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7th Issue
7th Issue is the third studio album by the Korean musician Seo Taiji and his seventh counting the four albums released by Seo Taiji and Boys. The album was a commercial success as the best-selling album of the year in South Korea, with 482,066 copies sold, it did not reach the heights of his previous two. "Live Wire" won the 2004 Mnet Asian Music Award for Best Rock Performance.
Seo explained that because he is curious and wants to try many styles of music, the style on 7th Issue is "sensitive-core, which is hardcore that stresses the melodies. I wanted to bring out the sensitive side, and in particular, I expressed people's pain". The songs touch on social issues, such as sexual discrimination, the music industry and stalkers.
Instead of performing every instrument himself like he did on his previous two albums, Seo the enlisted Japanese musicians J (Luna Sea), K.A.Z and I.N.A (both from hide with Spread Beaver) to contribute to the album among others. The guitarist Top and the drummer Heff Holter continued as part of his backing band for several years. Strings on the song "0 (Zero)" were arranged and conducted by Takayuki Hattori (Face Music). Many of Seo's fans have noted that the whole CD sounds like one very long song. This is because most of the songs are written in dropped C tuning with similar chord structures.
"Heffy End" is essentially a sad love song where a woman obsessively stalks and confines her lover. Although the title might indicate a bit of irony, and Seo justifies their deviated love from the norm by using purposely misspelled "Heffy". Also of note is that the name of the album's drummer is Heff Holter.
"Nothing" begins with a man's voice mocking about women's rights in Korea. The voice comments that sexism is becoming an issue because of such things as women rights campaigns, but he disagrees with the efforts that women put it that women are placed at higher level than men in (Korean) society. However, Seo has put this as sarcasm, or to reflect what most men are thinking in South Korea.
"Victim" is a song about female discrimination. The song caused controversy, being banned by the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation.
"Live Wire" is a song celebrating musical freedom. Seo hails to his fans "You feel me? Here I come to show you love", referring to his steadfast devotion to music. The lyrics contain many poetic devices; the overall motif is the feeling of rock.
"Robot" tells a story about a boy, or Seo himself, who is destroyed by the cruelty that exists in the current overly digitalized society. After he has stopped checking his height on the doorway with his mother, he feels that his emotions are gone and can only think "illogically"; where the metaphor "logical" Seo's view is things that are emotional and analogical, as his fans can easily catch from his previous works.
7th Issue
7th Issue is the third studio album by the Korean musician Seo Taiji and his seventh counting the four albums released by Seo Taiji and Boys. The album was a commercial success as the best-selling album of the year in South Korea, with 482,066 copies sold, it did not reach the heights of his previous two. "Live Wire" won the 2004 Mnet Asian Music Award for Best Rock Performance.
Seo explained that because he is curious and wants to try many styles of music, the style on 7th Issue is "sensitive-core, which is hardcore that stresses the melodies. I wanted to bring out the sensitive side, and in particular, I expressed people's pain". The songs touch on social issues, such as sexual discrimination, the music industry and stalkers.
Instead of performing every instrument himself like he did on his previous two albums, Seo the enlisted Japanese musicians J (Luna Sea), K.A.Z and I.N.A (both from hide with Spread Beaver) to contribute to the album among others. The guitarist Top and the drummer Heff Holter continued as part of his backing band for several years. Strings on the song "0 (Zero)" were arranged and conducted by Takayuki Hattori (Face Music). Many of Seo's fans have noted that the whole CD sounds like one very long song. This is because most of the songs are written in dropped C tuning with similar chord structures.
"Heffy End" is essentially a sad love song where a woman obsessively stalks and confines her lover. Although the title might indicate a bit of irony, and Seo justifies their deviated love from the norm by using purposely misspelled "Heffy". Also of note is that the name of the album's drummer is Heff Holter.
"Nothing" begins with a man's voice mocking about women's rights in Korea. The voice comments that sexism is becoming an issue because of such things as women rights campaigns, but he disagrees with the efforts that women put it that women are placed at higher level than men in (Korean) society. However, Seo has put this as sarcasm, or to reflect what most men are thinking in South Korea.
"Victim" is a song about female discrimination. The song caused controversy, being banned by the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation.
"Live Wire" is a song celebrating musical freedom. Seo hails to his fans "You feel me? Here I come to show you love", referring to his steadfast devotion to music. The lyrics contain many poetic devices; the overall motif is the feeling of rock.
"Robot" tells a story about a boy, or Seo himself, who is destroyed by the cruelty that exists in the current overly digitalized society. After he has stopped checking his height on the doorway with his mother, he feels that his emotions are gone and can only think "illogically"; where the metaphor "logical" Seo's view is things that are emotional and analogical, as his fans can easily catch from his previous works.