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Akmal N. Basral > >> From: Satrio Arismunandar <satrioarismunan...@yahoo.com> >> Date: August 3, 2012 11:44:28 AM GMT+07:00 >> To: AIPI politik <aipi_poli...@yahoogroups.com>, Kampus tiga >> <kampus-t...@yahoogroups.com>, jurnalisme jurnalisme >> <jurnali...@yahoogroups.com>, AJI Ajindo <ajis...@yahoogroups.com>, >> technomedia <technome...@yahoogroups.com> >> Cc: Naratama TV Naratama <naratam...@yahoogroups.com>, Sudrajat2 >> <sudrajat2...@mail.com>, Ponco Dirgantara Wijaya <poncowij...@yahoo.com> >> Subject: [jurnalisme] ] Najib's 'Janji Ditepati' song based on Christian >> music from Indonesia? >> Reply-To: jurnali...@yahoogroups.com >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> > From: "Sunny" <am...@tele2.se> >> > Date: 2 Agustus 2012 15:35:58 WIB >> > To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;> >> > Subject: [nasional-list] Najib's 'Janji Ditepati' song based on Christian >> > music from Indonesia? >> > Reply-To: nasional-l...@yahoogroups.com >> > >> > http://malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=37535:najibs-janji-ditepati-song-based-on-christian-music-from-indonesia?&Itemid=2 >> > Thursday, 02 August 2012 11:35 >> > Najib's 'Janji Ditepati' song based on Christian music from Indonesia? >> > >> > Written by - >> > KUALA LUMPUR,— The “Janji Ditepati” (Promises Fulfilled) melody picked for >> > National Day celebration this year is heating up the airwaves but for the >> > wrong reasons, with some online users noting its striking resemblance to a >> > 2008 gospel song by Jakarta-based Christian band True Worshippers, >> > featuring Indonesian songstress Ruth Sahanaya. >> > >> > The latest controversy, coming just days after a public furore forced >> > Putrajaya to axe the badly-designed 55th National Day logo in favour of >> > the 1 Malaysia logo, could see more red cheeks for government officials >> > and could further strain diplomatic ties with the Southeast Asian giant. >> > >> > Malaysia’s chattering class has been critical over the “Janji Ditepati” >> > lyrics, penned by Information, Communications and Culture Minister Datuk >> > Seri Rais Yatim but four days ago, they intensified their attacks on >> > popular video-sharing site YouTube, and other social networking sites like >> > Facebook after a blogger who professed to be a Christian pointed out that >> > the song’s melody was strikingly similar to an Indonesian gospel song >> > titled “Serukan Namanya” (Call out His name). >> > >> > “Lagu tema KEMERDEKAAN MALAYSIA ke 55 kedengaran seperti LAGU Pujian di >> > GEREJA (Malaysia’s 55th National Day theme song sounds like a church >> > praise song),” said the anonymous blogger’s July 30 entry. >> > >> > “Hal ini lagi mengejutkan sekiranya lagu tema kebangsaan di ambil dari >> > lagu rohani org Kristen… Mungkin kementerian tidak tau tapi seharusnya >> > pencipta lagu ni tdk berbuat demikian (menciplak) sebab did ditugaskan >> > untk membuat lagu tema kemerdekaan. [This matter is all the more shocking >> > if the national theme song is taken from the Christians’ spiritual song… >> > Perhaps the ministry is unaware but the songwriter should not do so >> > (plagiarise) because he was tasked with creating the national theme],” the >> > blogger said. >> > >> > The unnamed blogger urged the ministry to demand a refund from the >> > songwriter and to replace the song, which has been panned for its lyrics, >> > with another. >> > >> > Copies of the posting and video links to both “Janji Ditepati” and its >> > comparison to “Serukan Namanya” have since gone viral and were repeated on >> > several blogs and online community fora such as Miricommunity.net, an >> > Internet bulletin board popularly visited by Malaysians who hail from >> > Sarawak. >> > >> > “Amen, Yesuslah Raja!! Tapi sorry ya, Rais Yatim dengan lagu ‘Janji >> > Ditepati’nya sama style dengan lagu ni (Amen Jesus is King!! But sorry, >> > Rais Yatim with his ‘Janji Ditepati’ has the same style as this song),” >> > said a YouTube commentor under the moniker amoker27 in one of the video >> > clips featuring the Indonesian song here that has seen over 100,000 views >> > since being uploaded on September 5, 2008. >> > >> > The song, by Christian band True Worshippers led by Sidney Mohede and >> > whose members include the regionally popular artiste Ruth Sahanaya, was >> > released in their 2008 album “All Things New”. >> > >> > “Now i really hate our ministry because duplicate this song and make it >> > political in malaysia. really shame of my own country because of our idiot >> > minister. sorry indonesia!!” said another YouTube commenter under the name >> > vandridel. >> > >> > The apology to Indonesia was in reference to upset Indonesians who >> > attacked Malaysia’s missions in the archipelago, hurling eggs, stones and >> > pieces of wood injuring personnel and damaging property as recently as >> > June, claiming cultural theft after Rais had announced a move to add North >> > Sumatra’s Tortor dance and the Gordang Sambilan drums to the its heritage >> > list. >> > >> > The two neighbouring countries are known to have a history of political, >> > economic, and cultural friction. >> > >> > But “Janji Ditepati’s” melody was purportedly created by a group of people >> > only identified as Aye, Jasnie, Arman E six. >> > >> > A YouTube posting of the video clip here has drawn over 255,000 views >> > since it was uploaded on July 27 with over 30,600 dislikes compared to >> > only 415 likes as of this morning. >> > >> > Rais had also acknowledged the brickbats when he took to Twitter two days >> > ago and invited the public to share their views on the song he wrote. >> > >> > “Apa pandangan sdr tntg lagu janji d tepati? Di utube dah cecah 140k >> > lebih. Tapi yg ‘ibu jari k bawah’ ada juga (What are your views on the >> > Janji Ditepati song? On YouTube, there are more than 140,000 views. But >> > there are those who have also given it a ‘thumbs-down’,” the minister said >> > on his account @DrRaisYatim. >> > >> > Several singers, songwriters and composers contacted by The Malaysian >> > Insider have also noted the striking similarities between the “Janji >> > Ditepati” melody and the gospel song but stopped short of labelling it >> > plagiarism. >> > >> > “Similarities in melody usually would bring up the issue of plagiarism,” >> > said music educator Tay Cher Siang, who is also music director for The >> > Venue, a live music space at popular city mall Pavilion. >> > >> > He agreed that there were many similarities between the two melodies but >> > said that the music scale is limited as it contains only 12 notes. He >> > added that most pop music compositions frequently feature seven notes. >> > >> > “No matter how much I hated the whole ‘Janji Ditepati’ fiasco, to be fair, >> > I have an ounce of doubt for this issue of plagiarism,” he said. >> > >> > He was loathe to brand it an outright musical theft, saying he had no >> > knowledge if the composers of “Janji Ditepati” were aware of the >> > similarities with “Serukan Namanya” and had been influenced by the song >> > and sought permission to use the melody or had deliberately reproduced it >> > without attributing the inspiration. >> > >> > Folk singer and songwriter Meor Yusof Aziddin, 45, echoed Tay’s view, >> > saying the issue of plagiarising musical melodies was very subjective. He >> > pointed out that pop melodies have using the same formula since the >> > Beatles’ era in the 1960s and 1970s. >> > >> > He noted that the national anthem, “Negaraku”, has the same melody as an >> > Indonesian song, “Terang Boelan”, and which can be traced back to an >> > 18th-century song, “La Rosalie”, by French composer Pierre-Jean de >> > Beranger. >> > >> > Another independent singer-songwriter-composer, who declined to be named, >> > however, was intrigued by the similarities between the choice National Day >> > melody and gospel music. >> > >> > “That there is substantive similarity between an Indonesian Christian >> > gospel song and the new Malaysian Merdeka day song is interesting, don’t >> > you think?” he asked. >> > >> > The ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition had chosen “Janji Ditepati as >> > the theme for this year’s National Day celebrations, a move that has drawn >> > intense criticism from the opposition and Malaysians. >> > >> > The opposition Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leaders have accused the BN government >> > of hijacking National Day celebrations for its own political campaign. >> > >> > They also accused BN of using the theme to abuse government machinery for >> > political campaigning purposes. >> > >> > Last Friday, Rais had defended on Twitter the National Day celebrations >> > theme, pointing out that “everything can look bad if the mind is closed”. >> > >> > “Malaysia has truly arrived as an achieving nation after 55 years of >> > independence. 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