Comments on: Don’t Despair, Dear I http://www.visualgui.com/2006/06/02/don%e2%80%99t-despair-dear-i/ Visualgui is a web design portfolio and a personal playground of Donny Truong. This site gives Donny the creative freedom to be innovative, to experiment with design, to apply his web development skills, to improve his writing, and most importantly, to have fun; therefore, VisualGUI not only showcases Donny's works but also serves as a medium for Donny to explore his thoughts and share his inspirations. Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:50:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tannie http://www.visualgui.com/2006/06/02/don%e2%80%99t-despair-dear-i/comment-page-1/#comment-23712 tannie Tue, 06 Jun 2006 00:23:18 +0000 http://www.visualgui.com/?p=778#comment-23712 i thought diem xua was about thanh thuy =D Thanh thuy is very good with tcs songs too. i thought diem xua was about thanh thuy =D Thanh thuy is very good with tcs songs too.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.visualgui.com/2006/06/02/don%e2%80%99t-despair-dear-i/comment-page-1/#comment-23696 Anonymous Mon, 05 Jun 2006 23:03:39 +0000 http://www.visualgui.com/?p=778#comment-23696 Donny, I don't have problem with hidden meanings behind the lyrics or poems either since most of the Vietnamese artists are very good at talking about those in the "nice" ways like in Ho Xuan Huong works, in the song "Cam on em" (not sure who is the writer), "Thang sau troi mua", some of Pham Duy's songs ... Just never heard about TCS's songs :-) Donny, I don’t have problem with hidden meanings behind the lyrics or poems either since most of the Vietnamese artists are very good at talking about those in the “nice” ways like in Ho Xuan Huong works, in the song “Cam on em” (not sure who is the writer), “Thang sau troi mua”, some of Pham Duy’s songs … Just never heard about TCS’s songs :-)

]]> By: TD http://www.visualgui.com/2006/06/02/don%e2%80%99t-despair-dear-i/comment-page-1/#comment-23658 TD Mon, 05 Jun 2006 18:31:19 +0000 http://www.visualgui.com/?p=778#comment-23658 Chau, I think "Diem Xua" is about an ex-lover that Trinh thought of her. Not sure if world peace is what he is talking about, though. Correct me, if I am wrong. Please. Chau, I think “Diem Xua” is about an ex-lover that Trinh thought of her. Not sure if world peace is what he is talking about, though. Correct me, if I am wrong. Please.

]]> By: TD http://www.visualgui.com/2006/06/02/don%e2%80%99t-despair-dear-i/comment-page-1/#comment-23657 TD Mon, 05 Jun 2006 18:25:10 +0000 http://www.visualgui.com/?p=778#comment-23657 Donny, I couldn't agree with you more about Ho Xuan Huong. However, it's playfull or not depends on the reader's mind. I love her work and even more to know that she was the first woman to express herself so freely in such close confucius society like old time VN. Back to TCS, I absolutely admire the man with beautiful mind and gentle words like him. For the first time, I thought it's an interesting interpretation on Trinh's words the way Rob thought. I couldn't help myself but laughing to hard. And Rob, is it all you can think of TCS lyrics whenever you listen to them? Not sure if Trinh's intention is to help you to get through the night there. Take a cold shower, would you! Donny, I couldn’t agree with you more about Ho Xuan Huong. However, it’s playfull or not depends on the reader’s mind. I love her work and even more to know that she was the first woman to express herself so freely in such close confucius society like old time VN.

Back to TCS, I absolutely admire the man with beautiful mind and gentle words like him. For the first time, I thought it’s an interesting interpretation on Trinh’s words the way Rob thought. I couldn’t help myself but laughing to hard. And Rob, is it all you can think of TCS lyrics whenever you listen to them? Not sure if Trinh’s intention is to help you to get through the night there. Take a cold shower, would you!

]]> By: donny http://www.visualgui.com/2006/06/02/don%e2%80%99t-despair-dear-i/comment-page-1/#comment-23583 donny Mon, 05 Jun 2006 02:11:23 +0000 http://www.visualgui.com/?p=778#comment-23583 DTDT, I don't think TCS's lyrics contain nasty meaning either. It's the nasty minds like mine that make them sound obscence. I respect TCS, too. Like the singers always say, particularly Tran Thu Ha, everyone sees something different in Trinh's music. :) But even if TCS meant to have hidden behind his lyrics, I don't find anything wrong with them. After all, one our great poets Ho Xuan Huong was famous for this kind of playfulness. :) DTDT, I don’t think TCS’s lyrics contain nasty meaning either. It’s the nasty minds like mine that make them sound obscence. I respect TCS, too. Like the singers always say, particularly Tran Thu Ha, everyone sees something different in Trinh’s music. :)

But even if TCS meant to have hidden behind his lyrics, I don’t find anything wrong with them. After all, one our great poets Ho Xuan Huong was famous for this kind of playfulness. :)

]]> By: DTDT http://www.visualgui.com/2006/06/02/don%e2%80%99t-despair-dear-i/comment-page-1/#comment-23582 DTDT Mon, 05 Jun 2006 01:47:29 +0000 http://www.visualgui.com/?p=778#comment-23582 OMG, I can't believe that TCS lyrics' can be translated to some weird thinkings. I would say something similar "I knew TCS will come back from the dead and scream, ‘leave me alone ....’". At different times and regions, people have different views about the beauties. The Vietnamese women are mostly skinny and natually don't have front and back...specially I think the songs are targeted to the young Vietnamese girls. BTW, Duyen Anh ( the famous writer before 1975) wrote the love story where he borrowed TCS's Nhu Canh Vat Bay lyric. The lyric fits the story very well. In the story, the girl got cancer and she becomes weak and skinier, she even looses her hairs and died at the end. That's why the song has the lines like: "vai em gay^` guo^c. nho? ....tu+` luc' du+a em ve^`, la` biet^' xa nghi`n trung`...", this is when the girl says goodbye to her lover since she doesn't want her lover to know that she got a cancer. The guy watched the girl and feel the sadness from her back and the skinnier she got. Anyway, I respect TCS, I don't think he is one of the musicians that put any kinds of hidden masty meanings in his songs even those meanings are part of the real life. OMG, I can’t believe that TCS lyrics’ can be translated to some weird thinkings. I would say something similar “I knew TCS will come back from the dead and scream, ‘leave me alone ….’”. At different times and regions, people have different views about the beauties. The Vietnamese women are mostly skinny and natually don’t have front and back…specially I think the songs are targeted to the young Vietnamese girls. BTW, Duyen Anh ( the famous writer before 1975) wrote the love story where he borrowed TCS’s Nhu Canh Vat Bay lyric. The lyric fits the story very well. In the story, the girl got cancer and she becomes weak and skinier, she even looses her hairs and died at the end. That’s why the song has the lines like: “vai em gay^` guo^c. nho? ….tu+` luc’ du+a em ve^`, la` biet^’ xa nghi`n trung`…”, this is when the girl says goodbye to her lover since she doesn’t want her lover to know that she got a cancer. The guy watched the girl and feel the sadness from her back and the skinnier she got.
Anyway, I respect TCS, I don’t think he is one of the musicians that put any kinds of hidden masty meanings in his songs even those meanings are part of the real life.

]]> By: deeal http://www.visualgui.com/2006/06/02/don%e2%80%99t-despair-dear-i/comment-page-1/#comment-23571 deeal Sun, 04 Jun 2006 12:51:52 +0000 http://www.visualgui.com/?p=778#comment-23571 "ru ma~i nga`n na(m tu+`ng phie^'n mo^i me^`m..." i think TCS did want to mention about the... "holy lips" (mo^i tha'nh) :-) “ru ma~i nga`n na(m tu+`ng phie^’n mo^i me^`m…”

i think TCS did want to mention about the… “holy lips” (mo^i tha’nh) :-)

]]> By: htc http://www.visualgui.com/2006/06/02/don%e2%80%99t-despair-dear-i/comment-page-1/#comment-23561 htc Sun, 04 Jun 2006 04:12:49 +0000 http://www.visualgui.com/?p=778#comment-23561 tannie, I was just trying to find the message that Anh Bang, sorry I didn't know this song is one of his, tried to deliver. There is an old thinking that in the society as the whole, our lives are intertwined. One's happiness affects the other's. The last two lines of the song reflects just that: "...Rượu nồng thịt thơm bao người nâng chén no say đùa vui Đâu biết chim ngậm ngùi ." However, using the image of the birds and the hunter here is wrong. What the hunter supposes to do? Hunting is his vocation, his job. He still has his family to feed. Anyway, I already say more than I should here! It's just some of my crazy thoughts! Ignore me! :) tannie,
I was just trying to find the message that Anh Bang, sorry I didn’t know this song is one of his, tried to deliver. There is an old thinking that in the society as the whole, our lives are intertwined. One’s happiness affects the other’s.
The last two lines of the song reflects just that:
“…Rượu nồng thịt thơm bao người nâng chén no say đùa vui
Đâu biết chim ngậm ngùi .”
However, using the image of the birds and the hunter here is wrong. What the hunter supposes to do? Hunting is his vocation, his job. He still has his family to feed.
Anyway, I already say more than I should here! It’s just some of my crazy thoughts! Ignore me! :)

]]> By: chau http://www.visualgui.com/2006/06/02/don%e2%80%99t-despair-dear-i/comment-page-1/#comment-23560 chau Sun, 04 Jun 2006 04:01:42 +0000 http://www.visualgui.com/?p=778#comment-23560 One line in Diem Xua that really struck me is: "ngay sau soi da cung can co nhau" Soi da cung can co nhau..vay thi tai sao nguoi thu ghet nguoi? We should all be at peace. One line in Diem Xua that really struck me is:
“ngay sau soi da cung can co nhau” Soi da cung can co nhau..vay thi tai sao nguoi thu ghet nguoi? We should all be at peace.

]]> By: tannie http://www.visualgui.com/2006/06/02/don%e2%80%99t-despair-dear-i/comment-page-1/#comment-23557 tannie Sun, 04 Jun 2006 01:35:19 +0000 http://www.visualgui.com/?p=778#comment-23557 actually reading it over, khong thu khong oan hot cho nguoi nghe, nguoi is the tho san. birds don't know better haha. okay yeah... =P ignore me actually reading it over, khong thu khong oan hot cho nguoi nghe, nguoi is the tho san. birds don’t know better haha. okay yeah… =P ignore me

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