Hello Everyone
Nice to see you again through this @openmic weekly music celebration on Hive. The community that has great vision and mision to campaign peace and global harmony. I am really happy to be with all great musician and witnessing their creative work especially on the music they shared.
The theme given for the week of #249 is "TRAVEL" and I chose one of great Indonesian country ballad song from IWAN FALS my favorite singer all the times with the tittle of the song "BARANG ANTIK". This song talk about local public transportation name OPLET in 1980 that pushed away by private car and another type of public transpirtation that flooding Indonesia at that time such as SEDAN and many other. This song itself was realeased in 1984 include in the album title BARANG ANTIK.
Iwan Fals has travel time vision pour into the song if this OLD OPLET will be an antique item that find in the museum in 2001. The vision of this song composer and singer, Iwan Fals also work with music director Willy Soemantri and another musician is to campaign about social issue among the people that represent the urban in Indonesia.
Here is my video performance that I stored to YouTube and shared the link here...
Here is the lyrics of the song and its translation into English...
Berjalan tersendat diantara sedan-sedan licin mengkilat
Dengan warna pucat
Dan badan penuh cacat sedikit berkarat
Stumbling between sleek,
shiny sedans
With a pale color
And a body full of rusty defects
Hai oplet tua dengan bapak supir tua
Cari penumpang dipinggiran ibu kota
Sainganmu mikrolet bajaj dan bis kota
Kini kau tersingkirkan oleh mereka
Hey old oplet with an old driver
Looking for passengers on the outskirts of the capital
Your rivals are bajaj microlets and city buses
Now you've been pushed aside by them
Bagai kutu jalanan
Ditengah tengah kota metropolitan
Cari muatan untuk nguber setoran
Sisanya buat makan
Like street fleas
In the middle of the metropolitan city
Looking for cargo to chase deposits
The rest is for food
Hai oplet tua dengan bapak supir tua
Cari penumpang dipinggiran ibu kota
Sainganmu mikrolet bajaj dan bis kota
Kini kau tersingkirkan oleh mereka
Hey old oplet with an old driver
Looking for passengers on the outskirts of the capital
Your rivals are bajaj microlets and city buses
Now you've been pushed aside by them
Berjalan zig zag ngebut
Ga perduli walau mobil sudah butut
Suara bising ribut
Yang keluar dari knalpot mu bagai kentut
Walking in a zigzag speeding manner
Don't care even though the car is old
Noisy, noisy sound
What comes out of your exhaust is like farting
Hai oplet tua dengan bapak supir tua
Cari penumpang dipinggiran ibu kota
Sainganmu mikrolet bajaj dan bis kota
Kini kau tersingkirkan oleh mereka
Hey old oplet with an old driver
Looking for passengers on the outskirts of the capital
Your rivals are bajaj microlets and city buses
Now you've been pushed aside by them
Oh bapak tua
Pemilik oplet tua
Tunggu nanti di tahun dua ribu satu
Mungkin mobilmu jadi barang
Antik yang harganya selangit
Oh old man
Owner of an old oplet
Wait until the year two thousand and one
Maybe your car will become an antique item whose price is sky high
Here is the picture of OLD OPLET that known as the first public transportation in Indonesia
A classic in your country and not at all popular in my area. Thank you very much for sharing it in this global community, in fact this melody has made a long journey here through your voice, it's impressive how there are no barriers anymore... Happy weekend, excellent work as always! ✌️
Thanks brother! I bloody appreciate your presence on my post as always. A hug!