I am not really a fan of local music to begin with, but prior to today's extra lesson in school, I shall pride myself on my psychological insight into local people (who make local music), as well as my shrewdness and acumen as a malay literature student.

before the lesson started, cikgu khalidah had played one of ahli fikir's track titled 'angguk-angguk geleng-geleng' on the radio. not for the sake of entertainment, but because the meaning of the song somewhat constitutes the drama we were going to touch on. before this I've heard the song on 89.7FM and I thought of just what are they trying to contribute to the local music industry? I had accidentally listened to their first hit too, titled 'samseng', and my sentiment then was such that the song has the beat which favours most people but fractionally shallow in its meaning.

I didn't bother checking out for the lyrics in the internet because like I said, I am not really a fan of local music. I didn't even know the likes of electrico or parking lot pimp till my friends talked about them. so back to the malay song, I was kind of impressed (after cikgu gave out the lyrics, heh) by the way ahli fikir try to convey the intended message to the malay society especially, through their songs. for instance, 'angguk-angguk geleng-geleng tunduk tunduk ikut telunjuk, iya iya saya saya kiri kanan ikut saja' serves to show how the society tend to be afraid of uncertainties and follow whatever is told by the government. cikgu further told us too that their lyrics are based on daily life and lyrics like this should be well reflected by those taking malay literature studies especially.

I hope I'm not contradicting myself in any way. ahli fikir should by far be supported by us. at least I know my cikgu supports good local musicians like nuradee and art fazil to name a few. hehe.