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Comment by NanoWar | Hacker News Reader

Why do people even like this?

Of all the videos and memes that have got super-viral, Gangnam style I find the easiest to understand. It's catchy, funny, ironic, and has a global appeal crossing age and language barriers.

I guess I'm old; I find it catchy nor funny. Ironic I don't even see that in context of this. I hear bad music and see a bad clip. And people pay for that. Is that the thing? That world has gone insane, again? I wish someone could explain, but it's probably just taste :)

Here's some analysis that at least rings true (I have no idea of Gangnam and such). It very much paints the song/video as ironic:

http://www.metafilter.com/118220/Reactions-to-Gangnam-Style#...

Two important things to add to that comment.

  * PSY grew up in Gangnam in an affluent family.
  * Several of the persons in the video are TV celebrities in Korea.

This is really interesting. Thank you.

its much better than the Macarena

Why shouldn't they?

All he needs to do is sell the song for $15m to an investment company and he'd be the new High Priest of HN.

because the video is ridiculous and catchy.

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