseo
Namdeul cheoreom botong mankkeumdo
Sarang badjido mothago
Gyeote isseul ttaedo honja gataseo
Nunmul mareuneun nal eopge hadeoni
Tteonan dwiedo wae ireohke gwerobhyeo
Botong mando mothan saram
Ireohke apeunge botongil georago
Namdeuldo na cheoreom ttokgachi apeul georago
Naman teukbyeolhalli eoptago mideoboryeo haedo
Ireohke apeunge eotteohke botongil su isseo~
Botong imyeon jeongmal chungbonhadago
Botong manhae dallago
Namdeul cheoreom botong mankkeumman
Saranghae jumyeon dwendago
Geuge mweoga geuri eoryeoun geonji
Maennal nae gaseum da jjijeonohteoni
Tteonan dwiedo wae ireohke gwerobhyeo
Botong mando mothan saram
And this is the english translation:
I meet an ordinary man and we share an ordinary love
In the ordinary house with the ordinary child
Only ordinary amount of happiness
Only ordinary amount of pain
I only wanted to live happily an ordinary amount and unhappily an ordinary amount
How did end up meeting an exceptionally bad you
I couldn’t even receive the ordinary amount of love that others receive
Because I felt alone even when I was by your side
There wasn’t a single day when the tears stopped falling
Even after you leave why do you keep tormenting me you can’t even be an ordinary person
It’s not hard to love an ordinary amount
Living like those ordinary women who receive love
I give continuously and give more but it gets further away
The more special it is the more special of a price I have to pay
I never wanted someone like you
Hurting like this is probably ordinary
Others probably hurt just as much as me
You tell me to trust that I’m not the only exception
How can this much pain be ordinary
If it’s ordinary it’s really enough just treat me well an ordinary amount
Just love me an ordinary amount like other people
How can that be so difficult
You shredded my heart every day
Even after you leave why do you keep tormenting me you can’t even be an ordinary person
Don't do it, Lee Joon!
I love the video, i love the music, i love MBLAQ! Although the video reminds me a lot of Angelina Jolie’s movie ‘WANTED’. You’ll know why if you watch the video. Lee Joon, why?! No, that can’t be!!! Alright, I’ll stop now. Enjoy the video!
Wow! I didn’t know she looked so cute and innocent!
Every time I hear the name Hyun-a, I remember her song Bubble Pop, the music video and how she imitated (kind of) Beyonce. The song itself is catchy but like almost everyone, I still say that the the video, especially the dance (her solo dance) is waaaaaay off! For me, I think she looked better when she was not channeling the sexy image, just look at the picture below:
cute / innocent or sexy / slutty?
But hey, if being sexy is what gets her more fans, I have nothing against it – I’m just not one of the fans, but not one of the haters either.
Is a 24 member girl group from…drumroll please! Hey, what do you know, they’re from Korea! I know what you’re saying – 24?! TWENTY-FOUR?! More than SNSD? More than Super Junior? What they hell were they thinking?!
Yeah, I had the same reaction like you did. I think I’ve read / heard every negative reaction / comment this group can get; because seriously, 24 girls in a group?! How will a ‘fan to be’ even remember their names? What about their introduction? That will probably take five to 8 minutes, maybe more. And how will you stand out to get someone’s attention when performing on stage when there are 24 of you in the group, basically in the same costume, holding microphones, performing the same dance steps and…yeah, it’s going to be confusing.
What was TGN thinking here? It was bad enough that I still do NOT know all the SNSD’s member’s names, often confusing them with other girl groups (yes, I’m not a fan but I don’t hate them) I just thought that if I had (or other people) had difficulty remembering names because they are nine in the group, how about twenty-four? According to TGN, the twenty-four member group will be divided into sub units, but I really don’t care right now >_<
FICTION
I just watched Beast’s live performance of their song, FICTION. Wait a minute, just how do you read this: B2ST? I heard someone read this as B-TWO’s-T, but I would rather read this as Beast. I’m not really a fan, even if they already had a concert here – around the time they were promoting their song “SHOCK”. Somewhat they got my attention because of the song; but it wasn’t enough for me to become really a fan. Just enough for me to recognize who they are. In my k-pop group ratings, they simply fall in the middle, I neither hate them or love them.
Fiction – the song is pretty catchy but still not enough to get me hooked on. And no, I’m not being SJ or MBLAQ biased ( I ignored these two groups for more than a year before the boys or the song grew on me).
The dance – not so much on choreography here. I don’t know why they chose that dance step during the chorus, the little crisscrossing steps while the hands are inside the pants pocket. It’s like saying they didn’t have enough to pay for the choreographer or just too lazy to think of a new dance step.
Beast fans are probably going to hate me for this, but this is just my opinion, I’m not bashing Beast or anything; like I said I neither hate them or love them.
Below is the video with lyrics and English translation of the song.
FICTION (lyrics)
ajik nan neol itji motago
modeungeol da mitji motago
ireoke neol bonaeji motago oneuldo
dasi mandeureobolge uri iyagi kkeutnaji anke aju ginagin
salgacheul pago seumyeodeuneun sangsilgameun jamsi mudeodulge
saero sseo naeryeoga sijageun haengbokhage utgo inneun neowa na
nega nal tteonaji motage baegyeongeun chulguga eomneun jobeun bang an
amureochi anke nege kiseuhago
dalkomhan neoui gyeoteul tteonagajil motae
urin kkeuchiraneungeon eobseo
ireoke nan tto (Fiction in Fiction)
itji motago (Fiction in Fiction)
nae gaseum soge kkeutnaji anheul iyagil sseugo isseo
neol butjabeulge (Fiction in Fiction)
nochi anheulge (Fiction in Fiction in Fiction)
kkeutnaji anheun neowa naui iyagi sogeseo oneuldo in Fiction
jigeum yeogin haengbokhan iyagideulbakke eobseo
neomu haengbokhan uri dulmanui iyagiga ireoke (hyeonsilgwaneun dareuge)
sseo isseo jeomjeom chaewojigo isseo
neoneun naegero dallyeowaseo angigo
pum ane angin neoreul naneun jeoldae nochi motae
urin kkeuchiraneungeon eobseo
ireoke nan tto (Fiction in Fiction)
kkeunchi motago (Fiction in Fiction)
nae gaseum soge kkeutnaji anheul iyagil sseugo isseo
neol butjabeulge (Fiction in Fiction)
nochi anheulge (Fiction in Fiction in Fiction)
kkeutnaji anheun neowa naui iyagi sogeseo oneuldo in Fiction
dasi han beon deo malhajiman
jigeum neoneun nae yeope itdago geureoke mitgo isseo nan
(hajiman Fiction)
nan mokjeogeul irheobeorin jakga i soseorui
kkeuteun eotteoke mamuri jieoya hae
saranghae saranghae saranghae saranghae saranghae i se geuljaman sseo
naeryeoga mudyeojin pen nunmullo eollukjin nalgeun jongi wiro
haengbokhal sudo seulpeul sudo eobseo i iyagineun
jigeum nan neomunado haengbokhan saenggage iyagireul sseujiman
modeunge baramil ppunirago yeojeonhi
nan haengbokhangeol (Fiction in Fiction in Fiction)
uri hamkkeingeol (Fiction in Fiction in Fiction)
ije sijagingeol (Fiction in Fiction in Fiction)
kkeuteun eomneungeol (Fiction in Fiction in Fiction)
Translation
I still can’t forget you
I still can’t trust everything
Even today I can’t send you away like this
I will rewrite it again, our story will not end
I will bury the fact that reality is seeping into my skin for now
I rewrite it once again, the start beginning with you and I smiling happily
In case you will leave me, the background is a small room without an exit
I kiss you as if there is nothing wrong
I can’t leave your sweet presence
There is no such thing as an end for us
Like this again (Fiction in Fiction)
I can’t forget you (Fiction in Fiction)
I am writing the story that will never end in my heart
I will hold on to you (Fiction in Fiction)
I won’t let you go (Fiction in Fiction in Fiction)
Even today, I’m still in the story of you and I that hasn’t ended, in Fiction
Right now, there are only happy stories here
The very happy stories of just the two of us (Different from reality)
Is written here, it’s slowly filling up
I run towards you and embrace you
I can’t never let you go from my embrace (I can’t)
There is no such thing as an end for us
Like this again (Fiction in Fiction)
I can’t end it (Fiction in Fiction)
I am writing the story that will never end in my heart
I will hold on to you (Fiction in Fiction)
I won’t let you go (Fiction in Fiction in Fiction)
Even today, I’m still in the story of you and I that hasn’t ended, in Fiction
I will say this again, one more time
Right now you are next to me
I’m believing that
(But Fiction)
I’m the writer who lost his purpose
The end of this novel, how am I supposed to write it
I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you,
I keep writing these 3 words
Setting the warn out pen on the old paper stained in tears
This story can’t be happy or sad
Right now I’m writing such a happy story
But it is all just a wish still
I’m happy (Fiction in Fiction in Fiction)
We are together (Fiction in Fiction in Fiction)
Now is the start (Fiction in Fiction in Fiction)
There is no end (Fiction in Fiction in Fiction)
Yes, you read that right. Rain is now officially enlisted in the army for the mandatory military service for 2 years. Imagine that, no more Rain in K-pop industry for 24 months! It’s not like I cried over this stuff but some fans are just hard core that they cried – saddened to see their idol go. I’m a fan too but crying over Rain is one of the things I WOULDN’T be doing. He didn’t die! Even if he did, I wouldn’t cry over him, I’ll be sad but not to the point where I would hysterically cry and faint. Well, so much for that. Below is the video before he went into the military.
there are no subtitles though, sorry for that.
July 9, 2013
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Inside my Head... 