1994
Participated in '94 PAX MUSICA as a
representative of Korea. |
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The Musical Activity in Japan
Conversion of perception for Korean music!
- PAX MUSICA is the music festival of Asian top
singers that purposes peaceful environment in Asia-Pacific region through
the music since 1984.
- Seotaiji and Boys sang
<하여가>
and the mixing version of <이밤이 깊어가지만> and <너에게> with
enthusiastic reaction from audience.
- Seotaiji and Boys came
to Japanese as a kind of cultural shock because they had accustomed to listen
and understand adult-oriented music like Cho Yong Phil, Kye Eun Sook and
Kim Yeon Ja as the Korean music
- Change in teenagers' awareness for music video
The market of music video, which had occupied by the western pop music, turned to brisk and the quality of music video could be improved by starting specialized music channel, MTV and CATV. Seotaiji greatly influenced this change.
-The followings are the questionnaire
for survey the interest
in music video in early
1994
- What’s your favorite music video?
1. 하여가
(Seotaiji and Boys)
2. ’93 마지막 축제 (Seotaiji and Boys)
3. 너에게
(Seotaiji and Boys)
4. “WE” (DUEX), “Excuse” (Kim Keon Mo)
- In your opinion,
who can make the best music video?
1. Seotaiji and Boys
2. DUEX
3. Kim Keon
Mo
4. Lee Seung Hwan
5. Lee Seoug Chul, Crash
- Come back concert of his 3rd album,
[’94 Summer, New Challenge]
Aug
13~15, 1994 The concert for their
new songs at Chamsil Gymnasium
in
Seoul Seotaiji and Boys sang <In The Dreaming Of Bal-hae>,
<Though The Eyes Of Children> with their hit songs of 1st and
2nd album.
- Reaction of 3rd album
The Studies of Seotaiji was expanded
to current-affairs magazines.
-Progressive approach to separation of Korea and
problems of education…. Strong appeal to teenagers (Hankyoreh, newspaper)
-<교실이데아> criticizes uniform educational system (Munhwa ilbo)
-The progress of Seotaiji and Boys in terms of the depths and maturity of
music rather rather than ideas aims at popularity. (GMV)
-Extravagant
attempt the same as mixing water in oil… worrying about unexploded
shell with potential power (Weekly Korea)
-Shocking the 3rd album,
introducing heavy metal and the theme of re-unification and
education but incomplete music.
-A revolutionist with the never-ending
challenge (Hankyoreh 21)
- The Musical Activity in Japan
Eventually, Seotaiji and
Boys made public debut in Japan through two-year-negotiation. Debut album
in Japan, consisted of 1st and 2nd album hits, was released by Sony Antino
Records and it was the first and remarkable achievement as a Korean singer
to record all songs in Korean only.
- The interview showing Seotaiji’s
intention (at GMV, November 1994)
Interviewer: I think there could be some limitation for public relations
and sales of your album if you release it only in Koreans..
Seotaiji:
I wanted to let them know our identification, we’re Koreans…
Maybe,
later, we could record at least one song in Japanese for fans
but I don’t want to do it from the beginning. And, I think Korean is
the only language
to
express our music because it’s Korean music. If I were in America,
it would be the same…
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The rumor of Satan (October 1994 ~)
The unproved rumor ran all over Korea that Seotaiji’s songs contained
the message of Satan if listen backward. Even, MBC New Desk in prime time
tried backward masking of <교실이데아> which was the center of rumor
and it was proved to be false. In spite of Seotaiji’s denial, people didn’t
seem to believe and some of religions and musicians appointed his songs
as praise to Satan.
In the end, “The rumor of Satan” was ranked in
Top 10 News of entertainment world in 1994. Seotaiji and Boys had to experience
this bitter ‘devil argument’ and they were hardly on TV.
- Chosen as one of 100 people who
changed Korea for 50 years since independence.
Seotaiji started holding public attention as the
cultural center of 1990s after 3rd album which brought the extremely different
criticism, “Applause” and “Blame” owing to its strong message to society.
-Diary
