Songs, Personality, Discrimination

I put a song and writing by Paring Waluyo Utomo about his research on Genjer – genjer on my blog the other day. Paring wrote how a traditional and people’s song was banned. Now, I want to talk about another song. I was listening to one song called Dealova sang by Once with Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra. I have heard this song around 4 months ago. I was not really paying any attention to this song. It came to my attention when a couple of my friends sang this song deeply and with their strong voice. Once could not attract me a lot compare to my friends. They sang it like it came from their hearts. They sang it right in front of my eyes with their vivid deep expression so that it thrilled me. Here are the lyrics:


DEALOVA

Aku ingin menjadi mimpi indah dalam tidurmu
Aku ingin menjadi sesuatu yang mungkin bisa kau rindu
Karena langkah merapuh tanpa dirimu
Karena hati tlah letih

Aku ingin menjadi sesuatu yang slalu bisa kau sentuh
Aku ingin kau tahu bahwa aku selalu memujamu
Tanpamu sepinya waktu merantai hati
Ooo .. bayangmu seakan akan

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Kau seperti nyanyian dalam hatiku yang memanggil rinduku padamu
Seperti udara yang kuhela kau selalu ada

Hanya dirimu yang bisa membuatku tenang
Tanpa dirimu aku merasa hilang
Dan sepi
Dan sepi

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Selalu ada
Kau selalu ada
Selalu ada
Kau selalu ada


Romantic? Yes, indeed

A little bit “dangdut”? Maybe.

But you should listen to it as one package. Try to read the lyrics but try to listen to it with its music.

So, I started to share this song to friends. The reactions were mostly the same. They said that it’s not a new song. They have heard this song like a million of times. Well, as the song is left by more people, I like the song more. I do not think that they have ever seen their friends singing this song from their hearts. I still can remember the expressions on their face, the love in their eyes and the deep desire in their hearts. I can feel what they felt. I can sense what they sensed.

The other reaction from my friend was when she asked me how the lyrics were. When I started to mention the lyrics, she just interrupted me and said, “it’s not so you, Diyah”. She even put the icon of feeling sick to describe how she felt imagining me saying (singing) that song. She did not think that the song suited me.

Well, I guess your personality tells what you are listening to. I guess you are forced to stick on the type of songs that suit your personality. If you are strong and fierce than you only listen to rock music, punks, hardcore, etc, etc. If you are melancholic and soft-spoken then you listen to soft music, pop, orchestra, opera, etc, etc. it reminded me when I was still working in North Maluku. We had a driver named Donal and we call him Om Onal. He’s younger than me and fun to be with especially when it came to getting the local drink … he he he he. I might be wrong but I think he’s a bit fierce. He could just come to a person with a blade if he’s mad with someone. He often told me stories of how naughty, brutal and fierce he was. Some people even looked at him with one eye because of the reputation that he had. A mummy even did not allow her son to go with him. A price to pay to what you have done Om Onal.

One day, we drove up to a harbour that was like 3 hours away from our field office. He was singing to songs while he’s driving to kill time. The songs were slow toned, romantic and melancholic. So, I said, “hey, the songs aren’t so you, Om Onal”. He easily said, “I need something to calm me down. If I listen to rock music, I might end up killing people.” Well, I guess it’s a payback to me to what I have said to Om Onal. I was reacting oddly to my friend’s statement. I was just saying, “Does music choose whom should listen to them?”
It’s people who differentiate who should listen to what kind of music. “

In other words, “does one type of music discriminate whom should listen to them?”

Maybe, it’s what someone said about being consistent. Why should I be consistent when they consistently judge and discriminate annoyingly?