Saigon Rock & Soul Vietnamese Classic Tracks 1968 1974 - Remaster.

CD Remaster by C.T.
01 - Tinh Yêu Tuyệt Vời - CBC Band (The Great Love) 0:00-3:51
02 - Bài Ca Ngông - Elvis Phương (The Crazy Song) 3:52-7:35
03 - Cái Trâm Em Cài - Carol Kim (Your Hair Clip) 7:36-12:10
04 - Tóc Mai Sợi Vắn Sợi Dài - Thanh Mai (Uneven Hair) 12:11-16:47
05 - Nỗi Buồn Con Gái - Carol Kim (The Sadness Of Being A Girl) 16:48-20:40
06 - Con Tim Và Nước Mắt - Bich Loan & CBC Band (Heart And Tears) 20:41-24:28
07 - Đêm Huyền Diệu - Phương Tâm (Magical Night) 24:29-29:05
08 - Sao Biển - Lệ Thu (Starfish) 29:06-33-56
09 - Mặt Trời Đen - Minh Xuân & Phượng Hoàng Band (The Black Sun) 33:57-36:58
10 - Bừng Sáng - Thái Thanh (Dawn) 36:59-41:29
11 - Những Đóm Mắt Hoả Châu - Băng Châu (The Fireballs) 41:30-45:14
12 - Chuyện Tình Sao Ly - Giao Linh (Sao Ly’s Love Story) 45:15-49:55
13 - Kho Tàng Của Chúng Ta - Elvis Phương (Our Treasures) 49:56-52:41
14 - Hoài Thu - Thanh Lan (Autumn Memory) 52:42-56:50
15 - Hờn Anh Giận Em - Hùng Cường & Mai Lệ Huyền (Jealousy) 56:51-1:00:14
16 - Duyên Phận Con Gái - Mai Lệ Huyền (A Girl’s Destiny) 1:00:15-1:05:00
17 - Đố Ai - Phương Dung (Riddles) 1:05:01-1:09:04
ABOUT THE SONGS:
SAIGON ROCK & SOUL Vietnames Classic Tracks - 1968-1974
(From the LP Center cover)
01 - The Greatest Love: Love will be there until death.
02 - The Crazy Song: An anti-Viet Cong song. The VC promised to transfer money from the rich to the poor. This song speaks about being happy with what you already have, and how no amount of jewels in the world can buy real freedom.
03 - YOUR HAIR CLIP: Her soldier lover has sent a hair clip, which he fashioned for her out of shrapnel as a gift from the trenches.
04 - UNEVEN HAIR: She sang of a musician she once loved dearly, and how her life has changed as the result of an arranged marriage with a different man.
05 - THE SADNESS OF BEING A GIRL: “How can I hold onto my beloved? How bitter it is when things don’t work out. It’s better not to love, but to just keep things fresh, like in the beginning…only making love. I keep telling my heart not to miss, not to love, not to dreams. It’s so hard being a girl.”
06 - HEART AND TEARS: Love hurts but still exists.
07 - MAGICAL NIGHT: “If we can be together for one night, then we can love forever.”
08 - STARFISH: The story of a man forced to leave his young lover in order to fight in the war.
09 - THE BLACK SUN: “The sun is so black, black like our life. Life is like a homeless dog at night. Don’t trust or believe, or else you’ll be crushed and part with your hopes and dreams. The black sun is still the king of the dark shadows, of memories. I want to forget and wish away the sadness. The sun is black, black like the night. Why do I still see the sun as black as ink?”
10 - DAWN: “Tomorrow you leave to fight the war. This is the last night we have together, so let’s just enjoy it.”
11- FIREBALLS: Where he is, she will follow and be by his side. Fireballs reference the flares used to light the way for soldiers moving in the night.
12 - SAO LY’s LOVE STORY: A woman (Sao Ly) from the mountainous village of Sau Ri loves a man from a rival village of Cam Ray. As she sneaks away to see her lover by night, she is followed into the forest by a man from her own village who kills her with an arrow out of jealousy.
13 - OUR TREASURES: “True love uis like a treasure. We will always be happy, even though we are in poverty.”
14 - AUTUMN MEMORIES: She sings an ode to autumn in her beloved town of Da Lat.
15 - JEALOUSY: A woman is jealous that her soldier husband is away so often. “The life of a man has hundred of ways, but the fate 9of a girl has only one. When you’re away, you better not cheat, you hear me? Let’s make love for a long time. 15 days of leave go by so fast, leaving sadness behind.”
16 - A GIRL’s DESTINY: Feeling jealous that her soldier boyfriend has not come back to see her, she claims that his love fir the country is greater than his love for her.
17 - RIDDLES: A love song in riddle form. “Who is it that knows how many stalks of rice there are? How many curves a river has? How many clouds are in the sky? Who is the one who can sweep all leaves from the forest floor? The one who knows these answers is the one I will be with.”

[@deannenguyen3041]

Pardon my language but holy shit. Growing up Vietnamese American is a loaded upbringing because I love my family and am proud of my heritage but struggled to find my own modern connection. I thought Vietnamese music was just Paris by Night and bad pop. But hot damn, I’ve been hopping my head nonstop listening to this mix, thinking of my dad’s hippie, anarchist spirit. I am so grateful you uploaded this. I want to learn how to read Vietnamese again. I want to wear my ao dai to karaoke and belt one of these songs. Seriously, I think you just changed my life.

[@jaybenh9940]

Good luck to you, I'm born British but have Libyan heritage from my Dad, wish I could speak Arabic sometimes to be able to better bond. I've also lived in Vietnam and travelled a lot of the country and have learnt Vietnamese at an intermediate level and would love to one day be fluent it's just comes down to, wants vs musts in life and commitment and what label we put our understanding of our identity. Being bilingual / multilingual is a really admirable, amazing thing though. :)

[@mimiimim4684]

I’m a first generation American of Mexican decent (who loves the song at 37:00 haha) and it’s nice to know that we aren’t alone in having to fully embrace our culture as we get older and make it our own. It clicked with music for me too and I practiced my Spanish more by singing along. Congrats and good luck :’)

[@Kratos101x]

I am a Chinese/Filipino and the other half is Native American and Hispanic and I am grateful for this mix. I usually listen to 60s classic rock or 80s Cantonese golden hits, but I am very grateful for this track list.

[@bcaominh]

I think the style was more prevalent in Cambodia - but swapped over to VN. If you go to any community events with “old” people - that’s the music they play and dance to. Unfortunately, that can’t be said about Vietnamese cultural events...

[@hankthayer7425]

Go for it! Language and culture are worth the effort. My wife and I dragged our kids to Japanese language class every Saturday for almost a decade. They hated it at the time, and we sometimes wondered if it was worth the effort. But now all four of us are glad we did it. BTW, I am not Vietnamese, or even Asian, but I LOVE this music too! How could anyone not love? It is just awesome!

[@santiagoayala2975]

You know what is even more horrific? That you're listening to people that were killed... most of these artists were killed when the North Vietnam took control of the South... because they were playing music from the enemies. But here's the miracle, even if those musicians and singers were executed, somehow their vinyls managed to survive stored somewhere... and thus they reached until today, and now we can listen to their voices and instruments here in KZbin. It's a miracle, a true miracle made by providence and the magic of music, and I can't help but cry. Thanks Vietnamese artists, for having made such wonderful music!!!

[@tomaslopez2940]

That's a really sad thought.... I hope some of them escaped to the U.S....

[@alexmeatsixxable]

Not one of these artists were killed by the Vietnamese government. All but three are still alive today (all deceased artists lived out their natural lives) and a quick google search would show you that many of them play shows in Vietnam to this day. What an uneducated, stupid comment to leave on this video.

[@michelevalykeo8968]

I’d caught this vibration of death breezing over the music I love. So, I blast it off my patio. Sound travels and never stops. So, I play it, play it, play it. I was gifted an ao dai hand made (for me) in Vietnam. I take care of it. I hope she and band got on a Huey instead, living out life long enough to find something good.

[@browngirlinaclownworld2077]

It'd be cool to hear some music like THIS in a Vietnam War movie/game instead of the typical US oriented soundtrack.

[@An_Economist_Plays]

But then how will we know it's a Vietnam War movie? Oh, wait, I see what you did there... :-)

[@browngirlinaclownworld2077]

@Zephyr We could also use more Vietnam War movies from the perspective of the Vietnamese. There are precious few of those.

[@An_Economist_Plays]

@Zephyr that's where the movie shows that Vietnam wasn't the 51st state.

[@An_Economist_Plays]

@Zephyr movies made in the US about the war have uniformly depicted it as a conflict between the USA and North Vietnam, hardly any depiction of the ARVN.

[@annethmedina7310]

Maybe we should let Vietnam move on and stop making movies about the Vietnam war.

[@BabweJim]

You know you live in crazy times, when you can find Vietnams Rock from the 70´s in Internet when you are 30 years old man from Germany! I LOVE IT!

[@user-nc3gg4ls8n]

Or 16 year ukranian student.

[@xunikittystolemycandyx5925]

or a 15 year old from America

[@jackydaxter2220]

Or a 19 years old student in France

[@annasssokol]

lol love the user name

[@DJCHAV0]

Love that the youth of the WORLD is branching out to discover new and exciting types of music. Keep on keepin’ on.

[@KhoaLe-uc2ny]

As a Vietnamese born and raised, I never knew my country, let alone the city I grew up in produced these bangers until now. Never been so proud.

[@Marcjacobs97]

They produced these bangers until they were slaughtered and silenced by the oppressive north. I truly respect Ho Chi Minh and his dedication to his beliefs....but all this art was snuffed out in the name of communism. So, for better or worse, what are you more proud of? The victory of the north? Or the art of the snuffed out south?

[@daviddoan3815]

@@Marcjacobs97 exactly, this kind of music was banned I can still remember those days. It is considered too bourgeois for the commies, or worse belongs to the "enemies".

[@XD-ph2pr]

@@Marcjacobs97 Jesus dude, can always count on KZbin comments to get toxic and political on every single thing , like just let people enjoy their cultural heritage. People don't go around banging Jim Crow over Americans' heads when they express appreciation for swing music or colonial imperialism over Europeans' heads when they do the same for classical, why do you think it's OK to do so with the Vietnam War to a Vietnamese person enjoying 60s/70s music from their country?

[@MrTjadet]

@@XD-ph2pr Are you a communist?

[@XD-ph2pr]

​@@MrTjadet It doesn't matter if I am or not. I didn't click on this video to talk about politics, and neither did the original commenter. We're just here for some sweet tunes

[@LuckyXinRu]

Every time someone say things like "Man I wish I was born in another era" I say: are you crazy? This is the best time to be alive so far in history of mankind... At least so far... What other time could we find this by the tip of a click? A guy in Brazil, during lockdown, listening to Vietnamese songs from 50 years ago. Amazing upload by the way.

[@whattawhaddaya6561]

Not so much for everyone else during that era.

[@phoxx4582]

"A guy in Brazil, during lockdown, listening to Vietnamese songs from 50 years ago." lmao! love it

[@timothyspool1399]

It's an opinion, so it's all about perspective. For somewhere like Brazil, of course things have improved, but for many developed countries things have gotten worse. There's more to life than listening to music on the internet. Also, just for arguments sake, right now in lockdown is far worse than things immediately prior to the outbreak of covid.

[@LuckyXinRu]

@@timothyspool1399 I doubt we can find anywhere in the world where you can say "this was better 50 years ago"... In all aspects of life quality. If we don't wanna look by music look by life expectancy, take USA for example: nowadays it's 85 years old, 50 years ago it was 63 years old... That's a huge improvement.

[@romanr.301]

@@LuckyXinRu You are absolutely right. Also @Timothy, 50 years ago, the US had barely even abolished segregation. So clearly, 50 years ago, life was decisively NOT better for millions of people in the developed country of the US. And if things have gotten worse, it’s almost certainly because of poor, short-sighted decision making by people in power in the past that snowballed into the present, and not some vague issue of “morality” or “respectability” that so many romanticists of the past love to bitch and moan about. If by “things” getting worse, you mean that the minimum wage has not kept up with inflation, that housing has become a lot more expensive, and that education/healthcare (in the US at least) have become increasingly expensive, then yes, I agree with you. Things have indeed gotten worse in THOSE respects.

[@tungsuper113]

00:00 CBC Band - Tinh Yeu Tuyet Voi (The Greatest Love) 03:50 Elvis Phuong - Bai Ca Ngong (The Crazy Song) 07:38 Carol Kim - Cai Tram Em Cai (Your Hair Clip) 12:12 Thanh Mai - Toc Mai Soi Van Soi Dai (Long, Uneven Hair) 16:50 Carol Kim - Noi Buon Con Gai (The Sadness of Being a Girl) 20:42 Bich Loan and CBC Band - Con Tim Va Nuoc Mat (Heart and Tears) 24:28 Phuong Tam - Dem Huyen Dieu (Magical Night) 29:07 Le Thu - Sao Bien (Etoile Des Neiges) (Starfish) 33:59 Minh Xuan & Phuong Hoang - Mat Troi Den (Black Sun) 37:00 Thai Thanh - Bung Sang (Dawn) 41:30 Bang Chan - Nhung Dom Mat Hoa Chau (Fireballs) 45:16 Giao Linh - Chuyen Tinh Sao Ly (A Love Story From Sau Ri) 49:57 Elvis Phuong - Kho Tang Cua Chung Ta (Our Treasures) 52:44 Thanh Lan - Hoai Thu (Autumn Memory) 56:54 Hung Cuong & Mai Le Huyen - Hon Anh Gian Em (Jealousy) 1:00:14 Mai Le Huyen - Duyen Phan Con Gai (A Girl's Destiny) 1:05:03 Phuong Dung - Do Ai (Riddles)

[@supertrampulysses]

thanks

[@chrisjarrett8133]

Love the english translations of the song titles. Awesome names!

[@e34boat88]

ty

[@AlmostCouture]

Lê Thanh Tùng thanks for sharing the track list ❤️

[@fabiogalante7279]

Lê Thanh Tùng thanks😊

[@asmodeus0454]

Great to listen to "Saigon Rock & Soul, 1968-74": Can't speak a word of Vietnamese but I love it!

[@ngai1842]

This awakes in me some sort of nostalgia for something I never knew and that does no longer exist.

[@keroagunso]

南ベトナムのガレージロックが聴ける事に大変興奮しています。やはり当時のベトナムにも熱烈なロックシーンがあったのですね！ 素晴らしい音源をありがとうございます。感恩！

[@yyguuyg]

I saw this record on display in a Vietnamese restaurant and I thought I'd see if I could find it. HOLY SHIT! I am blown away by this. Its so fucking cool. The production, the songwriting, the performances. Amazing, I love it!

[@twhoskins4729]

I remember the Saigon Sound of the late 60's. It's truly a "lost genre" of music.

I love vietnam 🇻🇳, love from america 🇺🇸

[@PeckerwoodIndustries]

Plain old white bread Norwegian American here, some of this is badass, and I am so glad I looked over here. I am married to a Thai expat, and was looking for Thai psychedelic but found so much more just by listening. God I would have loved to see what a club gig looked like when this was going. Gives me terrible sense of ennui like other good music of places, and times I didn't experience..

[@sunrah4469]

All praise is due to the internet gods for feeding my hungry ears with a new musical genre i was completely unaware of.

[@hjarnansjarn5969]

What about this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5_Pf5SDi854g9E

[@MasKpt]

Can't understand a single word, yet this is super pleasant to listen to. The roughness of the Vietnamese language (for a Portuguese listener, at least) matches perfectly this style of music.

[@jefftron1504]

So fricken cool...IM in the Band scene in Adelaide Australia...gonna do some covers of these awesome songs

[@cgrant-Z28]

Outstanding! I wasn't aware that Vietnam has so much SOUL....

[@AgentSmith911]

I feel like driving through Saigon in 1969 on a motorcycle with this jamming in the background 🏍️

[@nimblehuman]

I live in City Heights in San Diego, where many of the people associated with the Republic of Vietnam ended up after the fall of Saigon in 1975. This is their music, I'm surprised I have not heard more of this here. Pure Viet vocals combined with rich psychedelic instrumentals worthy of Joplin or Hendrix, this music is really the Viet expression of psychedelic rock. Thanks for sharing this Chris! Track 4 is the one stuck in my head :)

[@2degucitas]

Yeah, brother. Long Beach is a major Boat People destination. There's a huge community there.

[@daviddoan3815]

Yeah, it's a puzzle to me too why this kind of music was never broadcasted in the overseas, "boat people" Vietnamese generation, communities around the world. Perhaps, it reminds people of the war and its sufferings, or perhaps the anti-war period. I was 5 or 6 years old when I sometimes heard this music a few years before the fall of Saigon. I was too young to appreciate its brilliance then.

[@alienOG-zh2xs]

My family also immigrated from Saigon to San Diego (City Heights)! This was in 1985

[@AustralianBushman]

My Vietnamese neighbour loves this whether he likes this or not thank you :)

[@candicekundelius1683]

I LISTENED TO ARBIC JAPANESE AND SPANISH MUSIC. BUT THIS IS OUT STANDING KEEP IT UP GOD IS IT GOOD.

[@btlan6121]

Thank you Chris Tran for posting these videos to open young generation ‘s eyes ! Don’t forget the South VN was named as Hòn Ngọc Viễn Đông! We were proud of this period of time .

[@tenkhongco1600]

and don't forget that without american's money, "Hòn Ngọc Viễn Đông" is just some balls inside scrotum. Won't you accept the fact that USA poured so much money to there just to make it looks shiny, which is contrasted with the countryside, where the people were still poor and raped, killed by American soldiers? what a terrible No Kì Chám

[@suicidebysasquatch4873]

Sent here by Ta Ma my Saigon Sister...Loving it from Australia

[@keithharveymaximusviegas1362]

heard and met the CBC band in Bombay at the Blow Up Disc hotel Taj 74/75 they went to the US later fabulous band

[@user-rh5yf2wz8l]

Been listening to this album cranked up full-tilt & driving 'round the streets of Toronto. Now this is the *best* CBC! Bich Loan knows how to belt it out! 🎶

[@rob1248996]

Xin Chao Chris. Thanks very much from an old Navy vet. I love Vietnamese people.

[@kwameaddo5975]

Never tired of Saigon rock!

[@missmaam4497]

the vietnamese diaspora is real, i feel at home. thank u for this🥩

[@Touhou2006]

As an american, I love vietnam.

[@celiavandenbogert4282]

I like these deep cuts of music, enjoyig grooving to these late at night

[@Japan_Silent_Walk]

It's amazing that they were producing these great songs during the Vietnam War. 👍🙏🌹

[@juancdtrojo]

Great sound!!! Hugs from Colombia... To much love for Vietnam!!

[@GAM3RK1NG.]

Which Vietnam? The late South Vietnam? Because this music was made in South Vietnam before its civilians were massacred and the county annexed by north vietnam and vc.

[@michaelstafford3244]

ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC ALBUM!!!!

[@NorthSea_1981]

This is amazing! I'm German and I love this! Awesome piece of music history

[@NhonTransj]

Thank you for listening and commenting. There are too many thanks for me to reply to each of you individually.

[@aaronscottmatthews7883]

thank you for sharing Mr Tran!

[@toolguyslayer1]

Chris Tran oddly enough I do like it who would you say was most closest related to Jimi Hendrix or Joe Satriani

[@starwarser7801]

this Artist is very good ...regardless if we don t understand ...I love her Reggae Style Tune

[@cjbani159]

Thank you very much Chris! from CJ, your new friend in Chicago

[@BitOfUltraviolence]

I never knew the Vietnamese had rock music.

[@quocvietophu1627]

this kind of music returned not so long after the fall of saigon

[@NhonTransj]

Really? I left the day Saigon fell so I didn't know about this. Please share some of this same "kind of music" if you know of any. Thank you in advance. The only band I know that is still playing until now is the CBC band (song #1 & #6), in Houston, TX).

[@gandalfsedy9373]

+Chris Tran Such music can destroy not only borders between people, but moreover real borders between nation!! We have had very rapid developement of psychedelic music, but all was cut off in 1968 year after invasion of russian troops in Czechoslovakia. It means vietnamese psychedelia is much more developed, like our underground half of 70's:-)

[@gandalfsedy9373]

+Chris Tran Thank you for these tracks Mr. Tran!

[@FreshAsianSwagg]

It was so underground though, because of the fear of being prosecuted, that it died off soon after. Artist like Elvis Phoung and were forced to switch up on the music they made in order to keep on going with their music careers. Elvis Phoung continued to be huge in Vietnam, but he never made rock/soul music again.

[@WaPow132]

I would say this but to a lesser degree kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpzWdqR5d9Snpas

[@gulfcoastpinebelt8600]

Good music! Much respect to my Vietnamese neighbors. My windows wide open playing this over the garden.

[@michaelkottler]

Groovy, baby. Dope AF, even. CAN YOU DIG IT?!? "Yeah, yeah!"

[@letsgoinc.705]

Great other worldy but in the vein of what is now. I needed to hear this. THank you.

[@christinedoremi]

I’m so proud to be Vietnamese. Being a Canadian-born Vietnamese, I didn’t know Viet music beyond Paris By Night and the traditional folk music my parents listened to. A fire has been ignited in me! SO PROUD ✨

[@Marcjacobs97]

Look at the dates of recording and see if you can make a correlation with the south's struggle against a communist regime. You like this music, and so did the people of the south who where slaughtered and silenced by the north for it.

[@christinedoremi]

​@@Marcjacobs97 So should we stop enjoying this kind of music because a "Jordan Mackenzie" said so ...on the internet? LOL It's 2022. The war happened a really long time ago, and rest assured no one is forgetting it. Being a South Vietnamese myself, where my parents escaped Vietnam via boats, you think I don't understand the struggle that my family/ancestors went through because of the war and colonialism? Despite this, we are allowed to enjoy music that has been rediscovered. Let's just focus on that. Carry on and have a great day!

[@Marcjacobs97]

@@christinedoremi I didn’t understand what I said. This is common for undereducated people. Don’t worry, you have a great career as a cashier ahead of you.

[@christinedoremi]

@@Marcjacobs97 ok boomer. You must be fun at parties. Maybe listen to this entire track and you'll feel reinvigorated again :)

[@Marcjacobs97]

@@christinedoremi Fun at parties? You have no idea! Nor shall you, you’re not invited. See you at the checkout! :))

[@natecollins9331]

I think these soundtrack should be put on a Vietnam war-themed movies !!!!

[@Mika30041975]

Damn good idea.

[@elchamakito336]

@@joecitizen4116 well, the hippies won

[@0x13horizon4]

@XEREBRL I know this is a year old comment but that’s a wonderful idea

[@whattawhaddaya6561]

@XEREBRL there are many movies that were in the North Vietnamese perspective it’s just not popular unlike the western ones, what we need is a movie from the South Vietnamese perspective themselves, maybe the Laotian and Cambodian perspectives can be added

[@jerryboyd7086]

Currently watching Ken Burns' The Vietnam War doc on PBS.org & heard a snippet of one of these songs & had to hear more! I'm sure my 3 uncles who served there heard some of these songs back in the day. Thank you for posting these.

[@enacada]

Track listing 01. CBC Band - Tinh Yeu Tuyet Voi (The Greatest Love) 02. Elvis Phurong - Bai ca ngong (The Crazy Song) 03. Carol Kim - Cai Tram Em Cai (Your Hair Clip) 04. Thanh Mai - Toc Mai Soi Van Soi Dai (Long, Uneven Hair) 05. Carol Kim - Noi Buon Con Gai (The Sadness of Being a Girl) 06. Bich Loan and CBC Band - Con tim va nuroc mat (Heart and Tears) 07. Phurong Tam - Dem huyen dieu (Magical Night) 08. Le Thu - Sao Bien (Etoile Des Neiges) (Starfish) 09. Minh Xuan & Phurng Hoang - Mat troi den (Black Sun) 10. Thai Thanh - Birng Sang (Dawn) 11. Bang Chan - Nhung dom mat hoa chau (Fireballs) 12. Giao Linh - Chuyen Tinh Sao Ly (A Love Story From Sau Ri) 13. Elvis Phurong - Kho Tang Cua Chung Ta (Our Treasures) 14. Thanh Lan - Hoai Thu (Autumn Memory) 15. Hung Cuong & Mai Le Huyen - Hon Anh Gian Em (Jealousy) 16. Mai Le Huyen - Duyen phan con gai (A Girl's Destiny) 17. Phuong Dung - Do Ai (Riddles)

[@pakovegabsd]

I am speechless.... I feel so blessed to have found this.

[@hlamart1]

Right? Thahn May and Carol Kim are pouring out the soul of a woman with fuzz guitar and a basic rock drum set.

[@akirathuyen]

I'm half vietnamese and I live there for 7 years and I never knew it had rock music!I only knew the calm beautiful songs

[@stimulustv5955]

SUPER COOL. I can even feel my hair growing faster, thank you 60's/70's music !

[@GlenKioni17]

I can lose myself to the CBC band, she's a very psychedelic performer, loose, fashionable etc. etc.

[@Dowee89]

there are some very fine tunes, someone please give these bands trophies.

[@Marcjacobs97]

They were given trophies by the north - more often than not, bayonets in the torso.

[@captaintaiyaki4879]

I stumbled across the 2XLP of this in a vintage thrift shop in Brooklyn this summer. Spent the whole afternoon jamming to this and drinking Vietnamese ice coffees.

[@cky90781]

I came here for samples & to hear Bronson brought some of you guys here gives me hope for real music 🙏🔥🙏🔥🙏

[@ericarawlings2830]

OMG funky hybrid, just like my self ! My mom from Saigon, dad from West Virginia, I was born in 1974 in Los Angeles, this music is what I should have been listening to in the womb, thank you Chris !!!

[@GuinnPhoto]

Where was your dad from in West Virginia?

[@billyknoxx304]

West Virginia Here ✊ We had alot of boys fight in Nam ! my Papaw

[@michelevalykeo8968]

I have West Virginia roots from my dad’s side also. Deep connection to Vietnam also, though my mix is south Asian.

[@brianbyczek3042]

i was listening to these 50 years ago at the Saigon Echo Room........seems like a dream now ! I fell in love around every corner

[@robertosilva6007]

âm nhạc tốt , rất tốt

[@deejay1569]

It’s amazing!!! Joe Rogan podcast with Action Bronson brought me here!!!!

[@Denver_Risley]

Wandering around, looking for different music and found this. It's incredible!

[@THECLARENCES]

The Clarences love & support Saigon Rock & Soul Vietnamese Classic Tracks 1968 1974!

[@NhonTransj]

In November 26, 1970, the ROLLING STONE magazine in a two page article on the CBC Band, a band with a 13 y.o. drummer (playing #1 & &6 in this album) wrote "CBC is the best band in Vietnam, most of the Orient for that matter". The band was well known for doing cover songs (Jimi Hendrix, Grand Funk Railroad, Santana, etc...). Check out the sample of the CBC Band's 1971 studio recording, made for their American military fans in Saigon & surrounding area: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5ytiGpjf8p6ZrM Video of CBC playing some cover songs: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pousf3hvrr6NeZY They are still playing in Houston, Texas and in 2013 celebrated their 50th anniversary.

[@Redbull357]

How do I find where they are playing in Houston? Thanks Mr. Tran

[@NhonTransj]

Redbull357 They play on weekends at Diamond Club, 6292 Wilcrest Dr, Houston, TX 77072.

[@thinhmai5334]

I remembered listening to these musics on my dads tape player when we were boat refugees. Thank you. It brought tears to my eyes. The memories are rushing back in. Thank you again.

[@urmomgeyyy2483]

As an Mexican American this song gives me tears of joy

[@brainfreeze9653]

Taking a journey deep into my own mind.

[@roberthunter4884]

Totally unexpected. You don't even need to understand the language to enjoy some truly great Rock. Thank you for such a great contribution.

[@marianomilanes8228]

Tóc Mai Sợi Vắn Sợi Dài Thuở ấy em vừa thôi kẹp tóc Thuở ấy anh vừa thôi học xong Yêu anh, yêu anh em làm thơ Yêu em, yêu em anh soạn nhạc Thuở ấy thơ còn non mùi sữa Thuở ấy tiếng đàn nghe vụng quá Cho nên không khoe nhau bài thơ Cho nên không khoe nhau bài nhạc Ở nhà mẹ dạy câu ca Mang ra cho nhau nghe nhé Ở nhà mẹ dạy câu ru Mang ra cho nhau ghi nhớ. A à ! Lan Huệ sầu ai Lan Huệ héo Lan Huệ sầu đời trong héo ngoài tươi. Từ đó ta thành đôi tình nhân Từ đó ta cùng vui tình xuân Yêu nhau, yêu nhau theo thời gian Xa nhau, xa nhau theo mộng tàn Từ đó em làm dâu người ta Từ đó anh thành anh nghệ sĩ Em thôi, em thôi không làm thơ Em yên, em yên vui chuyện nhà Còn đời người bạn năm nao Trôi theo, trôi theo cơm áo Cười đùa đàn địch xôn xao Nhưng không quên câu hoa héo. A à ! Lan Huệ sầu ai Lan Huệ héo Lan Huệ sầu đời trong héo ngoài tươi. Đời sống trôi hoài không nghỉ ngơi Đời sống kéo dài cõi trần ai Con tim, con tim gieo ngàn nơi Anh yêu, anh yêu cũng nhiều rồi Lòng vẫn thương người em tuổi thơ Lòng vẫn nhớ tình duyên ngày xưa Bao nhiêu, bao nhiêu thiên Trường Ca Không qua, không qua câu Mẹ hò Ngày nào Mẹ dạy câu ca Đôi ta ru nhau trong gió Ngày rày đọc lại câu thơ Mưa rơi, mưa rơi trên má. A à ! Tóc mai sợi vắn sợi dài Lấy nhau chẳng đặng, thương hoài ngàn năm

[@ThuyBachMai]

❤❤

[@sejlali1]

I'm in central Saigon and I been craving western funk,soul and rock and roll cause pretty much all the music I've heard in Vietnam has been awful!! then I found this!!!!!😎😎😎😎😋😋😋😋😉😉 some fucking amazing breaks!!! absolutely love it!! thankyou for uploading!

[@wonseoksuh7066]

Got any new nice bands based on Vietnam so far?

[@jefftron1504]

I come from a small Town in NZ..check out Collision...funky as a 🐒

[@khoald1682]

"Uneven hair" is my most favourite song!

[@rachelectroDC-84]

Just stumbled upon this last night and today I'm already "singing along" to the first song (as best I can, not knowing a single shred of Vietnamese, hehe). Amazing tunes and blending of cultures here. Thank you for sharing something so rare that I know that I would never have found it otherwise. 👏💜🎶

[@HarrisS888]

so freaking awesome. I can cook, clean, and or chill to all these tracks. thank you for the upload

[@snakeroy3467]

Really good stuff! I'm a route driver, and it makes for great driving music passing through the mountains of Pennsylvania!! Love it!

[@lucn6173]

Tracklisting A1 -Bich Loan and CBC Band Tinh Yêu Tuyệt Vời (The Greatest Love) A2 -Elvis Phương Bài Ca Ngông (The Crazy Song) A3 -Carol Kim Cái Trâm Em Cài (Your Hair Clip) A4 -Thành Mái Tóc Mai Sợi Vắn Sợi Dài (Long, Uneven Hair) B1 -Carol Kim Nỗi Buồn Con Gái (The Sadness Of Being A Girl) B2 -Bich Loan and CBC Band Con Tim Và Nước Mắt (Heart And Tears) B3 -Phương Tâm Đêm Huyền Diệu (Magical Night) B4 -Lệ Thu Sao Biển (Etoile Des Neiges) (Starfish) C1 -Minh Xuân & Phượng Hoàng Mặt Trời Đen (Black Sun) C2 -Thái Thanh Bừng Sáng (Dawn) C3 -Bang Chan Những Đóm Mắt Hoả Châu (Fireballs) C4 -Giao Linh Chuyện Tình Sao Ly (A Love Story From Sau Ri) D1 -Elvis Phương Kho Tàng Của Chúng Ta (Our Treasures) D2 -Thanh Lan Hoài Thu (Autumn Memory) D3 -Hùng Cường & Mai Lệ Huyền Hờn Anh Giận Em (Jealousy) D4 -Mai Lệ Huyền Duyên Phận Con Gái (A Girl's Destiny) D5 -Phương Dung Đố Ai (Riddles)

[@ThuyBachMai]

❤❤

[@ac1dman]

Toc Mai Soi Van Soi Dai == non-stop goosebumps. Incredible.

[@mgtowbro917]

Groovy. Out of sight. Kawabunga. Heavy. Unreal. Wowww. etc..

[@trevorhoward2505]

swinging shifty

[@oldschool_2717]

MGTOW Bro kowabunga dude...😎✌

[@elizabethkelly3005]

I went from King Gizzard and The Lizzard Whizzes to this, thank you! Lol. 💜

[@jonathanjeon5648]

My friend remembered and talked about Saigon Squeaky when he heard this music. Gosh...gone are the days of 60s and 70s...

[@formersamonellaclone]

when i look up “music from the vietnam war” this is the kind of stuff i wanna listen to!

[@ThurstonHunger]

the last track Dô Ai Phuong Dung is lovely and sung enchantingly. Vietnamese is a beautiful language , she sang so fully that the words turned in my ear like a key opening a lock , thank you for this gift .

[@chandanjyotigohain4463]

12am in India, don't know why I searched 'Saigon music' and this showed up!!!! ✨ Hope I will visit Vietnam one day 🇻🇳

[@NhonTransj]

If and when you visit Vietnam, in Saigon, contact me.

[@tuyentuenguyen9909]

This album is the jewel of Vietnamese music

[@jackman435]

Very Good & Soulful....

[@radialaxis]

Amazed by the technical level of the playing throughout this. Incredible stuff.

[@brandonlee8312]

ACTION BRONSON AND ROGAN BROUGHT ME HERE!

[@miguelluna4437]

A buddy of mine showed me this album back in high school and it's one of the greatest compilations on KZbin!

[@lambn25]

This is beautiful brother, I’m Vietnamese from the north I Grew up in Vietnam. Even then I still love this album so much, I think I gonna do a lyrics video on ‘em

[@Ipipeyourmom]

Thank you if you do. I have to rely on shoddy artificial translations to understand any of these songs

[@laphidungable]

Thank you anh Christ. A lot of love! 😍😍😍

[@monsieur_]

Don't know how I ended up here but it's a great musical trip :)

[@riarivers-hilton7985]

Monsieur. Are you French?

[@michelevalykeo8968]

I was looking for Flame Fire. It appears to be right here. Still listening.

[@meltup3668]

Is there any way I could smash that like button a thousand times?

[@danielrojas8174]

36:59 (Dawn) Lyrics Màn đêm chơi vơi buông lơi Gió rừng reo xuyến xao khung trời Vọng lên trong muôn nơi nơi Tiếng đoàn trai tráng trăm phương trời Gặp nhau đêm nay chung vui Bên lửa hồng sáng soi ngập lối Tiếng ca, tiếng đàn, tiếng cười hòa cùng ngàn lời Còn đêm nay thôi anh ơi Biết đâu ngày mai cách xa muôn đời Cùng trao tay say sưa vui Kiếp người sương gió trăm phương trời Kề nhau đêm nay anh ơi Sưởi lòng lãng du một tối Với ngàn tiếng ca, tiếng đàn cùng lửa bập bùng Cùng nhịp nhàng nắm tay mà hát Nào bạn đường nhìn lửa bập bùng cất cao lời hát Tìm cuộc đời xóa bôi hờn oán Bên lửa thiêng mến thương vô vàn Màn sương đêm buông chơi vơi Lửa rừng khuya sáng soi khung trời Cùng nhau vui đi anh ơi Biết đâu ngày mai sáng tươi lên rồi Ngàn muôn vinh quang dâng khơi Như lửa bừng sáng trong rừng tối Báo niềm vui khắp trời sáng hồng rạng đèn miệng cười Tiếng ca, tiếng đàn tiếng lửa bập bùng bập bùng Tiếng ca, tiếng đàn tiếng lửa bập bùng bập bùng...

[@agirlforgod6955]

I have been fascinated with the Vietnamese side of the Vietnamese war era for some time now. I feel truly blessed to hear this, thank you.

[@Marcjacobs97]

Which Vietnamese side? There was 2. You realize that, right?

[@agirlforgod6955]

@@Marcjacobs97 I do, thank you for pointing that out. 😊 I suppose I got caught up in the idea that there is a third side that was pinned down by the other two (not to mention America, probably) and reflected my words on that. I will certainly try harder to look at the conflict from all areas, I do not want to fall into an ideal of the war. Thanks again for bringing that up!

[@Prodriver33]

Chris tran I love you!! thank you so much!

[@renaj9206]

Damn south Vietnam must have been fascinating to live in

[@mikedenby6771]

Wow, great Monday morning find - would love to have seen this live back in the day

[@KH6DAN]

Incredible percussion in the first couple of tracks.

[@guruben974]

this album make us missing Saigon. cảm ơn mr Tran!

[@PLAYaudioTheSmoothJazzChannel]

Great sound!

[@nicolasdevalestone3085]

I couldn't believe that there were rock songs pre 75 along with golden music

[@JereTravels]

Love this so much! Wish I could go back in time and see them perform. So awesome!

[@olivevkb]

Cám ơn, chú!

[@snakeswithhumantraits4504]

It's just banger after banger after banger.....I needed new music so I couldn't have found this at a greater time. 🔥🔥

[@AnidiotMonolithmember]

I have these songs in my head where ever I go, if I think about something the song will be there, it’s hard for me to escape it, but I still love them

[@supernintendro]

Wow, not even a minute in and I already realized how ahead of its time this was.

[@apolloptx]

Exactly how was it ahead of its time. Seems like its standard with everything else going on in 69-74. Revolver was ahead of its time. This, I think not so much. It's just good.

[@Marcjacobs97]

@@apolloptx Well it was certainly ahead of Saigon time. And they've never been allowed to make anything like this thanks to the communist north. But it is a good record of the south(and west) who fought and died for their right to make music like this.

[@bryinzyin0101]

Hãy tự hào về bạn là ai và bạn phải làm gì để duy trì sự cân bằng trên hành tinh của chúng ta! Be proud of who you are and what you must do to maintain balance on our planet!

[@ThuyBachMai]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@koyoharuendo7647]

This real rock of Vietnam