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With the Kopi Kat Klan, Siva Choy (one half of 60's pop music duo The Cyclones ) wrote, directed and performed Why U So Like Dat? a popular comedy album comprising Singlish songs and kopi tiam skits.
It was Singapore's first English-language comedy album and was so popular that it had sold more than 50,000 copies to date. The October Cherries' percussionist Richard Khan was playing the drums and one of the musicians helping out with the recording.
*Why You So Like Dat?
By Siva Choy
Written by: Farid Long
Chorus:
Oui, why u so like dat ah?
Hey why u so like dat?
Why u so like dat ah?
Hey why u so like dat?
1) I let you kopi all my sum,
Because you always blur,
But when I try to kopi back,
You always call the Sir!
2) I always give you chocolate,
I give you my Tic Tac,
But now you got a Kit Kat,
You never gimme back!
3) You tell me dat you don't like girl,
I also donno why,
But when you see a pretty girl,
Your voice go up damn high!
(4th verse very cheem; better listen carefully).
*Singlish Lesson for off-shore Ang-Mohs (Caucasians):
Why you so like that = Why're you behaving in this way?
kopi = copy (coffee in Malay)
sum = as in Mathematics.
blur = unaware of what's going on around you.
I also donno why = I don't understand.
cheem = too difficult to understand.
It's all tongue in cheek dear. Don't take it too seriously.
Connect to Siva's previous post:
http://singapore60smusic.blogspot.sg/2012/07/why-you-so-like-that-uh.html
Tribute from Jerry Fernandez:
You Tube video: by bengyap.
Image: From Siva Choy Facebook.
http://singapore60smusic.blogspot.sg/2012/07/why-you-so-like-that-uh.html
Tribute from Jerry Fernandez:
You Tube video: by bengyap.
Image: From Siva Choy Facebook.