Indonesian Popular Music
Do you like Indonesian popular music? If you do then what’s Indonesian popular songs that you’re listening recently?
I have to admit that after the era of 80-90′s I haven’t been really up to date about popular music in general. Both Indonesian and western. I know a song several months or even a year after it hits the music charts. I used to follow the charts during the era of 80′s – 90′s though. Mostly western musics. That’s because at that time there were few Indonesian musicians/artists who can compete with western’s in popular musics. Only few could offer good music products for young generations.
I noticed that 90′s was a start of the raise of Indonesian musics. Indonesian artists/musicians tried hard to learn how to make a good songs/musics. There were young generations of Indonesian artists/musicians who formed several – later to be famous – bands. They spread the seeds and fought hard against western musics. Supported also by the music video producers/makers. We saw how Indonesian music try to find its form. 90′s was really a battlefield.
At the era of millenium we could see that Indonesian musicians/artists began to conquer their domestic market. The seed had grown to be a fruit. On the contrary, western musics started to loose its dominations and tight grip into Indonesian preference in musics. The appreciation shown by the new young generations in Indonesia also helped a lot. They really appreciate Indonesian arts especially music. Their demands of a quality Indonesian music met very well with the songs/musics released by the Indonesian artists/musicians.
Now we can see that popular music domestic market are quite dominated by Indonesian musics. It’s very good. What can be better than to have local products as the king in its own country. Personally, I listen to Indonesian music more often than western nowadays. Because it’s simply everywhere. On the radio, TV, public places, public transportations, even on the streets.
I still remember how I like to listen to Edane during my time in school/university back in 80-90′s. It’s a hard rock band led by Eet Syahranie, one of the best guitarist in Indonesia. He’s a few – if not the only one – Indonesian guitarist who was one of Eddie van Halen students. Now? I listen more to Andra & The Backbone’s music. It’s more pop and less rock compare to Edane. But still it’s one of the best rock group in current Indonesian popular music map.
I used to like Fariz RM, Deddy Dhukun, Dian Pramana Putera, and KLA Project a long time ago. It’s the symbol of Indonesian popular music back in the 80′s. Now? I find it difficult to mention certain names. Because there are so many. It think you can do better than me in this one 
Anyway, one thing that also helps Indonesian music popularity nowadays is youtube. There are many Indonesian music videos uploaded there and watched by people across the world. Not only by the Indonesians who live abroad but also by the Singaporean, Malaysian, and Brunei people who speak “similar” language (they speak Malay while we speak Indonesian). Some viewers are even coming from “unsimilar speaking language” such as India and Phillipines. They appreciate the quality of Indonesian music as well.
In the last several days I’ve been watching some Indonesian music videos as well in youtube. It’s really informative for me. Sometimes I listen to a song played in public places without knowing who’s the singer or what’s the title of the song. Now I can find it in youtube complete with the video
Now I’m gonna share a music video that I found recently in youtube. I’m not sure how many times I played this one but it’s quite a lot It’s a simple song with interesting chorus. I like how they combined the vocals. Like I said before, I just knew this song recently eventhough I believe this song hit the chart quite a long time ago
Now how about you, what do you like about Indonesian music?
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note : I don’t really like to get involved in neverending and useless debate about plagiatism in Indonesian music. For me, being inspired and trying to develop some short notes from other song is not a plagiatism. Totally different with the case of Kya Mujhe Pyar Hai song which copied almost note by note from Peterpan song called Tak Bisakah. Or many dangdut songs which copied its major part from India’s songs (sorry I can’t give you the links cause I’m not sure what are the title and whether the videos are available)
i can’t speak english
hehe you can comment with any language as long as it’s human language
eh waljinah kok ndak disebut sebut
weleh-weleh jadi inget sukardi gue
huehuehehehe… band2 n lagu2 jadul nih….
jadi berasa masih SMA aja…. padahal udah kuliah.. (boong banget..)
hehe mbak Tyas emang msh keliatan kyk anak kuliahan koq
Hehe… Gua lg demen sama lagu nya anak e si bang “terlalu” rhoma irama. Sapa tuh gua lupa namany? Bulu dada nya itu bo….Bikin gua merinding..!
huehehehe kacau jg lo men. Btw, gue baru tau kalo anaknya bang haji ikutan nyanyi juga
Foto terakhir iitu foto band apa, ya ? kok gak kenal, ya ?
sebelum lambang youtube ya Put? itu kan KLA Project
You tube itu nama band ya
iya, vokalisnya namanya qisthon
Hohoho…. Nama Slank nggak disinggung sama sekali nih. Padahal mereka salah satu icon musik rock 80/90-an hingga sekarang. Malah edane yg berumur pendek disinggung
huehehehe jaman itu dijamin gue jauh lebih demen Edane ketimbang Slank. Kita beda selera agak jauh keliatannya nih
Btw, album terakhir Edane itu (170 volt) dirilis di era millenium lho. Malah mreka jg sempet ngisi soundtrack Spider-Man 2 
band jadul
hidup jadul
hihihi.. tampang2 personil KLA nya masih culun2 banget yah…
hehe iya mbak Tyas, msh culun2x. Tp ok koq, msh 80′s
dulu waktu malam kesenian di sekolahku (SMU) sempet manggil Jikustik. Wkt itu mereka belum beken… apa krn konser di sekolahku ya mrk beken hahahha
hehehe jangan2x begitu ya
band2 dulu kok kayaknya membekas dihati ya. kayak kla project, edane dll. kalo band sekarang cepat dilupakan. apa karena menjamur banget yak ?!
salut juga ama dewa19, masih exist.
duh hari ini day saving light. maju sejam dah bangunnya besok which means tidurnya berkurang sejam
iya tuh bener. Band2x skrg kebanyakan instant soalnya. Uda gitu modal utamanya lagu2x mellow ga jelas lagi
busjet, ada program saving energi jg ya di sono 
eh gue liat pic hitam putih dewa19, kok teringat pilem the others yak !?
setannya mirip dhani ya ?
Everytime u wrote something “jadul” … makes me feel “a bit old” only “a bit”
. Loves Fariz RM, Dian Pramana Putra or Deddy Dukun too 
. And now? I’m proudly tell u that I love Sheila on 7 “melewatkanmu” …. ABG banget yah? hihihi…gpp deh biar awet muda
it’s only a bit so i guess there’s nothing to worry about
hehehe i’m not sure if that song is a new release by So7. But So7 actually released their first album before millenium. Maybe you’re still in high school back then. So it’s still matched with your age 
hhhh………
r u sure that woh lamhe’s song is a kind of plagiarism?.
check the credits in the end of that film, the song was lifted by composer Pritam from “Tak Bisakah” composed by Indonesian band Peterpan.
well, from what I know Pritam didn’t ask for any official permission at the first time he released the song. Only after Peterpan management/recording studios made a complain Pritam (and his management) then paid the royalty and finally put Peterpan’s copyright name.
Waaaah mengenang lagu and band2 jadul ya mas ? Asal lagunya enak didengar , siapa saja yang nyanyi, oke sajalah buatku…
hehe iya mbak Ani lagi nostalgila
Oalah…itu personil Kla, tho..
Kirain siapa, gitu..
hehe iya Put, msh pada keren ya. Namanya jg 80-an, era yg paling keren
wkkk…..
thanks for your fyi
sami-sami
*bisik-bisik mode on* ssssttt.. anaknya ‘terlalu’ namanya ridho rhoma.. judul lagunya ‘menunggumu’ aiiihhh mateeeek..
hehe iya, beberapa hari yg lalu sempet nonton videoklipnya di sctv. Ternyata itu tho….
Sayangnya KLA gak seproduktif dulu ya, kan enak2 lagunya, apalagi waktu msh ada Sisca.
Btw Bro gw kemaren ke Bandung donk, makan cheese roll Kartikasari wih uenak tenan…………..
weleh-weleh mbok ya dipaketin barang satu kardus kemari….
EdanE rules!!!
Playlist lagu lokal yang paling sering sering saya putar sampai hari ini terdiri dari semua lagu EdanE dari semua album!
BtW, di youtube gak ada klipnya EdanE yang dibuat seperti cerita komik itu ya? lagu ‘Semua Begini’ kalo gak salah…
wah keren tuh bro punya semua mp3 nya
Iya bro, agak susah nyari videoklip edane skrg.
Wah…mas Sigit kembali ke “kesibukan di dunia Nyata”, nih…
Blognya di tinggal.
hehehe kebetulan lagi mikir yg laen nih Put
dah cukup lama gw ga nyimak lagi musik indonesia…
dibilang blagu juga gapapa :p
dan D’CINNAMONS yang gw cintai pun akan bubar
Damn…
Tapi kalo yang indie sampai skarang masih bisa dinikmati juga sih…
wah lo justru demen ama yg indie2x ya Nat. Suka ama SID ya? gue koq malah ga cocok ya di kuping. Kalo aliran new wave ala 80-an kyk the upstairs mgkin msh acceptable di kuping gue
Mikir yang lain ?
hem…
hem nya Putri mengandung arti tersembunyi nih
I tried to watch the video but it had been removed!
yeah, actually
a growing concern among artists and musicians around the world (including recording studios) is that the music can be shared for free over the Internet (esp Youtube)
I am not a fan of youtube and those user uploaded videos but I am guilty of watching movies through other sites
hehe
Hi Mr Green! Thanks for the visit. I’m doing well, thank you
thx for the info Pchi, I’ll replace with the same video from the other users
Well actually it’s the unique thing Pchi, because there are major recording studios in Indonesia who upload many official videos in youtube for the public to enjoy. They think that music video is the best thing to spread the news about their new albums. On the other hand, I think people tend to listen to the music more on CD instead of the internet. So it’s a win-win solution I guess 
Musik indonesia tahun 80-90an emang punya kualitas. secara skill memang begitu. band2 sekarang (di abad milenium) terkesan lebih mementingkan komersialisme daripada musikalitas…:-). tapi, band2 sekarang lebih kreatif sih…. namun kebanyakan seragam. jadi, kreatif dalam hal memanipulasi lagu2 yang sudah ada… hehe
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I’ll never forget 80s artists, even right here I’m waiting for their new song.I’m still store their cassette. Their lyrics built our mind give spirits. just like “iman dan godaan,amburadul etc. there’s no word “selingkuh” in their lirics. I love them very much
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