{"id":355,"date":"2016-04-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yule-tide.generalsemiotics.net\/index.php\/2016\/04\/20\/post-348-an-empty-chair-is-what-i-am-1978-korean-pop-song-translated\/"},"modified":"2016-04-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T00:00:00","slug":"post-348-an-empty-chair-is-what-i-am-1978-korean-pop-song-translated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yule-tide.blog\/index.php\/2016\/04\/20\/post-348-an-empty-chair-is-what-i-am-1978-korean-pop-song-translated\/","title":{"rendered":"Post-348: “An Empty Chair is What I Am” (1978) [Korean Pop Song, Translated]"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I heard a song on FM radio in Seoul and I’ve tracked it down:<\/p>\n

Title: “Empty Chair”<\/strong> (\ube48\uc758\uc790).
Artist: Chang Jeanam<\/strong> (\uc7a5\uc7ac\ub0a8).
Era: Late 1970s. <\/p>\n

I actually like the tune and the optimistic lyrics\/message (see below). Koreans of my age would not readily admit to liking such a song. I am not a Korean.<\/p>\n

This song hardly registers on the Internet, with really nothing in English at all that I find, so again I find myself blazing new ground on these digital pages.<\/p>\n

Below: Youtube of the song; lyrics; my translation; a friend’s comments.\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

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