Sorry, Sorry to the Thai Tourist Police

Sorry, sorry to you, oh so sporting officers of the Tourist Police 4th Sub-Division from Chiang,Mai in Thailand, but I was disappointed by your dancing. After reading the AP news snippet that you have become the hottest thing in Thailand since the street feuds between the Red Shirts and government forces in Bangkok, I really expected you guys to let rip and show us some moves that would rival SuJu's.



Your performance, which was originally for a local talent show at Rayong on  5th of August 2010 and then reproduced for a home-made video, may have enjoyed an enviable 280,000 ( and still mounting) hits since it appeared on YouTube but I wouldn't agree that your  moves "set the dance floor on fire".

Don't get me wrong - I'm not a fan of SuJu nor am I comparing you with the professionals and I understand that you were doing a spoof of the Super Junior hit after being inspired by their popularity in Thailand when they performed there. I just wished you hammed it up more and really gave it more energy. But then, I have to bear in mind that you had only a few hours of practice before the actual recording.

Hang on... that would mean for the most part, you HAVE been doing your job. If your dancing and co-ordination weren't as sharp and spot on as those pretty boys from Korea, that means you didn't spend hours as they would have done in front of the mirror in the rehearsal room.

So while I don't think that you were hot or cute or even convinced that "everyone was really into it" as one of you claimed, I've got to give it to you that at least you were great sports and helped to create some positive international publicity for Thailand. My apologies for my earlier and unfair implication that you looked stiff and amateurish. How's that for sweet and sour grapes?

For two versions by the original group, click here.

sources:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGAseOSIp3c
http://asiancorrespondent.com/breakingnews/dancing-thai-police-star-in-new-you.htm
http://superjunior.smtown.com/

Suju's R n B vs Dance version of Sorry, Sorry

Do you prefer the new R&B version of Super Junior's Sorry Sorry

OR

The Dance version below?



I'm not a fan of Super Junior ( but I'm no anti- either!) and I was annoyed with myself when the tune of Sorry,Sorry kept running through my head while I was exercising outdoors (That's what comes of listening to too much Kpop music on KBS World Radio!) But I was intrigued to read the article below on the KBS World Radio Webpage. Is this a trend in Korean pop music scene - to have fast number hits reworked as slow ones as with the Wonder Girls' "Nobody"?

" Idol group Super Junior has released online the R&B version of the group’s hit “Sorry, Sorry.” The new ballad version is titled “Sorry, Sorry? Answer.” In addition, the remix version of another hit “It’s You” will also be released online. SM Entertainment, which manages Super Junior, has announced that the music video of “Sorry, Sorry? Answer” will be disclosed on the group’s official homepage and other video sites."

source:
http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/entertainment/enter_chart_detail.htm?No=11003
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R_wrbxIy6Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6QA3m58DQw&NR=1