[Vnbiz] [MUSIC] Pham Duy / Tuan Ngoc

[Tran Dinh Hoanh]

Dear chi Thanh Lan,

Thanks for the note.  I like Tuan Ngoc. I would think his performance would
be very good.  Probably it is hard to compare the Pham Duy show and Tuan
Ngoc show.  Pham Duy show is about his songs, with other singers.  Tuan Ngoc
is about his voice, with other song writers.  But I would love to see Tuan
Ngoc DVD.  I imagine they would have it coming soon.

About change in some words in some of Pham Duy songs, I recognized that and
kinda smiled about it.  Mau Tim Hoa Sim, poem by Huu Loan and music by Pham
Duy, was changed once in the 1970s when it came out the first time in
Saigon, to be politically correct.  Say "nang co ba nguoi anh di bo doi" (as
in the original poem) was changed to "nang co ba nguoi anh di quan doi,"
to circulate in South Vietnam.  Now, it is changed back to the original poem
of "di boi doi."  A couple of words like that here and there.  No big deal.
I kinda feel sorry for the writers and artists of Vietnam, who are always
harassed by politicos and historical circumstances.  But the change BACK to
the original poem is very good for me.  I have always been annoyed by the
first change FROM the original.

Great day, chi Thanh Lan and all.

Hoanh


On 8/22/06, Dang T Lan <dangthanhlan at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Dear anh Hoanh,
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> However, there are mixed views concerning Pham Duy's Ngay tro ve -  where
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> his 'Rieng mot goc troi' performance has raised
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> http://vnexpress.net/Vietnam/Van-hoa/2006/08/3B9ED518/
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> And did you know that some of the words of the lyrics in PD's songs in NTV
> were changed?
>  I happened to be invited by a friend who works in the Dept of Information
> and Culture ( or is it vice versa? I can never remember :-) )  and she came
> with her whole family, and her parents happen to be former researchers in
> the said Department. They knew by heart the lyrics of PD's song  a/ when he
> wrote them
> b/ when he adapted them to perform in South Vietnam  c/ and as they are
> now - that is changed for the 2nd time for the purpose of approval.
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> Some of PD's fans resent that too, but hey, I don't get to see that kind
> of performance everyday ( and if I was not invited, I would never have seen
> it) so for me it was great.
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> Something to share in the middle of the week.
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> Dang Thanh Lan
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-- 
Tran Dinh Hoanh, LLB, JD
Attorney of Law
Washington DC
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