Thao Nguyen podcast

[thedizzyspells]

"musical loins" haha

[funbeingspun833]

they....are good looking men...."hes a specimen.....and he grows a the best beard i've ever seen....." ahahaha brilliant responses

[j0hannahbu]

i love her

[Tart2490]

I think I found my new wife

[surfercrow]

Excellent! I haven't had a new (to me) favorite "band" in a long time. So glad Thao came to the rescue...

[svtcobra888]

fuck you

[arbmw320i]

lol snooty wesleyan bitch

[luuser111]

is thao a tad high? lol. <3

[Revolution15now]

you are inspirational thao!

[donskotch]

P-P-P-Pump it up!

[Shetyre]

youve got a sister cause in my town lives a girl named thao ngyen shes "asian " too but its nto im sure (as far your not living in germany >. > )

[PortablePinoy]

@Shetyre Nguyen and Thao are popular names.

[miguelakatito]

i wonder what kind of camera was that.

[aug11978]

beautiful, funny, and talented...I have this thing on repeat. 'topless in the night'...lol.

[dakonaisakoala]

she's hilarious!

[DocHallux]

i remember when i heard emacipator's album a while back. i was like "is that thao?" then i looked it up i was like "whoa, what a cool collaboration!"

[tylrNNK]

nguyen

[handii22]

3:20 I love the Indigo Girls haha.

[amelioooo]

I <3 Thao

[ragamuffinboi]

rhanks Thao for making such wonderful songs..this is what the world needs..

[EvilEyester]

What lame comments Mr. tednugyuen, if so then you are also free to go with fat ugly loser white girl..nigger or beaner..

As for me, I like them skinny pretty confident white girls..niggress or voluptuous beaner chicks.

[capo3rdfret]

lol gold

[rugshort]

Fat ugly loser white boys rule!

[sk8ergangsta2003]

haha "they are good looking men?"

dont really know much about you guys but... i like bag of hammers alot. :)

[FancyUnicorn]

I thank the gods for your musical loins

[hippiejae]

..OMG i love your voice!!..

[Lischitzky]

Go on, keep making music!

[eminopi]

lovely! :D

[ckn711]

you're cool Thao and such a talented musician

[NoodleRamensaki]

I adore her!!! I just wanna give her a big hug. And have some marshmallows or something. xD

[cityprety]

@NoodleRamensaki marshmallows aren't vegan.

[druperti]

yawn

[lobsternooberg]

You should be proud ... its a great album ... i saw you at TT's on 8/14 and i loved the show...... keep it up

[laurenw33]

Thao signed an autograph for my mom, randomly, which was awesome. My mom is now Thao's biggest fan! Such a great show!!!

[12manlegion]

My favorite artist. awsome in concert.

[Luburone]

It's spell not spelled you numb vagina.

[Cwonz]

she spelled her last name correctly. i got da same last name. NGUYEN

[unfunkit]

'i like them all, i mean i should, i wrote them' love it.

[minkles]

Did she go to Wesleyan?

[ruhmatt]

wow she looks just like paris hilton, i love it!

[JuicyOrange]

I drunkenly kissed Thao on the cheek after one of her performances. I think I scared her. I drunkenly apologized afterwards.

Thats my story.

[frankc32]

I just wanted to acknowledge the great sense of decorum I have observed here with respect to my original comment that Thao seemed pretentious in this podcast. People called me on my comment, and with good reason, as I have come to learn. No one called me an asshole, no one called me a loser, no one suggested I perform a physically impossible act of coitus, people just posted their measured dissenting opinions, I listened, and came to change my mind, to some degree. Well done, people. Rock on!

[jangelini]

hey man i just happened upon her hammers song and liked it & clicked here to see what she's about. i had to turn it off at 2:42 so i could continue to like her music. she did come off a bit williamsburgish or bushwicky. sometimes you gotta be pretentious to sell to pretentious people. listening to her talk was like watching the first 10 minutes of juno. "specimen of a producer" and "grows a really great beard" hahahaa! i'll still bump her shit i just wont kick it with any of her fans.

[Saoff]

haha! like the first ten minutes of juno!

[koriko88]

I understand what you mean for sure...but I don't really buy into the "damn pretentious hippies" or "greedy capitalists" stereotypes held by the opposing sides. Politically I'm a conservative Republican, and tend to be pro-business. However, I think that everyone has something to contribute, and I appreciate differences as they give some topography to life. If everyone saw things one way, then things would be pretty boring.

[Tryantarms]

Thunder n Rain just ain't enuff,We need Lightning too.I like what I see.

[Changxianglong]

Very bright, clever humorous person who writes such awesome lyrics - so cool to listen to her podcast

[xjacintox]

Haha. I'm glad she procured hot pants for her muscial loins. Thao is awesome!

[goldenflake7]

This afternoon I heard "Bag of Hammers" in my head, so I went to youtube to hear it again. I hereby pledge buy it.

[AXRocks]

Your great and quite unique

Awesome!

[zoskiaist]

cool-- love it!!

[jamesrichardosn]

please come play at the vortex in beaumont texas

[funky0fresh11]

major labels create robots. keep doin ya thang gurl. you're xtremely talented!!

[jrtrobotdance]

i love thao, so so excellent!

[jimtrowbridge]

I'm really glad I discovered Thao - it just what I was looking for when I was looking for it!

"Major labels don't produce hoodies. They produce unreasonable demands."

[belafrogy]

FYI they sell that camera at urban outfitters... and she seems hilarious

[hellostella]

She's amazing. I want her camera!

[interst88]

as nice as she seems on camera, she's about 20 times as nice in person. :) thao is awesome!

[armandtanzarian]

Considerin this is the only recorded interview I know she doesn't seem pretentious. She's really nice; I saw her last week and she was friendly and amazing.

[davidngo4415]

yay!  indie rock vietnamese artist!!! wahooo!

[alicatali]

all right.

[AzenUchiha]

wow loser

[ZSNYC1]

Thao beautiful.

Beat (Health Life Fire) is an amazing song.

it needs a video please................

[hammyton]

love the music, love the person <3

[l3briana]

i'm so excited. i really like them and her.

[burtonkidd]

omg theres a girl in my class and her name is thao nguyen omg!! thats freaky

[Walkmehome]

give me more Thao Nguyen's music :P sooooooo great.

[frankc32]

she certainly does come off a bit pretentious; I suppose you have to be a little pretentious, at least starting out, in order to be a success in the music world. Hopefully, as she gains confidence, she can drop the pretense and just let her work stand on its own. Let's face it, how many artists do we really want to sit there and listen to as they discuss and describe their craft? Not many. It's like an elite athlete, do we want to listen them talk about it, or simply watch them perform?

[statikdog]

If by pretentious, you mean 'not pretentious', then yea, I see what you mean.

[frankc32]

ah, statikdog, quite the comedian, aren't we? When I hear an unknown artist talk for five minutes about their music, using phrases like "... one of my most lyrically-introspective, honest works", please, that is the very definition of pretension. If your music ios good, it will speak for itself. We love you Thao, spend more time making good music and less time talking about it, and I bet you will find it more rewarding. Perhaps pretension, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.

[chanmank]

less time talking about it? she was answering a question for the promo. and getting to know an artist beyond just her music isn't so bad.

[lizwhiz]

I honestly don't see the pretense in answering a question honestly. Acknowledging that there is a lyrical element in her music, that the words and the honesty and expression of them is important to her as a musician is just being truthful and it makes sense. If your problem is that she's not letting her music "speak for itself" are you against her doing promotions at all? Explaining yourself when asked a question doesn't seem pretentious.

[frankc32]

OK, I appear outnumbered on this, and the posts are intelligent and I respect them. Perhaps I was harsh in my assessment, and I am willing to admit to questionable judgment. And for the record, lizwhiz, I am not a fan of artists, even established ones, who feel the need to explain and prattle on about their craft. 99 times out of 100, there is no great mystery or secret or arcane bit of alchemy involved in the creation of great art. It speaks for itself and does not require explanation.

[koriko88]

99 times out of 100, I would agree with you. I've never before wanted to hear someone talk about their music...I just want them to shut up and record. This is the exception. Part of Thao's musical appeal is its distinctive crafting, and I'd like to hear anything she has to say.

[frankc32]

thanks for the input koriko88, I appreciate it. I understand your point; I like her music, she does seem very sweet and humble.  Party on!

[jdono92]

what a lame-o. thinks she is artsy. and like "grows a great beard"!!!! lololloooll...... nooott!!!!

[ojdidntdoit38]

I love this girl

[lowfat422]

Does the hot pants come in size 30?

[tsktskmister]

Someone post it just as the music video? I love it.

[WilliamXShatner]

Superb, superb, superb! Life is better than I thought.  Thank You.

[hcnwm99]

Too great! More more more!

(please)

[davidmarquezb]

Nguyen, great sound, love your music.