This week’s inspirational Music Monday Song is “Do It!” by House Rulez feat. Lee Yoon Jung.
The reason I picked the song this week isn’t because of the lyrics (in fact, they’re mostly in Korean, which I don’t speak), but because of the music’s happy-go-lucky style. It just makes me smile & feel peppy when I hear it. Even in this dark & rainy weather today.
Sometimes it simply helps as a jobseeker to hear a musical pep-talk of “Day by day. Don’t stop dreaming anymore. Don’t stop, boy”. (Or girl, for that matter). We all need that sometimes, to keep the fire burning.
House Rulez make catchy Korean funk/house pop music and sound like a mashup of Jamiroquai + Pizzicato Five. The group is led by Suh-ro, who as soprano sax player is often dubbed as the Korean Kenny G. (Wait, wait, where are you going?…)
OK, if you don’t care for that, the other 2 guys Paco and Young-hyo don’t even sing. They just kind of dance and are hype men. Yup, that’s right. They’re in a group. The Korean Kenny G and 2 guys that don’t sing. Did I mention they also won Best Dance + Electronic Album at the 2008 Korean Music Awards?
Watch the music video for ”Do It!” below and you might see why. Maybe it was mind control from the video. Or maybe they gave the award to stop seizures from it. It’s what I imagine an acid trip while staring at a kaleidoscope looks like.
And if anyone reading this does speak Korean, please feel free to comment on the lyric content of the song. Apparently, Google Translate can’t change it to English. Enjoy your #musicmonday K-pop, everyone.
By Jeff Fryer, 405 Club Member, Music Connoisseur, Contributing Writer, & very active job seeker
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