Thousands of Spectators Fill Graha Cakrawala Building, Legendary Band God Bless Cures Longing for Rock Music Concert in Malang

Kapanlagi.com - The legendary music group God Bless successfully fulfilled the longing for a rock music concert in Malang. Thousands of rock music enthusiasts filled Graha Cakrawala Universitas Negeri Malang (UM), while jumping along with the music beats of Ahmad Albar and friends.

15 songs were presented from the popular album that has been popular across generations since God Bless was established in the 1970s. Rows of audience followed the lyrics and verses of each song while some captured the moment through their mobile phones.

The concert began with a guitar melody performance by Ian Antono with the song Padamu Negeri. The fingers of the original Arek Malang guitarist momentarily created an emotional atmosphere at the concert, accompanied by the keyboard sound of Abadi Soesman.

The three main highlights on stage highlighted the guitar performance of Ian Antono and several times the concert lights directed towards Abadi Soesman's 'table', who is also from Malang. Some of the audience could be heard singing Padamu Negeri loudly, while standing as a sign of respect.

The guitar performance of Ian Antono was greeted by the appearance of Ahmad Albar with the song Bla Bla Bla. Along with the applause and enthusiastic shouts of the audience following the lyrics of the song.

Iyek, Ahmad Albar's nickname, expressed his appreciation to the audience through a light greeting before his performance continued with the song Kehidupan.

"Good evening Malang, I'm really happy, it's extraordinary that we can participate in enlivening Ngalam Ngerock Kembali. Let's go straight to Kehidupan," he said, greeted by applause from the audience in Malang, Wednesday (4/3).

1. Audience Average Memorizes God Bless Songs

Next, the audience was taken by the drum beats of Fajar Satriatama as they started the song Menjilat Matahari. The lyrics of the popular song were immediately welcomed by the audience who mostly knew them by heart.

The heated atmosphere was momentarily cooled down with the song Rumah Kita. Although shortly after, they returned with songs from their first rock album, Sesat. They continued with songs by Donny Fatah and Sjuman Jaya, including Musisi, Balada Kehidupan, Huma di Atas Bukit, and Syair Kehidupan.

The most anticipated song by the audience, through their choir, was the 1977 hit song Panggung Sandiwara. This was followed by the songs Cermin, Setan Tertawa, Bis Kota, and Sodom and Gomorah.

As the closing song, Godbless performed the song Semut Hitam while bidding farewell to the audience who were reluctant to leave.

2. Sylvia Saarjhe Entertains Malang Residents

Meanwhile, 1970s lady rocker, Sylvia Saarjhe, believes that God Bless' performance successfully entertained the residents of Malang and its surrounding areas. Despite performing dozens of songs, God Bless' stamina is still remarkable.

"God Bless is the best, making us happy in Malang Raya today. Their performance is still good, Iyek and friends are still good. Their stamina is extraordinary, dozens of songs are still good," said Sylvia Saarjhe, the singer of Biarawati 1978.

In line with Sylvia Saarjhe, musician Anto Baret expressed his pride in God Bless' performance despite their not-so-young age. The God Bless concert is expected to motivate young musicians to continue creating.

"As legends, it's impressive that they can still jump around at their age, but what's important is that the rock virus can hopefully spread in Malang, in terms of spirit and motivation to inspire young musicians to create," he said.

3. Doesn't Diminish the Action Much

Anto does not deny, the music group the same age as Godbless faces stamina problems, but it does not reduce the action on stage much. His message and spirit reached the audience and his fans.

"If it comes to performance, age cannot be deceived, it means that movement has started to be limited but it doesn't matter, the articulation, the lyrics are extraordinary," he said.

God Bless performed in Malang in the concert Ngalam Ngerock Kembali at Graha Cakrawala Universitas Negeri (UM) Malang, Wednesday (4/3). The concert was held as part of the National Press Day (HPN) series organized by the Indonesian Journalists Association (PWI) Malang Raya.

(kpl/dar/nda)