The songs spread through the wave of radio or on the stages made the cities or the Southern River become close, so that a person living after the Northern Bamboo Luy also knew that "the sky of Saigon is as high as the charming, miraculously the Southern winter" (sending the sun to me - Pham Tuyen, Bui Van Dung, 1978).
"City of ten seasons of flowers, ten seasons of trees changing leaves"
"That it was revived, the love of peace, Vietnam jubilantly songs of Binh Minh. Saigon beloved, the long night has passed the love of the homeland more earnestly" (The love song of the country - Phan Nhan, 1975). Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in the country, becomes a new source of energy for music compositions after the day of unity. After the strong echo of the triumphal songs of the victory, the songs about the city still follow the inertia of epic songs.
Among the favorite songs, "Yesterday I'll set out" (Thanh Truc, poem by Le Giang, 1978) has no words mentioning the city's name but its symbolism is very strong: "Shining tamarind, walking with you in the heart of the loving city... Sending love to the border is the city's sky, vast and clear with many close friends".
In this indirect way, there are songs such as "Gui lai em" (Vu Hoang, 1978), "Canh hoa luu ly" ( Diep Minh Tuyen, 1982), "Nhanh lan rung" (The Hien, 1987), suggesting a city in the role of rear: "Coming to visit the city, bustling in spring, backpacking on the back of a simple forest branch. There are soldiers in dusty robes from far away, walking among the crowd on the streets of the city...
Ten years after the song "Spring in Ho Chi Minh City", musician of "Spring" - Spring Hong - impressed with "Spring in the window" (Poetry Song Hao, 1985). The song is the voice of a couple in charge of duty in the time of producing and protecting the country: "When the front is peaceful, the soldier visits the street, the girl has just shattered, they make an appointment, and the desire to be happy. They welcome each other, and the spring also follows ...".
In addition to popular propaganda songs such as the City of Ten seasons of Flowers (Pham Tuyen, poetry of Le Binh, 1985) with rustic lyrics, the songs also seek to express a cultural nuance of urban culture. Notable among these are "Ngo vay xuan xo" (Tran Quang Huy, 1984) and "Thanh tre" (Tran Tien, 1982), with modern music styles and lyrics from everyday life: "Where are you going, but your hair is full of melons, I sit in a club, what are you thinking about, but laugh alone. Wherever you go, your hands are full of engine oil, your back is full of breeze, what is so fun, look at my gentle wife... My city is very young, listen to them sing about me, with a very young heart, with burning desire".
Notable in the new urban music style is Thanh Tung with a series of songs in the mid-1980s such as My Small Story, Spring Confessions, Lonely Stars, with optimistic lyrics in the vibrant Pop-Rock melody: "Spring comes cycling on the street, soft shoulder bristles... You listen to Spring, Spring singing in your heart, the country with new vitality, like a bird flying in the sky"...
These songs depict the symbol of a younger generation - representing the new life of the country - in the same way as describing the labor life of the couple in the city as the center in the songs "Love City and Nostalgia" (Pham Minh Tuan, Poetry Nguyen Nhat Anh, 1980), "Love City" (Thanh Truc, Poetry Le Giang, 1980). After many struggles seeking to write a new life, the famous musician before 1975 - Trinh Cong Son - also wrote about the city where I lived: "I remember or I forgot" (1980), "Spring city" (1982), added to the circuit of my long -down love songs.
"I will return to my hometown with all my heart"
One of the flying wings for many difficulties of the post -war period is the songs about the countryside. Woven songs should dream for people, create a colorful mosaic picture of the country's portrait, from the compositions of veteran musicians from the North to the South such as: "You are at the beginning of the river at the end of the river" (Phan Huynh Dieu, Hoai Vu poetry), "Ben Tre's figure" (Nguyen Van Ty), "About the nose" (Hoang Hiep), "In the homeland of Minh Hai" (Phan Nhan) " Tau, love for the Central Highlands "(Hoang Van)," Back to the Tra River "(Vinh An)," whispering to the river "," Going in Huong Tram "(Thuan Yen, Hoai Vu poetry), to fresh features such as" afternoon on O Mon River "(Dynasty, Luong Hoang Vu)," Oh M’DrAK "(Nguyen Cuong)," Listen to the Quan Quan on the plateau "(Vu Thiet)," Oil and Dau "," Tuan), "Tri An Vang Spring" (Ton That Lap) ...
The poems are based on philosophies about life, carrying the idea of a time when "there were many ups and downs to try gold and make a man" as in "Sea hat ngay nam nay" (Hong Dang), "Love for the ship and the river" (Nguyen Trung Duc), "Love for the sea" (Tran Quang Huy). They are even popular songs, being asked to be played and performed many times, creating the music career of many contemporary singers.
The steps on the road are a strong theme, with the intention of meeting new economic programs when depicting the image of workers in the fields and forestry as soldiers on duty.
Economic goals may be obsolete, but the songs remain in the cultural memory of the listener: "The song" Songs "(Lu Nhat Vu, Le Giang Poetry)," Sunset of leaves "(Thanh Tung)," I am at the Farm, I go to the border "(Trinh Cong Son)," Where I meet you "(Hoang Hiep). They create sweet memories, can soothe harsh realities: "I still see you like the day, even though the sunshine of the farm makes a faded shirt, even though the hard work still imprinted the shoulders ..." (like the song "Love Ca - Nguyen Ngoc Thien).
The lands that the songs call out their names also have a significant, even lasting media heritage. The whole country is known for Tri An hydropower plant thanks to a series of vibrant songs in the 1980s, or the Dak Lak coffee brand became more famous thanks to songs by Nguyen Cuong and Tran Tien.
The love of one's self in post-war songs was explored by musicians through the reduction of folk melodies, especially the love melodies and love melodies. The softness and closeness to tradition makes the songs have a strong influence, such as "Chiec khan ba ba" (Tran Thien Thanh), "Tinh dat do mien Dong" (Tran Long On), "Di tim loi ca chuyen tinh nhau" (Vinh An), "Tuy canh ly qua chieu", "Tieng trong Paranung" (Tran Tien), "Viet Ganh Hao nghe hoa dong" (Vu Duc Sao Bien) ...
As the lyrics of "The song does not forget" (Pham Minh Tuan) summarized: "The song I do not forget those who have fallen", the songs for fifteen years after the day of agreement has just kept a heavy mentality of the past but also tried to blow a life for the cultural space of the new era. From the past losses, the homeland in the music has revived, creating the force to encourage people to go forward.
