I wonder if things are getting desperate in the Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (or SBY as he is affectionately known) camp. It seems on a recent campaign stop the big announcements of a policy nature have been overtaken by the public performance of the President's new song. The song, "Is There?", was performed by Indonesian Idol winner Joy Tobing to a receptive crowd of about 3,000 in Pekanbaru, Riau.
I always figured that a president would be too busy to be promoting a new song when he could be doing the things that presidents do when they are being presidents. Or, in an election cycle, campaigning on the substantive issues of what he might be wanting to accomplish should the people see fit to give him another term in office.
Indonesian campaign events often include, or is it always includes, celebrities. Therefore, why should anyone be surprised when the biggest celebrity of them all is the current president himself (photo courtesy of Kompas and Kristianto Purnomo).
5 comments:
yep fair enough too. He's got talent; so why not let it show. Wanna post some of the lyrics??
Lawsong...
I guess talent, like beauty, is in the eye or ear of the beholder.
Why the lyrics? I thought you spoke Indonesian? I probably could post some of the lyrics (I am guessing you mean a translation, right?)
no, not for me but for others to read. surely they are the measure of the song/man? I mean are you into Tantowi Yahya??
no, not for me but for others to read. surely they are the measure of the song/man? I mean are you into Tantowi Yahya??
Lawsong...
Nope, on the Tantowi Yahya front. I am also not a fan of SBY's singing or songwriting abilities.
I am happy to add, and admit, that I do not have any singing or songwriting ability myself. But as a person, I get to choose what I like and what I listen to.
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