Kpop nostalgia
Sep. 12th, 2020 09:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yuuagoThe other day I ended up listening to Love Story by G.O.D/Groove Over Dose. In the span of a couple seconds, I was instantly transported back to 2006, when I near-constantly playing their Chapter 5: Letter album on repeat. It's like I got smacked upside the head with a load of nostalgia.
I still have that album. When I was packing up my stuff, I came across the box where I'd stored it. A lot of my stuff from that era has been in the basement for years, never unpacked after my last move, and I haven't had a chance to listen to it for ages.
Never was super into Kpop (Jrock was more my style), but I did like G.O.D a lot. Also H.O.T too (I still really, really love their song Candy, it's so bouncy and fun).
Looks like G.O.D released some new material last year, which is a pleasant surprise. I'll have to check it out when I finished moving.
It's kind of crazy to think of now vs back then - like, the only stuff I knew about was what I heard of through the two people I knew who were into it, and youtube wasn't on my radar because it was very new - I was still finding music by looking up artists my friends mentioned on Kazaa and downloading things at random. And the only way I ended up with an actual CD was because one of the aforementioned people sent it to me from the USA.
But now, it's so easy to just... listen to this stuff, and purchase it legally instead of buying it from some sketchy person on Ebay or getting a friend to burn it for you. Even my local library has some Kpop stuff. Well, sure, they don't have anything by the two groups that I like, but they have some work by girl groups that I've heard of but haven't listened to before. And one BTS album. The fact that there's anything at all is blowing my mind.
...Anyway. I'm looking forward to listening to G.O.D's Chapter 5 album on repeat in a few days, while I unpack.
I still have that album. When I was packing up my stuff, I came across the box where I'd stored it. A lot of my stuff from that era has been in the basement for years, never unpacked after my last move, and I haven't had a chance to listen to it for ages.
Never was super into Kpop (Jrock was more my style), but I did like G.O.D a lot. Also H.O.T too (I still really, really love their song Candy, it's so bouncy and fun).
Looks like G.O.D released some new material last year, which is a pleasant surprise. I'll have to check it out when I finished moving.
It's kind of crazy to think of now vs back then - like, the only stuff I knew about was what I heard of through the two people I knew who were into it, and youtube wasn't on my radar because it was very new - I was still finding music by looking up artists my friends mentioned on Kazaa and downloading things at random. And the only way I ended up with an actual CD was because one of the aforementioned people sent it to me from the USA.
But now, it's so easy to just... listen to this stuff, and purchase it legally instead of buying it from some sketchy person on Ebay or getting a friend to burn it for you. Even my local library has some Kpop stuff. Well, sure, they don't have anything by the two groups that I like, but they have some work by girl groups that I've heard of but haven't listened to before. And one BTS album. The fact that there's anything at all is blowing my mind.
...Anyway. I'm looking forward to listening to G.O.D's Chapter 5 album on repeat in a few days, while I unpack.
Yuu. Fic writer & book lover. M/Canada.
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Date: 2020-09-13 03:15 pm (UTC)I have to agree, I'm so pleased that music is now everywhere. You have a solid internet connection? You can access youtube, or bandcamp, or soundcloud, or so much music that it's become difficult to pick and choose!! Gone are the days of flipping through CDs in alphabetised tabbed groups at the HMV and not seeing the one you want. (That 'clack clack' noise they made was very satisfying, though.)
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Date: 2020-09-13 03:20 pm (UTC)Though I still love physical CD stores too... There's this one in Victoria that has both new & used stuff, and going there is always such a lovely experience because they have such a huge selection of random and wonderful stuff.
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Date: 2020-09-13 03:35 pm (UTC)