Soundtrack: The New Radicals - You Get What You Give
I am just going to ignore the fact that I have not updated this blog for many moons and just write as if nothing happened.
Lately I have been getting more and more affirmations that I am officially old because my teenage decade is now a the new trend.
All I could think of is: This must be what my dad felt when I told him I was into platforms and if he still had his Beatles and Hendrix vinyls.
My friends and I attended a one-hall-one-night music festival type event where they got rock bands from the 90s era to perform. The headliner was the band Suede, which I was incredibly excited about even if I only knew one song.
They came out rocking in very age appropriate attires. White shirt and fitted blue jeans with a brown leather belt. It really did look like Brett dropped by Bangkok to do a gig on his way to pick up his kids from the park on a sunny British summer afternoon.
Seriously.
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I actually prefered the mini moshpit-without-the-moshing better. It was just outside the concert hall where the a DJ played tunes like Trouble by Shampoo and Chumbawamba alikes.
I appreciated the effort and the opportunity to reminisce some good times but once it hit 10pm, the old ladies had to retire to a quiet bar for a quick night cap before heading home and wash our hair.
Love,
Colour Box
THAI FUNK
Soundtrack: Love Hot (I Feel Good Cover) - Meesak Nakaratch - Thai Funk ZudRangMa
Someone once asked if I'd rather be blind or deaf. I didn't even need a second to answer, my definite answer is I'd rather be blind.
Maybe it is something music lovers have in common but I'll be happy living in my own imagination with melodies in my ears.
There goes my romantic bs again...
Thai funk or country music has many different genre and sub genre but the 2 main ones are 'Look Tung' and 'Mor Lam'.
The singing style is very hard to master. It is a part of a culture that perhaps if you are not from it, you will not sound authentic.
I had the pleasure of seeing DAO BAN DON live. It was actually the persona and stage presence he gave out that I was captivated with. Obviously, he is a legend.
Camera in hand and trying to take shots, I lived my fantasy of being the band's (un)official photographer. Except that it's a country music gig than the Red Hot Chilli Peppers.
Must admit I was not totally familiar with his music but I was surrounded by hardcore fans and the atmosphere was so fun.
I was totally impressed with his attire. Cowboy buckle and hat with paisley dinner jacket and indigo denim. Decorated with a large diamond encrusted gold Rolex, what else right?!
A night to remember. I can cross off: Thai country singer legend off of my list of who to see before I die, or before they die rather.
Who's on your list?
Colour Box
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