Nhu Loan – Trai Tim Da Duoc Yeu
You can put lipstick on a pig. It’s still a pig. No, I am not comparing Nhu Loan to a pig. She looks too damn sexy to be a pig. I am referring to her limited vocals. Unlike her breasts, which are visually stunning thanks to augmentation, her voice remain unchanged no matter how much digital enhancement it has gone through. She can hide, but she can’t sing.
Once again, her sophomore release, Trai Tim Da Duoc Yeu, testifies that a hot chick can’t make a hot record. The title track begins with her Auto-Tuned acappella. (Trust me, you don’t want to hear her voice naked.) The smooth, snoozing saxophone picks up and her cottony voice floats like air over the tiresome, shiny beat. Her voice gets thinner and lighter on Christian Bautista’s “The Way You Look at Me.” On Sy Dan’s “Hat Nang Con Lai,” the producer has to incorporate fart noises to distract attention away from her weak vocals. “Que Huong,” a dedication to her mother, is the most horrendous rendition ever recorded. Her emotionless flow and monotonous phrasing make you feel like her homeland is an extremely boring place where you just want sleep.
Don’t give me wrong. I am not a hater. In fact, I have mad love for Nhu Loan. Thuy Nga’s stage wouldn’t be the same without her presence. I am sure many of the fellows will miss her too. Although she can’t bare her soul, she has something else to bare.
Oh God Donny !
I was invited to a show here Friday where NL performed. I asked my husband if he wants to come to “watch” NL but he wasn’t interested oh well I was interested to see NL in all the “hot” clothes but hubby blew my chance. He wondered why he wasn’t interested but I was interested hehehe :)
Yeah those “beasts” has significantly increased and NL has significantly increased their exposure :)
Don’t get me wrong, I am not a hater. In fact, I wish I have those canaloupes but I am too chicken to go under the knife !!! Trust me I worked in the OR before sometimes things do go wrong, very wrong !!
Those fake ones are no good… I heard you have to be real gentle with ‘em. Suppose you were in the heat of the moment and your wife gently remind you to be gentle because she just drop 5K on ‘em it’ll be such a turn off.
She should have save her money from the boob job and fix that snaggle-tooth of hers.
Completely talentless and a waste of time, in my opinion.
Who buys her CD’s? I mean, really?
ThuHoai, you don’t want those cantaloupes. I’m sure you’re fine the way you are.
Chris I am only joking you are right. I am fine the way I am. I don’t like people staring at me for the wrong reasons. :)
Actually the only way the I will go under the knife is for life and death situation.
It is strange thinking but I look at cosmetic surgeries as being not respectful for one’s body, a short of self-inflicted torture for the pure shallowness of physical attractiveness. Alot of my friends tell me ” I really respect you for not fixing anything on your face or body “. They used to complain that I don’t wear much make up on stage. It is really strange how people think. I don’t even believe in taking tons of vitamins… LOL I believe in eating healthy fresh food, sleep, rest and a very balance lifestyle to preserve and age gracefully. Of course I am only joking Chris, I would not know how to handle those cantaloupes, my back will no doubt hurt more !!
LMAO @ the farting noises
Does Dung laugh alot when she reads your blog Donny ? Cause we do.. :)
Why does NL even put out a CD? I guess
her fans wants get it. I guess TN produce whatever they think may sell LOL.
I heard Trinh Lam may join me and my band for a coming up gig. The organizer wants me to duet with Trinh Lam for this show.. hummm I definitely don’t want to duet “Tinh con vuong van” oh how I intensely dislike this Chinese type of songs yuck … any ideas guys? May be “Vi do la em ” will be good or should I do the cheesy “Boi vi anh yeu em ” ? LOL “Boi vi anh yeu em” has the most requests from people they just love this song !
I don’t know she does or not because she doesn’t read my blog when I am around, but I know for sure she doesn’t disagree with me.
If NL and TN wants to make money off her, they should just put out a swimsuit calendar or the like. That’s what her “fans” really want to see. I don’t think they’re fans of her actual “singing!”
And by “fans” I mean, sex-starved, perverted, misogynist men. LOL
Yes I agree with you Chris, you are so so right. There are alot of these men around who are as you described above.
There are so many of these men around Chris. You should see them at NL’s concert, I saw some guy putting his head right next to her boobs when they pose for pics. NL
will hug and let her fans touch her body :)
She doesn’t seem to mind at all since she probably feel obligate to let people free to touch/feel as part of her “performance” as she wear bikinis on stage and wiggle her @##@! What a perverted, sex-starved guy to do ?
Hmmm… what’s wrong with looking at a pretty girl? If that mean they are automatically become sex-starved or perverted then I am sure we’ve already got 99.99999% of the men out there.
Hoang!!!
We don’t mean looking I mean drooling !!!
Dear Hoàng:
Cả TCS còn: “Em đi về cầu mưa ướt áo” dù cho “đường Phượng Bay mù không lối vào”…
0.00001% còn lại để làm gì đấy nhỉ? Đệ nghị chẵn!
“Hmmm… what’s wrong with looking at a pretty girl? If that mean they are automatically become sex-starved or perverted then I am sure we’ve already got 99.99999% of the men out there.”
Hoang, I think you can distinguish the difference between just looking at a pretty girl and “drooling” (as ThuHoai puts it). At least, I hope you can.
Thu Hoai, hahaha :) drooling, that’s very descriptive…
Dear Nhie^n, Ca’i 0.0000.1% la` dde^~ da`nh cho Nhie^n dda^’y, cha? bie^’t Nhie^n co’ chi.u kho^ng :)
Chris, hehe I am too busy drooling :)
Seriously I don’t think Nhu Loan is hot but each to his own.
Dear Thu Hoài:
Smile! 5 người mà mình ngưỡng mộ và cho là đẹp là :
1. Nguyễn Thị Huyền
2. Dương Trương Thiên Lý
3. Ngọc Khánh
4. Ý Lan
5. Thụy Trinh (Xướng Ngôn Viên)
Ua, nguoi dep TH khong biet ten chi co Y Lan la Thu Hoai da gap roi. Co Y Lan ngoi an dinner voi TH va ban cach day 2 nam. She is so elegant and beautiful! Her husband is also very handsome.
TH tuy la phu nu nhung rat nguong mo nhung nguoi dep. Nhung co trong Paris by Night TH khong co thay ai dep het ngoai tru co Y Lan.
Khanh Ha sometimes looks really sexy too but the rest looks like they are trying to hard to be sexy and that in itself is very UNSEXY :) A sexy woman is naturally alluring sexy without trying too hard. I think the singer Y Phung from Asia looks pretty sexy too. I think her skin is tan but she has a natural allure to her.
Donny,
Again you have proven yourself to be the best, truthful and devastatingly funny critic of the VN overseas singers, especially the ones in big production houses like TN and Asia. I rather spend my money on buying Western music cds and their concerts than all of the VN crap out there at the moment. At least I know I get to listen to and see real artists performing their original music. You have to be absolutely tasteless to buy NL CD. She just can’t sing.
I was thinking Paris by Night should read out some of the comments you have written here about their singers such as NL. Im sure it will be a big hit and leave the audience laughing in tears as I am right now. Let me suggest that to TN and see what they have to say.
I don’t think any of you have the right to judge the way a ‘singer’ present him or herself. The given fact is that you all feel morally and artiscally superior to Nhu Loan (especially Thu Hoai and Chris) and that in itself is an unkind judgement.
People has all sort of insecurities and difficulty in finding themselves and for Nhu Loan, she had chosen an image that’s conventionally appealing and has economical advantages as a singer, it’s also an image that being accepted by her crowd, it’s no different to the ladies from ‘Sex and the city’ who are slaved to materials, corporate sucesses and very corporeal relationships. They all strive to attain an identity that conventional people would find admirable.
It’s unkind to attack people for an identity which they have chosen for themselves when you don’t know their backgrounds, history or state of mind, they might have so many vulnerabilities which lead them to make certain choices. These comments from you guys are almost like racism. Sure Nhu Loan doesn’t have much artistic or singing capability, but if she happens to be a kind person, then I guess she’s morally superior than the rest of you…
P.S for your duet suggestion with Trinh Lam, maybe Chan Troi Tim or Mua Thu Cho Em, these are both gorgeous without being tacky and popular without being cheesy!!!
What are you on about “pop me up” ? Now that’s what I call cheesy. How would you like to be popped?…don’t get angry, Im being very objective here.
I don’t care if NL is kind or not. It doesn’t matter to me, I’m not her family or friends. What matters to me is that she has released her own cds and they sound horrendous. What matters to me is that I keep seeing her on PBN doing anything but singing. Her voice is terribily weak, the girl can’t hold a tune for a second. She gives me nothing good to say except for her body which is not the subject here. It is very obvious that NL can’t sing and her admirers must obviously can’t sing either.
Dear Huy,
Please re-read my message, it is obviously difficult for you to comprehend, and while you’re at it perhaps you can brush up your English reading skills as well as cleaning up your grammaratical errors, they’re no different to that of Nhu Loan’s singing capability.
Popcorn (pop-me-up),
What I can’t comprehend is that you have admitted NL can’t sing yet you still like her music. Extraordinary. I don’t know too many people out there that not only enjoy bad taste but also defend it with all their heart too!
Go and listen to Tran Thu Ha’s “Toi Voi Troi Bo Vo” and see for yourself why I don’t see any singing talent in NL.
You need to be exposed to the good stuff to see what you have been missing out on.
Agreed with #10 in that she’s overly friendly with her fans perhaps to make up for her sooo lack of singing talent? Heck if her fans say that NL can sing then perhaps it gives hope to 99.9 % of the people out there that cannot sing at all huh? I met her a couple of times and she is cute but I was quite surprised at how small she is in real life(around 5’3 that’s it!) and sooo skinny, and the only things were big were her you know what… It’s funny because I heard my friend’s mom said to her, “You should eat a little more cause you’re too skinny!” and NL said “Yeah, I know.” But anyway, she definitely looks waaay taller and much more voluptuous on TV and pictures. About her singing? Hehe, I would sooner be tortured and dragged by ten horses than having to have listen to her sing! Ok, ok so it’s a bit of a hyperbole but it’s still the truth.
:0) Wow so many comments here!
To Popmeup, I happen to be a kind gentle lady who knows how to sing and have certain ethical standards. I don’t believe in selling a certain image/body just to make money and be popular. If NL is the greatest singer and dress like that then it is great but if she cann’t sing well and dress like a gogo dancer, I think it’s sad.
Artists do have a responsibility in putting out a listenable album instead of relying on the sexy image to sell CD/DVDs. I would feel very embarassed to be in this position.
Also thanks to “Popmeup” for your suggestions. I was thinking of the
song “Duong xa uot mua” , “vi do la em”
Vi ngot doi moi” and a one of my favorite song “Bay gio thang may” . Your two songs are very nice also. I was asking for the organizer to invite Tuan Ngoc but they said “TN is too old and he isn’t “hot” with the young people “. Gee..
I think all these negative comments are ridiculous! You all are just jealous. Nhu Loan is gorgeous, yet she is an amazing person and a beautiful singer! I would say that you should meet her in person before saying anything absurd.
Thanks for the posts. I was so curious about the CD and my boyfriend got the CD for me to check out how bad it is. You will be surprised. I love the CD so much. I have been listened to Nhu Loan CD everyday now. The more I listen to it the more I enjoy it. I feel relaxing listening to her baby voice. All the songs in this album are great and unique. It is a great gift for Valentine’s Day.