Fucking USA
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| “Fucking USA” | ||
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| Single by Yoon Min-suk | ||
| Released | 2002 | |
| Format | Download, Video | |
| Genre | Rock & Roll Punk Parody |
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| Producer | Yoon Min-suk "Park" |
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"Fucking USA", often called "Fuck'n USA", is a protest song written by South Korean singer and activist Yoon Min-suk. Strongly anti-US Foreign policy and anti-Bush, the song was written in 2002 at a time when, following the Apolo Ohno Olympic controversy and an incident in which two Korean middle school students were killed under the wheels of a U.S. Army vehicle; anti-American sentiment in South Korea reached high levels.[1] Musically it is a parody of "Surfin USA" and though it has a vulgar aspect it is not supposed to be, according to Yoon, just an angsty punk type song but a serious critique of the Bush Admin. and US foreign policy in particular in the Korean peninsula, just conveyed in an ironic and jokingly vitriolic way.[2][3]
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[edit] Video
Later a music video, supposedly created by North Koreans in the South, was broadcast on a South Korean news program, where it was picked up by Rob Pongi[4] and subsequently rebroadcast on the show's website along with Japanese and English subtitles, enabling it to spread worldwide.[5][6][7] The version of the song in the video has been remixed and opens with caricatures of U.S. President George W. Bush taunting Koreans, while chants of "부시악" ("Pushi Ak" or "Bush Evil") echo in the background. It displays a slideshow of Korean political cartoons attacking U.S. foreign policy, ending abruptly on the line "Yankee Go Home!", with an animation of the Statue of Liberty exploding.[8]
The video has developed a minor cult status in the West, where it has been shown on comedy shows such as Tarrant on TV.
[edit] Lyrics
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Did you see the short-track skating race? |
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[edit] External links
- The Fucking USA Video
- Myspace with the lyrics and song to listen to
- Translated version of a Korean interview with the man behind the song
- Over 80,000 views at YouTube in this version
[edit] References
- ^ Through the East Asian Lens (May 7, 2003)
- ^ The Party Pooper: F*cking USA
- ^ http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ko&u=http://www.ddanzi.com/articles/article_view.asp%3Finstallment_id%3D59%26article_id%3D1285&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.ddanzi.com/articles/article_view.asp%253Finstallment_id%253D59%2526article_id%253D1285%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:*:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7ADBR
- ^ Fucking USA Fuck George Bush Video
- ^ Popular Anti-USFK Song in South Korea
- ^ http://www.ultimatememedatabase.com/
- ^ The Intercontinental 1/4/07 - on WMBR
- ^ The Party Pooper: F*cking USA
- ^ MySpace.com - Fucking USA! - KR - Pop / Rock / Hip Hop - www.myspace.com/yoonminsuk
