Not that Chris Gayle delved so deep (anyway, he already exudes a near-celestial cool). In a way, quite philosophical: Be what you are and be cool with that. OK, so it’s social comment, but not socialistic. The singer, PSY (short for “Psycho") says that the song (and of course, more importantly, the music video) is a satire on all those “posers and wannabes" who put on “Gangnam style" airs and “are trying so hard to be something that they are not". The sociological significance, it seems, is that Gangnam is a Seoul neighbourhood where people are supposed to be rich, cool and classy. So in a deluded attempt to keep a trembling finger on the pulse of popular culture, he read up on the net.
What, the middle-aged man asked himself, was the deal? How was this better or more path-breaking than Akshay Kumar or Salman Khan prancing around in front of swimming pools and condos and things? And these guys do it in exotic locales-like Cape Town where everyone speaks Hindi, or Ireland, where they play bagpipes. Her father didn’t find it very funny at all and scratched his head. The daughter, who was watching it for the gazillionth time, was in splits.
Well, it all seemed harmless enough, with a stocky South Korean prancing around in front of swimming pools and condos and things.
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