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Untuk PYM Presiden Sukarno - ( Sutedjo )
Syair Lagumu - ( Titiek Puspa )
Sesal Diri - ( Faried )
Genjer - Genjer - ( M. Arif )
Berpisah Diteras St. Carolus - ( Wedhasmara )
Untukmu - ( Lilis Surjani )
Mawar Melati - ( Adikarso )
Telepon - ( Muslihat )
Muhibah - ( Titiek Puspa )
Putus Kasih Di Wisma Nusantara - ( Lilis Surjani )
Hurryku Sayang - ( Ainal )
Tidurlah - ( Lilis Surjani )
IRAMA LPI 17597
LILIS SURJANI
"Ia Tetap Diatas"
Band "Baju"
Conductor F. Pareira
Year of Issue 1962
Genre: Populair
The first song by Lilis Surjani ( 22 aug 1948 - 9 Oct 2007 ) is:
"Untuk Paduka Yang Mulia Presiden Sukarno" = "For the Sublime and Honourable President Sukarno"
It is a praise-song for Sukarno, the President then, The first, proclaimer of Independence ( 1945 )
Sutedjo, the composer was paid Indonesian Rupiah 1200.000 for it, but before he could spend it, new money was introduced,
The old money could be exchanged for new Rp. 1200 only, so his fee shrunk a thousandfold. For comparison this record bears a stamp on its cover: "Retail Price 100 New Rupiahs"
"Syair Lagumu" = "The Lyrics of Your Song" = Here she asks humbly to Titiek Puspa, who composed the melody, to make lyrics for it. She regarded Titiek Puspa as a an honorable senior sister in music.
"Sesal Diri" = "Self Reproach"
"Genjer Genjer" is another remarkable song. Its about poor people in East Java, who during the second world war suffered starvation and famine and were forced to eat Genjer, a kind of herb or weed growing along roads etc. So it is a song of pity. It could be heard also in socialist and communist meetings. After president Sukarno's abdication, the New Order under President Suharto was severe anti-communist, better not to sing this song anymore. On this record its just meant as a sad song, I think, it is vocalized in Javanese
"Berpisah Di Teras St. Carolus" = "A Goodbye at Saint Carolus" Saint Carolus Borromeus Hospital was built in the 1930's, then a state of the art hospital and situated at Jalan Salemba Raya, Jakarta.
"Untukmu" = "For You"
"Mawar Melati" = "Rose and Melati" A Rose is red and the Melati flower is white. "Red is for courage and white is for purity" she sings.It is a tribute to the national lag, red and white.
"Telpon" no explanation needed, you can hear it ring and the singer's voice: Hallo, who is it?
''Muhibah" = "Goodwill" , Its a goodbye song to a man who goes far away, with a task ( for the nation, maybe a military ) she agrees with his necessary absence and prays for his safe return. Nice "suspense-movie" intro sound.
"Putus Kasih Di Wisma" = "End of a Love at the Nusantara Building" Then one of Jakarta's highest building now overshadowed by much taller ones.
"Hurryku Sayang" A song of goodbye to a man going to the battlefield, again she proudly agrees with his absence.
"Tidurlah" = "Sleep" ( and I sing a lullaby for you )
All songs are solemn, dignified, The president would have liked it, as one day she was invited to meet him at his palace.
