蔡如音

Eva Tsai

文化混雜、泰國流行樂、鄉村樂、華語流行歌、臺語歌、翻 唱歌

cultural hybridization, Thai pop music, lukthung, Taiwanese pop music, Taiyu pop, cover song

泰國流行音樂在臺灣並非廣為流通的類別，儘管如此，近三十年
不乏鮮明的臺語或華語歌翻唱案例，只是相關評論多半未關照原曲的
社會脈絡。近十年，臺語及華語流行歌出現泰國鄉村歌（lukthung）的
翻唱與創新，催生本研究調查鑲嵌於泰國社會的流行音樂類型，並從
泰國鄉村樂的產業田野資料、學術論述、與臺語、華語的鄉村樂翻唱
挪用分析，創造多層次的聯結敍事（associative narratives），累積較為
平等且互為主體的臺泰∕區域文化觀點。

This essay examines pivotal instances of Taiwanese musicians’
engagement with Thai popular music beginning in the late 1980s. The essay
analyzes the social and cultural inter-Asian contexts in which Thai pop songs
were incorporated or recreated in Taiwan’s pop music. Examples include
Thai pop music covered by anti-colonial artists in the New Taiyu Song
Movement and Thai songs covered by Mandarin pop idol groups. Thai music
and musicians also contributed to the creation of Taiyu electronic dance
music. More recently, Thai lukthung pop started to make its way into Taiyu
pop and rock, as demonstrated in the smash cover-hit of “Your Heart for My
Number.” Additionally, Namewee, a polyglot musician from Malaysia,
incorporated cha-cha and lukthung in the multilingual crowd-puller “Thai
Cha-Cha.” With the multiple associative narratives of popular music between
Taiwan, Thailand, and Asia, this paper critically reframes how popular music
in Taiwan engages with Thai pop music.