Paris By Night 96: Nhac Yeu Cau 2
Like most of Thuy Nga’s typical video releases, Paris By Night 96: Nhac Yeu Cau 2 is more on cleavage and less on content. Unlike its musical presentation, which shows no sign of innovation, Thuy Nga tends to push the sexual visual to the edge.
Take Tu Quyen’s and Nhu Loan’s “Lien Khuc Hoi Nguoi Tinh” for example. Most of the time, the singers are the main attraction and the dancers are just the supplement. In this case, the dancers who wore nothing but white panties and covering themselves up with a white piece of cloth damn near pushed Tu Quyen out of the frame even though she looked cute. Even when the topless dancers left the stage, Nhu Loan couldn’t top those sensual broads. Although Thuy Van can’t carry a note, she sure knows how to present her body. As always, she looked trashy but sexy. I am not mad at her though. Someone has to entertain married and bored Vietnamese men. Paris By Night is the alternative venue for those of us who can’t make it to Café Lu or Di Vang 2.
By fulfilling the popular demands, Nhac Yeu Cau 2 is filled with Chinese-translated hits (“Tinh Em Ngon Nen”), “Medley New Wave 80” and sentimental ballads like “Thoi Doi” and “Nhung Doi Hoa Sim.” Although Tran Thai Hoa sounded weak in “Tuong Niem,” he gave a surprisingly decent performance of traditional folks with Ngoc Ha. Quang Tuan made his first appearance on Thuy Nga’s stage with Y Lan. They don’t seem to go well together on stage. While he looked like a piece of rock, she looked like a piece of gum.
The diva duet between Bang Kieu and Tran Thu Ha was nothing novelty, but Bang Kieu’s acting in Nguyen Ngoc Ngan’s skit, “Ao Em Chua Mat Mot Lan,” was. He has the perfect voice for the character. Mr. Ngan is very clever in his gay-bashing/embracing storyline. (He first slammed you in the face then handed you an icepack.)
If I have to pick one song from Nhac Yeu Cau 2, it has to be Ngoc Anh’s “Giet Nguoi Trong Mong.” With her gruff voice, she gave Pham Duy’s tune a killer rendition.
agree Ngoc Anh’s version of Giet Nguoi Trong Mong is very addictive and dark. older versions of this song by other big names flow smoothly, but this version Ngoc Anh takes her time with a dark tone which let the listener absorb song slowly.
Ngoc Anh is a great interpreter of songs.
Giết Người Trong Mộng là một bài nhạc phổ từ thơ của Hàn Mạc Tử! Qua tay Phạm Duy, bài thơ sang trọng lạ kỳ. Mình chưa nghe bài hát này Ngọc Anh hát nhưng tin lời Doanh nói…
Bài hát đạt kỷ lục nhiều chữ “giết” nhất của nhạc Việt Nam!
NA looks stunning in this dress.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL-WMiZ45aI
Is she singing live ??? It sounds like she did but never know..
Toc Tien cute nice voice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDQtxLBoQoY
a+c, how’s about Thanh Bùi. He is an amazing vocalist…
http://thanhbuimusic.com/
Thanh Bùi with Mirror Mirror – Gương Thần Gương Thần
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNUIdXjtNws
no TH, Ngoc Anh is not singing live.
NA is very good at live singing. She is pretty good at English songs too.
Thanh Bui is very cute and a good singer.
I am impress with his Vietnamese and the way
he presents himself. He seems to be a very nice and humble guy.
I agree with most of Donny’s review of this PBN. Tran Thai Hoa sure shines through his folklore performance whereas Quang Tuan fails terribly to make a good first impression with dull stage presence and emotionless delivery. Toc Tien catches my eyes when she appears on stage and captures my heart once she starts singing. While breathing some fresh air into a classic song, she flirts with the lyric through her beautiful delivery & performance. I totally dig young female singers who can sings pre-war songs. She will go far.
I don’t think Toc Tien has the chops yet to carry a classic song like Toc May. But she is still young and definitely has potential.
You don’t need chops to sing Toc May. Toc Tien = refreshing, period.
Oh no I disagree with you ttran. Toc Tien does have very excellent “chops”, looks plus charismatic and has great stage presence.
I love Toc Tien’s performance as well as Ngoc Anh’s .. I would prefer Khanh Ha sang those songs by herself or with Quang Tuan.
Khanh Ha she is great ! :) Love her she is the one who got me interested in singing.
Toc Tien – she’s ok.
I personally like her to be less flirtatious and less make up.
And singing less dramatic and put more soul into the meanings of the song.
TDK, actually i love the way she is, this song has been sung several times by other artists, Toc Tien was successful by doing it her own way, it was like a new song to me.!!!!!
Toc Tien copies Y Lan’s style on stage. I prefer the origin version by Y Lan.
Ngoc Anh’s performance is probably the only one I will watch again. The rest of the show was just filler and failed attempts at enticing the audience’s attention (Khanh Ly and Che Linh? what a disaster!)
For me, what stood out the most was Nguyen Ngoc Ngan’s portrayal of gays and lesbians in the Vietnamese community. It’s refreshing to finally see this group not being scapegoated solely for cheap laughs and comic relief. My family received the message well, and I hope in this age of progressiveness and critical thinking, other families will do so as well.
-Viet
Yes I agree with elaine. TT does same gestures as Y Lan. She reminds me of Diem Lien when she first came to music videos.
Not quite understand your statement about Quang Tuan and Y Lan. I thought, besides Ngoc Anh’s Giet nguoi trong mong, their songs are the best of all. Who could sing with sa’o/luye^’n like Y Lan does? No one.
Toc Tien voice at first sounds “Wow”. But the more you listen to it, you will realize that her voice is still so young. Need to age more.
Great discussion all!
i disagree. Ngoc Anh’s rendition of Giet Nguoi Trong Mong lacks true emotions. i could not believe it in her eyes.
TT voice need to age more? What does that even mean? This is funny, khanh ha got you to like music, which is the opposite for me. I fast forward every time when she sing. Y Lan is not as good as she used to be. So yeah, whatever you mean by TT voice need to age, I totally disagree or at least it’s not the case for y lan. Toc Tien = cute and refreshing face and Nguyet Anh = Big Tits = RULES!!!
Voice need to age means voice not yet reach its peak. For a woman it is around 40 I believe. About Khanh Ha .. She may be boring to some but this woman has perfect breath control and is one of the best singer around. NA is dramatic, sexy and has very strong voice but she is very breathy. To each its on but technically, Ngoc Anh isn’t as good as Khanh Ha. .. sexier yes but better singer .. I think not.
To #23:
“Toc Tien = cute and refreshing face”: it’s true if you like teenage musicals. Granted that TT is still very young and needs to mature more in both voice and style. She still looks like a kid, and the whole flirty things are just so out of place.
“and Nguyet Anh = Big Tits = RULES!!!”: this is just the other extreme. No comment!
Ngoc Anh is really a woman to sing! such a mature magic voice!!!
a woman in sexy clothes, good hairdo, nice makeup, and a with few acting class… trying to wrap her soul around the song with a few pseudo emotions… how typical.
I also love Ngoc Anh’s performance the most. I always love her voice when she was still back in VN. I am not sure why she is not as popular as others but who cares. I am getting sick of hearing “giet nguoi trong mong” sung by so many other singers but NA’s voice really got my attention.
It’s my 1st time to hear NgocAnh singing, not much attention, but the pbn97 is so impress with her song & dance!
KhanhHa just copycats YLan and her face look fake and mean too!
I’m not sure what all the fuss is over Ngoc Anh, sure she puts a new spin on the song, I was never a fan of Elvis Phuong killing this song but that doesn’t mean I’ll go as far as saying Ngoc Anh gave a revolutionary rendition of the song. Her voice is too raspy and strong, in the beginning when she sang “Giet nguoi di, giet nguoi di” she was trying to lower her voice to build up momentum but it ended up she turned the first “giet nguoi di” into a whisper. As a singer you’ve gotta have greater voice control than that. Not bashing on her performance but then again neither am I touting it as a record shattering revolutionary performance. As for Toc Tien… she tries too hard. As most on here have said it, she’s a kid, but I remember in the interview before she sang, she said something to try and out do Nguyen Ngoc Ngan, rookie mistake. And she tries too hard when she sings, not saying she doesn’t have a voice, she does, but she needs to practice more and make it look natural when she’s singing. Her flirtatious demeanor when singing the song could be interpreted as wanton and licentious. My 2 cents.