By : Faridul Anwar Farinordin
A night of P. Ramlee songs and memories, in the company of the diva of present times, Siti Nurhaliza. FARIDUL ANWAR FARINORDIN joined others for a walk down memory lane.
YOU can tell when you have a good time at a concert  the time really flies.
At the recent Konsert Istana Cinta Nostalgia Tan Sri P. Ramlee And Puan Sri Saloma by Datuk Siti Nurhaliza at Istana Budaya, Kuala Lumpur, that’s exactly what happened.
It really felt as if the show had just started  it began with the National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Eddie Marzuki giving a rousing overture of Getaran Jiwa  and then, too soon, it was already curtain call.
What happened in between, is a blur, and I mean this in a good way. It was like mass hypnotism  of the musical kind. The combination of a legendary composer like P. Ramlee and a great artiste like Siti proved to be a potent formula.
Of course, other people too saw great potential in further marketing this partnership.
At a Press conference later, Siti confirmed that the show would soon be released as a “live†concert CD album.
Back to the show, it was an unforgettable evening of songs most knew by heart. Many were from the movies we grew up with  from drama to romantic comedy, thriller to fantasy.
It must have been difficult to put the show together, considering the numerous great songs that the late composer had released.
Siti, together with the show’s artistic director Pak Ngah (Suhaimi Mohd Zain) cleverly divided the songs, according to themes and musical styles, into medley segments. For stand-alone songs, the most identifiable ones with soaring melodies were picked.
The medleys were the twist-and-shout show tunes (Bila Larut Malam, Pesta Muda Mudi, Bunyi Gitar), joget songs (Sekapur Sireh, Tari Silat Melayu and Joget Pinang Muda) and cha-cha numbers (Jikalau Abang Merindu, Jalan Bersama and Sejak Ku Bertemu Padamu).
Some of the cabaret-styled performances were backed by dancers, which at times seemed to look like too much of a crowd on stage. The very bright 1960s-inspired costumes and thick make-up and big hair set the mood.
Glamorous backup dancers aside, the songs performed whole were mostly the powerful ballads much performed even by singers of today. Except for Istana Cinta, delivered in a danceable upbeat tempo instead of the slow heart-wrenching manner as in the movie Anakku Sazali, the other songs were showcased in their original forms. They included Putus Sudah Kasih Sayang, Tunggu Sekejap, Hujan di Tengahari, Berkorban Apa Saja, Airmata di Kuala Lumpur and Di Mana Kan Ku Cari Ganti.
At a concert such as this, P. Ramlee’s incomparable artistry, with songs covering a wide gamut of topics and musical styles, was evident.
Another interesting feature of the show was the multimedia element. Although the screens in the background were used mainly for video footage playbacks, i.e. clips and stills of P. Ramlee’s movies, and old photographs and interviews with fans, they added a nice touch to the concert.
The show also deserved credit for incorporating P. Ramlee in a scene from the comedy Masam Masam Manis with Siti on stage, as Cikgu Norkiah (originally played by Sharifah Hanim in the movie). The scene, according to Siti after the show, was among her favourites of all P. Ramlee’s movies.
It would have been even more interesting to see Siti performing a “duet†with P. Ramlee, just like what the group KRU did with Getaran Jiwa. International singers have done it too.
Siti’s favourite singer, Celine Dion, once sang a “duet†with Frank Sinatra (All the Way); so has Natalie Cole with her late father, Nat King Cole (Unforgettable).
Siti’s actual duet performances, unfortunately, lacked the romantic spark and overwhelming joy that should have come with the songs.
Maybe she needed a male vocalist with a solid lower register powerful enough to carry the songs.
For her duets, she had two male singers. One was Musly Amir Mohamed Ramli for Dalam Air Ku Terbayangmu, Di Mana Suara Burung Kenari and Gelora, the male vocalist popular for his ability to imitate P. Ramlee’s speaking and singing voices. But much was inaudible.
When it was Fazli’s turn, he was struggling with the low notes (P. Ramlee was a bass-baritone), except when he was singing the solo Hujan di Tengahari, delivered in such operatic manner that it came across sounding like a patriotic number. He also seemed nervous around the songstress, making him look rather stiff.
From a total of 30 songs performed at the concert, three were delivered by Siti’s guest artistes.
Apart from Fazli and Musly, there was Saloma’s sister Mimi Loma (for Bawah Rumpun Bambu).
Comedy group Isketambola gave a hilarious parody of a scene from Nasib Si Labu Labi, where Labu and Labi visit an old man on behalf of their employer Haji Bakhil to ask for his daughter’s hand in marriage. It left the audience in stitches.
Together with Musly who played P. Ramlee (Labi), members Ghazali Shahbuddin (or S. Azli), Rahim Dalmia (Mamu) and Tamrin Ibrahim were unmistakable carbon copies of the original cast  Udo Omar, M. Zain, and Tamrin’s late father, popular comedian Ibrahim Pendek.
On 24th April2007
April 26th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
tajuk ja lain…isi masih lagi puja memuja HIPO…Faridul Anwar Farinordin ni nak join khalidah bidin gak nih….oklah tuh nama pun hujung dah sama tuh “din”…hampeh…bagus lagi sardin
April 26th, 2007 at 5:07 pm
wakakaka……..sardin la polokkkkk… sama dengan CT NURHALIZA TARUDIN…huhu…DIN jugak…ye la, puji lebih2 dapat wang saku… skali puji dapat rm10k…lumayan bangat dong
April 26th, 2007 at 5:25 pm
alamak…aku bab Pak cik Taruddin ni aku kesianla….mahap Pak cik….Pak cik tak terlibat dgn wartawan mangkuk ni semua…
ko ni cepat “tangkap” la adik manja…aku tak terpikir pulak….ada sorang lagi wartawan pembodek HIPO..nama dia shaharudin ke shahrudin tak silap aku…ayoyo…”the Din X-files” ..
April 26th, 2007 at 11:17 pm
mereka tu memang nak masuk dlm mangkuk jamban. Takut periuk nasi wartawan tu semua bertukar jadi mangkuk jamban, sebab tu kena puji puji memuja…kang nak makan nasi kena senduk dari mangkuk jamban.
April 26th, 2007 at 11:26 pm
wakakaka….”wartawan toilet bowl”..aka “wartawan pembodek HIPO”….
April 27th, 2007 at 12:53 am
tu lerrr pasal….makan nasi dr mangkuk jamban…
April 27th, 2007 at 4:20 pm
wakakaka..geli pulok aku…
April 27th, 2007 at 5:19 pm
ko jgn nak geli2 sirap…nanti org ingat ko tu lelaki yg boleh mengandung…susah lerr kalau ada org kecelaruan gender kat sini….hehehhee
April 27th, 2007 at 5:25 pm
korang tau tak maksud perkataan din?
korang ni jangan la melampau sangat….
din tu bermaksud agama… usuluddin, hisyamuddin, kamaruddin, addin, syarifuddin, semuanya adalah nama nama yang baik… korang main hina je perkataan din… korang ada agama tak?
sampai sanggup menghina perkataan din…
April 27th, 2007 at 5:37 pm
I tak hina maksud din pun…so i terkecuali ler… org ada nama baik pun buat jahat…mcm org nama haniff tu..nama cantik tapi rogol sapa yg pelacur kelas atas tu??? alaaa lupa lak.. dan org nama shaharudin tu…puji puja siti apa??
April 27th, 2007 at 5:48 pm
nama itu adalah nama yang diberi oleh kedua mak ayah mereka…. dengan harapan anaknya menjadi orang yang baik baik….
kalau mereka dengar kata kata sitot mesti mereka kecewa, sanggupkah sitot lihat mak ayah sitot bersedih sebab kawan kawan panggil sitot dengan nama yang bukann bukan?
sama jugak mak ayah siti, kalau dia tahu org hina anak dia, mesti dia kecewa dan marah…
memang benar ada orang namanya elok tapi merogol, tapi jgn buat generalization…. itu hanya 0.000001% sahaja…
April 27th, 2007 at 7:14 pm
atas nasihat tuahbadan, i malas nak layan ko makcik…kalau ikut hati…nak aje aku lawan ko punya argument sampe ke titisan terakhir…
April 27th, 2007 at 7:41 pm
baguslah… apa yang betul kita sama sama amalkan…. sitot mestilah berazam dengan gigih untuk berubah menjadi insan dan belia yang terbilang…. banyak berjasa dan mengharumkan nama ibu bapa dan kampung sitot….
itu bukan argument saya, tapi opinion saya yang tak seberapa..
April 27th, 2007 at 7:43 pm
malas nak layan cthipo=aiman=macik salmah
April 27th, 2007 at 9:10 pm
jgn layan tot…
April 27th, 2007 at 10:55 pm
malas nak layan makcik…
April 28th, 2007 at 12:50 am
wei2.sukati wartawan tu la tulis sl ct.yg korg ttiba nk hina nma bpk dia plak.mmg xguna la korg.blh x korg jngn libatkn bpk org dlm hal cam ni?? mcm ni ke prangai org dewasa yg dh keja n alim serta warak??buat malu je ko ni sirap!! dh xde idea la tu smpai nk hina bpk org plak. ko ngt ko tu bgs sngt ke??nma din tu lbh bgus dri sirap tu. ko ni mmg brani permainkn nma bpk org. blh blah la wei!!
April 28th, 2007 at 8:20 am
aik mengamok nampak?….silap makan julap ka…?
April 28th, 2007 at 1:55 pm
tak sirap,bila kita bo layan makcik salmah maka keluar la adik kembar dia ctHIPO.dalam hati geram.tercarut kau ye ctHIPO.itu la aku kata kau kembar ni siang je alim malam perangai mcm…..tah hapa2.kutuk kang keluar lak makcik salmah bagi ceramah pjg lebar.habis buku kat kedai dia borong.tak payah lah kau kembar nak belakun.kalau nak jugak kau jumpa yusuf haslam tu.dah lama dia nak cari pelakun yg boleh berlakun dua watak ni.pelakun 3 in 1 pun buleh.
April 28th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
mesti meletop cerita tu…tak pun panggung meletop sebab org letopkan panggung bila tengok cerita makcik buduh piang tu berlakon mcm taik…
April 28th, 2007 at 8:09 pm
Btuah bd,kt cni ada jgk ye.gosh!! u r a loser.sma ngn sitot n sirap. wuteva minoriti.
pliz stop all da stupid jokes!!u make me sick!!
klu ko truskn, bgs gak.blh la ku ukur thp kbodohan lawak ko tu.gud luck gurl!!
ko kn btuah.haha!!
April 28th, 2007 at 9:33 pm
kambing geram sebab jokes membuatkan dia sakit mental berada di tahap maksimum…
April 28th, 2007 at 9:44 pm
skit mntal??ko ke tot?? tu la,I dh psn pgi cek ko ny mntal tu.kn dh jdi sewel dh.tu la, bnyk sngt baca crita fiksyen ni. cuba beralih ke buku psychology plak. blh gak ko “btol” kn otak ko yg tot tu.
April 28th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
ada lagi kambing…
April 28th, 2007 at 9:50 pm
nampaknya sitot macam bengang dalam komennya di atas…
sitot mestilah bersabar…
kalau siti kena hina macam tu, dia sabar aje…
tak kan u tak bleh buat macam siti?
kan dulu sitot minat giler kat siti tu….
jadi apa yang baik dr siti, bolehlah sitot cuba amalkan…
April 28th, 2007 at 9:55 pm
kambing bengang sebab tak kena layan…hahahahhhaa
April 29th, 2007 at 7:57 am
hai..puji pon salah…dah memang konsert tu first class beb! lu tak g tengok jgn byk bising la…. nak suruh ko nyanyi… well… blum tentu sedapnye..haha…. hantar kat youtube plis video ko nyanyi aku nak komen sket…bley aku bukak website kutuk ko plak..ok? ~laalala~ jap, rajin gak sirap n sitot cari berita pasal siti…. takder keje eyk..ngadap komputer menaip kutukan tak membina ko tu. baik ko g cari keje yang bepaedah sket. ke ko ni mang panganggur? takder keje? huhu.. ha… bley r aku cadangkan ko nyanyi lagu AKU PENGANGGUR kat youtube nanti…selamat menyanyi.
April 29th, 2007 at 11:09 am
la…lu dah puji gua kutuklaa……nama lu alikum ka lu salah eja… ….tak kesahla beb …..janji lu bahagiaaa
April 29th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
budak yg salah eja nama dia tu sirap sapa dia alikum,apa hal lak lu alikum.lu la nyanyi.aku nak dengar.kau pun satu dah berita siti tu merata2 memang kena kutuk la.pandai cakap pandai buat la…..
April 29th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
hahaha
apa la si sirap dan betuah badan mengarut ni
nak tergelak makcik…
April 29th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
entah2 alikum tu org yg sama… cthipu=salmah=aiman…
kambing…kambinggg…
April 29th, 2007 at 3:41 pm
“Other winners included Jaclyn Victor who broke Siti Nuhaliza’s eight-year domination when she took home the award for Best Vocal Performance in an album (female).”
Boleh tahan jugak Jac ni…
April 29th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
suara kuntilanak dia pakai mcm mana lak nak menang.suara jac tu nenek kuntilanak lagi la power.lepas ni siti kena la makan bebakul2 telur ayam kampung mentah.
April 29th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
hahahaah jadi hantu raya…
April 29th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
aha…tertiba je nanti harga telur naik sebab bekalan tak cukup….
April 30th, 2007 at 7:24 am
haha…
kepada yang sokong and benci siti- teruskan aktiviti tak berpaedah korunk bertelagah tak habes2. yang nak bincang pasal agama tu…cari forum lain la…. buang masa je korunk syarah kat org yang mang minat hiburan macam aku ni….. kalau korunk tak minat hiburan korunk takkan cari forum ni…korunk sure cari forum yang lagi berpaedah. AKU MANG MINAT SITI SAMPAI BILA2. tak kesah la die nak buat apa pon…hipo tak hipo, suara die best…..
weh aku dah betolkan id aku tu…bukan nama aku sebenarnye… saja nak bagi salam… dapat gak pahala ye tak? (insyaallah)…
hehe camner la aku bley melekat kat forum ni…ha… nak cari berita pasal konsert…yer la…dok kat perantauan kan… nak g tengok tak bley….. tunggu la org post vcd…. kan sirap? sirap post kan untuk aku bley? bley ko post kan ngan sirap kampung skali.. susah nak carik r kat sydney ni…. 10 tahun lagi aku balik….aku nak bukak kilang sirap sebagai penghargaan kat minuman kampung yang best tu.
okay2 aku nak blah dri forum ni. bye…. nak cakap ape cakap la… aku mang hati batu.
April 30th, 2007 at 9:29 am
Ko ni nama jer assalamualaikum, tapi jelas kurang cerdik. Camana kau nak sejahtera bila kau minat pada penyanyi ni. Suara pompuan tu haram beb, tak perlu ler kau nak koner kiri kanan depan belakang. Yg salah tetap salah beb. Semua org kat dlm forum ni dok kat perantauan. Jadi tak payah lah nak ekk dok kat Sydney tu, OK.
April 30th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
aku pun kat pe’rantau’an..tak heran pun…… eksen je lebih…
emmbbeekkkkkkk kat ko assalamualaika..
April 30th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
genius YYY?
namanya nampak begitu saintifik tapi fikiran mmg tak matang…
dgn cara mngutuk orang pun dapat dosa tau.. dah tau siti berdosa sebab buka aurat, biarlah dia, yang duk kutuk orang tu, bukannya bertimbun timbun dapat dosa?
April 30th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
kambing tak tau membezakan antara mengutuk dan menegur…mendewa2 dan membiarkan kemungkaran lagi la berdosa… Kalau dah suka sangat kat ct…kentut siti pun bau wangi…taik siti pun bau wangi…
April 30th, 2007 at 6:28 pm
sayang salmah @ goatie
apasal lak biarkan ct dlm dosa dan noda, sebagai peminat totok ct, kau seharusnya mengakui bahawa ct melacurkan suaranya utk tujuan kewangan. Dan tak kiralah , macaman sedap pun suara dia ni, yg haram tetap haram. Dan sebagai peminat jugalah kau seharusnya mencari jln supaya dia keluar dari arus nodanya ini
Dgn tidak menyokong ct utk terus menyanyi, aku dah buat sebahagian dari tanggungjawab aku sebagai insan.
May 1st, 2007 at 4:43 am
betul tuh gyyy…lama tak nampak… mana tercampak? hahahah…. mcm2 mek salamh komen. bilasa dia komen je ct hipo ada… ni mesti kes panggil kawan2 dia join sekali. cik mek…. mengutuk bg u tak salah ya… habis tuh memuji dan membazir duit berbelanja dgn perkara2 yg melalaikan tak salah… u dah buka or join sitizone? kalau dah … u blh jawab dan tak tanya balik sendiri soalan yg u utarakan kat org2 blog nih. selamat menjawab
May 1st, 2007 at 12:29 pm
toyol..mcm nak menjawab soalan exam aje..memang sesuai laa utk dia sebab dia kan budak kolej…so pandai2 laa jawab…pi la sitizone..pastu tak yah datang sini balik… shuhhh shuuuhhhh shuuhhhh…
May 1st, 2007 at 12:48 pm
Betol tuh….!..aku dgn segala hormatnya mempersilakan kambing-kambing ke kandangzone….selamat me”ngembek”kan semua puja puji …kah kah kah…
May 1st, 2007 at 4:30 pm
ko kena bagi url kat diaorg ni..sebab tak der peta kat sini..
May 1st, 2007 at 6:46 pm
sebenaknya depa ni tahu tot..tuan tanah dah sedia semua..click ja mana suka..tapi depa saja mai sini nak tgk sini ramai tak yang puji puja…
May 1st, 2007 at 6:48 pm
kambing tak tau membezakan antara mengutuk dan menegur… – quotation by sitot.
nampaknya sitot la kambing di sini…. antara “teguran” sitot adalah
sitot
Apr 26th, 2007 at 11:17 pm
mereka tu memang nak masuk dlm mangkuk jamban. Takut periuk nasi wartawan tu semua bertukar jadi mangkuk jamban, sebab tu kena puji puji memuja…kang nak makan nasi kena senduk dari mangkuk jamban.
manakala “kutukan” makcik salmah adalah:
sayang salmah
Apr 27th, 2007 at 5:25 pm
korang tau tak maksud perkataan din?
korang ni jangan la melampau sangat….
din tu bermaksud agama… usuluddin, hisyamuddin, kamaruddin, addin, syarifuddin, semuanya adalah nama nama yang baik… korang main hina je perkataan din… korang ada agama tak?
sampai sanggup menghina perkataan din…
renung renung kan lah……
May 1st, 2007 at 6:53 pm
dahla tu salmah wei…..aku ni walaupun tak banyak ilmu agama aku tahu maksud addin beb….
May 2nd, 2007 at 4:53 am
mek…. tepuk dada tanya selera. kita sama2 tau dosa pahala.
May 2nd, 2007 at 12:47 pm
aku pun tau maksud addin tu apa….macam lerr dia sorang kat dunia tau maksud addin.. :p
May 3rd, 2007 at 8:49 am
tu yg nak tepuk dada tu bebaik sket, tepuk kuat sgt kang, gugur pulak jantung, tak pepasal kang berlaku kes homisid kat rumah baru ni..
utk sesapa yg tak tau tu, addin dan aladin maksudnya tak sama..
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:58 am
walaupun orang kata cik siti ada pemakai ke apa ke
tapi aku salute dia punya pr, sebab untuk seorang yang sepopular dia, in person, dia memang friendly and humble
taklah macam sesetengah artis yang perasan habis
kekadang, kita kalau pleasant, orang tengok manis aje, and tak menyakitkan hati, tak semestinya ada pemakai
misalnya, kenapa janda lebih laku dari anak dara, sebab janda dah ada pengalaman, jadi cakap lebih peramah, pleasant, baik-baik, tak lah aksyen macam anak dara…patutla jadi andartu or andalusia
May 4th, 2007 at 12:06 pm
katak…. back up giler nampak…. kau ni memang dah kena manderam dgn ctippo akhir2 ni. tak kisahlah katak. asal kau bahagia. kau tak tau benarnya tak kisahlah…. nanti lama2 kau tau juga ctippo mcm mana …. happy always k. tapi aku gusarlah… kau ni betul ke katak? or gfren katak yg p konsert sama tuh?
May 4th, 2007 at 5:00 pm
hahaha toyol …. manusia pun boleh berubah inikan pulak katak
tak lah, aku compare dia dgn penyanyi zaman aku dulu la kan, most of them ada attitude problem. contohnya sheila majid, eksyen giler, sejak-sejak dah tua ni buat comeback baru ok, lagi aishah, masa tgh top dulu dgn mak sendiri pun rude, ogy, lagi kecoh, menjerit-jerit macam bagus
but cik siti, utk seorang yang dah glamour cam ni, still ok
May 5th, 2007 at 1:18 pm
ha ha ha entah2 kau ni janda tak katak.tak yah la kau buat perumpamaan anak dara dgn janda.marah andartu2 kat kau kang.katak yg sebenarnya siti tu tak payah la kau puja2 dan puji2 dia tu humble,friendly ke dah terang2 dia dah buat perkara2 yg salah dan berdosa.tuhan kan dah tunjukkan siapa dia sebenarnya hai masih nak pertahankan ke.buat baik bepada2 buat jahat jgn sekali.itu kan org tua lama2 dah pesan.satu lagi setiap perbuatan tu biar ikhlas cakap je tak guna.kau tgk siti cakap punya la mcm org baik2 je tapi hakikat kau kan nampak sendiri.tuhan tu kan lebih tahu kau nak sorok mcm mana pun tuhan tu akan tunjukkan.