Luk Thung
country man ข้ามันลูกทุ่ง
A typical LukThung song. Popular for the country side of southern Thailand as it reflects who they are,their identity and feelings. I seriously cried while watching its, its just so sad, reflecting the reality of peasant life. Farming, making a living, high cost, resulting in his girlfriend needing to go overseas, in which he misses her dearly. She ends up being marginalised and has to take up an odd job to earn a living. In the end he becomes a monk. So sad...
One of the most popular luk thung singers in the 1970s was Pompuang Duanjan,"Pomppuang Duangjan was one of the most important luk thung vocalists in Thailand. The child of rural peasants, she first drew attention in the late '70s. Although she was illiterate, her lyrics were powerful and compelling articulations of the travails of Thailand's poor. She adapted pleng luk thung (Thai country music) into a dance-ready form known as electronic luk thung. Her death in 1992 (at the age of 31) led many observers to believe that her music form would die out, but it persisted, and in 1997 the first all luk thung radio station came on the air, the leading edge of a major revival in the form."
Source
www.biocrawler.com/encyclopedia/Pompuang_Duanjan
A typical LukThung song. Popular for the country side of southern Thailand as it reflects who they are,their identity and feelings. I seriously cried while watching its, its just so sad, reflecting the reality of peasant life. Farming, making a living, high cost, resulting in his girlfriend needing to go overseas, in which he misses her dearly. She ends up being marginalised and has to take up an odd job to earn a living. In the end he becomes a monk. So sad...
One of the most popular luk thung singers in the 1970s was Pompuang Duanjan,"Pomppuang Duangjan was one of the most important luk thung vocalists in Thailand. The child of rural peasants, she first drew attention in the late '70s. Although she was illiterate, her lyrics were powerful and compelling articulations of the travails of Thailand's poor. She adapted pleng luk thung (Thai country music) into a dance-ready form known as electronic luk thung. Her death in 1992 (at the age of 31) led many observers to believe that her music form would die out, but it persisted, and in 1997 the first all luk thung radio station came on the air, the leading edge of a major revival in the form."
Source
www.biocrawler.com/encyclopedia/Pompuang_Duanjan
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