Cambodian Rocks Volume 2

Product Description
Incredible recordings from the late 60s, early 70s Cambodian rock scene range from mad garage-band rave-ups to mystic go-go organ/fuzz guitar, with exotic female singers. Extremely sensual and emotionally. Echoed from the Beatles, Bee Gees, Monkees, Santana, Van Morrison, Scott McKenzie, Carpenters, and much more in Cambodian versions and lyrics?!

Cambodian Rocks Volume 2,Various Artists,Khmer Rocks

Average customer rating: The best of the "Cambodian Rocks" series. Cambodia Rocks! Good choice to expand you horizons High-energy, soulful and haunting

Cambodian Rocks Volume 2 Manufacturer: Khmer Rocks ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Cambodian Rocks Volume 1 Cambodian Rocks Volume 3 Cambodian Rocks Volume 4 Thai Beat A Go-Go, Vol. 2 Dengue Fever ASIN: B000198P84 Release Date: 2003-12-01

Tracks:

1. Always Hope [Sinn Sisamouth]
2. If You Wish to Love Me [Ros Sereysothea]
3. Women of '72 [Sinn Sisamouth]
4. Hippie Men [Pan Ron]
5. Missing Tender Care [Sinn Sisamouth]
6. Bachelor Without Worry [Yol Aularong]
7. Waiting For Moon [Sinn Sisamouth]
8. Sweet Sixteen [Ros Sereysothea]
9. Beloved Girlfriend [Sinn Sisamouth]
10. Dance Soul [Leiu Thaert]
11. Apart From Beloved Lover [Sinn Sisamouth]
12. Monkey Dancing Monkey [2.35]
13. I Love Women [Yol Aularong]
14. Wolly Polly [Ros Sereysothea]
15. Do You Remember [Leiu Thaert]
16. Haircut [Ros Sereysothea]
17. Rainy Night [Sinn Sisamouth]

Album Description

Incredible recordings from the late 60s, early 70s Cambodian rock scene range from mad garage-band rave-ups to mystic go-go organ/fuzz guitar, with exotic female singers. Extremely sensual and emotionally. Echoed from the Beatles, Bee Gees, Monkees, Santana, Van Morrison, Scott McKenzie, Carpenters, and much more in Cambodian versions and lyrics?!

Customer Reviews:

The best of the "Cambodian Rocks" series........2007-07-13

The other three volumes of CAMBODIAN ROCKS are interesting, but this one is far and away the best, and if you buy only one CD of Cambodian music, this should be the one. All of the songs are excellant, including Sinn Sisamouth's Spaghetti Western-ish "Beloved Girlfriend", Ros Sereysothea's bouncy "If You Wish To Love Me" (a song that would fit right in a Quentin Tarantino movie), Pan Ron's delerious and infectous "Monkey Dancing Monkey" (once heard, it will never leave your head. NEVER.) and Sisamouth's "Tender Hands", a strangely eerie cover of the AM radio standard "Streets of San Francisco". A haunting, hypnotic, and strange collection, made even more poignant by the fact that none of the major performers featured here made it out of Khmer Rouge regime alive, all of them murdered by the state for the "crime" of playing pop music.

Cambodia Rocks!.......2007-05-13

A trip to Cambodia and the sound track for City of Ghosts turned me on to groups like Dengue Fever and the Cambodian Rocks Vol. 1. Vol. 2 doesnt disappoint. It conjures up a time and place that was then wiped out by Pol Pot. There are some great vibes here and anyone who likes the slightly offbeat but great tunes will love this.

Good choice to expand you horizons.......2004-10-24

This album is a great follow-up to Volume 1. It has a better mix of artists. Personally, I like the songs on Vol. 1 better, but you can't go wrong with this one either. The sound quality is similar to Vol. 1 - it sounds like a vinyl record. If you liked Vol. 1 or Parallel World's Cambodian Rocks, then this is a good choice. If you're looking for more music from this genre, check out khmerrocks.com. They produced both of these albums and offer Best Of albums for several artists featured on these compilations.

High-energy, soulful and haunting.......2004-03-03

Some of the very best rocknroll from outside Britain and the United States. Amazingly vibrant musicianship and singing. Not only does this disc get me nodding along (if not dancing!), but the blending of more traditional Cambodian popular music with rocknroll is so unique as to be breath taking. I get chills thinking about how incredible it is that only in recent years have non-Cambodians had the chance to get to know and love the music of the pre-Khmer Rouge Cambodian scene. and how close the world came to losing all touch with this music due to the insanity of the Communists who murderd as many of the musicians, singers and scenesters as they could because they were too "Westernized". And while Ros SereiSothea (known as the Queen of the Cambodian Rock/Pop scene) and Sinn SiSamuth (the King of the scene) are the stars of this disc, all the singers are incredibly talented. This disc totally rocks, and it is a great way to start your day or surprise your jaded rock scene friends. It blows alot of todays bads right out the water.

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