[Hyung Geun Ryu¡¯s ¡®Turning Music Upside Down¡¯]
Seo Taiji¡¯s Encore Performance
Combined
with Jumping and Slamming
Seo Taiji¡¯s Good-bye Concert was held on February 3, starting from
6:00 pm, in the Olympic Park Gymnasium. In this concert, concluding
¡®Ultramania¡¯album activity, Seo Taiji let his fans hear the hit
songs from ¡®Seo Taiji
Boys¡¯ and 5 songs from his 5th album that hasn¡¯t been performed
due to the sound problem, in addition to ¡®Come Back Home¡¯ and
¡®Hayugah¡¯ with Yang Hyun Suk.
Seo Taiji¡¯s concert place was filled with audiences who were enjoying
head banging, a sight that was rarely seen in the performances of
previous teenage idols.
As the saying, ¡°the fans do whatever Seo Taiji decides¡±, the degree
of slamming and jumping became more intense along with increased
fever and enthusiasm in the standing spots of the first floor of
the concert place, assigned to 5000 audiences.
Equivalent to the foreign hardcore concerts that are spreading the
power of propagation of the direct and headlong Hardcore Rock, Seo
Taiji¡¯s performance was likewise a ground that spread new music.
Like Korn spread the recognition of bands such as German Soldier,
Rammstein and Kid Rock, Seo Taiji also made hardcore bands such
as ¡®Diablo¡¯, ¡®Dr. Core 911¡¯, and ¡®Core Magazine¡¯ to step closer
to the public through the openings of his Come Back Show to Good
Bye: Encore Concert.
The sight Seo Taiji and his band on stage reminded the audience
of the performance of ¡®Limp Bizkit¡¯. Monkey-like makeup of the
guitarist, which reminded of Limp Bizkit¡¯s guitarist, Wes Borland,
the bassist who played with his waste bent, and the dance moves
shown on the stage that was extended to the audience were those
of little pimp rock bands.
Nevertheless, Seo Taiji produced a strategic image, one that only
he can show. First of all, he played ¡®Take Four¡¯ and ¡®Take One¡¯
of the 5th album, the songs that made people wonder if they could
be performed live, with music video, and unified the audience through
such hit songs from the times of Taiji Boys as ¡®Hayugah¡¯ and ¡®Pyl-seung¡¯.
Taiji¡¯s peculiar charisma that bends the audience to his will and
the multi-media production made the audiences to get immersed in
the performance. The encore song, ¡°in the time I spent with you¡±
as the end,
his disappearing sight out of the stage that was aired live on the
multi-media made his fans to want him more.
As the 6th album sales of 1.3 million and sold out tickets in 3
minutes show, Seo Taiji is still the protagonist of a living legend.
Now, it seems like it will be hard to catch Seo Taiji¡¯s sight.
Only he will know with what kind of music he will return to his
fans. But, like the moment when he came back after 4 years and 7
months of long blank period, ¡®Ultra Manias¡¯ will stream Tae Geuk
flag (Korean National Flag) toward the musician who is casting off
another layer of skin.
Ryu Hyung Geun <Donga.com reporter>
(Trans. By Demian)
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