[Green Face] Jeong Dan

He's a unique one. Born with the name 김병건, he debut as Boohwal's 8th vocalist with the stage name "Jeong Dan" (정단). He was the voice in Boohwal's 9th album "Over the Rainbow" released in 2003.

At the same time, Kim Tae Won was also in charge of the OST for the movie "A Moment to Remember" (머리속의 지우게). The title song of this 9th album titled "Beautiful Truth" (아름다운 사실) was used as the main OST of the movie.


Below is a clip of Boohwal performance in Concert 7080 featuring "Tree Bicycle  (나무자전거) performing Beautiful Truth~ :)

Coming out of Boohwal, Jeong Dan adopted "Green Face" as stage name and work on solo projects. 

Among movie/drama OSTs Green Face participated in:

• 내일은 비 - OST of "A Moment to Remember" (머리속의 지우게)
• 그대가 그립다 - OST of "바람불어 좋은날"
• 사랑은 그리움의 친구입니다 - OST of "Youthful Beauty" (동안미녀)

Please find below 2 songs of Green Face I can't help my heart bumping everytime I hear it~~"Love is a friend of longing" which is the OST for "Youthful Beauty" and "Horang Nabi" which was originally sung by Kim Hueng-Kuk and re-arranged by Green Face himself (which you can find in his second album) sung live in Olleh Square Talk Concert past 24 July 2011. My separate accounts on google made it difficult to link it from youtube thus the live video is not so clear. Go to youtube for a better quality. 

Wow I just realized that I really don't know much about Jeong Dan judging from how short this post is T_T
Well, the guy just have this wonderful voice, and what more is needed from a singer, don't you think? ^^


Note that he seems to be the oldest among the four vocalist in "누구나 사랑을 한다" since they all call him "hyeong" although my naver search resulted that Park Wan Kyu is older.. probably there's some late registration or what not going on there.. I'll edit this part of the post once I collected more info about him (which is not likely since he's really not "out there" on the web). If you're interested in this guy though, you can check his official fan club~ :)

Lastly,  a song from Green Face's second album, "a story I want to tell my lover" (우리 애인에게 하고 싶은 이야기) sung live in Olleh Square Talk Concert, also on 24July 2011 (I'm going again this August 28th btw~ ^^)

Hot Potato [뜨거운 감자]

This was actually a posting I wrote last year that landed me with free tickets for Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival. I watched Hot Potato's concert live about a month ago, and they just, simply, rock out!


뜨거운 감자, Hot Potato, is a duo consist of Kim C (guitar+vocal) and 고범준 (bass).
The band was formed in 2000, and despite the long 10 years they've walked in Korean music industry, they've yet reached the peak until only recently.

Kim C, on the other hand, is more known for his appearance in a popular variety show called "2 days 1 night" (1박2일). It's not that I like him because of his performance in this TV show, but it does help to get to know what kind of person he is. And personally, I find him a very intelligent and humanist person. His genuineness is incomparable to a lot of Korean artists. I respect him for that.



Now, 뜨거운 감자 has released 5 albums:
1집: Navi (2000)
2집: New Turn (2003)
3집: 연기 (年記) (2006)
4짐: The Journey of Cultivating a Potato Field (2008)
5집: 시소 (Seesaw) (2010)
Now, I personally think they should have gotten the attention since the 3rd album. My personal favourite from this album is "좌절금지" (Passing Out Forbidden). The title, for one, really catches your attention; and the melody is also easy listening. 뜨거운감자's music is one that does not ask you to think much, easy listening, but when you think about it, you'd find that it's really rich with meanings.
The music video is also fun~enjoy! ^^*


뜨거운감자 (좌절금지)

From this 3rd album, you have to also listen to the songs "Today Is", "봄바람 따라간 여인", and "청춘".
Now, the fourth album is one that cost 뜨거운감자 the least loss than what they've gain since their first debut. That's right, this band is not popular in Korea - not because of their music, coz you saw and heard how cool they are - but because Korea is a land where only pretty face survives... sad, yeah. The video below features a song from their 4th album, titled 생각 (Thought), brought live in a TV program. By the end of the song, he's sharing a bit of the story of 뜨거운감자 and also how they practically have not made any benefits so far playing music, but their doing it coz they love doing it~^^

뜨거운감자 (생각)

Now, 2010 is the time for 뜨거운감자 to rise. Go Go Go!! ^_^
The album "Seesaw" (시소) receives the best response 뜨거운감자 had ever received so far. In fact, I hear this song in every 5 meters now when I'm walking downtown in Seoul~ ^^
I don't wanna spoil it for you, so just watch the video~


뜨거운감자 (고백)

I wish their success for more years ahead. Kim C rock! 뜨거운감자 화이팅!
뜨거운감자 펜글럽: http://cafe.daum.net/hotpotato
Kim C's twitter: http://twitter.com/slykimc
고범준's twitter: http://twitter.com/thin_go
고범준 미니홈피: http://www.ahaba.net/mini/home_frame.php?homepy_num=0207471

Need more convincing? Another live stage of 뜨거운감자  with a line from the 3rd album, 봄바람 따라간 여인 (it's my personal favorite!) ^^*


뜨거운감자 (봄바람 따라간 여인, 좌절금지)

뜨거운감자 많이많이 사랑해주시고 같이 응원해주세요~~!!^ㅇ^