I knew I love you before I met you…

Heard of those words? Well, that’s what Savage Garden once sang. And it reflects pretty much my love for Thai music.

I have always had certain liking to Thai stuff, from food to the language, and lately, I’ve discovered Thai music videos available online for free! It’s all here. And if you google Thai music out, chances are you’ll find sites where you can listen or preview Thai music.

I used to have certain perception of Thai music- mainly due to Ad Carabao’s famous “Made In Thailand” song- that it’s ethnic and if you google out Carabao’s songs, they sounded pretty Mat Rock as well… And I wasn’t pretty interested in that.

But somehow, at the back of my mind, I knew I’ll grow to like Thai music some day… and then I came across this site selling Thai music. After sampling some of the songs, like Palmy’s and Big Ass & Bodyslam’s, I realized that Thai music has developed a whole lot. Alternative, rock, bubblegum pop, layback reggae, rap… you name it, you can find Thai music in that genre.

Okay.. enough said. Here’s a music video of Big Ass & Bodyslam’s เรา (rao). Note the crowd, which I think is comparable to well-known big names performers’ from other Asian countries such as Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan.