Van Son 29 – Van Son in Tokyo
By now fans should know what to expect from Van Son production: same MC, same singers, same comedians, and pretty much same strategies. The only difference is where they would perform, and this time the place is Japan. I am not complaining since they do a great job of incorporating the cultures into the show. On Van Son 29, they introduce Japanese’s Shinto dance, folk music, and brief documentation on Japanese in general and Vietnamese people in Japan.
Van Son’s niche has always been the short comedies. Although most of them are not too bad, I only enjoy “Nguoi Ban Toi” because Van Son, Hong Dao, and Quang Minh go off the context a bit. I like it when comedians get out of the routine and be themselves. That way they act more natural.
On music, the best performances are from Nguyen Khang (“Van Yeu”) and Diem Lien (“Roi Mai Em Di”). Both songs come from Huynh Nhat Tan’s pen. I also dig the new girl Vy. Her lyrics mirror her attitude on “This is Vy.” Furthermore, her choreography, style, hair, and outfit reminded me of the great R&B singer Aaliyah.
On the much-needed improvement, they need to drop those translated songs, which are way too many on this video. Even Tuan Ngoc and Thai Thao perform a translated version of “Beauty and the Beast.” Huynh Nhat Tan is also wasting his skills on the translate tracks: “Em Can Cho Anh,” perform by Cat Tien, and “Yeu Em Suot Doi,” perform by Cat Tien and Nguyen Thang. Speaking of Nguyen Thang, his own attempt of translation on “Van Yeu” is bad. Dude looks and moves like a cheap version of Justin Timberlake, and the dancers look so trashy in their skanky skirts. Yet, the worse performance of all goes to Minh Tri’s “Khuc Hat Xot Xa.” His feminine vocals combined with his cheesy lyrics are intolerable. I try my hardest, but my hand forces me to hit skip.
Van Son is one of the top three Vietnamese music productions in the US. While they are cashing in on their sitcoms, their music is still way behind Asia and Thuy Nga productions.
it’s been a long time since your last video review, Donny. I totally agree with you on this video. I didn’t like the comedy featuring Chi Tai and Van Chung. It was not laughable at all. And the opening song (“Madonna Medley”) was pretty bad too.
Those translated lyrics .. so cheesy..
and the outfits are really out of hand. the colors were so mismatched. I like the first comedy with Trang Thanh Lan. She is so thin now. Good for her.
I totally agree with you on the Van Son..Huynh Nhat Tan definitely need to write better lyrics and compose his own songs..All the songs he write, is from other Asian singers..He needs to be a lot more original..Van Son singers can do a lot better if they cut back on singing other people’s music..
Hi Donny,
I always like your review since it’s usually impersonal but very professional..!
However, we need to give Van-Son Productions credit for “their original idea” of taking their audience to different parts of the world where Vietnamese people spread their wings and their success, not to mention incorporating different cultures into the show… a very costly venture ..no doubt! Thank you VAN-SON Productions!
As per Donny’s comment, Nguyen-Khang’s performance is
by far the best on the music side… Can’t wait for CD from Van-Son with Nguyen-Khang only ??? I have no doubt it’ll be a hit ! Best,
cool site and all, but i think the song, “khuc hat xot xa” was pretty good! but thats just my opinion. anyways, keep up the great work!
hey just commenting in my opinion
on Khuc Hat Xot Xa by Minh Tri was pretty good and the song was to. I mean he sing better then Nguyen Thang but yeah thats my thought and Em Can Cho Anh was fine the way it was translated and Cat Tien did a beautiful job on singing. You just need to stop hating and think of the + things why be so negative but yeah thats my thought email me if you like….but yea good job on the site keep it up
P.S. I agree on the comdey it sucked
VAN SON IS THE BEST THAT IS! BEST V.PRODUCTION IN U.S. SURE THE NEW VANS HAD THE DANCERS IN THOSE SKANKY SKIRTS, SO WHAT…WHY DON’T YOU STOP COMPLAINING! MINH TRI WAS GOOD. HE SANG PRETTY HIGH AND IT WAS A GOOD SONG THAT HE MADE, I DON’T KNOW WHY SOME DON’T LIKE IT BUT THATS YOUR ISSUES! SOME THINGS SUCK ON THE VIDEO BUT THE REST ARE GOOD. COMPARE TO THUY NGA AND ASIA VAN SON IS BETTER THAN THEM. ASIA!!!! GOSH SO BORING..ONLY PURITY,CARDIN AND TRISH ARE GOOD. SOME OTHERS TOO! BUT YEAH VAN SON ROCK THEM MORE. SO PEOPLE THESE DAYS THEY SHOULD NOT COMPARE VAN SON WITH ANY OTHERS BECAUSE THEIR NOT ANY VIDEO AND GOOD ENTERTAINMENT AS VAN SON! KEEP YOUR ON ISSUES TO YOURSELF!!!!
Does anyone know the name of the orginal english song of “Van Yeu” performed by Nguyen Thang? Thanks.
the english song of “Van Yeu” is “This Love”. I believe it’s performed by Maroon 5. I like the original song, the translated song sounds…I don’t know, It sounds weird.
he dude u have the worst taste on music in the WORLD! just wanted to comment on that cuz its true
van son is so tight man i love it
i love nguyen thang he is cute and sings great
to answer your question ken its by maroon 5
I only heard of van son cause my god bro listens to it. it’s pretty good even though I don’t understand it… and minh tri is the shit man… I like his song… and im krn and i can sing dat shit… it’s a great song.
so stop talken shit… and yea nguyen thang his songs are hard to learn but i like it… lol.
well.. the original song sang by “Khuc Hat Xot Xa by Minh Tri” is
from jay chou ” simple love”
it is way better.. but to tell you the truth.. Minh tri is pretty good at it aswell..he just needs to improve by ..singing his own songs.. not other asian singers ..
AYY thats right hun.. Yuki is right.. Stop SINGING Other peoples music..-___-” Anyway sing your own original vietnamese pop.. and stop immatating chinese
Okay. !! Oh yea.. that song that nguyen thang sang.. The maroon 5 one?.. The songs great.. the lyrics is shit.. and talk about You singing it.. doesnt suit it..
the best singer and the best song of this album is “khuc hat xot xa” by Minh Tri, wow it was so perfect, and sound so good to me. 10 points for minh tri.. hope u could perform it again someday.
Is it possible to get lyrics to Minh Tri’s song “Khuc Hat Xot Xa”?
To answer Binh’s request
you can find this song in the website
http://www.tialia.com
this site is a vietnamese music collection.
By the way, Khuc Hat Xot Xa was the best!! It sounded perfect to me!!
hay … i just wanna say that what happened to minh tri and viet thi ? i thought they made the cutest couple. minh tri honestly form my point of view isnt a very good singer. i most of the comedies were p ok. i hated (thats harsh)… i didnt really like the song that nguyen thang sang. i wasnt that good! i liked the song that ha vy sang though. it was really good. keep up the good work !!!
hay i got this song from cat tien called “dau chon tinh buon” which is really good. i just wanna ask if its possible to find the lyrics and tabs ? if so from where ?
Actually, i thought the translated songs were pretty good.
To be able to fit vietnamese lyrics within the melodies of such westerner and chiense popular songs into something that makes ssense and doesnt soung tacky is fantastic!
I never knew therer were so many clever vietnamese lyric writers. Im impressed. Sure, they should compose their own songs but when someone can interupt their own meaning into a audience, thats pretty good.
Nguyen thang and Minh tri both did their own versions of what they felt were popular songs of our times, they just incorporated with the vietnamese audience of an older crowd. thumbs up!
minh tri is so hot hollar!
heyZ
lolz… minh tri’s song “khuc hat xot xa” was actually pretty good, i dunno why u guys r saying its crap, but then again its not mine to say.. oopS… well at any rate, i find it funny how absolutely nobody so far has commented on the song TINH by Vpop… well it was actually ok but i rekn the dancers who were also in d dance kinda sukd… n Cat Tien in D song EM VAN CHO ANH… Dat was an awesome song! d music was so good and the speed of her dancing in those 4-inch high-heels… WOOT!!! hehe neways d opening song, madonna medley was actually pretty good to be honest, even though the guys n gals dance like gayboS.. oh n dat new chick Vy? sorry to all u fans, but i honestly do NOT like her… like, in d maddona medley with Cat Tien, she looked orite and i thought she would end up being a good singer, but whadda u noe, in the song, this is me… er… apart from the fact that her movements were extremely tomboyish, the clothes she wore were so SKANKY! it was as if she was competing and seeing whete=her she or d female van son dancers looked more like prostitues… n her expression, honestly, thats just so SAD… is she trying to seduce the male audience or something? cos honestly, taht gaze was a TURNOFF… >.
oops… sorry ~! i dun wanna be mean to Vy Nguyen, but those r my views… >.
Do you guys have the lyrics for khuc hat xot xa?
i just realised.. theres already someone else called “hunG”.. ok so fro mnow on, ill call myself, hungster
hOt Hunn1’s comment was crucial to Vy Nguyen. Sorry babe, you were mean to her and it’s probably coming out of your jealousy. Her moves are totally great. I love her dancing, although I do wish she doesn’t stand with her legs apart like Elvis so much. But in conclusion, VY NGUYEN has a great voice!!!
van son in tokyo is really cool!!! watch them people
I also am looking for the lyrics of this song… I love the original song by Jay Chou – Simple Love but Minh’s version in vn is really good… Does anyone know the lyrics to Khuc Hat Xot Xa???
hey i love vy nguyen she ish heo crazzzii dancer btw does any1 noe if she has a website and where i can get her lyrics
Yall losers got nothing better to do.
I liked “Khuc Hat Xot Xa” by Minh Tri. I didn’t quite understand the Vietnamese lyrics in it but I can understand Jay Chou’s version. That was the first time I ever saw him. I never watch any of these Vietnamese music videos but my parents do. I was in the kitchen when the song came on. I was like “OMG SIMPLE LOVE!
Oh yeh! And VPOP is gay! And hella ugly! I was sitting in the front row of Van Son Down Under. They’re midgets with suckky weird looking clothes.
hey..omg i love minh tri,viet thi,cat tien,vpop, and VY NGUYEN!!
vy is the best ~!! i luv her and i actually met her in the u.s at this concert..my sister and i made a dance and she said it was good!!
vy is the best^^
we met her when she waasnt singing in van son yet!!!
omg hi!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my name is vy n when i get older i wanna b just like u!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Vy Nguyen? That’s my gf
Which Vy are you talking about????????
ummm….let’s see the song vy nguyen sang was called this is me not this is vy! next time don’t make any typos lyk dat!! lata dude
The dancer in van son in Phillipines, who acted with Nguyen thang, she is da prettiest sexiest dancer ever!!!Anyone know her name????
Minh Tri is soooooooooo sexy. so is Nguyen Thang
damn i thought this was a porno site
i recon
the tokyo concert was good.
each concert gets beta & beta. my favorite song was “yeu em suot doi” by Nguyen thang & Cat tien! its a great song and i cant stop listening to it. keep up da goOd work Van Son!
and to da ppl wif da bad comments, keep irt to yaself coz no1 wants to here it!
i love nguyen thang!!! love his voice…can sit down n listen 2 him all day n all nite..love d song he sang in philipines..n down under…d song he sang wif andy..omg i can listen 2 dat ova n ova again…well i reckon vpop is good 2 deir voices r soo nice…cant believe sum1 sed they r gay n ugly..well they r singers not models!i reckon 2 of them r cute…i like cat tien too..i like vanson more than thuy nga…thuynga dancers r good but not really d songs…i dun really like asian at all…its weird but i enjoy listenin 2 d mc more than d singers..
nguyen thang is d best…cant find info on him tho..*disappointed* oh i reckon he looks good wif dat new hair…d one in philipines =)abt minh tri ive neva sit down n listen 2 d ful length of his song b4..but i reckon d song in jap was good…abt viet thi( i fink dat her name) i think shes pretty but i dun fink her singin is good at all..
dikheads !! asshole
ahem, i believe it’s goo-dou !! dik n i don’t know how to say hole in viet…
Does anyone know the original song for “Yeu Em Suot Ddoi”?
i luv minh tri, u noe that song “khuc hat xot xa” i luv that song, dude…i even copy the lyrics down when i play the song
that song “van yeu” , “This love” the english version was excellent, but the viet version is shit man
okay this review is messed up. i love minh tri, cat tien, nguyen thang, and vpop; you jus need to stop hatin cus they sound so good and you dont =P
we lOved VanSon!!Especially when Minh Tri, Cat Tien, Nguyen Thang, Andy and Vpop song!!they are like the best out of all of the viet singers!!!They ROCK!!and have everything we want like Cat Tien!!Cat Tien and Andy makes a cute couple!!!
I only liked Nguyen Thang’s “Van Yeu” was only watchable because of the dancers that surrounded him. Otherwise, he’s not very good.
i like vy nguyen’s songs a lot but i couldn’t find it on the internet
van son is the best i like Vy Minh Tri Andy Quach Cat Tien Nguyen Thang Nguyen Khang Vpop and i also like the comedy movies too.^_^*_*
if you want to find her cd then just go to dalat music in santa ana.duh.i think vy nguyen is way more better than cat tien.cat tien is gay.everytime she’s with andy quat then she thinks she’s all that.she is so a bitch.
why don’t you go to dalat music in sants ana.duh.i think vy nguyen is way better than cat tien.cat tien is gay.everytime she’s with andy quat then she thinks she is all that,but she’s also a bitch.
id just like to say that everyone has their own opions in wat they listen to! and you shuldnt judge an artist on tryinks . some of them inspire us! you know what . i cannot get on with my day without listeninks to minh tri’s khuc hat xot xa . have you listened to the words ? he sings from the heart not his mind
i better go
buh as i like to say
take wat u have in your mind and speak from the heart
does any1 know the japanese song or japanese singer that sing in VS 29?
Hey, I have no problem adding a white face to a golden production.. lol. But yes you are right it is cheesy. I picked up Karaoke 27 and really enjoyed Nguyen Khang ” Cu Lua Doi Di ” not knowing much on the lyrics for “Yeu Em Suot Doi” I did think the melody was good and young feeling. But hey I am just an egg with a viet wife of 12 years and 2 precious bridge builder girls to make the next Viet Idol! lol.. Paris by night still owns the market though.. They others have to do more to reach the 2nd generation viet and sadly I don’t see it yet! Just cheesy attempts but who am I? Just a guy who loves singing regardless the language ;-)