IVO NILANKRESHNA
"Kroncong a gogo"
Band: Combo Tony Nolte"
Kroncong a gogo. The word "a gogo" brings a feeling of itching in my neck. It is a typical 60's word everything had to be a gogo.
Other typical words: "Boutique" for shop, "Hip" for stylish etc.
The songs on this record can be divided in 3 genres:
1: Old songs from the period of the independence war, by Ismael Marzuki.
2: Old folksongs, very well known.
3: Compositions by Ivo Nilakreshna.
Ivo Nilakreshna belongs to the Older generation of Singers, a contemporary of Titiek Puspa etc.
She gained her greatest popularity between 1955 and 1966. It almost seems she was more populair in Malaysia than in Indonesia.
Seeing the number of produced records with her songs.
This record is produced in Holland on the Philips label.
The band is a "combo" its sound reminds me of combo's playing in the corner of a crowded restaurant during a wedding party.
But technically it is o.k. and Tony Nolte was quite well known, but not the hottest in town, so to say.
So Ivo Nilakreshna probably was visiting Holland and at the same time she acted as singer for this record.
The songs:
"Sepasang Mata Bola" - A pair of bright eyes - A song from the revolutionary war between 1945 and 1949. A soldier going to the battlefield sees a girl with bright eyes, is if she would say "protect us, you hero".
Those songs of the war, were not fierce "beat up the bastards" songs, but gentle songs of goodbye to a soldier, or about a woman waiting for her hero and paying for victory on the battlefield. Always in a slow solemn, way which was the fashion in that period.
"Jali Jali" Old folksong This is almost the national anthem of Jakarta, it can be heard by many artists, also on this MP blog,
"Cinta Pertama" - First Love - a composition by Ivo Nilakreshna.
"Mari Menari" - Lets Dance - a compostion by Ivo Nilakreshna.
"Awan Beranak" - Clouds give birth - That is when you stare at clouds and one little cloud seperates from a big one, like the big one gives birth. So it has a poetical meaning. Composition by Ivo N.
"Potong Padi" An old folksong modernized. Hm... Those gentle songs are not really suitable for modernization, the result sounds a little cheapish..
"Oh Ibu" - Oh Mother - a composition by Ivo N.
"Kroncong Kemayoran" again a very well known folksong, it is easy to change the words of the sond, many variations exist.
"Ku Kan Kembali" - You will return - Composition by Ivo N.
"Seringgit Sidua Kupang" an old folksong, in fact a "Dendang" or "Joget" song that means its used for dancing, the words of the song often repeated. Its heard in Sumatra and probably also well known across the Strait, in Malaysia.
"Jauh Dimata" - Far apart. Two lovers are separated. She waits till he returns. So its also a war song.
Sepasang Mata Bola - ( Ismael Marzuki )
Jali Jali
Cinta Pertama - ( Harlan )
Mari Menari - ( Ivo Nilakreshna )
Awan Beranak - ( Ivo Nilakreshna )
Potong Padi
Oh Ibu - ( Ivo Nilakreshna )
Kroncong Kemayoran
Ku Kan Kembali - ( Ivo Nilakreshna )
Seringgit Sidua Kupang
Jauh Dimata - ( Ismael Marzuki )
Soleram
