Psy: "My role model was Freddie Mercury"

Global hit “Gangnam Style” creator, Psy from Korea, declares his admiration for Queen frontman Freddie Mercury.

As being interviewed by an Argentinean newspaper, among some other revelations, YouTube's revelation, Psy (real name Park Jae-sang), talked about his music formation and childhood.

What kind of music did you listen to as a kid?
"My idol and role model was always Freddie Mercury of Queen. I can not match his ability to write songs, but I learned of his showman skills based on videos. Right now I'm number one in Britain, so if I have a chance to travel want to meet Queen and tell how his music inspired me. Queen and Bon Jovi, Aerosmith and Guns N 'Roses ... I have a mania for rock bands. I do some percussion."

Source:
http://www.clarin.com/espectaculos/musica/modelo-siempre-Freddy-Mercury_0_802119787.html

what's the polar opposite of "ringing endorsement" ?
would it be "affirmed discreditation"?
cos that's what this guy's admiration amounts to

"I can not match his ability to write songs, but-"

And when he said 'but', that's where he lost me. There is no 'but'. You can't match Freddie's *anything*, whether it's songwriting or showmanship. I don't really understand the fascination with this fatface, but I'm glad that it's waning already.

Fucking wish the Korean War had never ended.

it's funny what people will buy

always the same, artists talking that Freddie was a inspiration for then, i saw this movie before...

Zebonka, technically the Korean War NEVER ended, it's still under an armistice :-P

If you like hard rock so much, why does your song barely sound anything like rock?

And quality of content aside, shouldn't we Queen fans be appreciating the amount of influence Freddie has going for himself even 20+ years after his death? Come on! You cannot say that about most other major rock musicians!

Yeah. Fuck any Freddie praise, right?

praise only means something if it comes from a worthwhile source...

imagine having Kim Jong-un praising Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his efforts in the field of international peace....it's really worth f*ck as currency of any kind
well this praise for freddie may as well have been an insult for the credibility of the orator.

Comparing a dictator to an entertainer makes very little sense to me. Music is music.

it's not a comparison...it's an analogy. huge difference
as one relies on parallels the other is a direct comparison.

the point being that using that fat fuck as a "praise generator of all things freddie" amounts to no genuine praise at all...real praise of any worth comes from contemporaries and betters...not bottom feeders

but you knew that anyway. you just wanted to attempt to validate your stance...which doesn't work.

to put it in simpler terms you might understand....
what's worthy praise... consider you paint a picture...where would you prefer praise? a recognized artist or toddler who does potato stencils on paper?

"Fuck any Freddie praise, right?"

Coming from this guy or Lady Gaga? Absolutely. It might not occur to y'all immediately but this kind of shout out is a subtle psychological trick; an underhanded way for an artist or entertainer to say "Oh gee I'm NOWHERE NEAR as good, but ..." and subconsciously set themselves up for a comparison. It's a bunch of Taylor Swift-style false modesty.

It's the 'but' that gives the game away. "Well I'm nowhere near Freddie as a songwriter BUT-", and then he starts to talk about showmanship, as if he actually has any to offer.

I guess the standard retort here would be for you to say 'yeah well he has millions of views and has been playing some pretty big shows'. I'd be willing to wager that a lot of those millions were people laughing at him or thinking he was a fucking idiot, and as for the big shows - if I was Psy I'd just pay someone else to put on the retarded suit and sunglasses and do the show for me. You literally wouldn't be able to tell the difference, which says a lot for his showmanship.

Sorry; I know that in writing this looks like a disproportionate response to a short and innocuous quote, but I simply don't approve of hacks like this borrowing Freddie's name so that they can set themselves up for subliminal comparisons. The guy should just let the music speak for itself-

Oh.

I think there is a reasonable comparison with Gaga as a songwriter...not as a peer or an equal but certainly in the wider league. If you consider songs like 'Speechless', 'You and I', even 'Hair', she's unquestionably a real musician, unquestionably capable of good songwriting. Any lumping together of her and Psy well misses the mark I think.

Lady GaGa's demonstrated that she has the potential to be a good musician, but for some reason, out of either her or the execs choice, her image and music are mostly horribly generic and manufactured.

Does the Psy guy actually think he's any match for Freddie in terms of stage presence and charisma, just because of a lame dance move that went viral? Humm.