Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono And The Song Pelangi In Your Hands

JAKARTA - Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's (SBY) love for the world of singing is second to none. He is widely known as a TNI general who likes to sing. He accepted it at every opportunity. Instead of just to entertain himself, SBY's singing was a lesson to boost his popularity in the 2004 presidential election.

The results were brilliant. His singing brought a song created by a band, Jamrud entitled Pelangi, heard everywhere. After that, SBY became the first Indonesian President to produce many music albums.

The 2004 presidential election is an important year for SBY. The former Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs of Indonesia from the 2001-2004 era made a decision that shocked the country. He and Jusuf Kalla (JK) appeared in the political contestation as candidates for President and Vice President of Indonesia.

SBY also got a job. He stepped in to boost his own popularity and the Democratic Party. So that his name and Democrats skyrocketed. He participated in formulating the ethics of the struggle and the code of ethics of the Democratic Party in order to win the election.

SBY also did not forget to release all kinds of potential he had. Mainly, singing talent. SBY had shown this talent when he was a guest star on a private television show in the country in 2004.

SBY happened to be singing a song that was popularized by Indonesia's famous band, Jamrud. Rainbow in front of him, the title of the song. The song, which was previously present in the Namingrat (2000) album, was actually able to reach millions of eyes of Indonesians who watched it via the television screen.

SBY is like a star singing the song. Since then SBY has been gossiping about singing. He often performed the song Pelangi in each of his campaigns to big Indonesian cities. The song was like SBY-JK's victory.

The results are brilliant. SBY's popularity as a general who can sing increased. In fact, SBY is predicted to be similar to the former Indonesian National Police Chief of the New Order (Orba) era, Hoegeng Imam Santoso with the band The Hawaiian Seniors as The Singing General.

Each influential figure usually has his favorite nickname, either from those around him or from the mass media. Suharto got the name The Smiling General because he always smiled wherever he was.

In line with the rhythm at the Smilling General, SBY was apparently nicknamed The Singing General.What's the article? Yes, of course, because the hobby of singing was! Still remember the 2004 election campaign! The singing event on one of the private television stations also became a place to prove SBY's voice show. The song Pelangi Ditanyaciptaan Jamrud seems to be a mandatory song for the SBY-JK campaign," explained Garin Nugroho and his friends in the book SBY Superhero (2010).

SBY and JK emerged as winners in the 2004 presidential election. The victory made both of them advance as the new President and Vice President of Indonesia. SBY is also serious about carrying out his role as Indonesia's number one person.

Right programs are also prepared for Indonesia to be more advanced. The schedule for building a solid Indonesia is not a joke. However, busyness doesn't really make SBY leave his talent behind as a musician.

The number one Indonesian person is even very productive in creating songs and making music albums. SBY throughout his career has created 40 songs and five music albums. Among others, Rinduku Padamu (2007), EVolusi (2009), Ku Yakin Sampai there (2010),Harmoni Alam Cinta dan Keamanan(2011), and Kompilation of the Best Songs Set by SBY and Karaoke SBY's Songs (2014).

Each of the songs has various themes. From country to love. People's comments are varied. Some like it, some condemn his work when Indonesia was in need of a leader. At its peak, people's frustration was present in one of SBY's songs that appeared in the schoolchildren's exam. SBY was blasphemed because of it.

However, the incident was considered just a wind by SBY. He continued to perpetuate his work as President of Indonesia as well as a musician. His firmness in the music world was also appreciated by the Indonesian Record Museum in 2014. SBY is said to be a productive president in making music works.

As a president who received MURI's award as president who released albums of self-compositioned musical works, SBY's personality is naturally close to culture. So SBY always prioritizes soft power rather than hard power in the spirit of nationality, nationality and people who are inflamed in the bottom of SBY's sanubari and conscience.

"As a head of state who composed the work of music, SBY can be aligned with Vaclav Havel as Czech President who composed literary works or Winston Churchill as British Prime Minister who composed fine arts as well as literary arts or lgnacy Jan Paderewski as the world-class composer and filmmaker. His popularity in singing is known throughout the country, "said Jaya Suprana in the book Naskah-Naskah Humanity(2018).