Vietnam War Music

I'm reopening this old thread and am starting with the classic Saigon Rock & Soul compilation:

Oh man, that"s classic!

Here's another classic compilation: Saigon Supersound:

Volume 1:





Volume 2:

The opening track is a classic - Saigon Oi by Carol Kim. I last heard this song whilst walking across the town square at Nguyễn Huệ:

Cool!! I wish some of that was on CD so I could get my local Vietnamese restaurant to play it.

Tom

I sent the link to a young (about 28) friend of mine from Vietnam who is now a U.S. citizen.
He has hear the music before, not realizing it was from that long ago.

What is cool is that I can hit the link, go to YouTube and listen while I am at this website. Really neat!

Thanks for posting it OTB.

Tom

Sooooo Cooool

Paul@ Empress wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze1T1exJ6vQ

I've had the Van Morrison and THEM song "Baby Please Don't Go" running through my head for weeks. But it's definitely a good "ear worm".

BravoSix wrote:I've had the Van Morrison and THEM song "Baby Please Don't Go" running through my head for weeks. But it's definitely a good "ear worm".

I love Them

And that's a GREAT track. Very Nam atmospheric.

So this weekend we're going Over The Border to catch some 60s Cambodian rock. This is what all the spooky agents and advisors got to hear when they hung out in bars in Phnom Penh







https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3QPTefh7bQ

Man, those are fantastic links OTB! I really want to see that movie now. You're the best tour guide EVER!

Here's some more recent stuff to show that the Khmer Rouge didn't kill Cambodian rock....

The Cambodian Space Project:

When I was in Singapore/Malaysia there were lots of records of current UK and US pop songs in Chinese; was that a feature of Vietnam? It'd be cool to have a 'hits of 60s sung in Vietnamese' playlist.

uglyfatbloke wrote:When I was in Singapore/Malaysia there were lots of records of current UK and US pop songs in Chinese; was that a feature of Vietnam? It'd be cool to have a 'hits of 60s sung in Vietnamese' playlist.

There were covers of various hits. This series of YouTube posts has an interesting mix of covers, from Mendocino by the Sir Douglas Quintet to Moon River...  

Excellent! I shall check it out - cheers.

There is a CD Compilation from the old TV Series China Beach.  I have it in the collection somewhere.

https://www.discogs.com/Various-China-Beach-Music-And-Memories/release/5901105

TailEndCharles wrote:There is a CD Compilation from the old TV Series China Beach.  I have it in the collection somewhere.

https://www.discogs.com/Various-China-Beach-Music-And-Memories/release/5901105

CBC Band, live on Saigon TV, early 1970s:



Live at Saigon Zoo, 1971:



Live audio recording, December 1971:



Band on the run: CBC Band in exile, 1975:



CBC Band performing Purple Haze at a Vietnam Vets' reunion, 2011:

Time for some weekend R&R in Bangkok....



With some local bar music:







And some memories of Bangkok's roughest bar:





https://mythailand.blog/2018/10/30/bangkoks-infamous-mosquito-bar/

I really enjoyed reading about the Mosquito Bar. There should be a movie about the place.

Tom

This thread should win some kind of award. I've learned more about music from the area and the time, then I ever thought possible. Definitely an overlooked element when it comes to research of the Vietnam War. And don't get me started about OTB's incredible pics and stories in The Saigon Gentleman's Club forum.

BravoSix wrote:This thread should win some kind of award. I've learned more about music from the area and the time, then I ever thought possible. Definitely an overlooked element when it comes to research of the Vietnam War. And don't get me started about OTB's incredible pics and stories in The Saigon Gentleman's Club forum.

Late night dude music: