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Phleng Phuea Chiwit
Phleng phuea chiwit ( th, เพลงเพื่อชีวิต; IPA:; lit. "songs for life") describes a type of Thai folk music, strongly influenced by elements of Western folk and rock music with a protest theme mainly centred on the hardship of working-class people and in favor of a democratic political system. The term ''phleng phuea chiwit'' (songs for life) came from "art for life" or "literature for life", that is, literature on life and society, while phleng phuea chiwit era flourishing in the 1970s also known as "jewel of the literature of life". History The philosophical roots of ''phleng pheua chiwit'' was in the Art for Life movement led by Marxist thinker Chit Phumisak in 1957. Phleng Phuea Chiwit originated from the events of 14 October 1973, when student and popular protests drove off the "three tyrants." The earliest phleng phuea chiwit band was called Caravan, which was formed after the 1973 student massacre. In 1976, police and right wing activists attac ...
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Folk Music
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted orally, music with unknown composers, music that is played on traditional instruments, music about cultural or national identity, music that changes between generations (folk process), music associated with a people's folklore, or music performed by custom over a long period of time. It has been contrasted with commercial and classical styles. The term originated in the 19th century, but folk music extends beyond that. Starting in the mid-20th century, a new form of popular folk music evolved from traditional folk music. This process and period is called the (second) folk revival and reached a zenith in the 1960s. This form of music is sometimes called contemporary folk music or folk ...
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Rock Music
Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States and United Kingdom.W. E. Studwell and D. F. Lonergan, ''The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from its Beginnings to the mid-1970s'' (Abingdon: Routledge, 1999), p.xi It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style that drew directly from the blues and rhythm and blues genres of African-American music and from country music. Rock also drew strongly from a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk music, folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical, and other musical styles. For instrumentation, rock has centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a Time signature, time signature using ...
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Indochine (Thai Band)
Indochine may refer to: *Indochina (french: Indochine, links=no), a region in Southeast Asia roughly east of India and south of China **French Indochina, the part of the French colonial empire in Indochina *Indochine (band) Indochine () is a French pop rock and new wave band formed in Paris in 1981. They became very successful in the Francophonie, Europe and Latin America in the 1980s, with songs like " L'Aventurier" and "Canary Bay". Following the release of se ..., a French new wave/rock band, formed in 1981 * ''Indochine'' (film), a 1992 French film {{disambiguation ...
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Made In Thailand
''Made In Thailand'' (MIT, เมดอินไทยแลนด์) was the fifth album by Thai rock band Carabao. Released in December 1984, this is their most popular album having sold over five million copies. The titular song was used in the 1985 Sompote Sands film '' Magic Lizard''. ''Bua Looi'', the fifth part in the ''Thyk Kwai tui'' series, which can be considered one of the band's signature songs. It was also opened in the women's volleyball tournament at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ... between South Korea vs Turkey in quarter-finals round. Track listing References 1984 albums Carabao (band) albums {{1980s-rock-album-stub ...
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Carabao (band)
Carabao ( th, คาราบาว) is a Thai rock band that is very popular in Thailand and other Asian countries. The group was formed in 1981 by university students Yuenyong Opakul ( Aed) and Kirati Promsaka Na Sakon Nakhon (Keo or Khiao) who met while studying at Mapúa Institute of Technology in the Philippines. The word ''carabao'' means "buffalo", a symbol of fighting, hard work, and patience. They are known for their Phleng phuea chiwit (เพลงเพื่อชีวิต) or 'songs for life'. This kind of music came to prominence through the protest songs of the 1970s political upheaval in Thailand, especially from the band Caravan. Carabao have blended the acoustic/folk style of 'peua chiwit' with other forms of Thai music, western rock and country music, and various kinds of world music like Latin music and reggae, earning such labels as 'ethnic rockers' and 'Kings of 3Cha' or 'Rolling Stones of Asia'. ''MTV Asia'' calls them "veteran". Carabao's song ...
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Pongthep Kradonchamnan
Phongthep Kradonchamnan () is a Thai Phleng phuea chiwit singer. Life His nickname is Moo ( th, หมู, "Pig"), and he was born in Nakhon Ratchasima Province on September 18, 1953. In 1975, he started his career as an entertainer with the first generation members of Phleng phuea chiwit band, Caravan ( th, คาราวาน). He became a solo singer in 1983. Entertainers He started his career as a solo singer in 1983. His first album was ''Huay Taleang'' ( th, ห้วยแถลง), and he has been popular since. Included in his first album were several popular songs such as ''Tang Kae'' (), ''Ton Kab Kee'' (), ''Fon Nang Jang Hay'' (), ''Ko Ra Cha'' (), ''Khon Kab Maa'' (), ''Kid Tueng Ban'' (), ''Nam Ta Hoy Tak'' (), ''Lom Ram Poey'' (), etc. Most of his songs were composed by him. The lyrics are more poetry like, some ar