The greatest Indonesian songs ever
November 18th, 2007The following is a list of the greatest Indonesian songs ever. This is like a Hall of Fame of Music Composition.
Qualification: the song must have been around for at least 20 years and the melody remains timeless.
Granted, some later songs are great too, but people like SO7, Peterpan, Dewa etc will have to wait for time to make its judgement.
However, I must add that this list doesn’t contain any song by legendary groups D’Mercys and D’Lloyd – they are totally in a league of their own and deserve a separate list.
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I think I know most of these songs – one of my aunt used to be a huge fan of Indon songs in the 80s and I use to listen along too. Evergreen.
Alamak, I just realised that I totally forgot to add some other total classics by Endang S Taurina, Bill & Brod, Ebiet G Ade…
Saya memang peminat lagu-lagu evergreen indonesia. Banyak nostalgia di sebalik lagu2 tersebut. TQ
Mau tambah lagi lagu tu – ada yg kurang lagi…
Ngamlah itu…
Oh yes, that was her favorite singer : Endang S Taurina – there was one song I could still remember now, “Tuan Muda…” :-) What memories
Endang S Taurina, now that’s what I call a vocalist! To me, she’s still the reference standard.
My favourite is Jangan Sakiti Hatinya – Lis Sugianto, Mengapa Tiada Maaf – Bob Tutupoly & that Terlambat Sudah – Panders..
I wonder why this song “Angin Malam” & “Widuri” are ‘lagu wajib’ at almost every ‘aramaiti’ I went.
I love Ebiet G. Ade’s songs. BIGTIME!
And not just Endang S. Taurina, they also got Hetty Koes Endang aaa..
Because “angin malam” and “widuri” are timeless classics!
Now let us wait and see if people will still sing Dewa’s Pupus or Peterpan’s “Mungkin Nanti” 30 years from now.
Everybody, I just added a few songs: song no.16 onwards
mantap…
MY FAVOURITE MALAY SONG IS M DAUD KILAU’S “GILA JUDI”… KALAU SUDAH GILA JUDI……. 1 RINGGIT, 2 RINGGIT, 3 RINGGIT, AMPAT RINGGITLAH, LIMA RINGGIT…… HAAAANNNNNNNGUSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!! AND THE BEST PART OF THE LYRICS IS “KALAU KECANDUAN JUDI”!!!!!!!! MY GOD, KECANDUAN JUDI…….. MEANS KETAGIHAN JUDI PADA TAHAP KRONIK DAN KRITIKAL SEPERTIMANA JUGA ORANG YG MISTI BILI 4D SETIAP KALI DRAW DAY.. KALAU TIDAK BILI…… DIA PASTI GERSANG DAN FIKIRANNYA BERKECAMUK WALHAL TIDAK PARNAH KANNNNNNNAAAAAAA!!!!!!!
I will compile a best Malay songs later. BUt I have a feeling the list might be dominated by M Nasir’s compositions…