Mali takes on Four Seasons at Soi Six Sweet
Bar, but it’s Body Slam’s Feat that turns skeptics
into believers in the power of Thai music
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Bar Rampage
Well, not quite—but the energy she brought
to the song sure made it feel like she did!
Mali took over
Sweet Bar’s DJ booth for two hours, bringing the place to life.
While her nod to Four Seasons was fun, it was her performance of
Body Slam’s Feat
that truly set the bar on fire.
The girls here
don’t normally dance, but something about this song—the
quintessential Thai anthem—changes
everything. Even the most skeptical foreigners who claim to hate
Thai music can’t deny its power.
The first time I
heard Body Slam doing Feat,
I knew immediately—voices like these don’t come from America,
England, or Australia. These sounds are purely Thai, shaped by vocal
cords unlike any other.
And yet, some
Thai singers carry an unmistakable Western influence. When I first
saw Mali dancing to Nina
Pattayahama, I couldn't
tell where the singer was from. The voice could easily have been
American.
It all comes full
circle. When Four Seasons ruled the charts, their sound was otherworldly—almost
unreal. Even today, I still play their classic hit Sherry
on my music USB while pushing through my workouts on the elliptical
machine at Centara Grand Mirage.
So imagine my surprise when I finally got to
the bottom of it—this Four Seasons sound-alike? A Thai singer, after
all.
To everyone who claims to hate Thai
music: You’re not really
listening to the good stuff coming out of Thailand.
