[CitrusFlower]

i don't know if anyone started a topic like this yet. if someone did i'm sorry and feel free to block

im half vietnamese and i listen to vietnamese music. i know veitnamese singer tend to copy other people songs but who else is into vietnamese music? and is there any viet singer who produce there own songs?do you like vietnamese music?

[dying1004]

it's okay =]

i listen to someee songs, like if i hear it on Paris by Night or something. but yeah.. my itune playlist is predominantly English with about 10 viet songs. haha i need some recommendatiosn

[sillyvivian_yo89]

it actually depends on ppl's taste I guess.... there are some Viet songs that I really like~ but my friends just brush them off their shoulders cuz they're usually into kpop/jpop/cpop/etc. xD


yeah... Vpop is infamous for having copied songs... ><


BUT... tat's not the generality of vpop...

i'll check my playlist and introduce some vpop songs... xD



for me, I like it but not LOVE it...

[chiyo]

^

vivian!!! long time no see ^^. anyways, i agree. i think it´s hard to say i like it or i hate it etc... because Vpop is pretty diverse. while i don´t really like the old stuff and the mainstream stuff, there are a few really outstanding artists.

[strawberry_hit]

i only like some...you just have to look really..which i don't really have the time for anymore..but i tend to look for those back in the country eventhough i truly think they need to improve the mix quality..but the usa viet company tend to duplicate what in vietnam anyway...and old stuff..and yeah kina gett sick of that. yeah again..just need to know where to look that's all

[monchichi]

Some of the songs are okay... I like most of the chinese song covers coz I can sing it on karaoke at home XD

But otherwise My tam does pretty good songs. I like her song "Uoc Gi" - it's very touching and sad.

I also like "Yeu Voi" by Tam Doan.

[LostHazel]

Lol. Thought you were refering to that "Vpop" boyband. Vpop--the boyband has some really nice original composition, I just don't think they sing very well.

My playlist mainly consists of Chinese + American songs. Some Japanese and Korean.
Although I am not a fan or even frequent listener of Vietnamese music. I have to admit, minus the cover versions of various songs, there are very "modern" artist out there. The traditional or "oldies" Vietnamese music, are very admirable, but they put me to sleep...so I avoid at all cost.

[redmoon123]

Totally agree. I prefer old Viet music than the current Vpop trend.

[Deafz]

I love Vpop. I'm Vietnamese so I got to represent. But I do love it. One of my favorite artist is Nguyen, Thang. And no, I don't only like him because he has the same name as me (first and last).

[AzN_cHiC89]

^ I like Nguyen Thang too. I think V-pop is okay. Its nice to listen to sometimes but other times it can be rather annoying.

[forgottenmemories]

I'm 75% Vietnamese but I'm not a big fan of V-pop. But once in a while I'll run into a very good song that I'll obsess over for a little while.

But otherwise My tam does pretty good songs. I like her song "Uoc Gi" - it's very touching and sad.

I agree with this person. "Uoc gi" was a very good song, until my dad/brother overplayed it and my cousin killed it by singing the song.

[Vanny]

what V-pop? you mean the Teen-pop these days or the old music like Trinh Cong Son's songs?

[Megumi]

^ LOL, Trinh Cong Son, the Viet Godfather of lyrics, you call that Vpop? XD

Anyway, I actually think Vpop is just stupid. Being Vietnamese myself, I try to get myself into my own music, but everytime I hear SOMETHING, I end up hating it badly. Because it's either way a cover of a Chinese, Korean or Japanese song or just a stupid composed song by the viet themselves. They should send the composers abroad to learn how to actually make 'teen'/'modern' music ._. Cause really, it's crap.

I'm usually very open to new stuff, but Vietnamese music always gave me the "Meh..." -feeling. Watching Paris by Night these isn't much fun anymore as it was before the millenium lol.

[Vanny]

^ LOL, Trinh Cong Son, the Viet Godfather of lyrics, you call that Vpop? XD

Anyway, I actually think Vpop is just stupid. Being Vietnamese myself, I try to get myself into my own music, but everytime I hear SOMETHING, I end up hating it badly. Because it's either way a cover of a Chinese, Korean or Japanese song or just a stupid composed song by the viet themselves. They should send the composers abroad to learn how to actually make 'teen'/'modern' music ._. Cause really, it's crap.

I'm usually very open to new stuff, but Vietnamese music always gave me the "Meh..." -feeling. Watching Paris by Night these isn't much fun anymore as it was before the millenium lol.

isn't the topic maker said "Vietnamese music"? ok, then can you tell me exactly what kind of TCS's music? its not pop ballad then what is it? i'm glad to be updated the music knowledge.

Vpop is NOT stupid, do not equate. just few singers singing some stupid songs and you choose to listen those ones, then you say its stupid. lol.

and response to the cover you said. Mr./Ms. , it abounds in this world. are you sure Chinese, Korean or Japanese don't copy the US/UK music? everyone always tends to imitate what he thinks its good, nice, or at least just something that deserves him to do. same to music, if that country has developed music, ppl call it "learning". and on the contrary, if it's underdeveloped music country, they call it "copying". thats it.


it sucks to hear people call their own music "stupid" even though they still don't get the whole yet.

[波斯猫]

I like V-Pop, but I only know of a few singers. The singers I like the most are Le Uyen Nhi, My Tam, and Nhu Loan. I like the female singers more than the male ones.

[sillyvivian_yo89]

^ LOL, Trinh Cong Son, the Viet Godfather of lyrics, you call that Vpop? XD

Anyway, I actually think Vpop is just stupid. Being Vietnamese myself, I try to get myself into my own music, but everytime I hear SOMETHING, I end up hating it badly. Because it's either way a cover of a Chinese, Korean or Japanese song or just a stupid composed song by the viet themselves. They should send the composers abroad to learn how to actually make 'teen'/'modern' music ._. Cause really, it's crap.

I'm usually very open to new stuff, but Vietnamese music always gave me the "Meh..." -feeling. Watching Paris by Night these isn't much fun anymore as it was before the millenium lol.

well... those times that you hear those bad songs... you can't really generalize the WHOLE v-pop with those....

v-pop is INDEED infamous for copying songs from other countries... but in fact... it's the AUDIENCE that makes it seem that way sometimes...

I'm surfing vpop forums pretty much everyday so yah... I do follow vpop to find GOOD songs to listen to... these are situations that the fault kinda goes to the audience~


1. there's this Viet girl-band, May Trang... the leader [ Thu Ngoc] wrote the Vietnamese version for one of Twin's songs and they sang it... that song was SOOO famous that she wasn't stupid to claim it her own... but it was the mistake from the TV people that labeled that song as Thu Ngoc's song [idk if I make any sense xD]... and they got blamed for it... It was originally a cover song.... now the audience [mostly anti-fans] blamed it to the singers themselves due to a small mistake and it wasn't even their mistake~

2. some Viet composers are really losers... they copy songs/write Viet lyrics... sell the copyright of that song to a singer [she totally wasn't aware of it AT ALL] ... and when she sang it.... she got blamed for copying by the audience... but in fact it was the loser-face composer's fault... it was partially her fault for not being careful~ but she didn't deserve the blame for copying~...

3. nowadays, ANY songs with a bit English words or with GOOD beat... audience [yeppp mostly anti-fans of that singer as well] accused that those songs have the "copy" feelings from Korean/Chinese/English/whatever music...


more but I cant remember atm .... but yeah.... from the generalization.. v-pop does have a bad reputation... especially if you're Viet and you don't grow up in Vietnam... I grew up in Vietnam... that's why I follow the vpop trend and look up info/more new songs and stuff... so I know all these small things... that's why I don't hate vpop... =)




kk... introducing to you guys some Viet songs out of gazillion other good Viet songs out there~ [these are purely composed by Viet singers that are never "yet" been proven copy songs ]

listen and opinionate on these =)

1. Khoc Them Lan Nua [Cry One More Time or simply Cry Again]- Bao Thy [i know she kinda has a bad reputation after covering the 10 Minutes Viet version of Hyori's song but she does have a good voice~]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI3V0PhzNSQ

2. Tim Dau [Where?]- Bao Thy ft. Vuong Khang
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y46O_nuHZj0

3. Con Mua Chieu [The Afternoon rain?! xD haha idk] - Bich Tram
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjI1JVCsmus she has nice voice =)

4. Thien Duong Vang Em [heaven without you] - Dang Khoi [i like his voice as well]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5PA-mbkmCk



more if you're INTERESTED.....

[monicaaaa]

vpop..its ok......it doesn't really keep me interested, and i'm viet.

i only love viet ballads, yeah it is known that they tend to copy/cover cpop/kpop but thats mostly it.
most of their ballads are all originals.

minh tuyet's a great singer and many of her songs are good.

[diana©]

Erm... I guess Vpop's okay ^^; I haven't really listened to it :x I only know V4Men (the Korean group singing in Viet)...
I haven't heard anything new about them, though. They were pretty good~
(It's still considered as Vpop, right? Even though they're Korean *sweatdrops*)

[lildevil]

i ;ove Viet music lols
but i cant say that im into it because i dont listen to it that much lols

[chocopocky]

I prefer the oldies~
vpop today is way too generic..

like Bao Thy and May Trang, their voice are wayyyy digitally remixed!!!