Korean Pop in History

From American imports to Asian exports

(University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Pil Ho Kim

K-pop goes America: Rain d h Idol Stars R i and the Id l S

BoA, Girls on Top

Rain at the Madison Square Garden February 2006

Beginnings: a century ago

1907: First commercial phonograph records (SP) A Around 1910 (f d (formal annexation l ti to Japan): American (Columbia, Victor) and Japanese record companies i The 1920s: Various western music records imported under the label of jazz (jazz = pop)
Yun Sim Dk, Praise of death ( , 1926)

Jazz songs in the colony Jazz songs

Kim Hae Song, The youth class () Yi Nan Yng, A blue dream in the teahouse ( ) g ( )

Korean composers and musicians organized into orchestras p g j g y From western adaptations to home-grown jazz songs by the late 1930s

Liberation and the war

Many Korean jazz y j musicians worked for the U.S. occupation army Pre-war emergence of Korean record companies War losses: musicians, records, production facilities
Nam In Su Joyful times () Su, Joyful times Go away, the 38th parallel ( )

Postwar Importation of American Pop p p

US military clubs

Downtown music cafes

The 1960s: Kayo and Pop, blending ld d bl di old and new

Kayo ():
Korean popular songs in general, or indigenous indigenous style music

Pop:
Western or Latin popular music or western-influenced kayo y

Han Myng Suk, The boy in the yellow shirt

US Military Clubs & Camp Shows:

Cradle f Korean pop musicians C dl of K i i

The Package Show

The GI club

Pioneers of Korean rock: The Th Add F Four vs. th Key Boys the K B

The Add Four

The Key Boys

First two rock bands playing for domestic audiences First original Korean rock song: The lady in the rain ( , 1964)

Shin J Shi Joong Hyun & S l Kayo Singers H Soul K Si

Soul & Psyche Explosion 1

The Pearl Sisters (with Shin Joong Hyun)

Kim Chu-ja

G Group S Sound P d Psychedelic Rock h d li R k

Soul & Psyche Explosion 2

Shin Joong Hyun & The Questions In-A-Kadda-Da-Vida (1972)

The Chngpyng Music Festival, 1972

Political Authoritarianism: Decadent culture crackdown D d t lt kd

Long h i b L hair ban

Miniskirt ban

Mid i ht R idnight Revolution i th 1970 l ti in the 1970s

Seoul-a-Go-Go:

Rise and Fall o G oup Sou ds se a d a of Group Sounds

Shin Joong Hyun and the Ypjndl, The Belle (, 1974)

Modern folk and the youth culture in h 1960-70s i the 1960 0

Yang Pyng Chip Chip, Seoul Sky (, 1974)

Twin Folio, Dear girls (, 1972)

Han Tae Su, Some water, please (, 1974)

Politics of modern folk: the Song Movement

Kim Min Ki, Morning dew (, 1971)

Yang Hi n, The road to Seoul The Seoul ( ,1972) Meari, At the new development area p (, 1980)

Campus group sounds: college students take over d k

The Sand Pebbles, What can I do ( , 1977)

Magma , The Sun (, 1980)

From amateur to rock stardom

Sanwoolim, Open Sanwoolim Open the door door ( , 1977)

Songolmae, All things in the world (, 1981)

The 1980s: Camp show veterans become mainstream superstars b i

Nami, Round `n` round (, ( 1984)

Cho Yong Pil, The lady outside the window ( , 1980)

Political underground: from folk to minjung k f f lk i j kayo

Confrontation () ( ) March for the nim ( ) To the land of equality ( )

Musical underground: folk rock, heavy metal and more h l d

Tlgukhua ( g (), Marching forward ) g (, 1985)

Sinawe, Turn up the radio ( , 1986)

The 1990s: Seotaiji defines K-pop K pop

Seotaiji and the Boys (1992)

Victory (, 1995)

Chosn Punk and the i d h independent rock movement d k

Deli Spice, I hear your voice ( , 1996)

Crying Nut, Horseback ride (, 1996)

Korean Rap & Hiphop

MC Sniper, Korean (, 2002) Korean Drunken Tiger, I want you (2001)