Tag Archives: Music

Bảo Yến or Why Vietnamese Tease Me

So, it’s been well known (to some people) that I’ve spent the last six months of my life, maybe more looking for a hard copy of an album that I still own but in a relic format (DAC). I wasn’t able to do that, but I was able to do one better. I found some of the songs in question, and I am terribly happy about it. I have been listening to these songs non-stop for the last few days. Interestingly, i still can’t find one song in particular, but I’m persistent. I’ll keep at it.

So why do Vietnamese people make fun of me? Good question, it’s because I listen to old people music or something like that. Apparently, Bao Yen sings old style music, which basically amounts to their version of country music. You’ll find it no surprise that I don’t actually like country music here in the US, I think it sucks pretty hardcore. Anyhow, there you have it!

I know you’re just dying to hear some of it, so I’ve taken the opportunity to let you have a taste. Enjoy!

Nỗi buồn gác trọ

You can save it or stream it if it’s supported by your browser. Have fun with that. Now on to the good shit. Grant, Hier ist der Hase!!

Boa Yen (Viet Nam) - yes it's actually two words.

One of the best voices ever. EVAR!

Winnie (Viet Nam)

Almost a nun-like quality. I wanna violate it. ^_^

Happy Middle of Winter New Year Festival!

In the spirit of bringing in the Middle of Winter New Year, I’ve decided to bring out hotness that I’ve discovered. Now, some of you may be familiar with Bayonetta for the PS3. I saw a commercial for this game and immediately hit the sites looking for the creator of the music.

Yah, it rocks out. I know. I wish it had more images though, I guess the person who made it didn’t feel like scouring for them. There’s a couple versions of this down beat version (the original is way different). I think I like this one the most.

Oh, almost forgot! I know the site’s been unavailable for like a day or so because I was having a problem with my virtual hosts set up. One typo and you have all your shit goin’ to a completely different site. Well, going from the default site to a tomcat instance that isn’t completely set up is more like it. Anyhow, enjoy!!!!!

This is me signing off (to molest this kitty)

Here kitty kitty, I have treats...and candy.

M.I.A.

I listen to gobs and gobs of music. I mean really, it’s kind of sick. Well, I just saw the Pineapple Express trailer not that long ago and thought to myself, “Holy shit, they have M.I.A. on there!” The song in the trailer for Pineapple Express is, “Paper Planes”. I was on M.I.A. before she got into the US media. For those of you not in the know, M.I.A. is a Sri Lankan music artist. She’s Tamil, if it matters to anyone, and she’s got a great voice. She sounds awesome in concert from what I have seen on You Tube. I’d love to catch her here some time, but she doesn’t come to dumb cities like mine. I’m going to have to find the disposable income to go see her. Any how, here is M.I.A. doing airplanes in concert:

If you don’t like in concert stuff, well then you can have a look-see-listen to another of my favorite songs by her, $20:

Enjoy!

Sharing is Caring

Supposedly, sharing is caring. I don’t mind sharing, unless you’re trying to eat something off of my plate. I have a really hard time letting someone take something off of my plate without truly snapping. It took me 3 years to be comfortable with my son taking something off of my plate, and he’s flesh and blood. Go figure. Anyhow, since I care about you all, I decided to offer a gander at a scene from a Peking Opera. ^_^

Peking Opera requires a lot of skills to be successful. You need a high degree of athletics and singing ability. I admire the performers quite a bit. Interestingly, if anyone has seen Farewell My Concubine, a very good movie in and of itself has portrayals of the skills it takes to be good at this art form. Often time men would play female roles, but in this clip I believe this is a real female playing a female role. I’ve not actually watched the clip, only listened to it. I found this just today. Glee!