We've Got the Music!

I've only recently begun to fully appreciate the reflective genius of this song. The accurate style references to each artist and their place in the hierarchy of Jewish music...
What Billy Joel did with a century of pop culture in "We didn't start the fire," Abie did here. (I Just wish there was a Wiki-P page that expoundedon each reference as there is for "Fire.")
I can't wait to listen to it in 15 years.

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As long as there has been a Jewish Nation, Music has been an integral component of its history and culture. From the Shira sung by our ancestors at the Yam Suf to the brilliant compositions of Dovid Hamelech; from the exquisite harmonies of the Levi'im in the Beis Hamikdosh, to the musical expressions of faith contained in the melodies of the great Chassidic Rebbes of Europe.

But in this century, and even more so during the past thirty years, we've witnessed the virtual explosion of creative Jewish song:

From Rosenblatt on gramaphone, to Ohr Chodosh and Simchatone,
From Yom Tov Ehrlich's Yiddish tunes, to 613 Torah Avenue,
With full orchestral symphonies and digital technologies,
Forever will these songs exist on chrome-cassette (Ha!) and compact disc.

Modzitz/Shenker what a pair! Yankel Talmid: Songs of Ger,
Shlomo Carlebach #1; Pirchei Sings; The Rabbi's Sons;
Neginah with Yisroel Lamm; Diaspora Yeshiva Band;
Uncle Moishy for your child; Piamentas going wild, going wild, going wild!

Yes! We've got the music, songs both new and old, there's nothing like a niggun, it's music for your soul!

Yigal Calek, Yossi Green, Marvelous Midos Machine,
Avraham Fried, Regesh too! Nochum Segal - FMU,
Shteeble Hoppin' all around, D'veykus songs to calm you down,
Bobov, Munkatch, Satmar, Skver, Lenny's Shlock Rock if you dare, if you dare, if you dare!

CHORUS

Mendlowitz, Suki/Ding, ?Abie's? Camp S'dei Chemed sing,
Ira Heller, Dov Levine, Rashi and the Rishonim,
Moshe Yess - Megama, the sounds of Kol Salonika,
Journeys 1, 2 and 3, the one and only... MBD, MBD!

The sweet sonunds of Lcha dodi, sung in perfect harmony, zmiros on a friday night, a kumzitz in the candlelight
but one thing we must keep in mind: a Jewish song of any kind is only precious if, and when, it brings us closer to Hashem.

Tzlil v'Zemer (Woo!), Miami, Jo Amar, Sharabi,
Noam singers harmonize, Neshoma tapes for exercise,
WEVD, Michoel Streicher, destiny,
And if there's something new you seek, a new tape comes out every week, every week, every week!

CHORUS

Shmuel Kunda's storytapes, Moshe Laufer orchestrates,
Rechnitzer's for comedy, Chabad sings merry melodies (wtf? Stick it, man!),
Lev v'Nefesh, Chaveirim, Zohar and the brother Zim,
Top Chai Reviews with Jacob Klass, now don't forget Yeshiva Brass
Veroba, Lang, Nullman too, recorded all at Systems II,
Ruach music fills the room, "Mona" Moshe Rosenblum,
The Amazing Torah Bike, Yeedle and....