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You know..I happen to love Christmas music and why shouldn't I? All the famous ones were composed by Jews!
Consider this list...
"White Christmas" by Irving Berlin
"Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" by Johnny Marks
"Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne
"Silver Bells" by Livingston and Evans
"The Christmas Song" (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) by Mel Torme
One thing that bothers me though...all this talent...c'mon you guys you couldn't write one decent Chanukah song?
All we're left with is..
"I have a little dreidel..." by Unknown
posted by David_on_the_Lake at 12:53 PM
17 Comments:
Sure, the jews invented christmas
why shouldn't we write the music and lyrics for it too.
I love my dreidel song dont knock it! lol
p.s you were tagged on my blog.
Hey, if not for the Jews, they wouldn't have Christmas!! Now how about having them compose some songs for us? OOOPPPSSS!! I forgot, they already did!! (Yeeden "by" MDB, anyone?)
the music is good. just ignore the words i suppose!
I am guilty of the same thing! some songs i just love! OY! I am going straight to hell!
my fave is jingle bell rock. these songs feel so festive. we are entrenched in american culture.
What about the myriad of tunes for Maoz Tzur, Al Hanisim, and Yevonim? Instead of original words, we have original tunes.
And what also irks me is all of the Jewish singers like Barbara S. and Barry M. who have recorded Xmas songs, but NO Jewish ones. That just sucks.
I've heard Barbara sing a bunch of jewish songs. I'm 100% positive I've heard aveinu Malkeinu and even more positive I've heard her singing Hatikva. Then again on the same album I believe she was singing Ave Maria too...so hey...whatever floats her boat.
If our rabbis, lecturers, entertainers and community icons would peddle Judaism the way the preachers/imams/evangelists/entertainers, etc... peddle theirs, the matzev ruchani would be a whole lot different. And I mean that in a good way.
yinger...
good point...lol
sara...
not knocking it..its just well...ok..enjoy it..lol
gonna get to it...thanks for the tag..
itsallgood...
lol..that hardly makes us even..when was the last time u heard yidden piped into the Rockefeller Ctr skating rink?
sarah..
good idea..maybe I should just listen to French christmas songs..
Chaverah...
If THATS what ur gonna burn for...ur in good shape..lol
megapixel...
thats exactly it..theres a certain cheerful sound..that just fitst in so well..with the winter..and everything else..
IFT..
yvanim?..al hanisim? these are typical fast jewish songs...u can interchnage the words with asher bara...and itll be the same.
How can you compare them to the mood setters of these songs?
Stacey...
as they say...business is business
itsallgood...
hmm interesting point...
I admit so do I.
Sevivon sov sov sov
Maoz tzur
yevanim
Chanuka oh chanuka
Al hanisim
HaNaros halallu
light up the nights- MBC
mi y'mellel- same album
maybe i just dont like holiday songs, but i cant stand the chrismas ones OR the chanuka ones..
they are all so..annoying!
(but leave it to david to come with the most adorable post to talk about it :)
swfm...
well say 3 hail marys and ur forgiven
lol
smb...
except for perhaps maoz tzur..none of those songs make me want to put up the fireplace...
M00kie...
They are?..hmm gotta find one with a middle eastern beat..in there..
tuesday...
beautiful..I've never heard that one...
On last years chanuka ceremony at the white house the choir sang a nice song, anyone remember know what it was???
nuch...
not sure..
it wasnt one of the classics?
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