It's the fourth night of the Festival of Lights! Halfway Hanukkah! I have a great new Hanukkah song I can't wait to share with you. Indie Pop Rock. If you like music at all, this one's going to get you. I should save it for last, but I know I won't be able to. So....... maybe tomorrow.
Stubby, you suck!
Tomorrow, kids and kittens.
For Halfway Hanukkah, I think its time to unleash the goof. One thing I like about Hanukkah is that its not really a major holiday on the Jewish calendar. Therefore, there's license to have a little bit of fun (did you know that there is no word in the Jewish language that translates precisely to "fun"? There is "keyf" in Hebrew, but that comes from Arabic. Just a little education for you.).
Stubby, you still suck!
To take the sting off of the whole "tomorrow" thing, this, too, is new and cool but unfortunately not available and poorly recorded (probably on a smartphone). Aimee Mann and Ted Leo (The Both) are in the midst of their Christmas shows this month. Recently, they were joined on stage by Susanna Hoffs of the Bangles. Susanna being Jewish (and a Bangle), they reworked "Walk Like An Egyptian" into a Hanukkah song--"Nesh Gadol Haya Sham". I think the public is going to demand this be recorded and released professionally. While we wait for the groundswell to reach critical mass, enjoy what we have.
Stubby, you suck!
Tomorrow, kids and kittens.
For Halfway Hanukkah, I think its time to unleash the goof. One thing I like about Hanukkah is that its not really a major holiday on the Jewish calendar. Therefore, there's license to have a little bit of fun (did you know that there is no word in the Jewish language that translates precisely to "fun"? There is "keyf" in Hebrew, but that comes from Arabic. Just a little education for you.).
Stubby, you still suck!
To take the sting off of the whole "tomorrow" thing, this, too, is new and cool but unfortunately not available and poorly recorded (probably on a smartphone). Aimee Mann and Ted Leo (The Both) are in the midst of their Christmas shows this month. Recently, they were joined on stage by Susanna Hoffs of the Bangles. Susanna being Jewish (and a Bangle), they reworked "Walk Like An Egyptian" into a Hanukkah song--"Nesh Gadol Haya Sham". I think the public is going to demand this be recorded and released professionally. While we wait for the groundswell to reach critical mass, enjoy what we have.
This song from Jew Direction (a parody of One Direction) is from last year. But I wasn't around last year. So it'll do. Playing off of "What Makes You Beautiful", this is "Chanukah Makes You Jewtiful". This one is available as a free download via Soundcloud.
Next up, a collection of mutant animals and vegetables known as the Radioactive Chicken Heads pay tribute to Hanukkah AND Elvis Presley with "Burning Latke". RCH bill themselves as The World's Most Notorious Band of Genetically Modified Poultry Punk Rock Mutants! They're hoping to bridge the gap between all humans, chickens and vegetables. And, hey, they even appeared on the Tyra Banks Show. Good to know. This one's also a free download on Soundcloud.
I'm quite certain that watching this next video qualifies as some kind of mortal sin (in any and all religions) and yet I can not avert my eyes. Sharon Luxenburg is an Israeli artist whose stock-in-trade is outlandish parody. Flip through the YouTubes sometime and you'll find her singing Heavy Metal wackiness and cursing like a sailor. So, by comparison, Sharon's "Hanukkah Song" parody of Sia's "Chandelier" is tame and light hearted. Yeah, that's what I'm going with. Not available to download or buy--not that I could find anyway. It's probably just as well. I mean, it really is a visual thing. And, should you want to see the video in its original language, we can hook you up.
I'm really done with the fourth night, now. But it is twenty years since Adam Sandler broke through that Hanukkah glass ceiling, making the world safe for new Hanukkah music of all kinds. So I really can't leave without tipping my Kippa to the man. Remember to come back tomorrow for a great new Hanukkah song that hasn't yet been all over the Internets.
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