sábado, 25 de septiembre de 2010

Teddy Robin & The Playboys - Don't You Try To Love Somebody Like Me



Teddy Robin & The Playboys - Don't You Try To Love Somebody Like Me (Norman Cheng) Diamond 263 - 1968

La multicolor explosión beat de finales de los años 60, del siglo pasado, alcanzó todos los rincones del globo, incluyendo el sudeste asiático. Hong Kong no fué una excepción al fenómeno y, siendo por entonces todavía territorio británico, el influjo anglosajón era todavía más patente. Grupos como The Lotus, Mod East, Joe Jr. & The Side Effects, The Mystics, The Menace o The Anders Nelsson Group, mantenían animado al personal local con sus discos y actuaciones en directo.

Pero tal vez los más conocidos y con mayor número de fans incondicionales eran Teddy Robin & The Playboys. Un grupo muy jóven formado por el cantante Teddy "Robin" Kwan y sus dos hermanos, William y Raymond, junto al guitarrista y principal compositor del grupo, Norman Cheng, y el batería Frederick Chan. Fueron la sensación, no sólo en Hong Kong sino en gran parte del sudeste asiático. Dejaron grabados cuatro LPs y un montón de singles y todavía hoy su recuerdo flota en el aire de aquellas latitudes.

"Don't You Try To Love Somebody Like Me" es una encantadora canción, escrita por Norman Cheng, que aparecía en la cara B del single "You'd Better Cry" y que, todavía hoy, impresiona por su emotividad, colorido y arrogante candidez. Una canción que parece imposible que nadie pudiera componer en estos tiempos tan descreídos y ciegamente pragmáticos. Una canción que sin duda habría sido todo un éxito internacional si tan sólo hubiera salido de Inglaterra o los USA. Una canción realmente atómica.


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The multicolour late 60s beat explosion, from last century, reached each and every corner of the globe, including Southern East Asia. Hong Kong was not an exception to this phenomenon and, being then still a british territory, the anglosaxon influence was still more evident. Bands like The Lotus, Mod East, Joe Jr. & The Side Effects, The Mystics, The Menace or The Anders Nelsson Group, were keeping amused the local mob with their records and live gigs.

But those most popular and with the greatest number of unconditional fans were Teddy Robin & The Playboys. A quite young band formed by singer Teddy "Robin" Kwan and his two brothers, William and Raymond, together with guitarist and main composer of the group, Norman Cheng, and drummer Frederick Chan. They were the real sensation, not only in Hong Kong but in most parts of South East Asia. They left four LPs and a whole bunch of singles and, still nowadays, their memory is floating in the air in those latitutes.

"Don't You Try To Love Somebody Like Me" is a charming song, written by Norman Cheng, which appeared on the B side of the "You'd Better Cry" single and which, still right today, is still impressive by its emotion, colour and arrogant naivety. A song which seems impossible that anyone could write in these so disbelieving and blindly pragmatic times. A song which no doubt would have been a great international hit if it only came from the UK or the USA. A really atomic song.




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1 comentario:

Anónimo dijo...

Great !

seldom any western music lover knows about the 60's Hong Kong pops.

In fact there were many creative bands in Asia in the 60's.

Hope you introduce more in the future !

CHAN