Super Junior vs. Indian Music

My mom does not understand why I have a fascination with all things Korean. (She does not read my blog and I'm OK with that.) She thinks that if I'm going to learn another language then it should be what my family in India speaks. She believes that I am some how being disloyal to my heritage by having such a fondness for Korean things. But Korea is CUTE! While India is fascinating and deeply moving. Korea is CLEAN and India is not. Korea has Super Junior and India does not. She really, really doesn't get why I prefer Super Junior to any popular singers in India. But maybe you will get it.

I've done a bit of looking around on youtube to see what I could find of great Indian music videos. I looked for the best singer -



I really didn't like that at all. In fact I could only watch/listen for about 30 seconds before I had to make it stop. Then in the spirit of giving it a fair chance, I watched the whole thing and it wasn't too bad. One thing that seems to be common among all Indian singing is that it's kind of twangy and I'm not into twangy.

Then I thought I'd look for the top hits. This is what I found and it is the best of the best -



For sheer pageantry it is really good and it's a great song. However, most Indian music videos come from their movies and while this is not a bad thing it does mean that the people that you see singing are not the real singers. It makes it hard to follow the artist if you never see his or her face. One would have to believe that in India you can either sing or act but you can't do both.

This is the most viewed Indian music video on youtube -



What a catchy tune! If you watched the entire video I will bet it is deeply embedded into your brain. And those dance moves? I can so do that! But I'm not sure I want to (well, maybe if I'm home alone). In fact this is such a catchy tune that Super Junior took notice and incorporated part of it in a performance. Here is the practice video but you have to wait for the end to hear part of Tunak Tunak Tun -



That was awesome! I especially love Sungmin's little pony tail on the top of his head. It's cute. He's cute. They are all cute. And the slow-mo cartwheel? Nice!

Here is one of Super Junior's less viewed videos -



All of them singing. All of them dancing. All of them awesome. How could I not like this?

Finally, this is Super Junior's most watched video (which has not has as many views as Tunak Tunak Tun, go figure) -



How could I not get swept away by that? The music is so good. The dancing is so awesome. Everything about it makes me want to get up and move. And it's the getting up and moving that has really changed my life for the better. And since my life has been changed for the better, then I must always feel grateful for the zest they have given to my life. Thanks guys! You are THE BEST!!!