Comments on: PWC14 Second Round: South Korea v USA https://freakytrigger.co.uk/pop-world-cup-2014/2014/05/pwc14-second-round-south-korea-v-usa Lollards in the high church of low culture Sun, 18 May 2014 11:21:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Garry https://freakytrigger.co.uk/pop-world-cup-2014/2014/05/pwc14-second-round-south-korea-v-usa/comment-page-1#comment-1369946 Sun, 18 May 2014 11:21:16 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=27272#comment-1369946 Before the tournament the pervading view saw Africa as the continent to beat, but it looks like a power shift to Asia is in the offing. They are a chance to make up half the semi-final spots.

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By: Matt DC https://freakytrigger.co.uk/pop-world-cup-2014/2014/05/pwc14-second-round-south-korea-v-usa/comment-page-1#comment-1369869 Sun, 18 May 2014 09:38:45 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=27272#comment-1369869 I’m not really feeling the brightly-coloured kitchen sink maximalism that’s been on offer from both Japan and SK throughout this tournament, every time I hear one of these things I get a sense of overcompensating for ropey songwriting, but you can’t argue with a margin of victory like that.

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By: lartsaegis https://freakytrigger.co.uk/pop-world-cup-2014/2014/05/pwc14-second-round-south-korea-v-usa/comment-page-1#comment-1368555 Sat, 17 May 2014 19:15:51 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=27272#comment-1368555 congrats to SK on their victory. matches for the next round are looking great all around! pop taiyo v. pop rising, the iron-willed croats against the very cool ingleterre, the last of the african nations clash ft. the defending champions, and the mesmerizing iranians vs. today’s soaring winners.

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By: Tom https://freakytrigger.co.uk/pop-world-cup-2014/2014/05/pwc14-second-round-south-korea-v-usa/comment-page-1#comment-1363341 Fri, 16 May 2014 10:58:23 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=27272#comment-1363341 EXTENDED for another day due to non-promotion by me.

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By: Chelovek na lune https://freakytrigger.co.uk/pop-world-cup-2014/2014/05/pwc14-second-round-south-korea-v-usa/comment-page-1#comment-1363089 Fri, 16 May 2014 09:27:13 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=27272#comment-1363089 Conversely, the piano on the American track, combined with its overall feel, tips it a little too much in the direction of mainstream and unchallenging FM radio for my liking, although there is clearly more to it than most of what one would find there (the rhythm, for starters.) Korea, though, delight with their playfulness, and as far as I am concerned, get a clear victory, with their sprightliness (which we saw so much of the 2002 football world cup) delivering the goods, several times over….

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By: Erithian https://freakytrigger.co.uk/pop-world-cup-2014/2014/05/pwc14-second-round-south-korea-v-usa/comment-page-1#comment-1362586 Fri, 16 May 2014 06:25:05 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=27272#comment-1362586 The Andrew Gold-style piano (it reminds me of something but not Andrew Gold, it might come to me later) runs rings around the Koreans, whose cliched build-up play goes through the traditional speed-up-the-beat routine and culminates in shots that leave the occupants of Row Z ducking. Clear win for the fleet-of-foot US.

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By: jeff w https://freakytrigger.co.uk/pop-world-cup-2014/2014/05/pwc14-second-round-south-korea-v-usa/comment-page-1#comment-1360381 Thu, 15 May 2014 16:35:44 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=27272#comment-1360381 …and it shows! As other commentators have said, this game very nearly ends in stalemate. It all comes down to whether I prefer Andrew Gold-style piano over blank-eyed Smurfisms (“Airplane! Lurve!” etc). Those who know me would have confidently predicted the former. But the Smurf just nicks it.

(Sorry, Ariana. I have your CD filed away. I’ll give it another go sometime.)

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By: Mat https://freakytrigger.co.uk/pop-world-cup-2014/2014/05/pwc14-second-round-south-korea-v-usa/comment-page-1#comment-1358683 Thu, 15 May 2014 07:27:33 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=27272#comment-1358683 As has been pointed out on twitter today Ariana just put out a studio version of ‘Boyfriend Material’, a song originally meant for her which was sold to… f(x), who released it on this album (Pink Tape), as ‘No More / ?? ?? ? ??’, producing possibly the only k-pop song to feature the word ‘atheist’ (in Korean) . These two teams know each other well.

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By: Ronald https://freakytrigger.co.uk/pop-world-cup-2014/2014/05/pwc14-second-round-south-korea-v-usa/comment-page-1#comment-1354023 Wed, 14 May 2014 04:12:46 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=27272#comment-1354023 This is one of my fave KPop songs from last year. It reminds me a lot of Perfume, an act I wouldn’t be surprised to see Japan play in a future match. This is no contest for me. Korea is actually one of the more formidable teams in this tournament I’d say.

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By: lonepilgrim https://freakytrigger.co.uk/pop-world-cup-2014/2014/05/pwc14-second-round-south-korea-v-usa/comment-page-1#comment-1352866 Tue, 13 May 2014 20:55:51 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=27272#comment-1352866 to begin with this sounded like a Freaky Friday body swap performance with each team trying to pre-empt what the other might do. Both teams demonstrate agility and confidence on the ball and disciplined positioning from the midfields. However South Korea’s bursts of acceleration prove to be the decisive move for me and they just nick a win with a deflection.

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By: thefatgit https://freakytrigger.co.uk/pop-world-cup-2014/2014/05/pwc14-second-round-south-korea-v-usa/comment-page-1#comment-1352836 Tue, 13 May 2014 20:43:14 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=27272#comment-1352836 I’m not entirely sure how this one will end. Extra time and penalties seem likely as both teams cancel each other out. Before the tournament began, this match must have been the final that some would have wanted? After all these are two strong pop nations. Past and future, experience and youth. We don’t have the best examples from either nation on show here. SK use EDM in the way Americans and Europeans would and pass it about without any real purpose. I dunno, I like my K-Pop a bit more exuberant than this. USA take a chance on their striker, recruited from the Nickelodeon feeder leagues to propel them to the next round. All in all, the sound tactics on show would ace a qualifying round, but even against a misfiring SK side, nothing is certain.

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By: Garry https://freakytrigger.co.uk/pop-world-cup-2014/2014/05/pwc14-second-round-south-korea-v-usa/comment-page-1#comment-1350254 Tue, 13 May 2014 04:28:11 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=27272#comment-1350254 I feel like the SK defenders have been caught awfully out of position, but the US have missed an open goal. Eventually SK sneak a scrappy goal at the end. I can’t see either team surviving the quarters based on these performances.

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By: lartsaegis https://freakytrigger.co.uk/pop-world-cup-2014/2014/05/pwc14-second-round-south-korea-v-usa/comment-page-1#comment-1349392 Mon, 12 May 2014 23:22:57 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=27272#comment-1349392 South Korea raise the altitude with a sparkling attitude and soaring synths, and as Wayne said, that’s how you let the beat build, the chorus as a crescendo reaches a head space the Grande track can just barely approach with her breathy voice — only the bridge really starts to peak on all levels in my book. She says she — could — write a standard pop song with love as a backdrop and proceeds to do so anyway, it’s a one-step forward two-step back and back again sort of metadance that’s fun enough, but not nearly as effective counter-wise as SK’s bid. They might have just booked their flight to the next round.

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