tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9654336.post113440481322366972..comments2024-03-01T16:29:55.720+08:00Comments on mod-ified music: modcentric is brokemodcentrichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04699214960982621973noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9654336.post-1134586601816194462005-12-15T02:56:00.000+08:002005-12-15T02:56:00.000+08:00Just a little bit of esoteria you might appreciate...Just a little bit of esoteria you might appreciate - there are various varsions of classic sixties bands living in and kicking around SE Asia.<BR/>For examples, I've experience different line-ups of clasic period ensembles, the Platters for example- with the obligatory original token members - at private parties and nightclubs in Manila and KL!<BR/>for some reason or another the sixties, well, nostalgic, sound has taken a hold in these areas and still maintain enough of an audience to support a lifestyle abroad - in tropical climate no less - for quite a few of these groundbreaking American arists. Haha, my Platters experiences were quite the tragicomedy - stumbling in late, and well, drunk, for a Christmas event at the US Ambassador's residence... and reinventing the Great Pretender classic as the "great bartender" gotta love it.<BR/>Its quite interesting how the "beat," so speak to goes on in places like Manila. I've become friends with many rock n roll veterans and how I wish they'd lend me some of their vinyl! <BR/>Most SE Asian cities had really vivid rock n roll scenes in the day - and continue to be excitingly musical to this day - and I suppose many of the scenesters are now sucessful business people now and can afford to indulge in some live-act nostalgia. <BR/>Also, cities like Singapore and Manila - and Hong kong - hosted quite a few top-acts in the day and they left their mark on the cultural consciousness as well as the music scene! <BR/>Yikes, let's not forget the incredible beat music coming out of Cambodia in the sixties!<BR/>Actually someone should write a book on this phenomena!<BR/>Thanks for your wonderful site - enjoying the tidbits very much!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9654336.post-1134576126828110472005-12-15T00:02:00.000+08:002005-12-15T00:02:00.000+08:00hi skunkeye, thanks for the comment!actually it's ...hi skunkeye, thanks for the comment!<BR/><BR/>actually it's the same situation here. most of the vinyl I've seen in second hand stores here are UK stuff. so ironically it's harder to find Singapore/Malaysian 60s vinyl nowadays, than say, The Beatles or Herman's Hermits! quite frustrating!modcentrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04699214960982621973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9654336.post-1134574556517377272005-12-14T23:35:00.000+08:002005-12-14T23:35:00.000+08:00Great collection on QQF!You know I went to high sc...Great collection on QQF!<BR/>You know I went to high school in Kuala Lumpur - I'm sure there's a lot of good Malaysian period pop - I wish I had been more proactive then about collecting - this was the early nineties! I used to score some great vinyl for dirt cheap- tucked away in the music shops of the less fancy malls - but it was all UK stuff.<BR/>Keep up the great site!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9654336.post-1134489830059308082005-12-14T00:03:00.000+08:002005-12-14T00:03:00.000+08:00Yay more singaporean sixties!!!! :)Yay more singaporean sixties!!!! :)Brunohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10151961692993536018noreply@blogger.com