Jewish Music (New CDs, hock, and opinions)

[YitzyS]

You can buy an album download for $5 here

[YitzyS]

I loved the song "Boro Park 1994." It's a look ahead to what he expected Boro Park to look like in 1994, written ten years before.

[YitzyS]

I loved the song "Boro Park 1994." It's a look ahead to what he expected Boro Park to look like in 1994, written ten years before.

Which reminds me of the song "Boro Park" off Abie Rotenberg's A Time to Laugh

[Euclid]

Which reminds me of the song "Boro Park" off Abie Rotenberg's A Time to Laugh

Which reminds me of Fourteenth Avenue off of Judaea.

[yungermanchik]

Sorry, I got mixed up. Not the Purim Story, but on Shimshon.

You can buy an album download for $5 here

Yup, that's the song. The snippet in the sample tracks was enough to confirm. "memories as they grow older tend to grow colder and then disappear"

[AsherO]

This tangentially reminds me of:

[Yehuda57]

This tangentially reminds me of:

Which reminds me of my under appreciated post of the week

[YitzyS]

Which reminds me of my under appreciated post of the week

And now all of us little talmidim have to sit and klehr what did the rebbe mean with this cryptic words... Which post was he referring to, and what must we learn from it... 

[AsherO]

Which reminds me of my under appreciated post of the week

There’s a topic for narcissists that

[Yehuda57]

And now all of us little talmidim have to sit and klehr what did the rebbe mean with this cryptic words... Which post was he referring to, and what must we learn from it... 

Well, Boro Park doesn't have any Avigdors or Yekusiels either

[Archie]

Yup, that's the song. The snippet in the sample tracks was enough to confirm. "memories as they grow older tend to grow colder and then disappear"

Where can I listen to the Shimshon song online?

[YitzyS]

Where can I listen to the Shimshon song online?

Not sure, but if you want, you can purchase the digital download of the whole album here.

Just note that it may be somewhat scary for younger children.

[pointer]

Best version ever?

[YitzyS]

Best version ever?

I have a special affinity for the original single that Fried released. But this clip is really special. It portrays the talent of each singer, harmonizing each other so beautifully without overpowering each other or the music.

[Euclid]

Best version ever?

I love Avremel's quip that "it's good to know - Tov Lada'as". I understood him to be referencing that da'as is the highest form of understanding.

[Yehuda57]

Who wrote Shwekey's Yogati?

[YitzyS]

Who wrote Shwekey's Yogati?

[Yehuda57]

Personally, my favorite version of Avraham is not the original, but the one off this Ohel Concert.

[Yehuda57]

Here's a thread I started a while back where I randomly drop songs I feel are forgotten or underrated:
https://twitter.com/Squilled/status/1354443046428012551

Feel free to reply with your own

[YitzyS]

Here's a thread I started a while back where I randomly drop songs I feel are forgotten or underrated:
https://twitter.com/Squilled/status/1354443046428012551

Feel free to reply with your own

I can't see your tweet because my filter is blocking it, but I'm going to list a few of my favorite forgotten/underrated songs that come to mind:

Adon Olam by Abie Rotenberg - Lev Venefesh 2
Az Yibokah by Sruli Ginsburg (composed by R' Hillel Palay) - Az Yibokah
Goodbye by Shmuel Kunda (posthumous release) - When Zaidy Was Young 3
Shir Haparnoso by Ohad (composed by Baruch Levine) - Ohad 3
Akeidas Yitzchok by Mona (composed by Pinky Weber) - Philharmona 3
Ahavti by Shea Rubinstein (composed by Baruch Levine) - Ahavti
Ono Emtze'acha by Shloime Cohen (composed by Pinky Weber - Baal Habayis
Imagine by Shloime Gertner (composed by Yossi Green) - Imagine
Somewhere a Star by Abie Rotenberg, MBD, and others - The Event
Nishmas by Shloime Gertner (composed by Yossi Green) - Say Asay
Uvruchim Heim by Shragee Gestetner zt"l - Shragee
Yashav by Sruly Williger (composed by Pinky Weber) - Hakadosh Baruch Hu Chesed
Haposeach Yad by R' Motti Katz zt"l
Yigdal from A Time  (composed by Baruch Levine) - Avodas Tzedakah
Zochreinu Lechaim by Yonatan Sheinfeld - V'hapesenter
Ribono Shel Olam by Yiddish Nachas (composed by Yossi Green) - Yiddish Nachas 1/Matana Tova


Entire albums:
The 8th Note
K'dai (Mishpacha)
Shalsheles Connections
The Yess Legacy - album put out after Moshe Yess's petirah
Harei Yehuda - (various artists), including "Ma Ashiv" by Fried, "Ma Yedidut" by Piamenta, and others.