# Mongolian Folk Rock **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 27, 2018, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-folk-rock/826770 "2018-12-27T03:10:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-folk-rock/826770/21 "2018-12-29T05:52:13Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Everything comes around again, I guess - it’s been a while since [Yat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GimODzNt_S8) [Kha](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykeTkyVgUVY)[were](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvvmkHcKy_w)the latest thing. Great stuff, thanks for the linkys but I wouldn’t really call it rock. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-folk-rock/826770/22 "2018-12-29T06:49:57Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Great stuff, thanks for the linkys but I wouldn’t really call it rock. Not the _Love Will Tear Us Apart_ cover or the live ensemble one, but _Coming Buddha_ rocks out with a sock on its cock… ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-folk-rock/826770/23 "2019-01-06T20:38:59Z")
They’re different. I like it. Two of their videos are linked in the article. > **[How A Mongolian Heavy Metal Band Got Millions Of YouTube Views](https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/01/05/680528912/how-a-mongolian-heavy-metal-band-got-millions-of-youtube-views)** > > All it took for The Hu to have an Internet breakthrough was a dramatic video and screaming guitars — plus a horsehead fiddle and throat singing. > [@](#): > > A band from Mongolia that blends the screaming guitars of heavy metal and traditional Mongolian guttural singing has picked up 7 million views for its two videos. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2019, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-folk-rock/826770/24 "2019-01-06T21:00:58Z")
Prior thread on the topic: [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=867903](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=867903) ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-folk-rock/826770/25 "2019-01-06T21:15:07Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > Prior thread on the topic: > > [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=867903](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=867903) Thanks. I reported it for a merge. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-folk-rock/826770/26 "2019-01-06T21:36:43Z")
If you attack as a tiger we will transform into a blue lion! Suck on that, tigers. Yeah, skip the subtitles. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2019, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-folk-rock/826770/27 "2019-01-06T23:38:42Z")
They were never the same after Keith Moon died. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-folk-rock/826770/28 "2019-01-06T23:58:35Z")
[Moderating] Merged threads. ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-folk-rock/826770/29 "2019-01-07T01:06:51Z")
My exposure to Mongolian Folk Metal has been the following track that Pandora played for my on my station that has a mix of all sorts of things that I’m into. Tenggar Calvary’s “The Expedition”. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Dx1YQSZ5fjs/maxresdefault.jpg "The Expedition") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx1YQSZ5fjs) ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-folk-rock/826770/30 "2019-01-07T13:55:18Z")
Fascinating and more than a little scary. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-folk-rock/826770/31 "2019-10-09T11:44:16Z")
Bumping this thread. Somehow I missed it on the first pass, and came here looking after my brother recently turned me on to these guys. For anyone interested, they released a complete album last month, and there are now more videos available on YouTube. I particularly like [Song of Women.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wtlpa41PNQ) ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-folk-rock/826770/32 "2019-10-10T14:47:41Z")
It’s rare anymore for me to find new music that I like, so I’m happy when something I like this comes along. These guys are really good. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-folk-rock/826770/33 "2019-10-10T14:48:40Z")
OMG! I am not the only Hu fan here? This is why I love the Dope!!! ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-folk-rock/826770/34 "2019-10-10T14:58:26Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > OMG! I am not the only Hu fan here? This is why I love the Dope!!! We wont be fooled again. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-folk-rock/826770/35 "2019-10-10T18:35:01Z")
Been listening to it for years, since I started listening to hun hur tuu … [chira xur](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bDntRWfL70) is my introductory song for most people … I can just hear the little pony trotting along. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2019, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-folk-rock/826770/36 "2019-10-11T10:48:21Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > They have a high opinion of Genghis Khan. I’m gonna guess most people in Mongolia do. Judging by [his Wikipedia page,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghenghis_Khan) you can’t swing a dead cat in that country without hitting a monument to him. > [@Isosleepy](#): > > I now need a Hu-band shirt Any idea how? It’s been a year since you wrote that, but if you’re still interested, here ya go. [https://www.thehuofficial.com/](https://www.thehuofficial.com/) ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2019, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-folk-rock/826770/37 "2019-10-11T12:48:19Z")
I’m not sure what to think about the vocals but the music in all the linked examples is mesmerizing. Has anyone here tried throat singing or at least understand how it’s done? I cannot seem to wrap my mind around how one would produce those sounds. I remember an episode of Big Bang Theory where Sheldon was practicing it. I assumed the sound was dubbed but maybe Jim Parsons knows how to do it. It doesn’t sound human :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2019, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-folk-rock/826770/38 "2019-10-11T13:17:36Z")
Heck, _I_ have a pretty high opinion of Genghis Khan. I mean, I don’t know how nice a guy he was, or anything like that, but his ability as a conqueror is pretty much indisputable. ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-folk-rock/826770/39 "2019-10-11T14:09:46Z")
I love when people incorporate their traditional or non-pop instruments and singing styles into new music. (Best example ever: [SsingSsing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLRxO9AmNNo), the exquisite glam Korean folk group.) I still like old-school Huun Huur Tu that I first heard in the '90s. My two old favorites are [Eki Attar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1AWQ7O10Lg) and [Aa-Shuu Dekei-Oo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qn27GOAkwo&list=PLNhL60-3ziycdGxt-S8QpdTinVhyzAAjV) ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-folk-rock/826770/40 "2019-10-11T15:59:52Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Has anyone here tried throat singing or at least understand how it’s done? I cannot seem to wrap my mind around how one would produce those sounds. Takes years to get good at it. Regular schlubs just use their vocal chords to make speech. These guys pay attention to the whole larynx and other bits of the throat and tongue. [Here’s a walk through](https://didgeproject.com/voice/tuvan-throat-singing-basics/). If you’ve got nothing to do all day every day for decades except scan the heath for wolves while your herd slowly turns grass into hair, you could get pretty good at using all the real estate between your chest and lips to make all manner of noises not normally heard in polite company. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-folk-rock/826770.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-folk-rock/826770.md?page=3)