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Gaby or Geby: Tricky and Sensational Story of a Song

Posted by mcdamas in June 26th, 2008

Today, a mystic and mysterious grapevine around a song enchanted a miserable true story of a girl named “Gaby” is hot to be much talked about. It all starts from an online story posted by an unknown guy accompanying a piece of song expressing her desperation because of being rejected by someone she loved. Since she could not handle it, she committed suicide. From there then the mystery appeared.

As a matter of fact, the song about Gaby or Geby hypnotized public and is sung by all people from all walks of life: street singers, high school students, housewives, kids, and celebrities. Some say that they find it trembling to feel the spirit behind the song. Others feel that the song has indeed represented their reality. Such public’s mixed responses to the song add to magical aspect of Gaby or Geby. Is Gaby or Geby real and still alive?

The following is the sample of one of the versions:
Title : Jauh
Singer : Ega
Composer : Caramel - Ega

G D
Ingin kulupakan
Em Bm
Semua tentang dirimu
C G Am D G
Namun tak lagi kan seperti dirimu oh bintangku

Reff :
G d Em Bm
Jauh kau pergi meninggalkan diriku
C G Am D
Disini aku merindukan dirimu
G D Em Bm
Kini ku coba mencari penggantimu
C G Am D G
Namun tak lagi kan seperti dirimu oh kekasih

If you reverse the song, you will slightly hear the rest of the verse as follows:
Quote:
ku ingin memiliki nafasmu jikalau aku mati
Bisakah Aku memiliki nafasmu jikalau aku mati

Do you think you find any magical part there in the lyric above?

Dewiq, an Indonesian hits maker, assumed that she who wrote the song and posted it online is someone who was unconfident with herself. She tried to vent her feeling but decided not to disclose her identity. Unfortunately, the thing that was in the beginning done to chase away the blues got wide-spread response which resulted in unexpected popularity. This invites everybody’s curiosity to know what actually the song is and is like.

By then the song is recorded by the third party for sale in pirated CDs and so sold-out. Out of the blue, some bands, so far there have been five bands, claim that the song is theirs. Each of them claims that Gaby or Geby is their masterpiece. They challenge each other to prove the song’s authenticity. Some even have released the song in a commercial album and completed with a video clip for the launch.

What actually has happened? Nothing but sensation. The hustle and bustle of the psy-war in mass-media, be it online or off-line, however is not more than just a trick to boost up a popularity of the bands (Caramel Makassar, Caramel Surabaya, D’Clov Bekasi, and other bands from Depok and Cirebon) that claim Gaby as their song so that they can reap their stardom easily and instantly.

If analyzed from the culture point of view, this phenomenon reflects the indigenous character of some Indonesian men who like to reach success without a hard work. In other examples for similar practice are easily proven how persons want to be rich instantly and live glamorously by corrupting people’s money. They do not care of whether their act is against the conscience and law. All what matters is they can live wealthily and happily.

The phenomenon of Gaby or Geby is closely similar to such a character. They want to be rich and popular but they do not want to strive for it. They want it instantly no matter whether it is violating conscience and common justice. Especially in today’s hard life and tight competition, claiming a popular song, which coincidently its authentic composer is no where to be known, is a chance that is too good to miss. What a shame!