I wrote these all is merely because of my longing feeling to DMF48 has turned big like soooo biggggg. I love to remember the good memories I had with them. As a straight woman being a fan of JKT48 and familiar with delusional fanfiction thingies (and mostly the male fans of JKT48 making delusional fanfiction of being the sweetheart of their favorite members, I just gasped and said "OK, that's the way they are, I don't want to make a JKT48 fanfiction, my affection for them is not that big, you know) I understand that I can turn those imaginations into a good writing, why not trying to make one?
Episode: Interview with THREE MAS KENTHIR part 1
(background music: Setapak Sriwedari by Maliq and
d’essentials, the coda part. And then comes a jingle, saying “Sastraaaa
Radiooooooo, Mbooooisss pooolllll….” Here comes the talkshow on Sastra Radio,
hosted by Angie)
Angie : “Dear all
sastrafellas, thanks very much for staying with us. As what I’ve told you
before, we are going to have a special interview with a brand new indie band
from malang.
Wanna find out who they are? Let’s welcome…. THREE MAS KENTHIR!! Yeaaaa!!”
(clapping hands)
Yayak, Udin, Wahyu :
“Yeeeeeaaaay!”
Angie : “Ok, here in our
studio, we have three handsome guys coming from Germany Department, right?”
Yayak :
“Yes, we are”
Udin :
“We used to be classmates”
Wahyu :
“HMJ mates as well!”
(all of them laugh out loud)
Angie :
“Ok, now introduce yourselves to the Sastrafellas out there”
Yayak : “Hi, sastrafellas!
I’m Wisnu Satria Sejati, you can call me Yayak, I play drum”
Udin : “I’m Bahauddin,
you can call me Udin, I play guitar as well as being the vocalist”
Wahyu : “I’m Wahyu
Yudhatmoko, playing bass, as well as the backing vocal”
Angie : “OK, good. So,
Three Mas Kenthir, everywhere you go, you are always in this formation?”
Udin :
“Sort of. Yea…. Not necessarily”
Angie :
“Does it means that you go with your girlfriends sometimes?”
Udin :
“Girlfriend who?”
Wahyu : “Yeah, you know,
Angie. Udin’s heart is still broken due to his breakup last semester”
Yayak :
“Believe me, last semester!”
Angie :
“Oh, really? Last semester it was!”
Udin :
“Please don’t talk about it, shall we?”
Angie : “Ok, ok, now we are
going to talk about the making of this band, umm…. The story behind this band,
I mean. How did you finally decide to form a band?”
Wahyu : “As what you’ve
known, Angie. We used to be classmates and we found out that we have the same
interest, the same favorite genre of music….”
Yayak :
“Typical”
Angie :
“What do you mean by typical, yayak?”
Yayak : “Yeah, started with
spending our time in ormawa sastra and playing the guitar, then we found out
that we have a common interest, therefore, we started to jam regularly. We rent
a studio in Griyashanta and we finally decide to form Three Mas Kenthir”
Angie : “And what is your
genre, actually”
Wahyu : “We have soul-funk
music, but we can go groovy sometimes. We put on a spirit of Jazz in every our
music”
Angie : “Jazz it is! That’s
great! You know, our youth is mostly influenced with K-Pop girlbands, boybands,
and Japanese Idol Groups, but you dared yourselves to lit up Jazz among them”
Yayak : “Our purpose is not
to try to defy the mainstream, but to remind them that Jazz can be amazing too”
Angie : “Aww… that’s great.
By the way, who wrote the lyrics of these five songs?”
Udin : “I did”
Angie : “Wow, that’s great.
Well I have heard that you are good in writing”
Wahyu : “Who else do we have
to trust? He is an asset indeed”
Angie : (laughs) “Ahaha,
ok. But, looking on the five titles you wrote, here we have “Penantian
panjang”, “Layar Putih Biru”, “Empat abjad pertama”, “Menghilang tetiba”, and
“Tiga menit untuk 12 Jam”. Wow. Such poetic titles. I wanna find out, what are
your songs mostly about?”
Udin : “Well, when you
hear the titles, you may think that it’s kinda love songs that are emotional or
containing tearful lyrics, but in fact, they’re not”
Angie : “So, what it is
about?”
Udin : “Hmm, we are
going to be non-mainstream. Instead of talking about love, our lyrics talk
about student madness!”
Angie : “Waw! Student
madness? About how it feels to be a college student? Great!”
Yayak : “Yeah, Angie, we’re
fed up with the same topic of millions of songs in the world. Love, love, love,
and love. Isn’t there any other topic to be talked about?”
Wahyu : “I don’t think that
there have been songs talking about college life. We know that it is not easy
to be accepted in the university, therefore, being a college student is somehow
an achievement. Aside of that pride of pursuing a higher education, there are
some stressful experiences and exciting stories on taking the courses, doing
the assignments, and of course, the final phase, on doing the thesis”
Udin : “Yeah, that’s
good. And I do hope that people will appreciate us for being different”
Angie : “Waw, guys, you are
making a breakthrough. Udin, can you tell me about each songs, what do they
talk about?”
Udin : “Penantian
panjang” tells about a class waiting for the lecturer to come. It is common to
see lecturers coming late to the class without telling the students before,
rite? (Angie: Yes, indeed), “Layar Putih Biru” tells about distractions
students have when doing their assignments, which is, social media. Facebook,
you know, “Lima abjad pertama” tells about the A, B, C, D and E grades that
students may get on their finals, “Menghilang tetiba” tells about lecturers who
likes to be absent without any prior information, and “Tiga menit untuk 12 Jam”
tells about students’ habits to cook instant noodle for their brunch or dinner”
Yayak : “Udin is talking
about his own habit actually. He consumes many packs of instant noodles per
week. No matter it is in the beginning of the month”
Udin : “Stop it, yak.
That’s my favorite. If you don’t like it, have it your way”
Yayak : “I’ve told him that
it’s not good!”
Angie : “ahahahahaa, that’s
great!! It is rare to see themes like these on songs. Ok, sastrafellas, if you
want to request your favorite songs, just text us on 0814848484848 by typing
your name, location, the song you request, and whom you are giving your hello
to. Now let’s see who have been texting us. Oh here it is. We have Fery in
Klaseman, he wants Yellowcard’s song How I go. He says hello to Bita, please
work on the proposal. Also, here we have Ghany in Suropati street, requesting Endah and
Rhesa with Cinta Dalam Kardus. He gives his hello for Yogi, please contact the
keynote speaker for our Legislative Talkshow. And here is another message from
Wildan, requesting Maroon 5’s Payphone. This song is for Fenty, please give me
the certificate. Woow. Still many messages to read. Let’s listen to these songs
requested. Stay tune on 162,88 MHz Sastra Radio Mboizzz Polll…..”
to be continued....
