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Ini Laguku. Apa Lagumu?


Waktu kalian kecil, kira-kira lagu apa yang paling disukain?

a. Balonku
b. Lihat Kebunku
c. Abang Tukang Bakso
d. Dan lain-lain
e. None


Kalo Nie suka semuaaa! Nie dulu suka banget nyanyi, mulai dari lagu Abang Tukang Bakso-nya Melissa sampai lagu-lagunya Trio Kwek Kwek, Nie tahu!

Waktu kecil, Nie suka karaoke. Dulu tuh Nie susah banget makan. Mami selalu punya cara supaya Nie semangat makan. Nie hapal di luar kepala lagu-lagu anak-anak seperti lagu Kring-kring, goes, goes; Abang Tukang Bakso, Si Lumba-lumba, Nyamuk Nakal, 1 + 1, dan masih banyak lagi!

Tapi jaman sudah berubah.
Anak-anak jaman sekarang sudah tidak memiliki lagu-lagu anak-anak yang update lagi. Di bangku TK or Playgroup, mereka diajarkan lagu-lagu klasik seperti Balonku atau Lihat Kebunku. Bahkan di beberapa sekolah yang menamai diri mereka 'Sekolah National Plus', anak-anak lebih sering diajari untuk belajar menyanyi dalam bahasa asing (inggris atau mandarin), sebut saja Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars, Mary Had A Little Lamb, sampai Old McDonald.

Sah-sah aja mereka belajar nyanyi bahasa asing, secara lagu-lagu Indonesia yang bernafaskan anak-anak sudah tidak bermunculan lagi (at least dalam kurun waktu 5 tahun terakhir ini).

Tapi, ada yang lebih mengenaskan.

Beberapa saat yang lalu, temen kerja Nie cerita kalo keponakannya yang masih duduk di bangku TK Besar merayakan ulang tahunnya di rumah. Mamanya mengundang badut lucu untuk menghibur si anak yang berulang tahun dan, of course, teman-temannya yang diundang. Seperti biasa, ada games, acara potong kue, sampai acara menyanyi bersama.

(Nie takes a deep breath)

Sang Badut mengajak anak-anak bernyanyi. "Anak-anak, ayo nyanyi sama Oom Badut ya!"
*Musik mengalun*
"Ayo, semua!"
"Aku yang lemah tanpamu, aku yang lemah karena,.."

Dan terdengarlah paduan suara.
Kata-kata dan nada yang sama, serentak muncul dari bibir-bibir mungil yang dimiliki oleh ciptaan Tuhan yang bertinggi badan belum 100 centimeter.
"Namun takkan mudah bagiku, Meninggalkan jejak hidupku
Yang tlah terukir abadi, Sebagai kenangan yang terindah"

(Nie takes another breath)
Ya, mereka menyanyikan lagu 'Kenangan Terindah' milik SamSon. Lengkap, bukan yang edited version. Tanpa cacat dan cela.

Another story comes from my friend's niece. Walaupun masih duduk di bangku TK Kecil, dia bisa menyanyikan lagu The Rock yang "Tuhan kirimkanlah aku, kekasih yang baik hati." tanpa salah sedikit pun.

Wow! Nie ajak belum tentu hapal.

My last comment is kapan musisi Indonesia mulai berpikir untuk memunculkan artis-artis cilik yang berkualitas* lagi? Nie yakin, baik anak-anak generasi sekarang ataupun yang akan datang, juga butuh musik-musik khusus untuk anak-anak yang berkualitas.

Tul gak?

*) Berkualitas di sini berarti artis cilik yang tidak hanya sekedar 'numpang lewat' dan menyanyikan lagu yang berkualitas pula (bukan seperti Juwi yang menyanyikan 'Kucing Garong')

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