34 Comments on “Classic Love Songs”

1. Lairedion says:

   May 21, 2009 at 12:57 pm

   Trims, P. My wife will very much enjoy them. I will gracefully skip them, terlalu manis, atuh!

2. Rob Baiton says:

   May 21, 2009 at 9:06 pm

   I don’t know that it would be my top ten, but an interesting list all the same. trims!

3. fullmoonflower says:

   May 22, 2009 at 11:44 am

   🙁 No Harvey Malaiholo there…. I love “Dara”

4. Jefta says:

   May 23, 2009 at 6:13 pm

   I Like this song…so sweet…thanks

5. Goddess_in_paradise says:

   May 26, 2009 at 6:41 pm

   Nostalgia! 🙂 It feels good to listen to some of these songs when one is far away from home. Thanks, Patung.

6. novia says:

   May 28, 2009 at 8:01 pm

   “Yang Kumau”…love that song much!
   well, thumbs up for the list..

7. maman says:

   June 1, 2009 at 8:29 am

   maaan i have not listen to those songs for like, a decade. nice charts

8. Maseddi says:

   June 14, 2009 at 3:01 pm

   Beautiful classic pop-songs.

   Dutch people who already went on holidays in Indonesia are fond of Indonesian music. Alas for most people in the the Netherlands Indonesian music is classical music like gamelan, angklung.

   Fortunately there are organizations like bugis radio and the surinam siaran pop jawa who are broadcasting more modern music.
   And there is is even a startpage with Indonesian music for those who are interested in it.
   With your permission I place a link here, because you wil find many interesting things on it which I’ve never known before

   http://indonesische-muziek.startze.nl

   Me, I’m frequently consulting it before going to Indonesia.

   Thanks.

9. Qinoy says:

   June 18, 2009 at 2:15 am

   My list would add:
   Rindu Yang Terlarang (Dewi Yull & Broery), Sepanjang Jalan Kenangan (Hetty Koes Endang), Menghitung Hari (Kris Dayanti), Memori (Ruth Sahanaya), Bukit Berbunga and Surat Bersampul Biru (Uci Bing Slamet), Masihkah Ada (Mayang Sari), Matahari (Nike Ardila), Tiada Lagi (Mayang Sari)

   +from Malaysia: Antara Anyar dan Jakarta (Sheila Majid)

10. Qinoy says:

    June 18, 2009 at 2:21 am

    Oh ya, one more: Percayalah (Ruth Sahanaya)

11. Suryo Perkoso says:

    July 15, 2009 at 10:34 am

    How can this list be complete without a chorus of Nang Balio Sri?

    I mean there can be few songs that have so deep a meaning as these lyrics……

    sri, kapan kowe bali
    kowe lungo ora pamit aku
    jarene neng pasar pamit tuku trasi
    nganti saiki kowe ora bali
    sri, opo kowe lali
    janjine sehidup semati
    aku ora nyono kowe arep lungo
    loro atiku atiku loro
    ndang balio sri, ndang balio
    aku loro mikir kowe ono ngendi
    tego temen kowe minggat niggal aku
    yen pancene sri, kowe eleng aku
    ndang balio aku kangen setengah mati
    sri, kapan kowe bali

12. hanna says:

    August 5, 2009 at 12:59 pm

    Jangan Berhenti Mencintaiku…love this song very2 much…touching!!

13. hanna says:

    August 5, 2009 at 2:18 pm

    add in more lovely songs..thnx patung…

14. Farahani says:

    August 6, 2009 at 6:37 pm

    Humm.I love the song like my mother too! 😀

15. diego says:

    August 6, 2009 at 11:39 pm

    Patung,

    When are you going to post an entry about… mbah surip?

16. Suryo Perkoso says:

    August 7, 2009 at 8:17 am

    You may have to let the story develop a bit, seems like the poor old bugger ended up without a pot to piss in. Even the house was on tick –

17. dyosa maldita says:

    March 23, 2010 at 3:16 pm

    i just simply love to hear those classic love songs of indonesian artist..very smooth to listen with especially the love songs

18. leanneNG says:

    April 11, 2010 at 8:25 pm

    I have been crazy about Indonesia songs since i was a little child. After visiting Indonesia 6 years ago, I became more and more crazy about them.

19. Maseddi says:

    April 30, 2010 at 2:05 pm

    Dear folks

    I have have taken over the page mentioned above.
    The new URL now is

    http://indonesische-muziek.startpagina.nl

    Now it has a forum and a video section.

    Later I will add video’s mentioned by Qinoy 😉

    Thank you

20. madrotter says:

    April 30, 2010 at 7:34 pm

    I love Darso’s music:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNXx-IKp50w&feature=related

    And I’m always hunting for records by the great A. Kadir and his Sinar Kemala Orchestra…

    Here’s a few real jewels:

    Titim Fatimah – Tina djandela

    http://www.sendspace.com/file/rjsy1g

    I just can’t understand, ask any Indonesian, specially the younger generation and they have no clue as to who Titim Fatimah was, even lots of the older generation don’t know, yet this woman was as big as it gets in her day, she, and Upit Sarimanah were responsible for the female singer in Wayang plays to become the prominent fixture of the group, not a small feat in male dominated Indonesia of the 50’s, 60’s…
    I’ve got a pretty big collection of her work, beautiful traditional Sundanese music, her singing is just out of this world…

    And lately I’ve been getting into Gambus and Qasidah music from the 50’s and 60’s, Arab music played by Indonesians often with a very Indonesian twist to it….
    Here’s a nice example from Haji Nur Asiah Jamil:

    http://www.sendspace.com/file/2dillv

    And how about ORKES KELANA RIA? These guys, from around Padang were banned under Sukarno because of the Western/Indian influences in their music:

    http://www.sendspace.com/file/sr3yx0

    Another musician that i really, really like is “The Mus”, Mus Mulyadi, “The King Of Keroncong”:

    http://www.sendspace.com/file/svlngp

    Really, since I started blogging about Indonesian music I’ve discovered how incredibly diverse and deep music is here. from Hip Hop to Jaipong to Prog Rock (Giant Step is incredible) to Gondang to Gending etc. From the amazing Sawung Jabo to Iwan Fals to Neneng Fitri to Euis Komariah etc.

    It’s so sad that Bandung has become what is has become, there used to be such incredible concerts here all the time, one weekend I would be jumping at a huge punk festival the next week I would see GengGong the incredible Indonesian/Australian band from Sawung Jabo etc.

    As for contemporary music, lots of incredible bands too, Jody In The Morning Glory Parade from Bandung are REALLY good!

    I’ll post some more stuff later got some pretty interesting stuff…

21. madrotter says:

    April 30, 2010 at 8:05 pm

    Here you go:

    Jodi In The Glory Morning Parade – Good Morning

    http://www.sendspace.com/file/2yqp7b

    Mukti Mukti – Kemudian Aku Mati Sebagai Anjing

    http://www.sendspace.com/file/qm3i1w

    mukti Mukti is a troubadour from Bandung, or call him a protest singer if you want to, on the scene for many years, seen him play with Sawung Jabo a few years ago in Dago Teahouse…

    GengGong – Bonustrack (from their cd “Not Just Music”)

    http://www.sendspace.com/file/a91wia

22. madrotter says:

    May 1, 2010 at 4:43 am

    Hey Maseddi that’s a very nice website you’ve got there!

    Here’s a few more tunes:

    Harry Roesli – Peackok Dog (from his first album The Philosophy Gang)

    http://www.sendspace.com/file/34ilm8

    (This Roesli album will set you back a couple of million rp)

    Pattie Sisters & Enteng And His Comets – Aku Lupa

    http://www.sendspace.com/file/46ssr8

    This is what they call the first psych album from Indonesia, came out in 68 or 69, got a couple of copies but all damaged, still hunting for a mint condition…

    H. Idjah Hadidjah – Daurag

    http://www.sendspace.com/file/k7xizx

    H. Idjah Hadijah was one of the most popular Jaipong singers in the 80’s performing with Gugum Gumbira’s Jugala group, internationally known, and incredible singer….

    Aan Darwati – Dar Der Dor

    http://www.sendspace.com/file/670u06

    Aan Darwati is another singer from Bandung who was popular in the 80’s, Jaipong, Calung with Darso, all sorts of stuff….

    And why not, some shameless self-promotion, I’ve been making loads of music with people here in Indonesia. Here’s one I did with two students from ISTI the University for Art and Dance here in Bandung, it’s called Gararetek which means itch in Sundanese, the words are very, very naughty, Efen playing the suling and Iqbal playing the Kacapi, me doing the rest…

    http://www.sendspace.com/file/ng8b81

    There’s more here:

    http://www.myspace.com/madrotteroutofindonesia
    http://www.myspace.com/madrotterindonesia

23. layla says:

    May 1, 2010 at 2:12 pm

    ONE thing I Would like to say its so great and really is Romantic Song That JANGAN BERHENTI MENCINTAI KU! i like it as well Thank you

24. madrotter says:

    May 2, 2010 at 8:25 pm

    And just to prove that A. Kadir was one of the best singers/orchestra leaders of the 60’s in Indonesia:

    http://www.sendspace.com/file/0ujcqx

    http://www.sendspace.com/file/7bbcue

    http://www.sendspace.com/file/6ta1c2

    One of the more important folks in what was to become dangdut…

25. Odinius says:

    May 3, 2010 at 1:35 am

    Madrotter,

    Thanks for the links! Some really great stuff in there

26. madrotter says:

    May 4, 2010 at 6:00 pm

    You’re very welcome Odinius! This is what I do, collect (almost) forgotten Indonesian music. If only there weren’t so many foreigners coming here, buying these records for ridiculous prices (dara puspita records go for a thousand dollars now, the rollies will set you back anywhere between 150 to 500 dollars) all this music is disappearing fast into personal collections that are not being shared…

    Here’s a couple of nice songs again:

    Here’s Ucok Harahap, also knows as Ucok AKA’s old band AKA, after he left the band they became knows as SAS…

    AKA – Shake Me

    http://www.zshare.net/audio/75701732bac70e95/

    Ofcourse, Ucok AKA was also known for his work with the great Achmad Albar, they used to put out albums under the name Duo Kribo:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUQiJXWxb6Y&feature=related

    This Shake Me song (the whole album actually) was banned under Suharto because he’s asking, “do you like sex? YEAAAAAHHH!!!!” in the song…

    No, this is not Lurch from the old Adams Family singing. This is Bing Slamet together with the incredible band Eka Sapta playing an incredibly stoned rendition of I’ll Be Home For Christmas, and I really wonder what it is they were smoking when they recorded this one:

    http://www.zshare.net/audio/75701954b90960d1/

    And here you go, a Gombloh song. Gombloh was from Surabaya, very, very much loved over there, when he passed away people were openly weeping in the streets of Surabaya (or so I’ve been told). He even has a statue there. He made some beautiful music and sadly passed away when he was 39….

    Gombloh – Cita-Cita

    http://www.zshare.net/audio/757020986ca4c5d7/

    And for the Jaipong lovers. Jaipong is incredibly versatile, there are many, many forms and combinations with other types of music… In the late 80’s for a short while in Bandung musicians were experimenting with incorporating Breakdance moves into the Jaipong Dance. This led to experimenting with the music as well. Impossible to find this stuff. In the 8 years or so that I’ve been hunting for this I’ve only found one cassette…

    Here’s a song from that cassette:

    http://www.zshare.net/audio/75702332d47dfbca/

    enjoy!!!

27. madrotter says:

    May 4, 2010 at 6:12 pm

    and this one is so cool:

28. madrotter says:

    May 4, 2010 at 6:38 pm

    Another song that was banned under the old mass-murderer was the beautiful song Genjer Genjer from Lilis Suryani, banned because Gerwani used to play it when they had gatherings…

    Here’s Bing Slamet singing it, if anybody want an mp3 from Lilis’ version lemme know…

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt23kMYyrzo

    ….

29. cinbeng says:

    December 21, 2010 at 8:55 pm

    greattt…how about some stuffs from Broery M…?

30. madrotter says:

    December 22, 2010 at 12:20 am

    broery m, broery m, i think i’ve seen that name somewhere will search for it, i bought 1200 records from an old radiostation close to cirebon it takes ages to go through it all, stacks of records from adi bing slamet, ade manuhutu all sorts of stuff, stacks of orkes melayu records, unfortunately their collection was already plundered, the stuff that brings in money was already gone, stuff like aka, dara puspita, harkmove, giant step, harry roesli, fantastique group, duo kribo…but it’ll take some time, i’m playing in a club in bandung this week so the last few weeks i’ve been more focused on this kinda stuff:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYtwBDZ8c_o

    gives me goosebumps this one:) most of ya’ll probably will get grey hairs from it;)