Didn't know much about him. Didn't listen to any of his full albums --- may be one of them. But still remember one of my friends' brothers who love Jet Mya Thaung so much that they played his album constantly on their own hollow guitars as well as on the stereo cassette. It made me feel so old and makes me wonder those days --- awww yeah! that was me who glue to the cassette and rewind the songs crazy. The mix tapes, and double cassette was a magical creation to copy the songs. Wait --- but no one ever bother us about copying songs back then on our video recorders or on tapes. What am I bubbling about ? --- anyway --- I did copied one of Jet Mya Thaung songs from the brothers. (I am sorry for stealing back then --- now that I have been convinced of the copy rights =) --- I do apologize ---please forgive me since I was young, naive, and pretty much broke back then with 1 Kyatt a day allowance.)That song was "Da-kae-pyaw-dar-bar" (Really). Don't know why we played that song almost every night. "Ma kyarr yet lo bar lay" is another song that we played a lot ( I think that is also Jet Mya Thaung's song --may be not? but I think it is.) Then, I remember "Dar-lay-myar" which people played a lot but I think that song was made famous by the actress singer Khine Khin Oo. I liked Jet Mya Thaung's voice a lot for its quality. It is calm, manly, and soothing. He can carry the songs effortlessly on top of the tune. He also has a personal touch on the songs that he sing which is one of the rare qualities of the vocalists. It always seems that the tune follows his singing than the other way around. He enjoys singing rather than wanting people to enjoy his singing. That's how I interpret listening to him.
Recently, I found "Pyan lo chin dae" (Want it back) song which is remixed by Htoo Ein Thin in much later years. Both versions are equally pleasant in different ways but it would be a lie if I do not admit that I liked Jet Mya Thaung's version tinsy bit better. I think I saw him singing one time at the concert but hardly remember the event. I am planning to re listen to all his song, that is --- if time permit.
Listen his song here:
Pyan lo chin Dae: (Want it back) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEdojnS7faE
