Laibach and North Korea's first Western concert

Laibach and North Korea's first Western concert - BBC News

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The Slovenian rock band Laibach says it is the first Western act to perform live in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. But what did North Koreans make of the event? Produced and edited by Ed Ram Subscribe to BBC News HERE bit.ly/1rbfUog
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@tianmarkoja2359 2 жыл бұрын

im feeling proud to be slovenian!

@mikebond124 9 жыл бұрын

Small step for Laibach, big step for North Korea! Congrats guys!

@arandombard1197 4 жыл бұрын

What did you think of the music? - "well it exists"

@pathorrocks4496 6 жыл бұрын

Audience bemused, some enjoying, one bloke had fingers stuffed in ears! Fabulous programme, fabulous group.

@nightw4tchman 9 жыл бұрын

0:31 I've worked with enough contemporary and experimental music to know that this is a really polite way of saying he didn't like it. Also I lost it at 0:12 Thank you to whoever made this bizarre event happen.

@Netwirq2 6 жыл бұрын

Laibach. Like Wine, gets better at age.

@Assimandeli 9 жыл бұрын

"Laibach and North Korea's first Western concert" Not true. In 1989 a Finnish rock band called Sielun Veljet played in NK's capital. I suppose background research is too difficult for BBC

@joaoquintela2183 9 жыл бұрын

Assiman And Madredeus, a Portuguese fado band, played there in the same year.

@Assimandeli 9 жыл бұрын

João Quintela And I forgot to mention another Finnish rock 'n roll group Peer Günt who also played in NK. So yeah.

@JohnEDunn 6 жыл бұрын

And how could anyone have forgotten a giant of music such as Sielun Veljet ?

@COwens 6 жыл бұрын

Laibach are from Slovenia, which is classed as Eastern Europe.

@karleduard7725 6 жыл бұрын

@@COwens No, Slovenia is Central Europe

@rrjocker 9 жыл бұрын

Everyone at the concert seem very very confused. lol

@thelabyrinthinejar2170 8 жыл бұрын

+Ricardo Rick They were stunned that songs can exist that don't mention anyone in the Kim family. It's like the chupacabra walked up and bitchslapped them across the face.

@danielrecker9003 8 жыл бұрын

Agreed, I bet they were only invited to show the dark side of our music

@profemeritus534 4 жыл бұрын

The music of Laibach is confusing even to most Westerners, so I don't think that's a suprise at all.

@souhung69 4 жыл бұрын

Look at Kraftwerks first ever recorded live gig, the faces in the crowd are pretty similar at times! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rLSfeauV0bPWpH0.html

@kraljo1 3 жыл бұрын

They have awful lot to chew on and their future (and their families) depend on it. And they are watching trolls that play on authoritarianism so ... what would your reaction be in their place. I say it is very cruel and unusual joke/punishment. Or some serious metatrolling from their Great Leader.

@arnaudmadilhac4063 3 жыл бұрын

respect for laibach and for north korea people

@madgangbad 2 жыл бұрын

That's right.

@user-ux1xn4li1v Жыл бұрын

ты не веришь в Россию?

@marovlasic3167 Жыл бұрын

@@user-ux1xn4li1v u kojem smislu??

@XPUPA 9 жыл бұрын

bravo fantje

@gaspanda 6 жыл бұрын

Watching the documentary was like a kind of wierd dream.

@EmmanuelGoldsteinINGSOC 9 жыл бұрын

Haha... of all the bands in the world this one is the only one that was allowed in there... priceless. And it fits perfectly. Now, this either happened because Kim Jong Un has a sense of humour and is able to laugh at himself (doubt it). Or it happened because North Koreans are all so isolated and uptight, that even the concept of sarcasm is foreign to them.

@spinalcrackerbox 9 жыл бұрын

+Emmanuel Goldstein They don't understand the concept of irony in North Korea, that's for sure. This wasn't just a simple concert, this was an art project with the whole of North Korea as the stage.

@thegranddilligaf 8 жыл бұрын

+Emmanuel Goldstein Yep, of all the bands in all the world it ended up being Laibach. Sometimes life does throw up some real irony that you can only just smile at. Well done Laibach for pulling it off though.

@kurzackd 8 жыл бұрын

+Emmanuel Goldstein I don't understand. Do you believe this is a joke or something? This concert is a real occurrence. What's your problem?

@spinalcrackerbox 8 жыл бұрын

kurzackd It appears your capacity for irony is right 'down there' with the N. Koreans?

@pietrayday9915 8 жыл бұрын

+Emmanuel Goldstein - it's a bit more like if you've been saying that the outside world is decadent, confused, aimless, and dangerously anarchic, then you'd better pick a particularly extreme example to prove your point with - you don't want people saying "that wasn't as bad as I expected". I take it Laibach realized that's what's up, too - they seemed to be performing a particularly restrained show by Laibach standards. Even so, the audience was clearly baffled and confused by the whole thing, and being as polite as they possibly could about it, bless them. The audience does seem like a lot of very nice folks - I do hope the North Koreans eventually get a chance to realize what the context to Laibach's act is, so they can catch the punchlines to the whole thing.

@FranciscoSilva-mk9tu Жыл бұрын

It's simply wrong to say that they were the first western band to play NK. Go read about the youth festival of 1989 in Pyongyang

@jebise1126 3 жыл бұрын

in 20 years every north korean will claim they were here...

@lancelothogben1297 16 күн бұрын

You assume that the Kim regime will be gone by then. That’s a big ‘if’.

@louiep.2853 2 жыл бұрын

"they rocked the Crowd " The Crowd : not even one single smile has been giving .......

@moosesnWoop 2 жыл бұрын

0:37 Classical rocker right here.

@paramedicineman89 8 жыл бұрын

N Korea totally trolled themselves.

@Y25718 3 жыл бұрын

Ćestitke iz Trbovelj

@GazelyGaze 2 жыл бұрын

Not the first! Billy Bragg and Newtown Neurotics played there in the 80's. Probably others.

@redstart67 3 жыл бұрын

Lucky North Koreans who got to see this awesome art performance live.

@dejanaksam4246 5 жыл бұрын

oni su potekli iz jugoslovenskog komunizma, nista njima nije strano tamo, imam njihova prva dva lpa. Pozrdav iz Beograda.

@marovlasic3167 Жыл бұрын

LEGENDE!!

@Evemeister12 7 ай бұрын

The korans were very polite with their dismissal of laibach's music.

@hoomanhosseini8299 2 жыл бұрын

Laibach is the definition of Avant-garde art!

@daniloonuk 9 жыл бұрын

This reality of performance reminds me of another controversial band/song Prodigy/ Mindfields. The band, audience and we as observerers are walking through somewhat dangerous ideas in a benign form that is art of music.

@lambeefbiryani08 6 жыл бұрын

They all like stones!!

@user-ht4gb2fw4e 9 жыл бұрын

Amazing. well, if Laibach can be heard there, then I want other music too! Like this!..Video>>(Nameless-Partir)

@shanewarren4678 5 жыл бұрын

All good just don't let them be tainted by the bullshit we call 'music' in our music charts today

@lancelothogben1297 16 күн бұрын

Have you listened to Nork music? Tell me you prefer their ideologically pure schmaltz.

@mikeharry1799 10 ай бұрын

Well, I guess we won't know until we know what the"subtitles" above tha stage said?!

@aveng006 7 жыл бұрын

in north korea people sit down on chairs when rock stars play concert

@jebise1126 3 жыл бұрын

audience seems... peaceful

@neuronmind 7 жыл бұрын

Mr. kim's favorite tracks.. Du bist unser and Now you will pay.....

@distortiontildeafness 4 жыл бұрын

Much respect to North Korea!

@thelabyrinthinejar2170 8 жыл бұрын

Oh my God, look how pumped that crowd is, man. Better watch out before they start a riot up in that bitch.

@emiliobello2538 3 жыл бұрын

I hope North Korea does this more often

@jasoncervantes9583 3 жыл бұрын

North Koreans never heard anyone Burp these classics before LMAO

@DigitalOberon 7 жыл бұрын

When your manager schedules you a gig in North Korea, that's when you kick the shit out of him and bounce.

@conscarcdr 8 жыл бұрын

What if some N. Koreans actually knew Laibach was trolling but they played along?

@deshawn53988 2 ай бұрын

Seriously the Soviet satellite country to play music? They don’t know English in North Korea

@jigrodrigues 3 жыл бұрын

Western band comes to NK North koreans: yeah! It's laibach North koreans: f* this, we give up

@leakolenc8079 8 жыл бұрын

to bravo haha

@markuchiha7737 2 жыл бұрын

But south korean is the best concert ever

@lancelothogben1297 16 күн бұрын

Every glimpse I catch of North Koreans makes me feel sad for them. Prisoners of a violent,cruel authoritarian regime which stomps on their personhood continually reminding them that no one matters but the Dear Leader. Laibach’s coup of performing in Pyongyang is, like so much of their work, endlessly ambiguous.

@oszres3004 9 жыл бұрын

The first song from "europe" cool, but the rest is some mourning- so it looks here.

@Glorious_Kim_Jong_Un 9 жыл бұрын

North Korea uses many US Disney characters so them hearing Sound of Music isn't a big deal. Kim Jong-Uns favorite celebrity is Dennis Rodman, so their leadership has had US (Western) talent perform. And Neil Armstrong Moon landing quote, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for Mankind."

@lancelothogben1297 16 күн бұрын

But they couldn’t play Climb Every Mountain because as the Slovenian postMarxist philosopher Slavoi Žižek says in Pervert’s Guide To The Cinema that it expresses a capitalistic sentiment. Tito’s censors banned Sound Of Music for that reason.

@Volundur9567 Жыл бұрын

Thinking how Kim Jong-Un personally approved this.

@aseim2 9 жыл бұрын

I know what the faces of the crowd are showing. Fear. If somebody shows emotion, they can be killed, lets face it

@andjelkozlotvor 9 жыл бұрын

aseim2 I only see the politeness and a bit of good old culture shock. Just kidding:) I think they're showing hidden evil. A big giant red evil! Let's nuke 'em!

@OpenTheTrollGate 9 жыл бұрын

Gavran Kopitović says "just kidding" and then says something even more ridiculous. typical muslim extremist.

@andjelkozlotvor 9 жыл бұрын

I'm not a muslim dear. it's just your prejudices. On Your profile picture is an idiot. That doesn't mean you're an idiot?

@jeancarvalho3930 9 жыл бұрын

+aseim2 If 'im bored or surprised, certainly it's my fear to be executed. Go to sleep, man.

@aseim2 9 жыл бұрын

+Jean Carvalho dude, I lived under the Iron curtain for some time, I know things. You Know Nothing, Jean Snow ;) peace my net brother

@micmacmoc 8 жыл бұрын

Hmmmmmmm!

@Sammy_vlogs786 9 жыл бұрын

whats the name of song 0:38

@posteador 6 жыл бұрын

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@DeeArtist321 4 жыл бұрын

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@BingleFlimp 9 жыл бұрын

Its kind of annoying. North Korea seems to be opening up slowly to the rest of the world and that's probably for the best. Less people will be hurt this way than a liberating war, so slow change is better. But I selfishly and cruelly was hoping for a sudden liberation and to be able to watch North Koreans reactions to the rest of the world.

@markuchiha7737 2 жыл бұрын

I hate it.

@TuttyGaming 8 жыл бұрын

Well, this certainly was a good way to deter the people of North Korea from western culture.

@TurningGuy 8 жыл бұрын

I'm guessing a bunch of people came here from John Oliver.

@user-ob9qv9vy6w 9 ай бұрын

That was terrible performance if seriously

@spoljnisaradnik8382 9 жыл бұрын

Go Home, Laibach, you're drunk.

@leakolenc8079 8 жыл бұрын

+spoljni saradnik This is good slovenian band so shut up!! And I'm proud I'm Slovenian!

@spoljnisaradnik8382 8 жыл бұрын

Them having a concert in Pyongyang is in line with the ideology of DPRK's ruling body, according to which the westerners are utter morons. I wouldn't say the audience seems impressed. Ivan Novak is either delusional or excessively narcissistic to say that, by performing in North Korea, him and his band have made a huge step for humanity.

@MontyCantsin5 4 жыл бұрын

@@spoljnisaradnik8382: You really think Novak was serious with that remark? Are you totally unfamiliar with Laibach's work?

@e0o9kii 9 жыл бұрын

I heard about this from John Oliver.

@YoungJusticeLuv 9 жыл бұрын

Man, they could have chosen a better band with better songs..

@SssagaBenches4U 4 жыл бұрын

Well, that't the catch - there is no better band, hehe.

@xXWorldgamefunXx 3 жыл бұрын

Laibach is unconventionally catchy, just like some people are unconventionally attractive.

@marielfalk4537 3 жыл бұрын

If they are going to show a western band to North Korea, could it not be one so dreadfully awful? Please don't say that's a representation of western culture. That concert was a bad mushroom trip 👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼

@MarcioSilva-ssiillvvaa 3 ай бұрын

Who do you think should be there?