Has anyone else ever thought about how flipping hard it would be to learn the accordian? A piano on one end, all those random buttons on the other, all while moving your arms in time with the music. Just.... Hot damn, if you can play the accordian well, you have my forever undying respect as a musician.
@@Cora.T they weight upwards to 30lbs (13.6kg) and the lower end is closer to 12lbs (5.44kg) for the smaller ones. This said, everyone is different as most are handmade, and unique. So depending on the maker, and what materials they used, the Weight can differ drastically.
Ashkanazi Jew who loves Klezmer here, this is easily my favorite cover you've done so far on aesthetic alone (and of course it sounds great too). The fact that you took the effort to translate the rap into Yiddish AND put some random Yiddishisms in there was just too perfect! Thank you so much for keeping alive two of my favorite things about my people.
People often don't know that Palestinian refers to the Roman name for the Philistines, a sea-people not related to the Arabs, who are half-brothers to the Jews, both having had the same ancestral father, Abraham (in Hebrew) Ibrahim (in Arabic).
Not according to my sources. Repulsed in their unsuccessful invasion of Egypt ca. 2025 BC. 200 yr. struggle with Israelites. There may be some blood mixture with Arabs from original Philistines, especially where they were strongest, Gaza.
I don't speak yiddish, but my grandparents did. So did whole generations of my ancestors. And when she starts to sing in yiddish my heart skips a bit, like I feel it genetically
True, it's never too late. Reading posts like this make me so, so grateful my grandparents' families never spoke to me in English. I didn't realize at the time how lucky I was.
Oh my G-d, are you me? I feel the exact same, my Bubbe and Zayde also spoke Yiddish, my mother knows a couple "Yiddish-isms" and taught me, but I want to learn more.
The effort Robyn put in to translate the rap into Yiddish as well as her excellent delivery (I'm not a Yiddish speaker but from what I've heard it sounds right on) makes this an especial labor of love. PMJ is rich with true professionals, but Robyn really shone in this one. My thanks to you folks for bringing some happiness and enjoyment into my life...as disabled as I am, those joys are few and far between.
Speaking as a KLEZ musician for forty years who paid his way through law school playing at weddings...I just love this whole group and this STAGING and presentation.... I especially love the CLARINETIST...one of the best I have heard playing this style of music in the sense not just of his technical proficiency but more importantly for his understanding the role of the clarinet as a " fill in " instrument which provides the whole " feel " and KVETCH of traditional Klez music GREAT...GREAT...GREAT
So I'm German and I kind of understand words from the Yiddish part, but it's things like "International barbie stick" , "pig's ears" and "you keep photographs away from me" Really entertaining :D
Daniel Golani This is why I was in the comments, trying to see if there's a Yiddish speaker here that could say if that was actual Yiddish or Yiddish-sounding-Gibberish...
Meikeeee I think that one part was "international bar mitzvah" to replace the original line "international oral sex". The rest, I can't understand (except for including the words "big booty" in English).
Never gets old, so much better than the original. In fact I no longer know what any of the originals sound like now.... PMJ does it so much better. Hoping to catch you on tour in the UK next year.
Yiddish ... combination of german and swiss, has to be elegant language among ortodox jewish society. In reality sounds greeat , I am amazed by beauty and extraordinary sound which remainds me of my childhood and clearest intentions of my mind. I do love Yiddish culture, music and those simple religious people, they are wonderfull society ... caring and in many ways sophisticated, rich in ingredients as well in nature. They are real jewish treasure ... mentors , as well legitimate society . I love your as mine tradition . My grandmother always telling me : be honest to anyone regardles of intentions
Keryn Kleiman if I may ask, what is your interest in swiss, slavic, german ... bohemian , maybe groove ? languages , culture or perhaps individualistic agendas , do those cultures have mutual indentinity ?
Yiddish is a Mix of German..Polish and Hebrew...as others said before..swiss is not a Language...there are 3 Main Swiss Languages....so you are incorect
Well, in Switzerland there no states, there are kantons, so they cannot speak creole or caribean but they do speak german, french and italian, but official language is german - swiss which sound like Yiddish !
If this was really made of one recording, then let's pay respect to all the nice people in here, performing it all at once and releasing such a wonderful job
You could be. But you probably aren't. It's a big world. But an even bigger universe. There are probably a lot of people that agree with you. Like me. Allons-Y!
In the Besht's day, Hasidism was not nearly as "conservative," a trait of the Misnagdim mainline which of course stressed study of Written & Oral Torah over the ecstasy of the immanence of HaShem. As many could not read, & some did not even know prayers, the origins of Hasidism saw a different sort of worship, often including the effects of glorious wine, as well. We didn't invent anything related to sexuality in this age -- we more closely resemble the Renaissance today than we do the world of strict propriety associated with Neoclassicism, Victorian, & blue-stocking worlds, & their comparative "ultra-pious" movements in Judaism. Maybe I've gone too far away from the subject here, especially by likening disparate societies, not all of them Judean, and straining to point out the tolerance of early Hasidism compared to today's versions. Oh well. One of the biggest problem in thought today is thinking that we have original ideas rather than contemporary expressions of older ideas. The wheel was invented long ago, and to use a popular example, the Egyptians did not draw figures in 2D because they were too stupid to know how to do 3D pics. There! I've used hundreds of words to say nothing important!
I'm pretty sure Balkan Beat Box is basically Klezmer turned into EDM, and then Derulo sampled them, and you guys covered Derulo in a Klezmer style here bringing the sample back around full circle. XD
absolutely addictive. Just can't stop returning to view this. The treatment of this music with a klezmer scale and kvetching just fits. What is very clever is the tempo change during the 2Chainz rap, which made it sound very authentic.
Listening to the Yiddish rap section of this song, I can now scratch hearing Shakira talk dirty in Yiddish off my bucket list! Thank you!! Seriously, extremely talented and Robyn's voice fits the vocals and intent perfectly!
Singer: Robyn Adele Anderson. Violinist: David Wong THIS is an excellent cover song. Ms. Anderson's singing is sooooo smooth and awesome. I have no idea if she is singing the Jewish Yiddish words correctly or not but considering that probably is NOT her second language, she sounds awesome and natural. She sings this other language without hesitation just fluidly as if it were hers, just soooo cool and smooth about it. I looked up her other song covers and have enjoyed them now too. NOTE: @ 01:41 the Drummer pops his head up and raises his hand to say "Hi I'm back here' in the back :) I only only just noticed that. Love this song and all the instruments. The musicians did a great job at capturing that Klezmer music sound :)
Escucho el violín , el acordeón y el idish con el que se comunicaban mi bobe y mi madre. Las lágrimas me invaden y recuerdo lo feliz que era hace 60 años
so im listening to this in a playlist and just as i flick back to this tab all i see is the drummer at 1:41 .... YOU SIR ARE LEGENDARY and have made my day
Agreed. Off the top of my head, I can only think of the criminallly underrated Ben Folds Five song, "Stephen's Last Night in Town", which had a guest appearance by The Klezmatics. I only discovered *that* song when I bought the album, Whatever And Ever Amen, because it never got any radio play, sadly. (Yes, I’m old.)
I'm a Texas beer-joint, weekend-warrior, musician and, because all the best beer-joints now have internet juke boxes, I hear every imaginable tune on the juke box while I'm setting up, on my breaks and while I'm breaking down. This one gets played a LOT and, until now, I didn't like it but now I've changed my mind. You brought some real class to it. I love-you-back Scott Bradlee (and all your friends too).
I have been uneasy, distressed, anxious and whatever synonyms... for months. This, and the other videos of yours, made me smile and relax at least a bit. Your playing, your work, is truly important. Thank you!
**Standing Applause** Yowza! Well done PMJB! First off, I love klezmer, it is a fantastic folk sound, so lively. Once again you have covered a song in a way that makes me never want to hear the original.
I miss this :( Scott buddy, as a fellow musician you have my 110% respect for the new things you are doing... but somewhere along the line this magic was lost.
I missed a show here in Clearwater last year at a local theater, but I cannot wait to see PMJ come back here one day. I would love to see you guys do the Halftime show at the Super Bowl. Someone needs to start a petition. Also, Ms. Anderson has amazing vocals and is gorgeous.
+impofstpete727 Thank you so much! We are hitting our North America tour later on this fall, so keep tuned on our website for updates and final venues and shows! postmodernjukebox.com/
