Haiku's Music of Asia Archival Adventures Round 3 (1980-2005) June 11th @13:00 BST/@21:00 JST

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our first interval after this!

 

[COB]

I'm groovin' and moovin' to this!

 

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those last 40 seconds where it goes off the rails

 

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First Interval up next!

 

[COB]

Love these VHS decay progression videos

 

[COB]

Talk about STRONG VOX!

 

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Interval 1 - Valeria Lynch - Rompecebezas (Puzzle) - 1985 Argentina

Here is Valeria Lynch, performing her winning entry at the World Popular Music Song Contest (kinda a Japanese answer to Eurovision at the time).

Notable for the fact that in addition to the Japanese artists she won against, she also beat out David Pomeranz (singer who had performed and written for Barry Manilow and Freddie Mercury) and LaToya Jackson!! (or Janet Jackson, if you believe an old myth she was singing for her backstage)!

 

[COB]

Are these intervals @Haiku subtly hinting at a move outside of Asia for future playlists?

 

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This after Michael apparently did a huge promo for LaToya during her participation

 

[Diddy]

Ooh laundry dash! I could still hear her down the street though

 

[COB]

I'm liking this first Korean song! It's quite Janet Jackson-esque.

 

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Song 7: SES - Just A Feeling - 2002 South Korea

Girl group, particularly popular during the 90s and late 2000s. They have all since gone on to fashion or acting which they all seem be thriving in.

 

[Diddy]

btw the funky song before

Yesterday one of my hot college students was talking about the other student's mother
"His mother ... very ... funky woman. Funky mama, yeah"

 

[Diddy]

Song 7: SES - Just A Feeling - 2002 South Korea

Girl group, particularly popular during the 90s and late 2000s. They have all since gone on to fashion or acting which they all seem be thriving in.

Fashion is their passion

 

[Diddy]

I really need to know - HOW do you get all these deep cuts @Haiku ? I feel like you are in EVERYTHING

btw hi @HerSereneHighnessAnniFrid

 

[Diddy]

Well this is fun for 2002

 

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I really need to know - HOW do you get all these deep cuts @Haiku ? I feel like you are in EVERYTHING

btw hi @HerSereneHighnessAnniFrid

Good question: I guess Spotify and YouTube takes me places and sometimes I look up the artists just a bit more to see more of their work.

 

[COB]

The intro of this one didn't lead to a place I was expecting

 

[Diddy]

Good question: I guess Spotify and YouTube takes me places and sometimes I look up the artists just a bit more to see more of their work.

I really need to get into Spotify ... YouTube is good but it does get itself into loops

 

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Song 8: TVXQ - Hi Ya Ya - 2004 South Korea

Boyband who launched in 2002 I think. They're still together, technically. The record label they were with dropped two of them and kept the other 4 for a group, but then the two that were dropped formed their own group. But the two that were dropped are the ones performing as TVXQ?

Their later work was a lot more sensual than this if Diddy you ever want to search it.

 

[Diddy]

How weird, that just took me back around to Fascination!

 

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also rather bizarrely, this is a cover of a song from a Norwegian National Final in Eurovision.

 

[COB]

This is TVXQ? I know their song Catch Me very well, it's from a lot later and is very... not like this

 

[Diddy]

KOREAN GUYS ARE SO FUCKING HOTTTTT

 

[COB]

The dinner scene with them feeding each other

 

[Diddy]

Song 8: TVXQ - Hi Ya Ya - 2004 South Korea

Boyband who launched in 2002 I think. They're still together, technically. The record label they were with dropped two of them and kept the other 4 for a group, but then the two that were dropped formed their own group. But the two that were dropped are the ones performing as TVXQ?

Their later work was a lot more sensual than this if Diddy you ever want to search it.

Did you include them somewhere last time? I remember googling someone naked

 

[COB]

OMG

 

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Song 9: Chae Yeon - Dangerous Act - 2003 South Korea

I don't know much about this artist, I just found this song yesterday in fact and felt like a must to include.

 

[COB]

Hope whoever this is has a soundalike song that I can enter into a future ASFM, like I did with MAX

 

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Did you include them somewhere last time? I remember googling someone naked

Nah, that would be Shinhwa

 

[COB]

Song 9: Chae Yeon - Dangerous Act - 2003 South Korea

I don't know much about this artist, I just found this song yesterday in fact and felt like a must to include.

Correct!

 

[Diddy]

That Champagne pop

 

[Diddy]

Why am I behind? I get commercials all the time!

 

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Hope whoever this is has a soundalike song that I can enter into a future ASFM, like I did with MAX

kind of, most of her repetoire is like this but to a different genre (ie, rave, latin, hip-hop)

 

[Diddy]

Who in the Dannii Minogue is THIS?!

 

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she has a Britney ish rip off too.

 

[Diddy]

Tell me this wouldn't win ASFM if it was in Russian!

 

[COB]

Her just wearing a replica of the CGYOOMH white outfit

 

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Song 10: Susie Kang - Violet Fragrance - 1990 South Korea

Kind of a shift of gear after the last two.

Susie Kang had a career as a "Korean Music Idol" during the 90s, before switching to radio hosting and tv presenter. This song of hers was one of the big hits of 1990.

 

[Diddy]

WHAT just happened? Was this poor girl in the Upside Down briefly?