So I've got music in my life once again. Strong. Myself and another foreigner have formed a rock band with a couple Koreans. We're only able to practice at a bar called COOL and there's always an audience. We've practiced twice, and I feel like we've also had two concerts, it's strange. I'm into this, it takes what little free time I have but it's good for me. I know when I come back in June, H20 is going to have gigs lined up so I have to be sharp and ready to perform. What I'm really excited about is my Korean songs. Many times Bart and I have sat outside a Supa (little family owned supermarket) and belted out Korean songs to the family's delight. We don't really know songs, we just improvise. Korean songs are simple because all the verbs end in a 'yo' so everything rhymes. My new creation is called "napoon namja" (bad man) and it's going to be a hit. It's more poppy than anything I've written. Almost disgustingly poppy, I can't get it out of my head! I premiered it last night to a hostile crowd. I set up, with Bart and Chris as my protection, in the middle of the underground mall. This place is always packed and it's full of young ladies. Everyone's always looking, so I'm used to that, but now they're listening. I didn't even get to the chorus before the police/securityguard/cute old man came and shut the concert down. It's alright though, we got it all on tape. I'll try to get the video up on the internet somewhere. I prefaced the performance by explaining that it's a joke song, and I think they understood that soon into it. I'm trying to make these songs a good representation of foreigner's Korean. I'm basing all the songs around the 20 phrases all of us know. This way, it will be funny for foreigners and Koreans alike. The translation goes something like this:
I'm a bad man, I'm a bad man, I eat dog.
I'm a bad man, I'm a bad man, I smoke cigarettes,
You're a bad girl, you're a bad girl, you smoke cigarettes (shhhhhh)
You're a bad girl, you're a bad girl, you want a kiss.
Chorus:
It's OK, we're bad together.
It's OK, I love you
3 comments:
Nugs those lyrics rock....I love the 'i eat dog' part.....I am still laughing!! July is right around the corner and the American people can't wait for your much anticipated return. Talk to you soon.
been a while since i came around, good to see your still droppin the tunes... much better than we are doing stateside. hope all is well, im back to catching up on the blog ive missed for so long
bubz
hell yeah thats funny
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