✨ MBC Show! Music Core Throwback: Episode 280: 2011 Outdoor Live Special ✨

[aures.livejournal.com]

As most of you know, Show! Music Core is a South Korean music television program broadcast by MBC. It airs live every Saturday. Let's look back upon a 2011 Special Episode, featuring the most popular artists at the time like SNSD (MCs), Dal Shabet, Infinite, Super Junior, T-ara, Brown Eyed Girls, Orange Caramel, 4Minute etc.

Dal Shabet

Kim Kyu-jong

Maybe

Super Junior

4Minute

Boyfriend

Infinite

Whee Sung

Simon D

Jewelry S

Kang Min-youn

Clover

Davichi

Orange Caramel

FT Island

T-ara

Brown Eyed Girls

Closing

Source: MBCkpop

Once I start watching 1 old performance I can't stop and end up re-watching at least a full episode. I absolutely love the outdoor specials and this one in particular because of the line-up and the fact that they all sing live despite the strong wind, so i thought it would be fun to share with you as a little throwback. Favorite performance?

Comments

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

Wow, what a blast from the past. I can't believe that it's almost been a decade since these performances aired!

What I love the most about watching old music show performances is that back then, almost everybody sang live. Nowadays, even on regular stages, idols lipsync or use super loud backing tracks.

Hyuna seemed really tired tho...

[violoncelliste.livejournal.com]

mte about the second paragraph. i absolutely cannot connect to idols right now during performances when all i can hear is a backing track. idols these days (i hate how i sound my god) come across as lacking personality during live stages and the overuse of lipsync is partly to blame imo

[yakuniku-8.livejournal.com]

I always thought only the ones with a hand microphone were singing live but the others as well? It's strange because at the beginning it was forbidden for idols to sing live, then it was the norm and now they are backt at lib-syncing.

[aures.livejournal.com]

no it's not the case re: the mics
the company can either way bring their own mics or borrow the mics from the broadcast station, in case of the latter their are provided what the broadcast station has and that's usually limited equipment, so they get both hand microphones and the hands-free sets (? don't know what it's called lol) and the company and the members have to decide who gets what mic
the hand mic are the absolute best for singing live because they are larger and catches the sound better, so the members that have to sing the most lines and the rappers usually get those mics and the visuals/dancers get the other mics because they don't usually have to sing as much and are in charge of the performance/dance parts and it would be inconvenient to carry a mic around
so they can all sing live but because the hand-held mics catch the sound better it's probably why you think they are the only ones singing live
hope this helps to explain a little bit?

[yakuniku-8.livejournal.com]

Oh thankyou! That's exactly the reason because it was always the main vocalist who had the hand microphone but it would be strange if only some members were singing live.

[aures.livejournal.com]

i know, time flies huh?
and i totally agree with you re: singing live! some rookie idols are giving a good try again these days but i feel like ones between 2nd gen and the new rookies these days are just never singing live
i always watch a lot of old performances and pretty much ALL idols were singing live, even the "bad" singers (i mean, lbr, they still did a fantastic job)
i feel like these days they are focusing too much on perfection and performance, in stead of actually singing. the old idols actually were acting on stage according to the song (like really making the facial expressions to go along with the lines as if they were really saying/talking about it), singing live really helped bring that out + give them charm and life
i miss those times a lot, it really were the golden days

[violoncelliste.livejournal.com]

INFINITEEEEEEEEE

My god do i miss them. What was happening on Hoya's head. Or Sunggyu's. Nonetheless, Paradise remains a banger and I love the choreo during the chorus. They were really giving these performances their all haha

4minute looked stunning, Hot Issue belongs in the hall of fame of great debut songs.

I was smiling the entire time watching T-ara... god i adored them. and Roly Poly is just so much fun. Watching them always makes me watch to rewatch Dream High, it's such a treat for my 2nd gen heart.

This was a lovely throwback, thank you for posting :D

[aures.livejournal.com]

thank you ♥

god dream high really was fantastic!

[violoncelliste.livejournal.com]

dream high 1 was such a feel good show, i rewatched it a few years ago and honestly it's still just as lovely

dream high 2 was the most depressing thing ever, and the whiplash i got from season 1 to season 2 only made it worse lmao the worst part about going in that direction is that they didn't commit at all... all that angst potential, wasted :(

[yakuniku-8.livejournal.com]

Great idea OP ! Shall we watch shows with interactions like Gayo Daejun from 2009-2010? Or Idol star trot battle?
I remember dowloading the entire show and watching everything, even groups I didn't know.

This episode was nice. I couldn't help dancing when I heard 4 minutes, Infinite and of course Brown Eyed Girls. When did Infinite go by the way ? They were pretty big for rookies.

Tiffany & Yuri <3

[aures.livejournal.com]

thank you so much! that would be fantastic! are you willing to make a post out of it some time? i have never watched idol star trot battle, but gayo daejun or so would be fun to see again some time! the old shows were so much fun to watch and so different from how they are nowadays

[yakuniku-8.livejournal.com]

Why not? I could post it this week-end since it's a bit long. This lockdown is perfect for nostalgia :)

[xoxkenzxox.livejournal.com]

this hit me right in the nostalgia.

[pinklunacy.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the post OP this is an amazing idea!
2011 is the year that I really got into Kpop so this is a nice throwback even tho I can't believe it's been 9 years already!!

Seeing the INFINITE and T-ARA stages made me particularly emotional. Can't believe both groups went out the way they did. They could have had it all. I consider both their discographies to be some of Kpop's finest ;_;

Also, BEG was everything. Narsha looked phenomenal during the Sixth Sense promos <3

[oncloud999.livejournal.com]

wow this brings back SO many memories! i didn't realise it's been 9 yeras already. damn....

thanks OP!

[lightframes.livejournal.com]

Loved the performance of Be Mine! I didn't follow Infinite super closely but they had some amazing singles.

Why Are You Being Like This was the song that made me pay attention to T-ara, I love it!

[myungung.livejournal.com]

aww MC yulti, what a throwback. thanks for the post OP, I don't think I've ever watched the performances here. damn at the crowd going wild for BEG and T-ara!

[aeries-amethyst.livejournal.com]

Whew! What a throwback! Tiffany and Yuri hosting! My faves singing live! Wow, this feels like an eternity ago, especially with some of those hair choices.

Superman & Mr.Simple are so on brand as SJ songs. 4minute's outfits were so on point! *O* WAYBLT by T-ara is still one of my fave tracks by them - totally forgot about Hwayoung until this performance. I caught myself doing the dance to Be Mine, man I miss Infinite. BEG are just slaying me!