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Seo Taiji and the Boys; Bando Records  [TIME] JANUARY 9, 1995         


 

Politically potent lyrics sung to a pop beat do not usually make a splash on Korean music charts. But now Seo Taiji and the Boys have burst on the scene using rap and hip-hop Korean-style to voice what's on the mind of South Korea's youth. Dressed in American-style street gear and earrings, the group delivers a musical melange of love, politics and social issues that has brought them a string of No. 1 hits, album sales of more than 5 million and legions of screaming fans.

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 The trio-vocalist Seo Taiji, 22, plus singer-dancers Yang Hyun Suk, 24, and Lee Ju No, 25- criticizes the South Korean education system in Classroom Ideas, saying it serves only to turn the nation's youths into "machines". And the group elegizes the country's North-South division in Dreming of Palhae a symbol of the Golden Age of ancient Korea, with the lyrics "We are looking forward to the day/ When we meet together again/ We are brothers and sisters/ But our greed has made enemies of us." High-energy performances by the three feature flashing lights, video screens and troupes of break dancers, but shrewdly they never stray too far from home, incorporating some elements of traditional folk music. Seo and the Boys recently made their overseas debut in Japan. Next they would like to take their act to the U.S. and Europe- "to let foreigners know what young Koreans are thinking about", says Seo.

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