Indonesia tradition and culture

If I were a boy
even just for a day
I'd roll out of bed in the morning
and throw on what I wanted and go


Drink beer with the guys
and chase after girls
I'd kick it with who I wanted
and I'd never get confronted for it
cause they stick up for me

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If I were a boy
I think I could understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I'd be a better man
I'd listen to her
Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted
Cause he's taking you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed

If I were a boy
I would turn off my phone
Tell everyone it’s broken
So they’d think that I was sleepin’ alone
I’d put myself first
And make the rules as I go
Cause I know that she’d be faithful
Waitin’ for me to come home (to come home)

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It’s a little too late for you to come back
Say its just a mistake
Think I’d forgive you like that
If you thought I would wait for you
You thought wrong

But you’re just a boy
You don’t understand
Yeah you don’t understand
How it feels to love a girl someday
You wish you were a better man
You don’t listen to her
You don’t care how it hurts
Until you lose the one you wanted
Cause you’ve taken her for granted
And everything you have got destroyed
But you’re just a boy

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Indonesia is home to various styles of music, with those from the islands of Java, Sumatra and Bali being frequently recorded. The traditional music of central and East Java and Bali is the gamelan.


Modern music come to indonesia in around 1950. After the independence. In 1966, a law was passed (Panpres 11/1965) banning Western-style pop or rock music[citation needed]. On June 29, 1965, Koes Plus, a leading Indonesian pop group in the 1960s, 70s and 80s, was imprisoned in Glodok, West Jakarta, for playing Western-style music. After the resignation of President Sukarno, the law was rescinded, and in the 1970s the Glodok prison was dismantled and replaced with a large shopping mall. The new mall in Glodok is now the centre of recording, production and distribution of modern Indonesian pop and rock music.

In addition, there are regional variations such as Langgam Jawa, which is most popular in Central Java and Yogyakarta. Kroncong is a musical genre that uses guitars and ukuleles as the main musical instruments. This genre had its roots in Portugal and was introduced by Portuguese traders in the fifteenth century. There is a traditional Keroncong Tugu music group in North Jakarta and other traditional Keroncong music groups in Maluku, with strong Portuguese influences. This music genre was popular in the first half of the twentieth century; a contemporary form of Kroncong is called Pop Kroncong.

The soft Sasando music from the province of East Nusa Tenggara in West Timor is completely different. Sasando uses an instrument made from a split leaf of the Lontar palm (Borassus flabellifer), which bears some resemblance to a harp.

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David Cook - Light on

never really said to much
afraid it wouldnt be enough
just tryin to keep my spirits up
when theres no point in greevin'

it doesn't matter anyway
the words could never make me stay
words can never take my place
when you know im leavin'

CHORUS;
try to leave the light on when i'm gone
something i rely on to get home
one i can feel at night a naked light
a fire to keep warm

try to leave the light on when i'm gone
even in the daylight shine on
and when its late at night you can look inside
and you wont feel so alone

you know we have been down that road
what seems a thousend times before
my back to a closing door
and my eyes to the season
it rolls out underneath my heals
and you dont know how bad it feels
being the only one i've ever believed in

back to CHORUS;
ooh yeaaaah
sometimes it feels like we've run out of luck
when the signal keeps on breaking up
when the wires cross in my brain
you'll start my heart again
when i come around
yeah yeah yeah
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