Lim Jeong-hyun
Template:Infobox Chinese actor and singer
Jeong-Hyun Lim (임정현), also known by the online alias funtwo, is a South Korean guitarist known for his cover of JerryC's Canon Rock.
He is currently, in 2008, studying 'Informaition System' at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
He played and recorded his cover of Canon Rock during 2005. He uploaded his video onto the popular Korean music site called Mule.co.kr. It was then uploaded the to YouTube by a viewer, under the title guitar. It was not long before it gathered popularity and speculation as to who was beneath the baseball cap.
Funtwo's cover of Canon Rock has been mentioned on CNN, 20/20, The New York Times[1], and National Public Radio[2], in addition to MBC news, CBC Radio, KBS news, and other Korean news stations.
Many viewers have speculated and thought the video as fake since the music is not in proper sync with the video. Lim later stated to The New York Times that this had to do with the fact that "He says he recorded the audio and video independently and then matched them inexactly."[1]
In addition to playing the work of others, Lim has now started to arrange well-known music by himself. He composed a holiday card to his fans called "Carol Rock (funtwo Is Coming to Town)", a rock version of Santa Claus is Coming to Town. He also played Dream Theater's Overture 1928, and recently he posted a video of himself performing Antonio Vivaldi's Summer from the "Four Seasons," one of Vivaldi's most famous works.
Lim has expressed no wish to carry on playing as a professional guitarist. However his online fame has allowed him to play to live audiences twice — once for the Korean ambassador in Washington, DC, and then again at the KORUS festival the same year. At the KORUS festival, Lim played improvised, altered versions of the Korean national anthem and the American national anthem. In the same interview in which he stated his wish to carry on playing guitar simply as a hobby, he also rated his own playing a modest 50/60 out of 100.
The beginning of the Weezer song "Pork and Beans" is set in Lim's iconic room, with the various members playing their various instruments. The video as a whole contains references to numerous other internet phenomena.
funtwo's Official Web Site : http://www.funtwo.us
Songs (as funtwo)
- Canon Rock
- Overture 1928
- Summer
- Carol (funtwo is coming to town)
- Mission (Main Theme)
- I'm Alright (Neil Zaza)[3]
- Triptych (Daita of Siam Shade)
- Zenith (Daita)
- Happy Birthday To You
References
- ^ a b Heffernand, Virginia (2006-08-27). "Web Guitar Wizard Revealed at Last". New York Times. Retrieved 2007-07-02.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Guitarist Behind 'Canon' Video Revealed". NPR.org. 2006-08-28. Retrieved 2007-07-02.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ YouTube - funtwo - I'am alright