Nguyen Khang - Trinh Ca
Nguyen Khang is the male version of Khanh Ly on Trinh Cong Son’s music. His transformation of Ru Doi Ta Nhe, Ha Trang, Bien Nho and Chieu Mot Minh Qua Pho are quite impressive. Although Nguyen Khang is a newcomer, he performs Trinh’s songs with confident and power, especially Ru Doi Ta Nhe. His duet with Diem Lien on Lien Khuc Diem Xua is simply beautiful. Even though Diem Lien gives a fantastic performance, she couldn’t hold up with his superb vocals. I would love to hear him performs with Khanh Ly on Trinh’s music. Together they would create a spectacular experience. As far as Quang Dung, he is nowhere near Nguyen Khang in term of vocals. Nguyen Khang edition of Ru Em Tung Ngon Xuan Nong is way more superior than Quang Dung’s version.
Nguyen Khang’s 10 Tuyet Khuc Trinh Cong Son definitely sets itself apart from other Trinh’s album. Dam Vinh Hung is going to have a hard time topping both Tuan Ngoc and Nguyen Khang. Actually the album only contains 8 tracks performs by Nguyen Khang. Moi Coi Di Ve performs by Trinh Cong Son himself and Lien Khuc Uoc Mi performs by Thanh Ha. I want more of Nguyen Khang on Trinh Cong Son.
Nguyen Khang sings nhac Trinh? Hmm… I like his voice but I also think he sounds so much like Tuan Ngoc and has no specialty on his own. The only difference is Tuan Ngoc’s vocal has reached its top being a professional singer while Nguyen Khang is not (yet). In the begging of his career, Nguyen Khang also sings quite a lot of Tuan Ngoc’s (used to sing) old songs.
A few years ago when Nguyen Khang was pretty much unknown to a lot of us, I attended a live music show and when Nguyen Khang started to sing, people around me commented: “Ha’t gio^’ng Tua^’n Ngo.c…”. But this young artist insists that he doesn’t sounds like Tuan Ngoc though. I found this out while listening to one of his interviews on radio.
What can I say? Well, I think it’s safe to compare Tuan Ngoc as the legend Frank Sinatra and Nguyen Khang as the young Harry Connick, Jr. (in vocal quality only, not looks :-) )
Yep! Tuan Ngoc is the Vietnamese Frank Sinatra.
Nguyen Khang is influence by Tuan Ngoc and of course he is no way near Tuan Ngoc’s level but I kind of like his smoky and powerful vocals. Too bad he is not able to pick out songs that suit his vocals. Though he is great on Trinh’s songs.
Hello all,
Nguyen Khang is not even a qualified singer in my opinion. His singing was very flat most of the time. Didn’t move me a bit!
Mimosa;
If you don’t mind my asking, where and when did you hear Nguyen Khang spoke on the radio? I’m just curious. ;-)
“His singing was very flat most of the time.” I don’t think so. He can hold an octive higher than Quang Dung. In fact, Quang Dung is much flatter than Ngyen Khang. Nguyen Khang definitely has pontential if he chooses the right songs for his vocals.
The Vietnamese listners in California [north bay area where I'm living at]. Most of them don’t even know who Nguyen Khang is…but when Quang Dung has been mentioned on the radio; that’s he is going to be performed in some concerts. Tickets will be sold out! So not only my opinion that counts. You have to live in California and figure out what I am talking about!
No offense but I don’t give a damn what people think. I just follow my own ears, dawg!
Aright! Donny, enough said about Nguyen Khang…since we talk about singing style similarity like Tuan Ngoc. Check out Quang Tuan’s singing as well. Please let me know what you think about this singer [in CD Tinh Khuc Ha?i Nguye^n.] :-)
Quang Tuan = Quang Tua^’n
Trung, if my memory serves me correctly, it was a couple years ago that NguyenKhang spoke in VNCR radio in Southern California. Hoa`ng Tro.ng Thu.y, a radio announcer for VNCR was the one who discovered NguyenKhang in a wedding reception. After that, the rest is history.
When you listen to NguyenKhang live, he does sound better than on CD. I also hope for him that it’ll get better with time. I agree with Donny that NguyenKhang has a powerful “manly” voice and with the right songs, very soon he’ll be more famous than any young male artists in ThuyNga PBN. Too bad now a days ThuyNga PBN still thinks looks and being sexy are better than vocal quality.
QuangDung’s voice is good too and he also is good in certain songs but not all. To some “older” listeners, his pronunciation needs to improve a little bit. He ha’t ho+i ngo.ng sometimes.
I don’t know how QuangDung sounds singing live but I heard that he wasn’t that good. However, QuangDung has an advantage of being taller and more handsome than NguyenKhang.
When you listen to these young artists, don’t you just feel disappointed when they hit that sour note? Well, I think both NguyenKhang and QuangDung are still young and they have plenty of time to work on their vocal skills. They have a long singing career ahead of them. Let’s wish them luck and who knows maybe some days they’ll become the next Vietnamese Frank Sinatra when TuanNgoc retires :)
Oh, I forgot to comment about QuangTuan. Yes, he has good voice too, and people also think he’s influenced by TuanNgoc. His voice is soother than NguyenKhang or QuangDung. However, I’d like it even more if he puts more feelings in his singing.
Hi Donny, I realize I made a typo in my first comment about NguyenKhang. Could you correct it for me please? I really mean “In the beginning of his career”, not “…begging of his career” :)
Mimosa, don’t sweat the typo. The important thing is to get your point across and you have made it clearly. SO don’t worry alright!
I have no clue who Quang Tuan is. I have to definitely check him out. As far as Nguen Khang, he abuses his voice too much. I am listenning to his Trai Tim Ben Le boxset (4CDs) right now and he is singing all type of songs that don’t even fit his style. I am disapointed for this kind of greed. Now I know why Tuan Ngoc sings doesn’t sing too many songs; however, whatever song he chooses, 99% of the time is perfect.
Mimosa,
Thank you for getting back to my request. I have no surprise at all when you mentioned that you heard on VNCR radio program. Why did I just say that you might ask? Well, theyre no different than other radio programs like: Bolsa radio, Little Saigon, Saigon Hai Ngoai [overseas], TNT radio [Tie^ng Nu*o*c To^i], etc. They all have their own way of work; part of it is related very much to VNCH. Theyre willing to pump up somebody whom potentially will be cooperated or dominated to them. And most of them are local people [overseas Vietnamese]. Now, singers are big part of their business that is why we see a lot of music concerts in California. If people go to see concerts which they promote on their airwave, then they make money in their advertisements [asking for sponsors, funds donations]. Sometime it can be bias and ridiculous of their doing-promoting somebody. It might influence some listeners in the bad way. I dont particularly point finger in any individual. But we have to take a look in big picture; asking ourselves the question why is it all this happening?
Have you ever heard these radio programs promoting greatly about singers in the homeland or any other overseas singers are not part of their program?
Matter of fact, they even called up a protest and accused the all the singers of the homeland coming in here and performing as CHXHCNVN literature propagandas in the past. [if you and I come to their concerts, then we automatically are accused as VC]. LOL
But now, the homeland singers are performing in California [North]. Where are all the protests? [I let you figure out yourself].
Here is just a my little thought that I express to you, things are more complicated in this whole media businesses. The bottom line is all the radio programs [VNCH] function in their own way, which is one way, way that will gain for their own profits in what theyre doing, and sometime their doing is just absurd. It sickens me.
Lets get back to the topic; I agree with you that Nguyen Khang has somewhat as manly voice. Thats it! And like you said: Lets wish them[Nguyen Khang & Quang Dung] luck and who knows maybe some days theyll become the next Vietnamese Frank Sinatra when TuanNgoc retires :)
You said: When you listen to NguyenKhang live, he does sound better than on CD Isnt it supposed the other way around? LOL I guess whoever produced his CDs, is degrading his singing. LOL [that producer sucks].
I also agree with you about Quang Tuan: His voice is soother than NguyenKhang or QuangDung.
I wonder how many Vietnamese music listeners [lovers] can acctually know Quang Tuans singing If they havent seached for it!? Or arent people depending on promotions of these [VNCH] radio programs or productions like Thuy Nga, Asia Ent., Tinh, etc?
I’m very particular, if not picky, in choosing which artist I listen to. I don’t choose them by their looks but by their vocal quality and professionalism. Some artists are good with certain songs while others are not regardless of how famous they are, including ca si in VN.
QuangTuan is not a handsome man. In fact, some people actually say he’s “Truong Chi”. Those of us who are over 30’s would know what I mean. He’s not young either, but he has a pleasant voice. The first time you listen to him, especially at the beginning of a song, you could easily mistake him with TuanNgoc. But after once sentence, you’d notice the difference. He has a way of dragging out his vocal (ha’t mie^.g kho^ng ddu+o+.c go.n) that earns him this special characteristic. You’ll see what I mean when you listen to him.
Listening to an artist live sometimes gives to different feelings compared to CD quality. I’m not saying NguyenKhang is good 100% singing live. Besides, only once I experienced it and that was when he sang the song HoangTrongThuy wrote.
Recently, I attended buo^?i Nha.c Thi’nh Pho`ng with TuanNgoc ThanhHa DiemLien TuCongPhung… Guess who was the worst and who was the best? I’ll let you figure it out.
You got to tell the readers since you attended the concert of TuCongPhung. For people didn’t have a chance to see it-no way or no how they can figure out who was the worst or best?
Mimosa, that’s hard to guess since I have never heard any of these singers in concert. Best of course is Tuan Ngoc. Worse is Tu Cong Phung (writer can’t sing LOL!). I am just kidding. i would imagine Diem Lien and Thanh Ha aren’t so great huh?
Right on Donny. You’re so smart :)
I attended many live concerts, especially Nha.c Thi’nh Pho`ng (no dancing). One has to admit that a well-known artist is famous for many reasons. TuanNgoc is simply the best. Though he’s getting old but his vocal still tops all the others. He’s always carried his own style and interpretation of any song he sings, a specialty that earned his status today.
TuCongPhung’s vocal suits for… well… a writer :) I guess being a writer constricts an artist to “technically” perform a song. He sings well but somehow I don’t feel moved listening to him. ThanhHa’s vocal was so week. She couldn’t even keep up with the beat and kept saying sorry. DiemLien’s vocal wasn’t that great either. We couldn’t figure out what she was singing unless she hit the high notes, which you call “ro^’ng” in Vietnamese :) Oh oh, I have to finish what I started but I must stop here because by saying more, I might deeply offend TH and DL fans.
Qua khen qua khen! (blush! blush!). I just guess based on my personal interpreation. Keep writing. No need to be nice to anyone. I love honest and straight-forward critiques. These thoughts make this site apart from the rest :)
Thanh Ha` singing career was far way over in my opinion. But she has no shame-just keep dragging her boring voice. The very last time she performed for Ha? I Nguye^n’s Nha.c Thi’nh Pho`ng with Thu Ha & Quang Tuan. She is one of very stuck-up bietches to the music band and the songwriter [Hai Nguyen]. Just few people clapped their hands after she’s done. But Thu Ha` & Quang Tua^n were very much being cheered by the audiences.
Die^m Lie^n’s singing is just never appealing to me.
There’s a very common saying ” Everybody has a right to his/her opinions..” ..right ?
That’s why there are so many different artists as well as music forms.. for everybody to enjoy! We should not argue ..who’s better and who is not..! Let’s support the ones that ..we like, so they can continue to give us that
unique sensation and pleasure that only our “favorite” singer could give us …!
To “Nguyen-Khang” fans..as I’m one of them, check out his latest CD “Coi Mua”… NK must love music and his career..To keep producing new CDs for his fans within CA’s “saturated music industry ” as we are in right now… is something to praise and to support as well as to enjoy!
Best,
Bobo, I can’t wait to get that album. Hopefully it will be good.
hai tieng tinh yeu ta co nen gio tay don nhan
Một nam ca sĩ nổi tiếng sau khi qua định cư ở Mỹ.Với một giọng ht của Tuấn Ngọc,một thn hnh khng c g li cuốn đối với cc bạn trẻ nhưng tại sao anh ta lại c suy nghĩ khng được hay về cc ca sĩ khc.Đặc biệt anh cho l Quang Dũng mắc chước về mọi thứ của anh từ dng đi,ăn mặc,giọng ht m chnh anh khẳng định một cu rằng c mắc chước cũng khng bao giờ snh được.Anh ght mọi người nhắc đến Quang Dũng,ca sĩ c những hnh động đ liệu c được khng?Chắc hẳn anh ta nghĩ anh l ca sĩ hải ngoại nhưng nếu về Việt Nam th cũng c ai biết anh l ai.L người như thế no.Nếu cc bạn trẻ so snh tất cả của anh với Quang Dũng th chắc ai cũng sẽ bật cười.Quang Dũng c một thn hnh đẹp trai,giọng ht nhạc Trịnh,cn rất kh ấn tượng trong bộ film Lọ lem h phố.C lượng fan hm mộ cũng kh lớn.Ngoi chuyện nực cười đ cn một chuyện rất li cuốn.Nguyn Khang thường xuyn về Việt Nam quay cc videoclip,cũng những chuyến đi đ l lc anh ăn chơi,theo di từng bước về ca sĩ Việt nam.Anh đi hết với người mẫu ny đến người mẫu khc với những thi độ khng đng hang .Thế nhưng anh lại đi ni với người khc rằng:”Người mẫu Việt Nam c cho khng Khang cũng khng cần”.Anh ni cu ny anh như thế no.Anh cũng l người Việt nam,tại sao lại khinh thường ca sĩ v người mẫu Việt Nam.Họ đều l những ti năng ,những người đem lại nền nghệ thuật cho mọi người.Thi độ của anh cần được ph phn v xem lại chnh mnh
Nguyen Khang….. lets start off by saying that he has an voice with “Ho^\n”….
When compared with Tuan Ngoc and Quang Dung, his singing performance and the way he conveys emotion thruogh his performances really gives you nostalgia…
First and foremost:
1.Thanh Ha does not sing badly. Her singing truly perfects the art of conveying the inner message and feelings of all the songs that she sings. Especially, if you truly know what the writer of a deep “Ti\nh” song is trying to reflect, then Thanh Ha is the person to sing so. Her and Nguyen Khang have the best vocals singing all types of music and especially nha\c ti\nh!
How come Nguyen Khang already got married and pretending that he’s single
Hey Donny,
How can I type Vietnamese on your blog? There is one reader (i love quang dung) did it so well.
Die^~m Thuyen,
Your nick or name sounds quite different and I can’t figure out the “Thuyen”. Is it Thuye^n”, Thuye^`n, Thuye^.n, Thuye^’n….?
Trung,
1. Go to this page: http://easyvn.com/vnedit.php
2. Type in your texts
3. Click on Add accents (add correct accents)
4. Copy
5. Go back here and paste! Voila!
Nguye^n Khang wil be Nguye^n Kha`ng if he couldn’t behave himself.
Thanks Donney, I’ll try!
Sorry Donny, I spelled your name wrong above.
LOL! You’re funny Trung. I could careless if he is married or not. I only dig his voice nothing else. He ain’t my type anyway!
I can be very funny in person. People told me!
Tội nghiệp cho cc em no m Nguyn Khang dữ dội, m qung (obssesive). By giờ phải thất vọng no nề. Đi khi tnh tnh xấu sẽ mang đến hậu quả xấu cho xự nghiệp.
Trung (Nghĩa)
Everyone personal tastes and preferences are not alike. Hence the disagreement of who’s better, Tuan Ngoc vs Nguyen Khang vs Quang Dung. What sounds good to your ears might be just total crap to another person. That being said, I don’t see what’s all the fuss about Nguyen Khang is… there are songs that he’s great in, and there are just he just plainly sucked. I bought two of his boxsets, and out of the 40 songs included… I think about 10 or so are okay.
Tuan Ngoc, I don’t think I own any of his CDs just because I his singing style doesn’t quite fit my personal taste. Quang Dung is pretty okay, but there are songs that doesn’t quite hit his vocal ability.. but hey, you can’t really ask for 100% satisfaction on any singer.
So, you shouldn’t downplay any singers just because you don’t like them or think he/she is superior than other singers. I can’t stand singers like, Truc Lam/Truc Linh, Minh Tuyet, Nhu Loan, Bao Han, Manh Quynh, Don Ho, and etc and etc.. etc.. but that doesnt’ mean there aren’t legions of fan out there admiring them. Just head over to thuyngaonline.com and see their forums. It’s an absolute fan-fest that sometime makes me wanna puke my guts out. But that’s just me. :)
TTBlue,
Tell me 1 things if you could; what are those titles of 10 songs in Nguyễn Khng’s box albumn that you think they are ok?
Hey you…by saying “I cant stand singers like, Truc Lam/Truc Linh, Minh Tuyet, Nhu Loan, Bao Han, Manh Quynh, Don Ho…” is no different as “downplay singers” (whatever you meant) above eighther!LOL
Another thing, (you) don’t hold back! (Things you strongly feel about!). What are you afraid of? “Controversy”?
I bought the boxset “Trai Tim Ben Le” and only find a few songs I like. The whole thing is pretty much garbage. What a disappointment. However, this Trinh album I reviewed is exceptional.
By the way, I didn’t say I like every song Nguyen Khang performed. So don’t quote me on that.
Nguyen Khang, chi nen nghe va dung biet gi ve his personal attitude. Re. to the CD box Trai Tim Ben le. Most songs was recorded live (when he sang for ‘thi hieu khan gia’. Wasn’t supposed to be released but the Production did anyway without NK’s permission.
I’ve just came across this forum by acc. and it is great to hear from people that have great taste in music.
Music is NK’s breath. He could not live without. Know him through his songs and you would enjoy listening to him more.
It’s been a while …
I agree with Nguyen Thuy…( I’m sorry if I misspelled your name). You seem to know a few personal things more than we do but I like NGUYEN KHANG as a Singer/ Performer ..why do I need to know about his personal life?
NK has an exceptional voice to my taste ..and I hope he has fans and producers who know and appreciate his talent.
May his devotion to his career takes him further so we (his fans) could enjoy and support him as much as we could … hopefully for years to come!
Best,
Who said Nguyen Khang can sing? Cmon…listen again…He reads the lyrics emotionlessly with the voice kha`ng kha`ng…hahaha. That’s all!
Commented by Nguye^n Thu.y in quote 10.28.2004 @ 4:03 am
“CD box Trai Tim Ben le. Most songs was recorded live (when he sang for thi hieu khan gia. Wasnt supposed to be released but the Production did anyway without NKs permission.”
Commented by Trung below;
===> Here is another example of a filthy, corrupt production…which I’ve been constantly telling to all of you out there. Theyre bunch of half dead worm living in desert. They have no shame whatsoever!!!
According to the ‘tin ha`nh lang’, I know that N Khang is preparing for his 3rd albuml. There will be 11 songs composed in a very unique way. Hopefully it will be released in Sep next year (his b’day).
Trung, everyone has their own interests and tastes, khong thich thi thoi khong can phai che thang mat.
Nguye^n Thu.y,
“Trung, everyone has their own interests and tastes, khong thich thi thoi khong can phai che thang mat.”
Yes, I agree with you on this “everyone has their own interests and tastes”
Nhung la.i kho^ng ddo^`ng y’ o*? dda^y => “khong thich thi thoi khong can phai che thang mat”. =>
O^ng/ba` ddu+`ng que^n dda^y la` tranh lua^.n trong Va(n Ho.c Nghe^. Thua^.t; ca ha’t hay tri`nh die^~n, v.v…O^ng/ba` va` to^i hay ba^’t cu*’ ai cu~ng co’ quye^`n phe^ bi`nh…Co’ ddo^`ng y’ kho^ng?
Xin cha`o.
This is for you Trung
Nguye^n Khang ha’t ba\i NHU’ DDA~ DA^/U Ye^U ra^/t hay… ai ddo\ng y/ ???
Quang Du~ng ha/t ba\i Hoa\i Ca?m va\ ba\i Mon.g du’oi/i hoa ra^/t hay…
BA^Y GIO’\ LA\ DDANG TRO’\ Nguye^n Khang HA/T BA\I HOA\I CA?M
Sao…. Trung tha^/y te^n cu?a Thuye^n la. qua/ ha? :)
As I see, Nguen Khang is an amateur.
period.
xin duoc goi bai hat “nhung gi con lai”
I’ve attended couple live concerts and nhac thinh phong in San Jose, CA. I’ve heard Tuan Ngoc sings live, his vocal is very good even though he’s old. And Quang Dung sings pretty good at Arena2004, but not Thanh Ha and Nguyen Khang.
nguyen khang has 4 or 5 wives and at least 5 kids. he can deny all he wants but this is true
wow is that for real? nhu vay la qua tot cho nguyen khang roi.nhung ma sao ban biet chac la a ta co nhieu vo va con vay?vay ban co biet la nguyenkhang bao nhieu tuoi khong?co nguoi nao trong so vo cua nguyen khang la ban gai cua ban khong?come on ….khong biet thi dung noi bay chu!please!
to me TRUNG is not a real HUMAN,nobody is perfect,think about your own life .thanks to all the real HUMAN in here!!
chao anh nguyen khang anh hat bai nho ve sai gon em nghe hay lam anh a anh uoc gi duoc co dong hat nhu nah va cung d lam nhu anh nhi ., hihihih
that su nghe bai ‘dem nho ve sai gon ‘ hay that toi nghe ma me man ca vay do tuuy tui la nguoi quang nam chu ko phai sai gom ma nghe hay that do dc : tran van duy/ xa binh dinh /huyen thang binh tinh quang nam
Ai noi gi thi noi chu minh thich ca hai giong hat NK va QD …chang muon phe binh ai ca ….mien sao la nhac hay va gay cam hung cho minh la ok roi nhat la nghe rat dam am …Nghe nguoi ta noi NK co the la gay ma ….bay gio ai lai noi him 4 5 vo*…(thiet tinh` chang biet noi lam sao ).Ba con nao biet Biography cua NK o? dau khong ….xin cho TN biet ….Thank you !!
Ca si Diem Lien va Nguyen Khang hat hay qua. Toi co 20 bai hat da san sang de pho bien, da co hoa am (backing track) rat thich hop voi 2 tieng hat nay. Ban co the giup toi lien lac voi 2 ca si nay khong?
Thanks alot any how
oh stfu ppl Nk is hot and sings very well u guys with the ugly comments cant even sing for shit
Hey you guys… shut up.. NK is one of the best singer here in U.S.A … who u think u are to give comments about him.. huh??? stupid
Các bạn ạ ! Ai nói sao thì nói tôi chỉ thích Nguyên Khang. Và tiếng hát NK là của NK, không giống bất cứ tiếng hát nào. Các bậc đàn cùng thể loại nhạc (trử tình)như Tuấn Ngọc, Vủ Khanh va Anh Khoa, cũng phải dể qua một bên.
Cám ỏn các bạn
Do any of you know who posts the very initial comment? Because whoever that is, he or she is so off about Quang Dung. How can you compare Nguyen Khang to Quang Dung. I listen to NK and I have to admit that he’s a great singer. However, I prefer QD’s voice when it comes to Trinh’s songs.
Toi rat thich nhac Trinh Cong Son
voi Nguyen Khang trinh bay.
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