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  • čas přidán 16. 09. 2012
  • The tyrants' call to their servants to wake up. To us, this may sound like the ice cream man approaching. But to ordinary North Koreans, this serves as a daily reminder of who their masters are. Realize that, and it sounds a lot more horrible. What you hear is the bell tower of Pyongyang central station as it sounds every morning at 6 am (except Sunday). We recorded it from the balcony of our hotel room (Koryo hotel)

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  • @privatewangtheopengineer6889
    @privatewangtheopengineer6889 Před 4 lety +3646

    Kim got tired of waiting for Half-Life 3 so he made it himself.

    • @slick3996
      @slick3996 Před 4 lety +159

      Bruh that's what i'm saying, this feels like entering a new area in Half Life 2 where there's always some grand sounding music playing at the start

    • @vaun5020
      @vaun5020 Před 4 lety +145

      I always thought Pyongyang reminded me of city 17

    • @animationnkdh3774
      @animationnkdh3774 Před 4 lety +5

      Ye lol

    • @jackie1949
      @jackie1949 Před 3 lety +4

      Lmfao

    • @nixteizzz9490
      @nixteizzz9490 Před 3 lety +53

      @@vaun5020 except city 17 is less depressing

  • @paigerenee4173
    @paigerenee4173 Před 4 lety +4437

    Imagine waking up to this... Every. Single. Day. You’ve been told this is the best country.. and that is why you cannot leave. You wake up in this dystopia.. listening to this. You look over at your living room wall with your countries 2 former leaders framed upon it, wondering.......
    “Is this all there is?”

    • @centredoorplugsthornton4112
      @centredoorplugsthornton4112 Před 4 lety +111

      Description says except on Sundays.

    • @centredoorplugsthornton4112
      @centredoorplugsthornton4112 Před 4 lety +71

      The Samurai, maybe DPRK recognises Sunday as a day of rest.

    • @JessicaGarcia-xf9wr
      @JessicaGarcia-xf9wr Před 4 lety +36

      The Samurai it is said that when Kim jong il and il sung are fighting the evils that America had placed on NK country and basically protecting the country hence why anything bad hasn’t happen yet they starve and poor

    • @haraldlindohf4032
      @haraldlindohf4032 Před 4 lety +95

      My understanding is that todays north koreans are quite well aware that other countries are better off

    • @ejcleopard9843
      @ejcleopard9843 Před 4 lety +72

      Imagine having the view from the video staying in a hotel as a tourist, watching the city. Must feel a little strange seeing a dystopia in person, thinking the horrible stuff that happens. Makes you feel like you're in a different world and want to return to the good Ol' Murica where even do you have to work and pay taxes, you still feel greatful for the freedom and opportunities you have.

  • @nqh4393
    @nqh4393 Před 4 lety +878

    So that's where 90% of Pyongyang's electricity goes...

    • @katarina5233
      @katarina5233 Před 3 lety +12

      😂😂

    • @lynzwayssidepiece
      @lynzwayssidepiece Před 3 lety +4

      LOOOOL

    • @Sharp931
      @Sharp931 Před 3 lety +9

      Always found funny the power plant in their coat of arms.

    • @giantsfan714
      @giantsfan714 Před 2 lety +9

      You guys are laughing, but it's not entirely wrong. I wouldn't doubt a double digit percentage is used for this.

    • @MoskusMoskiferus1611
      @MoskusMoskiferus1611 Před 2 lety +8

      No, that's where 90% of Your Depression go

  • @Arturest
    @Arturest Před 8 lety +1509

    This song is creepy, it made me feel very scared for some reason. I can imagine (well I can't) how it is to live in this alien country.

    • @deborahdavila3414
      @deborahdavila3414 Před 7 lety +41

      Arturest I feel the same.. so scared. My heart is beating so fast just from listening.

    • @theranredguardist1949
      @theranredguardist1949 Před 4 lety +12

      This song is called: Where are you dear General?

    • @joshualogan6655
      @joshualogan6655 Před 4 lety +29

      @@theranredguardist1949 They shuld rename it to:
      Where are dear people.

    • @dvferyance
      @dvferyance Před 4 lety +17

      It's North Korea it's supposed to be scary.

    • @palmsypalmsyyyy9682
      @palmsypalmsyyyy9682 Před 4 lety

      Well I can imagine

  • @denjisantos3028
    @denjisantos3028 Před 7 lety +912

    I will not wonder if I saw somebody will jump from the building.

    • @sassm8142
      @sassm8142 Před 5 lety +65

      All the buildings are empty m8

    • @diamondofficial758
      @diamondofficial758 Před 5 lety +146

      @@sassm8142 no, why the buildings have to be empty? Most of the North Korean people are hidden in their skyscrapers. They're scared of the leader, propaganda and the regime. There's no escape for them.

    • @samtinkle9076
      @samtinkle9076 Před 4 lety +7

      Well, there is one.

    • @hfclivingston3823
      @hfclivingston3823 Před 4 lety +5

      DiamonD OFFICIAL hiding in them crap ass highrise

    • @bloopasadam7062
      @bloopasadam7062 Před 4 lety +122

      Even if they commit suicide their families are going to get punished. There’s no escape...

  • @peppermintswirl2429
    @peppermintswirl2429 Před 9 lety +3071

    It's strangely fitting for a place like this. Makes it feel other-worldly, an alternate universe, or another race of creatures.

    • @whit3guy
      @whit3guy Před 9 lety +143

      Yeah, i was looking for the perfect expression for that and you have written. Other worldly. It is like North Korea is located on the Moon.

    • @DoncasterA1Music
      @DoncasterA1Music Před 7 lety +31

      whit3guy Yes indeed. It is isolated from everyone else

    • @meetalijoshi3232
      @meetalijoshi3232 Před 6 lety +25

      TheWilliamMaster Ya was thinking of the same. Feels like an eerie dream.

    • @jckhammer
      @jckhammer Před 6 lety +15

      Like an episode from the original Star Trek or something. This is just unreal

    • @ChrisMagoo99
      @ChrisMagoo99 Před 5 lety +32

      Yeah that doesn’t sound racist at all

  • @alexthegrape1000
    @alexthegrape1000 Před 8 lety +934

    If I set this as my alarm every morning I would IMMEDIATELY get out of bed and turn it off, and I would be thankful that I don't live in NK

  • @ubiased23
    @ubiased23 Před 9 lety +1089

    It sounds very depressing as if you are on your way to the funeral.

    • @JohanBrodd
      @JohanBrodd Před 8 lety +22

      +Mr.Logic23 It IS a funeral march. :)

    • @MM-br3gt
      @MM-br3gt Před 4 lety +21

      Its horror music

    • @remiliasca
      @remiliasca Před 3 lety +6

      Sounds what I hear like a buddhism/taoism 大悲咒 or Stuff at my Grandfather in law's funeral.

    • @ubiased23
      @ubiased23 Před 3 lety +3

      @The Clown_Gamer look who is talking lol

    • @brknsh6689
      @brknsh6689 Před 3 lety +3

      Would be a sick sample tho aint gonna lie

  • @vintagehaynesflute
    @vintagehaynesflute Před 9 lety +605

    Sounds like something out of an end of the world zombie apocalypse movie!

    • @globovisionuttpthdtc3317
      @globovisionuttpthdtc3317 Před 4 lety +6

      It’s not scary what’s scarier is american music

    • @Zippism
      @Zippism Před 4 lety +5

      @@globovisionuttpthdtc3317 Good to see you are well.

    • @thebigcheese8169
      @thebigcheese8169 Před 9 měsíci

      @@globovisionuttpthdtc3317 weak try north korean spy

    • @samuelspace101
      @samuelspace101 Před 9 měsíci +3

      @@globovisionuttpthdtc3317 bruh woke up and chose to defend North Korea

  • @DCNRS90YT
    @DCNRS90YT Před 6 lety +591

    Sounds like a song that would play in the post apocalyptic world.

    • @what3424
      @what3424 Před 3 lety +14

      Dreamy-Chan & RainStorms90 because NK is the most close to a post dystopian world rn

  • @tomwright4969
    @tomwright4969 Před 9 lety +1778

    The fact that the song echoes around the whole town scares me beyond relief, I was scared of sleeping this song haunts me so much.

    • @YKIMPetje95
      @YKIMPetje95 Před 9 lety +58

      I like this song, gonna use it in the morning as alarm

    • @tomwright4969
      @tomwright4969 Před 9 lety +55

      At 6 exactly to work for the great leader ;)

    • @YKIMPetje95
      @YKIMPetje95 Před 9 lety +29

      Tom Wright no at 7, than I thank our great leader for this beautiful allarm. And then I will go to work

    • @YKIMPetje95
      @YKIMPetje95 Před 9 lety +4

      Start tomorrow

    • @tomwright4969
      @tomwright4969 Před 9 lety

      Sorry thought it was six fsr

  • @OWD-vk1cy
    @OWD-vk1cy Před 7 lety +2346

    this stuff is really dystopian, even darker than soviet union. literally hopeless country

    • @glebsokolov9959
      @glebsokolov9959 Před 4 lety +160

      DezhuRasZe i You are talking about Stalin times, and they weren’t as bad as it is in North Korea in my opinion. After Stalin, USSR was only improving on democracy. As for communism, it isn’t the best system, but certainly not cancer. Capitalism mixed with socialist programs simply works the best as of now.

    • @glebsokolov9959
      @glebsokolov9959 Před 4 lety +98

      DezhuRasZe i How old are you? Lenin was not a good guy, but he didn’t kill his people en masse. He was more democratic than theTsar anyways. Putin, while a dictator, did not kill millions of people either. And he is ruling capitalist Russia, not the USSR. Stories of China and North Korea are irrelevant, there were never part of the Soviet Union and those countries were always too extreme with their ideology.

    • @glebsokolov9959
      @glebsokolov9959 Před 4 lety +62

      DezhuRasZe i Communsim isn’t the best ideology, but it’s not horrible like fascism. Capitalism can be undemocratic too, it isn’t the matter of ideology. Russia does not spend all of its money on military, we only spend 4% of our budget on it.

    • @glebsokolov9959
      @glebsokolov9959 Před 4 lety +58

      DezhuRasZe i Why is USA spending much more than that? See the issue?

    • @Daniel-fx7xv
      @Daniel-fx7xv Před 4 lety +30

      At least you were able to leave Soviet Union if you want... not the same in North Korea

  • @wifferste
    @wifferste Před 9 lety +835

    This tune is not from the bell tower. It is coming from the PA system at Pyongyang's train station. It's also played in the evening.

  • @jc6800
    @jc6800 Před 4 lety +575

    I wonder if the frequency of the music has any psychological affect on the people? It's meant to be foreboding. Where I live they play the national anthem at midnight, every night.

    • @jackie1949
      @jackie1949 Před 4 lety +61

      Really good question. Could imagine that being the case

    • @joshualogan6655
      @joshualogan6655 Před 4 lety +194

      Actually one man who lives there said that music "controls minds". He said that music reminds them that they live in North Korea. Every dream, about beaing happy, stops when they play this music. Also, where do you live?

    • @W.2026
      @W.2026 Před 4 lety +55

      Every night? Would you mind telling me where you live?

    • @beaverpoo8086
      @beaverpoo8086 Před 4 lety +26

      What country are you in?

    • @froggie6936
      @froggie6936 Před 4 lety +29

      the national anthem reminded me of how old tvs in the us would play the anthem after 3(?)am and the flag would project

  • @Dannzt
    @Dannzt Před 4 lety +103

    What kind of scary ass ice cream trucks came to your neighborhood?

  • @MrAnimason
    @MrAnimason Před 9 měsíci +178

    Damn, I want an open world horror game where the whole city has this atmosphere now. This is just so horribly creepy.

    • @mrviking2mcall212
      @mrviking2mcall212 Před 9 měsíci +12

      One ticket to North Korea and you can play it in VR lol

    • @sluess
      @sluess Před 8 měsíci

      @@mrviking2mcall212 for premium edition, you become one of DPRK citizen

    • @lucasss1543
      @lucasss1543 Před 8 měsíci +4

      give a try to half-life 2, ins't open world, pretty linear story but have dat atmosphere

    • @ayoromanchik
      @ayoromanchik Před 8 měsíci +5

      ​@@mrviking2mcall212and don't forget about some possible issues💀

    • @folddyy
      @folddyy Před 8 měsíci +3

      SAME, the vibe of this city + fact that this song has to play every morning and evening to remind people of their "leaders" just feels so depressing and dystopian tbh

  • @Doowoo
    @Doowoo Před 8 měsíci +11

    "Welcome. Welcome, to City 17
    You have chosen, or been chosen
    To relocate to one of our finest remaining urban centers"

  • @theranredguardist1949
    @theranredguardist1949 Před 4 lety +214

    This song is called: Where are you dear General?

    • @MM-br3gt
      @MM-br3gt Před 4 lety +18

      Its horror music

    • @Presidentofthepresident
      @Presidentofthepresident Před 3 lety +10

      Hmm... our city looks depressing af? Alright let's remind the people every morning at the same time that they live in the shittiest country on the planet by playing depressing music everyday. That will make them love this place!

    • @MybeautifulandamazingPrincess
      @MybeautifulandamazingPrincess Před 3 lety +3

      He's perpetrating war crimes in some nearby country

    • @muhtesemsiyanur
      @muhtesemsiyanur Před 3 lety +4

      "in hell"

    • @Demonetization_Symbol
      @Demonetization_Symbol Před 3 lety +1

      How do you know that?

  • @dolcisvita5413
    @dolcisvita5413 Před 4 lety +289

    I would turn mad hearing this every morning every single day of my entire life

    • @pest9448
      @pest9448 Před 4 lety +5

      Same here

    • @GhostRangerr
      @GhostRangerr Před 3 lety +33

      I would definitely go insane, this is a mental torture music

    • @tmpqtyutmpqty4733
      @tmpqtyutmpqty4733 Před 3 lety +3

      Survival of the fittest

    • @Dwight511
      @Dwight511 Před 3 lety +2

      @@tmpqtyutmpqty4733 Survival of the idiots who cling to life irrationally.

    • @lancehobbs8012
      @lancehobbs8012 Před 2 lety

      Th8s is only on mondays. On Tuesdays they play George micheals " the jitterbug ! The jitterbug! Wake me UP ..Before you Go girl"

  • @alwssia7607
    @alwssia7607 Před 4 lety +373

    oh my god..this isn’t normal, this is scary

    • @pest9448
      @pest9448 Před 4 lety +26

      Yeah no shit

    • @globovisionuttpthdtc3317
      @globovisionuttpthdtc3317 Před 4 lety +13

      it’s not scary

    • @anonymous-cq7wj
      @anonymous-cq7wj Před 3 lety +3

      well if bell noises scare you that much dont listen to videos of them? i guess?

    • @alwssia7607
      @alwssia7607 Před 3 lety +1

      anonymous ok

    • @DacLMK
      @DacLMK Před 3 lety +5

      Then what is normal? Dancing like an idiot to idiotic songs that have no meaning besides "bitches, hoes, booties, parties" is normal?

  • @Yomi2012
    @Yomi2012 Před 6 lety +89

    Sounds like the background music of a city filled with zombies

  • @FedorEmelianenko1
    @FedorEmelianenko1 Před 10 měsíci +311

    What’s scary for me is that I am a Korean(South) and this atmosphere reminds me of my childhood. These buildings look just like the buildings I grew up back in 90s. And that time we had songs like this from radio that my grandparents generation used to listen. I grew up in middle size city and I can really relate to this atmosphere 😅For me, it’s like exact feeling of 80-90s of South Korea. What people wearing, cars and bus…it feels very weird to watch these videos. It’s sad and scary but also kind of nostalgic.

    • @user-tj7su4it8l
      @user-tj7su4it8l Před 10 měsíci +16

      공산국가들에는 설명할 수 없는 노스탤지어가 있습니다

    • @FedorEmelianenko1
      @FedorEmelianenko1 Před 9 měsíci +10

      @@user-tj7su4it8l 맞습니다. 마찬가지로 러시아와 폴란드에 같이 화려하지 않지만 계획되고 정돈된 도시등에서 노스탤지어가 느껴집니다.

    • @funeralhouse6280
      @funeralhouse6280 Před 9 měsíci +1

      🍟🍺

    • @TBonerton
      @TBonerton Před 9 měsíci +20

      That is the direct effect of South Korea moving away from the dictatorial regime. It's actually astonishing they were able to separate and keep the countries separate. Hopefully 9ne day the North will experience what you have, nostalgia of the past rather than daily life.

    • @wangery9242
      @wangery9242 Před 9 měsíci +7

      I feel nostalgic too. It reminds of my childhood in China around 2000s

  • @samsquanch1996
    @samsquanch1996 Před rokem +10

    "Rise and shine, Mr. Freeman. Rise and shine."

  • @fidafififi
    @fidafififi Před 6 lety +614

    This is better than Despacito.

  • @aysdowne6358
    @aysdowne6358 Před 4 lety +98

    just waiting for the „murda on a beat so it’s not nice“

  • @tobiasgreeeen
    @tobiasgreeeen Před 3 lety +35

    The song is way more beautiful when you listen to how it actually sounds, but this version, coming from the probably decades old speakers, sounds like a cry of despair.

    • @zakzwijn8410
      @zakzwijn8410 Před 7 měsíci

      do you have a source?

    • @tobiasgreeeen
      @tobiasgreeeen Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@zakzwijn8410 I think it's called "Where are you dear general". Should pop up if you search it.

    • @thecoolmf5297
      @thecoolmf5297 Před 5 měsíci

      @@zakzwijn8410 look it up, it's called "where are you, dear general?"

    • @mrhcl6kerson1783
      @mrhcl6kerson1783 Před 2 dny

      Sounds shit either way

  • @adreesmann
    @adreesmann  Před 11 lety +120

    This was the most eye-opening trip that we have ever taken. But it all depends on your expectations. Do not expect good meals or nightlife. Do try to interact with people, first 7 foremost your guides. It will be woth it. 4 or 5 days should do on a first visit. Go. And have a good time

    • @antonbrasschaat1700
      @antonbrasschaat1700 Před 6 lety +29

      I take that back. I would advise against going there now..

    • @WeAreAnonymous3
      @WeAreAnonymous3 Před 6 lety

      Why? What happened?

    • @antonbrasschaat1700
      @antonbrasschaat1700 Před 4 lety +23

      @@WeAreAnonymous3 I thought that Kim Jong Un would initiate reforms. Instead, things are worse now

    • @ushyamamoto7098
      @ushyamamoto7098 Před 4 lety

      Anton Brasschaat worse how?

    • @hebneh
      @hebneh Před 4 lety +20

      Just don't go anywhere you haven't been authorized to, or take any photos you weren't told you could, or (by far the worst) steal something like a patriotic banner. For the latter, you will be arrested, jailed, and abused till you're returned to your home country in a coma, shortly before you die. Vacation of a lifetime!

  • @snobbingas189
    @snobbingas189 Před 8 měsíci +22

    Am I alone to think this is really beautiful music? Had to watch it multiple times.

    • @Scotty_Labeouf
      @Scotty_Labeouf Před 6 měsíci

      Sounds like vaporwave honestly lol

    • @thecoolmf5297
      @thecoolmf5297 Před 5 měsíci

      listen to the original, it's called "where are you, dear general?" and sounds less satanic than this version

  • @froogsleegs
    @froogsleegs Před 10 měsíci +47

    that would grind you down and break your spirit for sure. the first thing you hear every morning is the saddest song in the world, reminding you that you are here.

  • @MusicloverX88
    @MusicloverX88 Před 7 lety +95

    that is creepy and depression

  • @losglock7764
    @losglock7764 Před 7 měsíci +5

    Do this in New York then it will be wild

  • @XOPOIIIO
    @XOPOIIIO Před 9 měsíci +6

    Sounds more like back to sleep call.

  • @henrikscheurer
    @henrikscheurer Před 2 lety +42

    I play it now on my wake up alarm clock.
    It really works,because I will wake me up out a nightmare.

  • @Benyikoko
    @Benyikoko Před 2 lety +38

    I lived in Dubai, next to a massive mosque. They would sing/call for prayer five times a day.. at a certain point you just get used to the daily noise.. you don't hear it anymore. I'm sure it's the same for the people of N.Korea

    • @KoichiFirst8092
      @KoichiFirst8092 Před rokem

      I definitely think so, because in a 360° video about the same song, people just do their business while this plays.

    • @curiousmind_
      @curiousmind_ Před 10 měsíci +16

      The Islamic call to prayer sounds beautiful and is meaningful which is not comparable in any way to this torture

    • @rookere1604
      @rookere1604 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@KoichiFirst8092 what did you expect the people to do while tis plays?

    • @Pinkhairedkilla
      @Pinkhairedkilla Před 9 měsíci +2

      Liam Neeson had the same experience with the islamic call of prayers, at first it annoyed him, then he got used to it and ended up finding it beautiful and ended up missing it, I wonder if that's how North Koreans feel

    • @strikehun2006
      @strikehun2006 Před 8 měsíci +1

      But it's at least has good meaning and practice of religion.

  • @wholesomebaker5410
    @wholesomebaker5410 Před 9 měsíci +15

    People says it's scary but I dont know, it feels pretty nostalgic for me

    • @Widdekuu91
      @Widdekuu91 Před 8 měsíci +6

      Same here, but that is because of the echoing, wobbly quality of noise. It has the echo and distortion of a damage cassete-tape.
      But it also sounds very depressing and sad.

    • @kukikukkkkk3738
      @kukikukkkkk3738 Před 7 měsíci +1

      ​@@Widdekuu91same here im almost sure they just recorded the casette into a cd or sometbing like thats whu they still looking like 90s

    • @NostalgicMem0ries
      @NostalgicMem0ries Před 7 měsíci

      its because it reminds of sovietwave

  • @jaymiles3614
    @jaymiles3614 Před 6 lety +19

    north korea is about to drop the most fire mixtape of 2018

    • @cowboyjoefrommexico-elsete3434
      @cowboyjoefrommexico-elsete3434 Před rokem

      5yrs later, it's still number 1 on the North Korean hit parade!
      Still, at least they don't have to endure endless god-damn Ed Sheeran on their radios!!

  • @Sereniama
    @Sereniama Před 11 lety +87

    Good morning Oceania.

    • @ghostlylover99123
      @ghostlylover99123 Před 3 lety +7

      Sure does have that 1984 feel to it doesn't it

    • @fire-3456
      @fire-3456 Před 3 lety +1

      @@ghostlylover99123 you just replied to a 7 year old comment

    • @ghostlylover99123
      @ghostlylover99123 Před 3 lety +8

      @@fire-3456 and to be fair this is the internet, the land of people not really worried about that

    • @dartisone
      @dartisone Před 3 lety +1

      @@fire-3456 thats the whole point. TRANSCEND TIME.

    • @centredoorplugsthornton4112
      @centredoorplugsthornton4112 Před 3 lety

      Play "Oceania Tis of Thee" from the 1984 movie.
      Actually North Korea would be part of Eastasia, alternately Oceania's enemy and ally.

  • @SuperFunkDoctor
    @SuperFunkDoctor Před 9 lety +36

    thank you so much i have been looking for this melody for a while now.

    • @daveharries
      @daveharries Před 6 lety +7

      I read in a comment on another CZcams clip that the melody is called: "Where Are You, Dear General?"

  • @linusbirgersson
    @linusbirgersson Před 6 lety +116

    Perfect music for brainwashing

    • @MoskusMoskiferus1611
      @MoskusMoskiferus1611 Před 3 lety +7

      Nah, Perfect Music for Daily Depression

    • @lovethyneighbor6886
      @lovethyneighbor6886 Před 3 lety +4

      “Perfect music for brainwashing” Says the one typing while eating sugar riddled soy yogurt and drinking fluoride tap water.

    • @tmpqtyutmpqty4733
      @tmpqtyutmpqty4733 Před 3 lety

      @@lovethyneighbor6886 it's 3 years ago he is probably dead

    • @THESLlCK
      @THESLlCK Před 3 lety +1

      @@lovethyneighbor6886 bruh go back to the jungle, kim wing lee chun xanax xoo min

  • @ClubisteM
    @ClubisteM Před 2 lety +7

    I wonder if Kim also wakes up to this every morning, 6 am

    • @asdfxyz27
      @asdfxyz27 Před rokem +1

      No he doesn't

    • @brandonhansen2882
      @brandonhansen2882 Před rokem +1

      Well he does live in Pyongyang and it's played across the entire city so I assume yes

    • @ClubisteM
      @ClubisteM Před rokem +1

      @@brandonhansen2882
      I doubt

  • @JohanBrodd
    @JohanBrodd Před 10 lety +72

    Why do I get the feeling of City17 when I see this video / hear this song?

  • @catharticc
    @catharticc Před 4 lety +43

    "Attention, residents: miscount detected in your block. Cooperation with your local Civil Protection will result in full ration reward."

    • @yaboinicola
      @yaboinicola Před 3 lety +4

      "Attention all Ground Protection Teams: Autonomous judgment is now in effect. Sentencing is now discretionary. Code: amputate, zero, confirm. "

  • @Fate_37
    @Fate_37 Před 3 lety +35

    I can't imagine waking up to this song in the morning. I feel bad for the people living there.

  • @professorminstrels6460
    @professorminstrels6460 Před 4 lety +19

    "Welcome to city 17, it's safer here

  • @creepykarley9109
    @creepykarley9109 Před 6 lety +15

    *Honestly, this would make me go to sleep.*

  • @dailyfrench
    @dailyfrench Před 3 lety +25

    It reminds me a phrase from Orwell: "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever"

  • @iljas1700
    @iljas1700 Před 4 lety +9

    This sounds like the type of music that would be played in a dystopian movie to give a spooky feeling but they're live in it everyday

  • @fionarhiannonpitbullextrao5786

    it feels like some kind of post apocalypse sitution. everyone died and turned into a zombie, and this music still plays because nobody is still alive to turn it off... almost like a tribute to the dead, with nobody alive to remember said dead.

  • @thetimemachine3502
    @thetimemachine3502 Před 4 lety +6

    the best sample state of 1984 in reality.

  • @bartk1565
    @bartk1565 Před 4 lety +17

    this could actually make a great alarm sound for myself, every time it went off I'd get creeped out to death by it and become awake immediately

    • @angeloplus4
      @angeloplus4 Před 2 lety +1

      working on it currently ;)

    • @V0YAG3R
      @V0YAG3R Před 9 měsíci +1

      How to make or use custom alarms sounds in IOS devices!, btw?
      🥴

  • @ben14326
    @ben14326 Před 3 lety +8

    Found my new wake up alarm song. Now I can feel like I'm waking up in a 1980s John Carpenter movie every day.

  • @EpsilonDelta1
    @EpsilonDelta1 Před 6 lety +100

    This is the song of Hell

    • @user-hx9nh9gg6x
      @user-hx9nh9gg6x Před 3 lety +3

      This song is to brainwash people, I feel so scared when I hear this song

  • @gun3ro
    @gun3ro Před 9 měsíci +40

    This is also happening in other countries as well. For example, in Thailand they play music every morning 8am and in 6pm through very loud speakers.

    • @asdfxyz27
      @asdfxyz27 Před 9 měsíci +18

      But those don't make you bow down to your spine throughout all your breaths from your birth to end.

    • @V0YAG3R
      @V0YAG3R Před 9 měsíci +1

      Comparing a country like Thailand to a LITERAL gulag like NK. What an ignoramus, pathological dolt!
      💩

    • @germanshepherd6638
      @germanshepherd6638 Před 8 měsíci

      @@asdfxyz27but they do make you worship a stupid king who steals taxpayer dollars and owns giant mansions in Germany. They even arrest you if you make fun of him.

    • @shadesoftime
      @shadesoftime Před 8 měsíci

      ????
      I've lived in the bangkok center for half a year now and I've never heard that. Maybe you just live near a mosque or somrthing? They do prayer calls and its one of the reasons islamophobia exists

  • @bibonagy
    @bibonagy Před 7 lety +16

    its fucking eerie....

  • @kosaelin
    @kosaelin Před 8 měsíci +2

    i like synthesizers. sounds better than church bells imo

  • @thelastcommander8765
    @thelastcommander8765 Před 4 lety +14

    The song is
    Where are you my dear general?
    A song for Kim jong il ho is dead

    • @darkgardevoir99
      @darkgardevoir99 Před 3 lety

      Actually, the song was allegedly written by Kim Jong-Il in honor of his father, Kim Il-Sung.

  • @mfahey
    @mfahey Před 10 lety +59

    Thankyou! I have long wanted to know 100% if this sound comes from the railway station, and also have had conflicting information about the time it plays. This video clears up both questions for me. I have been to Pyongyang 4 times but never stayed at the Koryo Hotel. Over at the Yanggakdo Hotel you can hear this "trace sound" way off in the distance, this video confirms the source! If anyone knows the name of the tune please post it here in the comments.

    • @mfahey
      @mfahey Před 8 lety +4

      Thanks!

    • @elyad67
      @elyad67 Před 6 lety

      Zalaegerszeg ザラエゲルセ
      :)

    • @serialshitposter186
      @serialshitposter186 Před 11 měsíci +6

      Its “where are you dear general”

    • @V0YAG3R
      @V0YAG3R Před 9 měsíci +3

      Darude Sandstorm
      👌🏻

  • @Tripfromfacade
    @Tripfromfacade Před 6 lety +29

    This just makes me feel so lifeless and oppressed, but it has some beauty to it at the same time, truly otherworldly

    • @mrhcl6kerson1783
      @mrhcl6kerson1783 Před 2 dny

      There is absolutely no beauty about this at all, it's sad and depressing , these poor people living there are real human beings it's not a movie and it's not chic, it's wrong.

  • @davidluppa3556
    @davidluppa3556 Před 3 lety +2

    Would be perfect in equilibrium

  • @andoli6988
    @andoli6988 Před 3 lety +1

    I can’t get this out of my head...

  • @SlayerTank99
    @SlayerTank99 Před 4 lety +10

    Pyongyang is just basically the real-life City 17.

  • @Bob_Dickinson
    @Bob_Dickinson Před 3 lety +8

    honestly im scared... but not because of its creep atmosphere or the song, its because how isolated it is. imagine being born in this country, you dont know that there is an outside world that is WAY BETTER than all of this! and ppl dont know about it. and if you know and want to go it will take alot of time, and you need to put ur life on the table. its like you are underwater and you are trying to go out you are running out of breath and you are drowning. its like the isolation. the controll. the power. i hope that one day these ppl will see the real sunlight of freedom.

  • @Mutalaat
    @Mutalaat Před 3 lety +2

    This is beyond any of my darkest dystopian dreams.

  • @Exoticlight
    @Exoticlight Před 3 lety +1

    I ain't gunna be able to live properly in a place with that kinda wake-up call

  • @trent31
    @trent31 Před 7 lety +43

    Hook em up with some Metallica

    • @Tripfromfacade
      @Tripfromfacade Před 6 lety +12

      lmao "Master Of Puppets" is a pretty suitable song for Kim

    • @Qtv123
      @Qtv123 Před 4 lety +1

      Jules Winnfield yea...or sad but true

    • @Cec1nator
      @Cec1nator Před 3 lety

      they would die on the spot

    • @haziqhaneda3306
      @haziqhaneda3306 Před 3 lety

      Play burzum instead

  • @Victorius
    @Victorius Před 3 lety +7

    Such a sad existence. You only get one life to live and it happens to be in this hell... two humans controlling the life of 25 million people. I hope to see North Koreans free as in my lifetime, they deserve it.

  • @redsunschine
    @redsunschine Před 4 měsíci +1

    Now all that's missing are the sounds of crows and fog. It would be the perfect backdrop for "Silent Hill"

  • @ghostlylover99123
    @ghostlylover99123 Před 3 lety

    Why do I find this soothing?

  • @Ashtrixal
    @Ashtrixal Před 8 měsíci +16

    The music sounds relaxing for me. More cities need this, especially mine. It would definitely boost productivity amongst the workers

    • @folddyy
      @folddyy Před 8 měsíci +14

      I was about to comment "who in the right mind would think that this song is relaxing and that more cities would need it" but then I read it again and realized.. 💀🙏

    • @Ashtrixal
      @Ashtrixal Před 8 měsíci +2

      @@folddyy one who has a different, unpopular political opinion to you

    • @jlc5639
      @jlc5639 Před 8 měsíci +5

      @@Ashtrixal ah, you are pro authoritarian? some guys need a daddy

    • @Ashtrixal
      @Ashtrixal Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@jlc5639 Mmh. Not sure if that was sarcasm tho

    • @thecoolmf5297
      @thecoolmf5297 Před 5 měsíci +1

      in saudi there's a quran prayer that plays throughout the entire city every morning

  • @joaorodrigues-dy9rm
    @joaorodrigues-dy9rm Před 2 lety +3

    Morning is bad enough for a worker, imagine having to deal with that crap daily😱

  • @arcpaimon
    @arcpaimon Před 9 měsíci +1

    The song is "Where are you, Dear General?" if anyone wants to know.

  • @AbstractHistory01
    @AbstractHistory01 Před 9 měsíci

    Thank you for sharing this

  • @Emileio
    @Emileio Před 3 lety +5

    if their "leader" says this is the best then i dont know what he says about other countries and how it can be worse, im scared for those people.

  • @oysterbar857
    @oysterbar857 Před 3 lety +11

    I love this place

  • @Widdekuu91
    @Widdekuu91 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Sounds like a crying angel, walking through a broken city, in the night. What a long wakeupcall as well.

  • @roblegend6715
    @roblegend6715 Před 3 lety +1

    I would have my earbuds listening to a soothing rain storm or something. That is some creepy music. And the city is super quiet very eerie

  • @FATHOLLYWOODB123
    @FATHOLLYWOODB123 Před rokem +3

    This is what George Orwell describes in 1984 😳

  • @BuddyTheCatMeow
    @BuddyTheCatMeow Před 7 lety +7

    If that sounds to anyone like the ice cream man approaching may I suggest a move.

  • @unqualitycontentiswhatido9476

    Thank you Kim, very cool!

  • @mastermindvideos898
    @mastermindvideos898 Před 9 měsíci +1

    new york will experience the meaning of quiet

  • @OmgItsLeaa
    @OmgItsLeaa Před 3 lety +3

    I kind of like the song for some reason. It's eerie and has a very dystopian feel to it.

  • @JoMarieM
    @JoMarieM Před 3 lety +5

    Totally creepy. This is like something out of a dystopian horror film!

  • @jinglejackdingle9823
    @jinglejackdingle9823 Před 9 měsíci +2

    The fact that this is the only video on this channel

  • @connormacleod7010
    @connormacleod7010 Před 3 lety

    Thank you for the Great video part 4

  • @anxietywave8735
    @anxietywave8735 Před 4 lety +47

    Btw, when you hear this in Pyongyang you aren't actually forced to get up and go to work or else face execution. This is just a city-wide alarm telling people ''hey it's morning everybody''.
    I actually like the idea of a city-wide alarm. But it should be played using outdoor stereos not loudspeakers. That's why it sounds so creepy. The actual song is very nice.

    • @serbanandreimarin5988
      @serbanandreimarin5988 Před 4 lety +1

      This song's rendition is something out of a horror movie
      They should really change the song

    • @LOL60345
      @LOL60345 Před 4 lety +1

      @@serbanandreimarin5988 4 u

    • @serbanandreimarin5988
      @serbanandreimarin5988 Před 4 lety +7

      @@LOL60345 And for the majority of the people commenting in here

    • @chrischoy9
      @chrischoy9 Před 3 lety +9

      No screw that! What about shift workers trying to get their 8 hours sleep and then having to be woken up to a city wide alarm

    • @jimboonie9885
      @jimboonie9885 Před 3 lety

      Needs a remix

  • @waria3982
    @waria3982 Před 4 lety +22

    I wish I could live there as a tourist I love places like this

    • @bugattichiron8784
      @bugattichiron8784 Před rokem +28

      You are really weird 😕

    • @Mardellio
      @Mardellio Před 9 měsíci +4

      Kl, go to any ex soviet countries
      You can find places like this everywhere.

    • @Widdekuu91
      @Widdekuu91 Před 8 měsíci +1

      I understand what you mean, but that is kindof like visiting a house with two abusive parents.
      And you sit at the dinnertable and they treat you nicely.
      And the fellow children sit at the table and only get a few grains of rice and some dry crackers.
      You ask about one of their black eyes. The parents ask you to ignore it. A kid shows you a scar on their head and a missing tooth.
      And you reply; Wow, you guys really have that grungy 'oppressed' vibe here... makes me feel like I am in a horrorhouse, really raises my adrenaline. I like that, can I live here? It will be exciting!'
      I can assure you that being oppressed is not fun and it is not 'cool' or 'hip' even though it feels like that in movies, or from an outsiderperspective.
      Just like in movies, PTSD is a 'cool' feature for people, to have melodramatic flashbacks and moments on the rooftops where they sigh and overthink their traumas.
      In reality, PTSD means that you have people grabbing you by the arm and saying; 'Seriously, stop crying. You are ruining the birthdayparty. I know you don't like the smell of smoke from the candles/popping balloons/screaming children/loud music/drunk people, but hey, it is a party, if you don't like it, you can leave."
      It means you look into the eyes of the ones you love and your brain comes up with a terrible way that they will die, or torture and pain. You will see kids playing and your mind will whisper; 'What is the worst that could happen?' and that image flashes through your brain and shows you the kids screaming in pain as a figure hurts them.
      Surpressed people are unable to show their full potential, are unable to do what they want, get told they are worthless and that they don't matter. Nameless graves, your emotions get mocked, you are undervalued and you will likely keep that energy in your mind for the rest of your life, even after you learn that you dó have worth.
      And *AGAIN* I know that in movies, there are dramatic and big redemptions and people will suddenly have a place to go, they escape and "victory!" they celebrate life.
      But in reality, they will be hurt and harmed by any little bit of critisism, they will likely throw themselves 'on the floor' for every person of authority, they will remember the pain during their happiest moments and they will mourn the loss of those many, many years in which they could not achieve what they wanted.
      And nobody around them understands it and will likely tell them to just 'enjoy the freedom you have now then!' and so on.
      I dated someone that was oppressed and I also had a neighbour that was oppressed, both by their parents, high-level abusive.
      Both hated me whenever I séémed to say something authoritative, like; You should really-' or 'I think you shouldn't.' It would bring them back to the old days, that they feared.
      They lashed out, tried to get "on top" figuratively speaking and would dominate people around them. They would oppress others (me) and harm them.
      What I am trying to say is, wanting to live in North Korea is like wanting to try and drink some gasoline to see how it feels to have burned skin on the inside of your throat.
      The curiosity is understandable, but I am warning you that movies make it all sound much more fun to be mentally unstable and they also make it seem like your environment will be more accepting than it actually is.

    • @shadesoftime
      @shadesoftime Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@Mardellioeh, not really
      From what I've seen, Pyongyang is much more interesting as the emptiness of everything yet the huge scale of buildings looks really unique. Find a video of their 10-lqne highways, for example

    • @busdrinker3734
      @busdrinker3734 Před 7 měsíci

      @@Widdekuu91dude you wrote a whole essay lmaooo

  • @roykale9141
    @roykale9141 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Finally a clean audio version. Thank you!
    Btw the song is called Where are you, Dear General?

  • @asmrstories6960
    @asmrstories6960 Před 3 lety +2

    "Pick up that can" "You want a malcompliance verdict?"

  • @antisatanist5017
    @antisatanist5017 Před 4 lety +21

    I will put this on my phone as a wake up call, I can't stop listening to it!

    • @Seacat17
      @Seacat17 Před 2 lety +12

      Yeah. It's scary, but yet, strangely beautiful. And... Familiar?

    • @Pinkhairedkilla
      @Pinkhairedkilla Před 9 měsíci +2

      It's scary and seductive at the same time, It feels familiar and nostalgic even, for a good memory or a bad one, or a memory you never had, and you are just longing for that memory but at the same time scared of it, it's kinda ominous but peaceful

    • @Pinkhairedkilla
      @Pinkhairedkilla Před 9 měsíci +1

      ​​​@@Seacat17yeah bro it feels like as if the world will end and you are scared but at the same time content that everything will be over and feeling some kind of solace and peace of mind about how you you can't save the world, but at the same time you are just sad you can't live in it anymore and sad about all the things you didn't do, but happy about everything else you did, but wishing you did other thing differently and thinking about how you deserved a better life

    • @Seacat17
      @Seacat17 Před 9 měsíci

      @@Pinkhairedkilla :')

  • @MustafaArslan2116
    @MustafaArslan2116 Před 7 lety +5

    garip yoğun bir sakinlik yaratıp şarkı kendisini takip ettiriyor ve sakinlik bir noktada bunaltıcı olmaya yaklaşıp hareketlenen bir havaya geçiyor.
    bu hava içinde bir süre daha yükselen hareketlilik insana daha olumlu duygu yüklüyor.
    duyguyla birlikte önemli bir iş yapıyormuş duygusu da üreterek sakinlik durumunu ve hareketlilik durumunu koruyor.
    bir tür duygu aşılaması yapılıyor gibi.

    • @gustavofring4915
      @gustavofring4915 Před 6 lety

      Mustafa Arslan bence süper bi müzik. Ambient böyle tam moodluk

  • @connormacleod9900
    @connormacleod9900 Před 2 lety

    Thank you For The Great Video

  • @ZombiesAteMyGF
    @ZombiesAteMyGF Před 3 lety +1

    Very eerie, would love to wake up to this while the city is under a deep fog.

  • @kevinmoore5110
    @kevinmoore5110 Před 4 lety +3

    Found my new alarm ringtone

  • @cumception6999
    @cumception6999 Před rokem +3

    We don’t know what happens there, but from what we have seen it looks like a scary vision of a broken world halfway through the Industrial Revolution and the rise of communism

  • @beomgyuniverseofficial
    @beomgyuniverseofficial Před měsícem +1

    this song is named “where are you, dear general?” but its heavily distorted. it comes from an opera “a true daughter of the party”. it’s ok until you realize this plays everywhere in the country through sound systems. terrifying.

  • @thatweatherman4411
    @thatweatherman4411 Před 4 měsíci +1

    It's not just the bell tower. They have loud speakers all over the city that echo that same tone.

  • @Dylanowich
    @Dylanowich Před 2 lety +3

    WAR IS PEACE
    FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
    IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

  • @strenghtbracer1826
    @strenghtbracer1826 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Tbh I already feel down at mornings so this song kind of fits? Nostalgic and melancholic. Morning sigarette at the balcony looking outside listening to this doesn't sound all that bad.

    • @Widdekuu91
      @Widdekuu91 Před 8 měsíci

      Don't want to send you into more of a depression, but if you like this, you might like Paschka Cigaret from Kino.
      It is Russian, but it has this sortof vibe to me as well. He says, as long as he has a pack of Cigarettes, he feels kindof okay. (At least, that is what I understood, I am Dutch, I have no clue about Russian language. I know how to say Correction-in-the-system, Good, Bloodgroup, Hello, Weapons, Grandma, Mermaid, Pack of Cigarettes, Red, and I think.. "Well done!' but I could be wrong. Sounds like Klasna or something. I do not mean Krasnaya.
      Either way, that is a song and Peremen and GruppaKrovi are also good ones from Kino.

    • @strenghtbracer1826
      @strenghtbracer1826 Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@Widdekuu91 Thanks, I already listen to Kino (Victor Tsoi), love their music

    • @Widdekuu91
      @Widdekuu91 Před 8 měsíci

      Good :)
      In that case, I have a more positive but still mellow song that I'd like to recommend, which is Flinke Namen - Wolken.
      About a guy stuck in the clouds, that is not planning on coming down soon. He cannot follow the people around him, he is just floating on the cloud in his head, there is nothing around him. @@strenghtbracer1826

  • @sfctw1
    @sfctw1 Před 9 měsíci

    Glorious Comrade Dak-Ho, let's chose the most *depressing* and haunting song to wake our workers !

  • @emeraldwind4897
    @emeraldwind4897 Před 9 měsíci +1

    This song is to remind you every morning that your under a ruthless dictator's power with no hope to ever leave or escape. This is Hell on Earth.