On Feb 22, 2:09 pm, Soriya <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Westernstarr,
>
> Thank you for revealing the story of Sin Si Samouth as you saw it.
>
> Now, has his widow indeed passed away?? hmm, it's sad if it's true.
> Yeah it's sad, I've also seen the video in which she begged for help
> from overseas Cambodians; I watched it several times. In many posts of
> mine elsewhere on the internet (under a username different from
> "Soriya"), I ask the Cambodian government to officially declare Sin Si
> Samouth as a national treasure, I urge the music companies who make
> money out of his songs to pay some royalties to his widow & surviving
> children, reminding them that they have a moral if not legal
> obligation to do so, & I ask overseas Cambodians who enjoy his music
> to create a fund to help his widow & surviving children.
>
Have you done anything with that as you ask others to do?
Oh! Have you asked yourself for you have asked others to do?
> Right, the Cambodian society of before April 1975 didn't value
> artists, including movie stars & singers. Back then, people referred 2
> Kong Som Oeun as "Ah Kong Som Oeun", or Meas Hok Seng as "Ah Meas Hok
> Seng". Remarkably, no one ever referred to Sin Si Samouth as "Ah Sin
> Si Samouth". They referred to him as "Sin Si Samouth" or, more
> affectionately, as "Samouth". Yeah Yeah, Sin Si Samouth was the most
> respected, or probably the only respected, Cambodian entertainer back
> then.
>
Are they doing better now?
Do you mean those Cambodians were really bad people?
You are right.
> Yeah Yeah, Sin Si Samouth for the Cambodian culture is at the same
> level as the Beatles & Elvis Prestley are to the English-language
> world. Even more so. The art, science, & technique of singing in Khmer
> by Sin Si Samouth for the Cambodian people are, to my ears, more
> sophisticated than those by the Beatles & Elvis Prestley for the
> English-speaking world. Furthermore, his average rate of producing hit
> songs (eg the average number of hit songs produced per year) is higher
> than that of the Beatles & that of Elvis Prestley.
>
> Once somebody gets to understand the Khmer language, he/she falls in
> love with Sin Si Samouth's songs. I've seen this phenomenon on the
> internet. Even some people who don't understand the Khmer language at
> all also claim they love his songs, & most of them even request that
> his lyrics be translated into English. I've seen this phenomenon on
> the internet.
>
You mean Cambodians as somebody in your writing.
> So, again, I ask the Cambodian government to officially declare Sin Si
> Samouth as a national treasure & his music as a national heritage, &
> to erect a memorial monument or statue to honor him.
>
What kind of effort have you done to make this a reality?
Are you just talking with hope that others would follow your
footsteps?
> Soriya
>
> On Feb 22, 6:32 am, Westernstarr <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > A few years ago, I read a magazine in which a person who claimed to have
> > been locked up in a prison in Kandal in which he met SSM there. The man
> > claimed to have composed the song Thngai 17 kakada for SSM to sing a few
> > years earlier. But due to the long separation between the two in the earlier
> > 1970s, SSM couldn't remember him until he was reminded of that
> > particular song.
>
> > The man said later on a young KR cadre came into the prison and led SSM
> > away. SSM knew that he was to be killed. As he was being led away, he looked
> > back at the man and said goodbye. Soon after, the KR cadre brought back the
> > clothes to the prison. This man said he could recogonise the clothes
> > belonged to SSM.
>
> > I am trying to recall which magazine I read.
>
> > Yes, so true Khmer government should posthumuosly Okhna-ed him and pay some
> > pension to his immediate family members, along with other famous Khmer
> > artists who had perished. I think it would be good if the Opposition takes
> > up the case.
>
> > But anyway, historically, Khmer artists have never been valued or looked
> > down by Khmer society and Khmer leaders of all persuasions never care about
> > what they see as non-issue like this.
> > It was so disheartening to see his wife begging for help in a video before
> > she passed away recently (?).
>
> > On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Soriya <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Hello Ta Boo,
>
> > > Actually I encountered on the internet 2 versions of how Sin Si
> > > Samouth was killed by the Khmer Rouge. The 1st version is similar to
> > > yours, and the 2nd is presented in my 1st post in this subject.
>
> > > The story in the 1st version is similar to those of 100s of 1,000s of
> > > other Cambodian victims, while that in the 2nd story is probably
> > > uniquely unspeakably cruel. So I present only the 2nd version.
> > > However, as I implied, it may or may not be true.
>
> > > I take this occasion to urge the Cambodian government to officially
> > > declare Sin Si Samouth as a national treasure, and to erect some kind
> > > of memorial monument to honor him.
>
> > > Soriya
>
> > > On Feb 21, 3:01 pm, Ta Boo <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > Hi Sorya!
>
> > > > About Sin Si Samuth put to death by the Khmer Rouge after being evacuted
> > > from Phnom Penh, I have different version from you. Sin Sisamuth was
> > > evacuated from Phnom Penh to Bath Tambang where the Khmer Rouge had him to
> > > dig his own grave and had him to sin the best favorable song before put
> > > him
> > > to death. When to got at Surin, Thailand, on April 1975, somes Thai came
> > > to
> > > ask me if Sin Sisamuth was among you.
>
> > > > ________________________________
> > > > From: Soriya <[email protected]>
> > > > To: Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - w ww.cambodia.org <
> > > [email protected]>
> > > > Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 6:53:5 6 AM
> > > > Subject: Sin Si Samouth & The Khmer Rouge Leaders
>
> > > > Sin Si Samouth & The Khmer Rouge Leaders
>
> > > > Several weeks ago I saw somewhere on the internet the following:
>
> > > > Sin Si Samouth was ordered by the Khmer Rouge leaders to write & sing
> > > > a song to glorify their war victory over Lon Nol. He complied. As soon
> > > > as he finished singing the song, he was arrested by the Khmer Rouge,
> > > > his tongue was cut off, & he died of a slow painful death.
>
> > > > That may be true, considering the hatred cruelty atrocity barbarianism
> > > > beastliness of the Khmer Rouge.
>
> > > > Now, if that's true, do you have any English or Khmer word to describe
> > > > that unspeakable cruelty of the Khmer Rouge leaders??
>
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