Friday, January 30, 2009
'Racheim' Like You've Never Heard - Or Seen - It
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I like it actually... and frankly, from the audience, they are not going to give two potatoes what the gedolim think.
The melody is a "real" Jewish melody. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89RFocQV4Co&feature=related
I see no reason to ban it. They are men, so no Kol Ishah issues, they said "hashem", so no issues of using the name in vain. There is no indication that these singers aren't Jewish.
I see no reason to ban it. They are men, so no Kol Ishah issues, they said "hashem", so no issues of using the name in vain. There is no indication that these singers aren't Jewish.
This is from a wedding. It's almost like in pre-war Hungary where most of the frum weddings used to have gypsy musicians. Gewaldik.
Actualy it's a bat mitzvah, and the contact info is written in the description in french. You can use google translate to translate it to english.
"Gefilte Fish," I don't need Google to translate but I do need the words. There are no comments at YouTube in any language indicating who this group is or where to get more information about them.
If you know, please speak up.
If you know, please speak up.
The name of the group comes up in the Description section of the video (on the upper right) not in the Comments section.
That said, the poster is a bit farblundget in his French. Why this is, I don't know. Young people seem to be bad at grammar all over the internet.
The key paragraph says the following:
"A vocal ensemble based on the interpretation of Hebrew traditionals in the style of Gospel/Negro spirtuals."
I sent an e-mail to the poster of the video asking him a few questions, including if the singers are, by chance, unzer metschen, and I'll let Chaptzem know what he says, if I get a reply.
That said, the poster is a bit farblundget in his French. Why this is, I don't know. Young people seem to be bad at grammar all over the internet.
The key paragraph says the following:
"A vocal ensemble based on the interpretation of Hebrew traditionals in the style of Gospel/Negro spirtuals."
I sent an e-mail to the poster of the video asking him a few questions, including if the singers are, by chance, unzer metschen, and I'll let Chaptzem know what he says, if I get a reply.
Actually, I dug a little further about this video, because I was totally knocked over by it. These guys really convey the message. It seems that they are French, and the two lead singers are called "Hazkani Voices" (the other singers aren't necessarily permanent members of the band). They have a myspace page under Hazkani that says they're working on a CD. It does not appear that they are Jewish, but so what. Their Hebrew is beautiful (better then a lot of bochurim), they use Hashem's name properly. I hope that it will be a big success!
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