Dictatorship (N. Rea): Kim Jong-Il has whipped his country’s baby-children into symbols of freedom and creativity with an appropriate mixture of eugenics, torture, psychological manipulation, and never-ending practice session. Never has a culture of music proved so rich. Thinking about it makes me want to dance right now. Right now in my living room. I’m getting up. I’m dancing. I’m back. There was a 30-minutes of dancing between “I’m dancing” and “I’m back”. Just look at how much fun they’re having. That one with the raised eyebrows bobbing his head up and down is clearly loving every second. The other one with the unchanging smile of un-forced joy warms my heart. Just four kids, chilling—smoking a bowl and jamming outside in a field in front of some bushes. Soloing. Banging their hands against their guitars like drums until the bleed. The future of music is in N. Rea. Party hard.
Democracy (S. Rea): A fucking disgrace. No talent hack singing a song written by Paul McCartney—consistently ranking high on my lists of the the worst people in the world. This young gentleman can’t even play the fucking guitar. He has a guitar around his neck, and he’s not playing it. His English is abysmal—unable to pronounce the “l’s” or “t’s” so that the lyrics just sounds like “rererer ro rer rer rin roo ror rart” . He also isn’t singing close enough to the microphone. But perhaps that’s a good thing, considering he’s just producing a series of hellishly acrid moans. The set is ridiculous. Two toy cars. Are you kidding me? The boy is not even wearing pants. He’s wearing a diaper for God’s sake. Once Youtube was a respectable venue for talented artists to reach their audience. O brave new world, how things have changed.
Conclusions: It’s time for the US to step up to the plate. N. Rea needs our help if it ever wants to annex S. Rea. The world will musically be a much better place when that finally happens. These young musicians need our support if we want their culture to continue to thrive, enriching all of our lives—the young, the old, the big, and small. Please take the time to write a letter to your local congressman if what I have said here today, or what you have read here today on your laptop or desktop, has touched your sense of integrity in any way.
