When I was younger I was allowed to listen to what ever music I wanted, within reason, I was allowed to wear whatever I wanted, within reason, to voice an opinion, I did that anyway regardless of where and to whom I was saying it, I basically had creative, expressive freedom. Cambodia was a country that had many restrictions and so I didn’t think they would have any such creative Idols, but I was wrong, Cambodia had a massive heart throb singer songwriter ingenious genius who was all theirs and from Battambang itself. His name was SIN SISAMOTH, originally a medical student from Battambang City, this man was the first person to introduce western pop music into Cambodian ears around the early 1960's through to 1975. His songs were naturally about sorrow, gravity, the pains and
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