Kim Kwang-seok
Introducing Korean 7080 singer, Kim Kwang-seok
Hi, everyone! It's such been a long time.
I'm thinking of making my blog with Korean stuffs. The purpose of making this blog was introducing our country to foreigners, but I didn't go for it because I thought writing globally will help my blog being known by many people. like them. Now, I'll post many other genres or Korean.
Today, I'm going to post the famous 7080 singer in Korea, Kim Kwang-seok.
Kim Kwang-seok is a Korean singer song-writer.
He studied hard and get into a good university, but he enjoyed music. He played the guitar and violin.
He started singing, and got into famous singer's group, 'Finding Music(노래를 찾는 사람들)' and 'Zoo(동물원)'. As times go by, he came out alone and published first album, 'recall'. After the first album, he got really famous. He gave a concert many times, and people liked his voice.
However, he suddenly died in 1996 with no will. His wife made a opponent next day and said he suicide because of depression. And the government determined. But, there are many doubts about his suicide. First, the place he hang himself couldn't be hanged by his own. It needed help of strong man. Second, there was no will. Kim 's parent and sisters said that he loves to memo. Third, he didn't have a depression. Many of his friends said, they met him almost everyday, but he was always motivated and kind, he also said 'suicide is against parents'. Lots of people think Kim's wife killed him. She has a strong brother, and she knew everything about him, even they were not in speaking terms. She also made lots of suits because of copyrights against Kim's parents and sister, brothers. She went to U.S after few days of Kim's suicide, too. There are more evidences about them, and there are now many TV programs about Kim Kwang-seok's die and his wife. Government had to make deep and clear investigation, and I'm really angry with it.
Kim Kwang-seok was a singer who moved people with his voice. He's really different with singers nowadays. If he was alive, world had been changed. Many people look for him, and he's called, 'Singing poet'.
There were many great singers with him. The most famous is Cho Yong-pil, Kim Gun-mo, Kim Min-ki, Kim Chang-ki, Ahn Chi-hwan, Lee Moon Sae and Lee Seon-hee.
Sorry, I was little agitated about Kim's die, and post got really long.
I'll just finish after letting you know some songs of Kim Kwang-seok.
1. Being Dust(먼지가 되어)
Roy Kim & Jung Jun-Yong ver. http://youtu.be/5kgpVUFuhjo
Kim Kwang-seok ver. http://youtu.be/AfsDlfP0fsM
2. In a Street(거리에서)
3. Private's Letter(이등병의 편지)
4. Because he loved(사랑이라는 이유로)
5. Those were the Days(그날들)
6.Write a letter to the cloudy autumn sky(흐린 가을 하늘에 편지를 써)
7. In the Desert(광야에서)
Kim Kwang-seok ver. http://youtu.be/ApVQJo5JSaU
Ahn Chi-hwan ver. http://youtu.be/TsGxkOf0VTY
8. Although I Love you(사랑했지만)
9. Painful love is not the love(너무 아픈 사랑은 사랑이 아니였음을)
10. My Song(나의 노래)
Kim Kwang-seok
ReplyDeleteIntroducing the Korean 7080 singer, Kim Kwang-seok
Hi, everyone! It's such been a long time.
I'm thinking of including Korean artists in my blog. The original purpose of making this blog was introducing our country to foreigners but I didn't go for it because I thought writing globally will help my blog become known by many people. Now, I think I'll post about many other genres and include information about Korea.
Today, I'm going to post about the famous 7080 singer in Korea, Kim Kwang-seok.
Kim Kwang-seok is a Korean singer/song-writer.
He studied hard to get into into a good university, but he really enjoyed music. He played the guitar and violin.
Kim Kwang-seok started singing and got into famous groups such as 'Finding Music(노래를 찾는 사람들)' and 'Zoo(동물원)'. As time went by, he developed his abilities as a solo artist and published his first album, 'Recall'. After the first album, he became really famous. He performed at many concerts and people liked his voice.
However, he suddenly died in 1996 with no will. His wife made an announcement the next day and said he committed suicide because of depression. The government made the same determination but, there are many doubts about his suicide.
First, the place where Kim Kwang-seok was hanged would have made it impossible for him to do it himself without the help of a strong man. Second, there was no will or suicide note. This is very suspicious because Kim 's parent and sisters said that he loves to write memos about everything. Third, he is not known to have suffered from depression. In fact, many of his friends said, they met him almost everyday, but he was always motivated and kind. Kim Kwang-seok is also known to have specifically disapproved onof taking one's life having said "suicide is is a crime against [one's] parents."
Lots of people think Kim's wife killed him. She has a strong brother, and she knew everything about him, even they were not on speaking terms. She also had a financial motivation to murder him and she went to U.S a few days after Kim's death.
There are other pieces of evidence suggesting foul play and many TV programs have been made about Kim Kwang-Seok's death. In my opinion, the government should have undertaken a deeper and more detailed investigation into the true cause of Kim Kwang-Seok's death. I'm actually really angry.
Kim Kwang-seok was a singer who moved people with his voice. He's really different from other singers nowadays. If he was alive, the world would have been a very different place. Many people look up to him and he's called 'The Singing poet.'
There were many great singers who performed with him. The most famous are Cho Yong-pil, Kim Gun-mo, Kim Min-ki, Kim Chang-ki, Ahn Chi-hwan, Lee Moon Sae and Lee Seon-hee.
Sorry, I was little agitated about Kim's death and this post got really long.
I'll finish after letting you know about some of the songs of Kim Kwang-seok.
1. Being Dust (먼지가 되어)
Roy Kim & Jung Jun-Yong ver. http://youtu.be/5kgpVUFuhjo
Kim Kwang-seok ver. http://youtu.be/AfsDlfP0fsM
2. In a Street (거리에서)
http://youtu.be/lUPAwQOdLtU
3. Private's Letter (이등병의 편지)
http://youtu.be/vbvaYfJh6kM
4. Because he loved (사랑이라는 이유로)
http://youtu.be/i16E_KKwtAs
5. Those were the Days (그날들)
http://youtu.be/uUX4RghpbTw
6.Write a letter to the cloudy autumn sky (흐린 가을 하늘에 편지를 써)
http://youtu.be/sOvGGoHlyLU
7. In the Desert (광야에서)
Kim Kwang-seok ver. http://youtu.be/ApVQJo5JSaU
Ahn Chi-hwan ver. http://youtu.be/TsGxkOf0VTY
8. Although I Love you(사랑했지만)
http://youtu.be/6SDaSGdvD-U
9. Painful love is not true love (너무 아픈 사랑은 사랑이 아니였음을)
http://youtu.be/vHelYw-nClY
10. My Song (나의 노래)
http://youtu.be/6B7O1WA4iZs
Always thanks now I think there are no person looking at mine.... help me.. I'm tiring and getting depressed. You think there is any likelihood to revive my blog??
Deleteyes but you need to make regular posts and keep promoting it with your friends
DeleteWhat a tragic story! I hope Kim's wife faces justice if she really killed him. The speakers on my computer right now don't work, so I can't listen to any of the music, but I will later! Thanks for the interesting post!
ReplyDeleteYou have to! Songs are really good. Kim Kwang-seok's voice moves us. Please listen to them later!
DeleteHis songs sound gentle and mournful. They're very soothing - are the lyrics sad? I liked tge song Being/Becoming Dust :-)
DeleteWell.. most of his song's lyrics are sad,, and he's voice seemed sad if you understand the lyrics. Kim Kwang Seok is really attractive singer, I think you like him, and I'm happy! The song 'Being Dust' is one of my favorite songs, I always listen to it!!
DeleteNeat. :) What other Korean artists do you listen to and recommend?
ReplyDeleteWell.... another artist I really like is "Yoon Do Hyun". he's was a leader of rock band YB, but nowadays he works in solo more. His songs are really great, and I can't explain to you with my words, and you should listen.
DeleteI'll post about Yoon Do Hyun soon for you!!
http://youtu.be/xDkVBcHkrYs this is one of the songs of him, and I think you will like it. I first became his fan because of this song. Many other songs of him have great lyrics, too!! The song's title is 'After you go"
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ReplyDeleteHe has a surprisingly rather deep, resonating voice! I will have to look up the lyrics later. :) He reminds me a little of the American singer Marc Cohn:
ReplyDeletehttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kbis31to-V8
Another good song by him is "Baby King." I hope your testing goes well; do post some more music when you have time!
Wow, I think I should love Marc Cohn, I like his voice tune, and his singing styles, he's songs are really similar with Yoon Do-hyeon! I'm happy that you like Yoon, and I'll post many great Korean singers including Yoon Do-hyeon as soon as I can. Thanks for Marc Cohn!.
ReplyDeleteCool, glad you like Marc Cohn :)
ReplyDeleteSuch a pity!
ReplyDeleteNice article!
ReplyDeleteI love Kim so much also bought his CD boxset few years ago,
Nowdays I'm listening to Kim again, It's so touching my mind...
Fan from Taiwan.
Hope one day I could go to Seoul :-P
응답하라1988에서 김광석의 노래를 알개 되는데요. 영어로 글을 써주셔서 감사합니다. 한국어 잘 못하는 외국인들이 알아야 하는 가수인것같아서요 ^^
ReplyDeletei like his song. especially "where the wind rises" & "get up".
ReplyDeletekeep posting!
he was really a good Korean singer.. his songs are so touching.
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Hi! i was happy I found this site to read. My Korean teacher introduced him to us yesterday and played his song on Youtube. Then suddenly I was stunned and found that his voice is super touching!!!! When I was back home, I started to search about his story and his songs, they are so touching! Thank you for telling the story to us! And there's a movie last year to tell about his story? Wish to watch that movie too! It's such a loss to many of your people with his sudden death, a very talented artist!
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