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Min Hameitzar - Yeedle/MBD

Composed and originally performed by MBD for "Live in Brooklyn College" in the early 1900s. Really beautiful flute intro. The King arrives at 2:45.

A lichtigen, freilechen Choidesh Adar to all the staff and stalkers of ShirShelYom.

1 Year. ה' יקום דמם

Name that Niggun

Which niggun is this, and how it become a niggun?



English lyrics posted as comment

I Want to Ride My Bicycle - Queen

Lashir - Jo Amar

This is the soundtrack to the Israeli version of Frisco Kid. But there's no such thing. But this song would work great with it if there was. Also the "Lashir" refrain would be an excellent soundtrack to a drama-turned-sad-comedy-by-virtue-of-it-sucking-that-bad camp play with jungle people in underpants.

You know what I mean?



But the emes is, Jo Amar was NOT wrongly billed in HASC as the Sultan of Sephardic Music. Neither was MBD wrongly biled as the undisputed King of Jewish Music. Williger, billed in HASC as having coming off an Amazing and Showstopping Performance, is indisputably Amazing and Showstopping, but not the good kind. Mendy Wald isn't bad, but that's for another different time.

Racheim - MBD & Friends

A reminder. It is written in the holy books that one should listen to "MBD's classic Racheim" twice a week before Mincha. In the merit of being misbonen in the cross harmonies of MBD and Fried introduced at 2:25, one can become ois-tone-deaf and can him or herself learn how to fantastically harmonize. בב"א

Racheim - MBD & Friends

A reminder. It is written in the holy books that one should listen to "MBD's classic Racheim" twice a week before Mincha.

THE KING! (Hineni)

The Old Song,Revised in his Prime!

That's Better

Shea Rubinstien - Window

Yuck. I need a shower.

Shlosha Kesorim - Sheya Rubenstein

Here's a man with a surprisingly pleasant voice for someone with an unbearably irritating voice. Paradoxically speaking.

The short story: A Yossi Green creation (ie, YG created him and composed his stuff). I love this song for Green's way of choosing lyrics that are not only obscure (these aren't necessarily) but that have been sliced-and-diced to extract a serious message that just freakin' WORKS with the tune and the and the and the arrangements and like, vocals. It just WORKS! And then Green injects a bunch of Greenitude into the later part of the song. Which I like.



.בשלושה כתרים נכתרו ישראל: כתר תורה, [וכתר] כהונה, ו[כתר] מלכות
כתר כהונה זכה בו אהרן [שנאמר: "והיתה לו ולזרעו אחריו ברית כהונת עולם",] כתר
מלכות זכה בו דוד [שנאמר: "זרעו לעולם יהיה וכסאו כשמש נגדי",] כתר תורה
הרי מונח ועומד ומוכן לכל ישראל, [שנאמר: "תורה צוה לנו משה מורשה קהלת
יעקב", כל מי שירצה יבא ויטול. שמא תאמר שאותם הכתרים גדולים מכתר
תורה? הרי הוא אומר: "בי מלכים ימלוכו ורוזנים יחוקקו צדק בי שרים ישורו",
הא למדת שכתר תורה גדול משניהם].

Whatevs.

The Look of a Bad Unterzugger

this conductor is obviously good at what he is doing from the sound of his orchestra but watching him is just so nauseating.He looks like a guy standing trying to unterzug.

Im Eshkacheich - Y-Love + DeScribe

I cant just say this is talented yet(only listened to it twice), but something about the Loi Aleh thing is very addictive.



These guys are part of a quirky group of musicians (Jewish).

UPDATE:(9:46 PM 2.9.09) After repeatedly listening to this song i give it 4 out of 5 stars.(lyrics could use some strength, but the music is great!)

MBD - V'Ha'arev Nah - Double Album II

Arguably up there vocally with "Hold On." Certainly the song that makes me 10 minutes late to work every day. (Most mornings I sing it twice.)