Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten:Cambodia’s Lost Rock n’ Roll by John Pirozzi was about Cambodian music, culture and art, and Cambodia’s tragic and disaster past under the Khmer Rouge regime. This movie illustrated how music is a soul of nation that shape Cambodian’s life and tradition itself. In addition, it also portrayed how music, artists and their way of life were affected during the war. There were a lot of interesting facts and details, likes and dislikes and why this movie grasp me in terms of the important names and places that mentioned in this movie.
There were a lot of interesting facts and detail that stood out to me most. First, it was interesting to see how music was passed by generation to generation where it started first with …show more content…
I like how Cambodian songs have their own style, manner and rhyme. For example, Huoy Meas has a beautiful, soft and gentle voice. I agree with the woman in the video that Huoy Meas’ voice was like floating. It was also pleasing to hear and I like the timbre of her voice. When I watched the part of the video in the time of 30 minutes where the dancers were wearing light green clothes and have a plant on their head as they dance into the song. I like how they dance gracefully and very consistent. They were also dancing with barefoot. I was not surprised that they were dancing with the barefoot because in the Philippines, we were also dancing with barefoot, especially Tinikling. Tinikling is a traditional Philippine folk dance that involves two people beating, tapping, and sliding bamboo poles and there were dancers who dances between the poles. In addition, their costume they were wearing correlated to the song about nature. I also like how Cambodian people sang while dancing. For me, I love singing while dancing, especially dancing was my passion. On the other hand, I dislike how the war started because it was traumatic to see the experience of Cambodians in the hands of the Khmer Rouge. In the video, it showed a big change in the music where there were no more love songs and they were forbidden to broadcast music from the 60’s. It was also disrespectful to see that they change their way of lifestyle. For …show more content…
Some of their songs were influenced by some other American Artists. When the video mentioned about the Drakkar Band where they played songs by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, it made me happy because I heard some of the Beatles songs. I heard some of the Beatles songs because of my dad who happened that Beatles songs are his favorite. The songs that I love in Beatles are Yesterday and Hey Jude. It was sad to see that some artists were killed after the war and Cambodians were scared to go back in their country because of the experience. Furthermore, I cannot imagine how will Cambodians rise up again where they have to start over again after the traumatic war they have experienced. The important thing is that Cambodians should not lose and forget their heritage and how music shape their life in many
There were a lot of interesting facts and detail that stood out to me most. First, it was interesting to see how music was passed by generation to generation where it started first with …show more content…
I like how Cambodian songs have their own style, manner and rhyme. For example, Huoy Meas has a beautiful, soft and gentle voice. I agree with the woman in the video that Huoy Meas’ voice was like floating. It was also pleasing to hear and I like the timbre of her voice. When I watched the part of the video in the time of 30 minutes where the dancers were wearing light green clothes and have a plant on their head as they dance into the song. I like how they dance gracefully and very consistent. They were also dancing with barefoot. I was not surprised that they were dancing with the barefoot because in the Philippines, we were also dancing with barefoot, especially Tinikling. Tinikling is a traditional Philippine folk dance that involves two people beating, tapping, and sliding bamboo poles and there were dancers who dances between the poles. In addition, their costume they were wearing correlated to the song about nature. I also like how Cambodian people sang while dancing. For me, I love singing while dancing, especially dancing was my passion. On the other hand, I dislike how the war started because it was traumatic to see the experience of Cambodians in the hands of the Khmer Rouge. In the video, it showed a big change in the music where there were no more love songs and they were forbidden to broadcast music from the 60’s. It was also disrespectful to see that they change their way of lifestyle. For …show more content…
Some of their songs were influenced by some other American Artists. When the video mentioned about the Drakkar Band where they played songs by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, it made me happy because I heard some of the Beatles songs. I heard some of the Beatles songs because of my dad who happened that Beatles songs are his favorite. The songs that I love in Beatles are Yesterday and Hey Jude. It was sad to see that some artists were killed after the war and Cambodians were scared to go back in their country because of the experience. Furthermore, I cannot imagine how will Cambodians rise up again where they have to start over again after the traumatic war they have experienced. The important thing is that Cambodians should not lose and forget their heritage and how music shape their life in many