He added that reading the novel gave him a feeling of nostalgia about his college days when he read many books. I have toned down in reading serious stuff, I read more Twitter,” he said with a laugh. Gladys Knight & the Pips - SOUL!, WNET Studios, Ne.“I haven’t read a novel for a long time, but because Cikal told me to, I read.Oingo Boingo - Whisky A Go-Go, Los Angeles, CA, 8.Marmalade - Reflections of My Life - Various Songs.Gordon Lightfoot - Seattle Opera House, Seattle, W.The Traveling Wilburys - Volume 2 - Various Artist.Owsley - Vintage Vinyl Records, Fords, NJ, 4-3-2004.Oingo Boingo - Whisky A Go-Go, Los Angeles, CA, 10.Norah Jones - Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with.Jellyfish - Music Hall, Frankfurt, Germany, 5-6-1991.Iwan Fals - Ngalor Ngidulnya, Volume 1 (2020-2021).Deep Purple - BBC Sessions, Volume 1: 1968-1969.Joan Osborne - An Uncommon Love - Various Songs (1.Various Artists - NME Poll Winners' Concert, Empir.Iwan Fals - Ngalor Ngidulnya, Volume 2 (2021).Deep Purple - BBC Sessions, Volume 2 (1969-1970).Kirsty MacColl - Acoustic Radio Shows (1993-2000).Deep Purple - BBC Sessions, Volume 3 (1970).The La's - Callin' All - Various Songs (1985-1988).The La's - Cocktail - Various Songs (1988-1991).Deep Purple - BBC Sessions, Volume 4: In Concert.The Alan Price Set - Alan BBC Sessions, Volume 1 (.Mary Hopkin - Temma Harbour - Various Songs (1968.Them - BBC Sessions and Live (1965-1966).The Alan Price Set - BBC Sessions, Volume 2 (1967.But the song came out in 1982, putting him ahead of most public consciousness on this issue, especially for Indonesia.Ġ1 Isi Rimba Tak Ada Tempat Berpijak Lagi (Iwan Fals)Ġ6 Antara Aku, Kau dan Bekas Pacarmu (Iwan Fals)Īs with Volume 1, the cover art was made from taking a screenshot from one of the YouTube videos of these exact performances.
Take the first song here for instance, "Isi Rimba Tak Ada Tempat Berpijak Lagi." This song laments the cutting of the tropical forests in Indonesia. Although he does lots of romantic songs, he also does many social commentary ones. It's too bad if you can't speak Indonesian, because his lyrics are excellent. With this being Volume 2, these generally are all still well known songs. It seems when he started this series, he tended to do a lot of his most famous songs early on (famous in Indonesia, that is).
All these performances are unreleased, unless you count him posting them for free on YouTube. He has regularly done one song a week, playing them in solo acoustic format (sometimes with harmonica).
Assuming you know all that, this is a reminder that this series is basically his version of the home concert recordings lots of musicians have done during the pandemic lockdown phase. My Volume 1 post explained more about who he is and why I'm posting his music. So if that's not your cup of tea, you should skip this. If you don't know who Iwan Fals is, beware that he's an Indonesian musician who sings all his songs in the Indonesian language. I have several more to go, so here's the next one already. A few days ago, I posted Volume 1 in this series.