skippybangkok Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Any recommendations ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 What kind of music exactly? There's a pretty good selection but depends on your tastes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippybangkok Posted December 5, 2011 Author Share Posted December 5, 2011 Like spazzo or Sheraton in bkk. Modern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petercool Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Like spazzo or Sheraton in bkk. Modern Nothing here that compares, I am sorry to say. Jazz is non existent apart from a solo pianist and a solo guitarist. But rock, blues and pops are found everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippybangkok Posted December 5, 2011 Author Share Posted December 5, 2011 Ok... Good ones where ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartender100 Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 As mentioned many times on here, The Blues Factory has the best live music in Pattaya without a doubt, but its more rock than Jazz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippybangkok Posted December 5, 2011 Author Share Posted December 5, 2011 Thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avidflyer Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Actually, the Jazz Pit on soi 4(?) near PIH has great jazz...., well, good jazz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deejah Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 What kind of music exactly? There's a pretty good selection but depends on your tastes. well thai of course NOT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattayadingo Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Live music. Top end of 2nd Road on the left hand side heading to the Dolphin roundabout has 4 places with live bands. two that stand out are the Tattoo rock bar and the new Cosy Bar both near each other and both close to BigC. Tattoo bar will play Led Zepplin, Black Sabbath, Rolling Stones, AC/DC and a lot more besides including slower music. They start about 10 p.m. and are often on until 2 or 3 a.m. 75 Baht a beer for Leo / Chang. Poker Bar near soi 8 Beach Road. Not as good as it used to be. We Are The World Bar Beach road also near soi 8. good but not brilliant. They have a break abt 9 - 9-30 as I recall. Behind the World bar is Cloud 9. They start abt 11 p.m. Though their music is not brilliant. Not pop or Jazz so maybe not to your taste. Out of those listed I think Tattoo and World bar are the better ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovetotravel Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 The Hard Rock has some pretty good bands. I get a bit tired of the local Thai bands and their attempts at rock and roll. Some are OK, some not. But few are really good. Just my opinion. I do miss Bangkok and the various jazz venues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khaowong1 Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 As mentioned many times on here, The Blues Factory has the best live music in Pattaya without a doubt, but its more rock than Jazz Yes, I have to agree, but then, it's been a long time since I was in the Blues Factory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wobblyjohn Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 2 of my favorites are the climax band who play in Toy bar opposite Mike shopping mall on 2nd rd and the Philippines band in utopia bar just past soi 16 0n walking street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deejah Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 as a musician and musicologist and only IMHO i find the way the thais handle the same old tired rock standards that sound so stale in farang land really fresh here to me it is bizarre but speaks of their culture, emotional intelligence and their intuition totally works for me i am sure many disagree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londoedan Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 as a musician and musicologist and only IMHO i find the way the thais handle the same old tired rock standards that sound so stale in farang land really fresh here to me it is bizarre but speaks of their culture, emotional intelligence and their intuition totally works for me i am sure many disagree Sorry can't agree. I think one of the problems is the range of most of these bands. If I hear one more band, anywhere, cover Hotel California, I think I'll scream, or as a mimimum walk out and never return. I can see that these tunes are popular with the lot of Pattaya visitors / residents but why not mix it up a bit. When was the last time one of them tried a Velvets cover, or cheap Trick, or some punk / New Wave, Dylan, Van Morrison (apart form Brown-eyed Girl) Neil Young etc etc etc.. There;s such a range of stuff available that it seems a shame to limit customers to a narrow play-book. BTW, the GO-GO's that concentrate on rock musc are equally as bad IMHO. TQ and Tim for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raro Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Leo's Blues Bar has open mic/jam nights on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. See raro rocking away after 25 beers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raro Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 as a musician and musicologist and only IMHO i find the way the thais handle the same old tired rock standards that sound so stale in farang land really fresh here to me it is bizarre but speaks of their culture, emotional intelligence and their intuition totally works for me i am sure many disagree Sorry can't agree. I think one of the problems is the range of most of these bands. If I hear one more band, anywhere, cover Hotel California, I think I'll scream, or as a mimimum walk out and never return. I can see that these tunes are popular with the lot of Pattaya visitors / residents but why not mix it up a bit. When was the last time one of them tried a Velvets cover, or cheap Trick, or some punk / New Wave, Dylan, Van Morrison (apart form Brown-eyed Girl) Neil Young etc etc etc.. There;s such a range of stuff available that it seems a shame to limit customers to a narrow play-book. BTW, the GO-GO's that concentrate on rock musc are equally as bad IMHO. TQ and Tim for example. 100% agree with you! We call it the "Pattaya Top 100" - the advantage is, if you can play any of those songs, you get a gig in any beer bar on the spot. So why bothering to learn a great song that your band mates cannot play and as a result would never earn you a living. I also disagree on deejah-'s statement that the Thais interpret the stale Western songs in a fresh manner. I cannot see any interpretation but rather the attempt to cover worn-out songs note by note with more or less good results. Exceptions apply, Pookie, for instance, t the moment working at Leo's Blues Bar, is an awesome guitar player with enormous technical skills (plays seemingly effortless Steve Vai, Satriani etc...) and still displays musical feelings - something that most high-speed kids completely lack of. This is actually the reason why I hang out at Leo's so often...there are some real musicians, some of them used to earn a living in the music scene, and the jamming is on a rather high level - unless I enter the stage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londoedan Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Here's my list of 10 songs, (that are all fairly pertinent to life in Pattaya), that I have NEVER heard in a bar. Velvets - Waiting for My Man Clash - London Calling UFO - Anything from Strangers in the Night Neil Young - Powderfinger / Cortez the Killer Genesis - Follow you - follow me Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey Cheap Trick - Want you to Want me REM - Rockville Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again Any bar / music venue that occasionally played songs like this would have me as a customer for life - and I'm a big tipper ! Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raro Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Here's my list of 10 songs, (that are all fairly pertinent to life in Pattaya), that I have NEVER heard in a bar. Velvets - Waiting for My Man Clash - London Calling UFO - Anything from Strangers in the Night Neil Young - Powderfinger / Cortez the Killer Genesis - Follow you - follow me Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey Cheap Trick - Want you to Want me REM - Rockville Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again Any bar / music venue that occasionally played songs like this would have me as a customer for life - and I'm a big tipper ! Simon I did the ones in red before ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exsexyman Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Here's my list of 10 songs, (that are all fairly pertinent to life in Pattaya), that I have NEVER heard in a bar. Velvets - Waiting for My Man Clash - London Calling UFO - Anything from Strangers in the Night Neil Young - Powderfinger / Cortez the Killer Genesis - Follow you - follow me Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey Cheap Trick - Want you to Want me REM - Rockville Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again Any bar / music venue that occasionally played songs like this would have me as a customer for life - and I'm a big tipper ! Simon The song that is most pertinent to Pattaya, (It should be the Pattaya anthem) is of course ' Is She Really Going Out With Him' By Joe Jackson. The opening line, 'Pretty Women Out Walking With Gorillas Down My Street' says it all really! Now i would go a long way to see a Thai band bashing that one out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raro Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Here's my list of 10 songs, (that are all fairly pertinent to life in Pattaya), that I have NEVER heard in a bar. Velvets - Waiting for My Man Clash - London Calling UFO - Anything from Strangers in the Night Neil Young - Powderfinger / Cortez the Killer Genesis - Follow you - follow me Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey Cheap Trick - Want you to Want me REM - Rockville Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again Any bar / music venue that occasionally played songs like this would have me as a customer for life - and I'm a big tipper ! Simon The song that is most pertinent to Pattaya, (It should be the Pattaya anthem) is of course ' Is She Really Going Out With Him' By Joe Jackson. The opening line, 'Pretty Women Out Walking With Gorillas Down My Street' says it all really! Now i would go a long way to see a Thai band bashing that one out. thanks for reminding me...this one is on my to-do list for a while...great song indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSixpack Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 (edited) Here's my list of 10 songs, (that are all fairly pertinent to life in Pattaya), that I have NEVER heard in a bar. Velvets - Waiting for My Man Clash - London Calling UFO - Anything from Strangers in the Night Neil Young - Powderfinger / Cortez the Killer Genesis - Follow you - follow me Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey Cheap Trick - Want you to Want me REM - Rockville Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again Any bar / music venue that occasionally played songs like this would have me as a customer for life - and I'm a big tipper ! Simon The song that is most pertinent to Pattaya, (It should be the Pattaya anthem) is of course ' Is She Really Going Out With Him' By Joe Jackson. The opening line, 'Pretty Women Out Walking With Gorillas Down My Street' says it all really! Now i would go a long way to see a Thai band bashing that one out. thanks for reminding me...this one is on my to-do list for a while...great song indeed! +1 Great pick, love that. Go-gos that play mostly rock music include Sweethearts (Walking St), Kiss (LK Metro), Las Vegas (Soi Yamato), Nevada (Soi Post Office), Tim (2nd Rd) and TQ (Beach Rd). Champion (Walking St) I hear has stopped playing rock--haven't been there in a couple of years--but it had always had a very limited playlist anyway. Edited December 14, 2011 by JSixpack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAW Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 The song that is most pertinent to Pattaya, (It should be the Pattaya anthem) is of course ' Is She Really Going Out With Him' By Joe Jackson. The opening line, 'Pretty Women Out Walking With Gorillas Down My Street' says it all really! Now i would go a long way to see a Thai band bashing that one out. This one would really crack me up as well.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exsexyman Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 The song that is most pertinent to Pattaya, (It should be the Pattaya anthem) is of course ' Is She Really Going Out With Him' By Joe Jackson. The opening line, 'Pretty Women Out Walking With Gorillas Down My Street' says it all really! Now i would go a long way to see a Thai band bashing that one out. This one would really crack me up as well.... A great song by a great band. Saw them in their pomp a few times and they were the real deal. Shane would surely have been a sexy man in Pattaya ! But i still rest my case with Joe Jackson. Surely Joe must have come to Pattaya on his holidays before he was famous! Any chance of somebody who is more computer savvy than me posting a link to youtube so the TV readers can judge for themselves! I would just love to sit in Soi 7 or Soi Buakhow people watching whilst this song was being played! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuma Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Marine -- but it aint no spazzo Like spazzo or Sheraton in bkk. Modern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noodle Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I was in a bar opposite Mike on 2nd road maybe 6 weeks ago and listened to an English dude who played Gary Moore (RIP) as good as the man himself. Just brilliant. I couldn't find him again. The last time I had a moment like that was when I entered a bar in Brisbane, had a beer, looked at the playlist, looked at the sound system, freaked out, and soon found myself being blown away by Floyd the Concept. Fabulous. Sorry, a bit off topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgs2001uk Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 The song that is most pertinent to Pattaya, (It should be the Pattaya anthem) is of course ' Is She Really Going Out With Him' By Joe Jackson. The opening line, 'Pretty Women Out Walking With Gorillas Down My Street' says it all really! Now i would go a long way to see a Thai band bashing that one out. This one would really crack me up as well.... A great song by a great band. Saw them in their pomp a few times and they were the real deal. Shane would surely have been a sexy man in Pattaya ! But i still rest my case with Joe Jackson. Surely Joe must have come to Pattaya on his holidays before he was famous! Any chance of somebody who is more computer savvy than me posting a link to youtube so the TV readers can judge for themselves! I would just love to sit in Soi 7 or Soi Buakhow people watching whilst this song was being played! Make do with this instead, pissed myself laughing, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marstons Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 the good thing about the Thai bands is you dont need to look what time it is, just listern to whats playing and it usually to the nearest minute as the night before, and the night before etc. beer bars near soi 9 are a great palce to have abeer and watch the sunset then the band start time to drink up and go, so as a place not to go to listern, bars near soi 9 monkey house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siam Simon Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 The song that is most pertinent to Pattaya, (It should be the Pattaya anthem) is of course ' Is She Really Going Out With Him' By Joe Jackson. The opening line, 'Pretty Women Out Walking With Gorillas Down My Street' says it all really! Now i would go a long way to see a Thai band bashing that one out. I once heard "I can buy you" by Nina Persson in the Beergarden on Sukhumvit Soi 7 Bangkok . Is that guy who can sing opera still doing the bluesy/jazzy set on Saturday nights at Hopf on Beach Road? That's always been a nice (but not cheap) evening for us when we've been down that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penkrew Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 (edited) Agreed, Blues Factory on WS is just about the best place for some rock. Jazz Pit's not bad either. Found Tattoo on Second Road to have a decent Thai band, they do tend to do the same rock standards but they do them well and the bands that play there get a good atmosphere going. <link removed - please no links to other forums and blogs, see forum rules> short review of Tattoo here. Edited December 21, 2011 by raro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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