tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post113093555977072784..comments2023-10-30T08:40:59.016-04:00Comments on Wolfish Musings: On Weddings and MusicBrooklynWolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03994285019137108636noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-1155066474184559692006-08-08T15:47:00.000-04:002006-08-08T15:47:00.000-04:00I take it these people have no idea what the words...I take it these people have no idea what the words to the Battle Hymn of the Republic are, or where most of their imagery comes from?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-1135201373739925432005-12-21T16:42:00.000-05:002005-12-21T16:42:00.000-05:00I'm sure we have all heard the Hodu L'ashem Ki Tov...I'm sure we have all heard the Hodu L'ashem Ki Tovs in Hallel sung to the tune of J. Geils Band's "Angel is a Centerfold".....<BR/><BR/>Na, na, na nanana....Nice Jewish Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08143569412761938449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-1133045249224451102005-11-26T17:47:00.000-05:002005-11-26T17:47:00.000-05:00I've got better. In my Yeshiva one of the rabboni...I've got better. In my Yeshiva one of the rabbonim, every year on Shabbos Zochor, would teach El Condor Pasa (S&G) as a niggun. As it was an Israeli Yeshiva most of the bouchrim didn't know what the tune was. Everyone would be singing and you could see the rabbonim and the Rosh Yeshiva smiling.YShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13548745467542048126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-1131040435007998692005-11-03T12:53:00.000-05:002005-11-03T12:53:00.000-05:00Fred,I've been referring to them like that for yea...Fred,<BR/>I've been referring to them like that for years..no particular reason though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-1131024254072364842005-11-03T08:24:00.000-05:002005-11-03T08:24:00.000-05:00In Helmreich's book "The World of the Yeshiva" he ...In Helmreich's book "The World of the Yeshiva" he mentiones bochurim who when caught with a Simon & Garfunkel tape (he did his research in the '70s) told the mashgiach that its a Jewish group called "Shimon & Garfinkel".Mississippi Fred MacDowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02734864605700159687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-1130987544365187722005-11-02T22:12:00.000-05:002005-11-02T22:12:00.000-05:00My brother, a letz gamur (but I love him anyway) o...My brother, a letz gamur (but I love him anyway) once was ordered to daven for the amud one Friday night in Yeshiva.<BR/><BR/>So he sang Lecha Dodi to the tune of Mettalica's "Fade to Black". <BR/><BR/>The Rosh Yeshiva couldn't figure out why the entire bais medrash was giggling throughout davening, but he complimented my brother on his davening. He asked him where he heard that nigun.<BR/><BR/>"Oh" he said, "it's an old chasideshe nigun. I heard it from Rabbi Hetfield".The Chainik Hockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03207746929747440827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-1130952205735049682005-11-02T12:23:00.000-05:002005-11-02T12:23:00.000-05:00In college i took a Musics of the World course, an...In college i took a Musics of the World course, and for my final project presentation i gave a presentation on "Jewish Holiday Meal-Songs", i.e. <I>zemiros</I> and <I>pizmonim</I>.<BR/><BR/>One of the main points of my presentation was the oral nature of the musical culture; tunes enter into it, and once a few years go by, or the tune becomes popular and passed from person to person, no one has any idea who invented it or where the tune came from — it's all <I>ya‘ni</I> "halakha leMoshe miSinai".<BR/><BR/>That's why you have, as you mentioned, people who would never listen to Simon and Garfunkel or the Beach Boys use their tunes for zemiros.<BR/><BR/>I also talked about the power of culture, how Ashkenazim will affect a Sefardic-style pronunciation and intonation when singing songs that they think are Sefardic.Steg (dos iz nit der šteg)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07694556690190505030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-1130942576369652782005-11-02T09:42:00.000-05:002005-11-02T09:42:00.000-05:00Same wedding. :)I saw you, of course. I was one o...Same wedding. :)<BR/><BR/>I saw you, of course. I was one of the many people that said hello to you during the evening. You just don't know who I am. :)<BR/><BR/>And I thought that was La Bamba as well, but then they segued into something Jewish. <BR/><BR/>The WolfBrooklynWolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994285019137108636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-1130942084093797352005-11-02T09:34:00.000-05:002005-11-02T09:34:00.000-05:00Or were you sitting next to me, you sly devil?Or were you sitting next to me, you sly devil?Gil Studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12776831546758682126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-1130942031755847212005-11-02T09:33:00.000-05:002005-11-02T09:33:00.000-05:00El Caribe? We were at the same wedding and you did...El Caribe? We were at the same wedding and you didn't come over to say hello??? Or did you, and I just don't know your identity. I was at table 19.<BR/><BR/>I knew it had gone too far when the second dance started with La Bamba.Gil Studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12776831546758682126noreply@blogger.com