scratchy old roots.

[missruckus]

saw these on ebay.. but going for $100 USD each.. ouch! the first one below is the stuff my mom used to listen to when i was a kid and i hated it back then.. but now i actually like the stuff. melancholy viet pop/folk type stuff from before the 70s.. mostly songs about lost love and that sort of thing (hmm.. would it be like vietnamese blues then

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[gloriousgloves]

ok, these are fucking awesome, and I seriously think you should get them. and if you don't. I will hahha.
"but there is something sacred about holding old vinyl in your hands.. not to mention the warm sound and large format cover art!" completely understand, and I second you there.

[missruckus]

ack, i'd LOVE to have them but can't afford that price tag for a record!

[doubleindemnity]

oh man! i recognise the first singer. my parents listened to this kind of music all the time on cassettes when i was little. i don't remembering loving it as a child but i also didn't not like it. it was just on but i'm glad it was. i think it laid the foundation for my love of melancholic indie rock. i've tried to convince other friends there is a connection. i think the melody to i'll be around by neko case was from an old vietnamese torch song. and i'll even stomach the 80s production of the some of the newer stuff my mum listens to. we tried to play hoang luong (i think i may have spelt the name incorrectly) at our wedding.

[missruckus]

funny eh? i totally recognize the first singer too.. or at least there are tons of others who have that similar kinda voice.

check out this website:
http://www.vmdb.com/home_in_frame.jsp?url=http://www.vmdb.com/

[missruckus]

i will have to look up hoang luong. that's not that "em em oi.." song is it? i always hear that one at weddings (and i love it! :))

[doubleindemnity]

yeah, that's it! i didn't realise it was a wedding song. i played it too. one of the vietnamese restaurants i like going to in london burnt me a cd of her stuff. it was soooo nice of them.

i would double-check her name but i think my cds are still in storage and warren has our ipod today. if you want, maybe we can do an exchange.

i want to get my mum to tell me more about singers/musicians from this time period but i have a hard time articulating what "sound" i'm really into. i heard some newer stuff (sounded like late 90s production on the v-pop) over pho last night and it wasn't my thing at all.

the anthem by onra!!!

[nha_hang_chay]

word... khanh ly, i think, lives in cali that last time i looked into it. my personal fav is trinh cong son, who is one of Viet Nam's musical geniuses of last century

Re: the anthem by onra!!!

[missruckus]

oh man, i wish i went digging when i was there.. but i doubt hanoi has the records.. prob most of the vinyl you'd find in vietnam would be somewhere in saigon.funny though cuz a friend sent me some onra tracks awhile back (from an album touted to be all about viet samples) and i noticed that some of the stuff was actually in mandarin.. so were they chinese records too then

Re: the anthem by onra!!!

[missruckus]

funny you mention trinh cong son cuz i checked out his stuff last night too.. loved the ones khanh ly sings! http://www.vmdb.com/home_in_frame.jsp?url=http://www.vmdb.com/

Re: the anthem by onra!!!

[missruckus]

oh, but then of course, my dad voted for the conservative party a few years ago. :(

they all still have regard ho chi minh with big respect though.

[doubleindemnity]

p.s. this is the best post ever.

[missruckus]

:)