Asia 63 – Ngay Tan Hon
Asia latest release was politic free? That was so unreal, but when the production left out two propaganda papas (Nam Loc and Viet Dzung), it did happen. With just two sexy (and pretty silly half of the time) MCs, Thuy Duong and Bao Chau, holding down the floor, Ngay Tan Hon (The Wedding Day) was entertaining.
It was about time Asia came up with a creative concept by combing wedding fashion with music, but let’s hope that we won’t see too many sequels like Mua He Ruc Ro, Da Vu Quoc Te and Bon Mua. One wedding show was enough already. And unlike most of Asia previous releases, Asia 63 was filmed in a studio and not a concert hall.
One of the standout video was Nguyen Khang’s jazzy version of Pham Dinh Chuong’s “Mong Duoi Hoa.” The black and white film gave the performance a classic vibe and Nguyen Khang carried the tune with calmness and confidence. Ho Hoang Yen delivered a sexy rendition of Hoang Nguyen’s “Bai Tango Rieng Cho Em.” She didn’t need to reveal all that cleavage, but it didn’t hurt. Y Phuong did a fine job of covering Hoang Thi Tho’s “Ta Tinh” with her soaring alto.
On the flip side, the duet between Philip Huy and Thuy Huong was kind of yucky, as if a father and a daughter telling each “love me with all of your heart.” Another horrendous pair was Trish and Mai Thanh Son. Their vocals were just awful. Doanh Doanh was doing her Chinese tune as usual and Doan Phi was dancing like he had a bee in his pants. The rest of the show were passable, but the fashion design would prevent viewers from pressing the fast-forward button.
Yes, the cleavages certainly did make the video more entertaining. Quite creative fashion show actually. Tuong Nguyen should just stick to fashion, his voice is horrid.
I’m unhappy with some of the song choices could have chose more forgotten classics than those translated half ass English songs. I can’t believe I’m saying this but Bao Han pulled a much energizing performance of “Thien Dang Ai An” than Y Phung.
And yay, more politic. When will Asia actually realize that they fare better without those fake tears and rage.
I am happy to see Asia stepped out of their normal boring routines of late to produce something more creative. However, as I have seen you and many other have criticized on here about their politics involvement, I do have a different take on it. I am glad that Asia does make a stand and clearly shows what side they are on. I am fortunate to have my dad educate and tell me the stories of our recent history and about the war, but I know that many of my friends at my age do not have a clue about it. It help us get a little insight into the history that the US media and books have distorted and somewhat misinformed many young Vietnamese Americans. I have many friends came up to me and talked of Ho Chi Minh as a hero, and the Communists as saviors because they have read it in American books.
Asia might not change much, but at least they are providing a voice and a little insight into the history of oubr country and our father’s past. To Sammy, those tears and rages are not fake. It is not fake when I see someone of my dad’s age shed tears after a song or a story, because my dad did the same sometimes. Propagandas are what the communists used to misled and misinformed us, but speaking up of the truth is not propaganding….it just simply educating or informing. It might be boring and you guys might think they are ruining ur show, but it is their principle and stand…you always have other options such as Paris by Night or Van Son.
Hello Langtula, I really do appreciate your perspective on Asia and their political outlook, and off course it is not wrong to inform or reiterate history. What they must also realise is that history is history, it is of the past, if only Asia’s voice and theme focus on retelling of history, than it is fine, but what they also do is promoting violence and hatred towards communism, towards actual human and that going to war is a great and proud thing (i.e when they interviewed that female Vietnamese pilot and a few other people) and these are also the limitations of their creativity.
Ho Chi Minh like many other political figures of the past Chairman Mao and Lenin were recorded in history book because they brought about victory to their countries, they are therefore being considered as heroes of their countries, that’s all that history books tend to say, diplomatic and to the point. Whether their political outlooks or strategies to manage the country economy and welfare and their approaches to humanity, these are different issues altogether and obviously, these countries are not good at looking after their own citizens or facilitating a good economy.
Personally, I really admire the Dali Lama and Aung San Suu Kyi, for their patience, frankness, honesty and non-violent approach in their political activities and if Asia is serious about their political stance, they should adopt this same approach. And if they can incorporate frankness, patience and honesty in music and arts, then it is something worth considering, otherwise trash…trash and trash.
All these music productions claim to exhibit and preserving the Vietnamese cultural in their shows, but really it’s just all trash…the clothes are mostly trash, the new ao dai collections are usually trash, even Khanh Ha is turning trash with her dresses and ao dai, what ever happens to story telling, solid poetic song writing or ca chu etc, these happen very rarely….and that’s sad!!!
Pop me up,
It is true that you and most other young people are looking at music productions as merely entertainment purpose and so forth. There are plenty of companies that play the safe way and do just that. However, Asia has made their stand and has many times expressed their purpose and goal. It is not promoting violence or war by giving a plauge to a female pilot, but rather to acknowledge and honor her bravery. It is not creating hatred, but rather proving that they are not willing to compromise and agree with what communists did to our country, and even when we are in exile and lost the war, we are still not agreeing and condone what they are doing to our people and homeland.
About Ho Chi Minh, Lenin, and Mao…they are all “heroes” to their parties, but to their countries then there are mixed results. What I am saying is that I hate to see a friend, whose dad was on the South VN army, growing up reading and watching the half truths from the media and misunderstood that his dad was on the wrong side fighting against VN and not for VN. I have friends who misunderstood and thought that their parents were doing the wrong thing and fighting for foreigners… And about liberating VN from the French, Ho Chi Minh weeded out all the top leaders from Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang and others from VietMinh in order to claim all the credits to himself…but thats a diff story.
I do agree with you that I have saw many productions went down in quality and creativity, and that is sad to see but at the same time understandable. We lack quality songs from younger artists, and we are getting bored of the old songs from being chewed up. It is a business afterall, and as long as the demand is still high, they will supply with these under prepared programs because its still selling and profitable.
I admire the comments from langtula and I don’t see anything wrong when the topic of some Asia products are about the war and the past.
You know what.
I think it was lucky that Viet Congs only murdered 3 millions and pushed VN to the level of the knee of Thailand. If Viet Cong and Ho Chi Minh had been a little bit better, many little Viet Congs and patriotic Viets would have die suffocating with the big cock of Ho deep into their throat!
both sides of the spectrum has their evils. CSVN happen to be in the wrong in our eyes because they caused so much deaths to our people. but don’t just slam communism if you hate any “evil do-ers” . both sides got their propaganda machines, its just the Western propaganda machines is bigger and revealed more obvious evil deeds of their enemies, while turning their own wrong doings into something righteous for a larger population to believe. in one government you can bribe under the table, in western governments they can legally bribe in the process of lobbying to get what a group wants. then there’s the political driven false flag operations to scare the citizens and sway their opinions. if you research/consider many points of view as possible and who benefits from 9/11, iraq war, palistinian conflict, mumbai attack…i think you’ll find not only the communists are evil.
when the north Vietnamese were killing their own people in the south, the corrupted generals were busy conspiring with coups and killed our president of the south. i would thanks Asia for taking a stance, but i won’t think of Asia as a company that comes from “Pleasantville” where things are lovey-dovey-dandy-innocent-true intentions. there’s a big group of picky audience that hate VCs and there’s money to be made or to survive with that group of audience so a stance was made. just a business decision because its a popular stance to capture VN refugees people attention and get their support. statistically that business decision surely win for short term, but might not work well long term thats why they’re trying to loosen up a bit.
both side of spectrum as in communism and democractic. both sounds great in ideal/theory on papers, but in practice there’s greeds and corruption that can make these two type of government similar in practice, and Vietnam was caught in the middle of their agenda.
the people,the land, the opportunities are wonderful in democracy like US, its just the govt is showing its ugliness (bid for political seats, voters fraud, printing money like crazy, take over of corporations with tax payer’s money, sabre rattling for Iran conflict, supporting the aggressor of palestinian killings- victims of communism regime should feel sympathetic to the palestinian people too, all aggressor use a popular reason to invade and kill)
Hmmm … the show was a disaster from start to finish and the fashion is hella atrocious … the hair, make up and outfits didn’t even match each other and Bang Tam looks like one of those ladyboys … gross!!!
nguoinghe,
Both sides are bad so you chose to stay in which side? You are using the internet developed by which side? Which side let you go demonstrate and talk freely against the ruling government?
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Think hard before writing the rubbish! Go read about Nhan Van Giai Pham and many others jailed with long term sentence for writing something as government should rule by laws.
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No wonder communism would last several decades with horrific crimes against humanity.
Of course, democracy is not an easy path but it has a chance to advance society in a civilized way
i choose the democratic side of course. im just saying don’t be so blind and see communism is the ONLY evil/enemy. if you suggest me to go read, i’ll suggest you to go read Plato’s allegory of the cave, lets see which is a more classic literature. im thankful to live under this civilized system but i dont take it as the absolute truth this political system is almighty rightous.
yes communism committed crime agains humanity, thats a fact. now if you can’t focus/recognize more than two criminals at a time, then how can you fight against communism?
Oh God !
BTW, Donny I sent you an email.. I couldn’t open the link so I didn’t get all the songs. I am going to meet up with the group
and the engineer this weekend. The group has a big jazz concert and a CD opening party. After that we will rehearse to see what we need to polish. Say a prayer for me.
Can we please exclude the political debate from this site folks. Take it elsewhere if you want to talk about it. There’s no right or wrong in this world nor there’s good and evil. Inside a good there’s evil and inside an evil there’s good. Back to music…Im looking forward to watching this creative product from Asia, finally. Does it have Dam Cuoi Tren Duong Que? That’s such a cute and authentic Vietnamese wedding song. My fav wedding song.
Yes, leave out the politic, bring on the trash and cleavages…hehehe
leave out the jazzz and bring on the pop
leave out all the poetry and bring on the money…that’s how it works, amusing!!!!!!
Give more medals and honorary mentions to all soldiers and pilots so they can go on with a high spirit, raising the flags of their countries and shoot a few more civilians, congratulation for wiping out a whole vilage of ‘bad’ people…forget peaceful protests and negotiations and patience etc…they take forever to work…bla….bla…
I’m so done with people who do not understand kindness and humility!
Shooting civilians is the main tool of Viet Cong. Look at Mau Than and thousands of mass murdering by mortars and mine.
The goal of American and democratic forces is to minimize civilian kills. Viet Congs did not care.
Only the stupid leftists or commies still conitinue to lie just the commies do.
If American justice system was like commie system under doggy Ho then these commies would have been jailed for at least 15 years.
No wonder Viet Nam is still the shit hole of the third world! After 20 years of sucking capitalism, VN is still just above 6 countries in Africa in per capita income and behind 47 others.
No wonder VC say cock of Ho Cho Minh is so delicious even though they want to live in democratic and capitalist countries
Do you expectc little Viet Congs have grey matter? Nope. They have only shits of Hoe and other VCs, just like Hoe have and older VCs have Chinese commies’ shits only:
http://www.rfi.fr/actuvi/articles/118/article_5184.asp
http://nghiathuc.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/t%E1%BB%AB-nguy%E1%BB%85n-m%E1%BA%A1nh-t%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Dng-d%E1%BA%BFn-mai-thai-linh-t%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Fng-nang-ti%E1%BA%BFn/
“How do you tell a Communist?
Well, it’s someone who reads Marx and Lenin.
And how do you tell an anti-Communist?
It’s someone who understands Marx and Lenin.”
Quote by: Ronald Reagan
Mr. Nam Lộc is a propaganda papa?
Mr. Nam Lộc was a key figure and heavily involved with the Orderly Departure Program since the beginning and still active as of today. Without the ODP, you wouldn’t be sitting here blogging cái ngu dốt của mình.
Beware of “The Communists who want to Socialize your Nazism.”
Just because one don’t believe in Asia’s political view doesn’t mean one agreeing with Communists’ ideology. And those who think that one ideology is better than the other surely never read Plato or Greek philosophy. Thomas Jefferson read it. Karl Marx read it. They just had different ways of execute their ideas.
Langtula, TD,
It’s great that we still have people who have the knowledge and understand communism as much as you do. There are a lot of people who don’t know anything about how bad the communists are. They may have read or heard about it, but they don’t understand or don’t believe what they heard. What a pity!
TimP
Sammy and NguoiNghe, Popmeup, and the likes,…
So you might have read Plato. I commended you for that. Have you read Marx, and Lenine? How about the whole communist ideology?
In all my life, I have seen so many people like yourselves, people who look but don’t see; people who see, but do not recognize or understand what they see; people who read, but don’t understand; people who kissed the feet of the people who stepped on them and called them savors.
Remember that a great percentage of slaves in the America, who were perfectly content with their situation and did not undertand why anyone would wade a big war to free them?
I am pretty sure you are just one of those.
It’s pretty shameful for those who read, but don’t understand. So, don’t be telling me what books you have read.
The Soviet Union lost about 22 million people in World War 2. Stalin more than doubled or trippled that by killing his own people after the war.
PLEASE READ: the website below: http://www.digitalsurvivors.com/archives/communistbodycount.php
Of course, I know you might say “It’s all made up”.
And after what Mao did in China, what Ho did in Vietnam. After what happened in Cambodia, Cuba, North Korea, Eastern Europe. And the latest incidents in China (Tiananmen square, Tibet,…) There are a lot of people who still believe communism is good or not that bad?!
They must be blind, deaf, or SUPER STUPID!!!
Have guts to read more???
You will have to thank and appreciate people like TD and LangtuLa because they still have the kindness and patience to try to talk and explain to you. As for me, I know people like you are pathetic and hopeless!
Just like Reagan said:
“How do you tell a Communist?
Well, it’s someone who reads Marx and Lenin.
And how do you tell an anti-Communist?
It’s someone who understands Marx and Lenin.”
Don’t be so sad! And don’t hurry to blame yourselves! Lots of people – who are much, much smarter than you are – who have read Marx and Lenin and become the dogs for communists. They then follow the communists to praise, to worship, and to lick their owners’ feet.
The only ironic thing is that while a lot of poeple like yourselves are still eating communist shit and calling them heroes. The communist themselves have stopped believing in Communism for quite a long time now. My little sister has friends in Vietnam. Their parents are among the most powerful communists and the richest around. When they sit down and talk among themselves, they always laugh about how naive and stupid they were for believing in Communism. I got the chances to talk with them a couple of times when I went back to Vietnam and stopped by their residence to deliver gifts.
I should introduce them to you. Because everyday, they are thanking people like yourselves who are still believing Lenin, Marx, and Ho, so they could still be sitting there, in their chairs making themselves richer and richer.
Or better yet, they might be killing themselves while laughing at you!
Now, please make my day! Tell me you understood just a fraction of what you just read here. I hate to waste my time for nothing!
TimP
Hey guys,
I was just making a little side note but did not intended to drive this into a politics debacle. SOrry Donny, I know you dont like politics insertions into music in the first place..and I am sure you dont want these music reviews turning into a communist debate either.
So any opinions and takes on this new Asia video thats not politics related guys?
Hey TimP,
I see rage n fury out of you…Where u from buddy?
Fight baby fight… :)
Hey langtula,
I’m from Minnesota. How ’bout yourself?
Im from louisiana Tim…I know some people from Minnesota too and would like to pay a visit there sometimes. Hey you got yahoo msn or aim? I would like to talk about some music n politics stuff @ different place that would not cause a mess on Donny’s site.
Breaking News: visualgui.com has been hijacked by blind political bloggers whom see the site as an avenue for them to make a political stance.
TimP,
YOu must be a polical professor! he he he
I do love your writings which are brilliant and convincing. I emailed and post your writing in several post of Viet Nam forum.
I do wish I can write as well as you write here before I die!
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As you wrote, there are always SUPERSTUPID people – those who refuse to open their eyes, ears or those who are just cruel hypocrites. These skunks want to live in freedom and prosperity but try to persuade millions of Vietnamese slaves in the hell land that HO Chi Minh is great, and VCP is great.
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I do appreciate donny to let me post here 3 times. The last time I post mildly critical woring but was banned for life.
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I don’t have an agenda to post often since as timP said there are so many super stupid and super ungraceful Vietnamese. But the suffering of Vietnamese overthere is so horrendous that silence means an act of cruelty.
Langtula,
My AIM ID is heydido. What’s yours? I am not much of the “political blogger” as stated by Huy in his post above. I do feel guilty for not posting more often and I think I should begin to do more of it again.
Clearly, this is not the right place for this. AIM me a line or two and we can take this fight to a more appropriate front in the future.
TD, would you like to join us?
Donny,
It’s been busy and I have not had a chance to appologize for taking part in making such a big mess on what’s supposed to be a peaceful site for music.
After reading some of the posts by communist followers and some, who acknowledged that communists are bad, but chose to stand aside and watch the communists squeezing our people to death.
Just like TD said, the crimes committed by the communists around the world and the Vietnamese communists in Vietnam are so horrendous that pretending that it’s not my business is an act of cruelty, and inaction means committing a crime in itself.
Again, I really do appreciate your kindness for letting me post the messages and please accept my sincere applogies.
TimP
TD,
Thanks for your comments. You don’t have to write as good before your die;-)! You just have to write as much before you die! I wish people like you would not die before our country is freed. I really enjoy reading your posts, too.
I sometimes post on youtube too when running into some pathetic commies, although, once in a while, I got sick and tired of “playing music to the cows’ ears”.
My AIM ID is heydido. if you know a good place to fight, please let me know and I would be glad join you!
TimP
TimP,
Yes I do fight against morons in youtube and here:
http://www.topix.com/forum/world/vietnam
Thank you for your compliments. Will contact you when I set up AIM.
It would be my privilege to learn and be friend with you and other “real” Vietnamese.
I have not fight VCs actively but I think I should be more active.
Best Regards,
TimP,
“The only ironic thing is that while a lot of poeple like yourselves are still eating communist shit and calling them heroes. The communist themselves have stopped believing in Communism for quite a long time now. My little sister has friends in Vietnam. Their parents are among the most powerful communists and the richest around. When they sit down and talk among themselves, they always laugh about how naive and stupid they were for believing in Communism. I got the chances to talk with them a couple of times when I went back to Vietnam and stopped by their residence to deliver gifts.”
Next time you go back to VN and delivering a presents to the most powerful and richest Communists you come across….fight hardest of yourself for us will you….talk is cheap!!!!! LY TONG is waiting for you with an open arms.
WATCHER,
Please read again and use your brain. TimP said he delivered some gifts from his little sister to her childhood friends, not to their parents. Doing so does not mean he has to kowtow to these powerful “commie” nouveau rich as Ha Noi authority has done to their comrades in the North.
Ly Tong is one of million anti-commie Viets. He is not the only one. And don’t immitate the tactic of Viet Congs : pointing to one guy and assume all VNCH or anti-commie Vietnamese are the same.
Very cheap shot of you!
WATCHER,
You are just like any other typical communist followers. You just take things the ways they were presented. Almost ALL communists believe in commnunism and practice communism the same way!!!
You suggested that I fight against communism the hardest of myself. Does it include blindly attacking and prosecuting all communist followers? Is it like the way the communists did to people who don’t follow them, including prosecuting their own parents like Truong Chinh and his people did? That’s the hardest fight I’ve ever seen in human history!!!
I first met this communist guy when I went to his house to pick my sister up after a birthday party. Back then, my sister was in 6th grade and I just started highschool in Viet Nam. He invited me in for a drink to get to know more about my family. Right from the get go I told him my view about communism, and, to my surprise, he agreed with more than half of it! We met again more than half-a-dozen times before I left Viet Nam.
Now between a communist – who thinks Marx stinks and Ho sucks – and a guy who kisses the Marx and Ho’s stinky butts like yourself, I am not sure who really sucks more!
Hmmmm…..,
I’m a girl who grew up in USA…. I don’t know much about communism except through stories, books and movies… but through my dad’s eyes, through his tears, through his passions, through his sadness, through his bravery I do know this much about the war… and I concluded that whichever side he was fighting for and still fighting for IS and will be the good side. My dad didn’t tell me if Communists are bad, my dad didn’t tell me if communism was the wrong choice for VN but he did tell me his side of the story about the war that cost him his friends, his dad, his brothers and so much more people who died in protecting South Vietnam. While you people sit there and debating about “politics”, keep in mind… everyone is entitled to their own opinions. Therefore whoever doesn’t like Asia Production to talk about politics, don’t buy it!!! They put in politics because they believe in it and there are thousands and thousands of vietnamese people who agreed w/ them. Some of them live through those moments to remind themselves why they are here, some of them listen to it to understand more about the wars, the cultures, the communists, and some of them are watching it to get proof for VN dictators back home (I called it home because although it’s now under communists’ control, it’s still my home). Sadly, people only care about their opinions but tend to forget about others and I do believe Asia Entertainment wasn’t making those DVDs for those who hated politics….but it’s make for people who appreciate music, relive w/ music and try to find memories in the music… During the wars, during the “politic times”, music was the key… it united couples, marriages, families… it sent out messages to the country of what those “heroic” men were doing…. Music started everything, and to welcome or wake up the country… it started w/ music, a bravery song, a song that stood up for the country. So whether you like it or not…. Music is politic, unless it’s w/o lyric then… you can plug whatever you want in there how ever you want it….
I stopped watching Paris By Night for sometimes now due to… they are now recruiting those singers in VN, if they are good…. then fine, i’ll suck it in and listen through it…. but oohh my good lord… they are fricking horrendous…. and if people try to pay attention… they are trying to steer clear of any controversial regards communism, why? from my understanding and…gossip (AAAAHH….GASP) PBN is under the new management of some rich people in VN…. but again I might be wrong… gossip people…however I stopped watching PBN… and it’s my choice, my opinion… so please don’t get all freakish on me… everything I wrote here…. it’s entirely MY own OPINION… you don’t like it? please do not read it… just don’t jump off your chair and get all GUNG-HO on me…. thank god I live in USA, my own opinion counts…
wow…revisiting this controversial politicical topic to look for my MInny man TimP but seems like a young lady has spoken her mind. Hey TimP, im thinking of visiting Minnisota this xmas, even though you have given me your aim…I still dont see you on. Mine is Langtula…if u see me on hollah…or just give me ur email or something. I would like a new friend to hang with on my trip.
ForgetMeNot, I think you have made my day by speaking out your opinions. Its nice to read a political comment without all the profanities and name callings but still carry out a precise message even thought it was very passionate an emotional. I like your take on music and on politics also. where u from forgetmenot?
if you guys want to live with communist go back to vn and live. i hope you will have a wonderful time and a freedom of what you are talking about on this site.
Anonymous, a fatal logic of an overseas commie or commie sympathizer is that I love to live in civilized and capitalist country like the USA but communism is good for the mass in VN! Communism unites the country, industrializes the nation fast and brings equality blah blah blah. These little commies do not realize that the past and the current realities are totally 180 degrees from their “dreams”
OMG I am just as surprise with this video, Y PHUNG NEEDS TO NOT EXIST dont like her she cant sing PERIOD. Trish had nice clothes VERY CHIC!!, I like Nguyen Hong Nhung’s performance very cute, i dont like her any other time. DAN NGUYEN ALL WAYYYY!!! THE MOST PERFECT LOOKING VIETNAMESE I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. Sorry I know I sound obesessed much. But yeah asian finally made a proper fashionable show, the make up looked fantastic. NHU QUYNH NEEDS TO AGE GRACEFULLY NOT TRY TO BE YOUNG. and does anyone know whats that male dancers name who was LAM THUY VAN’S GROOM? hes too gorgeous
what happen when someone is dangling a piece of fresh meat in front of a cat? PBN and Asia are cats of different colors, but still cats. someone mention rumors of PBN might be under new management from people in VN, but fail to mention theres also “rumors” that SBTN, the bigger oversea Vietnamese satelite channel which some of Asia executives are co-founder/investors also have people in VN as investors or sit on the board of execs. and who got money…i mean good meat in VN? i also notice Little Saigon TV start to play music videos from singers in VN, perhaps paid by companies like Lang Xong Xanh to promote their singers? main point is that money talks, doesn’t matter what political stance a business showcase it to the audience. if a person is stubborn and believe thats impossible, that the mouth protest but the hand take money and put in pockets, then that person is a cute, naive little sheep.
The true face of VC leaders:
http://www.voanews.com/vietnamese/2009-12-15-voa35.cfm