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Tikirific's translation of "Excellent Horse-Like Lady (or: Well-Bred Horse Maiden)" was just published in the Atlantic as part of a story about Kim Jong Un's (rumoured) wife.
Are royalties in order?
Are royalties in order?
It just means we're on a first-name basis with them now. It's like that time Steve did that thing and now he's got the whatever.
posted by griphus at 1:23 PM on July 25, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by griphus at 1:23 PM on July 25, 2012 [2 favorites]
At first I thought this might be about this, and I was confused because I didn't remember any songs in the infomercial.
posted by cortex (staff) at 1:26 PM on July 25, 2012
posted by cortex (staff) at 1:26 PM on July 25, 2012
I think you've stumbled on next month's MeFi Music Challenge, cortex.
posted by griphus at 1:27 PM on July 25, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by griphus at 1:27 PM on July 25, 2012 [1 favorite]
It's a good thing they made the attribution, otherwise they'd be facing angry villagers with pitchforks and tiki torches.
posted by arcticseal at 1:32 PM on July 25, 2012
posted by arcticseal at 1:32 PM on July 25, 2012
Them having a link to the original comment seems reasonable. It's not like we don't point the Atlantic's content all the time.
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 1:40 PM on July 25, 2012
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 1:40 PM on July 25, 2012
Max's list of potential sequels to EHLL in the comments is something I wish we'd thought of first.
posted by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish at 1:40 PM on July 25, 2012
posted by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish at 1:40 PM on July 25, 2012
In my younger days I was known for being horse-like in one way.
I liked to eat sugar cubes.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 1:43 PM on July 25, 2012 [4 favorites]
I liked to eat sugar cubes.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 1:43 PM on July 25, 2012 [4 favorites]
It's weird having the Atlantic having something I missed on Metafilter to my attention, rather than the other way around.
That song and video, though, are just amazing. I wish we could have all the oddities of a North-Korean-like place without them having to have all the atrocities of a North-Korean-like place so I could enjoy them fully.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 1:43 PM on July 25, 2012 [2 favorites]
That song and video, though, are just amazing. I wish we could have all the oddities of a North-Korean-like place without them having to have all the atrocities of a North-Korean-like place so I could enjoy them fully.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 1:43 PM on July 25, 2012 [2 favorites]
MCMikeNamara -- how familiar are you with Bollywood?
posted by Sara C. at 2:39 PM on July 25, 2012 [5 favorites]
posted by Sara C. at 2:39 PM on July 25, 2012 [5 favorites]
Are royalties in order?
Yes, because that's the way the internet works: massive, massive royalties.
posted by mattbucher at 2:43 PM on July 25, 2012 [6 favorites]
Yes, because that's the way the internet works: massive, massive royalties.
posted by mattbucher at 2:43 PM on July 25, 2012 [6 favorites]
I was confused because I didn't remember any songs in the infomercial.
♫On the first part of the journey,
I was looking at all the life.
There were plants and cats. and remotes and things,
There were magazines and bills and (the phone) rings.
The first thing I met, was a fly with a buzz,
And my wall, with no clouds.
The furnace was hot, and the carpet was dry,
But the air was full of sound.
I've been through my living room on a Horse Riding Fitness Ace Power! with no name,
It felt good to be out of the rain.
In the living room you can remember your name,
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain.
La, la, la la la la, la la la, la, la
La, la, la la la la, la la la, la, la♫
posted by obscurator at 2:52 PM on July 25, 2012 [1 favorite]
♫On the first part of the journey,
I was looking at all the life.
There were plants and cats. and remotes and things,
There were magazines and bills and (the phone) rings.
The first thing I met, was a fly with a buzz,
And my wall, with no clouds.
The furnace was hot, and the carpet was dry,
But the air was full of sound.
I've been through my living room on a Horse Riding Fitness Ace Power! with no name,
It felt good to be out of the rain.
In the living room you can remember your name,
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain.
La, la, la la la la, la la la, la, la
La, la, la la la la, la la la, la, la♫
posted by obscurator at 2:52 PM on July 25, 2012 [1 favorite]
"Mediocre Horse-Like Lady" shall be the name of my new sock puppet.
posted by infinitywaltz at 3:28 PM on July 25, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by infinitywaltz at 3:28 PM on July 25, 2012 [1 favorite]
That song and video, though, are just amazing. I wish we could have all the oddities of a North-Korean-like place
Just come to South Korea and go to a noraebang (singing room -- ie karaoke). The song and video are not at all different from the sort of thing you see and hear at noraebangs that cater to older folks. I suspect that video was made for that purpose, in fact, for nork Elite Communist Cadre Loyalty Song Struggle Rooms or somesuch lunacy.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 3:32 PM on July 25, 2012 [1 favorite]
Just come to South Korea and go to a noraebang (singing room -- ie karaoke). The song and video are not at all different from the sort of thing you see and hear at noraebangs that cater to older folks. I suspect that video was made for that purpose, in fact, for nork Elite Communist Cadre Loyalty Song Struggle Rooms or somesuch lunacy.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 3:32 PM on July 25, 2012 [1 favorite]
I swear this was originally a song by Ween.
posted by Joey Michaels at 3:48 PM on July 25, 2012 [3 favorites]
posted by Joey Michaels at 3:48 PM on July 25, 2012 [3 favorites]
nork
Is that an actual adjective used for North Korea? If it is, that's pretty great.
posted by zamboni at 4:27 PM on July 25, 2012
Is that an actual adjective used for North Korea? If it is, that's pretty great.
posted by zamboni at 4:27 PM on July 25, 2012
Yeah, that video was totally like the generic and cheesy videos synced with pop music when singing karaoke.
posted by KokuRyu at 4:27 PM on July 25, 2012
posted by KokuRyu at 4:27 PM on July 25, 2012
Nork as a term makes me yearn for a future, maybe 50 years from now, when the North Korean regime has collapsed, leading to reunification. Despite the fact of a united Korea, North Koreans are still culturally different from their southern neighbors. They're a little bit like the hicks of Korea, and the term "nork" becomes a Korean teen synonym for lame, frumpy, and terminally uncool.
"Dude, that's so nork..."
posted by Sara C. at 4:32 PM on July 25, 2012 [1 favorite]
"Dude, that's so nork..."
posted by Sara C. at 4:32 PM on July 25, 2012 [1 favorite]
'Norks' in Australia are breasts, named so after the dairy company Norco. Strewth, check out the norks on that sheila!
posted by unliteral at 8:47 PM on July 25, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by unliteral at 8:47 PM on July 25, 2012 [1 favorite]
Unique new nork.
posted by Wolof at 5:46 AM on July 26, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Wolof at 5:46 AM on July 26, 2012 [1 favorite]
Sara C.: "and the term "nork" becomes a Korean teen synonym for lame, frumpy, and terminally uncool.
"Dude, that's so nork...""
And then 10 years later or so (or maybe shorter because of the way nostalgia-turnaround continually compacts), 'nork' will be retro-cool. I, too, pray for that future.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 9:29 AM on July 26, 2012 [1 favorite]
"Dude, that's so nork...""
And then 10 years later or so (or maybe shorter because of the way nostalgia-turnaround continually compacts), 'nork' will be retro-cool. I, too, pray for that future.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 9:29 AM on July 26, 2012 [1 favorite]
And then 10 years later or so (or maybe shorter because of the way nostalgia-turnaround continually compacts), 'nork' will be retro-cool.
q.v. Ostalgie. Norkstalgie?
posted by zamboni at 10:39 AM on July 26, 2012
q.v. Ostalgie. Norkstalgie?
posted by zamboni at 10:39 AM on July 26, 2012
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