[Take Five]

^check here: http://jpopmusic.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=59057

they'll be labeled as seo taiji 1st and 2nd album

[HeffyEnd]

Alright, yeah, I agree with what Chaymia said the other day lol. I really don't know what the hell we're talking about anymore. Taiji turning mainstream and Taiji boys being better than his solo stuff and Taiji starting the whole modern kpop thing and blah blah.

quadshock, I don't really know what you're getting at anymore. Are you still trying to say that Taiji is turning mainstream or whatever? That he's started doing music to suit the general public? Or are you just trying to say that Taiji boys are better than his solo stuff? Or.. something else?

[idyllic]

I finally got Seo Taiji & Boys Concert 1995 CD.

Eeek!

[Olivia*sSlave*]

lol that's awesome

and you can't really say seotaiji was turning mainstream... he's been mainstream since taiji boys era

[uiyoltan]

Seo Taiji was mainsteam since AT LEAST nan arayo... and that's way back. (he might have even been mainsteam during Sinawe)

[Olivia*sSlave*]

I've noticed half this thread is all arguements

[internetwarfare]

dont become emo sean

[Olivia*sSlave*]

how is it emo XP

[internetwarfare]

I dont know

[HeffyEnd]

Today's Taiji's birthday you know..

He turns 34 and he still looks my age

Happy birthday to you
happy birthday to you
happy birthday dear Taiji~
happy birthday to you

[uiyoltan]

Today's Taiji's birthday you know..

He turns 34 and he still looks my age

Happy birthday to you
happy birthday to you
happy birthday dear Taiji~
happy birthday to you

wooooooaaaaaaaaah.
35 years old...
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maybe he's lying about his age.
happy birthday to Taiji then.

[Olivia*sSlave*]

happly late b-day to him
and when his album ever drops lets hope his sales don't go down like all the other kpop stars

[kkancho]

Here's a note by Seo Taiji at his website:

작성자 : T 작성일 : 2006-02-21 PM 11:24:00 조회수 : 5025 추천수 : 182

안녕~
해피벌쓰데이 나!!!!
이렇게 멋지게 생일을 축하해줘서 너무 고마워~ 다들 잘 지내지?
응! 오늘은 좀 평범하게 쓸려고..ㅋㅋ 왠지는 알지? ||||||

응 오늘 내 생일이야~
오늘은 생일이라서 미역국도 맛나게 먹었고 (잡채도 먹었어 ㅋ 잔치 상이야)
너희들의 정성 어린 선물도 잔뜩 받아 행복하당
정말이지 행복해 ~ ~

사진도 음성들도 모두 잘 보고 듣고 있어 너무 많아서 오늘 다 보기는 힘들겠지만..
하나하나 전부 다 볼꺼야~
캬~ 역시 생일은 조쿠나~ 나 매일 생일 하면 안되겠니? ~

하지만 작년에도 그랬지만.. 으~ 이번에도 2년 연속으로 속았구나. 상장 줘~
도대체 어디서 나쁜 것 만 배워서.. 맨날 깜짝 이벤트래~ ㅋ

그래 요즘은 어떻게들 지내?
음반 기다리느라 많이들 힘들지?
항상 빨리 준비해야지 하면서도 음악 이라는 것이 항상 뜻대로 되는 놈이 아니라서.
자꾸 길어지니까. 미안하당~

오늘도 이렇게 멋지게 생일을 축하 받았는데.. 뭔가 더 멋진걸 해주지 못해서 너무 미안.

그래도 너희들 뿐이야 !!! ~

모두들 건강하고 행복해~

06 02 21 태지~


After reading this, I'm relieved that the next album is in the works.. I remember how hard it was waiting after Taijiboys broke up and not knowing if there was going to be a next album or not. Anyways.. I read some posts in the previous page about Seo Taiji and Boys being mainstream and here's my 2 cents. Every album Seo Taiji released (Group and Solo) was totally different from what was popular at that time in Korea and he faced a lot of criticism because the critics didn't think Koreans were ready for that style of music so he wasn't mainstream to start off but because his music was so great and a lot of people loved it.. it became mainstream? Ah I dont know.. what the heck does mainstream mean anyways? Is it good? Is it bad? ah whatever.. I always loved his music and I've always been amazed by the quality of every album he put out since Seo Taiji & Boys 1st. GOOOO Seo Taiji!!

[HeffyEnd]

You read that?? I saw he posted that on his website, but I can't read Korean at all lol.

I know he's supposedly been working on his next album for like a year and a half though >_<

[Olivia*sSlave*]

new album.... hmm style style style what will he play for us?

[Take Five]

i got record of the 7th a few days ago. i really like the box lol. i watched a few performances but i think i've actually downloaded a lot of them before ><
oh well.

[HeffyEnd]

^Yeah, I love the box for record of the 7th and also the Live Tour Zero DVDs. They're a lot more unique than the other DVDs I buy.

I already downloaded most of the performances too, but I didn't really mind it cause I could watch any Taiji performance X amount of times lol. And having them on DVD is a plus.

[Olivia*sSlave*]

I love the mini stuff he had on the third disc

[internetwarfare]

*sigh* I feel left out.

[quadshock]

Every album Seo Taiji released (Group and Solo) was totally different from what was popular at that time in Korea and he faced a lot of criticism because the critics didn't think Koreans were ready for that style of music so he wasn't mainstream to start off but because his music was so great and a lot of people loved it.. it became mainstream?

mainstream IS when you do music that conforms to the general audience's taste. So if his music back then was not the norm (which I thought was true since the beginning) then it's not mainstream. Just because people imitate it afterward doesn't mean it was mainstream. And of course mainstream does not always equal bad. It just happens to be that way 95% of the time.