For those that worried Lady Gaga would turn children into lovers of the same sex, have little fear. Not going to happen with Dr. Dre –whose booked two shows for November in Ilsan and Busan.
Interesting choice of venues; I don’t know much about the happenings in Ilsan, but down here in The Bu, we’re traditionally a flyover city for international music acts. Had a rash of Maroon Five two years in a row and Jason Mraz, along with the occasional gems like Jose Feliciano, but no one of Dre’s status since Mariah Carey six or seven years back. Yawn.
Like Dre or not, he carries royal credentials in the music world, let’s see if he is accorded the red carpet treatment. He deserves it and his coming will hopefully put a crack in the music wall surrounding Busan.
Sir Elton John has a few shows coming up, too. Don’t expect a Lady Gaga controversy –as a parent you’d be setting yourself up for a helluva time explaining that the guy who sang Lion King is, you know…
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Dr. Dre sounds creepy… digital rectal exam.
I wouldn’t expect somebody like Dre to have a large following in Korea. His music was popular before the wide culture spread we see today was prevalent.
Bobby,
And you’re definitely the man to bring us this news. I won’t make the show, but I hope you give us a full report.
Q,
Only if you need to scratch your nose.
Thank you, Bobby, for forcing me to Google “Dr. Dre.”
Man, my dropping in on MH is definitely upping my pop cultural literacy. I’m feeling downright hip.
Or is it “hep”?
DLB
David,
To me, you’re too humble to be hip, but you’re always a hep cat.
For your next lesson, Google ‘grunge’. Ain’t no Beethoven there, baby.
CMcH,
Hey, even I know what “grunge” is. But thanks for the love!
BTW, I was very surprised to find that Dr. Dre appears to be behind a lot of the music by Eminem, whose “Not Afraid” is actually on my skiing playlist (put there at the insistence of the teenage daughter of a good K-A friend.)
Whew. OK, that’s about all I’m good for. Now back to Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald.
DLB
Will the Great Snoop Lion be accompanying him?
DLB,
The First Lady of Song – of the 13,605 songs on the big iPod, at least 300 are sung by her.
Still, I recommend some Lady Gaga to round out your education (I totally see you dancing to ‘Let’s Dance’), along with some Scruggs and Flats and Jaurim.
You can learn me about classical music sometime.
CMcH,
To me, “Scruggs, Flats & Jaurim” sounds like the name of a mobbed-up law firm!
But I just confirmed that I have no Lady Gaga on my iPad (actually iPhone), so out of McRespect, “Just Dance” shall be my first, which seems a good fit also for my skiing playlist.
Cheers, amigo!
DLB
CMcH,
DRE is indicated for retired elderly people who might have colon cancer and prostate enlargement.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rectal_examination
Does anyone here get the annual exam?
#10,
It’s part of a normal full physical exam, at least in the U.S. – every physical I’ve taken I got to hear the term ‘rectal jelly’, something you don’t use on toast.
For safety I advise weekly
Arghaeri,
That would possibly be customs or jail officers’ weekly mission:
http://youtu.be/TS_EkQysGb4
Rihanna, Skylar Grey, Eminem, Dr Dre – The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards 2011. Rihanna starts singing “Love the Way you Lie” then Skylar Grey comes on stage for “I Need a Doctor” followed by Eminem and Dr. Dre. The rap was written after Dr. Dre’s son died.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcQCjbpgprg&feature=related
Dr Dre don’t want any part of the bigger venues in Seoul which usually turn out to be nightmarish events in some way because of management. The smaller the venue, the smaller the F***up.
I had no idea who he was, either.
Isn’t Dre married to Beyonce? Doesn’t that alone tarnish his cred?
“119 is a joke in yo’ town”
#16,
Dr. Dre married to Beyonce? What have you been smokin’?
Who is married to Beyonce? Whoever it is has his cred ruined.
“Straight out of Gangnam”.
Ahhh, its Jay-Z…same thing.
Western singers have been overall well received at concerts in Korea. Korean ‘떼창’(sing along) culture seem having quite impressed the singers:
http://youtu.be/YHj8RaOtOdA
Ever heard of Beats by Dr. Dre headphones?
Maroon5 concerts in Japan v. Korea might show cultural difference between Japanese and Koreans in appreciation of pop culture:
http://youtu.be/eAZDyU1xLkU
Japanese seem more cautious, polite and respectful to the artist, whilst Koreans like to be part of the performance. I’d not say which one is better. Some artist might prefer Japanese ambience of respect and reserved attentiveness.
Korea may hold the sacred cascading guano font that is Dokdo, but Japan still gets all the cool concerts, and doesn’t have to scrape by on the Dr Dre(gs), Stone Temple Pilot reunion tours and other late-1990s/millennial curiosities that wash up in Korea. I always wondered if there wasn’t money to be made for a promoter who tried tacking a 3-day weekend in Seoul and Busan for foreign artists that tour Japan. A decade ago when I last asked that question, I was told that Korean tastes did not really support such tours and that the gangster-dominated concert biz in Korea made it unappealing to the artists. Anybody know the score now?
DLB — Scruggs, Flats & Jaurim sounds hillbilly, not mobbed-up! I can only ascribe this error to your complete ignorance of the frightening Americans who live east of Walnut Creek. Spend a weekend in Bakersfield, home of the great Buck Owens, and take in some American music.
It will take a team of agents from the Library of Congress blues and folklore collection unit, months of drip transfusions from the major black and white record labels of the last 4 decades, all 5 Kerouac novels, 3 Tom Waits concerts, and 125 hours of appointment TV to make DLB even remotely “hip”. I say this with some affection.
I mean, really, who reads the name “Scruggs” and associates that with the mafia and not the banjo? (Or at least a trailer park.)
The first names are dead giveaways that we aren’t talking mobbed-up made men. EARL Scruggs and LESTER Flatt.
Oy. Where to begin.
Dickie Scruggs is, or was, one of the leading trial attorneys in the U.S…for DECADES. He was part of that “Mississippi Mafia” that made sleepy Mississippi one of the leading jurisdictions for nationwide, plaintiff-side tort litigation, before he was put away for trying to bribe, well, pretty much everyone.
He was not, strictly speaking, a mob lawyer, but he represents that thuggish type for which the Great American South is infamous.
DLB
I know the esteemed Dickie Scruggs. Dickie Scruggs’ fame (or notoriety) is pretty narrow, whereas Earl Scruggs should be familiar to any American. And in a free-association game, if Dickie’s name comes to mind first, you need to get out more.
Well, the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival is coming to SF soon, and it appears they have quite a lineup, so….
On the other hand, the banjo? Really?
DLB
The Sunday, Oct. 7 lineup looks amazing, and Earl Scruggs the day before! I envy you that — all we get here is Dr. Dre, 20 years past his expiration date. George Benson was here in June, age 72, and he was still great.
And yes, the banjo. It’s a truly uniquely American sound.
Gbnhj
Beats by Dre make some really nice head/earphones & speakers. A bit overpriced tho.
iMe, I agree – they’re not bad, but as you say, you’ll be paying more for what you get. I mentioned them because some people said that they hadn’t heard of him before. He’s been doing pretty well with that business, and that’s actually given his career as a performer a boost, but I guess he’s still an unknown in certain sectors.
Dre is one of the original gangster rappers. He was a member of NWA. Also launched the careers of 2pac, SnoopDogg, Eminem amongst others.
The most important stat is that he came in 5th on Forbes highest paid celebrity list. It is not from entertaining, but he is considered an entertainer and that little headphone company, Beats by Dre, earned him $110M last year.
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.20935/title.dr-dre-makes-forbes-highest-paid-celebrities-list
The man is a genius in his business and a legend. I am so happy that I walked past a poster an hour after tickets went on sale and got my tickets immediately and will have a great view of the show. He was actually in Seoul to perform with Eminem a few weeks back. It is called Dr. Dre & Friends, so who knows who might show up. Dre obviously doesn’t need the money, so he might bring someone good along for fun .
Also, I mentioned that Dre is coming to Korea and a few people absolutely knew who he was and were searching for tickets (35 ish Female), so they had Dre here in his peak as well. Look forward to the show, but there won’t be joints passed around as freely as they were in the Up in Smoke Tour…. Damn you Korea
Earl Scruggs died a few months back — in a year that also saw Doc Watson called home to join the final band.
Very sad to hear Earl Scruggs has passed away. I love bluegrass and banjo (check out Sufjan Stevens for some modern banjo-centered indie folk).
Here is something to remember the good Mr E. Scruggs by:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQIJuu3N5EY
(first caught that on the Letterman show in 1999 – made me go out and by the CD)
#31,
Any American who’s parents are closely related. Bazinga.
Yes, I wrote who’s…as if it’s the possessive of who….Double bazinga.
#38,
That kind of music is the devil’s music. It makes grown men want to get together with pigs.
#41,
Sounds like you’re speaking from personal experience with porcine love – do tell.
Speculation is that this show is a scam and will not go ahead, even though people have already bought tix
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