- Fucking USA
Infobox Single
Name = Fucking USA
Artist =Yoon Min-suk
from Album =
Released =2002
Format = Download, Video
Recorded =
Genre = Rock & Roll
PunkParody
Length =
Label =
Producer = Yoon Min-suk
"Park"
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This single =
Next single ="Fucking USA", often called "Fuck'n USA", is a
protest song written bySouth Korea n singer and activistYoon Min-suk . Strongly anti-US Foreign policy and anti-Bush, the song was written in 2002 at a time when, following theApolo Ohno Olympic controversy and an incident in which two Korean middle school students were killed by a U.S. Army vehicle;anti-American sentiment in Korea reached high levels. [ [http://eatthestate.org/07-18/ThroughEastAsian.htm Through the East Asian Lens (May 7, 2003) ] ] 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 Administration and US foreign policy in particular in the Korean peninsula, just conveyed in an ironic and jokingly vitriolic way. [http://partypooper.blogs.com/partypooper/2004/10/fcking_usa.html 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]Video
Later a music video, supposedly created by
North Korean s in the South, was broadcast on a South Korean news program, where it was picked up byRob Pongi [ [http://www.robpongi.com/pages/comboFUCKINGUSAHI.html Fucking USA Fuck George Bush Video ] ] and subsequently rebroadcast on the show's website along with Japanese and English subtitles, enabling it to spread worldwide. [ [http://www.usinkorea.org/videos/new/protest_song.htm Popular Anti-USFK Song in South Korea ] ] [ [http://www.ultimatememedatabase.com/ ultimate guitar memes pro tabs at ultimatememedatabase.com ] ] [ [http://jessekaminsky.com/intercontinental/playlists/1-4-07/ The Intercontinental 1/4/07 - on WMBR ] ] The version of the song in the video has been remixed and opens withcaricature s of U.S. PresidentGeorge W. Bush taunting Koreans, while chants of "부시악" ("Pushi Ak" or "Bush Evil") echo in the background. It displays a slideshow of Koreanpolitical cartoon s attacking U.S. foreign policy, ending abruptly on the line "Yankee Go Home!", with an animation of theStatue of Liberty exploding.The video has developed a minor cult status in the West, where it has been shown on comedy shows such as "Tarrant on TV".
ee also
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Anti-American sentiment in Korea
*Highway 56 Accident External links
* [http://www.robpongi.com/pages/comboFUCKINGUSAHI.html The Fucking USA Video]
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=143325427 Myspace with the lyrics and song to listen to]
* [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 Translated version of a Korean interview with the man behind the song]
* [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xiU4i0eicOo Over 80,000 views at YouTube in this version]References
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