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Sanook reported that a video of street music from Bangkok's Chinatown had viral status having been viewed 3.9 million times.

 

It was a TikTok video from a Thai musician called tewtor_yaowarat who busks in the Chinatown area.

 

He was joined in the routine by a British singer who everyone agreed had a great voice. 

 

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It turned out to be a singer called "Ize" (pronounced 'ai zee' according to the Thai) who they say fronts a band called Cattalyst. 

 

The very professional video also garnered 400K likes. 

 

 

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No mask and no work permit either?

That's annoying noise .... music ???

The Thai singer has a name, but the british singer not apparently although he had a great  voice...

Great voice, great song! I can't wait for the old farang immigrants to start complaining that he has no work permit! 

18 minutes ago, Wildliferescue said:

Great voice, great song! I can't wait for the old farang immigrants to start complaining that he has no work permit! 

They already did, first comment was from someone moaning about that... this place never disappoints ???? 

Nice to see some normalcy and vibrancy reappearing. 

59 minutes ago, Captain Monday said:

No mask and no work permit either?

Let me know when you are up for a beer, you sound a barrel of laughs!!!

29 minutes ago, sungod said:

Let me know when you are up for a beer, you sound a barrel of laughs!!!

15+ years ago 6 of us were in a beer garden at dusk, there was a band on a small stage (3 people). An hour later my friend was on stage playing guitar. 45 minutes later he was in police custody (real handcuffs used!) with a hefty fine to negotiate . Haven't been back there since!

1 hour ago, rbkk said:

15+ years ago 6 of us were in a beer garden at dusk, there was a band on a small stage (3 people). An hour later my friend was on stage playing guitar. 45 minutes later he was in police custody (real handcuffs used!) with a hefty fine to negotiate . Haven't been back there since!

My post was half in jest. But it happened with Jazz musicians playing for mostly for fun, and some for beer money who stayed a few months in Chiang Mai.

3 hours ago, Captain Monday said:

No mask and no work permit either?

There's always one.......

22 minutes ago, PJ71 said:

There's always one.......

The problem with you people is you do not understand the value most Thais project on the value of what we consider essential work.

5 minutes ago, Captain Monday said:

The problem with you people is you do not understand the value most Thais project on the value of what we consider essential work.

Define 'you people'.

6 minutes ago, PJ71 said:

Define 'you people'.

Them what support mendicants,  nonces, layabouts, bludgerers, fakirs, crims, and buskers.

Never mind about work permits or mask he's wearing white socks ????

5 hours ago, Captain Monday said:

No mask and no work permit either?

Neither are required but how could you ever know that, as a member of a Thai band, he doesn't have a WP?

1 hour ago, PJ71 said:

5 hours ago, Captain Monday said:

No mask and no work permit either?

There's always one.......

...and it's usually him!

British rocker?   Keith Richards and Jimmy Page, for example, are British rockers.

isn't it great how a fairly innocuous, light hearted post almost immediately descends into negativity and petty squabbling...

Lets face it, most of us would rather see this well known old busker clip that that rubbish. 

 

1 minute ago, Captain Monday said:

Them what support mendicants,  nonces, layabouts, bludgerers, fakirs, crims, and buskers.

The boy's singing a song, that's it.......

Nice, great to see some fun and free entertainment especially when he can sing well. 

5 hours ago, Wildliferescue said:

Great voice, great song! I can't wait for the old farang immigrants to start complaining that he has no work permit! 

I thought busking was illegal... regardless of work permit?

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Neither are required but how could you ever know that, as a member of a Thai band, he doesn't have a WP?

Cattalyst are a band from Cornwall. Which is not in Thailand.

6 hours ago, Captain Monday said:

No mask and no work permit either?

Bit hard to sing with a mask on and I'd hardly call that working, he's doing a bit of guest busking, harmless.  Many, many farangs play and sing in bands all around Thailand and I never see them getting arrested for working without a work permit.

6 hours ago, Wildliferescue said:

Great voice, great song! I can't wait for the old farang immigrants to start complaining that he has no work permit! 

Just now waiting for the * They can find a tik tok singer, but they cant find the Red Bull heir* post ,  *Brown envelopes must have changed hands*

7 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

The Thai singer has a name, but the british singer not apparently although he had a great  voice...

It's the Thai musician's page. People on the street often join in when he's playing. Some give their names, most don't. When they do, it's in the video.

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

British rocker?   Keith Richards and Jimmy Page, for example, are British rockers.

Indeed, because "rocking" is the exclusive domain of people over 70.

5 hours ago, Captain Monday said:

My post was half in jest. But it happened with Jazz musicians playing for mostly for fun, and some for beer money who stayed a few months in Chiang Mai.

I did sniggle! Yes, my story was from lower Isaan maybe 18 years ago now I think about it as my kids weren't born then. It's got me wondering...Do you need a work permit to write music at home on your computer? Do you need a work permit to author a book on a laptop?

The young man has good energy and the song fits him. However, I’m not sure how many years he can keep this up. You can see the veins in his throat popping out. He’s trashing his voice. And you can hear the hoarseness clearly near the end.