More videos like Gangnam Style?
September 29, 2012 1:14 PM Subscribe
I'm finding myself quite happily drawn to the Gangnam Style video. Can you point me towards the best dance/pop/crazy dance videos NOT from the U.S.?
Best answer: Give me the food.
posted by Brent Parker at 1:21 PM on September 29, 2012 [10 favorites]
posted by Brent Parker at 1:21 PM on September 29, 2012 [10 favorites]
Response by poster: Dude, "Windowlicker" is so NOT what I'm looking for.
posted by agregoli at 1:42 PM on September 29, 2012 [5 favorites]
posted by agregoli at 1:42 PM on September 29, 2012 [5 favorites]
Best answer: Cassette Schwarzenegger Play
W&Whale Break It Down
Mongoose Cosmic Dancer
posted by needled at 2:05 PM on September 29, 2012 [2 favorites]
W&Whale Break It Down
Mongoose Cosmic Dancer
posted by needled at 2:05 PM on September 29, 2012 [2 favorites]
Best answer: Dal Shabet: "Mr. Bang Bang"
M.I.A.: "Bad Girls"
Omar Souleyman: "Leh Jani"
OOIOO: "UMO"
El Guincho: "Bombay" (NSFW)
"Deewangi Deewangi" from Om Shanti Om
posted by Mothlight at 2:06 PM on September 29, 2012 [5 favorites]
M.I.A.: "Bad Girls"
Omar Souleyman: "Leh Jani"
OOIOO: "UMO"
El Guincho: "Bombay" (NSFW)
"Deewangi Deewangi" from Om Shanti Om
posted by Mothlight at 2:06 PM on September 29, 2012 [5 favorites]
Actually every single released from the Enthiran OST is fucking glorious.
posted by elizardbits at 2:09 PM on September 29, 2012
posted by elizardbits at 2:09 PM on September 29, 2012
Best answer: Girls Generation (SNSD) - Gee
posted by Earl the Polliwog at 2:14 PM on September 29, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Earl the Polliwog at 2:14 PM on September 29, 2012 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Panjabi MC - Jogi (also Bari Barsi, Snake Charmer)
posted by raztaj at 2:31 PM on September 29, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by raztaj at 2:31 PM on September 29, 2012 [1 favorite]
Shangaan dancing is from the townships of South Africa. The primary dancers in this video are masked clowns in red jumpsuits with fake pot bellies and running shoes.
posted by vathek at 2:36 PM on September 29, 2012
posted by vathek at 2:36 PM on September 29, 2012
PZK - Chuis Bo
There's no singing for the first minute or so, but it's still pretty good.
posted by Laura in Canada at 2:37 PM on September 29, 2012
There's no singing for the first minute or so, but it's still pretty good.
posted by Laura in Canada at 2:37 PM on September 29, 2012
From Finland: Pomppufiilis by Munamies ("Eggman"), in which a very cheerful squeaky-voiced man dresses up as a giant egg and bounces up and down in various parts of Helsinki, accompanied by variously amused and bemused dockworkers, firefighters, police, dogwalkers, and kindergarten kids. The song is insanely catchy, and the titular chorus line "Minulla on pomppufiilis" translates to "I've got a bouncy feeling".
Yes, he does. And now you do to.
posted by pont at 3:18 PM on September 29, 2012 [1 favorite]
Yes, he does. And now you do to.
posted by pont at 3:18 PM on September 29, 2012 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: Bad link, pont, but I'm interested..
posted by agregoli at 3:24 PM on September 29, 2012
posted by agregoli at 3:24 PM on September 29, 2012
Best answer: Why This Kolaveri Di?
Not a deliberately goofy video, although it's an endearing piece that shows a lot of relaxed, happy people putting it together. It's a danceable, gorgeous, catchy song with intriguing lyrics in Tanglish (Tamil and English). It was HUGE last year and inspired covers and flash mobs. So soon we forget ...
posted by maudlin at 3:26 PM on September 29, 2012 [3 favorites]
Not a deliberately goofy video, although it's an endearing piece that shows a lot of relaxed, happy people putting it together. It's a danceable, gorgeous, catchy song with intriguing lyrics in Tanglish (Tamil and English). It was HUGE last year and inspired covers and flash mobs. So soon we forget ...
posted by maudlin at 3:26 PM on September 29, 2012 [3 favorites]
Best answer: Daler Mehndi - Tunak Tunak Tun.
This was the Gangnam Style of my college years...
posted by soleiluna at 3:41 PM on September 29, 2012 [5 favorites]
This was the Gangnam Style of my college years...
posted by soleiluna at 3:41 PM on September 29, 2012 [5 favorites]
La Macarena is probably the classic in this genre.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 3:55 PM on September 29, 2012
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 3:55 PM on September 29, 2012
Best answer: Dan Balan!!!!
Schoensten Arsch der Welt
posted by one4themoment at 4:20 PM on September 29, 2012
Schoensten Arsch der Welt
posted by one4themoment at 4:20 PM on September 29, 2012
Possibly US but not well known... at least in the circles I travel...
posted by one4themoment at 4:22 PM on September 29, 2012
posted by one4themoment at 4:22 PM on September 29, 2012
Best answer: If you're interested in foreign music you should really check out foreign equivalents of mtv... like http:///www.viva.tv (Germany) (I really should have made all of this into one post... my bad...)
posted by one4themoment at 4:27 PM on September 29, 2012
posted by one4themoment at 4:27 PM on September 29, 2012
Best answer: Brown Eyed Girls Abracadabra
When this song came out in Korea it generated a whole slew of parody videos (this is the most famous one, featuring members of boy bands 2AM and 2PM, and the actual Brown Eyed Girls show up) and mashups featuring the swaying hips with arms crossed in front move.
Chang Kiha & the Faces The Moon Is Full, Let's Go
This was a breakout indie hit, in no small part due to its peculiar arm waving dance move, and the deadpan Mimi Sisters (it was also groundbreaking in that an indie rock act featured some kind of choreography, instead of the band just singing and playing their instruments). Performance footage became popular among Korean internet users, who generated their own mashups and parody videos featuring the dance - it was a notable example of an internet hit becoming a mainstream success.
へ(●_●)ノへ(ㅡ0ㅡ)ノへ(●_●)ノ
posted by needled at 4:47 PM on September 29, 2012 [1 favorite]
When this song came out in Korea it generated a whole slew of parody videos (this is the most famous one, featuring members of boy bands 2AM and 2PM, and the actual Brown Eyed Girls show up) and mashups featuring the swaying hips with arms crossed in front move.
Chang Kiha & the Faces The Moon Is Full, Let's Go
This was a breakout indie hit, in no small part due to its peculiar arm waving dance move, and the deadpan Mimi Sisters (it was also groundbreaking in that an indie rock act featured some kind of choreography, instead of the band just singing and playing their instruments). Performance footage became popular among Korean internet users, who generated their own mashups and parody videos featuring the dance - it was a notable example of an internet hit becoming a mainstream success.
へ(●_●)ノへ(ㅡ0ㅡ)ノへ(●_●)ノ
posted by needled at 4:47 PM on September 29, 2012 [1 favorite]
Is this the link you tried to link to, pont?
Pomppufiilis by Munamies ("Eggman")
posted by seawallrunner at 5:08 PM on September 29, 2012 [10 favorites]
Pomppufiilis by Munamies ("Eggman")
posted by seawallrunner at 5:08 PM on September 29, 2012 [10 favorites]
Best answer: Yelle - je veux tu voir
posted by fiercekitten at 6:10 PM on September 29, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by fiercekitten at 6:10 PM on September 29, 2012 [2 favorites]
Best answer: Sarkodie - U Go Kill Me
posted by asterix at 6:13 PM on September 29, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by asterix at 6:13 PM on September 29, 2012 [2 favorites]
Sorry about the botched link -- let's try again: Munamies: Pomppufiilis.
posted by pont at 6:21 PM on September 29, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by pont at 6:21 PM on September 29, 2012 [2 favorites]
Man that Pomppufiilis song is something else. Now I have a bouncy feeling!
posted by KathrynT at 9:31 PM on September 29, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by KathrynT at 9:31 PM on September 29, 2012 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: You guys are BLOWING MY MIND
posted by agregoli at 9:56 PM on September 29, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by agregoli at 9:56 PM on September 29, 2012 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Trawling through K-pop vids on YouTube will turn up all sorts of things. Shinee's Sherlock is catchy and the dancing and production is slick.
posted by ninazer0 at 11:23 PM on September 29, 2012
posted by ninazer0 at 11:23 PM on September 29, 2012
Pizzicato Five - Twiggy Twiggy (note the instructional dance moves)
If the dancing itself is something you enjoy then you could take a look at videos from the 60s from various tv programmes which often had some fantastic background dancing. For instance:
Nancy Sinatra - These boots are made for walking
Booker T & the MGs - Green Onions
Or take a look at videos with Pan's People. The wikipedia article says "In an era before pop videos, they danced to songs whose original artists were not available to perform them live [on BBC's Top of the Pops]."
posted by bjrn at 4:50 AM on September 30, 2012
If the dancing itself is something you enjoy then you could take a look at videos from the 60s from various tv programmes which often had some fantastic background dancing. For instance:
Nancy Sinatra - These boots are made for walking
Booker T & the MGs - Green Onions
Or take a look at videos with Pan's People. The wikipedia article says "In an era before pop videos, they danced to songs whose original artists were not available to perform them live [on BBC's Top of the Pops]."
posted by bjrn at 4:50 AM on September 30, 2012
Best answer: Doki Doki Morning.
So metal.
posted by Consonants Without Vowels at 8:35 AM on September 30, 2012 [2 favorites]
So metal.
posted by Consonants Without Vowels at 8:35 AM on September 30, 2012 [2 favorites]
Fatal Bazooka feat Yelle - Parle à ma Main
posted by schyler523 at 1:40 PM on September 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by schyler523 at 1:40 PM on September 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
Best answer: World Order makes some pretty neat videos.
posted by Gev at 3:08 PM on September 30, 2012 [6 favorites]
posted by Gev at 3:08 PM on September 30, 2012 [6 favorites]
Best answer: Oh God, if we're talking J-Pop: this -- which keeps getting pulled down when listed as Tokyo Jihen - Brand New Civilization. Shhhhh ...
posted by maudlin at 4:54 PM on September 30, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by maudlin at 4:54 PM on September 30, 2012 [2 favorites]
Die antwoord - Zef Side
Die Antwoord - Baby's on Fire
Jack Parow - Cooler as Ekke
posted by schyler523 at 5:07 PM on September 30, 2012
Die Antwoord - Baby's on Fire
Jack Parow - Cooler as Ekke
posted by schyler523 at 5:07 PM on September 30, 2012
Wonder Girls - Tell Me
Wonder Girls - Nobody
The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi - Hare Hare Yukai - anime, live in concert, fan tributes from around the world
posted by Phire at 6:31 PM on September 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
Wonder Girls - Nobody
The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi - Hare Hare Yukai - anime, live in concert, fan tributes from around the world
posted by Phire at 6:31 PM on September 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
Co-ed School ft. EunJung @ T-ARA - Bbiribbom Bberibbom
Chevra - L'Cha
posted by Mchelly at 2:38 PM on October 4, 2012
Chevra - L'Cha
posted by Mchelly at 2:38 PM on October 4, 2012
Mina - Lullaby of Birdland. Jazz ballet, 1968.
posted by unliteral at 3:43 PM on November 19, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by unliteral at 3:43 PM on November 19, 2012 [1 favorite]
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posted by dfriedman at 1:15 PM on September 29, 2012