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MEMORABLE MUSIC: TUẤN LÊ’S “MAD AT HIM, ANGRY AT HER” (“HỜN ANH GIẬN EM”), TRACK 15 ON SAIGON ROCK & SOUL

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Tuấn Lê’s “Mad at Him, Angry at Her” (“Hờn anh giận em,” 1970?) is a clever duet about a soldier and his wife in the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, or South Vietnam). The song speaks to the burden that war imposed on soldiers and their romantic partners. “Mad at Him, Angry at Her” is the […]

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MEMORABLE MUSIC: HUY THANH’S “A GIRL’S DESTINY” (“DUYÊN PHẬN CON GÁI”), TRACK 16 ON SAIGON ROCK & SOUL

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Huy Thanh’s “A Girl’s Destiny” (“Duyên phận con gái,” year unknown) is yet another song in which love trumps wealth, similar to Nguyễn Trung Cang’s “Our Treasure” (“Kho tàng của chúng ta”). “A Girl’s Destiny” is the thirteenth track on Saigon Rock & Soul, and this post is a continuation of my mini-series translating the

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