Comments on: Generic Protest Song in Korea?

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By: Muninn

Muninn — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 05:08:58 +0000

Thanks so much for stopping in and sharing your thoughts and interesting observations, as well as sharing your own college experience. I think there is much to be said for thinking about aspects of “mob psychology” that you are talking about.

By: Jiyeon Choe

Jiyeon Choe — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 02:11:38 +0000

Hi I’m Jiyeon from Busan in Korea. I have been staying in the US for 10 months to work.
I found your website while I was searching the song of ‘Imagine’ by John Lennon, actually one of my American friends asked me if I can search this song sung in Korean translated. I searched with the pharase of ‘imagine song with Korean’ thru Google…Anyway..
I read your article, Generic Protest Song in Korea. When I was a freshman, I had been a member of that kind of part. Actually it was a circle for studying and discussing Korean history, but most of subjects were for anti-government, left-wing or protection of labors, especially blue-color and factory workers who do not get paid well for their living. I really didn’t like this circle (I stopped going there after 3 semesters), because all of the members except me seemed to just follow the atmosphere not knowing what is reality or truth.
Anyway at that time I used to song these kinds of songs to protest or take to the street against the police from the government. Also I remember some students fighting with fire-bottles directly to police..So scared at that time.. We just fought against government.

In the State I saw many Koreans live flock together here and there. And also I can find many Korean friends thru Internet. One of the biggest community website in the US is HeyKorean(www.heykorean.com). They flock together with similarities, but even if they don’t have any similarity, we just make community like Jazz, Inline Skating, Digital Camera, Scuba diving, Relationships, 30s and 40s, and many many…. I think this can be explained to kind of mob psychology.

Yes, right. As your friend Suhee said, these songs have a power for us to feel and build kind of unity and community. Sometimes I felt my skin becomes covered with gooseflesh when we do the songs. Have you ever heard of ‘Hanchong Ryun(한총련-한국대학 생총연합회)’? When I attended there, even if we saw each other at first time we helped each other, and give way to others. Do you remember ‘Red Devils’ in 2002 FIFA World cup. That can be also explained with this too. Do you know when Hurricane Kartrina blew to the State last summer? There was no Koreans who were supported by the State in Stadium. That’s because sufferers from a flood and victims were took by Korean Churches near there. I’ve heard some experts on this field in the US kept eye-on this phenomenon. Why Koreans do that way? Why they help their people …?

There are many many, Cyworld, Mobile contents, cellphones with high-tech, fast fashion trend, …

Anyway,..
I have a lot of things to say more about this, but I gonna go to search the song…-_-

By: Phil T

Phil T — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hi..I am a mature student from South Wales researching for a Masters Degree in Ethnomusicology (World Music) with a dissertation topic relating to protest song. I would be interested to know if you found out any more about the generic korean protest song. Did Suhee mean ‘generic’ in the way we might think of ‘We shall not be moved’ or is it more fundamental than that? I’d be interested to know if you found out more.

Phil