[MV] SEO TAI JI - SOGYEOKDONG

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[turdferguson.livejournal.com]

hey i like this!

[sonicphotonic.livejournal.com]

I really like both his and IU's versions but his voice sounds a bit drowned out by the background music.

[maghishaw.livejournal.com]

yea, it is shame cause this would have sounded amazing really

[tempestdance.livejournal.com]

i'll need to watch both videos again and do some more research before i point out all the details but what's definitely apparent are men in white helmets, who are baekgoldan, police officers in the 80s who wore jean jackets and jeans and swung around metal pipes at the college students doing protests, beat them up until they're nearly dead, put them on a truck and take them somewhere where they'll beat them some more and have them go through some "education" to beat down the red, communist ideas off their brain.

seo tai ji will say this is just a song of nostalgia and first loves, but the music videos say the opposite...

[suxaholic.livejournal.com]

thanks for always giving us insight

[achan123.livejournal.com]

wow! thanks for the additional input!

[hippodameia.livejournal.com]

I dunno. Seo Taiji has a long history of social and political commentary through his music, doesn't he? I think messages like these are to be expected in the Sogyeokdong tracks.

[tempestdance.livejournal.com]

oh it's obvious that this entire song and movie is about chun doo hwan and how terrible the 80s were. but with the recent government getting more and more so observant on individual citizens he'll never admit outright what the song's about - but it's there, symbolism and all.

[skystealers.livejournal.com]

i like iu's version more just bc i think her voice fits the dreaminess of the song but this track is just really great imo and having two versions is interesting

[shintotchi.livejournal.com]

I came in, expecting to like this, but surprisingly I liked IU's better. Seo's voice got swallowed up by the music, to me. Also I'm pissed because his video just teased a few new scenes, and the rest stayed the same as the other video. :/ I hope there's a third video combining their voices and showing us the entirety of what happened. Musically, it would make sense too, because Seo's version is so soft and at a constant buzz, while IU's was loud and melodic. I think they would mesh beautifully.

[genie17.livejournal.com]

I barely heard his voice. o_o

[justkyhdding.livejournal.com]

I bet Seo Taiji recorded this and realised that his vocals weren't the best fit, but instead of giving it to someone else for their own album set up this whole thing so that good music was made and he got is promo.

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

IU's version is far superior, her voice so dreamy, his kind of doesn't fit it.