As I was watching Srey Thy of the Cambodian Space Project singing the Cambodian version of The Animals’ “House of the Rising Sun”, I remembered that I still have the original version in Khmer of this song by Sin Sisamouth. How an American song about life gone wrong has turned into a Khmer love song has always baffled me. However, I am reminded also that our ancestors, who had adopted Hunduism and the Indian culture, had successfully carved out a fine civilization and empire in Cambodia as well, therefore, I should never doubt the wisdom of Mr. Sin Sisamouth of turning this song into a love song.
Sin Sisamouth - Bang Nov Cham Sneh (House of the Rising Sun)
While on that chapter, I would like to share here as well two other songs in Khmer: “Yesterday Once More” by the Carpenters and the Indonesian song (I believe) “Mande! Mande!” .
Pov Vannary - M'sil Minh M'dorng Tiet (Yesterday Once More)
Sin Sisamouth & Sos Math - Mande! Mande!
Before parting, I would like to share with you another beautiful love song by Helen Shapiro which I wish somebody would sing it in Khmer one day: “You don’t know”.
Until next time, know that “I can live without money, but I cannot live without love”
Yours truly,
P from Long Beach
13 comments:
GP-LB,
I was just thinking about your songs. How come you didn't post them yesterday? ah "yesterday once more" is coming on Sunday! I thought that Yeay Tep must had done something to you that you stop posting!
Yeay Tep, Ta Tep posting some more songs for you! Better wake up...
You better say something nice before Ta tep stop posting it all together. This "free-rider" always enjoy the positive impact you have on Ta Tep.
Generation X.
Yeay Tep,
Have you listen to GP-LB sent to you?
Better say something before he stop posting all together!
Worry from "free-rider", I'm the one benefit from the spellover effect of your kinds' heart to GP_LB.
You ever heard the story of a person who live by a backery shope...just like the smell of the bake bread, but not really have the money to buy it!
Mata dal neak enjoy the spillover effect:~(
Mr. P,
Once again, thank you very much for the posted songs.
I love all the songs you have posted so far.
May love be always with you wherever you go and besides may you also be financially prosperous as a little bit more of money does not hurt as long as it is legally obtained!
Anet Khmer
Dear LOK KHMUOY AH NET KHMAUCH 5:49AM,
I thought you did not love the invasion of the Vietcong and North Vietnamese Troops in our country ! that is the reason why you do believe it was a Civil War in Cambodia intitially in 1970 but you loved the song Yesterday Once More , which was initially sung by CARPENTERS and then followed by NEAK NEANG POV VANNARY .
BIG GRATITUDE TO Mr. P of LONG BEACH best survenirs
Best wishes to you Mr. P
A YOUNG KHMER REPUBLIC
Keep on singing Khmer little people to sleep with yersterday song, all of you idiot-old-farts-Pol-Pot-left-over, while Viet-Khmer Hlun Sen country is being vietnamized to its final phase. You idiot-old-farts-Pol-Pot-left-over should be really, really proud of yourselves, eh???
Dear 7:36AM
Youa are very well talent in condemning your own parents and grandparent, you were born from the dog breeding
Your nacesors would be proud of your great disgraces
Until next time, know that “I can live without money, but I cannot live without love”
Yours truly,
P from Long Beach
Who is this fucking SOB trying to kid???
Were all Khmer born yesterday???
7:46 AM,
Were you born in the barn? And Yes, That's what I thought!!!
When will all of this old ramshackle, wishy-washy, mumbo-jumbo gibberishings go away???
Why did Pol Pot miss them??? Pol Pot could have gotten them all to make Vietnamization of Cambodia just a little smoother and less dramatical if not comical...
Oh Lord, please help Vietnam finish its work sooner, please!!!
8:02am,
If you don't know how to enjoy life and apreciate people contribute a songs for entertainment - you are indeed a lost soul! Songs suppose to entertain you...look at the beattle songs...how many people still enjoy around the world! Sorry that you can't enjoy our own Khmer wonderful songs.
Anyway, thanks GP-LB for your time to contribute your knowledge about these songs with us bloggers.
Stay healthy and enjoy your life!
Regards,
Generation X.
Thank to the songs, dude!
Apart from Mande Mande, all the others are from 1970-75 and are of dubious merit. singers kept on singing for a living, while others suffered terribly from the war. i kinda shrink at the thought.
Dear 7:49AM,
Without your ancestors 's lives surviving from POL POT or from the Past , you must be born from the Devil Black Dog who had sex with your own mother .NO BRAIN or BRAIN DAMAGED as a Beast
Your Ancestors are now wishing to be born as human being.
LOK P. LONG BEACH , Million thanks for your best memories
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