Fucking USA

Infobox Single
Name = Fucking USA


Artist = Yoon Min-suk
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Released = 2002
Format = Download, Video
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Genre = Rock & Roll
Punk
Parody
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Producer = Yoon Min-suk
"Park"
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"Fucking USA", often called "Fuck'n USA", is a protest song written by South Korean singer and activist Yoon Min-suk. Strongly anti-US Foreign policy and anti-Bush, the song was written in 2002 at a time when, following the Apolo Ohno Olympic controversy and an incident in which two Korean middle school students were killed by a U.S. Army vehicle; anti-American sentiment in Korea reached high levels. [ [http://eatthestate.org/07-18/ThroughEastAsian.htm Through the East Asian Lens (May 7, 2003) ] ] Musically it is a parody of "Surfin USA" and though it has a vulgar aspect it is not supposed to be, according to Yoon, just an angsty punk type song but a serious critique of the Bush Administration and US foreign policy in particular in the Korean peninsula, just conveyed in an ironic and jokingly vitriolic way. [http://partypooper.blogs.com/partypooper/2004/10/fcking_usa.html The Party Pooper: F*cking USA ] ] [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ko&u=http://www.ddanzi.com/articles/article_view.asp%3Finstallment_id%3D59%26article_id%3D1285&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.ddanzi.com/articles/article_view.asp%253Finstallment_id%253D59%2526article_id%253D1285%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:*:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7ADBR]

Video

Later a music video, supposedly created by North Koreans in the South, was broadcast on a South Korean news program, where it was picked up by Rob Pongi [ [http://www.robpongi.com/pages/comboFUCKINGUSAHI.html Fucking USA Fuck George Bush Video ] ] and subsequently rebroadcast on the show's website along with Japanese and English subtitles, enabling it to spread worldwide. [ [http://www.usinkorea.org/videos/new/protest_song.htm Popular Anti-USFK Song in South Korea ] ] [ [http://www.ultimatememedatabase.com/ ultimate guitar memes pro tabs at ultimatememedatabase.com ] ] [ [http://jessekaminsky.com/intercontinental/playlists/1-4-07/ The Intercontinental 1/4/07 - on WMBR ] ] The version of the song in the video has been remixed and opens with caricatures of U.S. President George W. Bush taunting Koreans, while chants of "부시악" ("Pushi Ak" or "Bush Evil") echo in the background. It displays a slideshow of Korean political cartoons attacking U.S. foreign policy, ending abruptly on the line "Yankee Go Home!", with an animation of the Statue of Liberty exploding.

The video has developed a minor cult status in the West, where it has been shown on comedy shows such as "Tarrant on TV".

ee also

*Anti-American sentiment in Korea
*Highway 56 Accident

External links

* [http://www.robpongi.com/pages/comboFUCKINGUSAHI.html The Fucking USA Video]
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=143325427 Myspace with the lyrics and song to listen to]
* [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ko&u=http://www.ddanzi.com/articles/article_view.asp%3Finstallment_id%3D59%26article_id%3D1285&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.ddanzi.com/articles/article_view.asp%253Finstallment_id%253D59%2526article_id%253D1285%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:*:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7ADBR Translated version of a Korean interview with the man behind the song]
* [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xiU4i0eicOo Over 80,000 views at YouTube in this version]

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