DoctorG Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Ghosts of musicians past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sead Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Well they are across the street from me My gf says its just when school starts and 1-2 weeks after that. I hope shes correct... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooo Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Post with racist remarks removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xrey24 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 TIT just get used to it. Why not start your own band and start marching at 07:30? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smotherb Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Have to agree 8am is hardly early morning. set your clock for 7.50am and go for a coffee somewhere untill its over. There is nothing that you can do about it There is a school about half a block from my house which allows its marching band to practice 8-9am twice a week. I'd lived here over five years before I realized it--old habit, I sleep with a/c and stereo on and the wife has her shotgun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer666 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 8am is when the Thai national anthem ( or whatever it is), is played. Every TV channel and most schools play it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis7 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Loud music or sounds in the morning can be very annoying for sure. May be its like a boy scout band or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaiHard Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 I used to have that in the village where I lived it turned out to be the public address system that used to broadcast the news every day - then everyone got TVs and so it ended up being the headman sharing his tastes in music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LALes Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 I have heard actual marching bands going down Beach Rd. in Jomtien about that time. Not an everyday occurance. More like a few times a year. Still, a head scratcher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggt Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Don't complain...at least these buggers are not out stealing gold necklaces and handbags... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NoshowJones Posted January 7, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 7, 2015 To the OP. There is no such thing as Rap music, I take it you mean Rap noise. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasset Tak Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 (edited) Lets see.. 8am they always play the national anthem in schools and alike even in some villages! Then they usually play some other music to honor the king before and/or after the national anthem. Thai national anthem: Thai royal anthem: There are more music that they play but I don't know the names of the songs. That is my best explanation. Ok... I wrote my post after just reading the first page! That looks like a schools marching band, if they have been really good in the provincial and regional competitions they might be training for the finale in Bangkok. I'm not sure when that is but I know that my students (English communication, multi skill and ASEAN knowledge in English) came first in the province but only midfield in the regional finale just before Christmas where practising everyday for the last 2 months leading up to the regional finale. Edited January 7, 2015 by Kasset Tak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 (edited) Lets see.. 8am they always play the national anthem in schools and alike even in some villages! Then they usually play some other music to honor the king before and/or after the national anthem. Thai national anthem: Thai royal anthem: There are more music that they play but I don't know the names of the songs. That is my best explanation. Ok... I wrote my post after just reading the first page! That looks like a schools marching band, if they have been really good in the provincial and regional competitions they might be training for the finale in Bangkok. I'm not sure when that is but I know that my students (English communication, multi skill and ASEAN knowledge in English) came first in the province but only midfield in the regional finale just before Christmas where practising everyday for the last 2 months leading up to the regional finale. Thanks for posting the Thai English wording in that first youtube, I quite like the melody of that, plus have wondered what the English words were!!! now we know! They played the Royal Anthem at the Kings birthday celebration in Nathon ...I wondered if that was what it was! Yes, people here are lucky, in the small Thai villages often starts the morning at 5 to 5.30 am, enough to bounce anyone out of bed, .... but usually only once a week! I'll never forget the first time I ran into that! It was played from the house I was staying in.. Music followed by a very long monologue Edited January 7, 2015 by samuijimmy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon022 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 It's a band playing the National Anthem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BORRISGOODENUF Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 AT 0800 HRS YOU WILL HEAR THE THE THAI NATIONAL ANTHEM, AGAIN AT 1800HRS. EITHER SIDE OF THE ANTHEM YOU WILL PROBABLY HEAR A MARCHING TYPE SONG, ALL COMPOSITIONS OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE KING. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean470 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Does t sound like 'Prussiens Gloria' or 'Helenensmarche' ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post robsamui Posted January 8, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 8, 2015 Cracked it. Every school morning at 2 minutes before 8:00 they thump up the band at the outside school assembly before the National Anthem at 8:00 am. Then the kids all march in to school after assembly (anytime between 8:10 and 8:20) accompanied by the rumty tum tum tum stuff. There's a wind tunnel between my house and the school (the one up near to W Resort) because I can hear nothing 50 metres down the road, and then nothing again until I'm almost outside the school. (I went and laid in wait for them this morning . . . so I now know what it's all about.) R 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitawatWatawit Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 You can now retire your deerstalker hat and pipe and invest in ear plugs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdido Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 ...sounds like the Orange order ; you sure you don't live in Glasgow or Belfast ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 What's the problem anyway? It's the CULTURE of Thailand, which is presumably why you live there, and not back in whatever over regulated PC country you originate from. In the village I always get woken about 5 am by the monks chanting over loudspeakers, but I don't want to run out and tell them to shut it, as it's their country, and if I don't like it sufficiently, I'll leave and go back 'ome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evadgib Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 How long has this centuries old culture needed speakers & how did they fare beforehand? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 How long has this centuries old culture needed speakers & how did they fare beforehand? ??? Culture isn't something that happened hundreds of years ago. It evolves and if that means using speakers then that's culture too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evadgib Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 (edited) In that case fb/twitter should have superceded them by now. Edited January 10, 2015 by evadgib Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 If it makes the OP feel any better....... I live in an industrialised area of Thailand. There are lots of factories, and factory workers. Today a small band has decided it is 'drinking day'. They have circled their cars on a patch of no-parking market ground, opened all the doors to every vehicle and are taking it in turns to play music at high volume (the max probably) on their improved speakers. They are still in uniform so I am guessing they are coming off a night shift. This started before 8 am. I put on my ear protectors but it was only partially successful. TIT. <Ear-protectors emoticon> 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Neilly Posted January 10, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2015 If it makes the OP feel any better....... I live in an industrialised area of Thailand. There are lots of factories, and factory workers. Today a small band has decided it is 'drinking day'. They have circled their cars on a patch of no-parking market ground, opened all the doors to every vehicle and are taking it in turns to play music at high volume (the max probably) on their improved speakers. They are still in uniform so I am guessing they are coming off a night shift. This started before 8 am. I put on my ear protectors but it was only partially successful. TIT. <Ear-protectors emoticon> Could be worse...at least they only opened the doors...unlike this one... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsamui Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 What's the problem anyway? It's the CULTURE of Thailand, which is presumably why you live there, and not back in whatever over regulated PC country you originate from. In the village I always get woken about 5 am by the monks chanting over loudspeakers, but I don't want to run out and tell them to shut it, as it's their country, and if I don't like it sufficiently, I'll leave and go back 'ome. The PROBLEM was that I did not know what it was. Now I know. No problem now. You're quite emotional in your wild assumptions! R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsamui Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 (edited) If it makes the OP feel any better....... I live in an industrialised area of Thailand. There are lots of factories, and factory workers. Today a small band has decided it is 'drinking day'. They have circled their cars on a patch of no-parking market ground, opened all the doors to every vehicle and are taking it in turns to play music at high volume (the max probably) on their improved speakers. They are still in uniform so I am guessing they are coming off a night shift. This started before 8 am. I put on my ear protectors but it was only partially successful. TIT. <Ear-protectors emoticon> Could be worse...at least they only opened the doors...unlike this one... Phew! No wonder he needs the truck - without it it'd take forever to take his ghetto-blaster round to his mate's. Edited January 11, 2015 by robsamui Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 What's the problem anyway? It's the CULTURE of Thailand, which is presumably why you live there, and not back in whatever over regulated PC country you originate from. In the village I always get woken about 5 am by the monks chanting over loudspeakers, but I don't want to run out and tell them to shut it, as it's their country, and if I don't like it sufficiently, I'll leave and go back 'ome. The PROBLEM was that I did not know what it was. Now I know. No problem now. You're quite emotional in your wild assumptions! R Fair enough. I assumed you were complaining about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooo Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Might be right about Chinese New Year Rob, they have them practicing here in BKK too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Marching band at 8.00am .... hmmmmm , sounds great !! I'll have to drop by and give it a go ... I've got a couple of musical instruments myself .... tks ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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