Name: Eugene "Yoo-Jin" Yeo Birthday: 5th July 1985 Music Interests:
J-Rock
J-Pop
M-Pop
K-Pop
Who Am I Listening To?
From Japan
浜崎 あゆみ
Hamasaki Ayumi
Abingdon Boys School
From Korea
소녀시대
Girls'Generation
슈퍼주니어
Super Junior
東方神起
Dong Bang Shin Ki
From Singapore
石欣卉
Chew Sin Huey
Friday, 7 August 2009
Tom Yam Music
It was about a year ago where I listened to my first Thai song. Before I make a trip to the land of Tom Yam, I thought it would be nice to give a little insight of Thai band Potato. Potato was introduced to me through a friend, Ernest, whose band "Blackforest Band" sang mandarin covers of popular songs from Potato like "Nee Lae Kwarme Sei Jai" and "Ruk Tae Doo Lae Mai Dai". Also, Thailand is home to popular bands like Slot Machine and artistes that made it overseas like girl duo China Dolls and Tata Young. Although there are covers of some mandarin pop songs with reference to Thai music, I am unable to name many. The most popular would be Grasshopper 草蜢 mando rendition of Asanee Wasan's"Yin Dee Mai Mee Pun Hah", which was their hit "宝贝对不起". Lastly abit of retro, will post videos of "宝贝对不起" by Grasshopper and "Num Lai" by Silly Fools. Enjoy!
There are many examples of songs resung in different languages, espcially popular songs in the world. One example would be the soundtrack of the hit game "Final Fantasy X" where the famous "Suteki Da Ne", originally in Japanese by singer Rikki, was resung in various languages including English, Vietnamese and Spanish. Close to home, Chew Sin Huey's hit song "从台北到北京" was a chinese cover of "Paris to Berlin" by Infernal. Other songs in the same album include "I Believe", a cover of a Japanese song with the same title by Ayaka.
Also, artistes release tracks in different languages. This is more common in Korean music industry where Korean artistes hit into foreign markets. The most popular example would be the Korean and English versions of "Nobody" by popular girl group Wonder Girls, Korean and Japanese versions of "Sorry Sorry" by Super Junior. Even home grown artiste JJ Lin Jun Jie has released tracks in different languages "Endless Road" in English and "害怕" in Mandarin.
The list of songs is never ending, and it is heart warming to see how songs travel around the world, sung in the different languages, portraying different feels and culture. Finally, I shall end of by introducing the Vietnamese duo Andy Quách and Linda Chou, singing the lovely "Tình Mãi Bên Nhau" which was sung in half Mandarin and half Vietnamese to the popular "美丽的神话" originally by Sun Nan and Han Hong.
“Tình Mãi Bên Nhau” by Andy Quách ft. Linda Chou
Meng zhong ren shou xi de lian kong Ni shi wo shou hou de wen rou Jiu suan lei shui yan mo tian di Wo bu hui fang shou
Mei yi ke gu du de chen shou Zhi yin wo ceng xu xia cheng nuo Ni wo zhi jian shu xi de gan dong Ai jiu yao su xing
* Wan shi cang sang wei you ai shi Yong yuan de shen hua Chao qi chao luo shi zhong bu hui Zhen ai de xiang yue
Ji fan bu tong de jiu chan duo shao hei ye qia zha Jin wo shuang shou rang wo he ni Zai ye bu li fen *
Tình ngất ngây bờ môi trao nồng ấm Tình đắm say lúc ta còn ấu thơ Tình vẫn vương từ khi lúc ban đầu Mộng sẽ như ngày nào
Tình thắm nồng vòng tay yêu còn mãi Người ái ân suốt đời còn ngẩn ngơ Tình đã trao từng đêm khát khao mong chờ Tình sẽ không bờ phai
Tình đôi ta như gió với mây trời Cùng giông chơi khắp chốn Tình đôi ta sẽ mãi không xa rời Nguyện muôn kiếp yêu nhau
Dù mai đây xa cách bốn phương trời Lời yêu đương còn thắm thiết Và trong tim sẽ mãi luôn mong chờ Ngày mai sẽ bên nhau
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Tình đôi ta như gió với mây trời Chúng ta cùng giông chơi khắp chốn Tình đôi ta sẽ mãi không xa rời Nguyện muôn kiếp yêu nhau
Dù mai đây xa cách bốn phương trời Vẫn yêu và yêu nhau mãi mãi Và trong tim sẽ mãi luôn mong chờ Ngày mai sẽ bên nhau
Yêu nhau muôn kiếp vẫn không rời Vẫn yêu hoài, suốt đời
