Telah Pergi (Dian PP and Deddy Dhukun)
Posted in Songs on March 30, 2008 at 10:11 pm
I released this song on 30 march 2008 in memory of Chrisye, exactly one year after he died. The title is “Telah Pergi Sahabat Tercinta”. In this song Dian Pramana Putra and Deddy Dhukun express what they felt when they heard the news about the death of their dear friend. I discovered the mp3 of the original version of the song on the internet. Soon after the publication of my video on YouTube Chrisyes daughter Risty found it.
She has contacted me, and we had frequent email exchanges. Through her, and her sister Nissa, I learned that the song that I had covered was never publicly released. It was a miraculous coincidence that I had discovered this song on the internet.
I was very happy that I got in touch with them, and that I could show them my respect and appreciation for Chrisye directly. In october 2008 I have visited Chrisyes family in Jakarta in their home. We have visited Chrisyes grave, and we have shared precious moments together, that I will never forget.
I still listen to the music of Chrisye very often. He has made a lot of albums with beautiful songs. From Chrisyes family I obtained the Chrisye Trilogi, 3 beautifully designed CD boxes, each box containing 7 CDs, recorded between 1978 and 2004. Thank you, Chrisye, for the musical beauty that you left behind …..
I wanted to sing this song together with Indonesian singers, but I didn’t know anyone. I asked some friends on Friendster, and within a few days I had 5 singers. I especially want to thank Maureen, who managed to find 3 female singers in 2 days 
The singers are Carina, Meity, Richard, Rinaldo and Wiwi.
Thank you all for joining me!
June 29th, 2008 at 11:45 pm
[..YouTube..] Saya mengerti karmelaamanda, tapi ….. Sadness and happiness often go hand in hand. The production of this video made me happy because of the beauty of the song and the warm comments of all viewers. So sometimes I smile as well, even though I’m very sad that Chrisye is no longer with us. The singers were happy that they could contribute to this project.
June 29th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
[..YouTube..] Yes it is true
But he will live on forever in his music. He made so many beautiful albums, so …. keep promoting him 
June 27th, 2008 at 2:49 am
[..YouTube..] I am sorry to hear that he died. is it true? I just promote to my friends about his voice and song. i love his voice. I am sorry to hear that.:((
June 27th, 2008 at 1:12 am
[..YouTube..] well done, Om..hanya saja saya kurang sreg melihat penyanyi latarnya tersenyum gembira (terutama yang berkerudung) ketika menyanyikan lagu ini. this is supposed to be a sad song
June 24th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
[..YouTube..] Wah om,mau dung ikutan grup nyanyinya
June 8th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
[..YouTube..] wow…what a musician you are…Very good job, mate!