Tuesday, April 22, 2014

So Young NA / Assignment 4 / Tuesday 11 a.m.

Busker Busker and their 1st Album

 

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           Since 2012, every spring South Korea has been enthusing about a song named, 'Cherry Blossom Ending.' The song is sung by a Korean indie group, Busker Busker, which is well known as the runner-up performer of Mnet's famous music audition television program Superstar K3. 'Cherry Blossom Ending' is the title song of their 1st Album. Right after its release, the song maintained top ranking on various Korean music charts for several weeks. Surprisingly, it reappeared on top charts in 2013 and in 2014 as well. The public could still be in love with Busker Busker's 1st Album even after two years of its release because it had spring sentiment, romantic lyrics, and easy melody.

 

           Busker Busker 1st Album which highly focused on spring sentiment was released on March 29th 2012. Through the album, the public could enjoy the spring time of year by listening to the tracks that covered first love, cherry blossom, spring wind, flowers and other more subjects related to spring. In the case of 'Cherry Blossom Ending', especially, the title song helped the public gratify their desire to fully enjoy the warmth of spring despite the fact that cherry blossom bursts into bloom for a very short time.

 

           In addition, Jang Beom-Jun who is the guitarist and vocalist of Busker Busker wrote the songs of 1st Album with lyrical words and romantic expressions. In order to provide the public with ample atmosphere of spring, he wrote sensuous lyrics that describe various romantic sceneries, as well as frank and direct feelings about love. As a result, he succeeded in gaining a universal sympathy by conveying the message of 'youth' to listeners of various age groups.

 

           Busker Busker aimed at releasing songs that could entertain people for a long time. Based on their own direction of their music defined after many deep conversations, Jang Beom-Jun composed their songs with easy guitar codes and addictive melodies. He wanted people to listen and sing along their song easily. He himself cannot sing notes higher than sol and therefore was called 'Max sol.' In that respect, the songs does not have high register. Consequently, The unique harmony of their comfortable sound and addictive melody has resulted in huge favor of many people of all age.

 

           Busker Busker and its 1st Album have had huge impact on Korean people during spring of 2012, as well as in 2013 and 2014. 'Cherry Blossom Ending' will continue to be the one and only Spring Carol remaining in the hearts of many people. Listening to their music, many people have experienced beautiful and memorable spring in their own ways. Their distinctive musical characteristics and songs that combined public feelings and spring emotions will entertain listeners of all ages for a long time.

 

2 comments:

  1. Hi!
    I enjoyed reading your essay~
    Here's my comment:

    1. Yes. The introduction includes a general thesis about the causes and effect.
    "The public could still be in love with Busker Busker's 1st Album even after two years of its release because it had spring sentiment, romantic lyrics, and easy melody."

    2. Yes. Each body paragraph contains a topic sentence that defines a specific cause.
    Your first paragraph focuses on spring sentiment. The second paragraph talks about romantic lyrics, and the final paragraph deals with easy melody.

    3. Yes. The causes are explained in a logical way. The body paragraphs talks about the the three reasons why the public is still in-love with Busker Busker's 1st album.

    4. Yes. You used connectors such as: In addition, Since, As a result, Consequently

    5. Yes. The conclusion restates the thesis. The entire paragraph restates the fact that Busker Busker's 1st Album is continuously loved by people.

    6. Yes. Your essay ends with an evaluation. The author believes that the songs will continuously entertain the people for a long time.
    "Their distinctive musical characteristics and songs that combined public feelings and spring emotions will entertain listeners of all ages for a long time."

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  2. Busker Busker and their 1st Album

    201001043 So Young NA

    Since 2012, every spring South Korea has been enthusing about a song named, ‘Cherry Blossom Ending.’ The song is sung by a Korean indie group, Busker Busker, which is well known as the runner-up performer of Mnet’s famous music audition television program Superstar K3. ‘Cherry Blossom Ending’ is the title song of their 1st Album. Right after its release, the song maintained top ranking on various Korean music charts for several weeks. Surprisingly, it reappeared on top charts in 2013 and in 2014 as well. The public could still be in love with Busker Busker’s 1st Album even after two years of its release because it had spring sentiment, romantic lyrics, and easy melody.

    Busker Busker 1st Album, which highly focused on spring sentiment, was released on March 29th 2012. Through the album, the public could enjoy the spring time of year by listening to the tracks that covered first love, cherry blossom, spring wind, flowers and other more subjects related to spring. In the case of ‘Cherry Blossom Ending’, especially, the title song helped the public gratify their desire to fully enjoy the warmth of spring since cherry blossoms burst into bloom for a very short period of time.

    In addition, Jang Beom-Jun who is the guitarist and vocalist of Busker Busker wrote the songs of 1st Album with lyrical words and romantic expressions. In order to provide the public with ample atmosphere of spring, he wrote sensuous lyrics that describe various romantic sceneries. He also included frank and direct feelings about love. As a result, he succeeded in gaining a universal sympathy of Korean people by conveying the message of ‘youth’ to listeners of various age groups.


    Busker Busker aimed at releasing songs that could entertain people for a long time. Based on their own direction of their music, which are defined after many deep conversations, Jang Beom-Jun composed their songs with easy guitar codes and addictive melodies. He wanted people to listen and sing along their song easily. He himself cannot sing notes higher than sol and therefore was called ‘Max sol.’ In that respect, the songs does not have high register. Consequently, the harmony of their comfortable sound and unique melody has resulted in huge favor of many people of all age.

    Busker Busker and its 1st Album have had huge impact on Korean people during spring of 2012, as well as in 2013 and 2014. ‘Cherry Blossom Ending’ will continue to be the one and only Spring Carol in the hearts of many people. Listening to their music, many people experience memorable spring in their own ways every year. Their distinctive musical characteristics in songs that combine public feelings and spring emotions will entertain listeners of all ages for a long time.

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