Hong Kong Sevens | Move over Psy, it’s Julie Andrews’ style

If the world were a logical place, men would ride sidesaddle . . . and maybe they wouldn’t do a horsey dance that’s taken the world by storm. On December 21 last year – the day the Mayan calendar predicted the world was going to end – Gangnam Style became the first ever song to have 1 billion views on YouTube. There might be a message in there somewhere – the musical world has been reborn, or died.

Now the horsey dance has over 1.3 million views on YouTube. No wonder it was parodied in several versions, including “Hey, chips and gravy, Aussie battler style” for Australia Day on January 26.

Gangnam is a flashy nouveau riche area of Seoul, established by those who rode the wave of the property boom and didn’t wipe out. Granted, there aren’t a lot of horses in the heart of Seoul, even if Gangnam is said to be Korea’s answer to Rodeo Drive. Some say the song takes a satirical look at the new flash brash cash and is thumbing its nose at it.

Psy looks like Asia’s Austin Powers, making him a sure thing as a Hong Kong Sevens hit. Apparently, he’s even compared himself to Mr Shagadelic himself.

Even if you’d rather rub tin foil on your dental fillings than listen to K-pop, Psy has shown It’s OK to dance to K-pop, even if it’s cheesy. Cheesy is good at the Sevens. (It’s even acceptable to dance with a cheese on your head).