‘Don’t Think She’s Forgotten’ – Laura Mam adapts a classic Pen Ron song, alternating past and present with ‘The Like Mes‘. Yay! Enjoy!
From YouTube: April 26, 2010 — After 3 months of planning, creating, networking, shopping (lots of shopping), story-boarding, daydreaming and then MORE re-planning…its finally here!!!
I have finally consolidated all my music–English and Khmer–with my band and will be making music with The Like Mes. This is our rendition of the infamous Pan Rons Sva Rom Monkiss. We hope that this story speaks to ending the silence between the young and old Cambodian generations. In my belief, it is about time that we make that small but necessary effort to understand ourselves by understanding each other.
This is dedicated to the incredible Cambodian musicians of the 60s, may their spirit live on in all of us and may they bless us with the ability to express ourselves once again.
A HUGE THANK YOU to every single person that contributed to making this video. It is this community’s heart and soul that you are witnessing, so please share in the love.
Credits:
Executive Producer
Laura Tevary Mam
Producer Helena Duong Chan Kanya Hong
Director Marco Bercasio
Cinematographer & Editor Marco Bercasio
Performed by The Like Mes
Credit Correction: Jimmy Ma
Last evening: The newly rebranded Overseas Press Club of Cambodia had their first do at the Himawari hotel, presenting four journalists who’d worked in Phnom Penh up until the 1975 revolution.
A huge crowd turned up demonstrating great interest in the ‘old hacks’ as they’d dubbed themselves. In addition to the four journalists featured, Tim Page, Al Rockoff and Elizabeth Becker could be spotted as well.
This was the culmination of a reunion of sorts, during prior days these old Cambodia hands explored old haunts and met friends from decades ago.
Earlier in the day, a memorial was dedicated to members of the press corps at Wat Po in Kompong Speu, a site where several reporters had been lost.
Knowing how much journalists love to cover their own, I’ll provide links to much better photos and coverage.
*Pan Ron* was a Cambodian singer and songwriter who was at the height of popularity in the 1960s and early 1970s.
She had some success in the early 60s, but her career really took off when she began recording with Sinn
Sisamouth in 1966. After that, she had many hits, sometimes singing alone, but often paired with Sisamouth, Ros Serey Sothear, or some of the other stars of the era. She was one of two most famous
Cambodian female singers of the time; the other was Ros Serey
Sothea.
While Pan Ron was the second lady of Khmer music during the 60s and 70s, little is known about her life. What we know of her comes from hundreds of songs, many of which she both wrote and performed. Tragically, her career and life was cut short; she is not known to have survived the Khmer Rouge
years. I’m Unsatisfied – Pan Ron 01_Unsatisfied_Cambodian_Space_Project.mp3
Recorded at Cambodian Living Arts studio
Recorded by Sam Ath Cheng, Sarin Choun and Punisa Pov
mixed by Lindsay Gravina at Birdland Studios, Melbourne, Australia.
Pan Ron’s 60′s classic *I’m U**nsatisfied* covered by *The Cambodian Space Project* for your listening pleasure!
*Pan Ron* was a Cambodian singer and songwriter who was at the height of popularity in the 1960s and early 1970s. She had some success in the early 60s, but her career really took off when she began recording with Sinn Sisamouth in 1966. After that, she had many hits, sometimes singing alone, but often paired with Sisamouth, Ros Serey Sothear, or some of the other stars of the era. She was one of two most famous Cambodian female singers of the time; the other was Ros Serey Sothear.
While Pan Ron was the second lady of Khmer music during the 60s and 70s, little is known about her life. What we know of her comes from hundreds of songs, many of which she both wrote and performed. Tragically, her career and life was cut short; she is not known to have survived the Khmer Rouge years.
I’m Unsatisfied – Pan Ron
Recorded at Cambodian Living Arts studio
Recorded by Sam Ath Cheng, Sarin Choun and Punisa Pov
mixed by Lindsay Gravina at Birdland Studios, Melbourne, Australia.
I’m Unsatisfied – covered by “The Cambodian Space Project”
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