Tuan Ngoc – 10 Tinh Khuc Trinh Cong Son
Tuan Ngoc sings for singers. That’s his reputation and he has been able maintained his classy style for many years; therefore, he is still well recognized by the Vietnamese entertainment in both the United States and Viet Nam. Tuau Ngoc gentle vocals and indomitable flairs have inspired many young artists including Quang Dung, Nguyen Khang, Quach Thanh Danh, Tran Thai Hoa, and many more. Even though these young artists have been quite successful in Tuan Ngoc’s style, none has been able to come close to his refined vocals. When listening to these young artists, I can feel the hover of Tuan Ngoc. On the contrary, there is no lingers of others when listening to Tuan Ngoc.
Tuan Ngoc’s Dem Thay Ta La Thac Do showcases 10 of Trinh Cong Son hits. Highlights include compelling versions of Nhu Mot Loi Chia Tay, Dem Thay Ta La Thac Do, Em Con Nho Hay Em Da Quen, Ru Em, Vang Phai Truoc Ngo, Ru Doi Di Nhe, and Xin Tra No Nguoi, where he unwinds the melodies and flows the emotions out of the songs. The results are rather touching and inspiring. His vocals on Em Con Nho Hay Em Da Quen are hipnotizing with the way he ebbs and flows the words. His version of Nhu Mot Loi Chia Tay is the best I’ve heard so far. He accentuates his caressing vocals to create an exquisite experience.
Dem Thay Ta La Thac Do is an even album with 10 mellifluous vocalizing and elegant musical engineering. It’s an enjoyable album for Trinh Cong Son lovers and an essential collection for Tuan Ngoc fans.
While we’re on Trinh’s music, Dam Vinh Hung is coming out with his Trinh’s album. It is going to be an interesting album. I am not sure if he can pull it off. With his uniqueness, I have high hopes on it. It is now the most anticiapated album for me.
“Dam Vinh Hung is coming out with his Trinh’s album…” => Here goes another self disrespect of recycling Trinh’s songs. DVH has been fading out in Vietnamese listener’s population in homeland. He’ll be performing at San Jose, CA. In this weekend [Sun, 06-26-04] and many more to come in bay area and other states [no doubt!] But I’m not surprised about DVH’s intention. He chose to produced an Album contained Trinh’s songs is just for the reason of trying to blend in with the overseas Vietnamese listeners…DVH, Quang Dung, My~ Linh, and many more in that generations are trying to continue their careers in U.S. It’s so obvious! They can’t compete with other younger generations in Vietnam now.
What a shame! For some of Vietnamese singers work like any other jobs; they constantly switch their songs, styles, environments, etc. So they can continue to feed themselves. What a shame! It’s just degrading their characterizations, unique styles, and self respects [some time].
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I don’t know how you can call it disrespect when someone interprets music in a different style. I , myself grew up in Canada… I use to hate vietnamese music because the style was just too old for me. Ever since new singers like Dam Vinh Hung made music more for young listeners… i started to look at vietnamese music in a different way.. and now i love listening to viet music. Right now the younger generations are growing up and if the viet music does not catch up to their listening styles… we might not even have viet music altogether!. I really don’t listen to much of TCS music but after hearing DVH coming out with his version of Trinh’s music… i cn’t wait to hear it! I guess it’s all a matter of taste. As for my experinece with my nephew and niece… I can see their interest in viet music more now that there is a different and new singers like DVH in the music business.
DVH sucks, plain and simple.
Indeed this is one of Tuan Ngoc’s best CDs, especially with Duy Cuong hoa am (music by Duy Cuong). I can listen to it over and over again. However, I skip the song “Quynh Huong” which I found so ordinary and boring. Some of the songs I like best are Ru Doi Di Nhe, Em Con Nho Hay Em Da Quen, Nhu Mot Loi Chia Tay.
[Quote Donny: ...Tuan Ngoc gentle vocals and indomitable flairs have inspired many young artists including Quang Dung, Nguyen Khang, Quach Thanh Danh, Tran Thai Hoa, and many more. Even though these young artists have been quite successful in Tuan Ngocs style, none has been able to come close to his refined vocals...]
I totally agree with you. Tuan Ngoc is truly a legend. I haven’t found any Vietnamese male artist that can replace him yet.
Mimosa, You’re totally right about “Quynh Huong.” I don’t like it much either. He is not good with fast beats.
Hello all,
Try to listen “Quynh Huong” performed by Tam Ca Ao Trang. You might like it. I know I do.
Thanks Trung for your recommendation. I’ll look for Tam Ca Ao Trang singing “Quynh Huong”.
Khanh Ly was the first artist that I listened to performing this song, next to that was YLan. I like KhanhLy version better though.
Hi Donny, wouldn’t it be great if we can type Vietnamese in here? I wanted to type in Vietnamese but was afraid that it’d come out looking like Greek :)
Thử xem sao. C ai đọc được ging chữ ny khng? testing… :)
Mimosa, if you use easyvn.com, your Viet characters should be fine. I am glad you’re coming to this site. Your taste of music is great. I am hoping to find more peeps like you to make Vietnamese music discussions more valuable instead of, “I love so and so because he has a good voice.”
Dam Vinh Hung is a joke like someone’s comment “sucks”! I never consider that he can sing. Even more “sucks” when he sings Trinh Cong Son music! please excuse me, I got to throw up!
DVH sucks. I can’t agree more. Can’t believe he’s now so famous and term “young singer”!!!! I went to school with him actually back in Vietnam. Guess what. I’m now 33 turning 34!!
a. Nguyen, please don’t you throw up and make a mess out of Donny’s white page that he adores a lot.
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Dang Nguyen is jealous…cuz DVH’s so famous!!!
i can
hiep,
i can what???
I think DVH got the best, and strongest voice. It’s because he’s trying to make his style different from others, that’s why he’s being creative with his voice. But I truly think he got some amazing sounds. I don’t know how yall put him down like that. Come on, adapt to the modern music.
I very like mussic Tuan Ngoc
i very like Quach Thanh Danh music with “You – emty space and me”,”last song”, come back to me”"I am me”…
Tuan Ngoc, Quach Thanh Danh, DVH S.U.C.K!
I just bought Quach Thanh Danh 2, and I have to say I love everyone of the songs on this cd. QYD’d mimosa is just heavenly. After listenning to the song, I want to go and visit DaLat the music, his voice was just right for the song. Another great song is “nguoi tinh lac loi” I think Quang Dung better watch out.
I like quach thanh dand’s voice very much. his body movement is cute and his eyes look so romantic when he sings love songs. I have all QTD’s cd and dvd but it seems too few for me . I hope he will give more new cd and dvd so that i can buy some more to hear he sing.
im tuan ngoc
Quach thanh Danh sings better than DVH but I do not know why DVH is well-known than QTD in VN. Perhaps the Vietnamese youth just like easy understanding songs called “nhac sen”. It may need a little bit high level of education to understand the meaning of the songs that QTD performed. I love QTD’s voice and the way he display the song is very attractive. He delivers the song’s soul extremely well. I have all his albums and I am hungry for his new albums. If someone knows his new albums then please let me know. I appreciate for that.
Hmmmm…..I think QTD is just a rubbish guy – from his outlook to voice. What a shame to see such a guy on stage.
Hi a. Tuan Ngoc, I’m Ngoc Tuan.
Hi anh Tuan Ngoc,
We’ve heard a rumor about anh Tuan dang om nang khong the ve Washington DC cho show hat chung voi KhanhHa in May 2008. So sorry, anh Tuan. Hope you will recover very soon. We love you. Your voice so wonderful that we haven’t seen any subsitution yet. We highly value your elegant voice, classy style of performance and interaction with audiences. Chuc mau binh phuc.
Good Day Anh Tuan Ngoc !!!
In the history of Vietnamese Music I don’t see any singer is perfect like you . (Happy?) But it’s true . Sometime im so busy not listen your music for a while then when im free I listen any CD of you Im so relax and enjoy it . Well done Mate . Every Star have something special in private life that why TN is got too many fans like him and love him it is normal.Please don’t give him hard time Thai Thao because we love you too. Get well and give your fans a good song mate.
Andrew Pham
I disagree. I think Quang Dung sings Trinh Cong Son’s musics better than Tuan Ngoc. His voice is so much softer and less “ren”.